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I have never played it and I am looking for something new to get into. I usually like these kind of life simulator and or building games. (Animal Crossing, Minecraft, House Flipper). Downloading now

Any tips? Can post updates if people care lol.

Its pretty fun but it can be lretty grindy

Strawberries at the first festival (forget what theyre called) are a pretty good source of income at the start but id keep a few seeds on hand

Stopped playing when I learned you can't romance best girl

Its a broad enough game that you can kind of radiate toward what you like to do. For me it was all about getting my money making as automated as possible. But everyone has different things they enjoy about games like that. I say just jump on in. Itll come together for you pretty quickly.

wonderful, cozy game, enjoy TC.

Im 600 hours into that game at least. You can do anything you want in that game, and all will be fine really. Except for planting crops that are gonna take longer to grow than how long the season is going to last, dont do that!

It's a great game and has a great wiki site for when you need to look stuff up, so no real need to ask for tips. Just have fun with it.

KobeSystem posted...

Its pretty fun but it can be lretty grindy

Strawberries at the first festival (forget what theyre called) are a pretty good source of income at the start but id keep a few seeds on hand

Yeah, I mean if youre really looking long term youd want to hang on to all of them for a year and plant them as soon as spring starts, because by the time you get them the first year youll have already missed a harvest. But I agree with you. Its a good little chunk of cash that first year and can really get you set up for a productive summer.

I like it but I stopped because it got repetitive and all the waifus are kinda shit >_>

Oh shit we got a in depth character customization lets go.

Irony posted...

Stopped playing when I learned you can't romance best girl

List of baes pls

Robin looks like Stacey Forscythe from Dead Rising 2

SF_Okami posted...

Oh shit we got a in depth character customization lets go.

List of baes pls

Haley queen

das it

My mom played the fuck out of it. But I don't got no tips. Rendering this comment useless

Is there a way to pause the timer I hate feeling rushed when I'm just trying to talk to people in town.

Back at it

Still waiting for my first harvest. How do I fill up the watering can?

Great game especially if you grew up on Harvest Moon

SF_Okami posted...

Back at it

Still waiting for my first harvest. How do I fill up the watering can?

any water source on your farm (small ponds, rivers etc, depends on what farm you picked)
or wells

JTilly posted...

Haley queen

das it

Literally the worst option

Try not to use the wiki too much. Boiling the game down to numbers and spreadsheets robs it of its charm and makes it a lot less fun.

CinderLock posted...

Literally the worst option

tagged

i have 717 hours in stardew, its pretty fun
my very honest advice would be to play to year two just to get a feel for how it all works, and then go and install a bunch of mods. im currently using like 50+ mods in my latest file

I still cant believe the entire game, from the sprite design, music, and all the programming was done by just one guy

DeathDeathSong posted...

i have 717 hours in stardew, its pretty fun
my very honest advice would be to play to year two just to get a feel for how it all works, and then go and install a bunch of mods. im currently using like 50+ mods in my latest file

Playing on Xbox so cant do that lol.

Also I should have won that egg festival that shit rigged!

Steam won't launch my game now. Pissin' me off.

But yeah, it's fun as hell. Take your time and stay away from wikis and such for a while. Once you start delving into those it loses a lot of the charm.

Play it for 1 year (in game) then restart and use Nexus Mods to mod in some really nice QoL features. Like being able to see NPCs on the map, and being able to mouse over crops and see what day they'll be fully grown.

SF_Okami posted...

Playing on Xbox so cant do that lol.

Also I should have won that egg festival that shit rigged!

if youre on console then i say to just go with the flow and see how the game plays out
but as someone that games equally on console and pc, stardew valley is definitely one of the games i recommend playing on pc instead. it can be run on pretty much anything, and being able to mod the game genuinely does enhance the experience

that said, the game IS really vague with direction sometimes, so imo its not a bad thing to check the wiki every now and then to get pointed in the right direction

DeathDeathSong posted...

if youre on console then i say to just go with the flow and see how the game plays out
but as someone that games equally on console and pc, stardew valley is definitely one of the games i recommend playing on pc instead. it can be run on pretty much anything, and being able to mod the game genuinely does enhance the experience

that said, the game IS really vague with direction sometimes, so imo its not a bad thing to check the wiki every now and then to get pointed in the right direction

Im only checking the wiki for basic stuff. Someone wanted a herring and I had no clue what that was

Also as someone who does not like big box stores, I hate Joja already

Put about half an hour into it, and never went back.

Fun game. Don't really have any tips though. I just played through once and started new saves a few times that I never got around to finishing.

SF_Okami posted...

