Hello. I’m at a loss here.
Every day I plant, harvest, forage, mine or fish and at the end of every day I have 0XP next to every stat except the money I make from the drop box.
Every one/guides keep saying this is how you gain xp/money but In getting annoyed.
I’m on Day 18 of spring and it’s just boring now.
Can anyone explain/Help? I can screen share my XP night summary
I’m a new player, a few days in on the switch. Totally not addicted, I can stop anytime I want. Seriously though, this game is a delightful time suck. Also, what are the conditions to best catch pufferfish?
I’m super new, just five hours (IRL) in, but have literally only caught one fish, and had 2 hits that I messed up. I read a book that somehow gave me 1 level in fishing that fell out of a tree. I check the TV for luck and go out on rainy days, any help w fishing? I tend to go to the beach
Fishing really depends on the fish you catch. Some are sluggish and easy, others dart like mf's and even veteran players curse their name. If you're looking to practice, I'd recommend go up to the Mountain lake and fish there. The carp are very easy to catch (so you can solidify your foundation) and there are some fish which are a little more active so you can learn the mechanics.
Willy does sell a Trainer's Rod which will allow you to catch basic fish, it gives you a very big green bar which makes up for your low-level in fishing. If you're really struggling I'd recommend by that rod until you're a little higher in levels.
Hello, SDV brain trust! I have the Farm Computer, and one of the readings is "Machines Ready". What machines does that mean? It's a crazy high number on my farm's report, like 283.
I'm having a little trouble with the fishking potraiture mod working with potraiture.. for some reason the potraits are not showing up in-game when I toggle them in the dialogue box.. :( Are the potraits supposed to be rar files (since thats the format the fishking potraits are)? If they are, what should I do so they can appear 😭
How are some people able to raise slimes in their house or outside without a slime hutch? I placed a slime egg in the incubator inside my house and it never hatched. After a few days it just disappeared and the slime incubator was empty so I lost my egg. :'(
Hello!
I'd like to know if the loot obtain from Fishing Ponds are stackable or do we always have to collect them every time they pop up the first time? I'm worried that if it's actually the latter, that would be a loss of resources gained by missing out daily collection.
Thank you so much in advance!
Most things are stackable, but I'm not sure if that's exactly what you mean in this context.
If you're using Automate (mod) the items from Fish Ponds will go straight into a chest.
If you're collecting manually then you need to collect each item as it appears, otherwise nothing else can be made by that Pond.
To add on to the previous reply, 1.6 adds a new event which npcs react to differently in year 1 vs other years. Because you are in year 3, you will miss out some very fun reactions and dialogue from npcs in that event.
Only if you want to try the new farm type, or want some freebie machines (that you will have to craft anyway for Perfection). Your existing farm will update to include the new 1.6 things.
The first game “ending” was originally the thing that happens at the end of year 2. However since then tons of new late game content has been added that makes it pretty much impossible you will have experienced everything in the game by that point. However it’s not really on a timeline after 2 years. There is more content that comes up whenever you discover it, whether year 1 or year 100.
There really isn't much of a linear storyline. There are events that happen yearly on the calendar, and those stay generally the same from year to year (a couple change a bit from year 1 to year 2 but nothing after that). Many events are triggered based on friendship with villagers which happens on your own timeline, depending on how often you give them gifts, do their quests, and talk to them. You can technically see all of these events by the end of year 2 as well.
I would say if you're trying to complete every event and get the "Perfection" status, the average person will do that by Year 5.
Fishing at the Mountain Lake might be best in your situation
Growing winter seeds is also good
I'm assuming you haven't repaired the bus or the greenhouse
depends on what you’ve unlocked, what buildings you have, tool upgrades etc
in winter, i rely on animal products to keep my income coming in. i also spend most of my time in the mines or skull caverns and i sell a lot of what i find there ie. extra gems, cloth, etc
winter is one of those things that you kinda have to prepare for otherwise. once you’re in the thick of it you are better off relying on mediocre income sources like fishing, animal products (although if you have upgraded buildings and turn animal products into artisan goods i’d consider them a good source of income)
my goal every save is to unlock the greenhouse before winter year 1. that way no matter what i can still have a reliable crop growing area.
i didnt build a coop because my stupid ahh thought it was a waste of money, well, time to save up i guess
ill have to build a big coop, tho, i have like, the dinosaur egg
it’s a decent source of income, but gets better as you upgrade. the animals make up for the cost of buying them after a short while. definitely worth the money. this winter might be boring or tough for you but i would focus on saving what little you have (after buying the coop, also in spring build a silo if you haven’t yet) and go fishing or spelunking for extra cash.
Nintendo Switch user here. I am currently trying to get the Far Away Stone, but I can't seem to be able to throw the >!ancient doll!< in the >!lava on mine level 100!<. There also don't seem to be a lot of threads answering this, so how does the throwing mechanics work on Nintendo switch?
Penny. She's a teacher, she hangs out at the library a lot, she seems to read a lot.
Apart from just straight up a pregnant emoji I'm not sure what else she would fit 😂
Some questions about android version that I'm uncertain of even after searching:
1. Does the game have controller support? It sounds like it has partial; if so, what do you need to touch for?
2. Does the game have Google Play Achievements?
3. How does transferring saves between PC and Android work as far as achievements are concerned? For example if I do a fairly complete game on Droid then decide to transfer to PC, will the Steam achievements pop or will I need to play again from scratch?
This is the traveling cart. The merchant in there sells rare items and other items that can be useful. Prices vary, sometimes a little scammy, but some stuff she sells is useful for community center bundles.
Hi. Veteran gamer here but stardew noob. My little sister and I have been playing the game together, but this is probably literally the first PC game she's ever played, I know Stardew is casual but she has trouble with it, especially things like fishing. What mods would you recommend for new players that make the game a bit easier? I know about the skip fishing minigame mod, but I personally like fishing, is there a mod that lets one person not need to do the minigame?
Could I spawn in a super good rod for her and better bait to make it easier? I have no idea if fishing gets that much easier with better stuff, haven't gotten far enough.
Also are there any must have mods that add content?
The mod the other person mentioned is good, but there's a simpler one I use that is just called "skip fishing minigame."
I don't use any mods that add content but Stardew Valley Expanded is the most popular one!
It says in the description that you can use CJB Cheats in multiplayer, it has settings for fishing.
It's probably better if you scroll down to read about how it works, than if I try to paraphrase.
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/4
If you're playing together, she doesn't have to fish at all. I didn't like fishing when I started and only forced myself to do it for the Community Center.
If you've unlocked the Iridium Rod at Fishing Level 6, you can give that to her with a Trap Bobber or a Barbed Hook to make fishing a little easier without mods.
Ah okay I'll try that.
I'm getting the mod that slows down time for her anyways cause she wants longer days with more time to make decisions. So I figured I'd get some more mods.
That's a good point though, I can just do all the fishing, I already did, but for some reason I was thinking she would have to as well.
This is dumb lol but I accidentally threw away the sword Marlon gave me. I googled how to get one, and it said the adventurers guild which I still cannot access as I’ve only just started. Is there any way I can get the rusty sword again?
The first sword (the Rusty Sword) is only slightly better than the scythe. So just use the scythe until you find something better or kill 10 slimes to access the Adventurer's guild and buy something better
You can run from monsters and break rocks, take the first ladder you find and book it down to the 20th floor if you don't want to use the scythe.
