"Pro" Stardew Valley Player Ranks The Farms

Intro 0:00
Standard Farm: 0:15
Riverland farm: 2:17
Forest Farm: 4:51
Hilltop Farm: 8:14
Wilderness Farm: 10:48
Four Corners Farm: 13:02
Beach Farm: 15:04
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[@luckylucas7957]

I wish the farm you choose actually affected where the farm is in the world. Like the beach farm could be directly connected to the beach and the forest. And the hilltop farm could be connected to the path between the current farm area and robin’s house. Maybe the river land farm could be somewhere where you could catch ocean, river, and pond fish?

[@CantEvenBro]

Harvest moon was like that

[@unemilifleur]

Harvest moon magical melody was like that! I think.

[@pnwpariah8691]

This would be a really cool mod

[@CantEvenBro]

@@unemilifleur all of them where but harvest moon a wonderful life and harvest moon another wonderful life as well as harvest moon cute, all others changed locations depending on what you "prefer"

[@unemilifleur]

@@CantEvenBro alright! I didn’t know, I only played Another Wonderful life, a Wonderful Life and Magical Melody 😆

[@kuromi_xo]

Came here to say. My first farm was riverland farm. I still play it. I still love it, i think it's super cool and pretty (yeah mainly for aesthetic reasons)! Cant regret my choices!!

[@rachelanderson6929]

Riverland was my 1st too. My husband picked it, and we put animals on each island.

[@kuromi_xo]

@@rachelanderson6929 Yes!! I did that too, so cute!

[@spidermanrulez2]

I just started playing this game about 5 days ago, and I've gone through all 4 seasons already and love this layout. My friends and I made each island for animals and the larger ones for farming. Very fun for us and we all love fishing so it's fun to just pass time 😂

[@elizabethfrohn-hengst296]

@@spidermanrulez2 that's a good idea I started playing a few months ago on Riverland and I used the different islands for orchards and grass production I might move it around though

[@ThatGuy-zw4le]

Yeah me too. The islands aesthetic is what drawn me to it.

[@Tosmasta00]

One thing not mentioned for the forest farm is you can use the grassy areas to put buildings and etc on it without having to give up farmable space.

[@chungboislim2061]

Good point. This video is horrible. He only cites the tillable tiles and doesn't mention the buildable tiles, which is more relevant.

[@pegeeeeee]

@@chungboislim2061 wtf are you on.. tillable tiles are buildable, but buildable tiles are not tillable!

[@chungboislim2061]

@@pegeeeeee Yeah, I didn't imply otherwise. What are you on?

[@Svoorhout85]

Its probably best to build your coops and stables on the grassy ground outside your house and expand your cropfield south between the 2 ponds. You might want to keep the grassy groves in the west free though because forageables spawn there.

[@MillicentNankivelldotcom]

First time playing 4 corners … a few days into year one, and a meteorite spawns at that bottom exit. It was brutal 😩

[@missfluffybunz]

Oh noo 😭

[@pickledokra2963]

@Vickiraytive Games just wait until Saturday and get a full weeks worth of foragables, it resets on Sunday

[@LAZERAK47V2]

I like the idea behind the Beach farm and how it shifts the late game playstyle away from crops. Shakes up the formula a little and requires a different kind of plan. Do you go all in on animal/artisan economy? Surround the farm with Crab Pots and Fish the whole day? Create a literal Diamond Farm with Crystalariums? Become French Canadian and establish a Maple Syrup empire? Basically, I see the Beach farm as the meme farm. Do something completely outrageous and somehow make it viable. Heck, you could argue that it encourages players to use Farming Buff foods (to reduce Watering Can energy consumption) which also has the benefit of potential Iridium Quality crops, instead of planting Sprinklers and then forgetting your crops exist until harvest.

[@sophiemorin3495]

I have a beach farm and I still have a tone of crops... but on ginger island (full of ancient fruit). Kegs for ancient fruit wine (with artisan profession) and pigs on my farm for truffles (with forage profession). Got a Crystalariums in the carry also :)

[@Svoorhout85]

Just use retaining soil. The highest tier stays 100% watered. Sure, you might have lower quality harvests but quality doesnt matter if you process crops into artisan goods.

[@justiniantbh]

i love the riverland farm, BUT only because i'm bad at planning where I put everything. The default farm is too much space for me with absolutely no separations, and I get overwhelmed trying to plan where everything goes, where paths go, etc. It's like a giant house with no rooms - I like decorating different rooms, but planning where the rooms go isn't my thing. But I love the riverland farm cuz it's like everything is separated into different spaces for me already. The "rooms" are already there, I just need to drop my stuff in it. My farm fits neatly in the middle "island", my trees go to the bottom left, etc. I just like that planning boundaries and separations was already done for me in the riverland farm.

[@justiniantbh]

That being said, I don't like farming LOTS of produce like you do. So I guess it makes sense that I'm okay with having my farm fit in the little island in the middle, as not having all that extra space doesn't bother me.

[@SixBuckets66]

Dude, I just stated playing stardew valley (started with the forest farm) but this sounds amazing for unorganised people like me. I think I'll try it next time.

[@kirstenbracale6879]

I started my first farm on a beach, with zero prior information of the game, I just like the beach. I didn't know anything about the game and tried to learn as I went. Recently decided I would try sprinklers. After making a bunch of sprinklers, I couldn't place them in the sand. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.

