Heartopia Profit Calculator

Compare selling prices against ingredient costs to find the most profitable items. Use this tool to plan your cooking, crafting, and farming strategy.

Need a full money guide? See the best gold strategies.

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Profit per item: 0 Gold

Total profit: 0 Gold

Margin: 0%

Total with quality bonus: 0 Gold

Cooking usually beats raw sales when ingredients are farmed. Track your daily shop restocks for high-margin items. Pair this tool with the Recipes guide for full profit data.

How to Use the Profit Calculator

This calculator helps you determine whether crafting, cooking, or selling raw materials yields the highest profit in Heartopia. Follow these steps:

Step 1: Enter the Sell Price

Input the gold amount you receive when selling the final item. You can find sell prices in our Recipes Database or by checking in-game shops.

Step 2: Add Your Costs

Enter the total cost of ingredients or materials. If you're farming ingredients yourself, use 0 or the seed purchase price. For shop-bought ingredients, use the actual purchase cost.

Step 3: Include Extra Costs (Optional)

Some recipes require fuel, crafting fees, or multiple processing steps. Add these costs here for accurate profit calculation.

Step 4: Adjust Quantity

Calculate profits for bulk sales by changing the quantity. This is useful for planning daily shop restocks or batch cooking sessions.

Step 5: Apply Quality Bonus

Higher quality items sell for more gold. Enter your expected quality bonus percentage (typically 10-25% for silver/gold quality items).

Example: Mushroom Pie Profit

Sell Price: 450 Gold

Ingredient Cost: 120 Gold (flour + mushrooms from shop)

Extra Cost: 20 Gold (fuel for oven)

Result: 310 Gold profit per pie (68.9% margin)

If you grow your own mushrooms, the profit increases to 410 Gold per pie!

Profit Comparison: Popular Items

Here's a quick reference showing the profitability of commonly traded items in Heartopia. All prices assume standard quality and shop-bought ingredients.

Item Sell Price Total Cost Profit Margin
Mushroom Pie 450 140 +310 68.9%
Grilled Fish 280 50 +230 82.1%
Wheat Flour 85 35 +50 58.8%
Flower Bouquet 320 180 +140 43.8%
Raw Wheat (crop) 40 15 +25 62.5%
Pro Tip: Cooking always beats selling raw crops when you use home-grown ingredients. The extra processing time is worth the significantly higher margins.

Maximizing Your Profits

Farm Your Own Ingredients

The biggest profit boost comes from growing ingredients yourself. Seeds are cheap, and harvested crops have near-zero cost, dramatically increasing your margins.

Focus on High-Margin Items

Not all items are equally profitable. Prioritize recipes with margins above 50%, especially those using ingredients you can farm. Check our Money Making Guide for the current meta.

Track Daily Shop Prices

Some ingredients have variable prices. Buy low during shop restocks and craft when prices dip. The profit calculator helps you decide whether current prices make crafting worthwhile.

Quality Matters

Always aim for higher quality outputs. Silver and gold quality items sell for 10-25% more, turning a good profit into a great one. Use quality fertilizers and perfect timing for harvests.

Daily Profit Strategy

A typical optimized daily routine can earn 5,000-15,000 gold:

  1. Harvest crops and gather foraged items (0 cost)
  2. Cook high-value recipes using free ingredients
  3. Sell cooked items + surplus raw materials
  4. Check shop for discounted ingredients for tomorrow

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Should I sell raw crops or cook them first?
Almost always cook them. Cooking multiplies the value of raw ingredients by 2-5x. The only exception is when you need quick gold and don't have time to cook.
Q: What's the most profitable item in Heartopia?
It depends on your ingredients. Generally, complex recipes using multiple farmed ingredients (like Mushroom Pie or Seafood Pasta) have the highest absolute profits. See our Recipes page for current rankings.
Q: Does item quality affect the calculation?
Yes! Use the "Quality bonus percent" field to factor in quality bonuses. Silver items typically get +10%, and gold items get +25%.
Q: How do I know an item's sell price?
Check our database pages (Recipes, Fish, Crops) which list sell prices, or hover over items in your inventory in-game.
Q: Are there items I should never sell?
Some items are better kept for quests, gifts, or rare recipes. Check NPC Gifts guide before selling rare items - friendship rewards can be worth more than gold!

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