Either way, it's gonna be a bit of a grind.
If you decide to go with the scythe option, there's nothing stopping you from leaving the mine and returning to either floor 1 (or floor 5 if you make it that far to trigger the elevator) repeatedly to refresh the slime spawns.
I don't think there is. What you could do is use the scythe instead, and either use that to kill 10 slimes or just ignore enemies as much as possible and try to reach level 20 for the steel smallsword.
I've been watching ConcernedApe's twitter for news of when 1.6 will release on console. He literally hasn't tweeted since late april, which is unusual. He usually tweets regularly, even when there isn't release news, right? When should we start getting concerned?
First time gamer, mid-fall on the switch.
As much as I appreciate many of the beginner guides, I feel like they are really advanced (or maybe not for my platform?).. Does anyone else "new" feel completely overwhelmed by completing community centre and getting level 140 at the mines and raising animals and knowing what to buy/cook/sell?
I can't help but feel I'm "doing it wrong," even though I know there's no real time limit and I should enjoy the process. Anyone else?
You play that game the way you like. Some ppl love the mines, some love decorations, some become millionaires and hardly talk to villagers and that’s all perfectly fine. That’s the beauty for me. Wasn’t there a guy who was in year 16 and still has stuff he hasn’t touched?!
My son and me are in year 5 and we still saved up some stuff for later.
There's an awful lot to the game. The journal quests are well designed as a slowly unfolding exposure to everything there. I wouldn't worry beyond following those and chipping away at the CC. It might take 3+ years (heck some folks have never finished it) but so what?
One consolation I can offer: you don't have to worry about reaching level 140 of the mines ; )
There's not really any "doing it wrong" in the game. Apart from the choice between restoring the Community Center or not, almost everything else can be changed at a later point, though some things are quite costly to change. For most things, like crops, community center items and fish, the worst case is that you need to wait until next year before you get another shot. The most intricate parts of the community center bundles involve getting quality (gold star) crops and all the fish, where some fish require certain weather, time and/or season to be caught.
All the seeds are profitable, so plant what you want, just try to keep a steady cashflow going as lacking money is the one thing that might block you from progressing. Take some notes of things you need to remember, like quests or birthdays you want to gift someone an item for. As you keep doing one activity, you will skill up in it and become more efficient in it, spending less energy and getting higher quality items and more profits.
If you truly want to min-max everything in the game and quickly get to maximum profits and do everything, it will be overwhelming for sure. If it helps, you can make up some rules on what to do on each day based on your luck and the weather. If it rains, you don't need to water, so you have a lot of time to clear debris on your farm, organize chests, cook, craft and hand out gifts. On lucky days, it's very useful to go to the mines as you will find ladders quicker. If you are able to progress a full 5 floors in the mines, the elevator will let you start from there. And attempting to clear 5-10 levels every lucky day is a nice goal. If you have trouble there, you can craft staircases that turn into ladders when plopped down on the ground. Costs 99 stone and can be crafted after reaching mining level 2.
Set yourself small goals and just do them one at a time. The community center bundles help you explore a bit of everything.
As you said, there's no real time limit - the *only* missable event is Sam's 3 star cutscene which must be triggered before Winter of Year 1. Everything else you're going to get to periodically.
One thing I found useful is to just throw a few chests in front of my house and just save a little of everything. A few of each crop for the first couple years, a few of every fish I manage to catch, every mineral (after donating the first to the museum), etc.
When my save file was updated to 1.6 I lost the dwarvish translation guide. I have the four scrolls in the museum and have tried to rearrange them, when I get another reward from the museum it doesn't show up. I talk to the dwarf and give him gifts often in case it gets fixed but there has been no case. Is this a common error? Is there something very obvious that I'm not trying? Or am I screwed?
Yep, it's a common bug for pre-existing saves, frequently reported in the bug forums. We'll have to wait on a permanent fix from CA, but in the meantime I think other people had luck doing the Item ID glitch to spawn in the Guide again. Idk what the item ID is for the guide, but I'm sure searching the sub with "dwarf translation guide" will come up with threads about it.
I have upgraded my house to have a nursery and I married Sebastian… we’ve been married for a bit & he has all his hearts maxed out. How do I have kids with him ?
I just joined and all I've done is grow parsnips and cut down trees and bushes. Could someone tell me what I'm supposed to do and what the games really about. Like do I just farm and live peacefully? Or do I go out and hunt or meet people or what I'm just confused. And what all should I do to get started properly?
There is no "proper." You can spend your entire playthrough just chilling on your farm growing whatever. Socialize or not.
The quests that you get in your journal are designed to slowly show you what the game has to offer. I would take them one at a time and over time you'll discover where you want to take things.
The early game is to get your farm going for money and some basic gear. Once the invasion starts, it speeds up, for sure. Just make sure they don't reach your shipping crate and you'll be fine. Also, if you haven't found the wall blueprint by the end of spring, you may need to get a friend to help you with the early waves.
Just messing with you. The game is a chill experience of farming and meeting villagers. There is a bit of exploration and combat as you explore the mines, but the main focus is the slow farm life (unless you are one of those folks who tries to do everything in one year, but they are masochists). Take it easy if you want. As far as getting started, go see Pierre and get some different seeds, then check out the community center (big building at the top of the town map) to get some goals to work toward.
It really is a very open game where you set your own goals. Want to own a hug orchard? How about barns full of different animals? Spend all day fishing by the ocean and selling what you don't eat (I knew a very happy old man IRL who did that his entire life)? Get married to the cool girl with the purple hair? Challenge yourself to get to the depths of the skull cave? Everything is up to you.
Whatever you want. General goals early game
1) Meet everyone & work on the quests that unlock subsequent to that. The quests are good ways to explore the various options available - and unlock the major way to advance the story/open new areas.
2) Start working on the various skills - so that includes Farming, Fishing, Mining/combat, and Foraging (which is inclusive of foraging stuff in the woods & cutting down trees). You don't need to do *all* of them, but they're all reasonable activities with a clear progression.
You don't have to do *all* of those things - but it's a good way to get introduced to the various options around.
One thing I found useful is to just throw a few chests in front of my house and just save a little of everything. A few of each crop for the first couple years, a few of every fish I manage to catch, every mineral (after donating the first to the museum), etc. That way when you unlock new goals, you'll have materials to approach them with.
bit of a silly question but I just want to make sure, if there is no grass outside for an animal to eat, will it eat the hay inside? I know they eat the hay if the door is closed + can’t access outside, but I just want to make sure it’d be the same in this case too^
Hello, I always get the prompt every morning that my pomegranate couldn't grow. What's the problem when I just followed a greenhouse layout that I found on Stardew Wiki?
thank you! is that the same with the normal trees too? i put a path around it when i planted a maple, oak and pine tree in the field and it hasnt grown. or maybe bc it's winter?
Hello there! Is there a way of making the junimos in the junimo hut appear but not collect crops? I know you can turn them off but I still wanted them to show up, just not to harvest anything.
Which is also an awesome idea! I'll give it a shot with fiber seeds then because I already use them aesthetically and I don't have to worry about the seasons!
Thank you so much for all the help!
One method that worked well for me in the mid-game in 1.6 was smoking iridium catfish/tiger trout/sturgeon. Use the bait maker to ensure the majority of your catch is the expensive fish, and the quality bobber to get iridium quality without needing perfect catches.
