Deluxe Retaining Soil is a high-quality soil amendment that significantly increases the chance of retaining water overnight, reducing the need for daily watering of crops. Crafted or purchased from certain vendors, it is particularly useful for conserving energy and time, allowing players to focus on other farm activities or improve crop management efficiency, especially during dry seasons or when managing large-scale farming operations.
The item ID for Deluxe Retaining Soil is 920
This ID will work on PC/Mac (Steam), PS4, PS5, XBOX One, and Nintendo Switch.
Spawning items in Stardew Valley is a little unsual and is not done with commands. You will need to utilize what is called a cheat to set your character's or animal name to the item id. To do this you cannot use just the item id, you will need to surround the item id with brackets. Ex. [920]
Spawning Using the Animal MethodTo spawn Deluxe Retaining Soil while using an animal, you will need to head over to Marine's Ranch and purchase an animal. Once you have have an animal chosen, name the animal with the item id with brackets like this [920] and you will receive the Deluxe Retaining Soil item. This method can be done using an existing character and is convenient but will cost some gold every time you want an item.
Spawning Using the Character MethodTo spawn Deluxe Retaining Soil while using a character, you will need to create a new character and name it with the item id with brackets like this [920]. You will then receive the Deluxe Retaining Soil item when you speak to a villager. This method is easy and free but cannot be performed on an existing character and you will be stuck with that name unless its edited.