Mud Seed & Cursed Crop Guide
Village in the Shade Cursed Crops Guide
Mud Seeds found during Midnight exploration can grow into random seasonal field crops, including 18 documented Cursed Crop variants. Cursed Crops sell for ¥4 and can be offered at Okami-buchi for Nushi's Scale progression.
English crop and system terminology currently follows the site's Japanese-release terminology and may be updated after the official English localization can be verified on October 27, 2026.
Cursed Crops — Short Answer
How many?
18
Source
Mud Seed
Flowers / paddy crops?
No / No
Sell price
¥4 each
Mud Seed comes from a chance-based glowing pickup during Midnight exploration. The exact chance of a Cursed Crop is not published.
Mud Seed
Midnight pickup → seasonal field crop → possible Cursed Crop
Once Midnight exploration is available, check fixed glowing pickup spots for a chance to receive Mud Seed. The spot is fixed; whether the pickup appears and what it gives are random.
Mud Seed selects from the eligible field-crop pool for the current season. It does not grow flowers or paddy-field crops. Fruit-tree behavior is not modeled as a Mud Seed outcome, so this page does not make an additional tree exclusion claim.
18-record lookup
Cursed Crops by season
Every record below comes from the canonical Cursed Crop selector. Normal crop prices, growth days, quality, processing and recipes are not inherited.
Spring
Cursed Onion
祟られタマネギ
- Season
- Spring
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Turnip
祟られカブ
- Season
- Spring
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Cabbage
祟られキャベツ
- Season
- Spring
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Strawberry
祟られイチゴ
- Season
- Spring
- Sell price
- ¥4
Summer
Cursed Green Onion
祟られ白ネギ
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Tomato
祟られトマト
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Cucumber
祟られキュウリ
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Corn
祟られトウモロコシ
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Ginger
祟られショウガ
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Watermelon
祟られスイカ
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Wheat
祟られ小麦
- Season
- Summer
- Sell price
- ¥4
Autumn
Cursed Buckwheat
祟られソバ
- Season
- Autumn
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Taro
祟られサトイモ
- Season
- Autumn
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Soybean
祟られ大豆
- Season
- Autumn
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Olive
祟られオリーブ
- Season
- Autumn
- Sell price
- ¥4
Winter
Cursed Napa Cabbage
祟られハクサイ
- Season
- Winter
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Daikon
祟られダイコン
- Season
- Winter
- Sell price
- ¥4
Cursed Spinach
祟られホウレンソウ
- Season
- Winter
- Sell price
- ¥4
Harvest carefully
Harvesting Cursed Crops can damage your HP. The damage amount is not established, so watch your health when collecting several at once. This is HP damage, not an invented stamina cost.
Cursed does not mean Gold
A Cursed Crop is not automatically Copper, Silver, Gold, Branded or Contest-qualified. The current page does not attach crop quality, contest, recipe, shipment, eating or processing values to these variants.
Giant Cursed Crops
Four seasonal giant candidates
Giantization is a chance, not a guarantee. If it fails, the relevant crop can grow normally instead.
Spring
Cursed Turnip
祟られカブ
This seasonal Cursed Crop can become giant, but no fixed rate is documented.
Summer
Cursed Corn
祟られトウモロコシ
This seasonal Cursed Crop can become giant, but no fixed rate is documented.
Autumn
Cursed Taro
祟られサトイモ
This seasonal Cursed Crop can become giant, but no fixed rate is documented.
Winter
Cursed Napa Cabbage
祟られハクサイ
This seasonal Cursed Crop can become giant, but no fixed rate is documented.
Leave roughly a 5×5 area
Current Japanese guide data recommends roughly a 5×5 clear area around each Mud Seed, with two tiles of space around the center. Treat this as practical spacing advice, not a proven exact footprint.
Clear nearby objects
Placed objects such as Sprinklers, walkways or platform tiles within the surrounding area can interfere with giantization. This does not establish that Sprinklers cannot water ordinary Cursed Crops.
Use the Pickaxe to harvest or break a giant Cursed Crop. Giant harvests can yield multiple Cursed Crops and normal crops, but exact quantities are not published.
Winter strategy
AppMedia recommends Winter when your goal is simply to collect Cursed Crops because the eligible Winter field-crop pool is especially small and all three listed Winter outcomes are represented in the Cursed Crop list. This is practical advice, not a 100% or equal-odds claim.
Season changes and Greenhouse
Do not plant so late that a crop cannot finish before the season changes; the exact withering rule is not fully established. Inside the Greenhouse, Mud Seed remains tied to the outside season. Greenhouse giantization is not documented.
Cursed Crops vs Cursed Fish
| Cursed Crops | Cursed Fish | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Mud Seed | Midnight fishing |
| Season | Seasonal | Year-round |
| Count | 18 | 6 |
| Sell price | ¥4 | ¥99 |
| Special use | Okami-buchi | Okami-buchi |
Neither category is established as universally more efficient for offerings; the price difference alone does not provide acquisition-rate data.
Cursed Crops are offering materials at Okami-buchi. They do not directly raise HP; the reported progression is Cursed Crop → offering → Pool Master progression → Nushi's Scale → increased maximum HP. The dedicated Okami-buchi route is not currently present in this repository, so this page keeps that explanation brief rather than creating a dead link or duplicating a nonexistent authority page.
FAQ
Cursed Crop questions
How many Cursed Crops are there?
The current crop database documents 18 Cursed Crops: four in Spring, seven in Summer, four in Autumn and three in Winter.
How do I get Cursed Crops?
Plant Mud Seed in normal field soil. It grows into a random eligible crop from the current season and can produce a Cursed Crop; every seed is not guaranteed to become cursed.
Where do I get Mud Seed?
Mud Seed can appear as a random result from glowing pickups during Midnight exploration. The pickup spots are fixed, but the appearance and reward are not guaranteed.
Can Mud Seed grow flowers or paddy crops?
No. Current source data limits Mud Seed to eligible seasonal field crops and excludes flowers and crops grown in paddy fields.
How much do Cursed Crops sell for?
All 18 current Cursed Crop records have a ¥4 base sell price. Do not inherit the normal crop's price.
Which Cursed Crops can become giant?
The documented seasonal candidates are Cursed Turnip in Spring, Cursed Corn in Summer, Cursed Taro in Autumn and Cursed Napa Cabbage in Winter.
Are giant Cursed Crops guaranteed?
No. Giant growth can fail and the crop can grow normally instead. No reliable giantization percentage is published.
Do Cursed Crops hurt when harvested?
Harvesting Cursed Crops can damage the player. The exact damage amount is not documented here.
Can Mud Seed ignore seasons in the Greenhouse?
No current project research supports removing Mud Seed's seasonal rule in the Greenhouse; it remains tied to the outside/current season. Giantization inside the Greenhouse is not established.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.