Windows No Ancient Seed Recipe

[Ri-Plays-Stardew]

Donated my first ancient seed to Gunther a while ago and got the plantable ancient seeds. Today I found another ancient seed and went to craft it into plantable ancient seeds, only to realize I don't have the recipe. I went back and checked the museum rewards, but the recipe wasn't there.

Is there any way to edit my file to get the recipe? Thanks for any help.

 

[IncredibleHats]

I’m having the same issue. Started a new save for 1.6 and got the ancient seed reasonably early and donated it to get the actual seed packet, Later on I found another ancient seed and went to craft a seed packet, but no matter how many times I checked, the recipe just wasn’t there. I think this was also an issue a few updates ago (maybe 1.4) before eventually getting fixed but maybe it’s back. My suspicion is that maybe me leaving the furniture rewards sit in the museum rewards box caused some issue? Because I did get the seed packet when I donated the seed, but I can’t remember seeing the recipe.

 

[Ri-Plays-Stardew]

Edit: Before editing anything, make a copy of the entire folder named after your farm, and place it on your desktop. If something goes wrong, you can replace the folder with the copy from your desktop.

I let the furniture sit in the rewards box too, so that could have something to do with it. But I did manage to fix it by editing my save file! I'll post the steps here for anyone interested:

1. Install Notepad here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.6.2/

2. Once you've installed Notepad, press the windows key and copy and paste this into the search bar: %AppData%\StardewValley\Saves\

3. Open that folder, then open the folder that has the name of your current farm

4. Open SaveGameInfo using Notepad, and search "craftingRecipes" using control + F

5. You'll see a bunch of strings of text for different crafting recipes. Find the string for wild seeds, it should look like this: <item><key><string>Wild Seeds (Sp)</string></key><value><int>0</int></value></item>

6. Directly in front of that string of text, paste this: <item><key><string>Ancient Seeds</string></key><value><int>1</int></value></item>

7. Save the file

8. Open the other file in the folder, which should be named after your farm. Ignore the files ending in "_old" - those are backups.

9. Search for "craftingRecipes" again, and put the string of text for ancient seeds in front of the text for wild seeds

10. Save the file, and load up the game. You should have the recipe now.

 

[Bekyblakey]

I let the furniture sit in the rewards box too, so that could have something to do with it. But I did manage to fix it by editing my save file! I'll post the steps here for anyone interested:

1. Install Notepad here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.6.2/

2. Once you've installed Notepad, press the windows key and copy and paste this into the search bar: %AppData%\StardewValley\Saves\

3. Open that folder, then open the folder that has the name of your current farm

4. Open SaveGameInfo using Notepad, and search "craftingRecipes" using control + F

5. You'll see a bunch of strings of text for different crafting recipes. Find the string for wild seeds, it should look like this: <item><key><string>Wild Seeds (Sp)</string></key><value><int>0</int></value></item>

6. Directly in front of that string of text, paste this: <item><key><string>Ancient Seeds</string></key><value><int>1</int></value></item>

7. Save the file

8. Open the other file in the folder, which should be named after your farm. Ignore the files ending in "_old" - those are backups.

9. Search for "craftingRecipes" again, and put the string of text for ancient seeds in front of the text for wild seeds

10. Save the file, and load up the game. You should have the recipe now.

This removed my save file…

 

[Ri-Plays-Stardew]

This removed my save file…

Omg I'm sorry. I should have mentioned that you should make a backup of the file first. The steps I posted are exactly what I did so I can't say what caused yours to be removed. :(

Do you still have the folder? If you remove "_old" from the other two files (and remove the regular ones from the folder), that should restore a previous version of your game.

 

[Bekyblakey]

Omg I'm sorry. I should have mentioned that you should make a backup of the file first. The steps I posted are exactly what I did so I can't say what caused yours to be removed. :(

Do you still have the folder? If you remove "_old" from the other two files (and remove the regular ones from the folder), that should restore a previous version of your game.

