Best Tips how to Get the Stardew Valley Ancient Seed

The artefact is the subject of this article. See Ancient Seeds for information on the fruit seed.
Once you achieve Fishing level 2, you can find the Ancient Seed by digging up an Artefact Spot in Cindersap Forest or The Mountain (including the Quarry), or you can get it within Artefact Troves or Fishing Treasure Chests. Grubs, Cave Flies, Mutant Flies, and Mutant Grubs can drop it with a 0.5% chance. In addition, it can be obtained in the Volcano Dungeon, The Mines when they are in a “Dangerous” state, and by trimming vegetation on Prehistoric Floors[1]. Putting down a packet of

A Deconstructor filled with Ancient Seeds produces an Ancient Seed.

This artefact can be made into viable seeds that can be planted in the greenhouse or on the farm on Ginger Island at any time of year to grow Ancient Fruit in the spring, summer, and fall.

Ancient Seed

It’s an old, dry seed from an extinct plant. It seemed to have passed away a long time ago.

Information

Category	Source/Details	Sell Price
Artifact Spots	Cindersap Forest (0.7%)	5g
	The Mountain (0.7%)
Monster Drops	Bug (0.5%)	5g
	Cave Fly (0.5%)
	Grub (0.5%)
	Mutant Fly (0.5%)
	Mutant Grub (0.5%)
Other Sources	Fishing Treasure Chest (0.7-0.8%)	5g
	Artifact Trove (3.7%)
	Deconstructor
Donation Reward	Ancient Seeds (1)	5g
	Ancient Seeds Recipe

Donation

Giving the first discovered Ancient Seed artefact to the Museum is the sole worthwhile use for it. The item adds to the overall amount of donations made to the museum. The player will receive one pack of plantable Ancient Seeds from Gunther along with the instructions needed to turn any other Ancient Seed artefacts into new seeds.

Bundles

There are no bundles made with Ancient Seed.

Recipes

Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe From
Ancient Seeds	Could these still grow?	Ancient Seed (1)	Donating Ancient Seed to the Museum

Quests

There are no quests that employ Ancient Seed.

Tailoring

The Brown Suit is made with Ancient Seed in the Sewing Machine’s spool.