Foraging

Foraging is the skill associated with gathering wild resources found on the ground throughout Stardew Valley, and with chopping down Trees. Foraging skill also increases by harvesting crops grown from Wild Seeds.

Most forageables can be found throughout their season. One exception is Salmonberry, which can only be found during Salmonberry Season (Spring 15-18), on bushes around town. Blackberries can be found on the ground during Fall, but during Blackberry Season (Fall 8-11), they can also be found on bushes throughout town.

Spawning Limit

0-4 new forageables spawn each day in each map (i.e., areas bounded by screen transitions). There is a hard cap of 6 spawns allowed in any area at a time. One exception to this rule is The Beach. The area at the right of the beach, that can be accessed only after repairing the bridge with 300 Wood, is considered a separate area, and can contain more than 6 items on any given day. Another exception are the Spring Onions that grow south of Leah's Cottage in Cindersap Forest. Spring Onions don't count against the limit and are reset every day. All other forageables reset when the player goes to sleep on Saturday night.

Quality

The quality of foraged goods comes in four levels: regular, silver, gold, and iridium. However, only players who have chosen the Botanist Profession can find iridium quality foraged goods. Higher quality goods command higher prices when the goods are sold, and deliver greater energy and health benefits when they are consumed. If given as a gift to an NPC who likes or loves it, a quality gift also provides a higher number of friendship points.

The Botanist Profession applies Iridium Quality to:

• All items labeled as "Forage" in-game (except Sap and Cave Carrot)
• Fruits, vegetables, and flowers found as forage (including Salmonberries and Blackberries shaken from bushes during their respective seasons)
• Fruit left by fruit bats in the cave, provided the player chose that option when prompted by Demetrius (mushrooms are not affected)
• All items foraged from the beach
• Crops grown from Wild Seeds
• Truffles

The Botanist Profession does not apply iridium quality to mushrooms that are not picked up from the ground. (Mushrooms gained from tapping a Mushroom Tree or from The Farm Cave will not be iridium quality.)

Quality Ratios

For players without the Botanist Profession, the game first tests for gold quality according to the following formula: foraging level/30. If the item fails this check, then the game tests for silver quality, according to the following formula: foraging level/15 and not gold, or (1-foraging level/30)*foraging level/15. If both checks fail, the foraged item will be normal quality.

The table below shows the probabilities of obtaining each quality of foraged goods.

Foraging level	% Regular quality	% Silver quality	% Gold quality
0	100%	0%	0%
1	90%	7%	3%
2	81%	12%	7%
3	72%	18%	10%
4	64%	23%	13%
5	55%	28%	17%
6	48%	32%	20%
7	41%	36%	23%
8	34%	39%	27%
9	28%	42%	30%
10	22%	45%	33%
11	17%	46%	37%
12	12%	48%	40%
13	8%	49%	43%

Foraging Skill

Each skill level adds +1 Axe proficiency. Although you will not receive a notification that you have leveled up in Foraging Skill until after you go to sleep for the day, your skills menu will immediately show the level up as a red bar in Foraging Skill. The effects of leveling up are immediate.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Wild Seeds (Sp) Field Snack Trees sometimes drop seeds.	Charcoal Kiln	Cookout Kit Moss Soup	Wild Seeds (Su) Tapper Mushroom Log +1 Wild Berry harvesting	Forester Trees drop 25% more wood. (Applies to Trees, Stumps & Logs)	Gatherer Chance for double harvest of foraged items. (20% chance of double harvest)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Forester:	Gatherer:
Lightning Rod Wild Seeds (Fa) Warp Totem: Beach	Wild Seeds (Wi) Warp Totem: Mountains Tree Fertilizer	Survival Burger Warp Totem: Farm Tent Kit +1 Wild Berry harvesting	Rain Totem	Lumberjack All trees have a chance to drop hardwood.	Botanist Foraged items are always highest quality.
				Tapper Syrups worth 25% more.	Tracker Location of forageable items revealed.

Tracking arrows (right side of screen)

Tracker Profession

The Tracker Profession makes the spawned forageables easier to find by adding small yellow arrows at the edge of the screen that point towards all forageables (including inaccessible ones), artifact spots, and panning areas in the current area. Tracking does not work on berry bushes.

Experience Points

Experience points (XP) are granted as follows:

• 12 XP for chopping down a tree (granted all at once for the last chop that causes the tree to fall).
• 1 XP for removing the tree stump after chopping down a tree.
• 25 XP for removing Large Stumps and Large Logs.
• 7 XP for each foraged item picked up from the ground.
  • If the Gatherer profession doubles the foraged item, another 7 XP is granted for the duplicate item.
• 3 XP for each Spring Onion harvested from Cindersap Forest in Spring.

