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How to Make Basic Retaining Soil

Ingredients, unlock method, and spawn ID for Basic Retaining Soil.
Basic Retaining Soil

This soil has a chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Basic
Sell Price
4g

The item ID for Basic Retaining Soil in Stardew Valley is: 370

Basic Retaining Soil
[370]

Basic Retaining Soil Information

Basic Retaining Soil is a Fertilizer that has a chance to keep soil watered. It can be crafted or purchased from Pierre's General Store for 100g starting on Spring 15th of year 1.

Basic Retaining Soil can be placed on tilled soil before or after planting a seed, or at any stage of crop growth. The chance for retaining water is about 33%.

Where to Buy Basic Retaining Soil

Shops and vendors that sell Basic Retaining Soil.

  • Pierre's General Store· special condition
    50g

Basic Retaining Soil Tailoring

Use Basic Retaining Soil as the spool item (with Cloth in the left slot) to tailor:

Basic Retaining Soil Recipe

Basic Retaining Soil is a crafted item.

Ingredients

How to learn the recipe

Reach Farming Level 4

Basic Retaining Soil Villager Gift Reactions

Give Basic Retaining Soil 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
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Basic Retaining Soil 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 [370]. You will then receive the Basic Retaining Soil 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 [370] 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 Basic Retaining Soil item.