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Ancient Seeds — Stardew Valley Crop Guide

Spawn ID, growth time, seasons, and best processing for Ancient Seeds.
Ancient Seeds

This item is the plantable form of Ancient Seeds. After planting, Ancient Seeds take 28 days to fully mature and grow into an Ancient Fruit plant. The yield of an Ancient Fruit plant (an Ancient Fruit item) can be sold for up to 907 gold with the Tiller Profession.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Seeds
Sell Price
30g

The item ID for Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley is: 499

Ancient Seeds
[499]

Ancient Seeds Information

Ancient Seeds are a type of seed that mature into plants yielding Ancient Fruit.

Ancient Seeds can also be obtained from Ancient Fruit by using a Seed Maker. Whenever the Seed Maker is used with any crop other than Ancient Fruit, there is a 0.5% chance to obtain one packet of Ancient Seeds instead of the crop's seeds.

After donating an Ancient Seed artifact to the Museum, a packet of Ancient Seeds can be claimed from Gunther as a reward. A crafting recipe will also be given which allows Ancient Seeds to be crafted from an Ancient Seed artifact.

Ancient Seeds cannot be planted in Garden Pots. Attempting to place Ancient Seeds in a Garden Pot will display the message "Her roots grow very deep... She wouldn't be happy in there."

Ancient Seeds can be deconstructed to make an Ancient Seed artifact using a Deconstructor. This is useful if the player has a packet of Ancient Seeds available but does not yet have the artifact donated to the Museum.

Planting Ancient Seeds

Plant to grow Ancient Fruit. First harvest in 28 days, then regrows every 7 days.
Growing seasons
SpringSummerFallWinter
Yield per harvest1
Harvests per season1
Harvest methodHand
Best processing
  • Raw
    550g
  • Keg
    1650gWine
  • Preserves Jar
    1150gJelly
  • Dehydrator
    4150gDriedFruit

Best gold/day: 148.2gg via Dehydrator.

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Ancient Seeds Recipe

Ancient Seeds is a crafted item.

Ingredients

How to learn the recipe

Unlocked through a special event, mail, or quest.

Ancient Seeds Villager Gift Reactions

Give Ancient Seeds as a gift to build friendship. Each villager reacts differently — pick someone who loves it for the biggest friendship boost. Gifts given on a villager's birthday count 8× — a loved gift jumps from +80 to +640 friendship.

  • DislikesAbigail🎂 Fall 13Alex🎂 Summer 13Caroline🎂 Winter 7Clint🎂 Winter 26Demetrius🎂 Summer 19Dwarf🎂 Summer 22Elliott🎂 Fall 5Emily🎂 Spring 27Evelyn🎂 Winter 20George🎂 Fall 24Gus🎂 Summer 8Haley🎂 Spring 14Harvey🎂 Winter 14Jas🎂 Summer 4Jodi🎂 Fall 11Kent🎂 Spring 4Krobus🎂 Winter 1Leah🎂 Winter 23Leo🎂 Summer 26Lewis🎂 Spring 7Linus🎂 Winter 3Marnie🎂 Fall 18Maru🎂 Summer 10Pam🎂 Spring 18Penny🎂 Fall 2Pierre🎂 Spring 26Robin🎂 Fall 21Sam🎂 Summer 17Sandy🎂 Fall 15Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Shane🎂 Spring 20Vincent🎂 Spring 10Willy🎂 Summer 24Wizard🎂 Winter 17
See the full Ancient Seeds gift guide →

Ancient Seeds Cheat Help

Item spawning in Stardew Valley isn't accomplished through typical commands. Instead, it involves a cheat method where you name your character, or an animal, with the item code of the desired item, enclosed in square brackets [ and ]. Include the brackets when naming.

Spawn Using Animal Name

To spawn this item, buy an animal (we recommend a chicken because it is the cheapest) from Marnie's Ranch, name it [499]. You will then receive the Ancient Seeds item.

Spawn Using Character Name

Since you can only set your character's name once at the game's inception, we advise using the animal naming method.

However, if you opt for this method, name your character [499] while creating your save file. When you converse with any villager who mentions your name in their dialogue, like Gus at the Stardrop Saloon, you'll receive the Ancient Seeds item.