Is Starfruit the best crop in the game?

[AnswerMan]

People will argue Sweet Gem Berry or Ancient Fruit, but Ancient fruit is worth less and takes longer to grow, and Sweet Gem Berry can't be made into jam or wine. (And can only be grown in fall, granting you one crop only because it takes all season) Should I be using my greenhouse to grow anything other than Starfruit and Pomegranate trees? I don't know...

[szbnahl]

Ancient Fruit have the massive advantage of being perrenials. If you grow starfruit you'll either be sending half your crop to the seed makers each harvest or losing about half the value on buying new seeds (400g/seed from the Oasis).

TL;DR: Ancient Fruit are only worth less if you look at gross profit instead of net.

[Mr. Aqua]

Starfruit is considerable profitable, and is definitly one of the best in the game, but overtime a greenhouse full of ancient seeds will make you more money. Starfruit wine is worth more than ancient fruitr wine though, so there is a advantage there.

[AnswerMan]

I turn all my Starfruit into wine and jam, which more than doubles their value. (I filled the rock quarry with kegs and preserves jars) Mostly I just don't have the patience to wait around for them to grow, then turn all the fruit into more seeds, and plant them again, meanwhile my greenhouse is just dormant while I'm waiting for the damn seeds.

[Nulien]

Originally posted by szbnahl:

Ancient Fruit have the massive advantage of being perrenials.

That's not right... perennials are plants that live more than 2 years.

Edit: Well... I guess if you plant them in the greenhouse they would.

[I Kinda Fail]

I think hops are technically the most profit per day, if you have enough kegs to keep up with them. Starfruit is the most profit per crop, like, selling one will net you the most money, bar sweet gem berries which almost nobody bothers with.

Ancient fruit is worth less, but regrows - it's comparable to starfruit if you factor in the regrow time (I think once a week, vs starfruit's 2 weeks?) and the fact that you need to re-buy starfruit seeds.

Basically, it comes down to how many kegs you have. If you have one shed full of kegs, you can do a mix between starfruit and hops for maximum profit. If you have 5 sheds full of kegs, you'll want hops.

[Lenneth]

In terms of pure profit, pale ale is the best.

If you ignore growing time,

Pale ale: 420g * 28 harvests * 4 seasons = 47,040
Ancient wine: 2,310g * 4 harvests * 4 seasons = 36,960
Starfruit wine: 3,150g * 2 harvests * 4 seasons = 25,200

But, you will need a lot more effort to process pale ales instead of ancient seeds. And, you can make a greenhouse as an ancient seed factory and make 50+ in a year with ancient fruit wines.

[josseriot]

Pale ale is very profitable, but hops is a pain to harvest until you get the jumino huts, thene it's just plant 182 hops a summer, and make pale ale until you run out of hops for that harvest. Meanwhile grow either starfruit or anicent fruit in your greenhouse. so you can be making wine when you're low on hops. You'll be swimming in gold before long.

[sagevallant]

The best outdoor crop for maximum profit is Ancient Fruit, for one simple reason; three seasons. Annually, it beats out all other crop combinations, because all the best crops grow in Summer. Hops, Starfruit, Summer only. The other two seasons just don't have crops that can compete with the value of Ancient Fruit annually.

It is also most convenient, since you plant once and have a full week to plant your farm before you start losing harvests so there's plenty of time for Deluxe Speedgrow, to get you an extra harvest per year.

It's most convenient because Kegs are the best money for your crops, because space for machines is not limited (they can be placed off farm). Ancient Fruit is a one week turnaround on Kegging, compared to running Hops every other day. You process your crops faster, so you need fewer machines to keep pace.