Qi Fruit

Qi Fruit

Type	Crop
Seed	Qi Bean

Qi Fruit is a strange blue melon that exists only for one of Mr. Qi's challenges. It grows from Qi Beans, which appear in the world only while the "Qi's Crop" Special Order is running. The order asks for 500 Qi Fruit to be shipped before time runs out, and the reward is paid in Qi Gems rather than gold. The fruit itself is almost worthless to sell, so every decision about it is about speed and volume. When the order ends, the beans and fruit vanish from the game.

Growing

The Special Orders Board in Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island offers "Qi's Crop". The room opens once 100 Golden Walnuts have been found, so this order belongs to the late game. The deadline is four weeks, and only fruit placed in a Shipping Bin counts towards the total.

Once the order is active, Qi Beans start dropping from all kinds of everyday tasks. Breaking rocks, shaking and chopping trees, checking garbage cans, digging up artifact spots and killing monsters can all give beans.

Qi Fruit grows fast. A bean ripens in a few days and the plant does not regrow, so each harvest needs a new bean. The crop is not tied to a season and can be planted at any time of year. That makes the Greenhouse, the Island Farm and the home farm all usable at once.

The quest text tells the farmer to propagate the beans, and a Seed Maker is the way to do it. Running some of the first harvests through Seed Makers turns a few found beans into a growing field. The early harvests have to be split between Seed Makers and the Shipping Bin. Shipping too much too soon leaves the field small. Making too many seeds leaves too little time to ship.

Qi Fruit can also grow into a Giant Crop. Nine ripe, watered Qi Fruit in a three-by-three square have a small daily chance to merge into one giant fruit. Cut down with an Axe, it drops a large pile of Qi Fruit.

Prices

Qi Fruit sells for almost nothing, so its value comes entirely from the Qi Gems paid on completion. Qi Gems are spent at the vending machine in Qi's Walnut Room, which sells items such as the Deluxe Fertiliser recipe.

Uses

The only real use of Qi Fruit is shipping it for the order. At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, Qi Fruit and Qi Beans count as a blue dye. That is a handy use for spare fruit before the order ends.

Gifts

Demetrius, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Pam, Robin, Sandy and Shane like Qi Fruit. Most other villagers dislike it. A spare fruit is better shipped towards the 500 than given away.

Notes

Every Qi Bean and Qi Fruit disappears once the order is over, whether it is in the ground, in a chest or in the inventory. Any fruit left on the last day should go into the Shipping Bin.

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