I personally think this game is perfect for switch. Great game to lay in bed to play before going to sleep. I don't think I'd even play it on PS4 or PC if I had bought it there tbh but that is just me of course.
Alright, I'll hold off. Thanks!
I personally think this game is perfect for switch. Great game to lay in bed to play before going to sleep. I don't think I'd even play it on PS4 or PC if I had bought it there tbh but that is just me of course.
I can't remember the times it takes to create different artisan goods. The game could perhaps tell me from the main inventory menu, not Pierre's shop.
Same with which crops are one time yield, and which keep producing.
Gold or silver quality crop or = doesn't necessarily mean gold or silver product, I know this now of course.
Rearing animals is a tad confusing, the heart system I mean. I am getting produce regularly, from many livestock, so I was assuming things were optimal there.
getting close to winter year 1 now, any tips? i've got to level 80 in the mines and my fishing is pretty good, so i reckon i can make a ton of money from just farming gold/fish
Thanks, I'll try that. My hickens make Little to no eggs, not sure what I'm doing wrong, they have hayIn the Winter making money needs to be done in alternative ways, so your skills in mining and fishing may help you go through the season. I built a coop ASAP, so I had eggs to make mayonnaise in the Winter too.
If you unlocked the recipe for Winter Seeds, you can make them using foraged winter items (it's the only crop that grows on icy soil). If you manage to get an iridium bar, you can make an iridium sprinkler (it irrigates 24 plants at once) and use it to cultivate the Winter Seeds - you will have little work to do with the plants and can use your time to mine and fish while they grow.
Thanks, I'll try that. My hickens make Little to no eggs, not sure what I'm doing wrong, they have hay
shit am i supposed to open that door????You need to pet them every day so they lay eggs. You can't leave them outside the coop at night or in rainy weather (or Winter, when you also need to buy a heater), but this is solved by only closing the little door they use, every night before you go to sleep. I don't know if this is accurate, but I have the impression that if your farm also has grass and they stay outside during the day eating it they lay more eggs and the hay lasts longer (I think that they might be better fed this way).
If the door was never opened, your chickens are depressed because cabin fever. You can leave the little door open at all times, they will go inside when it's dark or precipitating.
my poor chickens :(If the door was never opened, your chickens are depressed because cabin fever. You can leave the little door open at all times, they will go inside when it's dark or precipitating.
Just bought this game (switch version), never played anything like it and it's not something I would normally play... but it's already got its hooks in me! It's nice to be able to go from a high adrenaline game to something as peaceful and relaxing as stardew valley!
I feel a bit lost though, and I am still very early in the game (about 10 days in)... maybe I'm just not used to a slower progression such as this.
A few noobish questions:
- Is there a way to "un-till" a square of land, sometimes I miss the square I am aiming at - they grow back pretty quick but i seem to think the pickaxe does this
- Is there a way to water crops faster, going into each square one by one is a bit sluggish - upgrade your watering can at the blacksmith for 5 bronze bars
- Am I supposed to be selling my harvest each time or do I need to hold it, some have stars next to it and I've been hanging on to these because I am not sure what to do - sell it all unless it's required in the community centre or requested from the shop
- Speaking of selling things, I just put whatever I want to sell in that box next to my house, right? Is that the only way? you can sell at the shop in the village for instant cash
- Is it in my best interest to donate each mineral or keep them/sell them? donate first, sell next time
- I am low on gold, and have been dumping everything into seeds.... I actually have about 20 gold remaining and feel like I will never have enough to buy a new addition to my house or get a new backpack...etc (am i doing this wrong?) get the backpack ASAP via the above selling everything method
- I noticed something in the settings called "auto-run" checking it doesnt seem to do anything for me... is there a way to sprint faster? no, this made no difference for me too, lazy port option i think.
- Fishing is hard ( they always escape, am I supposed to follow the fish in the mini game to catch it? keep trying, you'll level up and it'll make it much easier, just spend a day fishing and you'll be fine
Either way, I am very much enjoying the game, and have read many guides already but still have tons of questions!
Just bought this game (switch version), never played anything like it and it's not something I would normally play... but it's already got its hooks in me! It's nice to be able to go from a high adrenaline game to something as peaceful and relaxing as stardew valley!
I feel a bit lost though, and I am still very early in the game (about 10 days in)... maybe I'm just not used to a slower progression such as this.
