Have you ever thought about building a silo in Stardew Valley? Having a Stardew Valley silo on your farm can offer a wealth of great benefits, but in many cases, it can be hard to decide whether or not you really need one. In line with this thought, today, we’re looking at the benefits of adding silos to your farm in Stardew Valley, including what these mean for your hay storage and how to make the best of use of them.
What is a Stardew Valley Silo?
Before we go any further, we first need to consider—what is a Stardew Valley silo? Well, a silo in Stardew Valley is a building that allows you to store livestock feed (namely, hay) for use in your coops and barns. The silo can hold up to a total of 240 pieces of hay and provides an easy way for players to see how much hay they have available at any one time.
What Does a Silo Allow Me to Do in Stardew Valley?
A silo allows you to quickly and easily store hay in Stardew Valley, making it a handy building to have on hand if you intend to have livestock. In addition to allowing you to store hay, you can also remove hay from the silo through hay hoppers, which have a direct connection between the silo and the hopper itself. In addition, you can manually add hay to your silo at any time.
Do I Need a Hay Silo in Stardew Valley?
Technically speaking, there’s nothing to say you need to have a hay silo in Stardew Valley. However, while a hay silo isn’t a necessity, it is a nice building to have from a practical perspective. Indeed, hay silos make the process of harvesting and storing hay a lot easier. As a result, given their cheap price, it’s definitely worth considering them—although the cost does become much less appealing if you need to buy the materials.
How to Build a Silo in Stardew Valley
Stardews are one of the easiest buildings to commission in Stardew Valley, owing to their low material requirements and cheap price. Silos also have a small footage, measuring just 3x3 tiles; as such, they won’t take up much space on your farm.
In order to build a silo, you’ll first need to approach Robin the carpenter, who lives to the North-East of the farm. Robin can build a silo for 100g, provided you supply 100 stone, ten clay, and five copper bars. However, if you buy the materials directly, the price increases significantly; 100 stone would cost 2000g to buy from Robin in Year 1, and you’ll still need to collect ten clay and make the copper bars yourself anyway.
How to Make Hay in Stardew Valley For the Silo
Once you’ve built a silo, you’ll want to fill it with plenty of hay to make sure you’ve got food for all of your animals.
Remember, all livestock on the farm eat hay, so you won’t need a silo per species.
There are three ways to get hay in Stardew Valley for your animals. The simplest, perhaps unsurprisingly, is to harvest grass (not weeds). Grass in Stardew Valley can be harvested using a scythe. The quality of scythe used impacts the chances of successfully getting hay from each patch of grass; once you’ve upgraded to an iridium scythe, there’s a 100% chance of harvesting hay each time.
This isn’t the only way to get hay for your farm, though. You can also get hay by chance from wheat crops, making this a handy and fast-growing crop to grow. Wheat is also harvested using the scythe and has a 40% chance of dropping hay, regardless of the scythe quality. This is almost comparable to grass with a regular scythe.
Finally, you can also buy hay. Marnie’s Ranch sells hay for 50g a piece (which is pretty expensive, considering that you’ll only get 65g for a small egg). Alternatively, you can buy three pieces of hay from the Desert Trader in exchange for an omni geode. Both of these options are pretty expensive, so growing your own is often preferable.
Always Make Sure You’ve Got Hay Available
While most people will want to save up their hay supplies for the winter, it’s worth remembering that having a hay supply year-round is helpful to prevent you from getting caught out. For example, suppose it’s raining in the summer and you can’t get to Marnie’s Ranch for hay—in this case, having hay in your silo will prove a major source of relief!
Of course, just as you should never leave your hay to chance, it’s also crucial to make sure your Stardew server is running efficiently and reliably. Luckily, this is where a ScalaCube private server can help, giving you a lag-free gaming experience.
What if I Don’t Have Any Grass on my Farm?
If you don’t have any grass on your farm, don’t fret; you can buy grass starter for 100g at Pierre’s or 125g at JojaMart; Pierre’s also sells a grass starter recipe for 1000g, allowing you to make your own grass starter seeds from ten weeds.
What is a Stardew Valley Silo?
Before we go any further, we first need to consider—what is a Stardew Valley silo? Well, a silo in Stardew Valley is a building that allows you to store livestock feed (namely, hay) for use in your coops and barns. The silo can hold up to a total of 240 pieces of hay and provides an easy way for players to see how much hay they have available at any one time.What Does a Silo Allow Me to Do in Stardew Valley?