Also as someone who does not like big box stores, I hate Joja already

I wouldn't do joja on your first run playthrough since it locks you out of the community center, but its kinda nice being able to just buy the green house upgrade.

Made it to Summer!

Got to level 45 of the mine, have some chickens but no silo because Im an idiot, and am currently growing melons.

Also no one in the town really likes me yet haha

Really enjoying the game so far. Is the Community Center kinda the endgame goal? Some of the requirements seem really steep.

Also I picked the water starting plot so I have a bunch of small islands and I love it

No real endgame, but that is something you can get deeper into and yeah it's definitely meant for after you've put in a ton of work and hours.

Glad you're enjoying it.

SF_Okami posted...

Really enjoying the game so far. Is the Community Center kinda the endgame goal? Some of the requirements seem really steep.

Also I picked the water starting plot so I have a bunch of small islands and I love it

Not really, you can complete the community center in the first year if you prioritize things correctly.

I don't really recommend that though, just complete it at your own pace. It can be completed quite comfortably in year 2

Haley = best girl

Did anyone say there's a trader that shows up in the area south of your farm on Fridays and Sundays? She has random goods including stuff you might be need for the community center

didn't the game maker just push the game to an open source framework? supposed to make it much easier to mod i think.

anyway, not played it since release. i loved it then and its apparently only gotten better over the years.

It's your first time so I wouldn't go all crazy trying to min/max each season. It's perfectly okay to go to bed at 1 PM (although there is for sure stuff to be done)

If you've played a Harvest Moon game you should get the hang of it quickly. IF you haven't then it's going to be weird.

Some basic tips:
1) While it's shown on a calendar like it's a month it isn't. There are 4 seasons of 28 days each. Each have their own crops to grow, fish to catch, foragables that are in season, etc. Side note: Nothing will grow on your farm in Winter.

2) There's two progression paths. One is the community center and you'll get a cut scene with Juminos and can look at the bundles that need turned in shortly after the beginning of the game. Community center requires some planning ahead. The other is the JoJa Mart. Joja does NOT require bundles and everything is just bought with the money you've earned. I would do the Community Center in at least 1 playthrough for the experience but frankly every playthrough since the first one I've done Joja.

3) On the first day of each season the crops you had planted will wilt and die. It's normal. It doesn't matter if they were supposed to produce fruit or not. There are a couple crops that grow between seasons but not many. Grass grows 3 of the 4 seasons.

4) If you happen to get a pre-historic egg or Prismatic Shard save the very first one, any additional can be donated. An ancient seed can be turned into the Museum when you get the first one. The Prismatic Shard can be turned in in the desert area at a puzzle and will get you one of the most powerful weapons in the game. The pre-historic egg can be put into an incubator in either your coop or barn (i forget which) and hatches a little dinosaur. Once that dinosaur lays an egg you can donate that one or put them in incubators for more dinosaurs.

5) Ore from the mine is used to upgrade tools at the shop above the Museum. When a tool is upgraded HOLD the button for most of them to see the increased range of the tools. e.g. First watering can upgrade does 3 tiles in front of you. Last watering can upgrade makes it a 6 tile by 3 tile block. You do NOT need to hold for the upgrades for the pick or axe, they are more powerful just by swinging them and lets you break bigger rocks/trees. This same shop is ALSO where you break Geodes up. The highest tier is Irridium. Irriduium is generally not found in the regular mines. It can be a rare drop depending on luck but for the most part you'll get it from The Desert Mine which is an unlock.

6) Check the TV daily. On certain days (I want to say Wednesdays and Sundays) there's a cooking show that teaches you new recipes. This is the ONLY way to gain a lot of the recipes in the game. It's also good to know your extra luck.

7) Luck does various things but the biggest one is it changes the frequency of finding a ladder/hole in the mines. This means you move from floor to floor quicker. Not as big a deal in the mountain mine but when you unlock The Desert Mine and the goal is to get down as many floors as you can for better loot it's kind of clutch. There are foods that raise your luck and one of the better ones is called "Lucky Lunch" and it's earned from the TV. (See note 6 above)

8) There are two places you can plant crops and the season doesn't matter. The crops will continue to grow daily and season changes won't effect them. These areas are the Greenhouse (unlock) and the new island from the latest major patch. These are the locations i'll plant the big money items like Strawberries or Star Fruits.

9) At 1 AM you get a warning icon on the character about being tired. I think it's just some simple ZZZs or something. At 2 AM you will collapse wherever you are and lose items (although I don't think your tools can be lost) and be charged a fee in gold. You'll also wake up the next day missing a good chunk of your energy. This missing energy can be replaced with an item from the Doctor but you should ALWAYS try to avoid passing out. This also happens when you run out of energy.

