Pineapple

Pineapple

Type	Crop

Pineapple is a tropical fruit that belongs to the Ginger Island part of the game. Its seeds come only from the island and its volcano. On the Island Farm the plant ignores the seasons and keeps fruiting all year, so one planting can pay for itself again and again. The fruit is worth a good sum raw, and it becomes one of the stronger wines a Keg can make. It also goes into Tropical Curry, unlocks a Fish Pond upgrade and fills a large Special Order for Caroline.

Growing

The Island Trader on the north side of Ginger Island trades Pineapple Seeds. The trader asks for one Magma Cap per seed, so the seeds cost no gold at all. Magma Caps are found in the Volcano Dungeon, which makes a trip into the volcano the usual way to stock up. Tiger Slimes and Hot Heads in the same dungeon can also drop the seeds.

The plant is a regrowing crop. After the first long wait, it produces a fresh fruit every week from the same plant. On the Island Farm the season never kills the plant, just as in the Greenhouse. A field of pineapples planted once keeps producing with nothing more than watering.

On the home farm, Pineapple only grows in Summer. A plant started on the first day of Summer gives its first fruit in the middle of the season and then regrows once before Fall arrives. That is only two harvests, so the valley is a poor place for it unless Speed-Gro or the Agriculturist profession trims the first wait. For anyone with access to the island, the island farm is the far better home for this crop.

Deluxe Fertiliser is the only way to get iridium-quality fruit, and it stays useful through every regrowth. Speed-Gro shortens the first growth only and never the weekly regrowth, so on the island it matters far less than quality fertiliser does.

Prices

Quality matters a lot for raw sales. Silver, gold and iridium fruit sell for a quarter, a half and double the base price more. The Tiller profession adds a further 10% to every raw Pineapple shipped.

Wine is the most valuable thing to make from it. A Keg turns one Pineapple into wine worth three times the base price of the fruit. The Artisan profession raises that by 40%. Aged in a Cask until iridium quality, the wine doubles in value again, which puts a bottle of iridium Pineapple Wine above 2,500g with Artisan. The input quality does not change the wine, so normal fruit is the best choice for the Keg while high-star fruit can be shipped raw.

A Preserves Jar makes Pineapple Jelly instead. Jelly is worth twice the base price plus 50g, which is well below wine. The jar finishes much sooner than a Keg, so it suits a player with more fruit than Kegs. A Dehydrator takes five Pineapples at a time and returns a pack of Dried Fruit by the next morning. That pack is worth seven and a half times the base price plus 25g. It earns less per fruit than wine, but it clears a large harvest quickly.

Uses

Cooking a Pineapple with a Coconut and a Hot Pepper makes Tropical Curry. The Ginger Island Resort sells the recipe. Caroline and Gus both love Tropical Curry, which makes the dish a strong gift for either of them.

Caroline's "Island Ingredients" Special Order can ask for 100 Pineapples. The reward includes the Solar Panel crafting recipe, so a large island patch is worth having before that order appears on the board.

A Lionfish pond asks for an item before it can grow past three fish. One Pineapple is accepted in place of three Ginger, which makes it the easier way to clear that quest for anyone already growing the fruit.

The Island Trader also accepts a single Pineapple on Tuesdays in exchange for a Palm Wall Ornament, a piece of furniture for the farmhouse.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, Pineapple counts as a yellow dye.

Cooking

Cooking Pineapple with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Tropical Curry		Coconut (1), Pineapple (1), Hot Pepper (1)

Gifts

Several adults like Pineapple, among them Demetrius, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Pam, Robin, Sandy and Shane. Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent dislike it. Most other villagers are neutral. A spare Pineapple is better turned into wine or Tropical Curry than handed out as a gift.

Notes

Because the seeds cost only a Magma Cap, almost the whole sale price of every Pineapple is profit. A full island field of regrowing pineapples feeding a row of Kegs is one of the steadier late-game incomes. It keeps working through Winter, when the valley farm is bare.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g