Stardew Valley: Crops to Save for Recipes, Gifts, Community Center Bundles

Editor’s note: This article contains gameplay information up-to-date with Stardew Valley 1.6 on PC. This article contains spoilers. 

With the massive 1.6 update coming to consoles and mobile on November 4, I wanted to share some of the ways I decide what crops I keep for crafting or cooking recipes, donate to Community Center bundles, refine into artisan goods, or sell. Especially in the pursuit of Perfection since you need to cook every recipe, craft all items, and get max hearts with all villagers.

Vegetables 

Amaranth

• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board (remixed)
    • Dye Bundle
• Cooking
  • Salmon dinner

Artichoke

• Cooking
  • Artichoke dip
  • Super meal (energy, speed) 

Beet

• Cooking
  • Sugar (mill)
  • Vegetable medley
• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board (remixed)
    • Dye Bundle

Bok Choy

• Cooking
  • Super meal (energy, speed) 

Cauliflower 

• Maru Loves
• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Spring Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Cheese cauliflower

Corn

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Fall Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
  • Bulletin Board (remixed)
    • Spirit’s Eve Bundle
• Cooking
  • Tortilla
  • Oil in oil maker

Eggplant

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Fall Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Eggplant parmesan (mining defense)
  • Survival burger (foraging)

Garlic

• Cooking
  • Escargot
  • Fiddlehead risotto
• Crafting
  • Oil of garlic

Green Bean

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Spring Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Bean hotpot (max energy, magnetism)

Hop 

• Bundles
  • Craft Room (remixed)
    • Wild Medicine Bundle
• Cooking
  • Pale Ale

Kale

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Salmon dinner
  • Stir Fry

Parsnip

• Pam loves
• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Spring Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Farmer’s Lunch
  • Parsnip Soup

Potato 

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Spring Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Hashbrowns (farming)

Pumpkin 

• Abigail, Willy, and Krobus love
• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Fall Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle, requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Autumn’s bounty (foraging, defense),
  • Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup (defense, luck),
  • Crafting
    • Jack-o-lantern

Radish

• Cooking
  • Radish salad
  • Red plate (energy)

Red cabbage

• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board
    • Dye Bundle
• Cooking
  • Coleslaw
  • Fish taco (fishing)
  • Red plate (energy)

Taro root 

• Cooking
  • Poi

Tea leaves

• Caroline loves 
• Refining
  • Green tea
  • Pickled Tea Leaves

Tomato

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Summer Crops Bundle
• Cooking
  • Bruschetta
  • Eggplant parmesan (mining, defense)
  • Fish stew (fishing)
  • Pizza
  • Shrimp cocktail (fishing, luck)
  • Spaghetti
  • Squid ink ravioli (mining, prevents debuffs)
  • Vegetable medley

Unmilled rice/Rice 

• Cooking
  • Maki Roll
  • Rice Pudding
  • Mango Sticky Rice
  • Vinegar in Preserving Jar

Wheat

• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board
    • Fodder Bundle
• Cooking
  • Wheat flour (milled)
  • Beer

Yam

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Fall Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), requires x5 gold quality
• Cooking
  • Autumn’s bounty (foraging, defense),
  • Glazed yams

Carrots 

• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Spring Crops Bundle

Summer Squash 

• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Summer Crops Bundle

Broccoli 

• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Fall Crops Bundle

Powdermelon 

• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Winter Star Bundle

Fruits

Trees 

Apple

• Bundles (default)
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
  • Bulletin Board
    • Fodder Bundle
• Cooking
  • Cranberry candy

Apricot 

• Bundle
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
• Cooking
  • Fruit salad

Mango

• Leo loves 
• Cooking
  • Mango sticky rice (defense) 

Banana 

• Cooking
  • Banana pudding (mining, luck, defense)
• Crafting
  • Island obelisk recipe (x10)

No cooking recipes for the fruits below, but wine/jelly, dehydrator is always an option if you want to refine to sell for more. Prices will be shared below as (base/artisan profession) or (base/tiller profession)

Cherry 

• Bundle
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
• Jelly – 210g/294g jelly

• Base wine 240g/336g to iridium 480g/672g
• Sell as crop base 80g/88g to iridium 160g/176g

