I got a long ass way to go it seems.
About to enter Winter Year 1 and only 5k in my pocket...
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Stardew Valley for Nintendo Switch |OT| Starving for a Harvest
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About to enter Winter Year 1 and only 5k in my pocket...
eKongDiddy
Member
And Yoba said, LET THERE BE AUTOMATION!
As you can see from the last time I posted, I am no longer that poor farmer of Beacon Hills farm who walks around with 14G in his pocket! I have mastered the watering can! Became the farmer, I have! Slowly phasing out any history of having to water my plants. By Spring next year, it shall all be automated!
And my precious, precious chickens who 1/2-heart love me after all of the love and careful attention Ive given them. Allison, Lydia, Kira, and Malia, thank you for all of the mayonnaise you have helped create!
/internet points to anyone who knows where their names are inspired from/
As you can see from the last time I posted, I am no longer that poor farmer of Beacon Hills farm who walks around with 14G in his pocket! I have mastered the watering can! Became the farmer, I have! Slowly phasing out any history of having to water my plants. By Spring next year, it shall all be automated!
And my precious, precious chickens who 1/2-heart love me after all of the love and careful attention Ive given them. Allison, Lydia, Kira, and Malia, thank you for all of the mayonnaise you have helped create!
/internet points to anyone who knows where their names are inspired from/
Smiles and Cries
Member
my second winter feels dull since farm is dead, I guess I should just go back to the mines each day
this is the industry I want - Star Fruit Wine
this is the industry I want - Star Fruit Wine
I prioritized the mine first because I wanted to get the 2nd tier sprinklers asap, as I was not having fun watering plants. Once I got those set up, blueberries in summer and cranberries in fall funded all the projects I wanted to do, and I spent all my free time fishing for even more cash.
pickaxe
You can use a pickaxe to do it.
my second winter feels dull since farm is dead, I guess I should just go back to the mines each day
this is the industry I want - Star Fruit Wine
Okay, I'm so confused on how most players on here have freakishly huge energy bars. My health bar went up a smidgen, but I'm on my third year and I don't know how to increase my energy.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Anyone know why the HUD is significantly more to the center of the screen than it is on PS4 and XB1? But that's only on dock mode. When playing in handheld the Switch just cuts the sides (basically a big overscan) and then the HUD is right at the edge of the screen.
Do all Switch games have that overscan when in handheld mode as opposed to docked or is this just a SDV issue?
Do all Switch games have that overscan when in handheld mode as opposed to docked or is this just a SDV issue?
BassForever
Member
So should I just buy copper now that I'm around level 60 of the mine and all I find is iron? Or should I just redo the first 20 or so levels where it was more common? I want/need to make a lot more stuff that needs copper but I blew it all transmuting for iron to get better tools.
John Petrucci
Member
Buying copper isn't a huge loss financially. I hate the mines, so I often buy copper in my first year.
However that only works out for me because I know what to grow/harvest already to get some decent money. For a first time player it could be costly.
esmith08734
Member
I feel intimidated by this game for some reason. Seems like so much to do. Its putting me off from buying it.
ThanksVision
Member
We have had like, the exact same progress with this game give or take a few quality sprinkles. Like, even the things you need for the community center are the same lol.
John Petrucci
Member
That's the opposite feeling you should have about it. The game forces nothing upon you and goes on forever no matter what you do. I think you may be more intimidated by what other people are doing with their farms rather than the game itself, and in SV that just doesn't matter. You figure out what feels awesome for you and go at your own pace.
The joy doesn't come from the get rich quick schemes. It comes from discovery and creativity.
eKongDiddy
Member
What do you mean turn in? Ive been donating mine to the museum. Is that what you mean?
VendettaRed07
Member
Am I insane or is fishing a lot harder with the pro controller?
Ive mostly been playing on handheld mode with the joycons. But today I decided to put it on my tv and grabbed my pro controller so the joycons could charge, and I could barely fish. Like I struggled to do what I could easily do with the other controller and on other systems even.
Is it just me or is there some sort of delay other people noticed too?
Ive mostly been playing on handheld mode with the joycons. But today I decided to put it on my tv and grabbed my pro controller so the joycons could charge, and I could barely fish. Like I struggled to do what I could easily do with the other controller and on other systems even.
Is it just me or is there some sort of delay other people noticed too?
esmith08734
Member
Yeah I see others posting here about stats and whatnot and all this detailed stuff and I am like, wait, I thought this game was really laid back.
I've played about 50/50 handheld and on TV with the pro controller. Both are the same for me. I actually prefer the pro controller since it's more comfortable.
John Petrucci
Member
TBH I think the game loses a ton of it's charm when it's turned into a min/max deal. I ruined a good portion of it for myself by looking up tips and doing that. I found being rich wasn't all it was cracked up to be...like I said much of the charm gets lost at that point. That's my experience. Can't speak for others.
Once I turned away from all the trusted and popular ways of getting rich and thought up some of my own ways to make decent cash it was much more rewarding.
I can see how people who are more into the farm design portion of the game wouldn't agree with that, though. I'm sure to some people a fast cash now thing is way to go so they can design their perfect farm. Makes sense.
esmith08734
Member
Thanks for the tip. I am trying to decide between this and Steamworld Dig 2.
John Petrucci
Member
No problem brodo baggins. I will say SV is probably my favorite game to come out since ME2...which is...*shudders at how old I am*
Stealthcobra
Member
I'm only on day 5..but i recently bought some fertilizer, why am i not allowed to put it on every square of soil I've prepared with the hoe?
Why not both? Get Golf Story too.
