Stardew Valley is all about gathering various resources and using them in limitless ways. One of the most important materials is wood, which trees provide. However, there is also one more use trees have that you shouldn’t forget about. In this guide, we’ll be focusing on oak trees in Stardew Valley in particular. So if you want to know how how to grow oak trees in Stardew Valley, keep reading as we show you how.
How to Get Oak Tree Acorns in Stardew Valley
First things first, just like other trees and crops, oak trees need seeds to grow from. These seeds are called acorns and you may get them in several easy ways. Once you start the world, there will be plenty of oak trees scattered around the farm.
You may shake the tree or chop it down to get acorns. These trees also spawn in fixed locations outside your farm. Moreover, you’ll frequently see small growths appear near fully-grown trees. Dig them out with a shovel or a pickaxe to acquire tree seeds. Lastly, you can also occasionally find acorns in garbage cans around the village.
How to Grow Oak Trees in Stardew Valley
Now that you have the acorn, let’s grow your oak tree in Stardew Valley right now. Follow the steps below to do so:
- On your hot bar, select the acorn seed and click the tillable ground to plant it.
- If you place the acorns side by side, the trees won’t be able to grow properly. Space them out by one tile to ensure all of them grow.
- The oak tree has five stages of growth, with the last one being a fully matured tree.
- The average time needed for an oak tree to mature from the seed all the way to fully grown is about 24 days. However, individual tree growths might vary quite a bit.
- If you happen to have tree fertilizer, you should use it. Once you plant the seed, click on it with the tree fertilizer and it’ll become reddish. It will then take only five days to grow, even in winter.
If there are multiple oak trees on the farm already, you don’t need to worry about replanting them, as the game will take care of the process. The trees will spread their seeds around and slowly grow and multiply on their own.
You might need to make sure they won’t get out of hand by chopping them down. Speaking of which, let’s now go over the uses of oak trees in Stardew Valley.
Stardew Valley Oak Trees: Uses
For those wondering why oak trees are even important in Stardew Valley, this is where you’ll find that out. Here are the two different things you can do with oak trees, which are very important for the in-game progression.
1. Chop Down the Oak Tree to Get Wood, Sap, Acorns and Hardwood
As we mentioned a few times already, you can chop down the oak tree to get resources. It’s best to wait for the tree to grow fully, as it yields most materials. Use an axe on the stump of the tree and the number of hits needed to make it fall depends on the tier of the tool.
Once it’s down, the oak tree drops wood, acorns, and sap by default. If you have the Lumberjack profession unlocked, the oak tree may also drop hardwood, which is an important crafting ingredient.
2. Put a Tapper on the Oak Tree to Get Oak Resin
Besides chopping the oak tree down, you can also make a regular or heavy tapper and place it on the tree. These refining equipment items will produce Oak Resin after some time. Regular tapper will provide the oak resin every 7-8 days, while heavy tapper takes only three or four days to produce oak resin, but it’s more expensive to make.
Oak resin is an item used in crafting recipes for the keg and deluxe speed-gro, Enchanter’s Bundle, and Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Community Center, as well as for tailoring a floppy beanie. You can sell it for 150g.
That said, you now know how to grow oak trees in Stardew Valley and what it can do. You’ll need plenty of wood for the rest of the game, so make sure you start growing trees as soon as possible. Not only that, but they are also a pretty decoration for your farm.
So what do you think about oak trees in Stardew Valley? Let us know in the comments below!
Oak trees generate on your farm, as well as throughout the map, especially in the Cindersap Forest south of your farm.
Maple trees have larger leaves and they are spaced out more. The leaves on the oak tree are smaller and tightly grouped together. As the seasons change, you’ll see a more obvious difference in the appearance of these trees, as the oak looks orange in fall and the maple looks red.
