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Clay is an important resource in Stardew Valley and is used in many recipes. There are a few basic ways to get clay. You're going to need the hoe and patience!
Clay
Used in crafting and construction.
Sells for 20G
Digging in dirt or sand with the hoe is the most common way to get clay and by far the easiest. Find a dirt patch and get to hitting the ground. Once a tile is tilled, hitting it again won't do anything, so keep moving around throughout your farm and the valley until you've got what you need. Clay doesn't appear frequently, but you'll get what you need with time.
You may also find it when digging up Artifact spots. Artifact Spots look like three little worms sticking out of the ground, to dig up an Artifact Spot you’ll have to use a hoe, other tools won’t work.
When you crack open a geode, you may also find clay.
You may also receive clay as a gift. During the Feast Of The Winter Star (the final festival in the yearly town events), if you are paired up with Jas or Vincent, you may receive clay as a gift. Clay can also be given as a gift, but it is disliked or hated by all residents.
Clay Recipes
Below you can find every recipe that uses clay, as well as which other ingredients are needed for it.
Item
Description
Ingredients
Recipe Source
Quality Retaining Soil (2)
This soil has a good chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.
1 Clay
3 Stones
Reach Farming Level 7 in Skills
Garden Pot
Grows crops from any season when indoors. Outdoors, it can only house seasonal crops.
1 Clay
10 Stones
1 Refined Quartz
Evelyn cutscene after completing the Greenhouse
Brick Floor (5)
Place on the ground to create paths or to decorate your floors.
2 Clay
5 Stones
Carpenter's Shop (500g)
Fiber Seeds
Plant these in any season. Does not require watering. Harvest with the scythe. Takes 7 days to grow.
1 Clay
1 Mixed Seeds
5 Sap
Linus (Special Order)
Deluxe Retaining Soil
This soil has a 100% chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.
1 Clay
5 Stones
3 Fiber
Island Trader for 50 Cinder Shards
Bone Mill
Turns bone items into fertilizers.
3 Clay
10 Bone Fragments
20 Stones
Gunther (Special Order)
Silo Building
Allows you to cut and store grass for feed.
100g
100 Stones
10 Clay
5 Copper Bars
Buy from Robin in the Carpenter's Shop
Shirt
A wearable shirt
1 Cloth
1 Clay
Using the sewing machine located inside Emily and Haley's house.
Looking for even more on Stardew Valley? Why not check out our Beginner's Guide - Basics and Features, Things You Need to Know, or jump back to our How To Guides hub.
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