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Melon — Stardew Valley Crop Guide

A cool, sweet summer treat.
- Category
- Objects
- Subcategory
- Basic
- Sell Price
- 250g
The item ID for Melon in Stardew Valley is: 254

Melon Information
The Melon is a fruit crop that grows from Melon Seeds after 12 days. Melon is one of only three crops that can grow into a giant crop.
Growing Melon
| Yield per harvest | 1 |
| Harvests per season | 1 |
| Harvest method | Hand |
| Sell price (raw) | 250g |
- Night Market — Magic Boat (Day 2)—
- JojaMart(Summer)—
- Pierre(Summer)—
- Raw250g
- Keg750gWine
- Preserves Jar550gJelly
- Dehydrator1900gDriedFruit
Best gold/day: 67.9gg via Dehydrator.
Melon Effects
Eating Melon restores 112 energy and 50 health.
Melon Tailoring
Use Melon as the spool item (with Cloth in the left slot) to tailor:
Recipes That Use Melon
Melon is used as an ingredient in 2 recipes.
Melon in Community Center Bundles
Melon is needed for 2 Community Center bundles. Donate to restore the bundle and unlock its reward.
- Summer CropsPantryNeeds Melon.Reward: Quality Sprinkler
- Quality CropsPantryNeeds 5× Melon (Gold) — any 1 of 3 options.Reward: Preserves Jar
Quests That Need Melon
Keep a spare Melon around — these quests ask for it.
- Crop Researchquest · for Demetrius
Using Melon in Machines
What you get by putting Melon into farm machines.
- Put
Keg→
Melon Wine(≈6.3 days) - Put
Preserves Jar→
Melon Jelly(≈2.5 days) - Put 5×
Dehydrator→
Dried Melon(1 day)
Melon in Collections
Shipping Melon counts toward the Full Shipment achievement (335 items). Track your shipping progress →
Melon Villager Gift Reactions
Give Melon 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.
- LovesPenny🎂 Fall 2
- LikesDemetrius🎂 Summer 19Elliott🎂 Fall 5Harvey🎂 Winter 14Jodi🎂 Fall 11Kent🎂 Spring 4Leah🎂 Winter 23Linus🎂 Winter 3Pam🎂 Spring 18Robin🎂 Fall 21Sandy🎂 Fall 15Shane🎂 Spring 20
- NeutralAlex🎂 Summer 13Caroline🎂 Winter 7Clint🎂 Winter 26Dwarf🎂 Summer 22Emily🎂 Spring 27Evelyn🎂 Winter 20George🎂 Fall 24Gus🎂 Summer 8Krobus🎂 Winter 1Leo🎂 Summer 26Lewis🎂 Spring 7Marnie🎂 Fall 18Maru🎂 Summer 10Pierre🎂 Spring 26Sam🎂 Summer 17Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Willy🎂 Summer 24Wizard🎂 Winter 17
- DislikesAbigail🎂 Fall 13Haley🎂 Spring 14Jas🎂 Summer 4Vincent🎂 Spring 10
Melon 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 [254]. You will then receive the Melon 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 [254] 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 Melon item.
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