A few noobish questions:
- Is there a way to "un-till" a square of land, sometimes I miss the square I am aiming at
- Is there a way to water crops faster, going into each square one by one is a bit sluggish
- Am I supposed to be selling my harvest each time or do I need to hold it, some have stars next to it and I've been hanging on to these because I am not sure what to do
- Speaking of selling things, I just put whatever I want to sell in that box next to my house, right? Is that the only way?
- Is it in my best interest to donate each mineral or keep them/sell them?
- I am low on gold, and have been dumping everything into seeds.... I actually have about 20 gold remaining and feel like I will never have enough to buy a new addition to my house or get a new backpack...etc (am i doing this wrong?)
- I noticed something in the settings called "auto-run" checking it doesnt seem to do anything for me... is there a way to sprint faster?
- Fishing is hard ( they always escape, am I supposed to follow the fish in the mini game to catch it?
Either way, I am very much enjoying the game, and have read many guides already but still have tons of questions!
See if this can help you (without spoiling the game haha)
- Use the pickaxe, it will ''un-till'' the square. I discovered this because lack of symmetry makes me nuts.
- You can upgrade your watering can to copper, it water 3 tiles at once. You can also make sprinklers if you have the recipe and the materials, or buy them from the Traveling Cart near Marnie's ranch.
- It is the easiest way. You can sell things directly to people who work with the material (crops to Pierre, gems and ores to Clint, fish to Willy, etc), but the price doesn't change.
-It depends on the mineral. Some are requested in quests, and completing the collection in the museum unlocks some things too. I used to keep one of each one just to be sure.
-While farming is a nice way to get gold, you can try to improve your gains fishing, mining, foraging, etc. I made a lot of gold foraging the beach at the beginning of the game. Tipo: Fix the broken wooden bridge on the beach, there is a lot of mollusks to collect there.
- Fishing is hard, but you can use some accessories like rods and other things that make the fish more secure (buy at Willy's).
- I noticed something in the settings called "auto-run" checking it doesnt seem to do anything for me... is there a way to sprint faster?
If you use the d-pad without this setting checked, you will walk slow. Later on you can have a horse to get to places faster. Also, coffee.
So, I've found the OT. Been playing for one month, I think, and I've loved it.
Almost done with year 1, I had a rough start but I think I've found a proper way to be profitable with mining and farming. I haven't done much fishing.
My only issue is that I find the marriage candidates too young, lol, I find Caroline or Robin much much attractive. I'm too old XD
Yet, I think I'll aim for Maru. :)
I agree, some of them do feel young.So, I've found the OT. Been playing for one month, I think, and I've loved it.
Almost done with year 1, I had a rough start but I think I've found a proper way to be profitable with mining and farming. I haven't done much fishing.
My only issue is that I find the marriage candidates too young, lol, I find Caroline or Robin much much attractive. I'm too old XD
Yet, I think I'll aim for Maru. :)
I had the same impression about some candidates! I went for the ones who lived alone, like Leah and Elliot that seemed a little older. Sam, Abigail, they are just teenagers haha
Maru is one of the nicest girls. Emily too.
It's definitely overwhelming at first but as I've said to people just go with the flow and you'll pick up what you need to do. If you really stress about something like "what's the point of this item?" Then check out the wiki but it's more fun to explore and figure out yourself.I bought this on the Switch yesterday and played for about 2 hours. It feels a little overwhelming at first, and so far I've mostly been fishing, growing parsnips, and making small advances in the mines. Figuring out how to effectively build a fence took some doing as well but I got there in the end!
I love the graphical style to the game, and the soundtrack so far seems really chilled and relaxing.
It's definitely overwhelming at first but as I've said to people just go with the flow and you'll pick up what you need to do. If you really stress about something like "what's the point of this item?" Then check out the wiki but it's more fun to explore and figure out yourself.
I've had a casual glance at the wiki but am aiming to avoid using it as best as I can. Now that my first few hours have sunk in a little bit I feel more at ease with just chilling and pottering about as things progress.
I'm in Winter 2 right now and since I reached the bottom of the mine last winter it's been a bit more of a slog this year. Been trying to complete the museum, fish more, and decorate my house. I caught a Glacierfish today so I'm pretty stoked, but I also dug up 3 prehistoric handaxes and 2 chicken statues in the span of one calendar day so the museum might take a while...
Also, I have no idea what to do with all this space now that my house is upgraded!! I've been looking at others' houses for inspiration and I'm getting somewhere but man, it's hard. I think I'm gonna keep it like this for a while and come back to it later. Especially since I have to start thinking about my farm design for year 3...
