Qi fruit challenge, 500 is too much!

[PhoenixIfrit]

I'm trying to complete this stupid quest 3 times now, but it just can't be done! 21 days and 500 fruits are not possible without cheats!!!

I can neither take care of my family nor my farm. The drop chance of the beans is just too low and so is the harvest. It cannot be done without cheats, despite growth deluxe and seeding machine.

I'm not the only player having such massive problems with this quest!

[Karth]

i thought so at first too, but you can do it. i accepted that quest in winter when there is nothing to grow on the fields and it didn't even took the whole month (only 20 days or so) to finish that quest.

[LuVenBen]

try using a ton of seed makers and the second tier of speed gro
also iridium sprinklers

[PhoenixIfrit]

引用自 Luvenben：

try using a ton of seed makers and the second tier of speed gro
also iridium sprinklers

I have these things, but the problem is the seeds/beans themselves. They are too sparsely distributed.

[Uncoelacanth]

Deluxe Speed-Gro. Seedmakers. Agriculturalist perk.

It is mathematically possible to get 500 fully-grown Qi plants from a single seed in under 18 days.

Edit: I miscounted, and miscalculated. Using the Agriculturalist Perk and Deluxe Speed-Gro, Qi fruit takes two days to mature.

Starting with just one seed, running every fruit you get through the seedmaker, and assuming the average of two seeds from each qi fruit through the seedmaker...

On day 21, you will have 512 fully-grown qi fruit.

This will go faster if you have more than one qi fruit to plant on day one, of course.

[Sstavix]

If I recall correctly, there's a way to cheese it, too. If you don't have the ability to complete the quest the first time around, sell all the Qi Fruit to Pierre on the last day of the challenge. Then you can buy them back from him on the next day and put them in a chest. The next time the quest comes up, you'll have a head start in completing it.

[Imissylou]

i watched Lilsimsie do it on her moresimsie twitch vods youtube channel. if you need any tips and trick i definitely check it out

https://youtu.be/iWiiVjcoyYw

[Manluck]

引用自 Sstavix：

If I recall correctly, there's a way to cheese it, too. If you don't have the ability to complete the quest the first time around, sell all the Qi Fruit to Pierre on the last day of the challenge. Then you can buy them back from him on the next day and put them in a chest. The next time the quest comes up, you'll have a head start in completing it.

wait can you do that? because all I know is that the seed that you keep will be lost whether you succeed or fail

[PhoenixIfrit]

引用自 Sstavix：

If I recall correctly, there's a way to cheese it, too. If you don't have the ability to complete the quest the first time around, sell all the Qi Fruit to Pierre on the last day of the challenge. Then you can buy them back from him on the next day and put them in a chest. The next time the quest comes up, you'll have a head start in completing it.

Ah! If only I had known that yesterday, I could have tried it. Such a crap! I hope I don't have to wait that long for this quest again, then I'll try again, but it's still stupid that there are only 21 days and not 28 days that you can have for the quest.

[PhoenixIfrit]

引用自 Uncoelacanth：

Deluxe Speed-Gro. Seedmakers. Agriculturalist perk.

It is mathematically possible to get 500 fully-grown Qi plants from a single seed in under 18 days.

Edit: I miscounted, and miscalculated. Using the Agriculturalist Perk and Deluxe Speed-Gro, Qi fruit takes two days to mature.

Starting with just one seed, running every fruit you get through the seedmaker, and assuming the average of two seeds from each qi fruit through the seedmaker...

On day 21, you will have 512 fully-grown qi fruit.

This will go faster if you have more than one qi fruit to plant on day one, of course.

This is also the approach that I already knew and followed. On the first day I was able to find up to 12 beans (and cut down the entire forest in Stardew Valley. xD) and planted them. When they were ripe I put half the plants in the seeder to get more beans out. The only problem for me was that after 7-8 days I hardly found any new beans at all, but I tried to get to the 500 fruits. Unfortunately without success.

