Snow Yam
| Snow Yam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Tilling; Winter Seeds |
| Season | Winter |
| Sell Price | 100g |
| Energy | 30 |
| Health | 13 |
Snow Yam is a Winter forage item that stays hidden under the ground. Nothing shows above the snow, so it has to be dug up with a Hoe, most often from an Artifact Spot. It is the more valuable of the two buried winter roots, and it makes a decent snack when energy runs low. One Snow Yam goes into the Winter Foraging Bundle, and another goes into crafting Winter Seeds. As a gift it pleases only Harvey, Leah and Linus.
The in-game description reads: This little yam was hiding beneath the snow.
Location
A Hoe is the only tool that finds a Snow Yam. Bombs and other tools leave it in the ground.
Artifact Spots give the best chance. These wriggling patches of soil turn up far more often in Winter, and a good share of them hold a Snow Yam or a Winter Root. Digging every Artifact Spot seen in Winter is the most reliable way to collect them.
Plain soil works too, at a much lower rate. Tilling any open patch of ground outside the farm gives a small chance of a Snow Yam. On the farm, only Artifact Spots can hold one.
Winter Seeds offer a way to grow them on the farm. Each seed grows into one of the four winter forage items, picked at random, so a Snow Yam is never certain. The seeds take about a week to grow, and they still need watering on snowy days.
Prices
Snow Yam sells for a little more than Winter Root, its buried partner. Better quality raises the price, and an iridium Snow Yam sells for twice the base value.
A Keg turns a Snow Yam into Juice, and a Preserves Jar turns it into Pickles. Both roughly double its value. In a Winter with few crops to process, this keeps the machines busy.
Uses
The Winter Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room asks for a Winter Root, a Crystal Fruit, a Snow Yam and a Crocus. Finishing it gives 30 Winter Seeds. With Remixed Bundles, the bundle picks four of five winter items, so the Snow Yam may or may not be needed.
Reaching Foraging Level 7 unlocks the Wild Seeds (Wi) recipe. Crafting a Snow Yam with a Crocus, a Crystal Fruit and a Winter Root makes ten Winter Seeds. Those seeds can then grow more Snow Yams, which keeps the supply going.
At the Sewing Machine, a Snow Yam with Cloth makes a light blue shirt with a white stripe across the middle.
The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store sometimes asks for a Snow Yam in Winter. Bringing the yam pays three times its price and adds 150 friendship points with the villager who asked.
The Community Center asks for Snow Yam in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Foraging Bundle | Crafts Room | 1 |
Gifts
Harvey, Leah and Linus like Snow Yam.
Abigail, Alex, Clint, Demetrius, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Lewis, Marnie, Pam, Penny, Robin and Sandy feel neutral about it.
Caroline, the Dwarf, Elliott, Haley, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leo, Pierre, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard dislike it.
Maru hates it.
Save Snow Yams for the three villagers who like them, and keep them away from Maru.
Notes
Artifact Spots in Winter can also hold artifacts, Lost Books and Winter Roots. A Winter walk with a Hoe through Pelican Town, the Beach and the Mountain often fills the bundle and the museum at the same time.
Keep one Snow Yam back for the bundle before selling the rest. A Winter missed means a full year of waiting for the next chance to dig one.
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 |