25 Tips and Tricks for Stardew Valley

[@finchblue7322]

Really like that last tip! Watching all these speedrunners complete the community center in spring of year one somehow always makes me think "I could do that" but then I remember that I don't want to. I want to take my time and enjoy the game. This goes for any game really, especially with elitists that clown on anyone who plays on easy mode. Games are for fun, and are pretty crap if you aren't having fun.

[@nightwolf7231]

I love playing games on super hard modes and just playing slow like Fallout 4 Survival or Stardew on 25% mode Edit: The one reason is because I have one resource that most don't, I have almost infinite time to do what ever I want.

[@alyssalacey5189]

My favorite tip is to keep at least one of everything. You never know when an NPC might request/ post a help wanted for a certain item, so it can just make quests go by quicker

[@MxLulo]

I like doing two--then if there's a request, then an out of season request, i don't have to give up because i can't get it before the request expires. also, laziness.

[@Catseye189]

Yes!

[@sexysoup631]

this is super important, but remember that most special orders require you to gather the items during the quest time so be careful!

[@pilesofpeonies]

I always keep a couple of everything unless I'm in a pinch and need that item at the moment 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ it's good to know that I have what I need when I need it

[@averageamphibian]

yesss i always tell myself this and the ONE TIME i didn't i really regretted it lol i sold all my rainbow shells and now i'm doing the mysterious mr. qi quest and i have to wait till summer to get one

[@thepinkgod4126]

I’ve never used this myself, but you could have a bee farm with the seasons flower as your main income, without needing scarecrows. Since something a lot of people don’t know is that crows don’t spawn if you have less than 15 seeds, they also can’t eat seasonal seeds (forage seeds)

[@thechillykitty]

Great video! Another tip, plant mahogany trees as they drop hardwood instead of regular wood (you can get seeds as drops from stumps). Plus they look pretty in fall.

[@gsgaming6976]

I like to have a little area set aside early with at least 1 stump of every tree type, since you can use your hoe or pickaxe to grab the seeds spread by stumps off the ground. That way if you ever need some emergency energy you can just hoe up a few seeds for field snacks, or you can just grab them every now and again for when you are ready to make a tree tappers.

[@chieradione]

The play how you want tip is great. My first time playing Stardew I got burnt out after a day of trying to min max when I should've just been relaxed and learned the game as I played. I just picked up Stardew again not too long ago and decided to just play how I wanted to play, I'm still learning things and it's been a joy finding out new stuff to learn.

[@talanium]

Tip: If you ever need some spice in your game, it’s never a bad idea to ply with mods that DONT change the game drastically. Im personally not a fan of stuff like the tractor mod but I love aesthetic mods like Character Facelift or Starblue Valley. Just play around, see what you like. It helps a ton.

[@adewilliam9047]

I played over 300 hrs, got bored, then installed Ridgeside Village mod in my fourth (newest) file, and it actually made me want to play Stardew again!

[@flamingrainbows9758]

I just installed the skull cavern elevator as my only mod since I knew I would never get to the bottom on my own. Now I can farm omni geodes to finish up the museum without feeling as stressed about the skull cavern overall. It’s made me actually excited to go to the skull caverns now

[@MxLulo]

I made everything foxes. and added the one QOL thing i just couldn't live without in my main farm. anything to make it feel like i'm at home.

[@talanium]

@@corshinoda No idea, but I suggest looking it up. That usually helps me

[@nyandoesthings]

There's a lot of emphasis on min-maxing on stardew youtube, and don't get me wrong, that is definitely the type of content I enjoy. I love watching insane challenges where you need to be a near-perfect player and make lists and guides to do everything you have to to complete the challenge. But that really ruined my experience of the game for a while. I put in 100 hours on my first farm ever then noticed I hadn't played in a month despite really enjoying the game and having plenty of time to. I even would find other things to do than play. And I realized that I put too much pressure on myself and the farm. I got to ginger island in fall (ginger island spoilers ahead obviously) I was very frustrated trying to get all the golden walnuts I needed. And like I said, i arrived in fall. And one of the things to get walnuts, the first step to was growing a melon, which is a summer crop. I was very frustrated and a friend told me that melon seeds were sold at the night market. So I was just pretty much waiting on the night market and working on crops. I went to and from the island almost daily to make sure everything was going well on both farms and had to remember each night where I wanted to be in the morning because of an event or birthday and I think two days before the night market I put up stardew for the night and never picked it up again because I didn't want to remember all the sstuff I "had to do". I started a new farm. it's going really well. I'm pretty broke, but man I am having a lot more fun.

