After you resolve the Community Center situation (one way or the other), you get the opportunity to help Willy fix up his old boat. Doing so unlocks Ginger Island, a completely new area ofStardew Valleythat stays tropical throughout the year.
All sorts of new resources and items appear on the island, and this includes a secondary farm that wealthyStardew Valleyfarmers can warp to and from without needing Willy’s help. However, not every new form of produce can grow on this farm, and that includes the island’s namesake, ginger root. Harvesting ginger root will take a lot more time and effort, but doing so can be very rewarding.
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Where to Find Ginger
Every day,Gingerrandomly spawns in several areas across Ginger Island. You’ll need to check each location if you want to gather as much ginger as possible.
Another way to gather ginger is by fighting tiger slimes,the special slime typethat lives exclusively on Ginger Island. Each tiger slime has a nine percent chance of dropping ginger.
How to Gather Ginger
In the wild, ginger looks a lot like the spring onions that appear in the forest during spring. However, you can’t grab them straight out of the dirt the way you gather spring onions. On top of that, tools like the axe and pickaxe will destroy ginger if you attempt to use them.
The only way to successfully gather ginger roots is with the hoe. You can gather the roots one at a time, oryou can use more advanced hoesto harvest a group of them all at once.
While ginger is a plant you have to forage to find, gathering ginger doesn’t count towards foraging experience. You also can’t find ginger of any higher quality. All ginger is base-grade ginger. However, there are a few uses for ginger that any player will find useful.
How to Use Ginger
Ginger has a few good uses throughoutStardew Valley.
Stardew Valleyis available now on Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
