Best Items To Buy In Qi’s Walnut Room

Summary

• Purchase recipes from Mr. Qi for crafting essential items like the Heavy Tapper and Deluxe Fertilizer.
• Use Golden Walnuts to trade for Qi Gems to acquire valuable items from Qi’s Walnut Room.
• From the Key To The Town for shop access to the Magic Bait for efficient fishing, each Qi Gem item provides unique advantages.

Qi Gem

s are a valuable resource in Stardew Valley, but they are rare and difficult to obtain without completing challenging quests from Mr. Qi

. While some can be found in the Dangerous Mines, most players agree that acquiring them is quite a challenge.

Given their high value, choosing what to purchase from Mr. Qi’s Walnut Room can be difficult. A great starting point is to buy the recipes, as they are essential for crafting items needed to achieve perfection. This list not only includes those recipes but also highlights some other fun and useful items to spend those precious Qi Gems on.

1

Horse Flute

Perfect For Convenient Traveling

The Horse Flute

in Stardew Valley warps the player’s horse to their location, but it requires both a horse and a stable to function. This item only works outdoors, making it especially useful on Ginger Island and in the Desert, where travel distances are long.

Having the horse on hand at all times saves valuable time walking, particularly around Ginger Island. The ability to summon the horse anywhere outdoors means there’s little need for backtracking when gathering resources or farming in remote locations, improving efficiency and making exploration much easier.

2

Key To The Town

Have Access To Shops Before They Open

The Key To The Town

grants players access to all buildings in Pelican Town at any time of day. It’s located in the Special Items and Powers tab, so it doesn’t need to be carried in the inventory. However, it doesn’t work in homes outside town, like Leah

’s cottage or Elliott

’s Cabin, and is inactive on festival days.

This key is especially useful for Marnie

’s Ranch, as she can often be found at the counter before her store officially opens, providing a rare opportunity to catch her – something players will appreciate given her limited availability.

3

Pierre’s Missing Stocklist

All Seeds, All Year Round

Pierre’s Missing Stocklist

, when given to Pierre

, allows his store to stock out-of-season seeds year-round. While these seeds come with a 50% price markup, they’re incredibly useful for fulfilling quests, cooking, or crafting needs, as they can be planted in the greenhouse or on Ginger Island and grow normally.

Unfortunately, the stocklist doesn’t include Strawberry Seeds

, which can only be purchased at the Egg Festival. Despite this, it’s a convenient item for players who need access to seasonal crops outside their typical availability.

4

Qi Gem (2)

Makes Use Of Spare Golden Walnuts

Qi Gems can be obtained by trading spare Golden Walnuts that are not used for upgrades on Ginger Island. Each Walnut yields 2 Qi Gems. As many players know, these Gems are used to purchase items from Qi’s Walnut Room.

Collecting a small number of Qi Gems for free in this manner provides players with a head start in acquiring valuable items from the room, making it a useful resource for those looking to enhance their strategy for purchasing other items.

5

Heavy Tapper Recipe

The Upgraded Tapper

To craft the Heavy Tapper

, materials needed include Hardwood and a Radioactive Bar. Hardwood can be collected from Mahogany or Mystic Trees, with six large stumps respawning daily in the Secret Woods, offering a convenient way to gather it. A Radioactive Bar requires 5 Radioactive Ore and 1 Coal, which can be found in the Dangerous Mines after completing Qi’s “Danger in the Deep” quest or by activating the Shrine of Challenge.

The Heavy Tapper works twice as fast as a regular Tapper and can be placed on maple, oak, or pine trees to produce Maple Syrup

, Oak Resin

, or Pine Tar

. It can also be used on a Green Rain Tree to produce Fiddlehead Fern

. This increased speed is useful for quickly gathering materials like Oak Resin and Maple Syrup, which are essential for valuable machines such as Keg

and Bee House

.

6

Hyper Speed-Gro Recipe

A Great Time Saver When Growing Crops

To craft, Hyper Speed-Gro

is relatively simple. Bone Fragments can be easily obtained from Bone Nodes in the Dig Site on Ginger Island, as they respawn daily. Solar Essence is most commonly dropped by various monsters in the Mines and Skull Cavern, such as ghosts and iridium bats.

The Hyper Speed-Gro recipe creates a fertilizer that speeds up crop growth by 33%, reducing the time needed for crops to mature. It can be applied before or after planting seeds and at any stage of crop growth. This makes it an excellent tool for maximizing time, especially when growing valuable crops like Ancient Fruit

or Starfruit

, which can be turned into Wine

or Jelly

for a great profit.

7

Deluxe Fertilizer Recipe

Means Every Crop Will Be Silver Quality Or Above

• Cost: 20 Qi Gems
• Materials Needed To Craft: 1 Iridium Bar, 40 Sap

The Deluxe Fertilizer

recipe is relatively easy to make and offers high rewards. It improves the chances of growing quality crops and means normal quality cannot be achieved when using it.

At farming level 10, crops have an 11% chance of being silver quality, 49% chance of being gold quality, and 41% chance of being iridium quality. These percentages increase with farm level, with the highest (level 14) offering a 55% chance for iridium quality. Deluxe Fertilizer is the only way to guarantee iridium quality crops, making it an essential tool for players looking to maximize crop value.

8

Hopper Recipe

A Great Time-Saver And Efficiency Booster

The Hopper

is an item that automatically loads products into machines placed in front of it and reloads once the product is removed. For example, if a Hopper is loaded with Starfruit

in front of a Keg

, players won’t need to manually replace the Starfruit after each batch of wine is made, as the Hopper will automatically reload it.

This item is particularly useful with Furnace

, too, ensuring a consistent supply of materials like copper, silver, gold, and iridium bars, which are frequently needed for crafting. The Hopper is a convenient tool that helps streamline production, making it a worthwhile addition to any farm.

9

Magic Bait Recipe

Catch Any Fish At Any Time Of The Year

The Magic Bait

recipe can be purchased pre-crafted from Qi for 5 Qi Gems, with 20 available for purchase, but to make the most of Qi Gems, it is advised that players purchase the recipe instead. When equipped on a fishing rod, Magic Bait allows players to catch any fish from that source, regardless of the season. It also increases the bite rate by 50%, making fishing more efficient.

Magic Bait can only be used with the Fiberglass Rod

, Iridium Rod

, or Advanced Iridium Rod

. While it has the same effect as regular bait in a Crab Pot

, it’s not recommended for use there as it doesn’t offer any additional benefits in that context.

10

Blue Grass Starter Recipe

Increases Animal Friendship Faster

The Blue Grass Starter

recipe is used to plant Blue Grass on the farm, which will spread as long as animals don’t eat it right away. Introduced in the 1.6 update of Stardew Valley, Blue Grass naturally grows on the Meadowlands Farm but can be placed on other farms’ available spaces when crafted using this recipe.

Blue Grass offers several benefits: animals gain twice as much friendship from it compared to regular grass, and when harvested with a Scythe, it produces double the hay. Additionally, animals consume only half the amount of Blue Grass compared to normal grass, making it a highly efficient and valuable addition to any farm in Stardew Valley.