[@stefunnylim]

p.s. the seedmaker could be useful in this case! and i definitely agree about the stress of having all those things on my to-do list bc the days are so short!!

[@nyandoesthings]

@@stefunnylim thanks, but I only had one chest to each farm on that save. I didn't save a single thing! I didn't even have a community center chest, I ran each item there as I got it lol

[@noreng4933]

I try really hard to chill in Stardew. I am a new played and youtube videos have given me lots of information, but I am just not interested in habing the most efficient layout, or finishing everything quickly. I am in the first winter and realized I "missed" many things in the other seasons for the community center. but honestly, I am fine with completing it in Fall 2

[@promo9844]

I definitely get what you’re saying for a long time I was very focused on min/maxing every time and would have roughly 700 starfruits and deluxe speed grow fully set up with sprinklers day one of summer year 1 but I absolutely despised the game, because fishing is so frequent in min max runs for the first half of spring I found myself changing from when I was a casual player where fishing was my favorite part of the game to hating it in its entirety but lately I finally said fuck it and made a beach farm and bought a coop with my first bit of gold

[@sturdevk]

I've enjoyed the fact that dressers stopped being useless, merely decorative, furniture items as of 1.4. And now the player can go whole hog in storing hats, rings, shoes, and clothes in them. This saves so much chest space after buying one, for all the hats and rings you get.

[@goopi_eh]

For real? Thanks, it's such a lifechanger and I never would've guessed!

[@sturdevk]

@@goopi_eh Yuppers. And glad my knowledge helped you.

[@cattycorner8]

OMGosh! That is so great to know. I need all the storage I can get! lol

[@lus-midhe]

Tappers can be placed on trees outside the farm. I put some on the ones at the bus stop since I pass by there a lot and it reminds me they need collecting (I always forget about the ones on my farm)

[@SamE-mh4ki]

It did help!! Never knew I could go through my inventory like that! Thanks! :D

[@ajharrell546]

A quick tip for Honey; If you plant a poppy and a sunflower in the same range of the beehouse, it will take to the flower grown first, in this case the poppy. The sunflower can be helpful because it grows in fall as well, meaning you're still getting more expensive honey while waiting for your fairy rose to grow.

[@princeizo6892]

Oh true the planting sunflower while waiting for the fairy rose to grow is so smart i didnt even think of that :0

[@ceceelove7996]

in the beginning of the game, always check the traveling merchant. Sometimes she will have community center items.

[@samanthasr7798]

That clay farming tip was literally the tip I've been neeeeding for my farm. Thank you!!!!!

[@lynnestark2957]

Thank you for this, I just subscribed. This was in your comment section, there is a mod to slow time. The game is faster than I'm comfortable, I would love for the days to be longer. Something I just learned to use is the button on the right side, it says add to existing stacks. Oh my what a time saver. I also like how it then organizes what's in there. I spent so much time trying to see what went into the open chest. Hit the button and it does it for you. Maybe almost everyone already knows this. This is for the one who doesn't.

[@michaelshelley03]

That flower honey tip is so cool !!!

[@ShabyUwU]

The flower+bee house tip is amazing, thank youuu🥺

[@ultraredraptor]

... I never knew you could use tab to swap bars... Thank you!!! ❤

[@elisalishka6054]

Tip 4 had me crying! I didn't even know you could shift inventory with tab😭 You helped one person over here❤😭

[@Spewwow]

Last tip made me subscribe! Love your stuff

[@salmence100]

It was the monster men wasn’t it. Thank you!

[@keegan9637]

Bro this is a year old video and I just learned that tab thing for scrolling to the next backpack line. Mind blown. Thx man haha

[@Buddy_andMe]

Also sunflowers when you pick them once fully grown the drop 1 or 2 seeds this is handy do you don’t have to keep repurchasing seeds 😊

[@irenegoyette9086]

The tab information is VERY valuable!