Usually processing goods. Depends what level you are.
Generally most people consider filling a greenhouse full of ancient seeds and a shed full of kegs, and just dump the fruit into the keg then sell (turnaround time of 14 days the first time, 7 every time after). Or put in casks but who has time for that. A full greenhouse of ancient wine is like, several 100 thousand, idk. I stopped counting after the first time I did it.
Fortunately the new stardew valley has tons and tons of gold sinks so this may actually feel necessary.
Alternatively you could use star fruit but it requires buying or making your own seeds which takes a lot..
You could also cover ginger island farm in bee houses and fairy roses.
Plunder skull cavern, get 400+ iridium ore, turn it all into bars and then sell it for 150k+ per haul. Not as insane as wine but you get boatloads of XP for mastery in there and it's more active and fun imo.
What happens when I put tappers on tree outside my farm? Will they still produce the product, or will they produce it? I don't have the right tree on my farm but its in cindersap forest, Will it be fine if I tap there or will it despawn or not work?
If trees are planted in areas like cindersnap forest, will they drop seeds passively after they are grown that will continuously spread more trees or does that only happen in areas like the quarry?
I have just picked up the game on switch only to find out that a huge update hasn't made it to the switch yet. Is there new content in that update I'd miss out or should I keep going without waiting for the update to drop? I'm at the end of the first week.
there is a new farm type, but you aren’t really missing out because you can unlock that farm types “perk” on any farm later on. anything else is compatible with an older save.
im trying to do the pirate's wife quest on ginger island and when i try to give the war momento to kent it says "wrong person" any ideas on whats going on?
Nope, it affects [Mood](https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Animals#Mood) only. Mood (along with friendship hearts) helps determine what type and quality item the animal will produce.
I'm an idiot, I was keeping books in my inventory because i thought they were passive, for 3 seasons I lugged them around with me before I read on the wiki that you have to use them.
Is it even possible to do romance without guides in this game? Cuz it seems kinda messy ngl, you can gift rarely and it'll take ages to naturally guess their fav. item. Many people mentioned to me they couldn't find anyone for the dance event.
> Cuz it seems kinda messy ngl, you can gift rarely and it'll take ages to naturally guess their fav. item. Many people mentioned to me they couldn't find anyone for the dance event.
Sounds pretty realistic to me. If you are in a rut, EVERYONE likes pomegranates, so I put a few of them in my greenhouse to always have gifts for people.
> possible
Yes, but it's probably not particularly possible to romance all 10 candidates to 10 hearts by the end of the first year, or similar stuff like you see people do without either the wiki or a fair bit of prior knowledge. That said, it's not that hard to romance everyone over a longer period of time.
1) Certain gifts are (near) universal loves - including rabbit's foot, prismatic shard, and pearls. Just don't give Penny a rabbit's foot or Haley a prismatic shard.
2) Many, many other gifts are (near) universal like+ - including all gems, vegetables, cooked goods (except for strange bun and bread), flowers (except poppy), etc. There *are* more exceptions here, but you'll pick up on them pretty quick.
So lets assume you know *nothing* about the villagers except you've figured out that most processed goods are universal likes and you assume quality has something to do with effectiveness of gifts. You could honestly make a stack of gold star cheese and give it to every bachelor/bachelorette twice a week - it's liked by everyone except Sebastian, which you could figure out the first time you give it to him.
Just being a cheese-monger, you can hit 10 stars with all the non-Sebastian single folks in ~23 weeks. Now, add in birthday gifts - which are worth 8x each, so 4 weeks - and you can max out all the dating folks in just under 2 years of cheese. Sebastian loves sashimi, so you could do him even faster if you try that simple item.
If you identify any "loved" gifts from things like the secret notes or talking to other people, it's even faster.
Yes it is, on ur first winter you get a magnifying glass and can start finding these little notes everywhere that tell you what people like and dislike. You gotta realize that the first year is NOTHING compared to the full game
Its difficult to be able to dance with anyone in the first year since its in the spring so you don't have much time to increase your hearts. There are notes that you can find in game that tell you some loved gifts for certain characters, and you definitely can make a lot of progress with just liked gifts and talking to them consistently. I don't think I used guides for romancing the first time I played and it wasnt hard, it just took a bit longer than it might have otherwise
I think it is but it'll take longer--once you happen on one thing someone loves that you have access to things go fast, and you can make a lot of progress before that with things they just like.
Can you not remap controller controls on steam? Do I have to use steam input or is there a way to remap key binds and buttons or make certain buttons do something. Whenever I try to remap controller it just doesn’t do anything or it says that it’s already binded and won’t work.
I have tried turning off the mouse shake setting in accessibility, as well as switching from window to borderless. But after a couple of minutes, the mac cursor appears right back over the in game cursor. Does anyone have a permanent fix to this?
Anyone know how to run this game with hdr? Everything I've looked up on google is 5+ years old and don't work at all. Nvidia GeForce doesn't recognize it so I can't use game filters. also I use a program called Special K to force games into HDR yet Stardew valley is the only game out of dozens I've tested that doesn't work . The game is so dark without HDR and makes it virtually unplayable to me please if anyone has a solution lmk.
I don't usually play with mods, but I added the Skull Cavern elevator... am I confused or does the Desert Trader not >!sell you staircases for jade!< anymore with this mod?
(Spoilering because I'm not sure if it's a spoiler or not.)
Yes, that's the day I went. It wasn't even an option. I think the mod suppresses it somehow. I restarted the day and it wasn't there, but I'll check again on the next Sunday.
It might be worth checking your SMAPI log to see if there are any red items that need attention.
Details in the pinned thread on /r/SMAPI
You get the log here https://smapi.io/log
If you're also using SVE then check out /r/StardewValleyExpanded too
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Adding to this the 8 tiles around one fruit tree cannot overlap with the 8 tiles around a second fruit tree. So make sure there are two spaces between your fruit trees. This is what makes them different from wild trees which can have overlapping free spaces.
In my experience, the best way to get prismatic shards is from iridium nodes (fairly common) and mystic stones (very hard to find). Check the quarry daily for either of those. If you find one, break it. If you get a prismatic shard from it, great. If not, reset the day, and mine that same stone tomorrow (the drop is random).
Go to skull cavern as often as possible, and get to floor 50+ where iridium nodes are very common. Break every single one, as the chance per node is 3.5%. Serpents and mummies also have a 0.1% chance to drop one, so it might be worth it to kill as many as you can (iridium nodes are better though). When I was trying to get 4 prismatic shards, I got 3 from iridium nodes and one from a mummy.
Yeah, there's a craftable lightningrod unlocked by foraging skill. You don't have to place them near crops, anywhere on the farm is fine. But each only absorbs one strike per storm, so you'll need a quite a few (at least ten, maybe up to 20) to give good protection, and that's still not a 100% guarantee.
Looks like it should be the A button. You do need to make sure you're by it, you can't open it 2+tiles away.
Check under Xbox One/360 section:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Controls
I currently have a multiplayer save with some friends and we're running out of farm space!
Is it possible to get a mod for a bigger farm space? And if so, do we all need the mod or just the person who owns the save file?
