Best Artisan Goods in Stardew Valley for Profit

The most profitable artisan good in Stardew Valley is wine from high-value fruit: a keg turns one Starfruit (750g) into 2,250g of wine, and Ancient Fruit (550g) into 1,650g. For cheap crops a Preserves Jar pays more and works faster. Animal goods such as Truffle Oil, Goat Cheese and Cloth are strong too, and the Artisan profession adds 40% to almost all of them.

Last checked: November 9, 2026. Prices are for version 1.6.15, before professions.

Artisan goods price formulas

Kegs and jars don't have fixed prices. Their value depends on what you put in:

The price formulas use the crop's base (normal-quality) price, and the input's quality doesn't carry over. A gold-star Starfruit makes the same wine as a normal one, so if you have gold crops, compare the raw gold price with the artisan price before you process them.

Keg or Preserves Jar?

From the formulas, the break-even points are simple:

• Fruit: wine beats jelly when the fruit is worth more than 50g.
• Vegetables: juice beats pickles when the vegetable is worth more than 200g.

Here is what that looks like for common crops:

There's a second way to look at it. Per crop, the keg wins for valuable fruit. Per machine, the jar often wins, because it finishes in 2 to 3 days instead of about a week. A jar of Ancient Fruit jelly earns roughly 1,150g every 3 days, while a keg of Ancient Fruit wine earns 1,650g every 7.

So the right choice depends on what you are short of:

• More crops than machines? Use jars for cheap crops, kegs for your best fruit, and sell any surplus raw.
• More machines than crops? Put everything valuable in kegs to squeeze the most from each crop.

Hops are the exception that suits kegs either way. Pale Ale is worth 12 times the raw hops, finishes in about a day and a half, and hops regrow every day.

The crop profit calculator can rank every crop sold raw, as wine or juice, or as jelly or pickles, with your own professions and fertilizer.

Animal artisan goods

These have fixed prices, so the machine choice is easy:

Cheese, mayonnaise and cloth machines finish within the same day, so one machine can handle several animals if you refill it. Truffle Oil is the stand-out: pigs dig up Truffles, and each one becomes 1,065g of oil.

Honey and the Bee House

A Bee House makes honey every 4 days, except in winter. Its value depends on the flowers nearby:

• Wild Honey (no flower in range): 100g.
• Flower honey: 2 × the flower's base price + 100g. A Fairy Rose (290g) makes 680g honey, the best of the standard flowers.

A flower counts if it is fully grown within 5 tiles of the Bee House. The farm planner shows bee house ranges, so you can fit a ring of houses around one flower patch.

Smoked fish and other 1.6 machines

1.6 added the Fish Smoker, which doubles a fish's value, and the Dehydrator, which turns fruit into Dried Fruit and mushrooms into Dried Mushrooms. Smoking is quick and works on any fish, which makes it a simple boost for anglers. See the fishing guide for where the valuable fish are.

Aging in casks

Casks age some artisan goods to higher quality. You place them in the cellar, which comes with the third farmhouse upgrade (100,000g).

Quality multiplies the price: silver is 1.25 times, gold 1.5 times and iridium 2 times the base. An iridium Ancient Fruit wine sells for 3,300g, double the normal wine.

Aging is slow, though. Fifty-six days per bottle ties up a cask for two seasons, so casks are best for your most valuable wine once your kegs already run at full capacity.

The Artisan profession

At Farming level 10, players who chose Tiller at level 5 can pick Artisan: artisan goods are worth 40% more. That applies to wine, juice, jelly, pickles, cheese, mayonnaise, cloth, truffle oil, honey and more. Coffee is not an artisan good, so it gets no bonus.

If artisan goods are your main income, Artisan beats Agriculturist, the other level-10 option after Tiller, which makes crops grow 10% faster. Tiller itself adds 10% to raw crops only, and Rancher adds 20% to raw animal products.

When each machine unlocks

You can get some machines earlier from the Community Center. The Pantry's Quality Crops bundle pays a Preserves Jar, Animal pays a Cheese Press and Artisan pays a Keg. The Community Center guide lists the items for each.

Frequently asked questions

What is the most profitable artisan good in Stardew Valley?

Starfruit wine is the most valuable common one at 2,250g, or 3,150g with Artisan. Ancient Fruit wine is close behind and easier to keep supplied, because Ancient Fruit regrows without replanting.

Is it better to put fruit in a keg or a preserves jar?

A keg gives more per fruit for any fruit worth over 50g. A jar is faster, at 2 to 3 days against about a week, so it can earn more per machine. Use kegs for your best fruit and jars for cheap crops or extra harvests.

Does crop quality matter for wine?

No. Kegs and jars use the base price, so a gold-star fruit makes the same wine as a normal one. Aging the wine in a cask afterwards is what raises its quality.

How much more does the Artisan profession give?

Artisan makes artisan goods sell for 40% more. You can pick it at Farming level 10 if you chose Tiller at level 5.

How long does wine take in a keg?

About a week of in-game time. Juice takes about 4 days, while jelly and pickles take 2 to 3 days in a Preserves Jar.