Making money in Stardew Valley can be tough in the early years. Selling every foraged flower you find and fishing until the day is over is a grind, and you'll have to subsist however possible until you can start pulling in the big bucks.

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Early-game farmers will dream of the days they can start selling items like Wine, diamonds, and other high-priced items. But, what are the best items to sell? Of course, profit, buying price, and availability come into play, but what are the items that simply sell for the highest sheer price?

Updated April 4, 2025 by Jacqueline Zalace: Making money can be difficult in the beginning stages of Stardew Valley, but thankfully, there are some real money-makers in the game. We've updated this list with a few more high-selling items for you to gather. Additionally, we've sorted them in order from cheapest to most expensive.

27 Diamonds

Price

750g

Diamonds should be everyone's best friend in Stardew, as not only are they loved or liked by everyone, but they can easily become a passive form of income. It is found in the mines in Diamond and Gem Nodes, or even while fishing or panning, and some fish will produce them when you level up their Pond.

Once you've found one, keep it and place it in your first Crystalarium, which is often a reward from the Museum to produce a new one every five days. Take the Gemologist profession to increase the selling price to 974g.

26 Fairy Rose Honey

Maximum Price

952g (with Artisan profession)

Regular Honey (called Wild Honey in the game) is an easy-to-produce item that will appear in Bee Houses after they're placed around your farm every few days. However, they'll produce flavored honey if different flowers are planted nearby, within a certain number of tiles.

If you plant Fairy Roses nearby, which only grow in Fall, you'll be able to produce Fairy Rose Honey. This is the most profitable of the flavors of honey, selling for a nice 952g if you have the Artisan Profession.

25 Strange Doll (Yellow And Green)

Price

1,000g

There are a lot of weird artifacts in Stardew Valley, and the Strange Dolls are no exception. The yellow and green Strange Dolls sell for 1,000g. This isn't the highest compared to some other items on our list, but if you do happen to find a few, you can sell them off.

Be sure to donate the first of each color to the museum before selling them. Once they have been donated, you can sell away!

24 Goat Cheese

Maximum Price (at highest quality)

1,120g (with Artisan profession)

Of the cheese products you can make in the game, Goat Cheese brings in the most gold for your effort. Granted, that's comparing it to the Cheese that cows help produce, but coming in first in a two-product race still means you've come in first.

If you're using Large Goat Milk instead of the standard size, that 400g automatically goes up to 600g. If you'd like to rake in even more profits, you can work to sell Iridium quality Goat Cheese with the Artisan profession.

23 Dinosaur Mayonnaise

Maximum Price

1,120g (with Artisan profession)

Dinosaur Mayonnaise sells for a hefty profit at their base price, which is a whopping 80. But, if you're looking to make the most profit, the Artisan profession is incredibly helpful.

If you pick the Artisan profession, this sickly green condiment will sell for a beautiful 1,120g. It's also important to keep in mind that one jar is also required for the Missing Bundle. You thought regular Mayonnaise was a nice way to earn some money? Throw some Dino Eggs in that Mayonnaise Maker and retire in comfort.

22 Rabbit's Foot

Maximum Price (at highest quality)

1,356g (with Rancher profession)

You'll find some gold in selling off the produce of your Rabbits as well. If the rabbits in your coops like you a lot, are very happy and fed, and you get a bit lucky, they may drop a Rabbit's Foot.

With the Rancher profession, these lucky charms will sell for a nice 1,356g at Iridium quality. As a bonus, they're loved by almost every villager when given as a gift. If you have enough money, you can just use them as gifts.

21 Ostrich Eggs And Golden Eggs

Ostrich Egg Maximum Price

Golden Egg Maximum Price

1,440g (with Rancher profession)

1,200g (with Rancher profession)

With the 1.5 update, you can obtain two additional types of eggs; both will also fetch you a pretty penny. The first is the Ostrich Egg, which can be obtained by solving Secret Note #10 or from Chests in the Volcano Dungeon. You'll need to help Professor Snail finish the fossil sets at the Island Field Office to hatch an Ostrich Egg, though.

However, the eggs themselves sell for quite a nice bit of gold, 600g at their base price, and up to 1,440g for iridium-quality ones with the Rancher profession. However, throw them into a Mayonnaise Machine, and they'll produce ten batches of Mayo of the same quality.

Golden Eggs are obtained after reaching True Perfection (100 percent completion). They'll hatch into Golden Chickens, which lay a Golden Egg every day. These eggs only sell for a base price of 500g, which isn't much, but they'll produce three gold-quality Mayo when placed in a Mayonnaise Machine, which is definitely nice.

20 Truffle Oil

Maximum Price

1,491g (with Artisan profession)

Dino Mayo and Rabbit's Feet are great, but the real profit from the world of animal products comes in the form of Truffle Oil. This artisan product, which is made by an Oil Maker from Truffle that your Pigs find, is probably the most expensive animal product in the game.

With the Artisan profession, Truffle Oil will sell for 1,491g. Without it, it still sells for a high of 1,065g. Even the Truffles themselves are nice, with Iridium-quality ones selling for 1,250g without even being turned into Oil first.

19 Iridium Bar

Price

1,500g (with Blacksmith profession)

Once you start getting access to some premium tools, structures, and such, you'll have to spend a lot of time spelunking so that you can find the throwing-star-looking Iridium. It has a surprising number of uses and can be turned into a decently valuable Iridium Bar by throwing it into a Furnace.

Still, Iridium can be tricky to find, and making Iridium Bars can take quite a while to smelt, which is why there are farming options. Though the drop rates are low, you can get them off Shadow Brutes, Shadow Shamans, Purple Slimes, and Iridium Bats. You can also get it from the Statue of Endless Fortune and pick the Blacksmith profession for a price boost to 1,500 gold.

18 Starfruit

Maximum Price (at highest quality)

1,650g (with Tiller profession)

If you can get your hands on Starfruit Seeds early in the game, you should take full advantage of them. This fruit is considered one of the best ones in the entire game, and if the greenhouse is unlocked early on in the game, it can be grown all year and turned into wine and preserves for extra money.

The Starfruit itself sells for quite a bit of gold. Normally, the price of a single fruit has a base price of 750g, but you can more than double this.