How to grow it
Eggplant is ready to harvest 7 hours after planting. Its seeds cost 135 Gold at the seed shop, from Gardening level 8. Each harvest is one Eggplant, or two when the Gardening skill Bountiful Crops gives a bonus harvest after watering.
| Seed | 135 |
| Sells for | 406 at 1 star |
| Profit per harvest | 271 |
| Profit per hour | 39 replanting as soon as it is ready |
Star grades
Eggplant comes in star grades, and a higher grade sells for more.
| Grade | Sells for |
|---|---|
| ★☆☆☆☆ Shrivelled | 406 |
| ★★☆☆☆ Ordinary | 544 |
| ★★★☆☆ Excellent | 678 |
| ★★★★☆ Plump | 812 |
| ★★★★★ Bountiful | 1,218 |
Used in
Eggplant counts as Vegetable when a recipe asks for that ingredient in general.
5 dishes
Baked Eggplant w/ Meat Sauce?Cheesy Baked Eggplants
Creamy Pumpkin Eggplant Soup?Eggplant Pasta
Grilled Meat & EggplantsCertificate
Collecting Eggplant counts toward the Farming certificate, one of 4 things that do. The ranks are Farming Beginner, Farming Apprentice, Farming Expert, Farming Master, with 700 points to reach the second. Collecting one pays 
Wheat.
Description
| Encyclopedia | It's humble on the outside, but a master of soaking up flavor. |
Name in every language
| 简体中文 | 茄子 |
| 繁體中文 | 茄子 |
| English | Eggplant |
| Deutsch | Aubergine |
| Français | Aubergine |
| 日本語 | ナス |
| 한국어 | 가지 |
| Español | Berenjena |
| Português | Berinjela |
| ไทย | มะเขือม่วง |
| Русский | Баклажан |
| Bahasa | Terong |