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Robin

Robin is a bit of a mix between Caroline, The Traveling Merchant, and Marnie. I'll try not to rehash too much of what I said before.

Similar to Caroline, she's a member of the Stardew Valley mom trio -- a group of women who are over 40 but for some reason look thirty. I think the main difference is that while some people are probably fans of Caroline, I think a good majority of the playerbase initially had a crush on Robin when they first started the game. Only to be devastated when you find out she's already married. I haven't played the opening cutscene in a while since I usually skip it, but I feel like you even had the option to be a little flirty with her? Damn you ConcernedApe!

Anyway I prefer Caroline way more over Robin, but I still think Robin is pretty and has a good personality. It's mostly her other benefits that give her a higher spot on my ranking list.

Like the Traveling Merchant, or Marnie, Robin is essential to gameplay in almost any regard. She'll be useful very early on and still remain relatively useful for as long as you keep playing. Her functions decrease as you run out of things that you need to build, but you'll always have to go back to Robin if you want to re-arrange the buildings on your farm. Or if you just need to add another shed or another barn.

I don't think Robin is quite as useful for "sequence breaking" as the Traveling Merchant can be, but she does feel about as essential to the game as Marnie. Probably even moreso. You need chickens before you can make eggs, answering the age old question. But you need a coop from Robin before you can even get those chickens. Yeah, enough said here.

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Krobus

At number two, the ultimate runner up and one of the best characters in all of Pelican Town, is my main man Krobus. I probably can't say enough good things about this little guy. His design is unique, cute, weird, and awesome all at the same time. He has interesting and amusing dialogue. Krobus is everything the Dwarf should have been. The requirements for unlocking him are way more forgiving. To meet Krobus you only need to find 60 of any museum items. To get at the Dwarf you need all four copies of four specific, rare items. I don't think I've ever gotten the Dwarven Translation Guide before I got the Sewer Key. And worse, talking to Krobus actually feels WORTH IT. It's no contest between the two.

Krobus is basically the Traveling Merchant of the midgame. When you're just finishing up your early game grind you can sequence break the hell out of Stardew Valley with a little help from this friend. Rather than needing to go into Skull Cavern underequipped, farm iridium, and then try to figure out which items take a higher priority, you can buy Iridium Sprinklers directly from Krobus. At a point where you almost certainly will not have any Iridium Sprinklers. You can convert Money, a resource of which you have an abundance, for an item that normally costs Iridium, a resource that takes actual time and effort to obtain. The only vendor who comes close to this absolute legend is the Traveling Merchant. But Krobus is someone you can actually befriend, AND he's one of the most interesting characters in the game.

An easy #2. And I can really only ever see someone being ranked above Krobus if they are your personal Stardew Valley favorite waifu.

And hell, you can "totally marry but really you're just best friends who live together, but you're clearly married" Krobus now. So he can actually be your #1.

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