Fall is the last chance at growth before the winter chill turns the soil to ice. In Stardew Valley, it’s a chance to stockpile and sell those unique crops with great potential for recipes, healing, and buffs to last you through the winter. Fall also happens to be the time when the profits for your crops are the most lucrative, so it’s really a chance to pad your bank account before the end-of-year tally. To help you make it through the first fall and all those beyond, we’ve put together this primer on the best fall crops in Stardew Valley.
Make sure to check out our best spring crops in Stardew Valley article!
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Best Fall Crops for Profit
In terms of making money efficiently, the best fall crop in Stardew Valley is cranberry. Like other fruits and vegetables that continue to produce after harvest, you can plant cranberries once at the beginning of fall and it will become a money machine after the first yield. You’d probably suspect that pumpkins would be the best money-maker in the fall, and while they do yield the most gold for each one produced (from 320-640g), they can only be harvested once every 13 days. The possibility of extra cranberries growing with each harvest and the increase in high-quality sales makes them a no-brainer in terms of what to produce in the fall if your goal is making money.
Best Fall Crops for Buffs and Recipes
Amaranth is the best fall crop in terms when eaten without preparation. Raw amaranth provides 50 energy and 22 health at its base level. The second-most in this category are the fairy rose flower and the yam, which both yield 45 energy and 20 health when eaten raw.
Unsurprisingly, the pumpkin is the best fall crop in Stardew Valley for recipes. If we include the community bundles and the jack-o-lantern in this list, the pumpkin is a versatile fall crop that produces dishes like pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, and Autumn’s bounty. Each of these is either useful as pick-me-ups during a hard day’s work or in a dungeon, as a gift, or for profit.
Best Fall Crops for Gifts
In addition to being the second-best crop for profit and the best crop for recipes, the pumpkin is also the best crop for gift-giving. Adding this together, it can be said that the pumpkin is the best overall fall crop, which isn’t surprising considering it is a fall staple in real life. Most of the people in Stardew Valley either like or love receiving the pumpkin as a gift, with only four exceptions, so it’s a useful crop to stockpile as a way to smooth things over or curry favor.
Best Fall Crops Overall:
To make it clear as day, here are the best crops in Stardew Valley overall:
- Cranberry: Great profit generator for any farmers looking to make a pretty penny
- Pumpkin: Useful for a variety of different reasons including gift-giving to other villagers
- Amaranth: Great when ate uncooked
