Weeds
| Weeds | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | The Farm; Pelican Town; Cindersap Forest; The Mines; Railroad; Mutant Bug Lair; Ginger Island |
| Season | Spring; Summer; Fall |
Weeds are wild plants that cover the farm at the start of the game and keep coming back across the valley. Clearing them is part of daily farm work, and it pays: a cut weed often drops Fiber and sometimes Mixed Seeds. Fiber goes into many early crafting recipes, so the first clean-up of the farm also fills the chests. Left alone, weeds spread to nearby tiles and can destroy items placed on the farm. They also stop a young fruit tree from growing.
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Location
The farm starts out thick with weeds, stones and branches. After that, new weeds appear on the farm at the start of each season. They can sprout on any tile that could be tilled.
Weeds also grow outside the farm. Cindersap Forest and other parts of the valley fill with fresh weeds, stones and branches each year on the first day of Spring. The Mines have weeds on many floors as well.
On Ginger Island, weeds sprout on the island farm every Monday. They spread more quickly there than on the main farm, so the island farm needs regular visits. The jungle on Ginger Island grows its own weeds too.
During the Green Rain in Summer, extra weeds cover the valley. Some of them are Large Weeds. These special weeds vanish once the Green Rain ends, and they leave crops alone.
The Gold Clock is a costly late-game building. Once it stands on the farm, weeds, stones and branches stop appearing there, and fences stop decaying. It covers the island farm on Ginger Island too. Weeds in town, in the forest and in the Mines keep coming back even with the clock.
Uses
Any tool or weapon can clear a weed. The Scythe is the usual choice, and it makes short work of a weedy field.
Each cut weed has an even chance to drop one Fiber. Fiber goes into Scarecrows, Campfires and many other early recipes. Clearing a field of weeds is the quickest way to stock up on it.
A weed that gives no Fiber can drop Mixed Seeds instead. Mixed Seeds grow a random crop of the current season, so a weedy farm provides a few free seeds in the first days. In Summer, a weed can also drop Mixed Flower Seeds.
Reading the Raccoon Journal, a power book, raises the chance of both Mixed Seeds and Mixed Flower Seeds from weeds for good.
During the Green Rain, Large Weeds drop Moss and Fiber when destroyed, and sometimes a Mossy Seed. With so many extra weeds about, the Green Rain is a great day to stock up on Fiber.
Weeds in the Ginger Island jungle can drop a Mummified Frog, an artifact for the museum.
Notes
Weeds spread to an empty neighbouring tile overnight. When a weed spreads onto a placed item, it can destroy it. Paths and flooring can be lost this way too. A message the next morning reports the damage.
Fruit trees need their space kept clear while they grow. A weed or other debris in the square of eight tiles around a sapling stops it growing that night. The next morning, a message names the tree that could not grow.
Clear the farm early and check around saplings each morning. A few swings of the Scythe at the start of each season prevent most of the trouble weeds cause.
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 |