Keg - Stardew Valley Wiki

Keg
Place a fruit or vegetable in here. Eventually it will turn into a beverage.
Information
Source	Crafting
Sell Price	Cannot be sold
Crafting
Recipe Source	Farming (Level 8)
Ingredients	Wood (30) Copper Bar (1) Iron Bar (1) Oak Resin (1)

For a detailed analysis of profit using the Keg, see Keg Productivity.

The Keg is a type of Artisan Equipment used to make Artisan Goods. A Keg is the reward for completing the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry or the Brewer's Bundle in the Pantry (Remixed). Four Kegs can be obtained as the 19th prize from the Prize Machine (50% chance).

Contents

• 1 Products
• 2 Preserves Jar vs. Keg
• 3 Storage Options
  • 3.1 Inside Farm Buildings
  • 3.2 Outside The Farm
• 4 References
• 5 History

Products

Note that processing times are approximate, since time passes differently from 2am to 6am. One hour = 60 minutes from 6am to 2am, but 1 hour = 100 minutes from 2am to 6am. One full day is 1600 minutes, where day is 1200 minutes and night is 400 minutes.

Image	Name	Description	Ingredient	Processing Time[1]	Sell Price	Energy / Health / Buffs
	Beer	Drink in moderation.	Wheat (1)	1750 mins (≈1.1 Days)	data-sort-value="200">200g	5022 Speed (−1)
	Vinegar	An aged fermented liquid used in many cooking recipes.	Rice (1)	600 mins (10 Hours)	data-sort-value="100">100g	135
	Coffee	It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost.	Coffee Bean (5)	120 mins (2 Hours)	data-sort-value="150">150g	31 Speed (+1)
	Green Tea	A pleasant, energizing beverage made from lightly processed tea leaves.	Tea Leaves (1)	180 mins (3 Hours)	data-sort-value="100">100g	135 Max Energy (+30) Speed (+0.5)
	Mead	A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation.	Honey (1)	600 mins (10 hours)	data-sort-value="300">300g	7533 Speed (−1)
	Pale Ale	Drink in moderation.	Hops (1)	2250 mins (≈1.4 Days)	data-sort-value="300">300g	5022 Speed (−1)
	Juice	A sweet, nutritious beverage.	Any Vegetable (1) or any positive energy Forage (other than Mushrooms) (1)	6000 mins (4 Days)	2.25 × Ingredient Base Price	2 × Base Ingredient Energy2 × Base Ingredient Health
	Wine	Drink in moderation.	Any Fruit (1)	10000 mins (6.25 Days)	3 × Fruit Base Price	1.75 × Base Fruit Energy1.75 × Base Fruit Health Speed (−1)

Notes

• Juice made from an inedible vegetable will instead give 1 × Base Vegetable Price and 0.45 × Base Vegetable Price.[2]
• Wine made from an inedible fruit will instead give 0.25 × Base Fruit Price and 0.1125 × Base Fruit Price.[3]
• The following foraged items can be made into Juice: Wild Horseradish, Leek, Dandelion, Cave Carrot, Spring Onion, Hazelnut, Winter Root, Snow Yam, and Ginger.

Preserves Jar vs. Keg

The Preserves Jar increases the profit of a crop using the following equation: (2 × Base Crop Value + 50), while the Keg multiplies the base value of Fruits by 3, and most Vegetables by 2.25. Because of this, low-value high-yield crops like Corn or Tomatoes are more valuable in the preserves jar. The Keg, on the other hand, favors crops with a much higher base value, such as Ancient Fruit or Melons. The breakpoint is data-sort-value="50">50g for fruits and data-sort-value="200">200g for vegetables.

Below is a list of crops that are more beneficial to be put in the Keg, along with their raw base price. Boldfaced items have a base price above data-sort-value="200">200g.

Fruits	Vegetables
Ancient Fruit (550g) Apple (100g) Banana (150g) Cactus Fruit (75g) Cherry (80g) Coconut (100g) Cranberries (75g) Crystal Fruit (150g) Grape (80g) Mango (130g) Melon (250g) Orange (100g) Peach (140g) Pineapple (300g) Pomegranate (140g) Powdermelon (60g) Rhubarb (220g) Spice Berry (80g) Starfruit (750g) Strawberry (120g) Wild Plum (80g)	Pumpkin (320g) Red Cabbage (260g) Hops (25g, but Pale Ale sells for 300g) Wheat (25g, but Beer sells for 200g)

It should be noted that these calculations only involve the value gained in terms of max profit; if looking at profit per day based on the time required, the Preserves Jar will outpace the Keg regardless of the base value of the item (in every case except for Hops, Wheat, and Tea Leaves) since the Preserves Jar has a much shorter processing time.

Storage Options

Inside Farm Buildings

Kegs can be stored in farm buildings.

