Hops

Hops is a vegetable crop that grows from Hops Starter after 11 days and then regrows every day once mature. It cannot be walked through at any stage of growth, though dead Hops plants can be walked through. The crop progresses through five growth stages before the first harvest, with stage lengths of 1, 1, 2, 3, and 4 days, and then enters a 1-day regrowth cycle.

Hops are especially valuable for processing: placing them in a Keg produces Pale Ale, which can then be aged in Casks to increase its quality. They are also useful for tailoring and dyeing, and can be used as green dye at Emily and Haley’s dye pots. Five Hops are one of the options for the Community Center bundle that accepts crop items.

A few practical points make Hops worth planning around:

• They provide very strong Farming experience for a single season, second only to Ancient Fruit among crops that can be grown in the same way.
• Hops can be turned into more profitable products than selling them raw, especially Pale Ale.
• Making Hops Starter through the Seed Maker can be more profitable than selling the Hops themselves, and it may also produce Ancient Seeds.
• Because Hops regrow daily, they reward regular harvesting once the crop matures.
• If you need to remove placed objects while tilling, remember that tilling a square with most objects on it removes them, but objects on crafted floors or paths are not displaced in that way.