Stardew Valley Powdermelon Guide – Tips, Uses, Sell Price, Seeds, Grow Time

One of the new crops in Stardew Valley Patch 1.6 is a sweet winter fruit, the Powdermelon, that breaks many of the rules that typically govern your garden. It’s not quite hidden, but it’s a quirky little guy. Here's everything you need to know about Powdermelons in Stardew Valley.

How to Wow(dermelon) with Powdermelons in Stardew Valley

Like the other new seasonal crops in Patch 1.6, Powdermelon Seeds aren’t sold by any of the typical seed vendors in the game. Instead, they’re possible rewards for several other activities.

Starting at roughly Fall 21 and lasting until Winter 21, the easiest place to find Powdermelon Seeds is by digging with your Hoe. You’ve probably spotted Artifact Spots by now in various locations around Pelican Town, which look like 3 little animated worms or stems are poking out of the earth. If you dig in those spots, you’ll often find Artifacts, or at least something useful like Coal or Clay.

As of Fall 21, Artifact Spots also frequently drop 1-3 packets of Powdermelon Seeds. This is where the bulk of my Powdermelons have come from so far. I went out looking for the last couple of Artifacts I don't have and ended up drowning in melons instead.

In addition, you can get more Powdermelon Seeds from the following sources:

• They may appear in crates in the Mines.
• Complete Special Orders at the billboard in front of Lewis’s house to earn Prize Tickets. These can be turned in at the machine in his living room to collect a variety of rare goods, including Powdermelon Seeds.
• If you start the raccoons’ questline in the forest (long story), several of their quests will reward Powdermelon Seeds if you complete them in Winter.
• Helping the raccoons eventually unlocks a vendor who’s willing to trade you Powdermelon Seeds for 2 Acorns.

The thing with the raccoons is worth its own guide, but long story short: if you’re informed that there was “a strong wind storm during the night,” go one screen south from your farm and check out the big tree stump on your left. That begins a long, weird set of quests that also unlocks a useful new vendor.

Powdermelons, By the Numbers

• Season: Winter
• Seeds: Not for sale.
• Base Sale Price Per Unit: 60g
• Growth Time: 7 days
• Energy/Health When Eaten: 63 Energy/28 Health

As with Pumpkins or Cauliflower, Powdermelons have a rare chance to combine into a single giant crop if they’re planted in a 3x3 grid. This is a rare event (~1% chance on any given day in the Powdermelons’ growth cycle), but if it does happen, you can break the resulting giant Powdermelon with your Axe to get ~20 normal-quality Powdermelons at once. That’s arguably worth the extra effort when you’re planting, although it’s a little like buying a lottery ticket.

What Else to Do with Powdermelons in Stardew Valley

The general idea behind Powdermelons seems to be that they let you keep your garden going in the snowy weeks at the end of the year. They aren’t particularly remarkable in terms of their value or growth time, but if you’re looking for something to keep your energy/health up while you’re dungeon-diving in Winter, a silver/gold-quality Powdermelon is a good option.

In the mid- to late game, they’re outshone by various cooking recipes, but a first-time player could do a lot worse than Powdermelons for dungeon snacks.

Recipes & Crafting

• As a fruit, you can turn Powdermelons into Jelly or Wine in a Preserves Jar or Keg, respectively. This improves a single melon’s base value to 170g or 252g, respectively.
  • You can now eat Jelly and drink Wine in Patch 1.6, which typically replaces the base Health/Energy of the Powdermelon with that of the Jelly/Wine. They’re still primarily useful for making money, but hey, now you can keep yourself going on a Mines run with your homemade wine.

Gifts

• At time of writing, Powdermelons seem to be treated as a generic fruit for gift-giving purposes. No one feels particularly strongly about Powdermelons:
  • Demetrius, Elliot, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Pam, Robin, Sandy, and Shane all like fruit (+45 friendship points), although many of them make exceptions for specific items. For example, Demetrius loves Strawberries in particular.
  • Abigail, Haley, and Jas dislike fruit (-20 pts.).
  • Every other villager is neutral on the subject (+20 pts.).

Given how Stardew Valley has tended to develop in the last few major content patches, all of this is to say that there’s probably some arcane, obscure use for Powdermelons. If there is, no one’s found it yet. In the meantime, they’re a handy snack for new players who’ve been waiting until Winter to really check out the Mines. Enjoy your sugar melons, and good luck out there.