[@maxios-7613]

I dunno how people struggle with CC, I found it really fun and doable on year 1, the only mistake I made is ignoring some spring crops and forgetting about the shopping cart. I completed 90% of it on year 1 and now I'm at year 2 fall and waiting for my pig to grow up to put the last piece into the puzzle.

[@amandascribner270]

Doing one chest per two letters of the alphabet (A-B, C-D, etc) has helped me a lot. It’s much easier to know just how much of each item I have.

[@jess_dr.nursemd604]

Two things I like to do for money is instead of selling crops, sell the jellies/pickles of the crops instead and make and sell tea samplings for quick cash. Also I didn’t know about the honey thing! I’ve just been shoving honey in a keg this whole time!

[@mikec4390]

Even if the truffle is iridium quality, it is always more profitable to turn it into truffle oil if you have the artisan profession. Don't be afraid to horde your artisan products (milk, cheese, truffle oil, honey, etc) until you get artisan unlocked for a massive 40% increase in sell price. If you're going for perfection this will save you time in the long run due to the insane amount of cash required.

[@Foonislin]

The chest tip was amazing thank you

[@kotakashmota]

If you save all of the season's forgeable items and turn them into wild seed packets it is much more profitable than selling the items individually -- even if they are high quality. I also put a couple of seed makers inside of my mushroom cave and turn all of my common mushrooms into wild seed packets and sell those as well.

[@bananaalounge]

omg thank you for the tab trick, I had no clue that it swapped inventory bars HAAHHAHA

[@EC-gz2xt]

Oh, I actually have a really useful fishing tip. It sounds a bit strange, but the rock in the sea to the left of the pier is actually OP early game. Not sure why, but it always gives you higher quality fish! If you fish near it all day, I usually level up quite quickly and get 1800-2000g a day - very useful for early game!

[@farrowhumes8210]

You forgot to mention in the late game fairy rose with bee houses is the best use of space on the left side of ginger Island farm

[@jameshanus3813]

Me: *Someone who has completed perfection and has every achievement unlocked* Also Me: “But what if there is more to know!?!”

[@TrKyNova]

The thing I did really early on in my first playthrouh was reach really deep in the mines to continue getting ores, the ingots are good for upgrading obviously but iron and gold bars sell for a decent amount early game

[@snuggilyd]

I did not know about the Tab switch for inventory bar. I’m the one person. Thank you

[@pandapal13]

The tab button....my god. My life is changed.

[@mossymindful]

Make a fairy rose honey empire on your ginger island farm!! I did this after getting bored of the constant starfruit grind.

[@bgtvfrtgb6959]

OH MY GOD. THE TAB BUTTON.I AM FLOORED. 200 HOURS AND I DIDNT KNOW. MY EYES ARE OPEN. YOBA'S GRACE IS BEING SHOWERED UPON ME. MY LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVERRRRRRR

[@TelAlissa]

Small tip I learned : keep a chest next to the mine and store valuables there while mining. If you die - your stuff is safe 😂

[@Darksphere101]

Subscribed for the inventory tab tip lol

[@moonyu189]

holy sheep, I play for a year, and I just know tab can switch inventory slots. Also the fence with grass trick is blow my mind.

[@tizipzaza5700]

I love what you said at the end of clip lmoa

[@sepiasmith5065]

one time I had a legendary fish in my inventory and was making a bunch of sashimi for my mines run. I was like. hey where'd it go? lol. I reset the day I had a similar thing happen once when Kent requested a bream (I think?) and I swear to god I had to reset the day three or four times. The first time because of the sashimi... the second and third times and possibly fourth, IT VANISHED FROM MY INVENTORY. I checked my inventory when I was about to leave the farm. still had it. I checked it when I got to town. still had it. as soon as I walked up to Kent, I go looking for it - IT'S GONE. genuinely no idea if it's real but my theory was that it vanished prematurely "giving" it to him when I talked to him before actually gifting it. when I didn't talk first, it stayed....

