How to Get Ostriches in Stardew Valley
The animals in Stardew Valley are largely simple, with animals requiring only feeding every day, harvesting their products, and selling them to gain a profit. But there is one special late-game animal in Stardew Valley that does not work in the same way: the ostriches. They are not common; they take additional measures to unlock and are a real accomplishment when you see them in your farm.
In case you want to unlock Stardew Valley ostriches, hatch your first egg, and determine whether to raise them or not, this is a full-fledged and correct guide.
How Do I Get an Ostrich Egg in Stardew Valley?
You will not be able to get ostriches at the beginning of your playthrough. To begin with, you have to unlock Ginger Island, which is unlocked after finishing the Community Center (or the Joja equivalent storyline).
The Journal Scrap #10 most often carries your first ostrich egg. Following its hint on Ginger Island, you can excavate an ostrich egg at the specified place. The Ostrich eggs can also be found as rare loot in the Volcano Dungeon in Ginger Island. Ostriches are not available at all until you open this area.
How to Hatch an Ostrich Egg in Stardew Valley
Ostrich eggs cannot be put in a regular coop incubator as they are larger than chicken or duck eggs. They need a special Ostrich Incubator.
When you put an egg in an Ostrich Incubator, it takes 9.5 in-game days to hatch. In case you have selected the Coopmaster profession, the incubation time is cut by half. The baby ostrich takes seven days to grow after being hatched. When it is mature and is fed on a daily basis, it will produce one ostrich egg every seven days.
The ostriches do not lay eggs daily, but once a week, and therefore they do not require much maintenance as compared to the chicken.
How Do I Get an Ostrich Incubator in Stardew Valley?
You will need to craft your ostrich incubator, as it does not come free with any building, unlike
the regular incubator you have used before. To get the recipe to craft the ostrich incubator, you
will need to complete Professor Snail’s surveys and fossil collection. From there, he will then
teach you how to make an ostrich incubator, which requires fifty bone fragments, fifty hardwood,
and twenty cinder shards.
Where Should I Place an Ostrich Incubator in Stardew?
Your Stardew ostrich incubator should be placed in a barn. This will allow you to begin
incubating an ostrich egg, which will hatch after 9.5 days as standard.
If you would like to, to save time in the future, you can set up several ostrich egg incubators in a
barn at once, which can allow you to have several baby ostriches growing simultaneously;
however, given that you’ll only get one ostrich egg per week from a mature ostrich, and the
incubation time is over nine days, it’s likely not worth making several unless you have the
coopmaster profession, or after you already have a few ostriches.
What Do Ostriches in Stardew Valley Produce?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, ostriches in Stardew Valley produce ostrich eggs, which are laid once
per week. Ostrich eggs are significantly larger and more valuable than regular eggs; as a result,
they’re a good option to consider if you have been looking for a nice new way to bring in a
higher income.
Over time, the profitable ostrich egg business will always inevitably become less lucrative.
Notably, once your hens start laying large brown and white eggs daily, you may actually lose out
slightly by rearing ostriches.
One great thing is you only have to pick up one egg per week, which is much less of a tedious
job than collecting eggs daily.
Another chore that can definitely impact your enjoyment of the game is having to reload your
game constantly due to the server crashing. This situation, especially in multiplayer games, can
be very frustrating; luckily, ScalaCube’s premium servers are available immediately and boast
24/7 uptime, giving great solutions overall.
your Stardew Valley farm is a nice change and still a profitable endeavour. Sadly for some, you
will need to be quite far into the game before these lovely animals become an option for you, as
they are one of the harder livestock to unlock.
In case you want to unlock Stardew Valley ostriches, hatch your first egg, and determine whether to raise them or not, this is a full-fledged and correct guide.
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How Do I Get an Ostrich Egg in Stardew Valley?
You will not be able to get ostriches at the beginning of your playthrough. To begin with, you have to unlock Ginger Island, which is unlocked after finishing the Community Center (or the Joja equivalent storyline). The Journal Scrap #10 most often carries your first ostrich egg. Following its hint on Ginger Island, you can excavate an ostrich egg at the specified place. The Ostrich eggs can also be found as rare loot in the Volcano Dungeon in Ginger Island. Ostriches are not available at all until you open this area.
How to Hatch an Ostrich Egg in Stardew Valley
Ostrich eggs cannot be put in a regular coop incubator as they are larger than chicken or duck eggs. They need a special Ostrich Incubator. When you put an egg in an Ostrich Incubator, it takes 9.5 in-game days to hatch. In case you have selected the Coopmaster profession, the incubation time is cut by half. The baby ostrich takes seven days to grow after being hatched. When it is mature and is fed on a daily basis, it will produce one ostrich egg every seven days.
The ostriches do not lay eggs daily, but once a week, and therefore they do not require much maintenance as compared to the chicken.
How Do I Get an Ostrich Incubator in Stardew Valley?
You will need to craft your ostrich incubator, as it does not come free with any building, unlike the regular incubator you have used before. To get the recipe to craft the ostrich incubator, you
will need to complete Professor Snail’s surveys and fossil collection. From there, he will then
teach you how to make an ostrich incubator, which requires fifty bone fragments, fifty hardwood,
and twenty cinder shards.
Where Should I Place an Ostrich Incubator in Stardew?
Your Stardew ostrich incubator should be placed in a barn. This will allow you to begin incubating an ostrich egg, which will hatch after 9.5 days as standard.
If you would like to, to save time in the future, you can set up several ostrich egg incubators in a
barn at once, which can allow you to have several baby ostriches growing simultaneously;
however, given that you’ll only get one ostrich egg per week from a mature ostrich, and the
incubation time is over nine days, it’s likely not worth making several unless you have the
coopmaster profession, or after you already have a few ostriches.
What Do Ostriches in Stardew Valley Produce?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, ostriches in Stardew Valley produce ostrich eggs, which are laid once per week. Ostrich eggs are significantly larger and more valuable than regular eggs; as a result,
they’re a good option to consider if you have been looking for a nice new way to bring in a
higher income.
Over time, the profitable ostrich egg business will always inevitably become less lucrative.
Notably, once your hens start laying large brown and white eggs daily, you may actually lose out
slightly by rearing ostriches.
One great thing is you only have to pick up one egg per week, which is much less of a tedious
job than collecting eggs daily.
Another chore that can definitely impact your enjoyment of the game is having to reload your
game constantly due to the server crashing. This situation, especially in multiplayer games, can
be very frustrating; luckily, ScalaCube’s premium servers are available immediately and boast
24/7 uptime, giving great solutions overall.
FAQs
Can I hatch an ostrich egg in an incubator in Stardew Valley?
In order to hatch an ostrich egg, you’ll need to place it in a dedicated ostrich incubator. Unfortunately, an ostrich egg simply cannot fit into a normal incubator in Stardew Valley, so this isn’t a possibility.
How often do ostriches lay an ostrich egg in Stardew Valley?
Ostriches in Stardew Valley lay an egg once every seven days. This differs from other birds in Stardew Valley, which lay eggs much more quickly. However, this is the same as dinosaurs, which lay one dinosaur egg every seven days.
Final Thoughts
Whether you are playing with Stardew Valley mods or just the vanilla game, adding ostriches toyour Stardew Valley farm is a nice change and still a profitable endeavour. Sadly for some, you
will need to be quite far into the game before these lovely animals become an option for you, as
they are one of the harder livestock to unlock.