This is how I went about it (or tried to go about it, I sneak peeks at the wiki now and then haha) and it's been awesome so far. 60+ hours in and I'm still stumbling upon secrets! It's definitely overwhelming at first but great later on when there's still a lot to sink your teeth into.
Awww thank you!! I'm terrible when it comes to farm design, it looks like I don't even try while other people's farms are so cute. D:Your house is one of the cutest I ever saw. I have 0 creativity in decoration and farm design :/
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Also, I have no idea what to do with all this space now that my house is upgraded!! I've been looking at others' houses for inspiration and I'm getting somewhere but man, it's hard. I think I'm gonna keep it like this for a while and come back to it later. Especially since I have to start thinking about my farm design for year 3...
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Yeah, just go there at the time she told you, any day, and it will trigger.And I end up with Leah, she had some nice events and I decided to keep focusing on her. But, she invited me to her art show before an event, and I missed it. Will that event trigger again?
Damn, that house looks nice, mine is filled with chests, kegs and other stuff XD.
So, I have a couple of questions. Things like worms, quarry stones or forageable items if not pickeded up, will they remain there, or are they resetted at the next day? I wonder if I have to check every day for those spots, or I can skip a few days and have a better use of my time.
In the Switch version, when looking at your inventory can you check the Bundles icon?
Whats the best use for Ancient Seeds?
Do you sell your animals? I have 5 cows, 3 goats, 2 sheeps and 2 pigs; and 4 chickes, 4 ducks, two rabbits, one dino, and one black chicken. I've reached the max heart level for some, and I wonder if I should sell one hoping to fill that place with a better choice.
And I end up with Leah, she had some nice events and I decided to keep focusing on her. But, she invited me to her art show before an event, and I missed it. Will that event trigger again?
Cheers guys.
Yeah, the event triggered last night. It was funny because I already had the ten heart event so, Leah's ex showing in the scene was kind of odd.
I need to finish the Greenhouse asap.
Then, I may sell a cow or two, altough I do like that they give milk every day, and the sound of a milkless goat irritates me. Right now I don't really have much trouble with money, except for that day when I decided to buy trees XD, in this moment I think mostly about time consumption.
I was thinking about the same problem with light, and those torches I have around. You can walk over torches, right?
Pigs are my fav aswell. If you turn them into oil you get even more value out of them.My entire farm is filled with torches because I needed light and I had them for free because of the Recycling Machine :v Btw if someone has a suggestion about another kind of light I could use on the farm, pls haha
I know that the Quarry stones don't reset, but every day new stones spawn randomly, both common stones, ores, and gems. So ideally you should mine the Quarry every day to prevent that a common stone blocks the place where a gem would spawn (on the other hand, once I left the Quarry intact almost one season and I found a Mystic Stone there, so).
I am using the Ancient Seeds in the Greenhouse and mainly use them for wine. Since they are kind of perennial I don't need to replant the Greenhouse all the time and they give me some nice revenue. But I also keep some space for Starfruit and if I want to plant something offseason (I needed beets offseason once and this made it possible).
I sold my cows when they were maximized and bought pigs to replace them because the cows seemed a lot more temperamental than the other animals and the truffles gave me more gold. You will lose some gold upfront, but it may be a good choice since you can gain more in the long run.
Yep, you can. The torches served me pretty well until now, but they aren't the nicest thing when it comes to farm design :/ My farm looks like a Hollywoodish satanic ritual is being celebrated every night :v
So ... what the fuck do I do in this game?
It's been 5 days and I'm kind of lost. I'm just randomly cutting sticks in front of my house. Am I supposed to cut the small trees and grass I can't walk over as well? I explore town and I'm not getting much from anyone, characters sometimes just say something once and then ignore me. Went into houses, hung out at the bar. Got the fishing rod the old guy closer to the beach. Someone mentioned going into the caves when it rains, but I can't find them. I want to get into this, but I'm having a hard time latching onto a goal. Closest I've played to this was Animal Crossing, and that game's loop was essentially just pay for shit and making money so you can buy different things and figuring out more ways to make money over and over again. I haven't found Stardew Valley's loop.
regular sprinklers are garbage and I have no idea why they exist,
I have like 6 on my greenhouse because the layout (my greenhouse is ancient fruit only).
Yeah, regular sprinklers are garbage and I have no idea why they exist, even Quality Sprinklers have some use after you get Iridium but I can't imagine ever wanting to water just 4 plots like that.