[@deanZAbean]

so asking for a friend but what was that mod changing the animals into monster men?

[@user-uo7ru1bt5w]

monster men livestock by commanderwaddles on nexus!

[@Joefax]

You forgot to mention that pine tar is also used in the rain totem recipe

[@cattycorner8]

A lot of these tips were very helpful to me! I am playing the first time very slowly. I can't even get a barn built bc I can't find a place that I can build it. I have tapped trees everywhere. I wondering does the land have to be cleared before you are allowed to build something?

[@salmence100]

It needs to be cleared of trees, rocks, and sticks, I believe it’s fine if there’s still grass or fiber!

[@helenm1085]

You can untap a tree by hitting it with the axe - this doesn't break the tap, you can then put it on another tree

[@alicjak700]

Update from 1.6! Now you actually gain a little bit of friendship with all animals inside if you close the Barn/Coop for the night (still not worth it imo but it's there) 😊

[@2trawberries]

2:55 it did help ALOT

[@Rubyfir3]

Re: Moving chests 1.6 lets you do it with certain tools more easily.

[@THEBLUENINJASHEN]

didn't know the tips number 10, 23 was interesting

[@katie7390]

genuinely befriending NPC's that aren't romanceable is my big tip, huge things like recipes (crafting and cooking) are behind those barriers

[@dwightschrute2822]

I learned a couple things! How many hours do you have in SDV?

[@SadieLewman]

Tip 4 changed my life today

[@highroller6244]

What is the Song starting around 2:40? Can anyone tell me please? Great guide btw. Binging them all weekend 😅

[@josueleonardorodriguezames2065]

Wow, you have such a beautiful voice, i love your videos

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Yeah I've heard the stressing me one and while it can be good for a financial boost my recommendation is just see me is use it as a food benefit especially from The Crab Pot fish which are never too expensive to be used as sashimi. Most fish will give you between 13 and 65 Health shashini gives you 75 a little bit more if you use the queen spice for it but why use squeeze spice for sashimi when you can use it for something else and get a boost of over 100 as opposed to a boost of only 25 to 50

[@thegamertron1747]

A tip for making money is to fill your greenhouse and ginger island farm with ancient fruit because every weak you get around 750k more if you have kegs

[@emofound]

Please make an updated one for 1.6 thank you!

[@zoeyguest2512]

if your playing on mobile leave the vibration on for fishing because it can save your eyes are bit

[@Great_Olaf5]

Question, due mixed seeds, those little mushroom things they sometimes grow, do those ever become something useful, or have 8 been right it felt rid of them?

[@SusieQ_1994]

Not sure which crop starts out looking like a mushroom, but mixed seeds always grow into one of the seasonal crops. Most likely it's growing into one of the ones that take more time to be ready. :)

[@PERFECTprod41]

How did you get the skull torches in your farmhouse?

[@HollowlegJake]

It's hard to remember all of these :O

[@alik9626]

we waited to have 2 dinosours hatched to actually donate to the museum and i didnt even want to donate it since it was iridium so i waited for the next one :D

[@noobgamer7286]

I Cracked at the end

[@kurosekai2736]

i liked the end ty💜💜

[@DragonFire_96]

Hey don’t forget that there are item ids for stardew valley so if pre say someone is not very good at fishing those item ids are a big help also in the secret woods there is not just one but two patches to that other part also remind people the best time saver is taking a screenshot or just zooming out and there they’ll be able to much more done in the easiest way (but yes like you said play the game however you want you do not need to go by anyone else rules or their playstyle but if you’re playing with others don’t be a dick and just go and bother them let them do their thing and you about your day)

[@14possumsinatrenchcoat]

I can’t believe you skipped out on mentioning that the first dinosaur egg should IMMEDIATELY go in your coop because once it grows up you will then get a dinosaur egg every week PER DINOSAUR. so you can donate one, and use the rest for dinosaur mayo

[@doommustard8818]

You should pin a comment mentioning that they changed the way animal barns/coops work in 1.6 so that animals do lose happiness if you leave the door open overnight.

[@ХоромиХром]

tip 4 helped me!!

