Stardew Valley Calculator

Stardew Valley · Updated 2026-10-08

Best Winter Crops — Stardew Valley Profit Calculator

Winter crop profit rankings by harvest count, seed cost and raw sale revenue. Adjust growth days, fertilizer, quality and profession for your farm.

Total profit leaderWinter Seeds27 growing days · 3 harvests · Expected yield
Net profit
285g
Profit / day
10.56g
Total ROI
—
Daily ROI
—
Harvest dates, costs & sale details ↓

Plan your planting

Season
Crop
Growing area, replanting & sale route

Plant winter 1. 27 growth days; crops only survive their valid seasons. Planting day is not a growth day.

Sale route
Quality, skills & food
Quality mode
Quality of first item
Farming food buff
Fertilizer
Profession
Seed sources, budget & costs

Choose available sources; budget caps the initial planting, not reinvestment. Crafted/found/bartered seeds are zero cash cost, not unlimited stock.

Machines, aging & seed recovery
Aging quality (Keg products)

Queues include machine and cask time. Zero means enough parallel machines, never instant goods. In-progress products stay inventory, not sales. Seed recovery assumes separate Seed Makers can finish the reserved inputs that day; results are an expected seed-yield scenario.

Help & formulasUpdates

Crop comparison

2 crops

27 growing days · 3 harvests. Daily averages use 27 days; daily ROI uses 27 days. Buy fertilizer once per planted tile and seeds for each planting batch.

1 / 1 planted tiles · Crafted wild seeds · 7 days to mature

Seed costs
0g
Fertilizer costs
0g
Raw sales
285g
Completed goods
0g
Total sales
285g
Expected / sampled items
3

ROI is undefined because the selected cash costs are zero. Enable costs to compare returns.

Quality & yield breakdown
Expected / fixed-quality scenario — extra crop items are normal quality; wild Gatherer copies retain forage quality.
QualityFirst-item chanceHarvestedRaw sold
Normal100%33
Silver0%00
Gold0%00
Iridium0%00

0 produce reserved for seed recovery.

Real harvest calendar (3)

Winter 8 · Winter 15 · Winter 22

HarvestItemsSeed reserve
Winter 810
Winter 1510
Winter 2210
Compare sale routes for Winter Seeds

Same planting and machine-count assumptions for each alternative, not six routes running at once. Unsupported products use the selected raw fallback.

RouteNet profitCompleted salesFuture stock
285g285g0g
669g669g0g
637.5g637.5g0g
277.5g277.5g0g
285g285g0g
285g285g0g
Profit display
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Profit & cost chart

Highest return first. Tap a crop or use Tab and Enter to select it. Green is profit; red is loss. Bars use the largest profit as their scale; larger losses are capped and show the full amount. Seed and fertilizer costs are listed separately, not deducted twice.

Winter Seeds3 harvestsTotal profit285g

Choosing a crop for winter

The ranking above uses 27 growth days, one tile, normal quality and immediate replanting. Change the days, costs and profession to rank your own plan. A seed with limited availability can lead the profit table without being practical to buy today.

Harvest counts matter more than headline sell prices near season end. Zero-harvest crops keep their seed cost in the result.

What this calculator includes

  • Water daily and harvest as soon as crops are ready.
  • Compare crop sales and finished processed goods after seed and fertilizer costs.
  • Choose a quality and profession; bonus yields are labelled.
  • Use cross-season for legal outdoor carryover, or Greenhouse / Island for season-free plans.
Calculation formulas · Data version & notes

Crop profit pages

Powdermelon7 days · 60g · single harvestWinter Seeds7 days · 95g · single harvest

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