Summary
The 1.6 update forStardew Valleyadded a handful of new machines and craftables to make and add to your farm. Along with the tried and truepreserve jars and kegs, you can add theDehydratorto your money-making avenues. The recipe for this machine isn’t unlocked through skill level-ups, like the aforementioned jars and kegs.
Instead, it can be bought from Pierre’s Shop for a sizable pile of gold, 10,000g to be exact. Or, if you choose for Demetrius to fill your farm’s cave with mushrooms, you get one on the house so you can put those shrooms to use. But which fruits and mushrooms make you the most profit?
Updated June 05, 2025 by Marissa Fiore: The dehydrator has proven to be a valuable tool to many farmers across Stardew Valley and has given people even more reason to choose the mushroom cave over the fruit bat variation. This list has been updated to include more dried fruit options for both profit and snacking on the go.
This list ranks the dried fruits and mushrooms both on profit, but also on energy and health restored when eating them.
17Apple
Base Sell Price: 775g Artisan Sell Price: 1,085g
It’s not too much to imagine drying apples and them being a tasty snack. So it’s not too much of a stretch for you to gather up five of them and throw them into a dehydrator. Even the iridiumApple, which sells for up to 220g if you have the Tiler profession, doesn’t come close to the 775g or 1,085g you can make from thisDried Fruit.
Apples are one of those many fruits you may get by planting a fruit tree sapling, which you can purchase either from Pierre or, on occasion, from the Traveling Merchant. You’ll have to wait to start picking this fruit until it’s Fall, but that gives you time to make enough to purchase that expensive sapling. If you decide to eat this money maker, you’ll get back 114 energy and 51 health.
16Orange
In a lot of ways, at least when focusing on the dried versions of both apples and oranges, ha, comparing apples and oranges. Anyway, they both make you the same amount of money. But you can start raking in profits sooner as the big difference is that this is a Summer tree fruit.
Should it be your priority to save up and buy anOrange Sapling? Maybe not, depending on your playthrough. But it can be a tree that you can quickly get in the ground and start having this fruit at your disposal, both for making dried oranges, but even if you just use it as a reliable source of food and, more importantly, energy restoration.
Speaking of energy, you’ll get back the same amount as dried apples, and same goes for health.
15Coconut
Dried coconuts may have the same selling prices as the apples and oranges, but there is a key difference: you don’t have to pay for a sapling. Coconuts are found on the ground throughout the Desert and in trees on Ginger Island in Stardew Valley. So, if you’re planning on selling this driedCoconutfruit, you’ll be making nothing but profit.
Of course, it’s worth pointing out that this isn’t as reliable as apples, oranges, and all of the fruit trees. Instead of having a set amount that spawn each day in their corresponding season, you have to hope that there are plenty of coconuts to forage.
But, even with that in mind, they don’t have only one season they show up in thanks to the locations you can find them. Even though you can’t eat coconuts in-game, when you eat the dried version you get 125 energy and 56 health.
14Strawberry
Base Sell Price: 925g Artisan Sell Price: 1,295g
Finally, an increase in the selling price. Strawberries can be hard to come by in your first year of playing Stardew Valley. you may only purchaseStrawberry Seedsduring the Egg Festival and they cost 100g a pop. That’s not bad later on in the game, but part way through your first season, depending on how much you grind for high profits, you could walk away with only a few packets of seeds.
However, they are one of the best Spring fruits and, for some, the only reason they go tothe Egg Festival, especially after beating the Egg Hunt. And you should always keep this holiday marked on your calendar so you don’t miss out on this fruit, especially if you’re planning to dehydrate at least some of them. If you plan to eat these tasty, dried treats, you’ll get 150 energy and 66 health.
13Peach
Base Sell Price: 1,075g Artisan Sell Price: 1,505g
Yes, another tree fruit has entered the chat, this time it’s the Summer stone fruit, thePeach. Just like with the other tree fruit, you may purchase aPeach Saplingfrom Pierre or the Traveling Merchant, whichever you prefer, or whichever is cheaper in your playthrough.
Once you start seeing peaches appear on your tree, shake that bad thing and toss five of them into a dehydrator for some serious gold. Although it consumes those five and wine only needs one peach, this can get you some serious profits in your first Summer, before you might even get your hands on aKeg
Dried peaches also give you the same amount of energy and health as dried apples and oranges, 114 energy and 51 health.
12Pomegranate
You obtain pomegranates the same way as most of the fruits above; from a sapling. Which, yes, can be bought at Pierre’s or the Traveling Merchant’s place of business. This one though is a Fall fruit. While the argument can be made that Summer fruits give you profits quicker sense, well, their season happens first in the game, a Fall sapling can give you more time to gather the funds to buy these expensive tree starters.
No matter what you decide works best in your game, you won’t want to skip over getting aPomegranate Sapling. Not only do they make amazing dried fruits, but you also need one if you have the Enchanter’s Bundle as a completion point for the Community Center.
Apples, apricots, cherries, oranges, peaches, and pomegranates can all be used to fill the Artisan Bundle, which is needed to complete the Community Center. These can all also be found inthe Fruit Bat cave, if you choose that option.
11Mango
Base Sell Price: 1,000g Artisan Sell Price: 1,400g
Mangos are a fruit that you can get a sapling for, but it originates from Ginger Island, meaning things go a little different for it. There are quite a few ways to get your hands on aMango Sapling, but the most reliable way is to trade 75 mussels tothe Island Trader.
Once you have your sapling(s), you can take them home and plant them, but they will only produce fruit in the Summer. Instead, plant them in your Greenhouse or on Ginger Island and they will continue to grow and produce fruit daily, which, as you can imagine, is amazing for dried fruit profits. And they’re amazing for energy and health: 300 and 135 respectively.
10Dried Morels
Base Sell Price: 1,150g Artisan Sell Price: 1,610g
Morels are found in the Spring of Stardew Valley, and they can spawn in multiple places. The farm cave is one of their homes, but in the wild, you can collect them from the secret woods and the Forest Farm.
When picking them up,it gives you some foraging experience, and once you collect five and throw them into the dehydrator, you will get a bundle of dried morels that can be sold for 1,150g. If you decide to eat them instead, you gain back 60 energy and 27 health.
To make any dried goods, you will need to collect five of the fruits or mushrooms you want to use, and you then place it in the dehydrator. No matter what you put inside, it takes the machine 24 hours to produce the dried goods.
9Dried Bananas
Bananas are not easy to come by until you’re able to repair Willy’s boat and set sail forGinger Island. And even then, you can only buy aBanana Saplingfrom the Island Trader.
But once you have grown aBananatree, you can save the fruit and use it in the dehydrator. When it’s all done, you can sell them for 1,150g, or if you need some food sources, you can consume it and get 225 energy and 101 health back.
8Dried Chanterelles
Base Sell Price: 1,225g Artisan Sell Price: 1,715g
TheChanterelleis a Fall mushroom that can be found in your farm cave as well as in theSecret Woodsand the Ginger Island mushroom cave. Its distinct shape and color make it easy to spot while foraging.
If you decide you want to throw five of them into the dehydrator, you may make 1,225g off of them. They also give the same amount of energy and health back that dried bananas do, 225 energy and 101 health.