[@DanPandazable]

Hold on...I'm sorry but I am an idiot for not realizing that the campfire could be used for cooking are you telling me that I completely overlooked that for years and waited around for the cabin expansion to cook my food in the kitchen?? I could've been cooking this entire time???

[@Sub2Kryptic]

I'm new , how do you get a fishing rod to fish

[@greatgamingendavour]

Do u know why in Forrest farm , the wilderness greenery start absorving farms's space if trees r near the green , am having problame because of that , in year 10 and it almost swallowed my other player house and other things . Also how to start green forest grassy floor in normal standard farm , not grass patch but that good looking green patch which gets covered in winter and changes color in fall

[@Lilhopal]

I played Stardew on Switch and got so disheartened and frustrated. I’m about to get a gaming laptop and your guides and tips are helping me feel more prepared to give it a try again 🥲

[@thepinkgod4126]

A tip for people that want a lot of early money, without really having to do a lot is to get Caroline to 2 hearts asap and then make tea saplings and sell them, they sell for 500 each and don’t require stuff that’s too hard to get a lot of besides Fiber

[@mudawott]

And even then Fiber isnt usually an issue early game like it is in the late game. When your exploring the regular mines and cleaning your farm all you have to do is remember not to trash it.

[@pan1884]

EDIT: Nope, I'm stupid. Memory problems got the best of me; it's my first save file on the Switch, so I decided to shake things up by changing the profit margin. I forgot I did that until literally today, two days after I posted this. Either way, the tip here still stands: make spring seeds asap, plant them, use the grown crops to make more! Repeat ad nauseum as many times as you'd like, and start over with each season's own forageables. An extra tip: if you're struggling with fiber, you can go to the mines and farm levels 15 and 25 back and forth. I usually come away with enough fiber to make ~10 saplings at the lowest. And once you unlock the recipe for fiber seeds, it's a good way to farm mixed seeds for that as well if you do it while your luck is high. Pan for lucky rings if you need an extra boost.

[@harleymariemorgan2759]

I actually just did this. I just planted 50 tea saplings on my farm at the end of summer year 1. I know it’ll only yield me a week of profit at the end of fall at first but at least I got it started LOL

[@carterhuh]

@@harleymariemorgan2759 you’re not supposed to plant them LMAO

[@Pirokh]

@@harleymariemorgan2759 You're supposed to sell the saplings. Not the tea. The tea leaves are only 50g apiece.

[@ghostlevelzero7446]

If you plant a cauliflower day 1, and a green bean day 1 or 2, as well as the usual parsnips and potatoes, you can complete the spring crops bundle the night after the egg festival and get 20 speed grow. Put that on 20 of the strawberries you just got, and those will get 1 extra harvest. You might get cauliflower from your day 1 mixed seeds, but you must buy the bean if you want to do this.

[@tachankagods2626]

Wow

[@legendkrit]

Nice

[@briantroy7376]

This is true, but personally, I think you get a better use out of speed grow on ancient seeds or rare seeds. They take SO long to mature without it. you get a full green house of ancient seeds pretty fast if you speedgrow the first few

[@briantroy7376]

@@adropintheocean6282 yup, but tbh, that could be because I never make any other speed grow lmao. If you make or buy more, I can see how that may seem silly. But it's not that long a wait, you can get ancient seeds my killing bugs in early cave floors they're not actually all that uncommon

[@Phnxkon]

@@briantroy7376 buy deluxe speed grow from Sandy on thursdays

[@alyssamccoy89]

Keep a chest outside Clint's house for your blacksmith and museum items. You can drop off any time and pop in to do a big cracking or big dono when they're open. Also, have a chest and furnaces at the mines!

[@CobaltContrast]

Actually genius. I've walked by so many times and missed them not being open.

[@maeborowski3554]

Everytime I watch a "Do this X thing in stardew valley" people put so much stuff on screen I get overwhelmed easy, so I decided to play the game as inefficient and slow as possible It was the best decision I made, because it made me learn the game slowly while not feeling I was pressured to do those things Truly an awesome game

[@Lemony123]

I had to be honest. I prefer to be overwhelmed than getting underwhelmed. Getting tips for this game could lead to both in my opinion.

