I started a new farm and planted parsnips on day 1 but they just sat there for like a week. I kept watering them and waiting but nothing happened. Turns out I accidentally tilled the soil in the wrong season and the game just wouldn't let them grow. Has anyone else mixed up their farming calendar and wasted a bunch of time?
Some user told me I was wasting my time because blueberries take 13 days to mature and you only get like 5 harvests before fall. I was just excited about having money for a coop, but they broke it down with math and everything. Switched to planting 40 parsnips instead and ended up buying a chicken by mid summer. Has anyone else had their whole farm strategy wrecked by a stranger with a spreadsheet?
My wife has never been into video games, but last Sunday I convinced her to try Stardew Valley split-screen on our Xbox. We spent like 4 hours just planting parsnips and talking to Linus, and she actually asked to play again the next day. Has anyone else had luck getting a partner into cozy games when they normally hate gaming?
Some guy on a Discord server told me to plant winter seeds everywhere in Stardew Valley because they'd make me rich. I spent all my gold on fiber and winter roots for 3 in-game days. lol turns out the profit is barely anything compared to summer blueberries. I ended up broke with a ton of ugly frozen ground patches. Has anyone else been tricked by bad cozy game tips like this?
Kept putting fruit trees right next to each other. Thought they'd grow fine. Nope. They need two spaces between each one. Didn't realize until my saplings sat there for 4 seasons. Finally replanted them right and they grew in like 3 days. Anyone else make this mistake with their orchard?
I was scrolling the wiki last night while waiting for my turnips to sprout, and I saw that winter crops actually take 7 days base, but with speed-gro and the agriculturist profession, they can mature in like 4 days. I had no idea that existed because I always just fish during winter and ignore farming completely. Has anyone else tried pushing winter crops like that or do you all just hibernate too?
I spent three entire in-game years trying to figure out why my sprinklers kept missing rows of crops, only to realize I was off by one tile on my initial grid. Has anyone else spent way too many hours redoing basic stuff that should have taken 20 minutes?
I had to choose between building a big coop for animals or expanding my garden to 100 spaces. Went with the coop because I wanted eggs every morning, but now I'm stuck feeding hay to 12 chickens and my crops are tiny. Has anyone else regretted a layout choice mid-game?
I keep seeing people in Stardew Valley forums talk about how they spend 80% of their time making their farm look pretty and barely grow crops. That's fine if that's your thing, but I've been playing since 2017 and I think focusing too much on aesthetics takes away from the actual gameplay loop. My first farm was a mess of random decorations and I hit year 3 with almost no money because I kept buying furniture instead of seeds. But then I see these gorgeous farms with 50 kegs and perfect layouts that still make bank. So is the cozy part about making everything look nice or is it about that satisfying grind of planting and harvesting? I'm asking because my current farm is all efficiency and no decorations, and it feels boring. How do you balance the two?
I had this island in Animal Crossing where I went absolutely NUTS with flowers. Like I had every color tulip and hyacinth crammed into every open space. I was so proud of it but my friend came over and said my island looked like a weedy mess and she could barely walk anywhere. She told me to pick like 4 flower types max and keep them in specific zones. I was honestly a little mad at first but I tried it. Now my island has a rose garden area and a lily pond area and everything else is paths or open grass. It feels way more cozy and I can actually find my fossils now. Has anyone else gotten feedback like this that totally changed how you decorate your cozy game space?
My buddy Mark kept telling me to start a new Stardew Valley save on the beach farm. He said the extra space for crab pots and the random crates with items would be worth the lack of sprinkler space. I finally gave in three weeks ago and he was completely right. I'm getting way more fish and forage items than I ever did on the standard farm. Has anyone else found a farm layout that they were skeptical about but ended up loving?
For three years I just donated stuff and never went back to look. Then last week I walked into the bug section and realized the butterflies actually flutter around inside glass cases with proper labels. Sable told me something about how Blathers arranges things by habitat zones and now I spend 20 minutes per visit just reading plaques. Did anyone else miss this detail for way too long?