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Crop Profit Calculator

Which crop earns the most for a garden tile? This ranks every crop by net gold per day — factoring in how long it takes to grow, how many times it reharvests, what the seed costs, and your star-quality odds — so you can plant the most profitable thing for how you actually play.

Apple tops the list at 157g/day per tile with these settings — sold as crop, at gardening level 10. Adjust the controls below to match your save; the table re-ranks live.

Time frame

Sell as

Gardening level — 10


AppleSold as crop	12d+3× reharvest	4	280g	4,712g	157g
Batterfly BeanSold as crop	6d+3× reharvest	9	—	1,890g	63g
BlueberriesSold as crop	9d+3× reharvest	6	45g	1,701g	57g
Spicy PepperSold as crop	6d+3× reharvest	8	170g	1,580g	53g
Rockhopper PumpkinSold as crop	9d+3× reharvest	8	500g	760g	25g
LettuceSold as crop	6d	5	40g	490g	16g
Bok ChoySold as crop	3d	10	30g	450g	15g
TomatoSold as crop	4d+3× reharvest	12	80g	444g	15g
RiceSold as crop	3d	10	23g	440g	15g
PotatoSold as crop	5d	6	40g	432g	14g
CottonSold as crop	5d	6	40g	432g	14g
CarrotSold as crop	3d	10	15g	420g	14g
CornSold as crop	5d	6	30g	420g	14g
Napa CabbageSold as crop	6d	5	20g	400g	13g
WheatSold as crop	4d	7	25g	399g	13g
OnionSold as crop	4d	7	20g	385g	13g

Gold per day assumes one tile, replanting every cycle, with processing keeping pace. To model machine throughput, garden layout and companion adjacency together, use the Garden Planner.

Crop profit FAQ

Which crop makes the most gold in Palia?

It depends on your settings, but over a month of replanting on a single tile the fast, cheap-seed crops usually win on gold-per-day because they cycle so many times. Sort the table by "Gold / day" to see the current winner for your gardening level and processing choice.

What does "gold per day" mean here?

We grow one tile of each crop for the chosen window — replanting at the end of every cycle and harvesting every reharvest — then divide the net gold (sales minus seed cost) by the number of days. It's the steady-state return of dedicating one garden tile to that crop, so you can compare a fast 4-day crop against a slow reharvesting one fairly.

Should I sell crops, seeds, or preserves?

Switch the "Sell as" control to compare. Preserve jars almost always pay the most per crop, but they take real-world minutes to process — so a big harvest can outrun your jars. For a true gold-per-hour with machine limits, use the Garden Planner's realistic-processing mode; this table assumes processing keeps up.

Do companion bonuses change the ranking?

Yes. Turn on Quality Boost (more star-quality crops) and Harvest Boost (extra crops per harvest) to see each crop's potential in an optimised garden where neighbours grant those buffs. The bare-tile defaults show the conservative floor.