Yeah I used my old save files. I’ve tried this a few times, but as soon as I ‘alter’ the notes, the save isn’t there on Stardew anymore. I’ve even selected steam not to save on cloud and it doesn’t work. So frustrating, I hope they fix the bug again soon.

 

[Lowlovesme]

Edit: Before editing anything, make a copy of the entire folder named after your farm, and place it on your desktop. If something goes wrong, you can replace the folder with the copy from your desktop.

I let the furniture sit in the rewards box too, so that could have something to do with it. But I did manage to fix it by editing my save file! I'll post the steps here for anyone interested:

1. Install Notepad here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.6.2/

2. Once you've installed Notepad, press the windows key and copy and paste this into the search bar: %AppData%\StardewValley\Saves\

3. Open that folder, then open the folder that has the name of your current farm

4. Open SaveGameInfo using Notepad, and search "craftingRecipes" using control + F

5. You'll see a bunch of strings of text for different crafting recipes. Find the string for wild seeds, it should look like this: <item><key><string>Wild Seeds (Sp)</string></key><value><int>0</int></value></item>

6. Directly in front of that string of text, paste this: <item><key><string>Ancient Seeds</string></key><value><int>1</int></value></item>

7. Save the file

8. Open the other file in the folder, which should be named after your farm. Ignore the files ending in "_old" - those are backups.

9. Search for "craftingRecipes" again, and put the string of text for ancient seeds in front of the text for wild seeds

10. Save the file, and load up the game. You should have the recipe now.

Thank you so much for your solution!!!!! I was visiting multiple other threads with similar issues, and I was beginning to lose hope! This method worked well for me! Also, I found directly searching for "Wild Seeds" made it easier to paste the string.

 

[danilouco]

Yeah I used my old save files. I’ve tried this a few times, but as soon as I ‘alter’ the notes, the save isn’t there on Stardew anymore. I’ve even selected steam not to save on cloud and it doesn’t work. So frustrating, I hope they fix the bug again soon.

AFTER 3 HOURS I FOUND A SOLUTION
Like you my friend, when i saved on the notepad ++and got back to SV the save wasn't there anymore, so i found another way

1.Enter this site to modify your save file https://colecrouter.github.io/stardew-save-editor

2.Drag the file that has your farm's name ( not the SaveGameInfo )

3. After that the site will load the info/stats of your game, go to the "crafting" tab and find the ancient seed. checkmark the box

4.Click on the save icon, download the file and replace the bugged one for this new one! DONE!!!

* Note that if you try this method in the same file that you already modified with Notepad++ it's not gonna work ( i tried )

** Sorry for any english mistakes, i'm brazilian ( come to brazil )

 

[LavendarFarmer]

Edit: Before editing anything, make a copy of the entire folder named after your farm, and place it on your desktop. If something goes wrong, you can replace the folder with the copy from your desktop.

I let the furniture sit in the rewards box too, so that could have something to do with it. But I did manage to fix it by editing my save file! I'll post the steps here for anyone interested:

1. Install Notepad here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.6.2/

2. Once you've installed Notepad, press the windows key and copy and paste this into the search bar: %AppData%\StardewValley\Saves\

3. Open that folder, then open the folder that has the name of your current farm

4. Open SaveGameInfo using Notepad, and search "craftingRecipes" using control + F

5. You'll see a bunch of strings of text for different crafting recipes. Find the string for wild seeds, it should look like this: <item><key><string>Wild Seeds (Sp)</string></key><value><int>0</int></value></item>

6. Directly in front of that string of text, paste this: <item><key><string>Ancient Seeds</string></key><value><int>1</int></value></item>

7. Save the file

8. Open the other file in the folder, which should be named after your farm. Ignore the files ending in "_old" - those are backups.

9. Search for "craftingRecipes" again, and put the string of text for ancient seeds in front of the text for wild seeds

10. Save the file, and load up the game. You should have the recipe now.

I just made an account here specifically to say thank you for this! Your instructions were great and worked perfectly for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!