Pig

Sprite

A pig needs a Deluxe Barn. Marnie sells one for 16,000g. A pig that eats every day is grown after 10 nights. Pigs can give birth. Marnie may use male pronouns at the sale; birth can still happen. A Golden Animal Cracker cannot be used on a pig.

• Deluxe Barn
• Oil maker

When a truffle appears

A pig digs truffles outside the barn. It produces nothing on a day it was not fed, not let out, standing in rain or a storm, or living through winter. The tile it stands on has to be free of debris. Flooring and paths are allowed. The truffle is placed in front of the pig, and it shifts forward if that tile is blocked, which can put a truffle outside a fence.

The first truffle of the day does not use friendship. While the pig is on a free tile and has not found one yet, each frame has a 0.02% chance. On a mostly open yard that is about a 99.99% chance of one truffle. After the first, each extra truffle has a chance of friendship divided by 1,500. At 1,000 friendship that is 66%, and extras continue until a roll fails. A pig at maximum happiness averages about 3 truffles a day. There is also a 0.2% chance a dig is a truffle crab instead.

You do not have to stay on the farm while they work. Truffles left on the ground last until the next morning, except on the 28th: anything still out disappears on the 1st of the next season. Gatherer can double a pickup. Botanist makes truffles iridium quality. Rancher does not raise the truffle price.

Truffle and truffle oil

A truffle sells for 625g, then 781g, 937g, and 1,250g. Truffle oil is 1,065g, or 1,491g with the Artisan profession, after 6 hours in an oil maker. Without Artisan, an iridium truffle (1,250g) is worth more than oil (1,065g). With Artisan, the oil (1,491g) is worth more than the iridium truffle.

Leah loves a truffle. A maximum-heart pig sells for 20,800g.

• Truffle
• Leah
• Artisan profit