The Seed Maker, its output, and profitable crops
What the Seed Maker accepts, how many seeds it returns, and why regrowing crops give the best return.
The short answer
The Seed Maker costs 2,000g at the upgraded General Store and turns one harvested crop into 1-3 seeds of that crop. With regrowing crops, this roughly doubles income per tile because the plant keeps producing and its seeds sell for more than the crop.
What it does
Seed Maker is a placeable farm object sold for 2,000g at General Store after its story upgrade. It works separately from crafting stations. Insert a harvested crop or forageable to receive 1-3 seeds of the same crop, averaging about two.
Some wild herbs and flowers cannot be processed, and the machine does not list accepted items. Test new forageables and keep track of the ones that work.
Using regrowing crops
Feed the machine regrowing crops. A strawberry plant produces fruit all season, and each strawberry can become seeds worth 150g each in the bin. The average output of two seeds sells for 300g, compared with 125g for the fruit. Since the plant keeps producing, each harvest can be sold as fruit or processed into seeds.
The same logic applies to the other regrowers: Pea Seed, Corn Seed, Tomato Seed, Cranberry Seed, Onion Seed and Snow Peas Seed all cost 300g a seed, so two seeds out of one harvest are worth more than any of their crops in the bin.
The crops page lists every regrower with its exact bin price, so you can check the margin for a specific crop before committing a season to it.
Seeds from forageables
The Seed Maker also accepts some forageables, which is how you turn one-time finds into plantable seeds. Garlic, rosemary and similar cooking herbs are the useful ones: they are needed in recipes all year, and the seeds let you grow your own instead of waiting for forage respawns. The foraging guide covers which wild items come back and how often.
Seed Maker limits
Keep these limits in mind:
- Single-harvest crops. A turnip becomes turnip seeds worth 12g in the bin, while the crop sells for 40g. Crops without a regrow cycle lose money in the Seed Maker.
- Space and time. The machine processes one item at a time and finishes instantly, but each item must be loaded and removed. Use it for high-value regrowers rather than bulk processing.
- Economy balance. The Seed Maker can generate money quickly. Sell crops directly if you prefer a gentler economy; using the machine is optional.
When to buy it
The Seed Maker usually becomes available in late spring, after the General Store upgrade and the first regrower harvest. Pairing it with greenhouse regrowers makes the farm one of the game’s strongest income sources. The greenhouse guide explains the setup, and the money guide compares it with fishing, mining and cooking.