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Tomato — Stardew Valley Crop Guide

Spawn ID, growth time, seasons, and best processing for Tomato.
Tomato

Rich and slightly tangy, the Tomato has a wide variety of culinary uses.

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Basic
Sell Price
60g

The item ID for Tomato in Stardew Valley is: 256

Tomato
[256]

Tomato Information

The Tomato is a vegetable crop that grows from Tomato Seeds after 11 days.

Growing Tomato

Grows from Tomato Seeds. First harvest in 11 days, then regrows every 4 days.
Growing seasons
SpringSummerFallWinter
Yield per harvest1+5% chance of extra
Harvests per season5
Harvest methodHand
Sell price (raw)60g
Where to buy seeds
  • Night Market — Magic Boat (Day 2)
  • JojaMart(Summer)
  • Pierre(Summer)
Best processing
  • Raw
    60g
  • Keg
    135gJuice
  • Preserves Jar
    170gPickle

Best gold/day: 31.9gg via Preserves Jar.

See all Stardew Valley crops →

Tomato Effects

Eating Tomato restores 20 energy and 9 health.

Tomato Tailoring

Use Tomato as the spool item (with Cloth in the left slot) to tailor:

Recipes That Use Tomato

Tomato in Community Center Bundles

Tomato is needed for 1 Community Center bundle. Donate to restore the bundle and unlock its reward.

Using Tomato in Machines

What you get by putting Tomato into farm machines.

Tomato in Collections

Shipping Tomato counts toward the Full Shipment achievement (335 items). Track your shipping progress →

Tomato Villager Gift Reactions

Give Tomato 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.

  • LikesAlex🎂 Summer 13Caroline🎂 Winter 7Clint🎂 Winter 26Demetrius🎂 Summer 19Dwarf🎂 Summer 22Elliott🎂 Fall 5Emily🎂 Spring 27Evelyn🎂 Winter 20George🎂 Fall 24Gus🎂 Summer 8Harvey🎂 Winter 14Jodi🎂 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 21Sandy🎂 Fall 15Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Shane🎂 Spring 20Willy🎂 Summer 24Wizard🎂 Winter 17
  • DislikesAbigail🎂 Fall 13Haley🎂 Spring 14Jas🎂 Summer 4Sam🎂 Summer 17Vincent🎂 Spring 10
See the full Tomato gift guide →

Tomato 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 [256]. You will then receive the Tomato 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 [256] 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 Tomato item.