[@heatherschulz1458]

I think you can place them in the grass next to the sand though.

[@kirstenbracale6879]

@@heatherschulz1458 you can but you only have so much grass.... no blueberry empire for me.

[@Svoorhout85]

@@kirstenbracale6879 Get deluxe retaining soil.

[@DoritoEarProductions]

Me too I can't stop I'm on year like 4 now

[@galactikhex]

If you need money just get a ton of crystallariums. That's gonna be my strategy cos I just want aesthetics for my farm mainly

[@SixString_J5]

4 corners is my go to. I like the organizational aspect of dividing farm land, hay fields, animals, etc into neatly separated areas without having to lay out very much fencing.

[@InfernalDalek]

One of my favorite details about the Wilderness Farm's cabin layout is the cactus in front of the window; it's for potential intruders. It's a guard cactus.

[@SamiiSam128]

I honestly love the Four Corners farm. Sure it's mostly for Co-op, but I use it cause I like a lot of space to decorate and have areas for fish bonds, animals, trees in one area for tappers and whatnot. You can really have fun with it, I certainly am.

[@splatmaster1903]

I'm also a big fan of sprinklers, but I like the beach farm because it made me adapt. Instead of rushing the mines/skull cavern for sprinklers, I spent forever farming wood and copper and filled the entire beach farm with crab pots. Which was surprisingly effective btw, with mariner and sashimi it made abt 40k every day

[@visoth7791]

S tier: Forest A tier: Standard, Grandpa's Farm B tier: River, Beach C: Hilltop, Wilderness D: Four Corners (no friends) I'm a fan of no crop selling playthroughs.

[@brandierae5506]

Honestly, as someone currently playing the Hilltop, the Standard farm is overpowered with all that space

[@kuukrii]

its really good for a starter player imo letting them having so much freedom but honestly after a while i get tired of walking all over the damn place

[@heastner]

My first farm, is The Beach farm, I hope it’s worth the difficulty.

[@Frendlu]

More than overpower, it's boring, all flat, without any pro/cons, without barriers that make you think were to put the buildings.... It's easy build.

[@neverkind9399]

@@Frendlu the pro is its large No cons

[@AnotherChampagneSocialist]

I'd like the beach farm if not for the fact that it's not located by the actual beach, so it really takes me out of the experience every time I walk off the farm.

[@tyhamster312]

Stammered farm is honestly the best farm, there’s no random enemy to kill me after night mining

[@hankcutler5751]

Standard

[@imStarryn]

the autocorrect

[@jaredeschweiler3505]

My first playthrough years ago was wilderness farm, so I like it. The one thing that should be added to that farm specifically is a cave in that cliffside. Have it be a special mine floor that's infested with monsters or similar to the quarry mine with a linear path. Maybe include some unique monsters that scale and block the entrance with a stump or rock so you can't access immediately. The end of the wilderness farm mine should include a teleport that takes you out of the cave and a room full of crates and barrels you break and get random items, weapons, boots, rings, etc. Focus on selling stuff to the adventurers guild. Maybe fill the cave with goblins!

[@xTheGamingGhostx]

Honestly, the beach farm can be OP after you get the recipe for deluxe retaining soil. There’s a ton of space for you to plant, and the retaining soil will keep your crops watered pretty much all season after you water once. It takes a bit more set up and a little longer to get the recipe, but functionally gets you to the same place as sprinklers. If you mass produce fiber seeds, you can actually have deluxe retaining soil keep your crops watered all year by planting fiber just before the seasons change. The fiber will “save” the watered status of the soil. Of course, I understand that everyone has their preferred play style. Just saying, many people who consider no sprinklers a deal breaker should try deluxe retaining soil beach farms. It basically gets you the same result, just in a different way with a ton of useable space, convenient ocean fishing, supply crates with really useful drops, and a ton of hardwood available at start.

[@ishadow91]

This is woke, thank you lol. Never thought of retaining soil as comparing to sprinklers

[@genogrinberg6014]

I don't think people understand the point of the beach farm. It's not SUPPOSED to be easy to use. It's not SUPPOSED to be easy to make money. The reason why it's the "least good farm" is because it's designed that way. It's for people who want more of a challenge then just building 40 iridium sprinklers and collecting 500 crops every 4 days.

[@AnneWest_]

Yeah, I really like that it kind of encourages you to try out different things. I built a tree farm, tried fish ponds, experimented with tea leaves and saplings, tried crab pots, and did all sorts of things to make money that I wouldnt do on a normal playthrough. It certainly isn't going to bring out maximum profits, but it gives you the challenge of trying to come up with creative ways to make money which is what I like about it.

[@smaragdchaos]

Even then, you can make good bucks with the beach farm. There's still a little bit of farming land, then you have ginger island and the greenhouse for more farming land. The beach farm isn't hard to use per se, it just limits the amount of money you can make, which makes the playthrough more interesting

[@ggundercover3681]

haven't played it yet but I plan to on my next playthrough because I know I wanna build a bunch of barns there. also, orchards should be beautiful and I can finally have my tree farms on my farm in stead of by the spa area. should be more than enough space for everything in addition to space to design and decorate

[@pavv7741]

started a Riverland one, something you didn't mention is that most of the trees fall in the river, and you can't really do anything about it because of the layout of the farm

[@charlottewilson-longpre7779]

You should be able to direct the fall by standing just slightly opposite the way u want it to fall. Seen a few gamer tips about this. Good luck!