Not sure what you mean?
Fertilizer is one use per bag, like seeds. You have to put it in tilled soil before putting a seed in that spot.
Early game, you should be crafting your own fertilizer out of Sap gathering from chopping trees. Since youll be cutting lots of trees and planting not so many crops, fertilizer shouldnt cost anything.
In spring of year 3 now. Not sure yet how much more there is for me to do on this save file, but I'm really glad I just kind of went in blind and figured most everything out. It's a very satisfying game to kill time with.
Highly recommend folks use the wiki as little as possible. Honestly there doesn't seem to be a ton of point to being crazy efficient in terms of money; I was pretty much out of uses for gold by the end of year 2, and now it's just kind of racking up.
Can see myself starting another save file sometime this year, just to try a different starting farm, but for now I'm pretty sure I'll be sated on this game for a bit by the time GTS and Mario hit shelves. Great game, really glad I picked this up.
Highly recommend folks use the wiki as little as possible. Honestly there doesn't seem to be a ton of point to being crazy efficient in terms of money; I was pretty much out of uses for gold by the end of year 2, and now it's just kind of racking up.
Can see myself starting another save file sometime this year, just to try a different starting farm, but for now I'm pretty sure I'll be sated on this game for a bit by the time GTS and Mario hit shelves. Great game, really glad I picked this up.
Stealthcobra
Member
Right i tilled the soil.. Created my own fertilizer and when i tried to place the fertilizer it wouldn't let me put it all over the tilled soil. Only in certain spots
chaobreaker
Member
Here's another Stardew protip from a level 1000 certified platinum farmer:
On the last week of summer, don't pick your fully grown crops until the 25th. When that day arrives, pick those crops and fill all that now empty tilled soil with wheat seeds.
If you manage to water them for the next 4 days, those wheat seeds will be fully grown and ready to harvest by Fall 1.
But why do this, you ask?
Whenever a new season starts, at least 95% of all unoccupied tilled soil become normal soil and all fertilizer is removed even if they are under crops from the season before.
By doing this trick, you get to save resources/money on using new fertilizer for the season and time having to till more land. All that farmland are occupied by wheat which is a Summer and Fall crop. That means it won't rot or lose all that fertilizer you set up all the way in Summer 1. Now you can plant as many cranberry seeds as you can in half the time and without spending a single G on more fertilizer.
On the last week of summer, don't pick your fully grown crops until the 25th. When that day arrives, pick those crops and fill all that now empty tilled soil with wheat seeds.
If you manage to water them for the next 4 days, those wheat seeds will be fully grown and ready to harvest by Fall 1.
But why do this, you ask?
Whenever a new season starts, at least 95% of all unoccupied tilled soil become normal soil and all fertilizer is removed even if they are under crops from the season before.
By doing this trick, you get to save resources/money on using new fertilizer for the season and time having to till more land. All that farmland are occupied by wheat which is a Summer and Fall crop. That means it won't rot or lose all that fertilizer you set up all the way in Summer 1. Now you can plant as many cranberry seeds as you can in half the time and without spending a single G on more fertilizer.
Archaeopteryx
Member
I wish I had read this an hour ago! Just got to Fall Day 1 earlier. I had to make all new fertilizer for my 100 cranberry seeds. Thanks for the tip!
Lightning Lord
Banned
I'll agree that SV is best when taking it slow. My previous playthroughs I ended up getting caught up in trying to do as much as possible and I end up getting burned out. This time around I'm taking things much slower... and wondering how I managed to do half the things I did the previous time.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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I was able to create void mayonnaise, so there's that for a bit of income.
BarringGaffner
Member
Good to have at least one void chicken.
MindCollizion
Member
Holy shit. What can I do with a high quantity of coffee beans?
Stealthcobra
Member
I originally got this on ps4.. And didn't see what the fuss is about.. Gave it another chance on switch and now I love it. lol
Anton Sugar
Member
Holy shit. I just realized you can hold down A to make some tools affect three tiles in a row.
Was this possible at the start of the game? Farming is much less tedious now, at least more so until I upgrade all my sprinklers.
Was this possible at the start of the game? Farming is much less tedious now, at least more so until I upgrade all my sprinklers.
BarringGaffner
Member
honestly it's a waste to use many kegs for coffee so I would sell the beans.
Upgrade tools further and keep holding A for more options!
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Downloading on my Switch! Bought it on PC a while back but had no clue what I was doing. Any tips for a beginner?
BarringGaffner
Member
I would start with buying some seeds and growing stuff! Save up for the backpack. Run around and get to know your farm and the town. Just play and if you come across something you can't do, be patient. The game will trickle in new areas as you play.
You can't really mess up- there is always next season!
Started playing about 9 and before I knew it midday arrived.
Got to the bottom of the mine (thank God) and it's mental how much
you end up getting. Holy shit I've had to make another furnace to melt it down. Made a massive mistake - I kept throwing the quartz away thinking it was useless and now I need it for the advanced sprinkler. Oops.
I have a barn but no animals. Planning to get some next season (winter).
I have some crops going but don't want to invest further until I have some sprinklers. Summer was horrible trying to water all my crops every fucking day.
Thoroughly enjoying the game though.
Got to the bottom of the mine (thank God) and it's mental how much
gold ore
I have a barn but no animals. Planning to get some next season (winter).
I have some crops going but don't want to invest further until I have some sprinklers. Summer was horrible trying to water all my crops every fucking day.
Thoroughly enjoying the game though.
AusRoachman
Member
Anyone recommend this game for kids ? Is it abit too complex to understand ?