The Best Fall Crops in Stardew Valley

It’s Fall in Stardew Valley, and that means a brand new rotation of crops to pick from. But which crops to choose? There’s no simple answer when it comes to farming in Stardew Valley. Every farm has a different goal, and the crops you decide to grow will no doubt serve their purpose well. But if you’re looking to maximize the gold you can get from shipping those crops come harvest time, there’s a few options you should be aware of. Fall crops don’t stand out as much as the crops you might find in other seasons, but it’s always worth knowing which ones are a little better than the others. Here are the best Fall crops in Stardew Valley you can grow.

Artichoke

There’s nothing special about the Artichoke. It grows at an average pace of eight days and costs 30 gold per seed. You can’t even plant them until your second year in Stardew Valley, when Pierre starts selling the seeds at his shop. However, artichokes sell for five times their seed price, and given their fast growth cycles, can be a reliable source of money! It’s a perfect crop to squeeze into a patch of unused farmland as a supplement to your existing production. It gives you something to do while waiting for those slower crops to finish growing as well. Artichokes won’t define your farm, but they’re a better option than most other crops in the Fall.

Beet

Like the artichoke, the beet is just as uneventful, but it shares a lot of the same DNA. It takes six days to harvest, and sells for five times its seed price, making it another solid (if tame) choice for farmers looking to take the Fall season easy. You’ll need access to the desert to buy them though. The two days you save on growing beets over artichokes comes at the cost of making less profits overall from them, but it also means you can grow more beets than artichokes in the season if you’re looking for more to do. There’s not much else to say about the beet, other than you can do a lot worse in terms of Fall crops. But if you’re looking for something simple, it’s a good option!

Pumpkin

The pumpkin is one of two interesting crops in the Fall line-up. It’s a slow-growing crop at 13 days before harvest, but sells for double its seed cost. This might not sound as impressive as the selling price of Beets and Artichokes, but the flat 320 gold a base quality pumpkin sells for trumps the other two. Pumpkins are your go-to crop for your first Fall in Stardew Valley, because they’re cheap enough to buy en masse, and have the chance to turn into giant crops. A giant crop will always yield more than the 3×3 space of crops they replace, guaranteeing a boost to your profits if you’re lucky!

Cranberries

If you can afford the steep 240 gold-per-seed price tag, Cranberries are hands down the best fall crop in Stardew Valley. They only take seven days to fully mature, and will regrow fruit every five days after that, ensuring you won’t need to go back to Pierre’s to re-up your seed supply. Although they might not pay for themselves on the first harvest, cranberries have one of the highest odds in the game to produce additional fruit per yield, and will always drop at least two cranberries. The earlier you plant them, the better the profit, so make sure you make enough money during the Summer season to ensure your farm is littered with cranberry seeds.

Fall is a difficult season to optimize thanks to its collection of crops. Hopefully this list gives you solid direction towards profits you can be happy about. Fall is generally the season where you expand your farm to make up for the lower profits by using Summer’s income. To make sure you’ve got the money to spend on that, check out The Best Summer Crops in Stardew Valley. If you’re more concerned about what you’re going to grow after Winter, read The Best Spring Crops in Stardew Valley.

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