[@KadmaNeeChan]

I instantly fell in love with the beach farm when it first came out. As someone who doesn't really like planting infinite amounts of crops, but likes to producing animal products; farm animals, so many fish ponds etc. and the beach farm has the space to do those things The beach farm is for me 😘

[@GabrielleEarlam]

It says on the wiki that killing monsters on the Wilderness Farm doesn't increase your combat XP! I had this farm on my main game for 2 years and I can attest to this! I got so sick of being attacked while doing anything on my farm after 7pm each night, and gaining nothing aside from random seed drops, that I gave up and changed my farm to a normal one! So yeah, the Wilderness Farm is absolute trash in my opinion.

[@Neptunequeen42]

Forest farm is always my favorite because I just feel like nobody actually NEEDS as much space as the default farm gives you. It's too much, it's overwhelming, and it looks like shit. The forest farm is way more compact and has tons of useable grass tiles that not only make the environment look good even before it’s filled up, they’re perfect places for you to decorate and put your tree farms / buildings on. Plus you get that infinite daily hardwood and forageable spots right outside your front door, which is huge for me since I mostly play for completionism and collecting items. Fiddleheads and morels also spawn there which means you can get em early before accessing the secret woods. I wish it didn't have that huge lake right in the middle but all things considered it's a pretty convenient centerpiece to circle your design around.

[@budgie4life891]

IVE BEEN PLAYING 4 CORNERS FOR 3 DAYS WITH MY FRIEND AND I DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS A QUARRY 💀💀💀

[@jasondowdy0311]

On the meteor blocking things off topic. The first farm that I ever chose was the Riverland farm. And as you know, the bridges are the only way to travel between the islands. Long story short the meteor landed just in front of a bridge that blocked off my "storage island" (the one that held all my chests and furnaces etc.).

[@BurningLance2]

oof

[@macshaneeee]

Gg lol

[@NothingThere739]

Wilderness is one of my favorites because the monsters make 1:00 AM runs back from the mines more epic.

[@virgilflintiv5341]

My wife decided to start playing split screen stardew valley on the switch with me, and she really wanted to do the beach farm... However, she's also absolutely obsessed with making money from farming, so we both spend pretty much all day watering with iridium watering cans 😂 The things you do for love 🤣

[@chungboislim2061]

Get some sheds and Deluxe Retaining Soil.

[@Svoorhout85]

By the time you can get iridium tools you should have easy access to enough sprinklers to set up an entire auto watering crop farm by just buying an iridium sprinkler from Krobus every week. So be happy that you actually have a use for an iridium watering can. 18 tiles per use is pretty significant.

[@Limrasson]

When I played the game there was only one farm. *Old man shouts at farms*

[@kyaksachan502]

that feels.

[@ethernano7712]

same, I bought this game day 1 when there was only 1 farm. was about to play again after 7 years

[@LizyBee]

I’ve never been one to use sprinklers, even late game so I absolutely adore the beach farm; it’s gorgeous with the pink trees and all the boxes washing up give such good stuff like coffee, survival burgers, and banana pudding

[@myownmeadow1320]

The riverland farm does not deserve all the hate that it gets. Change my mind. Seriously, I want opinions on this. I like having debates (as long as if they're not fights). I also like hearing other opinions. My Reasoning: -Crab pot resources (fish for quality fertilizer and trash for recyclers) -Rice (No watering; plant basically everywhere) -Aethstetics (islands look good with decorations) -Organization (islands are a neat way to organise, and also DESIGNATED CHICKEN ISLAND!) -Unique gameplay experience if you're getting board with the game

[@snakevenom4954]

I like to farm and farm efficiently. I don't like wasting space. And there isn't enough space in the Riverland map for my liking. I like open space I can plant freely. And honestly, I rarely, if ever, use crab pots and I don't mind walking for a few seconds to fish

[@venetianvault]

my first playthrough was a riverland farm! i opened that save file again and kind of wondered how i managed because the spacing of certain things drove me crazy😅 but also it's funny to hear someone also has a designated chicken island !!

[@zachgiovannelli2626]

I think it’s fun, just not hyper efficient. So it’s really player dependent in the sense of what you’re looking for out of your play through. I love the fact that (like you mentioned) you can really build around a lot of underused things in the game like pots and rice and succeed on river land. My one complaint is honestly the lack of fish though. I really wish you would be able to fish up at least river and lake fish, because then it would have a distinct advantage over the other farms that could compete.

[@katharinaeddins499]

I played my first play-through on the Riverland farm for 5 in-game years (and totally had a designated chicken island as well, whoop!) Then I started my second play-through on the Standard farm and was like....omg....there's so much space?!?!? How did I ever manage without?? :D But still like my pretty little river farm, I totally agree on the organization, kinda neat to have designated islands for everything.