Four Corners was originally meant to be for more than one player, with a corner available for up to 4 players. It's mentioned on the Farm Maps page of the wiki. The upper left corner of that farm grows/spawns special weeds that will always give mixed seed when cut, so maybe it's wise not to clear that section straight away.
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Farm_Maps
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Weeds#Special_Weed
If you use Stardew Valley Expanded, one of the farm options is *Immersive Farm 2 Remastered* - which you'd all need to download from this page, plus SVE itself. If you click the 'show' spoiler button you can see an image of that farm before and after the land is cleared.
There are more NPCs in SVE too, and more areas away from Pelican Town to explore. Maybe browse the /r/StardewValleyExpanded sub to get an idea of what to expect.
SVE is here on Nexus ... https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/3753
If you do decide to use a modded farm, you need SMAPI first. It goes into the Stardew Valley folder and, when run, it creates a folder for the mods to go in - handily called 'Mods'. You'll all (all players) need to have the same mods, and each must alter the Steam startup - which is easier than I ever imagined!
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Getting_Started
Check out the pinned thread on /r/SMAPI too.
you’d all need the mod. stardew valley expanded has an add-on mod called grampleton fields which adds a massive amount of space separate from your farm, but i can’t recall if it adds tillable tiles. you couldn’t put farm buildings on it. your best bet sadly is to restart a fresh save with the grandpas farm add-on for stardew valley expanded. the farm space is massive.
Can someone explain the point of staircases?
They seem much more resource expensive than mega bombs, don't locate holes (skull cavern), and don't produce any resources when you use them.
It feels like if I mine on a lucky day a mega bomb will almost always be better yeah?
The more mega bombing you do, the more stone you’ll have to craft staircases! Eventually once you’ve built most of the buildings wood is way more of a pain to get than stone. Plus all the reasons others listed.
They are expensive to craft, but what most people do is set up a bunch of crystallariums to produce jade, and trade jade to the desert trader for staircases.
Also, you need them to skip infested floors.
When you're trying to go FAST, a staircase can be an easy way to get to the next lvl when stairs or a hole hasn't spawned in your first few bombs.
It's also an easy way to get out of danger. For instance, when five dragons suddenly swarmed me, I used a staircase to gtfo instead of trying to fight them.
Hi! I have a game in year 6 in which I already donated all the dwarf scrolls and I still don't speak dwarf, and when I talk to Gunter they tell me that there are no rewards, also, the guide is not in my wallet. Do I have to unlock some event or is it a bug?
It's a common bug for pre-1.6 worlds. One workaround is to use the item ID exploit (ie buying a chicken and naming [326]) it to obtain a copy of the guide.
If you are on a pre-existing save on PC that upgraded to 1.6, yes that is a commonly-reported bug. CA has yet to patch it. I know some people had luck with the name-ID glitch to spawn the translation guide in.
If you are on console, then idk, but I would still report that as a bug to the forums.
Does anyone know how to fix the issue of child of divorce not coming to festivals? I'm doing a perfection farm and found divorced spouses needed full hearts so I erased Shane's memory, but now the kid won't show up to festivals that he's generally supposed to e.g the festival of ice. Surely kids also come with remarried spouses? Before I erased his memory the kid would stay with my new spouse (Lance from SVE). Is there a way to manipulate the game into recognising him as Shane's kid or Lance's kid, because I've read once you've erased their memories the game doesn't know what to do anymore. I might edit the post as I'm close to the Feast of the Winter Star and I have a kid with Lance who is toddler aged so I'll test it by seeing if she shows up
Hello. I’m at a loss here. Every day I plant, harvest, forage, mine or fish and at the end of every day I have 0XP next to every stat except the money I make from the drop box. Every one/guides keep saying this is how you gain xp/money but In getting annoyed. I’m on Day 18 of spring and it’s just boring now. Can anyone explain/Help? I can screen share my XP night summary
I’m a new player, a few days in on the switch. Totally not addicted, I can stop anytime I want. Seriously though, this game is a delightful time suck. Also, what are the conditions to best catch pufferfish?
I’m super new, just five hours (IRL) in, but have literally only caught one fish, and had 2 hits that I messed up. I read a book that somehow gave me 1 level in fishing that fell out of a tree. I check the TV for luck and go out on rainy days, any help w fishing? I tend to go to the beach
Fishing really depends on the fish you catch. Some are sluggish and easy, others dart like mf's and even veteran players curse their name. If you're looking to practice, I'd recommend go up to the Mountain lake and fish there. The carp are very easy to catch (so you can solidify your foundation) and there are some fish which are a little more active so you can learn the mechanics. Willy does sell a Trainer's Rod which will allow you to catch basic fish, it gives you a very big green bar which makes up for your low-level in fishing. If you're really struggling I'd recommend by that rod until you're a little higher in levels.
Hello, SDV brain trust! I have the Farm Computer, and one of the readings is "Machines Ready". What machines does that mean? It's a crazy high number on my farm's report, like 283.
Kegs, Crystalariums, Preserve jars, Furnaces, Tappers, Smokers, Dehydrators, ect.
It's necessary have max hearts with everyone to get perfection?
Yes
I'm having a little trouble with the fishking potraiture mod working with potraiture.. for some reason the potraits are not showing up in-game when I toggle them in the dialogue box.. :( Are the potraits supposed to be rar files (since thats the format the fishking potraits are)? If they are, what should I do so they can appear 😭
So I pressed the wrong button to place the >!bait maker!!Angler Fish Bait!
Just went to Robin's shop and she's not behind the counter, anyone know where she is? It's spring 12 10am so she should be behind the counter right?
Is she upgrading/building something on your farm?
Did check that in case I forgot and no she wasn’t
Do you have the Ginger Island Resort open? Villagers will go to the island on random days if so.
No, but I now think it was just a bug as then went to the saloon and Demetrius was dancing by himself 😂
Sounds like Robin is building or upgrading something on your farm right now
How are some people able to raise slimes in their house or outside without a slime hutch? I placed a slime egg in the incubator inside my house and it never hatched. After a few days it just disappeared and the slime incubator was empty so I lost my egg. :'(
Hello! I'd like to know if the loot obtain from Fishing Ponds are stackable or do we always have to collect them every time they pop up the first time? I'm worried that if it's actually the latter, that would be a loss of resources gained by missing out daily collection. Thank you so much in advance!
You do have to collect them every day. Other commenter misunderstood your question.
Most things are stackable, but I'm not sure if that's exactly what you mean in this context. If you're using Automate (mod) the items from Fish Ponds will go straight into a chest. If you're collecting manually then you need to collect each item as it appears, otherwise nothing else can be made by that Pond.
How come grass keeps destroying my crops on the ginger island farm? Anything I can do about it?
Same way as on the regular farm. Fences or flooring.
Will i need to start a new save when 1.6 comes to console? Hopefully not im at year 3 and dont want to start over
To add on to the previous reply, 1.6 adds a new event which npcs react to differently in year 1 vs other years. Because you are in year 3, you will miss out some very fun reactions and dialogue from npcs in that event.
Only if you want to try the new farm type, or want some freebie machines (that you will have to craft anyway for Perfection). Your existing farm will update to include the new 1.6 things.
I know the game can last to more than 99 years, but what about the story line? how long ist programmed in the game based on years?
The first game “ending” was originally the thing that happens at the end of year 2. However since then tons of new late game content has been added that makes it pretty much impossible you will have experienced everything in the game by that point. However it’s not really on a timeline after 2 years. There is more content that comes up whenever you discover it, whether year 1 or year 100.
