Seaweed
| Seaweed | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Fishing Pole: Ocean, Beach Farm; Foraging: The Beach, Beach Farm; Garbage Cans; Fish Pond; The "Dangerous Mines" |
| Season | All |
| Sell Price | 20g |
Seaweed is a common ocean catch and a rare beach find that turns up in every season. It is worth almost nothing at the shipping bin, but it unlocks one of the most useful farm buildings. Robin needs Seaweed to build a Fish Pond, so every new pond starts with a trip to the sea. Seaweed also goes into Maki Roll, makes the Kelp Shirt at the Sewing Machine and decorates any Fish Tank. As a gift it is one of the worst choices in the valley.
Location
Ocean fishing is the easiest way to get Seaweed. A Fishing Pole cast at the Beach can pull it up in any season, at any time of day. Fished or foraged, Seaweed always comes out at normal quality.
Seaweed also grows as forage on a thin strip of shore by the Tide Pools, at the east end of the Beach. It appears there only on a few nights, so it is a lucky find rather than a supply. The Tide Pools open once the wooden bridge is repaired. Picking up beach Seaweed gives more Foraging XP than a fished one gives Fishing XP.
The Submarine ride at the Night Market in Winter is another good spot. Seaweed is one of the most common catches on that deep-sea trip.
A Fish Pond can make Seaweed on its own. A pond holding a saltwater Crab Pot fish, such as a Crab, Lobster, Mussel, Oyster or Shrimp, sometimes produces a few pieces. A single fish in the pond is enough for this.
Seaweed can also turn up in the Garbage Cans around Pelican Town. With the Shrine of Challenge turned on, the upper floors of the Dangerous Mines can hold it too.
Prices
Seaweed earns very little when shipped. Its value lies in what it builds and cooks. A small stack kept in a chest is worth far more than the coins it would bring. Cooked into Maki Roll, one piece of Seaweed becomes part of a dish worth many times its own price.
Uses
Robin builds a Fish Pond at the Carpenter's Shop for gold, Stone, Green Algae and Seaweed. Each pond needs its own Seaweed, so a few spares make it easy to build several. Once a pond is running, some ocean fish ask for Seaweed as a pond quest. Handing it over raises the pond's capacity from three fish to five.
Cooking Seaweed with any fish and Rice makes Maki Roll. The Queen of Sauce teaches the recipe in Summer, and the Stardrop Saloon also sells it. Maki Roll is one of the items in the Chef's Bundle on the Bulletin Board, so Seaweed helps finish the Community Center.
At the Sewing Machine, Seaweed with Cloth makes the Kelp Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it serves as a green dye.
One Seaweed can be placed in any Fish Tank as decoration. Its spot in the tank is random. Picking up the tank and placing it again moves the Seaweed to a new spot.
The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store sometimes asks for Seaweed in any season. A delivery pays three times the item's price and adds 150 friendship points with the villager who asked.
Cooking Seaweed with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Maki Roll | 
|
Any Fish (1), Seaweed (1), Rice (1) |
Gifts
Seaweed is a poor gift for everyone. Leah, Marnie, Sam and Shane dislike it.
Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sandy, Sebastian, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard hate it.
Seaweed is far more useful in ponds and cooking than in a gift box.
Notes
Save five Seaweed early. The Fish Pond is its most important use, and a short fishing trip at the Beach usually covers it.
A pond stocked with a Crab Pot fish keeps a slow, steady supply of Seaweed coming without any fishing at all.
All Foraging
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Season | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry | 
|
Fall | - |
| Cave Carrot | 
|
All | 25g |
| Chanterelle | 
|
Fall | 160g |
| Coconut | 
|
All | 100g |
| Common Mushroom | 
|
Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave) | 40g |
| Coral | 
|
All | 80g |
| Crocus | 
|
Winter | - |
| Crystal Fruit | 
|
Winter | 150g |
| Daffodil | 
|
Spring | 30g |
| Dandelion | 
|
Spring | 40g |
| Fiddlehead Fern | 
|
Summer; All on Ginger Island Jungle, Skull Cavern and Dangerous Mines | - |
| Ginger | 
|
All | 60g |
| Grass | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Hazelnut | 
|
Fall | 90g |
| Holly | 
|
Winter | 80g |
| Leek | 
|
Spring | 60g |
| Magma Cap | 
|
- | 400g |
| Morel | 
|
Spring | 150g |
| Nautilus Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Winter (The Beach) | 120g |
| Purple Mushroom | 
|
All | 250g |
| Rainbow Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Summer (The Beach) | 300g |
| Red Mushroom | 
|
Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other) | 75g |
| Salmonberry | 
|
15-18 Spring (bushes); All (the Farm Cave) | - |
| Sap | 
|
- | 2g |
| Sea Urchin | 
|
All | 160g |
| Seaweed | 
|
All | 20g |
| Snow Yam | 
|
Winter | 100g |
| Spice Berry | 
|
Summer; All (The Farm Cave) | 80g |
| Spring Onion | 
|
Spring | - |
| Sweet Pea | 
|
Summer | - |
| Truffle | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | 625g |
| Weeds | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Wild Horseradish | 
|
Spring | 50g |
| Wild Plum | 
|
Fall | 80g |
| Winter Root | 
|
Winter | 70g |