The 7 XP for foraging items applies solely to those items visible sitting on the ground that are picked up only if the player clicks on them; it does not apply to items lying on the ground (e.g., dropped by shaking) that are automatically added to the player inventory by magnetism. Specific items that do grant 7 XP include:

• Standard randomly-spawned foraged items throughout Stardew Valley.
• Items grown from Wild Seeds (except if in a Garden Pot, in which case 0 XP).
• All items foraged from the Beach.
• All fruit collected from the Farm Cave, if the fruit bat option was selected.
• Truffles.
• Forage items spawned on the ground in the Mines and Skull Cavern, namely Red Mushrooms, Purple Mushrooms, and Fiddlehead Ferns.

Items which grant no foraging experience include:

• Blackberries and Salmonberries from bushes (whether picked by the player or shaken loose by animals).
• Grapes grown from Grape Starters.
• Items dug up from the ground, such as Snow Yams and Winter Roots.
• Items grown in Garden Pots.
• Mushrooms collected from the Farm Cave if the mushroom option was selected.
• Mushrooms obtained from chopping or tapping a Mushroom Tree.
• Non-forage items spawned on the ground in the Mines and Skull Cavern, namely Quartz, Earth Crystals, Fire Quartz, and Dinosaur Eggs -- except that a bug causes any duplicates created by the Gatherer profession to give 7XP.
• Forageables obtained from killing Monsters.

Food

Certain cooked dishes will temporarily increase foraging level. This is useful for increasing Axe proficiency, or for harvesting more berries from each bush during Salmonberry or Blackberry season (up to a maximum of 4 berries can be harvested with Foraging level 12-13).

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Pancakes	A double stack of fluffy, soft pancakes.	Wheat Flour (1) Egg (1)	90 40	Foraging (+2)	11m 11s	The Queen of Sauce 14 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for data-sort-value="100">100g	data-sort-value="80">80g
	Autumn's Bounty	A taste of the season.	Yam (1) Pumpkin (1)	220 99	Foraging (+2) Defense (+2)	7m 41s	Demetrius (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="350">350g
	Survival Burger	A convenient snack for the explorer.	Bread (1) Cave Carrot (1) Eggplant (1)	125 56	Foraging (+3)	5m 35s	Foraging Level 8	data-sort-value="180">180g

Foraged Items

Where percentages are provided for locations in the following tables, they represent the percentage of all foraged items spawned in that location that will (on average) be the specified item.

Basic

Image	Name	Description	Found	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Sap	A fluid obtained from trees.	Wherever there are trees that can be chopped down	data-sort-value="2">2g	−2	Basic Fertilizer Quality Fertilizer Trap Bobber Torch

Spring

Image	Name	Description	Found	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Wild Horseradish	A spicy root found in the spring.	Secret Woods (52%) Cindersap Forest (50%) Backwoods (42%) Mountain (42%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="50" 50g 62g 75g 100g	data-sort-value="5" 13 5 18 8 23 10 33 14	Spring Seeds Spring Foraging Bundle Krobus (loved gift)
	Daffodil	A traditional spring flower that makes a nice gift.	Pelican Town (100%) Bus Stop (45%) Railroad (45%)	data-sort-value="30" 30g 37g 45g 60g	data-sort-value="0" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	Spring Seeds Spring Foraging Bundle Sandy (loved gift)
	Leek	A tasty relative of the onion.	Backwoods (58%) Mountain (58%) Forest Farm (25%) Bus Stop (20%) Railroad (20%)	data-sort-value="60" 60g 75g 90g 120g	data-sort-value="16" 40 18 56 25 72 32 104 46	Salad Spring Seeds Spring Foraging Bundle George (loved gift)
	Dandelion	Not the prettiest flower, but the leaves make a good salad.	Cindersap Forest (50%) Bus Stop (35%) Railroad (35%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Salad Spring Seeds Spring Foraging Bundle
	Spring Onion	These grow wild during the spring.	Cindersap Forest	data-sort-value="8" 8g 10g 12g 16g	data-sort-value="5" 13 5 18 8 23 10 33 14
	Morel	Sought after for its unique nutty flavor.	Secret Woods (32%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="150" 150g 187g 225g 300g	data-sort-value="8" 20 9 28 12 36 16 52 23	Fried Mushroom Life Elixir Exotic Foraging Bundle
	Common Mushroom	Slightly nutty, with good texture.	Secret Woods (16%)	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Fried Mushroom Stir Fry Tom Kha Soup Fall Foraging Bundle
	Salmonberry	A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest.	On bushes during Salmonberry Season (Spring 15 - 18).	data-sort-value="5" 5g 6g 7g 10g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Jelly Wine

