Cask

Cask
Use in the cellar to age products like wine and cheese.
Information
Source	Final farmhouse upgrade
Season	All Seasons
Sell Price	Cannot be sold
Crafting
Ingredients	Wood (20) Hardwood (1)

The Cask is a type of equipment used to make artisan goods in Stardew Valley. It takes wine and cheese and can age them to increase their quality and value.

A pickaxe can be used to remove artisan goods from a cask at any stage of fermentation.

Casks are able to produce items with "iridium star" quality. Iridium star is the highest level of quality, which doubles the value of an item. Different types of items take longer or slower to age. Wine takes the longest -- 2 seasons of aging to go from basic wine to iridium quality wine.

Casks can be placed anywhere, however they will only accept goods to refine if they are actually in the cellar.

Min/Max Strategy

You start with 33 Casks. It's possible to place 189 Casks in the Cellar, requiring 156 Hardwood and 3120 Wood. In order to use all 189 casks, the player must fill the casks all at once, placing additional casks as they move towards the exit. The 125 cask layout pictured below is a good place to start. In order to harvest the finished product the player will need to carve a path through the casks as they empty them. This can be time-consuming so it is recommended to do this only with a valuable product that takes a long time to reach iridium quality, such as starfruit wine.

Recipe

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe From
	Cask	Use in the cellar to age products like wine and cheese.	Wood (20) Hardwood (1)	Cellar farmhouse upgrade

Aged Values

Image	Name	Description	Ingredient	Base Quality	Silver Star (x 1.25)	Gold Star (x 1.5)	Iridium Star (x 2)
	Wine	Drink in moderation.	Any fruit	3 x Fruit Base Value	(3 x Base) x 1.25 Aged: 14 Days	(3 x Base) x 1.50 Aged: 14 Days	(3 x Base) x 2 Aged: 28 Days
	Pale Ale	Drink in moderation.	Hops	300g	375 Aged: 9 Days	450 Aged: 8 Days	600 Aged: 17 Days
	Beer	Drink in moderation.	Wheat	200g	250g Aged: 7 Days	300g Aged: 7 Days	400g Aged: 14 Days
	Mead	A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation.	Honey	200g	250g Aged: 7 Days	300g Aged: 7 Days	400g Aged: 14 Days
	Cheese	It's your basic cheese.	Milk Large Milk	200g	250g Aged: 3 Days	300g Aged: 4 Days	400g Aged: 7 Days
	Goat Cheese	Soft cheese made from goat's milk.	Goat Milk Large Goat Milk	375g	469g Aged: 3 Days	563g Aged: 4 Days	750g Aged: 7 Days

Gallery

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  The cellar Farmhouse upgrade with Casks.

• Filled cellar.png

  A fully filled cellar with processing goods of different stages.

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  Optimal layout: 125 accessible casks.

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  Cellar filled with the maximum 189 casks, all in use.

History

• 1.1: Introduced.