[@driftingdruid]

counterpoints: - assuming not enough fishing skill exp for Trapper profession, how much resources does it take to make all the crab pots you want/need? - how long out of the day does it take to rebait the crab pots, even with Luremaster profession? - *a lot* of things fall in the water often, even when you're careful and have 2 Magnet rings on - pain to walk around due to narrow bridges and no gondola (try making your chickens or pet move off the bridge, especially when you're in a hurry) - can get organization in Four Corners, or make your own organization on other maps - boredom happens with any farm, since it does little to change the actual gameplay (mod the game for unique gameplay experience) non-arguments: - rice can be profitable, especially when made into maki rolls - ehh, to each their own on aesthetics

[@gradeagamer6423]

The beech farm was actually my first stardew farm and I really enjoy it. I didn’t mind the sprinkler thing because I just upgraded my watering can to max. And I really enjoyed the fact that you could go north and fish in the ocean without having to go all the way down to the beach

[@QuesoCookies]

My main complaint about the riverlands farm is that it not only has the river drop table, it is overbalanced for the town river drop table, which is objectively the worst in every season. Additionally, it makes getting to the forest river harder, and since the forest river is only one screen away, it wouldn't even save you much time even if it didn't, and even if it only dropped forest river fish. The beach farm has the benefit both of putting one the least accessible fish drop tables right outside your door, the ocean table is arguably one of the best in any season. If you're going to pick a different farm than standard, the benefits should at least balance out the tradeoffs, and riverlands just doesn't do that.

[@khloeg1649]

beach is my first farm too!!! I honestly really like it

[@eagledove9]

Beach Farm is my favorite! I know I have an unpopular opinion, but, the whole point of not having sprinklers is that it's a challenge, by limiting you. You have to do something other than plant a bunch of crops. There is that one small area where you can use sprinklers, so you have a very limited crop growing area there. I have been filling up my beach farm with all sorts of fish ponds. I decided to become a fishing specialist, so I developed my fishing skill to 10 before the other skills in that character. I like a challenge where you're limited by not being allowed to do something, instead of having too many possibilities and everything is open. You have to find an alternative way.

[@gamewrit0058]

My latest save is the wilderness farm, and the thing about monsters is that if you fight them, you cut the grass!!! But it's winter now, and I just have a small patch of winter seeds growing, so it's on now, monsters!

[@daria-517]

yeah... that's inconvenient. but! I sometimes get iridium ore drop from fighting bats right on my porch so that's pretty cool lol

[@cal7275]

I'm on year 4 of my first playthrough and chose Riverland. Didn't know I was playing on hard-mode until after year 2. I cannot stress enough how insanely roomy any of the other layouts feel after playing through river.

[@Andrew-kr3vd]

My exact experience, didn’t understand why everyone had so much more stuff with so little space, then I started a new play through using the 4 corners farm instead and it was huuuge

[@futur3ndings651]

Not even close to hard mode, but I get what you mean with farm layout.

[@cupcakemae]

I literally screamed when I tried to put a sprinkler on the beach farm and found out you could not do that lmao.

[@damagamin3716]

The fact I literally chose the river farm as my first ever farm just pisses me off

[@idontevenknow4614]

waligug with every other farm: "yeah i think it has some upsides and some downsides, overall they're all pretty good" waligug with the beach farm: "i hate this farm. i don't like sand. it's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere.."

[@pikazilla6405]

Didn’t even mention the best part about the forest farm, that being the unique weeds that spawn that when cut down are guaranteed to drop mixed seeds, you can get so many of them and i would love to see someone torture themselves by doing a mixed seed only run on this farm in particular, it won’t make you a ton of money but it helps a good bit

[@MrSpeakerCone]

The thing that would fix riverland is boats. If you could take a boat with a chest on it around your farm to harvest stuff and sail it back to a store house or something, that would rock. Even better if late game you could get Junimos to pilot the boats.

[@AquaAtia]

I’ve always loved the riverland farm as I love the aesthetic of having different areas of my farm on the different islands

[@toriquack9178]

i started a new save on the beach farm when it came out and didn’t even realize the sprinkler thing until like 20 hours in. now it’s my most played save with 130+ hours and i have no regrets, i really love it.

[@UnimaginablyCheeze]

100 hours in the riverland farm, always had an issue with the awkward edges on it. Kinda regret it but also had fun figuring it all out.

[@RonnieMcdons]

I’m on year four of my river farm and I’m just used to it now, wish I could change it to somethin else but it is what it is lol

[@UnimaginablyCheeze]

@@RonnieMcdons I still dont know what to do with the bottom and left side islands lol

[@meow7862]

@@UnimaginablyCheeze in the bottom left island I've kept my coop and barn with some fences and in island above it, i have a shed with 3 fish ponds. but i am really not sure what to with the island that joins marnie's place, maybe keep bee houses there idk

[@jjhjhhhlkhdfkkhs]

I started my game on the beach farm cause it said "only adviced for advanced players" and i took that as a fucking challenge. yeah im not coming back to that one anytime soon.

[@elsolitariodrogado]

A true gamer i see...

[@brandobandcity300]

why not? is it too hard or easy

[@Metaknightkirby2]

​@@brandobandcity300It's just kind of annoying to play around.

[@jjhjhhhlkhdfkkhs]

Hard isn't the word I'd use, it's just a pain in the ass cause either you spend all your time watering or you barely farm till you get good retaining soil, and even then that's more annoying then if you could just use sprinklers.

[@lulushiny2340]

​@@jjhjhhhlkhdfkkhssprinklers work in the greenhouse tho. i know it isn't much but it's a huge help

[@lycantheFox]

i like the 4 corners farm i just wish that the player houses would actually be put in the 4 corners as opposed to being crowded together at the start of the game

[@Nesolepus]

They can be. You choose it in the settings.