Summer

Image	Name	Description	Found	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Spice Berry	It fills the air with a pungent aroma.	Cindersap Forest (40%) Backwoods (38%) Mountain (38%) Bus Stop (27%) Railroad (27%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Summer Seeds Summer Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine
	Grape	A sweet cluster of fruit.	Backwoods (62%) Mountain (62%) Bus Stop (27%) Railroad (27%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Summer Seeds Summer Foraging Bundle Vincent (loved gift) Jelly Wine
	Sweet Pea	A fragrant summer flower.	Pelican Town (100%) Cindersap Forest (60%) Bus Stop (47%) Railroad (47%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="50" 50g 62g 75g 100g	data-sort-value="0" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	Summer Seeds Summer Foraging Bundle Sandy (loved gift)
	Red Mushroom	A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.	Secret Woods (22%)	data-sort-value="75" 75g 93g 112g 150g	data-sort-value="-20" −50 0 −70 0 −90 0 −130 0	Dye Bundle Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir
	Fiddlehead Fern	The young shoots are an edible specialty.	Secret Woods (78%)	data-sort-value="90" 90g 112g 135g 180g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Fiddlehead Risotto Chef's Bundle Pickles Juice
	Common Mushroom	Slightly nutty, with good texture.	Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Fried Mushroom Stir Fry Tom Kha Soup Fall Foraging Bundle

Fall

Image	Name	Description	Found	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Wild Plum	Tart and juicy with a pungent aroma.	Bus Stop (60%) Railroad (38%) Backwoods (24%) Mountain (24%)	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Fall Seeds Plum Pudding Fall Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine
	Hazelnut	That's one big hazelnut!	Backwoods (53%) Mountain (53%) Bus Stop (40%) Railroad (25%) Shaking Maple Trees on or after Fall 14	data-sort-value="90" 90g 112g 135g 180g	data-sort-value="12" 30 13 42 18 54 24 78 35	Fall Seeds Roasted Hazelnuts Stuffing Fall Foraging Bundle
	Blackberry	An early-fall treat.	Pelican Town (100%) Cindersap Forest (50%) Railroad (38%) On bushes during Blackberry Season (Fall 8 - 11)	data-sort-value="20" 20g 25g 30g 40g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Fall Seeds Blackberry Cobbler Fall Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine
	Chanterelle	A tasty mushroom with a fruity smell and slightly peppery flavor.	Secret Woods (38%) Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="160" 160g 200g 240g 320g	data-sort-value="30" 75 33 105 47 135 60 195 87	Life Elixir
	Common Mushroom	Slightly nutty, with good texture.	Cindersap Forest (50%) Secret Woods (46%) Forest Farm (25%) Mountain (24%) Backwoods (24%)	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Fall Seeds Fried Mushroom Tom Kha Soup Stir Fry Fall Foraging Bundle
	Red Mushroom	A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.	Forest Farm (25%) Secret Woods (15%)	data-sort-value="75" 75g 93g 112g 150g	data-sort-value="-20" −50 0 −70 0 −90 0 −130 0	Dye Bundle Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir
	Purple Mushroom	A rare mushroom found deep in caves.	Forest Farm (25%)	data-sort-value="250" 250g 312g 375g 500g	data-sort-value="50" 125 56 175 78 225 101 325 146	Exotic Foraging Bundle Field Research Bundle Life Elixir Wizard (loved gift)

Winter

Image	Name	Description	Found	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Winter Root	A starchy tuber.	Tilling soil throughout Stardew Valley	data-sort-value="70" 70g 87g 105g 140g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Winter Seeds Roots Platter Winter Foraging Bundle
	Crystal Fruit	A delicate fruit that pops up from the snow.	Railroad (50%) Cindersap Forest (39%) Mountain (38%) Bus Stop (23%) Backwoods (22%) Pelican Town (8%)	data-sort-value="150" 150g 187g 225g 300g	data-sort-value="25" 63 28 88 39 113 50 163 73	Winter Seeds Winter Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine
	Snow Yam	This little yam was hiding beneath the snow.	Tilling soil throughout Stardew Valley	data-sort-value="100" 100g 125g 150g 200g	data-sort-value="12" 30 13 42 18 54 24 78 35	Winter Seeds Winter Foraging Bundle
	Crocus	A flower that can bloom in the winter.	Pelican Town (54%) Railroad (50%) Bus Stop (42%) Mountain (40%) Cindersap Forest (39%) Backwoods (35%)	data-sort-value="60" 60g 75g 90g 120g	data-sort-value="0" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	Winter Seeds Winter Foraging Bundle Sandy (loved gift)
	Holly	The leaves and bright red berries make a popular winter decoration.	Secret Woods (100%) Backwoods (43%) Pelican Town (38%) Bus Stop (35%) Cindersap Forest (22%) Mountain (22%)	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	data-sort-value="-15" −37 0 −52 0 −67 0 −97 0

