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Village in the Shade Best Crops by Season

Compare cultivation options by season, direct sale, regrowth, paddy, processing opportunity and progression. There is no universal best crop.

This page owns crop comparison. Money Making owns the broader cross-system answer across fishing, mining, requests, insects, farming and processing.

How the comparison worksBroad Money Guide

Current baseline: Ver.1.09. Rankings are site methodology or editorial comparisons, never an official hidden game formula.

Quick answer

Use this page for transparent crop comparisons. When a required input is unknown, the result stays unavailable instead of becoming a fabricated rank.

Site methodology

How direct-sale comparisons work

A single-harvest comparison is only calculated when every required input is canonical.

Net crop profit = sell value × harvest quantity − seed cost.

Simple profit/day = net crop profit ÷ initial growth days.

This is site comparison methodology, not an official game formula. Missing sell value, seed cost, yield or growth returns unavailable; it never becomes 0, 1, an average or a median.

Rows are sorted only when the derived metric is numeric. Rounding is to one decimal place after calculation.

Scope

Keep cultivation types separate

The comparison pool distinguishes Field, Ridge, Paddy and Flower records instead of flattening every farm object into one crop type.

Spring

Onion, Potato, Turnip, Carrot, Asparagus, Cherry Radish, Snow Pea, Pea, Strawberry, Rice, Wasabi, Chamomile, Hyacinth, Iris, Tulip, Nadeshiko, Poppy, Forget-me-not, Carnation, Skunk Cabbage

Summer

Wasabi, Wheat, Ginger, Green Onion, Cucumber, Edamame, Corn, Tomato, Watermelon, Blueberry, Garlic, Pumpkin, Sweet Melon, Pineapple, Eggplant, Bean Sprout, Morning Glory, Baby's Breath, Marigold, Lily of the Valley, Hibiscus, Rose, Sunflower, Lavender

Autumn

Buckwheat, Taro, Sweet Potato, Olive, Sesame, Lotus Root, Dahlia, Cosmos, Chrysanthemum

Winter

Spinach, White Radish, Napa Cabbage, Lotus Root, Daffodil, Pansy, Rosemary

Season comparison

Best crops by season, without fake winners

The current repository does not have complete yield data for a universal numeric direct-sale ranking. Candidate pools remain visible and unresolved rows stay out of the rank.

SeasonCalculated leaderStatus
SpringNo numeric leaderSite-calculated ranking unavailable: required canonical inputs remain unresolved.
SummerNo numeric leaderSite-calculated ranking unavailable: required canonical inputs remain unresolved.
AutumnNo numeric leaderSite-calculated ranking unavailable: required canonical inputs remain unresolved.
WinterNo numeric leaderSite-calculated ranking unavailable: required canonical inputs remain unresolved.

Canonical candidates

Inspect the current comparison records

These rows are derived from shared crop and flower records. They are not a second crop database.

Spring

CandidateTypeSellSeedGrowthDirect-sale status
OnionField crop¥63¥405 daysUnavailable
PotatoField crop¥83¥506 daysUnavailable
TurnipRidge crop¥36¥204 daysUnavailable
CarrotRidge crop¥82¥407 daysUnavailable
AsparagusField crop¥53¥809 daysUnavailable
Cherry RadishField crop¥92¥358 daysUnavailable
Snow PeaRidge crop¥5¥8010 daysUnavailable
PeaRidge crop¥14¥8012 daysUnavailable
StrawberryRidge crop¥31¥10014 daysUnavailable
RicePaddy crop¥67¥6050 daysUnavailable
WasabiPaddy crop¥140¥5010 daysUnavailable
ChamomileFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
HyacinthFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
IrisFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
TulipFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
NadeshikoFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
PoppyFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
Forget-me-notFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
CarnationFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
Skunk CabbageFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable

Summer

CandidateTypeSellSeedGrowthDirect-sale status
WasabiPaddy crop¥140¥5010 daysUnavailable
WheatField crop¥46¥304 daysUnavailable
GingerField crop¥68¥455 daysUnavailable
Green OnionRidge crop¥76¥456 daysUnavailable
CucumberField crop¥12¥409 daysUnavailable
EdamameField crop¥15¥707 daysUnavailable
CornField crop¥42¥10013 daysUnavailable
TomatoRidge crop¥23¥6012 daysUnavailable
WatermelonRidge crop¥160¥5511 daysUnavailable
BlueberryField crop¥16¥7010 daysUnavailable
GarlicField crop¥102¥607 daysUnavailable
PumpkinField crop¥180¥6012 daysUnavailable
Sweet MelonField crop¥240¥8014 daysUnavailable
PineappleField crop¥208¥7013 daysUnavailable
EggplantRidge cropUnknown¥7011 daysUnavailable
Bean SproutField crop¥10UnknownUnknownUnavailable
Morning GloryFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
Baby's BreathFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
MarigoldFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
Lily of the ValleyFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
HibiscusFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
RoseFlowerUnknown¥110UnknownUnavailable
SunflowerFlower¥75Unknown6 daysUnavailable
LavenderFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable

Autumn

CandidateTypeSellSeedGrowthDirect-sale status
BuckwheatField crop¥73¥505 daysUnavailable
TaroRidge crop¥51¥354 daysUnavailable
Sweet PotatoRidge crop¥74¥457 daysUnavailable
OliveField crop¥14¥8010 daysUnavailable
SesameRidge crop¥14¥909 daysUnavailable
Lotus RootPaddy crop¥145¥5510 daysUnavailable
DahliaFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
CosmosFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
ChrysanthemumFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable

Winter

CandidateTypeSellSeedGrowthDirect-sale status
SpinachRidge crop¥82¥407 daysUnavailable
White RadishRidge crop¥122¥509 daysUnavailable
Napa CabbageRidge crop¥190¥7012 daysUnavailable
Lotus RootPaddy crop¥145¥5510 daysUnavailable
DaffodilFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
PansyFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable
RosemaryFlowerUnknownUnknownUnknownUnavailable

Soybean special case

Soybean is not a normal Summer ranking row

Edamame is the Summer source crop; a mature field crop carried into Autumn becomes harvestable as Soybean.

Because the source crop, transition and harvest season differ, a standard Summer profit/day comparison would be misleading. Use the Miso and Soybean Guide for the full conversion and use Processing for exact machine values.

Processing opportunity

Flexibility is not profitability

Soybean, Wheat, Hops and other crops may have useful branches, but route count alone does not rank profit.

Exact inputs, outputs, timers and values belong to Processing. This page may identify a candidate with processing routes, but it does not duplicate machine economics or call route flexibility the best result.

Open Processing authority

Repeat harvest

Regrowth needs a separate model

A single-harvest formula cannot safely rank regrowing crops.

A valid regrowth model would need initial growth, regrowth interval, yield per harvest, seed cost and a verified growing window. Day-one inclusion, watering timing, harvest readiness and season boundaries remain unresolved, so no season-end harvest count is asserted.

Current normal Field candidates for a Scarecrow scenario are: Asparagus, Cucumber, Edamame, Corn, Blueberry, Olive. This is a site-calculated scenario category, not a numeric ROI claim.

Scarecrow authority

Other cultivation systems

Mushrooms stay separate

Mushroom cultivation is a log-based system, not an ordinary field-crop ranking.

Shiitake, Shimeji and Wood Ear are excluded from the ordinary crop pool. Mushroom × Seasonal Scarecrow remains unresolved; this page does not use mushroom ROI as a Scarecrow example.

Mushroom Cultivation authority

Quality

Quality multipliers come from the shared authority

Best Crops does not maintain a second hardcoded quality table.

Copper Star

1.25× crop multiplier

Silver Star

1.50× crop multiplier

Gold Star

1.75× crop multiplier

Branded / Contest Winner

2.00× crop multiplier

These multipliers are crop-scoped. They are not automatically applied to processed goods, mushrooms, livestock products or cooked food; processing quality inheritance remains unresolved.

Quality & Branding authority

Progression

A mathematical candidate is not automatically a beginner pick

Seed access, tools, Year 2/3 locks, paddy access and machine access change the practical answer.

Rice and Wasabi retain the Plow requirement. Lotus Root remains Year 2. Fruit Trees use a multi-season establishment model and are not included in this daily crop table. Use the factual Crops database and Farming authority for unlock and environment details.

FAQ

Best Crops FAQ

The comparison boundary in short answers.

There is no universal winner. This page compares cultivation options under explicit site-calculated assumptions; the best broad money method may instead be fishing, mining, requests or processing.

A crop enters a direct-sale ranking only when seed cost, sell value, harvest quantity and initial growth are all known. Unresolved rows stay outside numeric rankings.

No ordinary Summer comparison is appropriate. Edamame is the Summer source crop; a mature field crop carried into Autumn becomes harvestable as Soybean. See the Miso and Soybean authority.

No. Shiitake, Shimeji and Wood Ear belong to Mushroom Cultivation, a separate log-based system. They are not included in ordinary field-crop rankings.

The interaction remains unresolved. This guide does not calculate mushroom × Seasonal Scarecrow profit.

Those interactions remain unresolved in the current evidence matrix. Only ordinary Field crops are presented as the strongest supported Scarecrow scenario category.

Yes. The crop quality multipliers are derived from the shared Quality & Branding authority. They apply to crops only, not automatically to processed goods, mushrooms, livestock or cooked food.

This page identifies processing opportunities and route flexibility. Exact machine input, output, timer and value belong to the Processing authority; route count is not a profitability ranking.

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Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.