[@brettmckenzie5034]

Honestly don’t mind the beach farm, it makes you think outside the box and focus more so on different aspects of the game other than farming crops. Currently playing on 50% income with a friend on the beach farm and i’ve never appreciated quests and truffle pigs more.

[@ninjakirby777]

I started Riverland as my first farm as i thought it would be the best aesthetically, and while that might be true I hate fishing in stardew, and I accidentally picked the fishing farm 🙃

[@DiegoJacomussi]

same here

[@kaineskeptic6484]

I like my river farm but it really needs upgrade-able bridges. The old wood planks and stone paths just look awful.

[@schnoz2372]

Same also hardly any space

[@TripleBerry]

I told my friend not to pick the river land farm, especially since they don’t like fishing and want to make a bunch of money from crops… they didn’t listen 😔 also forest farm is my favorite!!!

[@sofiegoldie4861]

yes forest farm!

[@finnpom7795]

i pick the farms for aesthetic reasons ngl

[@alwest4472]

Based

[@Molisa682]

same, that's why i love the beach farm

[@TheMosquitoHunter]

I often choose forest because of the aesthetics and practicality. I get overwhelmed with all that free space and I like the green patches, where you can build barns and stuff anyway. Hardwood is pretty good too, it helps with the stable (walking around so slow kills me). It has some kind of a mystery touch too, like this hidden farm deep in the forest filled with secrets and goodies. Recently I chose the Wilderness farm because I want to play like a dick and go for the Joja's route. I like the RP element, like "hey do you know that evil dude who lives in that very dangerous farm overrun by monsters? Yeah don't go there man, you may not get out alive..."

[@zeeanon9830]

i may be biased because it was the first farm i chose, but i love the forest farm. while i love the farming space on the standard farm, i always feel bad having to segment usable farm space off to reserve for pigs and other animals. but on the forest farm you can just put them in the groves with hardwood and you're not wasting farming space (unlike the wilderness/riverland/hilltop farms where you cant really do anything with the non-farmable land bc its water or just divided weirdly)

[@vanyadolly]

The standard farm doesn't have an aesthetic. it's just a big square of dirt!

[@germanandres24]

But it's the greatest one of all farms

[@rikoo8423]

When I first started the game I chose the normal farm. When I restarted I chose the forest farm and I'm still playing on it. It's not super big, but it's really pretty and I don't regret it

[@Mossy3]

I started on the standard farm because back in the day that was the only map you could pick

[@Tom-vx7qh]

My favorite is the beach farm, for the simple reason that it forces variety. Since I can't use sprinklers, and there is so much space, I end up having tons of different sources of income, with things I don't normally use on other farms. Coops, barns, slime ranches, fish ponds, beehouses. All things I wouldn't deal with normally but do on the beach farm. And if I'm in lategame and want to do a massive ancient fruit farm, well that's what Ginger Island is for.

[@annajurak6924]

Same here! I love beach farm because I'm not a fan of doing crops, so I have a lot of cute animals and fish pond. Plus I really like the colour of sand there.

[@kranossity]

I loved the beach farm. I made an orchard which I normally wouldn't have bothered with.

[@DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Not gonna lie, I didn't realize the house changed depending on the map

[@mashypotatywithgravy1398]

i really don't get why the beach farm is hated so much, crop isn't the only money maker in the game, you can get tons of money from animals as well and even if you do want to plant with sprinklers, theres a 202-tile patch for that as well as the greenhouse. I especially like the beach because it doesn't make it all about farming yet still delivers it as a part of the game. plus the loot from the crates are extremely nut-busting.

[@TheMistermastermario]

animals take a lot of manual work, you have to check them, pet them, pick up truffles, process them in mayo/cheese/cloth machines every day, it's a lot of everyday work when with plants + sprinklers you just have to plant them all and you don't have to work at all for the half the month

[@modestmismagius105]

@@TheMistermastermario precisely

[@ernestochang1744]

There's only so much time you have each and every day in stardew valley, to have to water the crops means wasting time and if you miss a day they dont grow you essentially make it longer time to grow the crop, lets say you somehow managed to get through the game without being inconvinienced by the fact that you cant really place sprinklers on the ground in your beach farm. Qi's crops Quest (look it up) has you planting 500 qi's beans which you first have to find now, lets just say theoretically speaking there was no ginger island farm, and that your only solution to plant these crops was outside in your own farm because your greenhouse is growing 119 tiles of fresh ancient fruit and you dont want to let go of all that money and effort. Now you have to plant the 500 fruits water every single 1 by hand which will take up a huge chunk of time in the game, in late game you dont have time for such things. Just the other day i was planting 720 starfruits in ginger island and asked myself "imagine how much more time consuing this would be if i had to water every single one of them" bloody hail just plating 500 of them nearly got me to 2 am, it didnt help that i had to put down the deluxe speed grow first AND then the fruit seeds, first that meant i had to till the soil, but first i had to place the iridium sprinklers in a nice convinient square shape pattern following the entire way there, Qi's crops proves that the beach farm is just not a good place, and if you have your greenhouse full of valuable crops is not a good idea to destroy it all, even worse is when you have every single tile in ginger island farm being taken up by ancient fruit which means you really cant afford to plant 500 worthless fruits just for that 1 very valuable quest, the smart thing would be to get your standard farm ready and allocate accordingly with some sprinklers

[@ernestochang1744]

Additionally if you were to go the Deluxe retaining soil route, sure you watered 700 Crops succesfully, now you wont ever have to water them until they fully mature, well the recipe for such is either 50 cinder shards or a lot of clay, and clay is a material that cant be obtained by gold in stardew valley, so i guess have fun watering every single day or have fun finding 700 clay? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@brandosaurus]

@@ernestochang1744 I just do big amount of crops on ginger island and spam crystalariums, on a standard farm you get too much money anyway

[@oliverarboit4223]

I started a new playthrough on the beach farm and I honestly find it better than most farms. Being unable to use sprinklers isn't much of a problem early game but by late game, you'll have ginger Island and the greenhouse. Overall it's a nice looking farm and I've grown to like it a lot.

