Worth it to upgrade to the cellar?

[roymaster45]

So, it's been a while since I played the game, but I was wondering: is it really worth spending 100K money to get the final house upgrade and unlock the cellar? It seems like the amount of time required to age alcohol or cheese to the highest quality (iridium-star) just takes too long for it to not really be a good investment.

[Hollow]

Well... you buy it once and get it forever to get your money back and more after that.

As many things in the game this one is optional but I'd recommend it as it offers some extra cash for little effort.

[Včelí medvídek]

it depend how long you (plan) play game aand if you can afford patience. I like it because it add another thing into game with minimal effort.

Just looking on it by numbers:

- let say you will have 100 casks in cellar = 100 wines, 2x per year so 200 wines.

Basic grape wine can be sold for 240g. Or iridium for 480 (or 240 profit) so some 48k profit per year. So +/- 2 years for return the investment.

BUT - it goes up (and down) with different wine type.

If you do the same with ancient fruit wine, your profit is 1650g per bottle - so 330k per year, hence you triple the investment in year. With artisan skill it is profit 462k per year..

granted, you (probably) dont start with full cellar of ancient wine. You need resources for casks too.

on other hand you can squeeze in bit more (about 120) and even with less expensive stuff (eg. melon, strawaberry, tree fruit..) still make profit on it.

So getting 300-500k extra per year just for going twice per year into cellar? Hell, why not.. it is just bit long term investment that probably dont make much sense in games planning not play after year 2..

[Karras]

I have the cellar now. So I just checked the stats for starfruit wine on the wiki and aging wine in casks seems kind of pointless for shipping, isn't it? Basic Starfruit Wine with artisan profession sells for 3150g, aged to iridium quality it sells for 6300g, but the aging process takes 56 (!) days! So I guess there is some use for casks because Iridium quality helps as gifts or for some of the festivals, but in terms of just raw selling power it seems pointless to me. Do I miss something? Because otherwise I'll just move my kegs into the cellar. ;)

[I Kinda Fail]

It's pretty low priority for me. From a roleplay perspective, I like the idea of aging wine and cheese. From a "I must make all the money" perspective, I'd rather put kegs down there.

It's just another step on the cycle, though.

You CAN sell plain crops. Or you can use fertilizer to sell them for more. Or you can put them in a jar for 3 days to sell for more. Or you can put it in a keg for a week to sell for more. Or you can put it in a cask to sell for more...

I think the "purpose" of the cellar was for smaller farms. Like if you only have a little bit of ancient fruit or starfruit wine or whatever, you can use your kegs for beer while your casks cook up the wine. The kegs will keep producing regular money, but the casks will be a big surplus of money in a month or so.

Casks are typically considered bad, but it's just another option. You don't have to use them.

[darkdisciple1313]

I do it just to have it, but it also works if you plan on running an aged wine and/or cheese empire. I wish there was a timer with some kind of notice, though, because I often forget to go down there if one or my kids isn't hanging out at the top of the steps. Bad kids, but good kids.

[I Kinda Fail]

引用自 darkdisciple1313：

I do it just to have it, but it also works if you plan on running an aged wine and/or cheese empire. I wish there was a timer with some kind of notice, though, because I often forget to go down there if one or my kids isn't hanging out at the top of the steps. Bad kids, but good kids.

You can do what people do for sheds/barns, and put a keg right at the top of the stairs. I think wine takes a week to brew, so every time you swap out that one keg, you can run down the stairs once a week to check on them.

[darkdisciple1313]

引用自 I Kinda Fail：

引用自 darkdisciple1313：

I do it just to have it, but it also works if you plan on running an aged wine and/or cheese empire. I wish there was a timer with some kind of notice, though, because I often forget to go down there if one or my kids isn't hanging out at the top of the steps. Bad kids, but good kids.

You can do what people do for sheds/barns, and put a keg right at the top of the stairs. I think wine takes a week to brew, so every time you swap out that one keg, you can run down the stairs once a week to check on them.

Hmm, efficiency and safety, not bad. Although I'm a bit of a Darwinian, so if the kid takes a tumble down the steps because he/she wasn't where he/she was supposed to be, well, we can always adopt/get jiggy widdit again. That's my evil farmer playthrough, still ongoing.

[xicewindex]

If you consider your game finished when granddad gives his blessing, no.

If you want to continious play for years to come, yes

[ehyder]

引用自 xicewindex：

If you consider your game finished when granddad gives his blessing, no.

If you want to continious play for years to come, yes

I work towards the cellar well before the end of the 2nd year. Since I go for the artisan skill taking that gold level cheese and throwing it into the existing casks usually gets me easily to the million dollar mark by decision time. I also add kegs and throw all the higher value crops I have been accumulating into the large amount of kegs the cellar holds (and in the rest of the house upgrades).

The aging time is much shorter for the cheese, and at least as importantly I don’t have to spend my time earning that extra money. Off I go to the mines, or work on relationships instead.

Edit: yes, my Stardew house does resemble a production plant.