Stardew Valley: A Complete Guide To Casks (2023)

FAQs

What is the best way to use Casks in Stardew Valley? ›

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.

The most profitable options are starfruit wine selling for 4,500g and ancient fruit wine selling for 3,300g, though Pineapples that were added in the 1.5 update also make for a fantastic wine.

cheese is better. Considering the cheese is collected at gold already, it takes 7 days to upgrade to iridium. An iridium cheese is worth 644g divided by 7 means the profit per day is 92g. Ancient wine takes two full seasons to go all the way to iridium.

Pale Ale harvests every day for a good price and spends just over a month in the cask, meaning you'll have a surplus to keep you kegging and casking for some time after their season. So casks are worth it, but not for wine.

If you're looking for a rich and deeply flavoured beer, best enjoyed gently chilled rather than cold, then a cask ale will suit. If you're looking for a fresher, more carbonated and colder drink, keg beer shouldn't disappoint. Of course, you might want to try both to see which one gets your taste buds going.

Like the other alcoholic beverages in the game, you can age Pale Ale to make it higher-quality and sell for more gold. To do this, you'll need Casks, which you unlock after upgrading your house to have a basement. This is the final house upgrade, and will cost you 100,000 gold but no materials.

Yes. The only types of wine that make sense to put in the cellar are Starfruit and Ancient Fruit. Other than that, you are much better off just running cheese through the cellar - it ages much faster and the profits are just as good as wine.

Casks stored on the cellar floor, with the keystone pointing upwards, should be rolled prior to stillage. Casks should be vented and tapped within six hours after delivery using the recommended procedure.

Overall, kegs make more money over a longer period of time, while preserves jars are best for making money quickly. The processing time for preserves jar is quicker, meaning that you can sell the pickled items and jellies to make money immediately.

Ancient Fruit and Starfruit are the most worthwhile to turn into wine. Iridium-quality Ancient Fruit Wine is worth 3,300g (4,620g with Artisan) Iridium quality Starfruit wine is worth 4,500g (6,300g with Artisan), and is one of the most valuable items that a player can produce.

Does cheese make more money than milk Stardew? ›

The General Rule: Juice your fruits and jar your veggies.

In other words, put fruits in kegs and vegetables in preserves jars. The basic logic here: since kegs multiply fruit values by 3 and vegetable values by only 2.25, kegs are way more profitable for *most* fruits and somewhat less profitable for *most* vegetables.

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At top quality and with the right profession, this rare fish sells for a whopping 15,000 gold, making it the highest-selling item in the entire game.

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Why is Cask Beer Cheaper than Keg Beer? Keg beer involves a bit more processing at the brewery, and needs more expensive equipment at the bar.

Ideally, cask beer should be consumed within 5 – 7 days of tapping. Darker and/or higher ABV beers will generally keep for a further 2 – 3 days. Something to bear in mind is that the quality of the beer will quickly deteriorate, however, if the cask tap is not clean.

When you buy a kegerator for your home, you're not only able to conveniently store large amounts of cold draft beer, but you can also save approximately 40-60% in costs, compared to buying the same volume of beer in cans or bottles.

One of the biggest questions in Stardew Valley is whether there is actually an end to the game or not. And the answer is: there isn't one. After three years, the player's grandfather appears to the player in a dream sequence to discuss the player's time at the farm and how they have adapted to living to farm life.

You will see and hear your fair share of Crows as you go about your farming business, but there is only a 0.5 percent chance that you might hear an Owl cooing in the night after you retire to bed. This is because it is one of the rarest events in Stardew Valley.

Should I turn large milk into cheese Stardew? ›

Note that regular Milk always produces regular quality Cheese, while Large Milk always produces gold-quality Cheese. The quality of the Milk is not a factor.

In-game, it decreases your speed.

Mead should ideally age between six months to three years of aging before its ready to drink, depending on the mead. Just as with wine, lighter meads tend to be ready sooner; heavier, darker meads take longer.

The pay-off for this is that once the yeast has settled out, care should be taken not to move the cask as the yeast will resuspend itself and you will have to wait a day or so for it to resettle.

At a minimum, you should clean your draught line every two weeks with an alkaline detergent cleaner to remove protein and films that build up quickly. The cleaning chemical should be recirculated through the product line for a minimum of 15 minutes at a velocity up to two gallons/minute.

Once you get your keg set up in your kegerator, we would recommend letting it sit for at least an hour or two before drinking from it. This should be plenty of time to let it settle a bit.