[@pedroangelo2550]

I love the beach farm, it's really hard but it's very cool

[@ericmerrill9808]

I really like the lay out of the wilderness farm to be honest, I like the large pong in the south west for animals, and the center pond for a fun water feature. I also feel that beach farmers normally should know what they are getting into at this point in the release. I’d put it in the neutral category personally. Really enjoyed the video! Thanks!

[@Svoorhout85]

It seems to be a trend among stardew valley youtubers to rate maps poorly if it gets in the way of becoming ancient fruit wine moguls.

[@PredictableEnigma]

Ikr. That's what the greehouse is for! I'm not growing those outside

[@tiffanyblack8755]

🤣🤣🤣Haha right... there's whole other ways to play 😁

[@nathannicelley7502]

yeah it kinda sucks, it’s like they forgot what ginger island is for

[@Shroomy__]

Everyone should remember this is his tier list and everyone has their own opinions

[@theannilators7479]

Another thing about Forest > Riverland is that most of the unusable tiles in the Forest farm are grass tiles, which can be used for buildings, while most of the unusable tiles in the Riverland farm are water, which can’t be used for buildings

[@Lilackity]

Yess my first farm was forest and I just put my coop and barn on the grass patches, and then let frass grow on the smaller soil patch so that my animals could just eat there

[@IttarraOda]

The Beach farm is my #1 farm because of the area south of it as well as the little forest area, the space looks so clean when your farm animals are just having a grand ol time. Also those crates REALLY helped early game dropping triple shot espressos like nothing, and it changes your priorities a bit on what to upgrade first. Not sure if this is actually true or not, but I swear rainy days happened almost 25-50% more often in the Beach farm than others. More than half my days it seemed were rainy.

[@copicism4077]

image this video about 4 month ago and now some boi comment

[@babaeggue]

Yeah I noticed it rained a lot more on my beach farm too

[@SiameezyRPGer]

I recently started a new beach farm path and noticed I got a lot of bad luck days lol

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

I woulda thought the main selling point for 4 corners was the multiplayer part 4 people in-co-op, everyone gets their own little spot.

[@starlenestilltouringyoutub2116]

nah,, four corners stood out to me because 1) I had every thing at once 2) Four corners? Nice farming layout already planned for me-

[@sketchingingreen]

My first farm was riverland farm simply because I liked the aesthetic. I love things that are watery, the riverland farm and beach farm was that for me. The "can't use sprinklers" thing fir the beach farm scared me tho so I went with Riverland. I got 100% completion on that farm so now I'm using the hilltop farm.

[@Clepto_and_Co]

Same here, but I had mine before even the four corners map came out. I want to go back and start it over with all the stuff that was added since then

[@imsleepyyy.]

I have the beach farm, there’s actually a normal spot where you can use sprinklers! Although I don’t use it that much because I’m more of an animal farmer, I’ll probably start actually farming when spring time comes around and I can get the premium fruits for the greenhouse. Meanwhile, I’m just gonna decorate my farm, but I can’t get enough clay for my pathway lol Edit: almost forgot I need to buy more stuff for the animals, they produce way too much stuff and I can definitely say I have 2 chests or more (I stopped collecting the things from the animal thing Marie or whatever her name is sold me, I have two chests filled with milk, wool, void eggs, Dino eggs, eggs, and rabbit feet in my basement, and I don’t want to know how much more there is in the thing.) But good thing I can make a bunch of gold a day haha Once I complete all the things in the community house thing, I thing I’m gonna clean up my farm and organize my things, and probably build more stuff. MEANWHILE OF THAT I’ll also try to get my relationship up with Shane so I can get blue chickens lol I’ve divorced two people so far, can’t wait until I can erase their memories, I just miss giving gifts to them. I divorced Abigail since I figured Krobus would probably be a better roommate, sorry not sorry Abigail! Sorry for making you read so much!

[@sketchingingreen]

@@imsleepyyy. Oh yeah, I know about that part of the beach farm. But by the time I found out about it I was already like halfway through my 100% completion run on the Riverland farm. I'll eventually get to the beach farm and 100% complete the game on it but for now I've moved on to hilltop.

[@imsleepyyy.]

@@sketchingingreen haven’t tried hilltop yet, I’ve just tried the standard farm and the beach farm, maybe I’ll do other farms in the future!

[@NargacugaMyBeloved]

I like river land farm a bunch cause of how it looks, also nice for making big free range animal farms without needed fences

[@jamescanjuggle]

What I learnee today: Waligug hates water

[@thomasjoyce9348]

The beach is good because if you use retaining soil on the sand 1st day of spring it stays wet till winter

[@visoth7791]

you mean the regular retaining soil, 33% chance version? How does that work?