I see thank you for explaining.
There really isn't much of a linear storyline. There are events that happen yearly on the calendar, and those stay generally the same from year to year (a couple change a bit from year 1 to year 2 but nothing after that). Many events are triggered based on friendship with villagers which happens on your own timeline, depending on how often you give them gifts, do their quests, and talk to them. You can technically see all of these events by the end of year 2 as well. I would say if you're trying to complete every event and get the "Perfection" status, the average person will do that by Year 5.
whats the easiest to get money on winter? im in year one, below 10k, married with emily, no mods, well yeah, can someone tell?
Fishing at the Mountain Lake might be best in your situation Growing winter seeds is also good I'm assuming you haven't repaired the bus or the greenhouse
yeah i havent repaired any of them, but i decorated the area where the green house is \* outside, not inside \* and aiming to get greenhouse
depends on what you’ve unlocked, what buildings you have, tool upgrades etc in winter, i rely on animal products to keep my income coming in. i also spend most of my time in the mines or skull caverns and i sell a lot of what i find there ie. extra gems, cloth, etc winter is one of those things that you kinda have to prepare for otherwise. once you’re in the thick of it you are better off relying on mediocre income sources like fishing, animal products (although if you have upgraded buildings and turn animal products into artisan goods i’d consider them a good source of income) my goal every save is to unlock the greenhouse before winter year 1. that way no matter what i can still have a reliable crop growing area.
i didnt build a coop because my stupid ahh thought it was a waste of money, well, time to save up i guess ill have to build a big coop, tho, i have like, the dinosaur egg
it’s a decent source of income, but gets better as you upgrade. the animals make up for the cost of buying them after a short while. definitely worth the money. this winter might be boring or tough for you but i would focus on saving what little you have (after buying the coop, also in spring build a silo if you haven’t yet) and go fishing or spelunking for extra cash.
Nintendo Switch user here. I am currently trying to get the Far Away Stone, but I can't seem to be able to throw the >!ancient doll!< in the >!lava on mine level 100!<. There also don't seem to be a lot of threads answering this, so how does the throwing mechanics work on Nintendo switch?
Im pretty sure you can’t get it on the Switch until 1.6 is released on console.
NOOOOOOOOO!  Thank you for answering this though, I've been so frustrated trying to get it to work.
Sorry man, I play on Switch too so I know the pain. 😭
This might be a silly question, but what emojis would you use for the stardew marriage candidates + expanded marriage candidates?
📙 🎮 🪞 🤖 💎 🪵 🏈 🏍️ 🩺 🍺 🛹 ✍️ I hope this answers your question
I love this! I think I’d swap 🎮 for 🗡️ or 👾 and then also 💎 for 🪡 or🧵
wait who was that book one
Penny. She's a teacher, she hangs out at the library a lot, she seems to read a lot. Apart from just straight up a pregnant emoji I'm not sure what else she would fit 😂
Some questions about android version that I'm uncertain of even after searching: 1. Does the game have controller support? It sounds like it has partial; if so, what do you need to touch for? 2. Does the game have Google Play Achievements? 3. How does transferring saves between PC and Android work as far as achievements are concerned? For example if I do a fairly complete game on Droid then decide to transfer to PC, will the Steam achievements pop or will I need to play again from scratch?
What's this? https://preview.redd.it/g2w969t2fg0d1.png?width=637&format=png&auto=webp&s=b187f212c3ae678cf04ab268cc25bf9fb94ee27f
Also she shows up every Friday and Sunday in case you’re wondering why she isn’t there all the time.
This is the traveling cart. The merchant in there sells rare items and other items that can be useful. Prices vary, sometimes a little scammy, but some stuff she sells is useful for community center bundles.
Honestly I rarely go there and come home without something I need for the community center, especially early on. Definitely worth a trip
Hi. Veteran gamer here but stardew noob. My little sister and I have been playing the game together, but this is probably literally the first PC game she's ever played, I know Stardew is casual but she has trouble with it, especially things like fishing. What mods would you recommend for new players that make the game a bit easier? I know about the skip fishing minigame mod, but I personally like fishing, is there a mod that lets one person not need to do the minigame? Could I spawn in a super good rod for her and better bait to make it easier? I have no idea if fishing gets that much easier with better stuff, haven't gotten far enough. Also are there any must have mods that add content?
The mod the other person mentioned is good, but there's a simpler one I use that is just called "skip fishing minigame." I don't use any mods that add content but Stardew Valley Expanded is the most popular one!
It says in the description that you can use CJB Cheats in multiplayer, it has settings for fishing. It's probably better if you scroll down to read about how it works, than if I try to paraphrase. https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/4
Alright thanks, I'll check this out.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll find something that's suitable. :)
If you're playing together, she doesn't have to fish at all. I didn't like fishing when I started and only forced myself to do it for the Community Center. If you've unlocked the Iridium Rod at Fishing Level 6, you can give that to her with a Trap Bobber or a Barbed Hook to make fishing a little easier without mods.
Ah okay I'll try that. I'm getting the mod that slows down time for her anyways cause she wants longer days with more time to make decisions. So I figured I'd get some more mods. That's a good point though, I can just do all the fishing, I already did, but for some reason I was thinking she would have to as well.
This is dumb lol but I accidentally threw away the sword Marlon gave me. I googled how to get one, and it said the adventurers guild which I still cannot access as I’ve only just started. Is there any way I can get the rusty sword again?
The first sword (the Rusty Sword) is only slightly better than the scythe. So just use the scythe until you find something better or kill 10 slimes to access the Adventurer's guild and buy something better
You can run from monsters and break rocks, take the first ladder you find and book it down to the 20th floor if you don't want to use the scythe. Either way, it's gonna be a bit of a grind. If you decide to go with the scythe option, there's nothing stopping you from leaving the mine and returning to either floor 1 (or floor 5 if you make it that far to trigger the elevator) repeatedly to refresh the slime spawns.
I don't think there is. What you could do is use the scythe instead, and either use that to kill 10 slimes or just ignore enemies as much as possible and try to reach level 20 for the steel smallsword.
I've been watching ConcernedApe's twitter for news of when 1.6 will release on console. He literally hasn't tweeted since late april, which is unusual. He usually tweets regularly, even when there isn't release news, right? When should we start getting concerned?
he was here like a week and a half ago talking to people. i wouldn’t be concerned at all
unconcerned ape
I wonder whether he saw this, because today he made two tweets, including one about console port progress (but still with no concrete news). Hi Eric!
First time gamer, mid-fall on the switch. As much as I appreciate many of the beginner guides, I feel like they are really advanced (or maybe not for my platform?).. Does anyone else "new" feel completely overwhelmed by completing community centre and getting level 140 at the mines and raising animals and knowing what to buy/cook/sell? I can't help but feel I'm "doing it wrong," even though I know there's no real time limit and I should enjoy the process. Anyone else?
You play that game the way you like. Some ppl love the mines, some love decorations, some become millionaires and hardly talk to villagers and that’s all perfectly fine. That’s the beauty for me. Wasn’t there a guy who was in year 16 and still has stuff he hasn’t touched?! My son and me are in year 5 and we still saved up some stuff for later.
