Stardew Valley Ancient Seed guide: How to get, best uses, more

If you want to grow Ancient Fruit in Stardew Valley, you’d want to know how to get Ancient Seeds. From the best methods to find them and their primary uses in the game, here’s everything to know about Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley.

Ancient seeds help you grow Ancient Fruits in Stardew Valley and, unlike several other types of seeds, they are not up for grabs in Pierre’s General Store or JojaMart. The recipe to craft them is only available after you find an Ancient Seed Artifact, which is another rare commodity with a low spawn rate.

On that note, here’s everything to know about Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley, including how to get them and their best uses of the 1.6 update.

• How to get Ancient Seed in Stardew Valley
• How to find the Ancient Seed Artifact
• How to use Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley

How to get Ancient Seed in Stardew Valley

These are the best ways to find Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley:

• There’s a 1.26% chance of the Traveling Cart offering you the Ancient Seed for 100-1000g.
• You can put crops into the Seed Maker item and there’s a 0.5% chance of it handing out a packet of Ancient Seeds.
• Donating an Ancient Seed Artifact to the museum lets you get a packet of Ancient Seeds from Gunther as a reward. Doing so also unlocks the recipe to make Ancient Seeds from the artifact too.
• Process Ancient Fruit in a Seed Maker to get Ancient Seeds.

It is important to note that all villagers dislike Ancient Seeds as gifts.

How to find the Ancient Seed Artifact

Here are the best ways to find the Ancient Seed Artifact in Stardew Valley:

• Dig an Artifact spot in Cindersap Forest, Quarry, or The Mountain.
• Look for the Artifact in Artifact Troves and Fishing Treasure Chests once you’ve reached Fishing lv. 2.
• Enemies like Mutant Grubs, Grubs, Cave Flies, Bugs, and Mutant Flies have a slight chance of dropping the Ancient Seed Artifact when slain.
• Putting a packet of Ancient Seeds in the Deconstructor hands out the Artifact.

While most villagers dislike the Ancient Seed Artifact as a gift, you can get a positive reaction from Dwarf and Penny.

How to use Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley

You can use Ancient Seeds in Stardew Valley to grow Ancient Fruit, which takes 28 days. Once the plant has matured, it gives you an Ancient Fruit every 7 days.

While Gold Quality Ancient Fruit is a part of The Missing bundle, the Rare Crops bundle requires you to submit an Ancient Fruit of any quality. You can also use this fruit to create dyeable Genie Pants and during dyeing, it acts as a blue dye.

The Ancient Fruit is a good gift for the following villagers:

• Demetrius
• Elliott
• Harvey
• Jodi
• Kent
• Leah
• Linus
• Pam
• Robin
• Sandy
• Shane

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