[@alicjak700]

I'm kinda surprised you set the 4 corners farm as just good considering how positive your commentary on it was :o

[@4lw4y51nnoc3n7]

me watching this video when my first farm is the riverland farm and my second one's the beach, with me loving both: 👁👄👁 riverland made dividing plots of land for different purposes very easy, beach farm just looks pretty and ocean fishes are pretty good :) also my ducks get to live by the water and swim in it, awesome. alas the sprinklers part is true and its an eternal grind for clay and weed for more deluxe retaining soil rip, and no placing it on a stone tile doesn't work.

[@dollop_head]

My first farm was the Riverland farm too 😅

[@shanegrissett7423]

I'll admit, I went on the Beach farm knowing full well I couldn't have sprinklers, but going to speedrun a wife and then also focus on Crops and the community center vault bundle along with mines, I just couldn't find the time to keep watering manually even with a gold watering can, so I downloaded the mod that lets me place sprinklers on the farm. I feel dirty but also at peace.

[@mrk_g6499]

The forest farm is my favorite. Has the cool tee borders, hidden shrine, and everything you need

[@ihadastrokereadingthis]

ill just say it now, i think the beach farm is fantastic. free forageables are everywhere, occasional food washing up. my only complain is how far apart the entryways and paths to move around are, but overall its a very great farm to me. theres tons of land, and a lot of water behind the basic house instead of wasted space. the slime area is also separate, which i personally find great for aestethics cuz i honestly hate how it looks. theres also heaps of materials, especially stone as of the quarry (if u can call it that) off to the side. a huge variety of berry bushes as well for the seasons, theres not many on other plots. shells to coffee, a lot washes up. by far my favourite farm, i didnt realise it was there until my most recent save, and this is just what ive seen so far. 9.7/10 for me, 0.3 for the far spaced doorways but thats not rlly a problem.

[@megmc80]

I actually like the riverland farm a lot. I use it for a character with a casual play style though. It’s chill and I like how there are separate delegated islands for my stuff and when I have extra time in the day I just fish and put them in the shipping bin before bed.

[@Indeeee]

Don't be a coward, play on the beach farm.

[@SomeChickWifAHat]

I really like the Riverside Farm. I like how the islands divide the land so I have a flower island, animal island, fruit tree island, and a fish pond island.

[@chupika6464]

Yeah sadly a majority of content creators are "power gamers" who basically forget that flowers are a type of crop in the game. If every farmable tile isnt an ancient fruit or a starfruit somethings wrong.

[@ChaoticMushy]

@@chupika6464 I think they sometimes forget that Stardew is also like...meant to be a calm and relaxing game where you just live the country life and don't need to make millions of dollars a day. The point of different farms is to give each player their most enjoyed playstyle.

[@chupika6464]

@@ChaoticMushy Exactly! The gamer-brainrot is just planted deep in there now and most "gamers" will try to optimize the fun out of games. Sadly I'm not unaffected and I find myself resetting days for "maximum efficiency" but I do try to play the game as a relaxing passtime as opposed to a challenge to surmount. Forgive my ramblings, TL;DR - I agree

[@ChaoticMushy]

@@chupika6464 yeah the whole "optimising everything" stuff that got planted in my brain ruined my experience because I'd stress over things I didn't get done at the end of the month. Which ended up making me drop Stardew and many other Harvest Moon games for a while. Until I realised, the game was built around multiple years for a reason, I'm not supposed to rush everything before the first year ends. I'm supposed to take my time and enjoy everything at my own pace.

[@S0LIDSNEK]

Forest farm forever. Very satisfying to start surrounded by woods and slowly chop it away as needed.

[@creeperizak8971]

Yeah, the parts of the farm I don't use end up absolutely covered in trees

[@darknesswave100]

Plus I like the border of the farm being an actual forest. I just picked the forest farm for the very first time in my last playthrough (always did standard and got bored with it being so basic) and its now my favorite one

[@zoeywolfylaurakitty8305]

How to fix the hilltop farm pet peeve: 1 - Buy a chair 2 - Set the chair at the pet peeve 3 - Sit in the chair 4 - Shove it in the pet peeve's face

[@mytiliss682]

I don't like sand, it's coarse and gets everywhere, obstructing my sprinklers.

[@faeriecat444]

6:30 i’ve only ever used the forest farm and not once have i realized there was a path there 😭

[@amorfatikhb]

for some unknown reason, i never thought to play on the four corners farm and now i just have to- that looks super pretty

[@robinsebelova7103]

Key point to beach farm is using the sand for tea, ponds and barns. As the tea, trees and grass does not need any watering it is very easy to make money on beach farm. Also you can get ocean fish early in the day so you can get octopus much more easily. I love this farm.

[@Sera.Myu.Dreamer]

I like the Riverland farm. River fish aren't worth a lot, but I can fish until nearly 2am and make extra money each day early game. I don't really do massive crop cfields so I don't mind the layout.

[@sandra-eo3vs]

I'm playing the beach farm rn bc i wanna marry elliot and move him to a bigger beach 😆😆

[@shutupimndrinkingwatre4154]

you are a good person

[@cp49100]

That's nice of you lol

[@Arixandrine]

i like the hilltop farm but the 4 corners default decorations are SO GOOD

[@Michael-tc5ff]

Wilderness farm is super nice for watering! Whenever you need to fill your watering can, you have a lake! Give it a chance! Also the monsters are great for early game when you are put of energy. Forest Golems drop mix seeds.

