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Stardew Valleyhas a bevy of buildings you can add to your farm, and unless you’ve logged hundreds of hours in the game, you’ve likely never built a few of them. The Mill is one of those often-overlooked buildings, but despite its unassuming nature, it has some surprising utility on the farm.
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How do you build the Mill, and what can you use it for besides its decidedly rural charm? Keep reading to learn all the ins and outs of the Mill in Stardew Valley.
How To Get The Mill
You get the Mill in the same way to get most of the buildings in Stardew Valley:Head up to the Carpenter’s Shop on one of the days it’s open and talk to Robin.The Mill will be among your options, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to build it right away. The Mill only costs2,500g, which is cheap as far as buildings go, but, crucially, it requiresfour Cloth.
Getting Your Hands On Cloth
Cloth can be a tricky material to get your hands on. Unlike Wood and Stone, Robin doesn’t sell it in her store — no one does.The main source of Cloth is from refining Wool with a Loom,but to get it that way, you’ll need a decent farming level and Sheep or Rabbits. Alternatively, you can trade Aquamarine for Cloth at the Desert Trader or get Cloth as a drop from Mummies in the Skull Caves. The only realistic way to get Cloth early in the game is to put Soggy Newspaper in the Recycling Machine, which is not too hard to do, especially if you’ve beenhunting for some rare fish.
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What Does The Mill Do?
The Mill can turnWheat,Beets, andUnmilled Riceinto their ground versions,Wheat Flour, Sugar, and Rice, respectively, and it’s very easy to do so. Just place the item you want to mill in the center slot, and the next morning, it will be deposited into the chest on the right. It doesn’t matter how much you put in the Mill on any given day; it will work through all of it. But why would you want to grind up your precious crops anyway?
How The Mill Can Make You Money
For some crops and at some stages of the game,the Mill can be used to simply get money from your harvest.Rice sells for much more than Unmilled Rice, and even if you’re willing to turn all your rice into artisan goods, the Mill will still outperform most of them. One Beat turns into three Sugar in the Mill, so no-star and silver-star Beets will be more valuable when milled. Wheat Flour also sells for more than Wheat for all but iridium-star harvests.
The Mill may be better than Kegs and Preserves Jars earlier on in the game since one Mill can handle nearly any amount of crops, butit will usually be more efficient to turn Beats, Wheat, and Unmilled Rice into artisan goodsif you have enough capacity. Beer, made from Wheat, can even givePale Alea run for its money. However, all of these products also have an additional use as rare cooking ingredients.
Cooking With The Mill Products
Wheat Flour, Sugar, and Rice are all rare cooking ingredients used to create food that can give you interesting buffs orserve as great gifts.The main way to get these ingredients is to buy them from Pierre’s General Store, but they come at a hefty markup. Wheat Flour and Sugar cost 100g each, while Rice costs a whopping 200g. If you plan on using these ingredients a fair amount,it may be worthwhile to create your own supply and pocket the savings.
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