Ancient Seeds are rare agricultural supplies in Stardew Valley that yield Ancient Fruits. They are very valuable, rare, and difficult to find, especially for new farmers who don’t do much work on their fields. Although there are natural in-game ways to finally gain this item, they are usually laborious and one-time. In contrast, this article offers the best practices for finding and growing Ancient Seeds so that you may maximize the amount of their products that you can produce.
How to Get Ancient Seed
Talk to the Traveling Merchant to get Rare Seed. The pack of seeds can be bought from her for 100 to 1,000g. You can also give the seed’s Artifact to the Museum or put Ancient Fruit in the Seed Maker to find Ancient Seeds. In the Seed Maker, there is also a 0.5% chance that some other crops will turn into Ancient Seed.
- Talk to the Traveling Merchant. The Traveling Cart can be found in Cindersap Forest on Fridays and Sundays. Visit her regularly to purchase her limited resources of Ancient Seeds.
- Donate the Artifact to the Museum. Gunther will reward you with a pack of Ancient Seeds if you bring him the dead seed.
- Process Ancient Fruit. Insert an Ancient Fruit in a Seed Maker to get more sprouts.
To enhance your chances of obtaining free Ancient Seeds, a useful method is to insert various crops into the Seed Maker at different times of the day.
How to Get Ancient Seed Artifact
Getting rid of monsters is the most common way to find Ancient Seed Artifacts. This item is dropped by 0.5% of Bugs, Cave Flys, Grubs, Dinosaur Game, Mutant Flys, and Mutant Grubs. The other way to get this Artifact is to dig in the Cindersap and The Mountain places. It’s also possible to find the Ancient Seed Artifact in Fishing Treasure Troves and Artifact Troves.
Best Ways to Use Ancient Seed
Ancient Seeds are not very profitable to sell. The best strategy is to grow them in a greenhouse, then turn the fruits into wine or jelly to optimize their worth. The price of both things is much greater, with a maximum weight of 1,100g. Though it needs a 28-day growing time, Ancient Seeds may be planted in the farm throughout the spring, summer, and fall for people without access to the greenhouse.