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Strawberry

Strawberry Sell Price & Profit Guide (2026)

A sweet and juicy favorite with a hint of tartness.

Crops Fruit Spring
Base Sell Price
120g
Takes 8 Days
↻ Regrows every 4 days

Shipping Prices

Tiller: Inactive
QualitySell Price
Normal120g
Silver150g
Gold180g
Iridium240g

Best Use Strategy for Strawberry

Best Spring regrowth crop after the Egg Festival and a strong Year 2 setup crop.

Best choice

Grow for repeated harvests; Keg excess berries when Keg capacity is not needed by higher-value fruit.

Do this

Buy heavily at the Egg Festival, plant immediately, and save some fruit for Seed Makers before Year 2.

Avoid this mistake

Do not spend all money without leaving enough for Summer seeds. Strawberry is good, but cash flow matters.

Sell vs Process Decision for Strawberry

If you are deciding whether to sell Strawberry raw or process it first, compare total value and machine time. The highest-value processed option is Wine from a Keg.

MethodOutputSell ValueGain vs RawMachine TimeGain/Day
Sell rawStrawberry120g0gNoneN/A
KegWine360g240g7 days34.3g/day
Preserves JarJelly290g170g3 days56.7g/day

Use total value when

You have enough machines and want maximum gold per item, especially for premium Wine, Juice, Oil, or Caviar.

Use gain/day when

Your Kegs or Jars are the bottleneck and faster processing keeps your farm cash flow moving.

Dehydrator Formula for Strawberry

Stardew Valley 1.6 Dehydrator products are variable-price goods, so this page calculates the value from the input item instead of storing one fixed price.

Artisan: Inactive
Output
Dried Strawberry
5 x Strawberry
Formula
floor(base price x 7.5 + 25)
Base output: 925g
Sell Value
925g
325g vs selling 5 raw

Dehydrator price uses the base item price and ignores input quality. See the public formula audit for source links and known limits.

Artisan Goods & Processing

Artisan: Inactive

Processing Strawberry usually yields higher profits. Here is the breakdown:

Keg

Time: 7
Wine Price360g
+200% vs Raw

Preserves Jar

Time: 3
Jelly Price290g
+141% vs Raw

💡 Profit Tip: Use the Keg for Strawberry - it yields 70g more per item.

Location & Uses

Where to find Strawberry: You can obtain this item via Egg Festival. It is primarily found during the Spring season.