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| ===Crop Quality=== | | ===Crop Quality=== |
− | The quality of crops comes in three levels: regular, [[File:Silver_Quality.png|16px|link=]] silver, and [[File:Gold Quality.png|16px|link=]] gold. Quality is determined when a crop is harvested. Normally, harvested crops are almost all of regular quality, with a few at higher quality levels. The average quality can be increased by planting seeds into [[Fertilizer|fertilized]] soil. Increasing [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming Skill]] also increases the chance to harvest a quality crop. If a [[Seed Maker]] turns a higher-quality crop into seeds, the seeds are '''no more likely''' to produce higher-quality crops when grown and harvested. | + | The quality of crops comes in four levels: regular, [[File:Silver_Quality.png|16px|link=]] silver, [[File:Gold Quality.png|16px|link=]] gold, and [[File:Iridium Quality.png|16px|link=]] iridium. Quality is determined when a crop is harvested. Normally, harvested crops are almost all of regular quality, with a few at silver or gold quality levels. The average quality can be increased by planting seeds into [[Fertilizer|fertilized]] soil. Note that iridium quality is possible only with [[Deluxe Fertilizer]]. Increasing [[Farming#Farming Skill|Farming Skill]] also increases the chance to harvest a quality crop. If a [[Seed Maker]] turns a higher-quality crop into seeds, the seeds are '''no more likely''' to produce higher-quality crops when grown and harvested. |
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− | Higher quality crops command higher prices when sold, and deliver greater [[energy]] and [[health]] benefits when eaten. If given as a gift to an NPC who likes or loves the crop, a silver or gold quality crop gives a higher number of [[friendship]] points. Crop quality has '''no effect''' on [[Cooking|cooked foods']] health or energy gains, or on the quality of [[Artisan Goods]] produced. | + | Higher quality crops command higher prices when sold, and deliver greater [[energy]] and [[health]] benefits when eaten. If given as a gift to an NPC who likes or loves the crop, a silver, gold, or iridium quality crop gives a higher number of [[friendship]] points. Crop quality has '''no effect''' on [[Cooking|cooked foods']] health or energy gains, or on the quality of [[Artisan Goods]] produced. |
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− | The quality star of a crop in inventory is supposed to animate when it is of the highest quality possible (gold). However, as of {{version|1.2|v1.2}}, this animation occurs only for flower crops. | + | The quality star of a crop in inventory animates when it is of the highest quality possible (iridium). |
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| For crops that produce multiples at harvest (''i.e.'', [[Coffee Bean]], [[Blueberry]], [[Cranberries]]), [[Basic Fertilizer|Basic]] and [[Quality Fertilizer|Quality]] fertilizers affect only the first crop produced. That is, only 1 out of 4 coffee beans is affected at each harvest; only 1 out of 3 blueberries is affected, etc. | | For crops that produce multiples at harvest (''i.e.'', [[Coffee Bean]], [[Blueberry]], [[Cranberries]]), [[Basic Fertilizer|Basic]] and [[Quality Fertilizer|Quality]] fertilizers affect only the first crop produced. That is, only 1 out of 4 coffee beans is affected at each harvest; only 1 out of 3 blueberries is affected, etc. |