10) Max energy can be increased with hidden items called Stardrops. You'll see a vendor in the Forest that appears on certain days that will sell you a "rare seed." you grow this in the fall and it takes 24 days (SO DO NOT START IT LATE) and the fruit grown can be turned in somewhere for one of the Stardrops. You can only do the growing of the rare seed once. There are a set number of Star Drops and they are in specific locations.

That's the big ones. I'm sure there's more but off the top of my head this should get you started.

I just hit the second year mark. I'm maybe 10 days into spring and I'm exploring the skull cave.

I decided to go with the Joja route instead of the community center. I was able to get the greenhouse fixed early (A flat 35K price instead of completing all the bundles) and now its growing fruit trees, cranberries and ancient fruit year round now.

As for your chicken coop, I have one too and I need to upgrade it. I don't have a silo yet, either. Just make sure you stockpile some hay in the fall or you'll have to buy some from Marnie. Can't let your chickens starve. There is a little trough that holds 4 pieces of hay. The silo just fills the trough for you, right?

kelemvor posted...

As for your chicken coop, I have one too and I need to upgrade it. I don't have a silo yet, either. Just make sure you stockpile some hay in the fall or you'll have to buy some from Marnie. Can't let your chickens starve. There is a little trough that holds 4 pieces of hay. The silo just fills the trough for you, right?

I think the first barn/coop has 4 slots, then the first upgrade gives you some more, and then the third upgrade gives you even more. I think it's 4/8/12. Once you get the first upgrade you get an incubator that can hatch the eggs giving you even more animals. The 12 upgrade gives you an auto-feeder that will automatically fill the 12 feed slots. Honestly, I don't worry about animals until I've gotten the third upgrade because it's a huge pain in the ass, to me anyways, to feed them each morning.

To help you out a bit, and it's what I do, you can either fence in an area outside your coop/barn and have grass growing in there. If you open the other door in Spring/Summer/Fall the animals will come out each morning and eat grass from the ground instead of the feeder. In fact you can leave it open overnight, although I keep it closed in the Winter. You also don't have to fence it in, you can just let the animals run free around the farm and they will return each night. They won't come out in winter.

I've played it on two consoles now, and really enjoyed it both times before falling out of the loop. I think I made it through two years on Xbox, ~one on Switch

Thanks for all the advice everyone!

Im not going super hardcore, just playing at a normal pace. Thats crazy that nothing grows in the winter though. Im going to need to stockpile some gold for the winter then I think.

Just purchased the first house upgrade so I will have a kitchen.

SF_Okami posted...

Thanks for all the advice everyone!

Im not going super hardcore, just playing at a normal pace. Thats crazy that nothing grows in the winter though. Im going to need to stockpile some gold for the winter then I think.

Just purchased the first house upgrade so I will have a kitchen.

Not quite true that *nothing* grows. You can plant winter seeds, that produce random forage items. They don't sell for too much but it's something.

What I did on my first winter was make about a dozen kegs. Try to save some hops and wheat and turn them into beer throughout the winters. You can also work on leveling up your fishing. I never really felt like you could make a ton of money fishing though. Beer and wine does very well, especially once you pick the artisan perk.

Oh and your chickens will keep making eggs, you can turn them into mayonnaise and sell that too.

kelemvor posted...

Not quite true that *nothing* grows

I forgot about those. My bad.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

I forgot about those. My bad.

Yeah, you have to craft the seeds using one of each of the forage items, so it can be annoying to get a big crop started. I'm not sure what the return on your investment is for those crops.

kelemvor posted...

Yeah, you have to craft the seeds using one of each of the forage items, so it can be annoying to get a big crop started. I'm not sure what the return on your investment is for those crops.

I looked it up and this may be a little above TC and what he has to worry about but the Winter Seeds can give you:
Crocus - Base Price 60g
Crystal Fruit - Base Price 150 G (worth a good bit more if turned into wine, base price 450g)
Snow Yam - Base Price 100g
Winter Root - Base price 70g (put one in a seed maker for 1-3 winter seeds)

So actually they aren't horrible.

kelemvor posted...

Not quite true that *nothing* grows. You can plant winter seeds, that produce random forage items. They don't sell for too much but it's something.

What I did on my first winter was make about a dozen kegs. Try to save some hops and wheat and turn them into beer throughout the winters. You can also work on leveling up your fishing. I never really felt like you could make a ton of money fishing though. Beer and wine does very well, especially once you pick the artisan perk.

Oh and your chickens will keep making eggs, you can turn them into mayonnaise and sell that too.

Mayo is fucking TRASH tho.

Same with tomatos. Aint no tomatos being made on my farm. Only tasty crops being made here

I will keep it in mind tho thanks!