Clay

Clay
Used in crafting and construction.
Information
Source	Artifact Spots • Geodes • Clay Nodes
Sell Price	data-sort-value="20">20g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Clay, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Clay - Stardew Valley Wiki }} Clay is a resource that can be found by tilling dirt, sand, or Artifact Spots, by mining Clay Nodes at the Ginger Island Dig Site, or from cracking open Geodes. It can also be received as a gift from Jas, Leo or Vincent at the Feast of the Winter Star. Vincent sells Clay in his shop at the Desert Festival for data-sort-value="1"> 1 Calico Egg.

Crafting

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Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe Source
	Quality Retaining Soil (2)	This soil has a good chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.	Clay (1) Stone (3)	Farming Level 7
	Garden Pot	Grows crops from any season when indoors. Outdoors, it can only house seasonal crops.	Clay (1) Stone (10) Refined Quartz (1)	Evelyn cutscene after completing the Greenhouse
	Brick Floor (5)	Place on the ground to create paths or to decorate your floors.	Clay (2) Stone (5)	Carpenter's Shop (data-sort-value="500">500g)
	Fiber Seeds (4)	Plant these in any season. Does not require watering. Harvest with the scythe. Takes 7 days to grow.	Clay (1) Mixed Seeds (1) Sap (5)	Linus (Special Order)
	Deluxe Retaining Soil	This soil has a 100% chance of staying watered overnight. Mix into tilled soil.	Clay (1) Stone (5) Fiber (3)	Island Trader for Cinder Shard (50)
	Bone Mill	Turns bone items into fertilizers.	Clay (3) Bone Fragment (10) Stone (20)	Gunther (Special Order)
	Dehydrator	Place 5 pieces of fruit or edible mushrooms inside to dry them.	Wood (30) Clay (2) Fire Quartz (1)	Pierre's General Store (data-sort-value="10000">10,000g)

Buildings

Image	Name	Description	Cost	Size
	Silo	Allows you to cut and store grass for feed.	data-sort-value="100">100g Stone (100) Clay (10) Copper Bar (5)	3x3

Bundles

Clay is not used in any bundles.

Tailoring

Clay is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create a Shirt. It can be used in dyeing, serving as an orange dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Quests

Two, three, or five Clay may be requested by several fish in Fish Pond quests.

Tips

• It may be worth considering digging for clay in the Mines, as this will additionally produce Cave Carrots. Bombs or other explosives can be used to dig the dirt faster.

History

• 1.3.27: Added Garden Pot.
• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.
• 1.5: Used as an ingredient to the Fiber Seeds, Deluxe Retaining Soil, and Bone Mill recipes. Can now be dropped by Clay Nodes.
• 1.6: Used as an ingredient for Dehydrator. Can now be purchased at Desert Festival.
• 1.6.4: Can now be added to Fish Tanks as decoration.