The Beach

Image	Name	Description	Season Found	Sell Price	Used In
	Nautilus Shell	An ancient shell.	Winter	data-sort-value="120" 120g 150g 180g 240g	Field Research Bundle
	Coral	A colony of tiny creatures that clump together to form beautiful structures. Note: Can only be found on the right side of the beach, past the broken bridge.	All	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	Deluxe Speed-Gro Warp Totem: Beach
	Sea Urchin	A slow-moving, spiny creature that some consider a delicacy. Note: Can only be found on the right side of the beach, past the broken bridge.	All	data-sort-value="160" 160g 200g 240g 320g	Dye Bundle
	Rainbow Shell	It's a very beautiful shell.	Summer	data-sort-value="300" 300g 375g 450g 600g	"The Mysterious Qi" Quest
	Clam	There's a chewy little guy in there...	All	data-sort-value="50" 50g 62g 75g 100g	Speed-Gro Chowder Crab Pot Bundle
	Cockle	A common saltwater clam.	All	data-sort-value="50" 50g 62g 75g 100g	Crab Pot Bundle
	Mussel	A common bivalve that often lives in clusters.	All	data-sort-value="30" 30g 37g 45g 60g	Fish Stew Crab Pot Bundle
	Oyster	Constantly filters water to find food. In the process, it removes dangerous toxins from the environment.	All	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	Crab Pot Bundle
	Seaweed	It can be used in cooking.	All	data-sort-value="20" 20g 25g 30g 40g	Maki Roll Fish Pond

The Mines

See also: Foraged Minerals

Image	Name	Description	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Red Mushroom	A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.	data-sort-value="75" 75g 93g 112g 150g	data-sort-value="-20" −50 0 −70 0 −90 0 −130 0	Dye Bundle Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir
	Purple Mushroom	A rare mushroom found deep in caves.	data-sort-value="250" 250g 312g 375g 500g	data-sort-value="50" 125 56 175 78 225 101 325 146	Exotic Foraging Bundle Field Research Bundle Life Elixir Wizard (loved gift)
	Cave Carrot	A starchy snack found in caves. It helps miners work longer.	data-sort-value="25" 25g	data-sort-value="12" 30 13	Survival Burger Miner's Treat Roots Platter Stir Fry Exotic Foraging Bundle

The Desert

Image	Name	Description	Sell Price	Restores	Used In
	Cactus Fruit	The sweet fruit of the prickly pear cactus.	data-sort-value="75" 75g 93g 112g 150g	data-sort-value="30" 75 33 105 47 135 60 195 87	Exotic Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine Linus (loved gift) Pam (loved gift) Sam (loved gift)
	Coconut	A seed of the coconut palm. It has many culinary uses.	data-sort-value="100" 100g 125g 150g 200g	Inedible	Tom Kha Soup Exotic Foraging Bundle Jelly Wine Haley (loved gift) Linus (loved gift)

Bug

The Gatherer profession can cause some non-forage items to be doubled. When this happens, the player gains 7 XP for the duplicate item, even though the original item granted no experience. The items affected by this bug are items sitting on the ground in the Mines, namely Quartz, Earth Crystal, Fire Quartz, Frozen Tear, and Dinosaur Egg.

Other items found on the ground in the Mines, namely Red Mushroom, Purple Mushroom, and Fiddlehead Fern, are considered by the game to be forage items, so they always grant foraging experience, and any Gatherer duplication is not a bug.

History

• 1.3: Breaking a regular tree stump now gives +1 Foraging experience.
• 1.4: Fixed bug where Foraging skill level up would cause trees to stop dropping seeds and seeds on the ground to disappear instead of being harvested until the player slept and saved the game. Changed sound when picking up forageables to a higher-pitched sound. Forester profession changed from "Wood worth 25% more" to "Gain 25% more wood when chopping."