A silo allows you to quickly and easily store hay in Stardew Valley, making it a handy building to have on hand if you intend to have livestock. In addition to allowing you to store hay, you can also remove hay from the silo through hay hoppers, which have a direct connection between the silo and the hopper itself. In addition, you can manually add hay to your silo at any time.Do I Need a Hay Silo in Stardew Valley?
Technically speaking, there’s nothing to say you need to have a hay silo in Stardew Valley. However, while a hay silo isn’t a necessity, it is a nice building to have from a practical perspective. Indeed, hay silos make the process of harvesting and storing hay a lot easier. As a result, given their cheap price, it’s definitely worth considering them—although the cost does become much less appealing if you need to buy the materials.
How to Build a Silo in Stardew Valley
Stardews are one of the easiest buildings to commission in Stardew Valley, owing to their low material requirements and cheap price. Silos also have a small footage, measuring just 3x3 tiles; as such, they won’t take up much space on your farm.In order to build a silo, you’ll first need to approach Robin the carpenter, who lives to the North-East of the farm. Robin can build a silo for 100g, provided you supply 100 stone, ten clay, and five copper bars. However, if you buy the materials directly, the price increases significantly; 100 stone would cost 2000g to buy from Robin in Year 1, and you’ll still need to collect ten clay and make the copper bars yourself anyway.
How to Make Hay in Stardew Valley For the Silo
Once you’ve built a silo, you’ll want to fill it with plenty of hay to make sure you’ve got food for all of your animals. Remember, all livestock on the farm eat hay, so you won’t need a silo per species.
There are three ways to get hay in Stardew Valley for your animals. The simplest, perhaps unsurprisingly, is to harvest grass (not weeds). Grass in Stardew Valley can be harvested using a scythe. The quality of scythe used impacts the chances of successfully getting hay from each patch of grass; once you’ve upgraded to an iridium scythe, there’s a 100% chance of harvesting hay each time.
This isn’t the only way to get hay for your farm, though. You can also get hay by chance from wheat crops, making this a handy and fast-growing crop to grow. Wheat is also harvested using the scythe and has a 40% chance of dropping hay, regardless of the scythe quality. This is almost comparable to grass with a regular scythe.
Finally, you can also buy hay. Marnie’s Ranch sells hay for 50g a piece (which is pretty expensive, considering that you’ll only get 65g for a small egg). Alternatively, you can buy three pieces of hay from the Desert Trader in exchange for an omni geode. Both of these options are pretty expensive, so growing your own is often preferable.
Always Make Sure You’ve Got Hay Available
While most people will want to save up their hay supplies for the winter, it’s worth remembering that having a hay supply year-round is helpful to prevent you from getting caught out. For example, suppose it’s raining in the summer and you can’t get to Marnie’s Ranch for hay—in this case, having hay in your silo will prove a major source of relief!Of course, just as you should never leave your hay to chance, it’s also crucial to make sure your Stardew server is running efficiently and reliably. Luckily, this is where a ScalaCube private server can help, giving you a lag-free gaming experience.
What if I Don’t Have Any Grass on my Farm?
If you don’t have any grass on your farm, don’t fret; you can buy grass starter for 100g at Pierre’s or 125g at JojaMart; Pierre’s also sells a grass starter recipe for 1000g, allowing you to make your own grass starter seeds from ten weeds. 
FAQs
What should I do with hay if I don’t have a hay silo in Stardew Valley?
If you don’t have a silo for your hay in Stardew Valley, don’t panic—it won’t go off. Hay is already conserved at harvest, so it can be stored in your inventory or in a chest indefinitely. However, this may be a somewhat more impractical option.
How much hay can a Stardew Valley silo store?
A silo in Stardew Valley can store up to a maximum of 240 pieces of hay. This is enough to feed eight animals through the winter; as such, if you have a lot of livestock on your farm, you’ll need to have several hay silos or plenty of extra food spare.
How do I put more hay in my silo in Stardew Valley?
Filling your Stardew Valley silo with hay is actually an incredibly easy. The quickest way to fill your silo is to use a scythe to harvest wheat or grass on your farm, both of which can drop hay. However, if you have hay already, you can add this to your silo simply by standing in front of the silo with the hay equipped and tapping / selecting the building. You can check if the hay was added by tapping the silo again to see how much hay is stored.
How can I remove hay from my silo in Stardew Valley?
To remove hay from your silo in Stardew Valley, you’ll need to head to a feed hopper in one of your coops or barns. From here, you can remove hay from the silo, or add more hay to it. If you don’t have a coop or a barn yet, you won’t be able to remove hay from the silo.