Cask

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

The Cask is a type of Artisan Equipment used to make Artisan Goods. It takes wine and cheese and ages them to increase their quality and value.

Normal, silver, and gold quality items can be prematurely removed from a cask at any time by striking the cask with an Axe, Hoe, or Pickaxe.

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.

It's worth noting that even with high-value goods such as Starfruit wine, the value gained from casks is comparatively low, since an iridium-quality product is only double the original value. Maturing a bottle of starfruit wine will yield 2250g in 56 days, yielding only 40g per day per cask. That is very low maintenance profit, however. You only need to fill the cellar and wait for two seasons. With starfruit wine, 125 casks will yield 5000g per day.

Placement Strategy

The cellar comes with 33 casks. It's possible to fill the cellar with 125 casks and still leave paths to reach all of them without displacing any of them.

It's also possible to completely fill the cellar with Casks. This requires 189 casks, made of 156 Hardwood and 3120 Wood. In order to use all 189 casks, the player must fill the casks all at once, placing additional casks while moving towards the exit. In order to harvest the finished product the player must reverse the process, removing empty casks while carving a path to the furthest ones. This can be time-consuming, so it may be a desirable option for only the most valuable products (e.g., Starfruit or Ancient Fruit wine).

All layouts described here are shown in the Gallery below.

Note that players using a controller or playing on mobile devices, rather than using a mouse/keyboard, have reported difficulty accessing casks in the corners of the Cellar.

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 (1)	3 x Fruit Base Price	(3 x Base) x 1.25 Aged: 14 Days	(3 x Base) x 1.50 Aged: 14 Days Total: 28 Days	(3 x Base) x 2 Aged: 28 Days Total: 56 Days
	Pale Ale	Drink in moderation.	Hops (1)	300g	375g Aged: 9 Days	450g Aged: 8 Days Total: 17 Days	600g Aged: 17 Days Total: 34 Days
	Beer	Drink in moderation.	Wheat (1)	200g	250g Aged: 7 Days	300g Aged: 7 Days Total: 14 Days	400g Aged: 14 Days Total: 28 Days
	Mead	A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation.	Honey (1)	200g	250g Aged: 7 Days	300g Aged: 7 Days Total: 14 Days	400g Aged: 14 Days Total: 28 Days
	Cheese	It's your basic cheese.	Milk (1) or Large Milk (1)	230g	287g Aged: 3 Days	345g Aged: 4 Days Total: 7 Days	460g Aged: 7 Days Total: 14 Days
	Goat Cheese	Soft cheese made from goat's milk.	Goat Milk (1) or Large Goat Milk (1)	400g	500g Aged: 3 Days	600g Aged: 4 Days Total: 7 Days	800g Aged: 7 Days Total: 14 Days

Gallery

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  The cellar Farmhouse upgrade with casks

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  Optimal layout for mouse/keyboard: 125 accessible casks

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  Optimal layout for controller/mobile: 118 accessible casks

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

History

• 1.1: Introduced.
• 1.3: Removed bug that crashed the game when striking a ready-to-harvest cask with a tool.
• 1.4: You can no longer put iridium quality items in casks. Casks can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.