A beginner here with less than 48 hours real time clocked. Suggestions?
Any suggestions for me? I started with the default farm.
I want to see some order and structure here really. Right now I'm focusing on community center, but god do I hate how unorganized this farm looks.
The sections have been labelled pretty aptly. I've made some good progress on the community center, but I guess it's at the expense of my own farm.
I really just want a good looking and all-rounder kind of farm :sob:
Happy to answer any questions you ask. The image is kinda low-res because I wasn't able to upload a larger one. How do people recommend I divvy the map up for sections and such?
Thanks again!
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IMO Stardew is best played when you just find what you personally like to do on any given day. For me, that is about optimizing my income production while also balancing crop diversity. Those are competing interests, and it works well for keeping things fresh each season. Based on your description, it sounds like making improvements to the town, by way of helping the community center, is what you personally like to do. Or, perhaps it is about marking off a todo list.
With that in mind, I suggest clearing out trees, rocks, debris to the south and just making 4-5 3x3 tilled plots. Then each season, plant what you can afford and spend the rest of the time fishing, mining, foraging or building relationships. There is no long-term time gated objective to worry about. So doing something simple on the farm will keep you progressing on what seems like your personal interests.
Now, if your real question is more like “I have been avoiding my farm and I want an optimized farm. How do I get there?” The things to keep in mind are 1. There is no perfect farm it is all subjective. 2. You probably don’t have the upgraded equipment to build it yet. 3. There are plenty of asthetic and well designed+optimized farms you can take inspiration or flat out copy online. 4. Optimized looks different as you progress. Late game farms are financially and tool impossible for early and mid game. You will have to engage with all non-farm parts of the game to unlock the ability to make an optimized farm.
Bomb it all to hell then rebuild.
Actually did not think of that lol, might even consider when I need to do so
Would suggest move the coop down and the silos where the coop is or somewhere else. Directly connect it to the field. Put a barn beside the coop also connected to field.
Grow some crops, huge money. Get sprinklers so you don't have to water.
If you aren't already, progress in the mine and give gifts/talk to people to build up relationships which unlock scenes and sometimes features.
I actually do grow crops! It's just that I have only one sprinkler atm (the 8 tile one) and I want to get some iridium sprinklers to get the farm going.
I'm at level 80 on the mines rn.
Idk I would probably move to silos off in the back corner where they don’t get in the way, move the barn/coop section to the bottom right corner and fence that whole area in, allowing access to the small water hole. keep some grass outside the fence so it can replenish if you have a lot of farm animals. Not usually an issue until later but yeah. Could also do the grass starter under fence post thing but eh I just double fence if I’m gonna pave everything so give some space for the grass that can’t be eaten so it can regrow.
Clear the left side for farm. It is near the lake for water if you don’t have sprinklers yet.
Figure how you’d want it paved to make it look nice later. Flower section by the beehives.
Silos being shoved to a corner is nice advice. I'll move some buildings. Thanks!
I am short on sprinklers and waiting to get a few more before I start farming seriously (only have 8 crops around the 8 tile sprinkler rn). Paving and flower section I'll keep in mind too. Thanks.
...no crops? I tend to beeline to getting some sprinklers so I can place crops and save time on watering for income. Whenever you come back chop some trees to clear some space. Make a path to the dilapidated building, you will use it eventually. Also path to the north and south exits. You can use extra wood to make pathways, and theres plenty of other paths for a more decorated look. Usually those and torches or other lighting help me section things to organize. Once the fruit trees are grown I usually put a path directly around it so I dont mix it up and accidentally chop it. I also put paths around my sprinklers to indicate the range and place my crops. Visual borders I can walk over really help me, and you can always dig it up later.
I do have crops, forgot to label them. Only 8 crops right now, since I only have one of those 8tile sprikler and waiting to build a few more of those so that I can start farming easily. I want to unlock iridium sprinklers (dk if I have already) and I also want a lot of iridium for that.
I'll create the paths and visual markers, that's been a constant advice and it makes a lot of sense.
Don't worry about getting it perfect on day 1, or even planning for perfection, your taste will change, what you want to get out of it will change, and the further along you go the easier it'll be to clear things out.
Don't plan for your perfect, especially not as a new player, learn what you want, there's also a spectrum of aesthetics and functionality/efficiency, figure out where you want to be on that spectrum, and that too can change while you play.
In the end you'll probably want green houses and keg/barrel storage structures, so how you arrange your open space now won't be too important in the long run
Green... houses? You can have more than one?
I guess I first need to get the broken one unlocked in order to get it in Robin's shop.
About the play, haha yeah. I agree. I'm taking it rather on the fun side (what's the point of rushing here, I literally bought the game to relax null I was really just wondering what experienced players keep in mind.
I believe aesthetics and functionality can coexist peacefully, just wondering the how and where and what.
How do you like to play the game? The suggestions depend on that.
Do you find yourself min-maxxing proffits or mine levels? Or you like relaxing and going with vibes? Do you like decorating stuff to painting levels?
Also, what activity are you enjoying the most?
I usually focus on one aspect and continue that one for a while. Eg, in game, a couple of days of mining, a couple of days of fishing, a couple of days of foraging, maybe a day here and there to do other stuff like quarry mining. And so on. Usually I have a morning routine of 'water plants if needed' (right now there are only 8 because I put farming on the backseat for community center stuff, mostly got done with all except for the quality crops bundle), 'collect mushrooms from the cave thingy next to farm', 'pet the chicken', 'talk to my wife' and stuff like that. Then the rest of the day goes in activities like ones I mentioned above. When I'm not being lazy, the evening goes in going around and selling my stuff in stores that'll pay me the most, otherwise I just put them in the box :p
Mostly no
When I'm in the mood for it
Mostly yeah, there are a few days where I grind some stuff to get community center bundles, but otherwise, mostly relax and do stuff like an actual farmer
Not to a huge extent, but I like aesthetics for sure
kissing my wife Leahtbh, everything. Especially, when I'm getting some good results out of things, it's fun and rewarding and satisfying!Honestly? It looks like you're on the right path, based on what I see.
I'd keep focusing on the CC and progress through, since that'll open up even more stuff, which is more possibilities.
Other than that, on a general note, I'd suggest if at some point you want to tidy up and have all machines in one place, to build a Shed.
On the decoration stuff, my SO likes to follow other people's designs, and they have really beautiful farms.
For money, most stuff will take some effort to get a lot of money, though for what I see, other comments already mention that. You can improve all processes to make the most money, mining = desert, crops = greenhouse, fishing = fish smoker + fish knowledge, animals = more expensive animals.
Once you complete most of the game (getting perfection is hard), I'd also suggest you getting mods. They'll bring the parts of the game you like the most to a new level, as they are made with love from the community. You can get mod bundles or select them manually, but you'll find ease of life features and extended content. I always recommend automate for a 2nd playthrough.
I did not provide more details because of trying to hold off on spoilers
Thanks for the note about the mods! I'll be sure to check them later on.