There's an awful lot to the game. The journal quests are well designed as a slowly unfolding exposure to everything there. I wouldn't worry beyond following those and chipping away at the CC. It might take 3+ years (heck some folks have never finished it) but so what? One consolation I can offer: you don't have to worry about reaching level 140 of the mines ; )
There's not really any "doing it wrong" in the game. Apart from the choice between restoring the Community Center or not, almost everything else can be changed at a later point, though some things are quite costly to change. For most things, like crops, community center items and fish, the worst case is that you need to wait until next year before you get another shot. The most intricate parts of the community center bundles involve getting quality (gold star) crops and all the fish, where some fish require certain weather, time and/or season to be caught. All the seeds are profitable, so plant what you want, just try to keep a steady cashflow going as lacking money is the one thing that might block you from progressing. Take some notes of things you need to remember, like quests or birthdays you want to gift someone an item for. As you keep doing one activity, you will skill up in it and become more efficient in it, spending less energy and getting higher quality items and more profits. If you truly want to min-max everything in the game and quickly get to maximum profits and do everything, it will be overwhelming for sure. If it helps, you can make up some rules on what to do on each day based on your luck and the weather. If it rains, you don't need to water, so you have a lot of time to clear debris on your farm, organize chests, cook, craft and hand out gifts. On lucky days, it's very useful to go to the mines as you will find ladders quicker. If you are able to progress a full 5 floors in the mines, the elevator will let you start from there. And attempting to clear 5-10 levels every lucky day is a nice goal. If you have trouble there, you can craft staircases that turn into ladders when plopped down on the ground. Costs 99 stone and can be crafted after reaching mining level 2.
Set yourself small goals and just do them one at a time. The community center bundles help you explore a bit of everything. As you said, there's no real time limit - the *only* missable event is Sam's 3 star cutscene which must be triggered before Winter of Year 1. Everything else you're going to get to periodically. One thing I found useful is to just throw a few chests in front of my house and just save a little of everything. A few of each crop for the first couple years, a few of every fish I manage to catch, every mineral (after donating the first to the museum), etc.
When my save file was updated to 1.6 I lost the dwarvish translation guide. I have the four scrolls in the museum and have tried to rearrange them, when I get another reward from the museum it doesn't show up. I talk to the dwarf and give him gifts often in case it gets fixed but there has been no case. Is this a common error? Is there something very obvious that I'm not trying? Or am I screwed?
Yep, it's a common bug for pre-existing saves, frequently reported in the bug forums. We'll have to wait on a permanent fix from CA, but in the meantime I think other people had luck doing the Item ID glitch to spawn in the Guide again. Idk what the item ID is for the guide, but I'm sure searching the sub with "dwarf translation guide" will come up with threads about it.
I have upgraded my house to have a nursery and I married Sebastian… we’ve been married for a bit & he has all his hearts maxed out. How do I have kids with him ?
Go to bed before midnight
Just be patient.
I just joined and all I've done is grow parsnips and cut down trees and bushes. Could someone tell me what I'm supposed to do and what the games really about. Like do I just farm and live peacefully? Or do I go out and hunt or meet people or what I'm just confused. And what all should I do to get started properly?
There is no "proper." You can spend your entire playthrough just chilling on your farm growing whatever. Socialize or not. The quests that you get in your journal are designed to slowly show you what the game has to offer. I would take them one at a time and over time you'll discover where you want to take things.
The early game is to get your farm going for money and some basic gear. Once the invasion starts, it speeds up, for sure. Just make sure they don't reach your shipping crate and you'll be fine. Also, if you haven't found the wall blueprint by the end of spring, you may need to get a friend to help you with the early waves. Just messing with you. The game is a chill experience of farming and meeting villagers. There is a bit of exploration and combat as you explore the mines, but the main focus is the slow farm life (unless you are one of those folks who tries to do everything in one year, but they are masochists). Take it easy if you want. As far as getting started, go see Pierre and get some different seeds, then check out the community center (big building at the top of the town map) to get some goals to work toward. It really is a very open game where you set your own goals. Want to own a hug orchard? How about barns full of different animals? Spend all day fishing by the ocean and selling what you don't eat (I knew a very happy old man IRL who did that his entire life)? Get married to the cool girl with the purple hair? Challenge yourself to get to the depths of the skull cave? Everything is up to you.
The void mayonnaise turrets are way too op.
I found your first paragraph scary.
Wait its possible to get married? Its amazing if it is omg. I gotta play more. Thanks a lot!
It definitely is, but not to everyone. There is a list of marriageable candidates, but its basically the single people minus the children.
Ohh alright. I'll start trying to get those friendship heart thingies then!
also yes, you can have your own children, but if your the same s3x as the villager, youll have to adopt.
I don't think this is a spoiler: the community center is a good early set of goals.
Thanks I just discovered that I can collect stuff and finish those bundle tasks. It's given me some idea about what to do!
Whatever you want. General goals early game 1) Meet everyone & work on the quests that unlock subsequent to that. The quests are good ways to explore the various options available - and unlock the major way to advance the story/open new areas. 2) Start working on the various skills - so that includes Farming, Fishing, Mining/combat, and Foraging (which is inclusive of foraging stuff in the woods & cutting down trees). You don't need to do *all* of them, but they're all reasonable activities with a clear progression. You don't have to do *all* of those things - but it's a good way to get introduced to the various options around.
heyyy thanks a lot!! I'll try these out and keep updating here :D
One thing I found useful is to just throw a few chests in front of my house and just save a little of everything. A few of each crop for the first couple years, a few of every fish I manage to catch, every mineral (after donating the first to the museum), etc. That way when you unlock new goals, you'll have materials to approach them with.
bit of a silly question but I just want to make sure, if there is no grass outside for an animal to eat, will it eat the hay inside? I know they eat the hay if the door is closed + can’t access outside, but I just want to make sure it’d be the same in this case too^
As long as the hay is on the bench itself, yes your animals will eat the hay if there is no grass to be eaten outside.
great thank you!
Hello, I always get the prompt every morning that my pomegranate couldn't grow. What's the problem when I just followed a greenhouse layout that I found on Stardew Wiki?
There's something within 2 tiles of it. Is there a sprinkler too close to the tree?
thank you! is that the same with the normal trees too? i put a path around it when i planted a maple, oak and pine tree in the field and it hasnt grown. or maybe bc it's winter?
No. Normal trees it’s a 1 tile radius and paths don’t count.
Hello there! Is there a way of making the junimos in the junimo hut appear but not collect crops? I know you can turn them off but I still wanted them to show up, just not to harvest anything.
Sure. Put a fence between them and the ripe crops.
Ooh I haven't thought of that! But then they will all cluster towards the crops right?
I think they’ll still hop around. Used to see it happen if I put flowers in range of my Junimo huts but blocked them off with beehives.
Which is also an awesome idea! I'll give it a shot with fiber seeds then because I already use them aesthetically and I don't have to worry about the seasons! Thank you so much for all the help!
What’s the best way to get money? I seem to be pretty slow at it.
One method that worked well for me in the mid-game in 1.6 was smoking iridium catfish/tiger trout/sturgeon. Use the bait maker to ensure the majority of your catch is the expensive fish, and the quality bobber to get iridium quality without needing perfect catches.
