Seed Makers in Stardew Valley have the potential to be one of the most helpful pieces of equipment on players’ farms. As the name implies, it freely produces seeds that players can replant. By placing any crop with certain exceptions in the Seed Maker, players will get one to three seeds from the original crop.

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There are multiple ways to obtain the Seed Maker in-game. The first way most players obtain one is by completing the Dye Bundle in the Bulletin Board section of the Community Center. This bundle requires players to obtain a Red Mushroom, a Sea Urchin, a Sunflower, a Duck Feather, an Aquamarine, and a Red Cabbage.

Although the Dye Bundle rewards one Seed Maker, there are ways to obtain more than one. The best way to build up on Seed Makers is by obtaining Farming Level Nine. This will automatically give players the recipe for crafting a Seed Maker, which requires 25 Wood, a Gold Bar, and ten pieces of Coal.

One of the most helpful uses for the Seed Maker is for making more Ancient Seeds. If players put an Ancient Fruit in the Seed Maker, they will get more Ancient Seeds that can be freely replanted, but they cannot be donated to the museum. Ancient Fruits however keep growing and producing fruit forever if placed in the Greenhouse, earning players potentially a lot of money. This money is increased even more if players turn the fruit into wine.

As previously mentioned, there are some exceptions to the crops that can be used with the Seed Maker. Players cannot use Blackberries, Coconuts, Coffee Beans, Crocuses, Crystal Fruits, Fiddlehead Ferns, Fruit Tree Fruits, Salmonberries, Sweet Peas, Tea Leaves, Wild Plums, and other crop labeled as “Forage.” Players should also be careful of the randomness factor with the Seed Maker. This is referring to how there is always around a 2% chance of the seed instead coming out as Mixed Seeds and a 0.5% chance of a seed coming out as an Ancient Fruit seed. This randomness is not affected by the player’s luck stat and cannot be save scummed to affect the result.

Stardew Valley is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.

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