Pomegranate

Pomegranate

Type	Fruit
Grows On	Pomegranate Tree
Season	Fall
Sell Price	140g

Pomegranate is the Fall fruit of the Pomegranate Tree and, with the Peach, the most valuable fruit from Pierre's saplings. It has more uses in the Community Center than most fruit. The Enchanter's Bundle on the Bulletin Board needs one, and the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry accepts one as an option. Elliott loves Pomegranates, and his birthday falls in Fall while the tree is fruiting. Everyone else likes them too, and a Keg turns each one into Pomegranate Wine worth three times the fruit.

The in-game description reads: Within the fruit are clusters of juicy seeds.

Growing

Pomegranates grow on the Pomegranate Tree. Pierre's General Store sells Pomegranate Saplings, and the Traveling Cart sometimes stocks them at a varying price. The sapling is among the dearest in the shop. It needs a clear square of ground around it and four weeks to mature. Planting it by the first day of Summer means the tree is ready for the first day of Fall.

A mature tree grows one Pomegranate each day of Fall. The fruit can wait on the branches for up to three days. Fruit still on the tree when Winter arrives is lost.

The tree gets better as it ages. Its first year of fruit is normal quality. Each later year adds one level, until the tree gives iridium Pomegranates.

A Pomegranate Tree in the Greenhouse or on Ginger Island fruits every day of the year.

A tree struck by lightning grows coal instead of fruit for a few days, then recovers.

The fruit can be found without a tree, too. The Traveling Cart sometimes sells Pomegranates, and the fruit bats in the farm cave can leave them overnight in any season. Either way is a good backup for the Enchanter's Bundle before a tree is ready.

Prices

A raw Pomegranate sells for the same price as a Peach. Of all the tree fruits, only the Banana is worth more.

Putting a Pomegranate in a Keg makes Pomegranate Wine after about a week, worth three times the fruit. Putting one in a Preserves Jar makes Pomegranate Jelly in two to three days. Wine earns clearly more per fruit. Jelly frees the machine sooner, which helps when the Kegs are all busy.

Ageing Pomegranate Wine in a Cask can double its value at iridium quality.

Both the wine and the jelly made from Pomegranates sell for forty percent more with the Artisan profession.

The Dehydrator turns five Pomegranates into one pack of Dried Fruit by the next day. The pack is worth more than the five raw fruit, but far less than five bottles of wine.

The quality of the fruit has no effect on wine or jelly. When Kegs run short, process the normal Pomegranates first and sell the high-quality ones raw.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	140g	154g
Silver	175g	192g
Gold	210g	231g
Iridium	280g	308g

Uses

The Enchanter's Bundle on the Bulletin Board in the Community Center needs Oak Resin, Wine, a Rabbit's Foot and a Pomegranate. Completing it gives five Gold Bars.

For the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry, any six items from its list of fruit and artisan goods will do. A Pomegranate is one of the options, and the bundle rewards a Keg.

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

The Community Center asks for Pomegranate in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Artisan Bundle	Pantry	1
Enchanter's Bundle	Bulletin Board	1

Gifts

Elliott loves Pomegranates.

Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard like them.

Elliott's birthday is on the fifth of Fall, early in the Pomegranate season. A tree that is mature by then supplies a loved gift for the day, and a gift on his birthday gives a much bigger friendship boost than usual. The same tree keeps him supplied through the rest of Fall.

For the rest of the valley, a Pomegranate is a safe gift. Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent dislike tropical fruit such as the Mango, but they all like a Pomegranate.

These villagers love receiving Pomegranate as a gift.

Villager	Image
Elliott

Notes

Plant a Pomegranate Tree early if the Bulletin Board is a goal. The tree fruits only in Fall outside the Greenhouse. Missing that season can push the Enchanter's Bundle back a full year, unless the Traveling Cart or the fruit bats supply one.

Pomegranate and Apple are the Fall fruit trees. The Apple covers the Fodder Bundle, and the Pomegranate covers the Enchanter's Bundle, so both are worth planting.

All Fruit

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Season	Price
Apple	Fall	100g
Apricot	Spring	50g
Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	150g
Cherry	Spring	80g
Mango	Summer in Stardew Valley; All on Ginger Island	130g
Orange	Summer	100g
Peach	Summer	140g
Pomegranate	Fall	140g