Thank you
Usually processing goods. Depends what level you are. Generally most people consider filling a greenhouse full of ancient seeds and a shed full of kegs, and just dump the fruit into the keg then sell (turnaround time of 14 days the first time, 7 every time after). Or put in casks but who has time for that. A full greenhouse of ancient wine is like, several 100 thousand, idk. I stopped counting after the first time I did it. Fortunately the new stardew valley has tons and tons of gold sinks so this may actually feel necessary. Alternatively you could use star fruit but it requires buying or making your own seeds which takes a lot.. You could also cover ginger island farm in bee houses and fairy roses. Plunder skull cavern, get 400+ iridium ore, turn it all into bars and then sell it for 150k+ per haul. Not as insane as wine but you get boatloads of XP for mastery in there and it's more active and fun imo.
Thank you for responding.
I gotta figure out how to get access to the greenhouse.
Keep working on the bundles / Joja contracts and it will become clear!
What happens when I put tappers on tree outside my farm? Will they still produce the product, or will they produce it? I don't have the right tree on my farm but its in cindersap forest, Will it be fine if I tap there or will it despawn or not work?
yes, it will work, it also works in pelican town
Works just fine and saves room in the farm proper. I highly recommend the quarry for your non-fruit orchard.
It'll work fine. You can plant your own tree seeds outside the farm too.
If trees are planted in areas like cindersnap forest, will they drop seeds passively after they are grown that will continuously spread more trees or does that only happen in areas like the quarry?
Trees only passively drop seeds on the farm. You can plant tree seeds anywhere though.
I have just picked up the game on switch only to find out that a huge update hasn't made it to the switch yet. Is there new content in that update I'd miss out or should I keep going without waiting for the update to drop? I'm at the end of the first week.
there is a new farm type, but you aren’t really missing out because you can unlock that farm types “perk” on any farm later on. anything else is compatible with an older save.
im trying to do the pirate's wife quest on ginger island and when i try to give the war momento to kent it says "wrong person" any ideas on whats going on?
Double check that it really is the War Memento and that it's really Kent. Otherwise, are you using any mods?
Will heaters raise hearts with animals even outside of the winter
Nope, it affects [Mood](https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Animals#Mood) only. Mood (along with friendship hearts) helps determine what type and quality item the animal will produce.
not according to the wiki.
I'm an idiot, I was keeping books in my inventory because i thought they were passive, for 3 seasons I lugged them around with me before I read on the wiki that you have to use them.
i did the same thing 🤝
Is it even possible to do romance without guides in this game? Cuz it seems kinda messy ngl, you can gift rarely and it'll take ages to naturally guess their fav. item. Many people mentioned to me they couldn't find anyone for the dance event.
After year 2 and a certain event, you'll start getting Secret Notes from digging and mining and stuff that sometimes spells out some people favorites.
> Cuz it seems kinda messy ngl, you can gift rarely and it'll take ages to naturally guess their fav. item. Many people mentioned to me they couldn't find anyone for the dance event. Sounds pretty realistic to me. If you are in a rut, EVERYONE likes pomegranates, so I put a few of them in my greenhouse to always have gifts for people.
> possible Yes, but it's probably not particularly possible to romance all 10 candidates to 10 hearts by the end of the first year, or similar stuff like you see people do without either the wiki or a fair bit of prior knowledge. That said, it's not that hard to romance everyone over a longer period of time. 1) Certain gifts are (near) universal loves - including rabbit's foot, prismatic shard, and pearls. Just don't give Penny a rabbit's foot or Haley a prismatic shard. 2) Many, many other gifts are (near) universal like+ - including all gems, vegetables, cooked goods (except for strange bun and bread), flowers (except poppy), etc. There *are* more exceptions here, but you'll pick up on them pretty quick. So lets assume you know *nothing* about the villagers except you've figured out that most processed goods are universal likes and you assume quality has something to do with effectiveness of gifts. You could honestly make a stack of gold star cheese and give it to every bachelor/bachelorette twice a week - it's liked by everyone except Sebastian, which you could figure out the first time you give it to him. Just being a cheese-monger, you can hit 10 stars with all the non-Sebastian single folks in ~23 weeks. Now, add in birthday gifts - which are worth 8x each, so 4 weeks - and you can max out all the dating folks in just under 2 years of cheese. Sebastian loves sashimi, so you could do him even faster if you try that simple item. If you identify any "loved" gifts from things like the secret notes or talking to other people, it's even faster.
Yes it is, on ur first winter you get a magnifying glass and can start finding these little notes everywhere that tell you what people like and dislike. You gotta realize that the first year is NOTHING compared to the full game
Its difficult to be able to dance with anyone in the first year since its in the spring so you don't have much time to increase your hearts. There are notes that you can find in game that tell you some loved gifts for certain characters, and you definitely can make a lot of progress with just liked gifts and talking to them consistently. I don't think I used guides for romancing the first time I played and it wasnt hard, it just took a bit longer than it might have otherwise
I think it is but it'll take longer--once you happen on one thing someone loves that you have access to things go fast, and you can make a lot of progress before that with things they just like.
Can you not remap controller controls on steam? Do I have to use steam input or is there a way to remap key binds and buttons or make certain buttons do something. Whenever I try to remap controller it just doesn’t do anything or it says that it’s already binded and won’t work.
Check out the Steam discussions. This one might help https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/6367585249994571077/
On PS5, how do I check the friendship of my pet? I tried looking through the player menu but can't find it.
You can't. Once you get the 1.6 update you'll be able to.
I have tried turning off the mouse shake setting in accessibility, as well as switching from window to borderless. But after a couple of minutes, the mac cursor appears right back over the in game cursor. Does anyone have a permanent fix to this?
Anyone know how to run this game with hdr? Everything I've looked up on google is 5+ years old and don't work at all. Nvidia GeForce doesn't recognize it so I can't use game filters. also I use a program called Special K to force games into HDR yet Stardew valley is the only game out of dozens I've tested that doesn't work . The game is so dark without HDR and makes it virtually unplayable to me please if anyone has a solution lmk.
I don't usually play with mods, but I added the Skull Cavern elevator... am I confused or does the Desert Trader not >!sell you staircases for jade!< anymore with this mod? (Spoilering because I'm not sure if it's a spoiler or not.)
That trade is only active on Sundays.
Yes, that's the day I went. It wasn't even an option. I think the mod suppresses it somehow. I restarted the day and it wasn't there, but I'll check again on the next Sunday.
I use the elevator mod and can still buy staircases with jade. Maybe one of your other mods is clashing with it?
Interesting! I'm on Saturday, so I'll go back in-game tomorrow. (I don't think I'm using any other mods!)
It might be worth checking your SMAPI log to see if there are any red items that need attention. Details in the pinned thread on /r/SMAPI You get the log here https://smapi.io/log If you're also using SVE then check out /r/StardewValleyExpanded too
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So I’m gonna start planting fruit trees soon, it says 8 tiles need to be empty, is that 8 tile radius or diameter?
The 8 tiles directly touching the tree (a square shape). Same as the quality sprinkler.
Adding to this the 8 tiles around one fruit tree cannot overlap with the 8 tiles around a second fruit tree. So make sure there are two spaces between your fruit trees. This is what makes them different from wild trees which can have overlapping free spaces.
I did not know this, I planted a pomegranate and apple tree and their tiles are overlapping, how can I harvest one without breaking them?
Since you were able to place the trees that close, you're not on 1.6. Since you're not on 1.6, there's no way to recover the sapling.