Orange

• Gus loves  
• Bundle
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
• Jelly – 250g/350g jelly
• Base wine 300g/420g to iridium 600g/840g
• Sell as crop – 100g/110g to iridium 200g/220g

Peach 

• Robin loves 
• Bundle
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
• Jelly – 330g/461g jelly

• Base wine 420g/588g to iridium 840g/1,176g
• Sell as crop – 140g/154g to iridium 280g/308g

Pomegranate 

• Elliot loves
• Bundle
  • Pantry
    • Artisan
• Jelly – 330g/461g 
• Base wine 420g/588g to iridium 840g/1,176g
• Sell as crop – 140g/154g to iridium 280g/308g

Tillable

Ancient Fruit 

• Bundles
  • Missing Bundle – x5 gold quality
  • Pantry (Remixed)
    • Rare Crops Bundle
• Wine all day. Aged iridium Ancient Fruit Wine sells for 3,300g/4,620g.
  • Sell as crop 550g/605g to iridium 1,100g/1,210g
  • Base wine sells for 1,650g/2,310g.

Strawberry

• Demetrius and Maru love 
• Jelly – 260g/406g
• Base wine 360g/503g to iridium 720g/1,007g
• Sell as crop – 120g/132g to 240g/264g

Blueberry

• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Summer Crops Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle (remixed), x5 gold quality required
  • Bulletin Board
    • Dye Bundle (remixed)
• Cooking
  • Blueberry tart
  • Fruit salad 

Cranberry 

• Cooking
  • Cranberry candy
  • Cranberry sauce
  • Stuffing
  • Super meal

Melon

• Penny loves
• Bundles
  • Pantry
    • Summer Crop Bundle
    • Quality Crops Bundle requires x5 gold quality melons
• Cooking
  • Fruit salad
  • Pink cake

Rhubarb

• Cooking
  • Rhubarb pie 

Starfruit

• Crafting
  • Junimo huts (x9)
• Wine is the best option for processing, jelly also a good option with shorter turnaround/before casks unlocked 
  • Base sell – 750g/825g to iridium 1,500g/1,650g
  • Jelly 1,550g/2,170g
  • Wine base 2,250g/3,150g to iridium 4,500g/6,300g

Pineapple

• Cooking
  • Tropical curry (foraging boost) 
• Wine and jelly good options too since you’ll have tons of it since it regrows
  • • Jelly – 650g/909g
    • Base wine 900g/1,260g to iridium 1,800g/2,520g
    • Sell as crop base 300g/330g, silver 375g/412g, gold 450g/495g. Iridium 600g/660g

Flowers 

Honey sell prices are written as base/artisan profession, sell price base/tiller profession

Recipes 

Sweet pea

• Sandy loves
• Bundles
  • Crafts Room
    • Summer Foraging Bundle
• Crafting recipe
  • Spring seeds 

Crocus

• Sandy loves
• Bundles
  • Crafts Room
    • Winter Foraging Bundle
• Crafting recipe
  • Winter seeds 

Sunflower

• Haley loves
• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board
    • Dye Bundle
  • Bundles
    • Pantry (remixed)
      • Garden Bundle
• Oil in oil maker
• Honey 260g/364g
• Base 80g/88g to iridium 160g/176g

Fairy Rose

• Evelyn and Jas love 
• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Garden Bundle
• Crafting Recipes
  • Fairy dust
• Honey 680g/951g
• Base 290g/319g to iridium 580g/638g

Blue Jazz

• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Garden Bundle
• Cooking
  • Lucky lunch
• Honey 200g/280g
• Base 50g/55g to iridium 100g/110g

Poppy

• Penny loves 
• Bundles
  • Bulletin Board
    • Chef’s Bundle
• Poppyseed muffin
• Honey 380g/532g
• Base 140g/154g to iridium 280g/308g

No recipes 

Tulip

• Evelyn loves 
• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Garden Bundle
• Honey 160g/224g
• Base 30g/33g to iridium 60g/66g

Summer Spangle

• Caroline loves 
• Bundles
  • Pantry (remixed)
    • Garden Bundle
• Honey 280g/392g 
• Base 90g/99g to iridium 180g/198g