Rare Seed

Rare Seed

Type	Seed
Grows	Sweet Gem Berry
Season	Fall
Growth Time	24 days
Cart	1,000g (Spring and Summer); 600 to 1,000g (1.26% chance, any season)
Sell Price	200g

The Rare Seed is the one thing the Traveling Cart can always be relied on for. Through Spring and Summer she carries a few every time she sets up, at a flat thousand gold each, and nobody else in the valley sells them. Each seed grows a single Sweet Gem Berry, the most valuable crop there is to ship raw, and the plant needs almost the whole of Fall to get there. The first berry of a farm is usually never sold at all, because the stone statue in the Secret Woods trades a Stardrop for one.

Growing

Twenty four days in the ground, one berry at the end, and nothing grows back. Outdoors the seed only takes in Fall, so a packet bought in Spring sits in a chest for half a year before it is any use.

The sowing date matters more here than on any other crop. A seed in the soil on the first morning of Fall ripens with a few days of the season still in hand. Every morning of delay eats into that margin, and a seed sown in the second week of Fall will not finish on its own. Speed-Gro, Deluxe Speed-Gro or Hyper Speed-Gro buys those days back, and the Agriculturist profession does the same without a fertiliser bill.

Under Greenhouse glass, or in a Garden Pot kept indoors, the Fall restriction falls away. A Greenhouse row of Rare Seeds turns over roughly once a month all year, and that is where most of the berries on a mature farm come from.

Buying

The Traveling Cart stands in Cindersap Forest every Friday and Sunday from early morning until evening. Through Spring and Summer the Rare Seed is part of her fixed stock, one to five of them at a thousand gold each. In the other two seasons she carries them only rarely, and then usually a little cheaper.

The same merchant trades on the beach at the Night Market and again at the Festival of Ice, so a Winter farm with money in hand still has somewhere to look.

A Seed Maker fed a Sweet Gem Berry gives about two Rare Seeds back. That sounds generous until the berry's own worth is counted, since each seed made that way costs well over half a berry. Buying from the cart is the cheaper route whenever she has any, and the machine is for the weeks when she does not.

Uses

The seed does nothing but grow. Its whole value sits in the berry at the end, and that berry is worth several times the thousand gold the seed cost.

The berry then has three jobs beyond the Shipping Bin. Handing one to Old Master Cannoli, the weathered statue tucked into the top left of the Secret Woods, brings back a Stardrop. The remixed Rare Crops Bundle in the Pantry will take one. The Sewing Machine turns one into a White Turban.

The packet itself makes a poor present, disliked by every villager who notices it.

Notes

Carry a thousand gold to Cindersap Forest on every Friday and Sunday in Spring and Summer, and buy every seed on offer. The stock is small, it is drawn fresh each visit, and money left at home buys nothing.

Hold the seeds until Fall rather than planting them on the day they are bought, unless the Greenhouse is already standing.

Put the first berry in front of the statue before shipping any of them. The energy a Stardrop adds is permanent, and the next berry still sells for the full amount.

All Seeds

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Grows	Season	Pierre
Acorn	Oak Tree	All	-
Amaranth Seeds	Amaranth	Fall	70g
Ancient Seeds	Ancient Fruit	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Apple Sapling	Apple	Fall	4,000g
Apricot Sapling	Apricot	Spring	2,000g
Artichoke Seeds	Artichoke	Fall	30g (Year 2+)
Banana Sapling	Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Bean Starter	Green Bean	Spring	60g
Beet Seeds	Beet	Fall	-
Blue Grass Starter	Blue Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Blueberry Seeds	Blueberry	Summer	80g
Bok Choy Seeds	Bok Choy	Fall	50g
Broccoli Seeds	Broccoli	Fall	-
Cactus Seeds	Cactus Fruit	All	-
Carrot Seeds	Carrot	Spring	-
Cauliflower Seeds	Cauliflower	Spring	80g
Cherry Sapling	Cherry	Spring	3,400g
Coffee Bean	-	Spring; Summer	-
Corn Seeds	Corn	Summer; Fall	150g
Cranberry Seeds	Cranberries	Fall	240g
Eggplant Seeds	Eggplant	Fall	20g
Fairy Seeds	Fairy Rose	Fall	200g
Fall Seeds	Blackberry, Common Mushroom, Hazelnut, or Wild Plum	Fall	-
Fiber Seeds	Fiber	All	-
Garlic Seeds	Garlic	Spring	40g (Year 2+)
Grape Starter	Grape	Fall	60g
Grass Starter	Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	100g
Hops Starter	Hops	Summer	60g
Jazz Seeds	Blue Jazz	Spring	30g
Kale Seeds	Kale	Spring	70g
Mahogany Seed	Mahogany Tree	All	-
Mango Sapling	Mango	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Maple Seed	Maple Tree	All	-
Melon Seeds	Melon	Summer	80g
Mixed Flower Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mixed Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mossy Seed	Green Rain Tree	All	-
Mushroom Tree Seed	Mushroom Tree	All	-
Mystic Tree Seed	Mystic Tree	All	-
Orange Sapling	Orange	Summer	4,000g
Parsnip Seeds	Parsnip	Spring	20g
Peach Sapling	Peach	Summer	6,000g
Pepper Seeds	Hot Pepper	Summer	40g
Pine Cone	Pine Tree	All	-
Pineapple Seeds	Pineapple	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Pomegranate Sapling	Pomegranate	Fall	6,000g
Poppy Seeds	Poppy	Summer	100g
Potato Seeds	Potato	Spring	50g
Powdermelon Seeds	Powdermelon	Winter	-
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	Fall	100g
Qi Bean	Qi Fruit	All	-
Radish Seeds	Radish	Summer	40g
Rare Seed	Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	-
Red Cabbage Seeds	Red Cabbage	Summer	100g (Year 2+)
Rhubarb Seeds	Rhubarb	Spring	-
Rice Shoot	Unmilled Rice	Spring	40g
Spangle Seeds	Summer Spangle	Summer	50g
Spring Seeds	Wild Horseradish, Daffodil,; Leek, or Dandelion	Spring	-
Starfruit Seeds	Starfruit	Summer	-
Strawberry Seeds	Strawberry	Spring	-
Summer Seeds	Grape, Spice Berry,; or Sweet Pea	Summer	-
Summer Squash Seeds	Summer Squash	Summer	-
Sunflower Seeds	Sunflower	Summer; Fall	200g
Taro Tuber	Taro Root	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Tea Sapling	Tea Leaves	All	-
Tomato Seeds	Tomato	Summer	50g
Tulip Bulb	Tulip	Spring	20g
Wheat Seeds	Wheat	Summer; Fall	10g
Winter Seeds	Crocus, Crystal Fruit,; Snow Yam, or Winter Root	Winter	-
Yam Seeds	Yam	Fall	60g