[@feathercat9118]

I love the beach farm, as I don't really enjoy farming. But love everything else, especially fishing.

[@daydreamissleepy7412]

But... it's a farming game-?

[@toriquack9178]

@@daydreamissleepy7412 if you think stardew is only a game about farming, you’re not taking full advantage of it.

[@oliverarboit4223]

@@toriquack9178 To be fair, it is the main aspect of the entire game, don't get me wrong here. There are others things to do to earn gold but in stardew you kinda have to farm at some point.

[@queenkoko8686]

The Riverland farm isn't very good for space and I sorta regret choosing it, but it has grown on me. It would be best for experienced players.

[@bluesonicstreak7317]

Forest farm is OP. Stopped playing the standard farm completely when it came out. For tillable tiles, it's serviceable. I know some people who do REALLY big crop fields will not like it, but I have done two separate Perfection-in-two-years runs on it growing an Ancient Fruit crop in that strip down the left and Starfruit on Ginger Island. So if you can make 13 million gold in two years farming that land, it's "enough" tiles for most people. Also, never mind the stumps. Once they drop mahogany seeds, just start planting mahogany trees on those forgeable spaces, and you will have a big hardwood forest on the side of your farm. All the hardwood you could ever need.

[@LiterallyRain]

You're saying that like hardwood isn't already in abundance. You'll get some mahogany seeds just clearing out your farm, whom will then spread and drop an average of 1.1 seeds per tree, plus it's not exactly an issue to spend an hour dropping by the secret woods a few days to get the ball rolling. Having never bothered with the forest farm, I've never had an issue with hardwood. By the time I get around to fixing Willy's boat in winter Y1/Spring Y2 I already have well over 1000 hardwood without being particularly focused on gathering it. The foragables and berries aren't exactly hard to come by either. It's definitely not OP, even bordering to underwhelming. Four corners is bae. Tons of tillable tiles for end-game while offering a small quarry (and a mostly useless respawning hardwood stump) for early game.

[@Jhud69]

The four courners farm also has one renewable hardwood stump which is pretty good and has a few berry bushes. Probably one of my favorite farm layouts even if you're not playing Multiplayer on it, the division makes it less overwhelming and you can dedicate each quadrant for something else. For beach farm I guess water retaining soil is the way to go on the sand but it is weird that we can use sprinklers on the Ginger Island just fine but not on our farm.

[@Svoorhout85]

I really don't like that fishing on the farm has such a high chance of trash. I think riverland and beach would be much better if they had fishing at least as good as their counterparts in the game world. For example, never having to go to the beach again to fish would be huge. But now, i'd still want to go there just to catch less trash.

[@celestialenigma3874]

I don’t catch much trash fishing on the beach farm at all and have gotten every fish needed for the community center for the ocean from my farm

[@alwaysbehindyou1849]

Many people also love the standard farm, because at the beginning it was the only available thing. Option to choose between different types of farm came later

[@jordananderson2728]

I love the hilltop because while it has a similar number of tiles to Riverland, it has more space overall and there's still room for building even if it isn't tillable. My gripe with Riverland is that it's _all water_ and that robs you of building space.

[@Hirotoro4692]

The beach farm is actually really good because between the greenhouse,, soil area and ginger Island you get plenty later game farming space with sprinklers. Apart from that you get the crates of coffee washing up, and you get soon much space. So freaking much space to build on.

[@nicolev990]

Currently on my 3rd year of the hill top farm and would like to say it does drop gold and iridium (as well as better geodes). Also, at this point in the game the stones drop like 4 stone, so it’s pretty good for resources when you don’t want to go to the mines.

[@sampsonsampson]

I personally enjoy them all and are very glad for all of the options. Just makes more play throughs that much better and diverse. Everyone enjoys the game differently. They are are all unique and beautiful looking. Monsters spawning and no sprinklers on the beach? Sweet. That's why you get to PICK. End game, whatever farm you picked won't matter ;). It's truly subjective as to which is "better" or "best".

[@TrixAreForKicks]

bro the default farm was my only choice for a first farm and we had a calender from the start

[@zaineoakley5555]

1.0

[@ChillatDawn]

I will not stand for this beach farm slander😤 Beach Farm for LYFE BABYYY🌊🏝☀️🌺

[@someirishguy1662]

With the sand issue, place a floor tile beneath it

[@tipisanchez3042]

If u do that can u put sprinklers on top?

[@someirishguy1662]

@@tipisanchez3042 yes

[@Phantom_Kraken]

Ooooooh

[@nadee7432]

Up! This comment is so useful!

[@missdarling7806]

very useful to know

[@davidarvizu4909]

I'm not gonna say the riverland farm is the most efficient, but it is my favorite. I love the look of water surrounding islands. You can't really construct waterways on any other farm, which provides an aesthetic that cannot be replicated. It is restrictive, but part of the joy of this game is being creative

[@Sydninny]

Forest farm is my favorite, just something about the layout works best for me, like it seems to have clear spacing and the extra hardwood is nice

[@dylanauger7316]

My first and main stardew valley character was on the riverland farm cause i didn't really understand the decision i was making when i chose, i thought it was more of an aesthetic thing than it actually affecting gameplay. But i got used to it, there's decent enough chunks of land inbetween rivers.