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Stardew Valley's 1.5 update was the biggest update in the game's history. One of the biggest additions was Ginger Island, an island off the south coast of Pelican Town that Willy can take the player to once they help him fix up his boat. After arriving at the island, players will first have to follow the new NPC Leo to the eastern end of the island and give his parrot a Golden Walnut.
After this, the player can unlock a ton of new content around the island, including a brand-new farm to use. This farm operates independently of the home farm and can be a great way to make some additional cash.
Updated July 14, 2023 by Erik Petrovich: On Ginger Island, Stardew players can establish a long-lasting, ever-productive farm by taking advantage of the Island's lack of seasons and threats. But to grow crops native to Ginger Island Stardew Valley players need to both unlock it and find seeds themselves. There aren't many ways for players to easily acquire Ginger Island crops and trees, instead players must find them by exploring, by trading vast quantities of items to the Island Trader, or by using other methods that don't rely on a seed shop like Pierre's. This Ginger Island walkthrough will detail everything players need to know about this Stardew Island's layout, types of crops that can grow there, where to find each seed, and how to get there in the first place.
How to Unlock the Ginger Island Farm
Collecting golden walnuts is an essential part of maximizing the Ginger Island farm in Stardew Valley. From locating the Ginger Island farm to using it as a home location in Stardew Valley, players will need a total of 75 golden walnuts. Ginger Island has a total of 130 golden walnuts hidden, but there's no easy way to find several golden walnuts quickly. The best way to collect several golden walnuts is simply by exploring, including inside the Volcano Dungeon, and solving the many puzzles around Ginger Island.
Players will first need 10 golden walnuts to awaken the sleeping turtle leading to Stardew Valley's Ginger Island farm. It might become a hassle to travel back and forth between Pelican Town and Ginger Island day-to-day, but players can opt to build a sleeping hut on the Ginger Island farm instead by giving the parrots 20 Golden walnuts. The house is a 4 bedroom with a kitchen, bed, and shipping bin. Afterward, the parrots will also build a mailbox for another 5 walnuts.
The Beach Resort costs another 20 golden walnuts to build. The main draw to building the Beach Resort is that it allows NPCs to visit Ginger Island, but building the Beach Resort is also required to unlock the Farm Obelisk on Ginger Island in Stardew Valley. The Farm Obelisk will cost 20 golden walnuts as well. The Farm Obelisk is a warp device unique to Stardew Valley's Ginger Island update that will send the player back to their Pelican Town farm, which is most convenient for players that don't wish to spend all of their time at the Ginger Island farm.
The Ginger Island Farm Layout
The Ginger Island farm has 878 plantable tiles and unlike the beach farm layout that Version 1.5 introduced, sprinklers can be placed on the ground. Just like any regular Stardew Valley farm, the weeds, stones, and logs will need to be cleared out to maximize the planting area.
There are two qualities that make the Ginger Island farm more ideal for farming than the Pelican Town farm: no crows, and no Seasons to worry about. Crows don't appear on Ginger Island, so players don't need to worry about them destroying their crops. This also means that placing scarecrows isn't necessary. Any crop in the game will grow on the Ginger Island farm, regardless of the season, similar to the Greenhouse.
Because any of Stardew Valley's crops and trees can also be grown on the island at any time of the year, some players choose to focus on the Stardew Valley Ginger Island farm over their Pelican Town farm to maximize profits; the only downside to this is that the number of tillable tiles is significantly less than most of the traditional farm layouts.
Ginger Island Farm Crops
Stardew Valley introduced a number of new crops and fruit trees with the newest update, including ginger, bananas, mangos, pineapples, and taro root. These crops can be grown on the Pelican Town farm as well, but have required growing seasons much like any other Stardew Valley crop. To obtain seeds or saplings to grow the new crops on Stardew Valley's Ginger Island farm, they can be traded from the Island Trader on Ginger Island's north end.
But growing other 1.5 crops on Stardew Valley's Ginger Island farm can be quite profitable. A banana's base price is 150 gold and double that for iridium quality, not accounting for the tiller profession. Mangoes and taro root are a bit less profitable, starting at 130 gold, but pineapples should be taken advantage of on Stardew's Ginger Island farm. They start at 300 gold and earn double as much for iridium quality. It may not be worth turning pineapples into jam, but with the artisan profession, the highest-quality pineapple wine is well worth the wait.
Ginger Island Seeds Locations
Any crop can be grown on Ginger Island, regardless of the season. But unlike standard crops, which can be purchased at Pierre's General store or Joja Mart, Ginger Island's exclusive crops are a little harder to come by.
Crops can be obtained through the Island Trader, by cracking open Golden Coconuts, as a reward for completing Professor Snails' collections, from exploring Ginger Island, or as loot drops from certain enemies. Golden Coconuts have a 19/40 chance of producing each type of seed/sapling until the Golden Helmet is obtained, and then a 1/7 chance once the Golden Helmet has been obtained.
Here is a comprehensive list of Ginger Island crops (including Fruit Trees) and how to obtain their seeds.
Banana Sapling
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Crop |
Grow Time |
Prices (Base Crop) |
Prices (Artisan) |
Sources |
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Banana |
1 Season (28 Days) |
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Mango Sapling
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Crop |
Grow Time |
Prices (Base Crop) |
Prices (Artisan) |
Sources |
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Mango |
1 Season (28 Days) |
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Pineapple Seeds
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Crop |
Grow Time |
Prices (Base Crop) |
Prices (Artisan) |
Sources |
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Pineapple |
14 Days |
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Taro Tuber
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Crop |
Grow Time |
Prices (Base Crop) |
Prices (Artisan) |
Sources |
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Taro Root |
10 Days |
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Qi Beans
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Crop |
Grow Time |
Prices (Base Crop) |
Prices (Artisan) |
Sources |
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Qi Fruit |
4 Days |
N/A |
N/A |
Only during the 'Qi's Crop' quest. All Qi Beans and Qi Fruit will despawn when the quest is over.
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