Sweet Gem Berry

Sweet Gem Berry

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Rare Seed
Growth Time	24 days

The Sweet Gem Berry is the most valuable crop in the game to sell raw, and the key to one of the Stardrops. It grows from the Rare Seed, which the Traveling Cart sells now and then for a high price. The plant needs most of the Fall to ripen and gives a single berry. The berry cannot be turned into wine, jelly or juice, so its value is fixed at the shipping price. Its most famous use is a gift to the statue of Old Master Cannoli in the Secret Woods, which gives a Stardrop in return.

The in-game description reads: It's by far the sweetest thing you've ever smelled.

Growing

The Traveling Cart sells Rare Seeds one or a few at a time, for up to 1,000g each. Outdoors the seed only grows in Fall, so seeds bought earlier in the year are kept until then.

The plant takes 24 days to ripen and does not regrow. A Rare Seed planted on Fall 1 is ready on Fall 25, which leaves only a few days of slack. Speed-Gro or Deluxe Speed-Gro gives a safety margin, and the Agriculturist profession shortens the wait as well. A seed planted later in the Fall needs those boosts to finish before Winter.

The Greenhouse removes the season limit. In the Greenhouse, or in a Garden Pot kept away from the weather, a Rare Seed can be planted at any time of year.

A Seed Maker can turn a Sweet Gem Berry into Rare Seeds. It gives about two seeds per berry, which means each seed costs more than half a berry's sale price. Buying from the Traveling Cart at 1,000g is cheaper per seed, so the Seed Maker is mainly worth it when the cart has none.

Prices

A normal Sweet Gem Berry sells for 3,000g. Silver, gold and iridium berries sell for a quarter, a half and double that more, so Deluxe Fertiliser can turn one plant into a large payday. It cannot go into a Keg or a Preserves Jar.

That makes the berry an odd fit for an artisan farm. Starfruit sells for less raw, but Starfruit Wine and two harvests per Summer tile beat a single berry over a season. The Sweet Gem Berry is best treated as a high-value bonus crop and a Stardrop key rather than the centre of a farm.

Uses

Old Master Cannoli is a stone statue in the north-west corner of the Secret Woods. Giving it a Sweet Gem Berry, in the same way as a gift, makes its eyes glow red. Interacting with it again then gives a Stardrop, which permanently raises maximum energy by 34. This can only be done once per player.

The remixed Rare Crops Bundle in the Pantry can ask for a Sweet Gem Berry, with Ancient Fruit as the other option.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, the Sweet Gem Berry counts as a red dye.

Despite its price, every villager is neutral towards the Sweet Gem Berry. The only gift it is good for is the one to Old Master Cannoli.

The first Sweet Gem Berry should almost always go to the statue. A Stardrop is a permanent upgrade, and the next berry can be sold for the full price.

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