A Shed, optimally filled with kegs, holds 67 of them, while occupying only 21 tiles of land. An upgraded Big Shed, optimally filled, holds 137 kegs on the same land space. A Barn, however, is cheaper, and holds 90 kegs on 28 tiles of land. The Deluxe Barn increases building costs considerably, but has so far been shown to be able to fit 136 kegs on the same land space as the initial Barn. Coops are cheaper still, but smaller, permitting fewer kegs per tile of external farmland used. Cabins are the cheapest initially, occupy the smallest land area of 15 tiles, but can only hold 42 kegs without upgrades, assuming the cabin is unclaimed and the gift and bed must remain. The first level of upgraded cabin can hold 114 kegs at a lower cost than any other option. While the second upgrade significantly raises costs, 351 kegs can be stored, in version 1.6, new cabin renovations were added, and 593 kegs can be stored, allowing the largest number of kegs per external farmland used.

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  Optimal Shed layout provides 67 spaces

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  Optimal Big Shed layout provides 137 spaces

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  Optimal Barn layout provides 90 spaces

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  One possible Deluxe Barn layout with 136 kegs

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  Empty, unclaimed Cabin layout with 42 kegs

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  Single upgrade Cabin layout with 114 kegs

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  Two upgrade Cabin layout with 352 kegs

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  Two upgrades and remodeling Cabin layout with 593 kegs

Outside The Farm

See also: Crafted goods outside the farm

Kegs can be stored almost anywhere outside the farm. Out of the way places are best as NPCs walking through a keg will destroy it. Other good options not pictured are the Desert and the Railroad.

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  374 Kegs in the Quarry.

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  131 Kegs in The Tunnel.

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  90 Kegs on the Road. 2 are inside the tunnel.

References

1. ↑ See Object::performObjectDropInAction in the game code and Data/ObjectInformation.xnb for corresponding items IDs and categories.
2. ↑ See ObjectDataDefinition::CreateFlavoredJuice in the game code.
3. ↑ See ObjectDataDefinition::CreateFlavoredWine in the game code.

History

• 1.0: Introduced.
• 1.1: Mead Added. Removed Clay from crafting recipe.
• 1.4: Green Tea Added. Adjusted processing time so that machines process 100 minutes from 2am to 6am, not every hour the player is asleep. Kegs can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.
• 1.6: Positive energy foraged items (other than Mushrooms) can now be made into Juice. Green Tea now gives +0.5 Speed. Rice can now be placed into a Keg to make Vinegar. Can now be obtained as a prize from the Prize Machine.
• 1.6.2: Wine Health and Energy now scale with base fruit's values. Juice Health and Energy now scale with base vegetable's values.

Equipment
Artisan		Bee House • Cask • Cheese Press • Dehydrator • Fish Smoker • Keg • Loom • Mayonnaise Machine • Oil Maker • Preserves Jar
Refining		Bait Maker • Bone Mill • Charcoal Kiln • Crystalarium • Deluxe Worm Bin • Furnace • Geode Crusher • Heavy Furnace • Heavy Tapper • Lightning Rod • Mushroom Log • Ostrich Incubator • Recycling Machine • Seed Maker • Slime Egg-Press • Slime Incubator • Solar Panel • Tapper • Wood Chipper • Worm Bin
Farming	Fertilizer	Basic Fertilizer • Basic Retaining Soil • Deluxe Fertilizer • Deluxe Retaining Soil • Deluxe Speed-Gro • Hyper Speed-Gro • Quality Fertilizer • Quality Retaining Soil • Speed-Gro • Tree Fertilizer
	Sprinklers	Iridium Sprinkler • Quality Sprinkler • Sprinkler
	Other	Deluxe Scarecrow • Garden Pot • Rarecrow • Scarecrow
Fishing	Bait	Bait • Challenge Bait • Deluxe Bait • Magic Bait • Magnet • Targeted Bait • Wild Bait
	Tackle	Barbed Hook • Cork Bobber • Curiosity Lure • Dressed Spinner • Lead Bobber • Quality Bobber • Sonar Bobber • Spinner • Trap Bobber • Treasure Hunter
	Other	Crab Pot
Bombs		Bomb • Cherry Bomb • Mega Bomb
Fences		Gate • Hardwood Fence • Iron Fence • Stone Fence • Wood Fence
Storage		Big Chest • Big Stone Chest • Chest • Junimo Chest • Mini-Fridge • Stone Chest
Signs		Dark Sign • Stone Sign • Text Sign • Wood Sign
Misc		Anvil • Coffee Maker • Cookout Kit • Deconstructor • Fairy Dust • Farm Computer • Hopper • Mini-Forge • Mini-Jukebox • Mini-Shipping Bin • Sewing Machine • Staircase • Statue Of Blessings • Statue Of The Dwarf King • Telephone • Tent Kit • Tools • Workbench