Garlic is a useful seed for any budding Stardew Valley farmer, so here’s how to get it and what you can use it for, from recipes to gifting it to characters.
There are many different crops dotted around Stardew Valley, so much so that it can get relatively overwhelming, especially when trying to make money or finding crops that don’t take long to grow.
Thankfully, crops in the game, like garlic, are relatively easy to handle and thankfully cheap to buy. This combined with the speed in which they grow and the potential profit lines them up to be a useful crop. So, here’s everything you need to know about garlic in Stardew Valley.
How to get garlic in Stardew Valley
There are two ways to get garlic seeds in Stardew Valley:
- Simply head down to Pierre’s General Store and speak to him to purchase the seeds at the Night Market on Winter 15 (starting in year 2) to grab a few if you’re lucky.
- The only way to get garlic seeds during year one is by checking the Traveling Cart on Fridays and Sundays.
It’s worth noting that garlic in Stardew Valley can only be planted in the Spring, so be sure to prepare before buying hundreds. Another key point is that garlic in Stardew Valley can only be bought from the beginning of Year Two.
The cost and profit
Buying the garlic seeds from Pierre or at the Night Market will cost you 40g each. This may be expensive, but the profit makes it well worth investing in, especially since it only takes four days to grow.
The overall profit depends on your profession and if you choose to make it into Juice or Pickles. If you’re just selling the crop as normal, then refer to the table below for sale prices of garlic.
| Garlic quality | Normal sale price | Sale price with tiller profession |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 60g | 66g |
| Silver | 75g | 82g |
| Gold | 90g | 99g |
| Purple | 120g | 132g |
It’s well known within the Stardew Valley community that profits are greatly increased when making a crop into a Juice or a Pickle, so refer to the table below for sale prices of garlic when used in this way.
| Garlic type | Normal sale price | Sale price with Artisan profession |
|---|---|---|
| Juice | 135g | 189g |
| Pickles | 170g | 237g |
How to use Garlic
Garlic is primarily used for selling or gifting to Stardew Valley’s cast of characters and comes in most useful during your second year. Below, you’ll find all of the uses you can use the produce for in the game.
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Recipes
When it comes to cooking with garlic, Stardew Valley is not like real life. It’s part of very few recipes and just doesn’t seem as well used as it could be. That being said, there is a recipe that’s given to you when you reach level six of combat that actively pushes weakened monsters away from your garlic breath. All of the available recipes are as follows:
- Escargot: 1 Snail, 1 Garlic
- Fiddlehead Risotto: 1 Oil, 1 Fiddlehead Fern, 1 Garlic
- Oil of Garlic: 1 Oil, 1 Garlic
Gifting
Interestingly, when it comes to gifting garlic, Stardew Valley’s NPCs are mostly garlic fans, although no one will love it.
However, there are a few who either dislike it or hate it:
Dislike:
Hate:
- Evelyn
- Pierre
So, there you have it — that’s all you need to know about growing garlic in Stardew Valley and how to use the ingredient throughout your game.
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