Honey Cultivation: Enhance Your Stardew Valley Gameplay

This Stardew Valley guide focuses on honey production, a profitable and often overlooked artisanal good. Updated January 9, 2025, to reflect version 1.6 updates.

Building a Bee House

Honey is produced by bees housed in Bee Houses. The recipe unlocks at Farming Level 3, requiring:

• 40 Wood
• 8 Coal
• 1 Iron Bar
• 1 Maple Syrup

Bee Houses can also be obtained from the Fall Crops Bundle (Community Center) or the Mayor's Prize Counter. Place Bee Houses outdoors (not in the Greenhouse) for honey production every 3-4 days (except Winter; year-round on Ginger Island). Harvesting honey with an axe or pickaxe will drop it; the type depends on nearby flowers.

Flowers and Honey Types

Without flowers within five tiles, Bee Houses produce Wild Honey (100g, 140g with Artisan). Nearby flowers (including those in Garden Pots) change honey type and value:

Harvesting flowers before honey collection reverts the honey to Wild Honey. Wild Seeds don't affect honey type.

Honey Uses

Higher-value honeys are best sold directly. Wild Honey and others can be used for crafting or gifts.

• Mead: Honey in a Keg produces Mead (200g base, 280g with Artisan). Aging in a Cask improves quality and value (Silver: 250g/350g, Gold: 300g/420g, Iridium: 400g/560g). Honey type doesn't affect Mead value.

• Crafting: Wild Honey, Hardwood, and Fiber craft a Warp Totem: Farm (Farming Level 8).

• Bundles: Honey completes the Community Center's Artisan Bundle and some Fish Pond quests.

• Gifting: Honey is a Liked gift for most villagers (except Maru and Sebastian). Mead is also popular, but avoid giving it to children, Penny, or Sebastian.

This comprehensive guide helps you maximize honey production and profit in Stardew Valley. Remember to consider the Artisan profession for increased profits!