Starfruit is, in many ways, both the most iconic and most profitable crop in Stardew Valley. It sells for a massive 750g, twice its buying price of 400g from the Oasis Shop, which must be unlocked by completing the Vault Community Center bundle.

Because of this, low-value high-yield crops like Corn or Tomatoes are more valuable in the preserves jar. The keg, on the other hand, favors crops with a much higher base value, such as Ancient Fruit or Melons.

What is the rarest fruit in Stardew Valley? ›

Depends on your professions, of course. If you made the horrible, horrible mistake of becoming a Rancher, it's actually better to sell it raw (456g) than cheesing it (360g). Normally you'd be an Artisan, in which case it's better to cheese it (420g) than to sell it raw (380g).

While it takes a bit for the cheese to age (14 in-game days from start to iridium quality), it's 100% worth it for the selling price. It's a handy artisan good to produce, especially when money is needed quickly.

Ostrich Eggs produce 10 jars of Mayonnaise at once. Unlike chicken eggs, Ostrich Eggs produce Mayonnaise in the same quality as the egg. This is the only way to obtain a silver quality or iridium quality Mayonnaise.

The products produced always sell for more than the raw fruits, vegetables, or fish roe used to make them (except in the case of Blackberries after learning the Bear's Knowledge), so using a Preserves Jar is almost always profitable.

Place a fruit or vegetable in here. Eventually it will turn into a beverage.

Preserves Jars are often compared to Kegs, as both can be used to make artisan goods out of fruits and vegetables. Because of the formulas used to calculate sell prices, Preserves Jars are most profitable when using fruits whose base value is under 50g, and vegetables whose base value is under 160g.

Leah is one of the more popular romance options in Stardew Valley, and it's easy to see why. She's creative, loves nature, and has great hair. But for everything good about Leah, there's a lot of bad too.

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Leah's story is an engaging one, too, and many creative types will relate to her. For players who value personality over in-game gains, Leah's definitely the best romance partner in Stardew Valley.

What is the hardest thing to get in Stardew Valley? ›

Living Hat. The living hat is perhaps the single rarest item in Stardew Valley. With a 0.01% chance to drop from wilderness golems, rare enemies that spawn on the farm if players select the wilderness layout, they require some pre-planning to even have a chance of finding.

There are three special crops in the game that have a cool secret. If you've planted Cauliflower, Melons, or Pumpkins on your farm in a 3x3 square, there's a chance they'll turn into huge versions of that crop. These are called Giant Crops, and they're really cool. They don't just look cool, though.

Gold- and silver-quality crops sell for more than the base sell price, so you should definitely sell them early on before you can craft them into anything better. This will likely be your main source of income in the first year of the game.

Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot the Golden Pumpkin is useful for in Stardew Valley. It's a universally loved gift, so it can be given to any villager in Pelican Town. It's also worth 2,500 gold if the player wishes to sell it, but the most unique way to use the Golden Pumpkin is by crafting clothing.

Aside from the Rare Seed which can cost a fortune from the Traveling Cart in Stardew Valley, Eggplant is the best bet for those looking to make a profit in their first Fall. Eggplant seeds cost just 20 gold at Pierre's, the base fruit sells for 60 gold, and it regrows every 5 days.

If you're looking to make a strong profit from fish ponds, then your fish of choice should be the Lava Eel. These volcanic eels may be the second hardest fish to catch, just under the legendary fish, and can only be found on the 100th floor of The Mines, but they are most definitely worth the trouble.

The Cellar can be used to age juices, wines , and cheeses. There are 33 barrels in total (3 rows, 11 columns) which you can use to do this. When you get to the first step in the aging process, you will see a silver star on the barrel you placed your juice/wine/cheeses in.

Place a fruit or vegetable in here. Eventually it will turn into a beverage.

Ancient Fruit and Starfruit are the most worthwhile to turn into wine. Iridium-quality Ancient Fruit Wine is worth 3,300g (4,620g with Artisan) Iridium quality Starfruit wine is worth 4,500g (6,300g with Artisan), and is one of the most valuable items that a player can produce.

Is it better to sell milk or make cheese Stardew Valley? ›

Ideally, cask beer should be consumed within 5 – 7 days of tapping. Darker and/or higher ABV beers will generally keep for a further 2 – 3 days. Something to bear in mind is that the quality of the beer will quickly deteriorate, however, if the cask tap is not clean.

How many kegs can I dispense with one CO2 tank? A typical 5lb. CO2 tank can dispense between 2 to 4 full-sized kegs, depending on the ambient temperature. The colder the ambient temperature the closer you will get to 4 kegs.

The products produced usually sell for more than the raw input items, so using a Keg is almost always profitable.