Hot Pepper

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Hot Pepper
Fiery hot with a hint of sweetness.
Information
Seed	Pepper Seeds
Growth Time	5 days
Season	Summer
XP	9 Farming XP
Energy / Health	13 5 18 8 23 10 33 14
Sell Price	40g 50g 60g 80g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Hot Pepper, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Hot Pepper - Stardew Valley Wiki }} The Hot Pepper is a fruit crop that grows from Pepper Seeds after 5 days.

Stages

When harvested, each Hot Pepper plant gives 1 Hot Pepper every 3 days, with a 3% chance for more Hot Peppers.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Harvest	After-Harvest
1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	Total: 5 Days	Regrowth: 3 Days

Crop Growth Calendar

Base
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Agriculturist and Speed-Gro Comparison
	Speed-Gro	Deluxe Speed-Gro	Hyper Speed-Gro
Regular	10%* Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun	25% Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun	33% Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
	*Note that the 10% table also applies to the Agriculturist Profession without any fertilizer.
Agriculturist	20% Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun	35% Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun	43% Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Bundles

It is used in the Summer Crops Bundle in the Pantry.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Buff(s)	Buff Duration	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Pepper Poppers	Spicy breaded peppers filled with cheese.	Hot Pepper (1) Cheese (1)	130 58	Farming (+2) Speed (+1)	7m	Shane (Mail - 3+ )	data-sort-value="200">200g
	Spicy Eel	It's really spicy! Be careful.	Eel (1) Hot Pepper (1)	115 51	Luck (+1) Speed (+1)	7m	George (Mail - 7+ )	data-sort-value="175">175g
	Tropical Curry	An exotic, fragrant curry served in a pineapple bowl.	Coconut (1) Pineapple (1) Hot Pepper (1)	150 67	Foraging (+4)	5m 1s	Ginger Island Resort for data-sort-value="2000">2,000g	data-sort-value="500">500g

Tailoring

Hot Pepper can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Shorts.

Quests

• George requests a Hot Pepper by mail on the 25th of Summer in the "Knee Therapy" Quest. The reward is data-sort-value="200">200g and 1 Friendship heart.
• Hot Pepper may be randomly requested in Summer at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="120">120g and 150 Friendship points.

History

• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring.
• 1.5: Introduced Tropical Curry recipe.