Stardew Valley: Fruit 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 fruit I keep for crafting or cooking recipes, donate, 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, among the many requirements.

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

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