Ancient Plant Disappeared

[Ah! So Spider!]

In the middle of summer the plant just disappeared.. Can I get another seed any way?

[AvatarMan]

Possibly lightning, did you have a storm the night before? Or maybe a crow? You can get another Ancient seed if you still have a fruit, put it in a Seed Maker. Or by obtaining another Ancient Seed artifact.

[Ah! So Spider!]

It was my first ancient seed. I got it from donating the seed to the museum. God, I didn't even think about putting a scarecrow in the special area I planted it...

[Lionheart51281]

There's also a small chance of acquiring an ancient seed from any random fruit/vegetable in the seed maker.

[Ah! So Spider!]

Alright. The only reason I care is because I know what you get for giving the plant that grows from the seed to the statue in the secret forest.

[AvatarMan]

Ancient Seed / Fruit isn't what you give to the statue. That's the Rare Seed from the Travelling Merchant.

[InPinkClover]

The Sweet Gem Berry is what that statue wants. They grow from the Rare Seed (which can be obtained from the Traveling Cart) after 24 days. It can be given to Old Master Cannoli in the Secret Woods in order to get a Stardrop. It is not considered a fruit or a vegetable and so can not be used in a Keg or Preserves Jar.
http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Sweet_Gem_Berry

[Ah! So Spider!]

Oh.

Well ♥♥♥♥ that plant then. Time to go see if I can afford the rare seed.

[AvatarMan]

It should be noted however, that the seed you lost would of produced a fruit which sells for 750g every 7 days, and that's before you Keg it.

[Ah! So Spider!]

I also want to ask, just to know, how do you increase hearts? I've been giving Abigail gifts and i've only raised one heart, other than the three I got when I gave one on her birthday. I've even been only giving her amethysts.

[AvatarMan]

A heart is 250 Friendship Points. Every day you do not talk to them they lose 2 points. Talking to them increases it by 20. Gifting a 'loved' gift gives 80 points and gifting a 'liked' gift gives 45. It takes quite a while to raise 8/10 hearts.

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Social
Heart Meter
Each person shows a row of 10 hearts indicating your relationship with them. If you're married, your spouse will have 12 hearts instead.

The hearts will fill up or decrease over time as you talk to people and gift them. You can give each person up to 2 gifts per week, as indicated by the checkboxes to the right of their entry in the social tab. Each heart represents 250 friendship points. Speaking to a villager gives 20 points once per day, while ignoring them for a day gives -2 points, so don't ignore your friends!

Each villager has their own individual likes/dislikes. The more they like a gift, the more invisible points you will get towards filling in a heart; A loved gift is worth 80 points and a liked gift is worth 45. Be careful, as gifting someone something they hate can also cause hearts to go down.

Successfully completing a quest that states it will make the villager happy is worth 150 friendship points immediately on turn-in.

Giving a villager a loved gift on their birthday nets you 640 friendship points (8x the value of a loved gift on a normal day) - it pays to keep some prismatic shards or rabbit's feet around for those hard to please types. Even a liked Birthday gift will net you 360 friendship points, so keeping an eye on the calendar helps. It is important to note that the Birthday gift does NOT count toward the weekly limit of two gifts. This means that you can give that person three gifts that week. You have to give the two normal weekly gifts first, though.

You can also reach 10 heart (best friend status) with every villager prior marriage and giving bouquets to multiple villagers doesn't render any repercussions. It's a favourite strategy for some players as they are able to see all or most cutscenes with each villager prior marriage.

[Proteus]

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

It should be noted however, that the seed you lost would of produced a fruit which sells for 750g every 7 days, and that's before you Keg it.

You could also put it in the seedmaker in order to obtain more seed (ancient fruit seem to produce 12.5 seed per fruit on average) thereby creating more ancient fruit making goodness

[The Silver Knight]

Originally posted by King of The Gryphons:

I also want to ask, just to know, how do you increase hearts? I've been giving Abigail gifts and i've only raised one heart, other than the three I got when I gave one on her birthday. I've even been only giving her amethysts.

Giving gifts and talking is it. When you give someone a gift it raises their frendship stat which is hidden by a certin ammount. So you don't get a hear until it hits that ammount. I think 10 hearts in 10,000 so each heart is worth 1000.

[Ah! So Spider!]

https://i.gyazo.com/b8fce1fa05660de6e06616de6139eed7.png Do you guys think this'll protect the rare seed when i can plant it? :v