Help me understand profit per day

[Cam]

Ive been reasearching a lot about crop profit. I found out which ones are the best, eve have some nice charts to look at but what is bugging me is not understanding how the profit per day the wiki displays is calculated. This is all because i suck at math so please someone make it easy to understand. Ive gotten profit per month down, considering its planted on the 1st of a month, no boost and 0g

[BurlsoL]

First off. Don't get too bent out of shape about money and doing the math. This game is all about relaxing and taking one day at a time. Pretty much no matter what you do, money will be tight the first year or so. Just take what upgrades you can, when you can, keep aware of objectives to complete the community center, and enjoy the game.

That said, some crops you plant once, and get a single harvest from them. These are best done when you are just starting out or near the end of the season. Some crops you plant once and will get a harvest periodically throughout the season. These are best planted at the start of the season so that you get the most benefit from the single seed cost.

Other than that, I would suggest checking out the wiki
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Crops

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Strawberry
The individual crop pages have a calender that show how many harvests you can get from a given crop if you replant when you harvest. They even have tables based on using speed grow so you can time your plantings to get the most benefit or let you know if you should bother using delux or regular speed grow.

[Buffmania]

If you already understand profit per month you're mostly there.

Profit per month is the total sell price of all the produce that one tile of crops creates in one month minus the cost of all the seed used on that tile.

Growing days is the number of days that it takes to grow all the produce that one tile of crops creates in one month. It does not include crop growth that doesn't produce a harvest.

Profit per day is the profit per month divided by the number of growing days.

Growing days is used instead of the days in a month because there are many instances where a few days of the month are wasted by crops growing but not having enough time to produce a full harvest. Those wasted days can often be filled by planting a faster growing crop on that tile.

For example:
Amaranth will generate 3 harvests in fall by the 22nd, but the final week isn't enough to get a fourth harvest. There is enough time to plant a beet on the 22nd and harvest on the final day of the month.

[Cam]

Originally posted by Buffmania:

If you already understand profit per month you're mostly there.

Profit per month is the total sell price of all the produce that one tile of crops creates in one month minus the cost of all the seed used on that tile.

Growing days is the number of days that it takes to grow all the produce that one tile of crops creates in one month. It does not include crop growth that doesn't produce a harvest.

Profit per day is the profit per month divided by the number of growing days.

Growing days is used instead of the days in a month because there are many instances where a few days of the month are wasted by crops growing but not having enough time to produce a full harvest. Those wasted days can often be filled by planting a faster growing crop on that tile.

For example:
Amaranth will generate 3 harvests in fall by the 22nd, but the final week isn't enough to get a fourth harvest. There is enough time to plant a beet on the 22nd and harvest on the final day of the month.

Thanks. Can you list some written examples with the profit perday/month? I feel i may be doimg it wrong, it would help to see. I understand the formula u mention, but i just need u to put it into perspective for my mind to catch on. Do it for both month and day, thank you.

[Buffmania]

Amaranth:

harvests per month- 3
plantings per month- 3
growth days- 21
seed cost- 70g
sale price- 150g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
3 * 150 - 3 * 70 = 240g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
240 / 21 = 11.42g per day


Hops:

harvests per month- 17
plantings per month- 1
growth days- 27
seed cost - 60g
sale price- 25g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
17 * 25 - 1 * 60 = 365g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
365g / 27 = 13.52g per day

Edit: clarity

[Cam]

Originally posted by Buffmania:

Amaranth:

harvests per month- 3
plantings per month- 3
growth days- 21
seed cost- 70g
sale price- 150g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
3 * 150 - 3 * 70 = 240g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
240 / 21 = 11.42g per day


Hops:

harvests per month- 17
plantings per month- 1
growth days- 27
seed cost - 60g
sale price- 25g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
17 * 25 - 1 * 60 = 365g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
365g / 27 = 13.52g per day

Edit: clarity

This was exactly what i needed. I love you ty ^_^

[Cam]

Originally posted by Buffmania:

Amaranth:

harvests per month- 3
plantings per month- 3
growth days- 21
seed cost- 70g
sale price- 150g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
3 * 150 - 3 * 70 = 240g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
240 / 21 = 11.42g per day


Hops:

harvests per month- 17
plantings per month- 1
growth days- 27
seed cost - 60g
sale price- 25g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
17 * 25 - 1 * 60 = 365g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
365g / 27 = 13.52g per day

Edit: clarity

Oh oh, lastly, can u do one for strawberries, the growth days was easy to understand on the ana since it can only reach 7, 14, 21 as growth days for a month, but profita like strawberries and hops that keep yeilding, how u come to those growth days.

[Buffmania]

To obtain number of harvests per month for repeating crops:

Take the days in month minus the date of planting minus the days to mature all divided by the days for a crop to regrow, round that result down to the nearest whole number and add one.

round_down( (28- date of planting - days to mature) / days to regrow) + 1 = harvests

Strawberries:

days to mature: 8
days to regrow: 4

strawberries planted on the 1st:
round_down((28-1 -8)/4) +1= 5

Strawberries planted on the 13th:
round_down((28-13-8)/4) +1= 2


The function to get growing days:

days to mature +(harvests -1) * days to regrow = Growing days




Strawberries planted on day 1:

harvests per month- 5
plantings per month- 1
growth days- 24
seed cost- 100g
sale price- 120g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
5 *120g - 1 *100g = 500g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
500g / 24 = 20.83g per day


strawberries planted on day 13:

harvests per month- 2
plantings per month- 1
growth days- 12
seed cost- 100
sale price- 120g

harvests * sale price - plantings * seed cost = profit per month
2 * 120g - 1 * 100g = 140g per month

profit per month / growth days = profit per day
140g / 12 = 11.67g per day

[MisterSpock]

https://thorinair.github.io/Stardew-Profits/

My personal favs:

1.YEAR:
Spring
1st day: Pastinake
other days potato
maybe strawberrie if you have energy problems

Summer
Melons

Fall
Pumpkins

[cf.barbossa]

Originally posted by MisterSpock:

https://thorinair.github.io/Stardew-Profits/

My personal favs:

1.YEAR:
Spring
1st day: Pastinake
other days potato
maybe strawberrie if you have energy problems

Summer
Melons

Fall
Pumpkins

Live long and prosper, and review your translations. "Pastinake" should be "parsnip" ;-)

It is, however, a good choice to start, since the seeds are so cheap. I would not plant strawberries in year 1, but stockpile as many as I can safely afford.

In Summer 1, I recommend growing hops. Although the profit per day ratio is not as spectacular as for melons, daily harvests mean you quickly have at least some money available.

In later years- berries. Large, large fields of berries. Strawberries, blueberries, cranberries. Easily the the highest profit, be it per month or per day. Oh, and blueberries and cranberries should be fertilized with standard speed-gro (without agriculturist profession). Expensive, but still profitable. And kills for the formulas above :-D

Which, by the way, do not take into account high-quality crops and extra harvests (both dependet on farming skill).