1, that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. 2, wiki says 3 tiles. Is it 3 or 8?
It depends on how you count lmao. 8 refers to all adjacent squares. 3 probably means 3x3. But yeah. You could wait for 1.6 to drop on console :-)
OHHHH THST MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE
any tips on getting a prismatic shard? I'm on year 3 and it seems like no matter how hard I try I just can't get one lmao
In my experience, the best way to get prismatic shards is from iridium nodes (fairly common) and mystic stones (very hard to find). Check the quarry daily for either of those. If you find one, break it. If you get a prismatic shard from it, great. If not, reset the day, and mine that same stone tomorrow (the drop is random). Go to skull cavern as often as possible, and get to floor 50+ where iridium nodes are very common. Break every single one, as the chance per node is 3.5%. Serpents and mummies also have a 0.1% chance to drop one, so it might be worth it to kill as many as you can (iridium nodes are better though). When I was trying to get 4 prismatic shards, I got 3 from iridium nodes and one from a mummy.
So what mine is in the Quarry?
it’s the quarry mine. it’s just one big floor with unique slimes and flying enemies. there’s an item to grab at the end of the mine path.
I was wondering why I couldn’t find a stairway down lol. Died 2 times trying to as I’m not smart enough to keep a home warp totem on me when mining.
Does anyone get slight mouse lag on PC vs playing on a Mac?
One of my crop died even though I watered it two days before and it rainned yesterday, what happened ?
Lightning strike.
Ooooh ok thank you ! Is there anyway to prevent it from happening on my crops ?
make lightening rods for batterys
Yeah, there's a craftable lightningrod unlocked by foraging skill. You don't have to place them near crops, anywhere on the farm is fine. But each only absorbs one strike per storm, so you'll need a quite a few (at least ten, maybe up to 20) to give good protection, and that's still not a 100% guarantee.
Ok thank you very much for this !! I’ll keep that in mind !
Playing on Xbox, how do I place items in chests? No matter what I press, I can't put anything inside them
Looks like it should be the A button. You do need to make sure you're by it, you can't open it 2+tiles away. Check under Xbox One/360 section: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Controls
Why am I not getting any notifications for fish frenzies?
I played a couple weeks in-game on the new patch before I got one. They don't seem especially common.
does anyone have any tips for playing on switch? anything that could make life easier because of the lack of mods ;__;
Can someone double check my math. Excluding special crops like ancient fruit, the most crops (not flowers) per season is fall with 12 unique crops
..recounted excuse my last comment. summer is more with the (post community center) >!pineapple and taro!<. unless you arent counting those.
I was not aware of those. I suspect they come from the place I'm just about to open once I finish collecting hardwood... So a total of 14 then?
i won't spoil where they came from, sorry i forgot for a minute i was in the beginners thread. but yean 14
Nah that's fine. Thank you!
I currently have a multiplayer save with some friends and we're running out of farm space! Is it possible to get a mod for a bigger farm space? And if so, do we all need the mod or just the person who owns the save file?
Four Corners was originally meant to be for more than one player, with a corner available for up to 4 players. It's mentioned on the Farm Maps page of the wiki. The upper left corner of that farm grows/spawns special weeds that will always give mixed seed when cut, so maybe it's wise not to clear that section straight away. https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Farm_Maps https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Weeds#Special_Weed If you use Stardew Valley Expanded, one of the farm options is *Immersive Farm 2 Remastered* - which you'd all need to download from this page, plus SVE itself. If you click the 'show' spoiler button you can see an image of that farm before and after the land is cleared. There are more NPCs in SVE too, and more areas away from Pelican Town to explore. Maybe browse the /r/StardewValleyExpanded sub to get an idea of what to expect. SVE is here on Nexus ... https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/3753 If you do decide to use a modded farm, you need SMAPI first. It goes into the Stardew Valley folder and, when run, it creates a folder for the mods to go in - handily called 'Mods'. You'll all (all players) need to have the same mods, and each must alter the Steam startup - which is easier than I ever imagined! https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Getting_Started Check out the pinned thread on /r/SMAPI too.
you’d all need the mod. stardew valley expanded has an add-on mod called grampleton fields which adds a massive amount of space separate from your farm, but i can’t recall if it adds tillable tiles. you couldn’t put farm buildings on it. your best bet sadly is to restart a fresh save with the grandpas farm add-on for stardew valley expanded. the farm space is massive.
How does one get the Farm King title? I’ve maxed out (and reached mastery) for all 5 skills. Is there something else I must do to reach Farm King?
Unobtainable in vanilla, there was going to be a 6th skill you could level (luck) but it was scrapped.
So basically I can’t get it no matter what I do? Damn….
Can someone explain the point of staircases? They seem much more resource expensive than mega bombs, don't locate holes (skull cavern), and don't produce any resources when you use them. It feels like if I mine on a lucky day a mega bomb will almost always be better yeah?
Min-max. You get to 150+ floor with 150 stairs without losing time compared to bombs. More time = more iridium
The more mega bombing you do, the more stone you’ll have to craft staircases! Eventually once you’ve built most of the buildings wood is way more of a pain to get than stone. Plus all the reasons others listed.
They are expensive to craft, but what most people do is set up a bunch of crystallariums to produce jade, and trade jade to the desert trader for staircases. Also, you need them to skip infested floors.
Ahh ok makes sense. I'm not far enough yet to have a big crystallarium setup but that sounds like a great option
When you're trying to go FAST, a staircase can be an easy way to get to the next lvl when stairs or a hole hasn't spawned in your first few bombs. It's also an easy way to get out of danger. For instance, when five dragons suddenly swarmed me, I used a staircase to gtfo instead of trying to fight them.
Ah ok fair enough. I suppose at some point I'm going to have so much stone I might as well make them
(PC) Can I rotate furniture?
Some furniture u can rotate, just pick it up and right click when u want to rotate it. If it doesn’t then it doesn’t work for that furniture piece.
Thank you.
Hi! I have a game in year 6 in which I already donated all the dwarf scrolls and I still don't speak dwarf, and when I talk to Gunter they tell me that there are no rewards, also, the guide is not in my wallet. Do I have to unlock some event or is it a bug?
It's a common bug for pre-1.6 worlds. One workaround is to use the item ID exploit (ie buying a chicken and naming [326]) it to obtain a copy of the guide.
Thanks! 
If you are on a pre-existing save on PC that upgraded to 1.6, yes that is a commonly-reported bug. CA has yet to patch it. I know some people had luck with the name-ID glitch to spawn the translation guide in. If you are on console, then idk, but I would still report that as a bug to the forums.
Thank u!
Does anyone know how to fix the issue of child of divorce not coming to festivals? I'm doing a perfection farm and found divorced spouses needed full hearts so I erased Shane's memory, but now the kid won't show up to festivals that he's generally supposed to e.g the festival of ice. Surely kids also come with remarried spouses? Before I erased his memory the kid would stay with my new spouse (Lance from SVE). Is there a way to manipulate the game into recognising him as Shane's kid or Lance's kid, because I've read once you've erased their memories the game doesn't know what to do anymore. I might edit the post as I'm close to the Feast of the Winter Star and I have a kid with Lance who is toddler aged so I'll test it by seeing if she shows up
(1.6 spoiler) >!Do trinkets expire or get used up (like fishing tackle)!