[Uncoelacanth]

Unless I'm miscounting the days, it's still doable, with only 12 qi seeds, never finding any more, and without switching your Farming Perk to Agriculturalist, and using only Regular-Speed-Gro.

Don't harvest and replant _half_. Harvest, seedmake, and replant them all.

With regular or deluxe speed gro alone, Qi fruit takes three days to mature. Youre also going to want a /lot/ of Seedmakers. and a lot of empty space.

One thing you can do is clear field space ahead of time, fertilize it with speed-gro, and plant it with whatever cheap, quick-growing crop works for that season (Parsnips for Spring, Radishes for Sumnmer, Bok choy for Fall,). They'll grow exactly as fast as qi fruiit does. Leave them in the ground until you need the space for the Qi fruit, at which point you can harvest them (or axe them if you need a little more space ahead of time.)


Assuming you're buying or producing sufficient Speed-Gro, and I haven't mis-counted the days:

Day 0: 12 planted Qi Fruit, water them all. Use spare time to clear and pre-fertilize and pre-seed extra fields as above.
Day 3 Harvest 12 and Seedmake 24 qi seeds. and Plant them all.
Day 6 Harvest 24 and Seedmake 48 qi seeds. Plant them all.
Day 9. Harvest 48 and produce 96 qi seeds. Plant them all.
Day 12. Harvest 96 and produce 192 qi seeds. Plant them all.
Day 15. Harvest 192 and produce 384 qi Seeds, Plant them all.
Day 18. Harvest 384 q1 fruit.
This is going to get you just under the wire. Ship half (192 qi fruit shipped), Seedmake half(384 new seeds, replant them all.)
Day 21: Harvest another 384 qi fruit, ship them all. 576 total Qi fruit shipped.

[Sstavix]

引用自 Manluck：

引用自 Sstavix：

If I recall correctly, there's a way to cheese it, too. If you don't have the ability to complete the quest the first time around, sell all the Qi Fruit to Pierre on the last day of the challenge. Then you can buy them back from him on the next day and put them in a chest. The next time the quest comes up, you'll have a head start in completing it.

wait can you do that? because all I know is that the seed that you keep will be lost whether you succeed or fail

I haven't tried it myself, but I did read about it on the Stardew Valley wiki. When all the Qi fruit vanish after the quest expires, the game doesn't account for any Qi fruit that Pierre has in his stock. So i you time it right, you an buy back most - if not all - of the fruit that you sell to him.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Qi_Fruit

[Pockets314]

It's really not bad. I don't even have agriculture perks that help with speed. I just get about a dozen seeds on the first day, use the good speed grow, and use my seed makers to double it. I just finished with 80 fruits too many and some still growing, with 4 days to go while doing the 21 day version. Last time I only got 14 days, worked my butt off to find seeds, and would have needed one more day. Now I know to only go for it when it gives me 3 or 4 weeks, cause it makes it easy peasy with how much time you have to keep doubling the crops.

[Sstavix]

引用自 Sstavix：

引用自 Manluck：

wait can you do that? because all I know is that the seed that you keep will be lost whether you succeed or fail

I haven't tried it myself, but I did read about it on the Stardew Valley wiki. When all the Qi fruit vanish after the quest expires, the game doesn't account for any Qi fruit that Pierre has in his stock. So i you time it right, you an buy back most - if not all - of the fruit that you sell to him.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Qi_Fruit

Since someone bumped this thread, I figured I'd point this out....

I noticed in the patch notes that this exploit has been removed. It's not possible to cheat this challenge any more.

[PepeMilagro]

It's not impossible, but it will take your full attention.
My tip would be to do it in the winter, when all your fields are free and ready to go.
And follow all the tips already mentioned, especially the Speed-Gro.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3218775009
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3219037933
Also:
- I found like 24 seeds by using 6 treasure totems in the desert
- Mega bombing the volcano levels on Ginger island is also prolific for finding seeds.

[Alkyne]

i found that using the treasure totem on your farm will give you A LOT of beans. i got 19 beans from one totem once, which is a perfect way to start making seeds.