[@hiroparadise8152]

You will never get across the skull cavern with that attitude

[@immi4660]

I played the game so slowly on my first play through, and about two years later I'm still playing that first ever save file along with my second save file that I started not long ago, and I've still not completed the game or unlocked everything there is. There are so many secrets I'm still discovering, cut scenes I haven't seen yet and wonderful surprises presenting themselves to me. I've loved learning the game slowly and still love learning and playing it slowly. It means all the magic isn't discovered and gone at once, it makes the game last longer and in my opinion you bond with the game and the characters better. Much more fun and fulfilling way to play I think 🥰

[@Jenna_Talia]

Yeah the game has a massive min/max community, so much so that they incidentally convince casual players to do certain things when in reality it just does not matter. Tillable soil on farms is one thing, it does not matter unless there's truly a pathetic amount. You won't be needing millions of gold from the world's largest ancient fruit vineyard, so tillable soil just does not matter. Year 1 community center completion ruined the game for me personally. So many people promote doing it that I just quit saves whenever I felt like I wasn't getting enough done.

[@handlebard]

The final tip perfectly sums this up - play the game the way you want to and simply enjoy it

[@agroteraaaa]

my favorite tip that you didn't cover is to never ignore birthdays for NPCs you're interested in befriending or dating. i spent my first couple playthroughs not really thinking about it, but hoooooo boy, it can make a difference. even a gift they like instead of love or a universal neutral is better than nothing, and can still get you some nice friendship points. i also feel like this is doubly true if you're playing with mods that add more NPCs like SDVE or ridgeside, because of how massive the maps can get, you obviously won't be making a trip around the map daily, so boosts from birthday gifts can really help make it easier.

[@nyandoesthings]

I never really realized how much birthdays made a difference in my first playthrough because I was only really interested in Sam and Linus, I didn't know you could literally just buy pizzas so I gave Sam a neutral birthday gift and then I was at 10 hearts with Linus before his birthday, but in my current playthrough I'm making sure to not miss birthdays and the difference is huge. I had gotten Marnie to 2 hearts already for the purple shorts, but on the week of her birthday gave her two liked gifts then a loved gift on her birthday and she went from 2 to 6 hearts, just like that.

[@elliottbow2819]

Absolutely true. I gave Victor a gold quality butterfish and went from 2 hearts to 5. I don’t even like the guy.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

That's not a tip. It's part of the game mechanics. What's next? "You need wood? Chop a tree!"

[@cricketandgraham8644]

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme this entire video is mostly about mechanics, chill

[@OliverTheAmpersandCat]

Hates and dislikes are also boosted, so be careful not to accidentally give someone mud or a rock or something on their birthday

[@Cressxlia]

_"see you're laughing"_ oh nono, i just learned that today. 2:42 i didn't know that *Tab* swapped my inventory bar. Thank you. I am part of that _one_ person who has benefited from that tip. 🙏

[@leannarosinski2769]

Same. The hours I’ve spent moving different quality eggs to fill my top inventory bar for mayo…my god

[@crispyfries0]

ive learnt this when i finished a year on stardew valley and i honestly cant believe the game does not show you this tip

[@Olamelama]

@@crispyfries0 omg i just found out and ive been into soooo many hours of game too hahaha

[@Koolkorra87]

Same!!! Just finished year one without knowing this trick 😭

[@tyrawr4394]

Same, just finished year 1 without knowing this until now. I was wondering why Mobile was able to access their entire inventory inventory bar without opening the menu, but the PC version couldn't... It turns out it can do that, they just don't tell you how.

[@jacksonpercy8044]

One trick I discovered that I haven't seen people mention online is that you can store an infinite number of items in dressers _and then pick them up._ So if you have a bunch of rings or clothes you like to swap between (or just want to transport them), you can keep them all in your inventory and switch them out whenever you like. The only drawback is that you can't place dressers everywhere, but you can place them in the mines entrance and I think inside other buildings, so it's only a small inconvenience.

[@kleinesren7064]

wait dressers aren't just for decoration?! :D Ohh boi!

[@Random2]

Best tip here for me was one you did not give. 12:02, you can plant fruit trees *outside* the tillable area in the greenhouse. I had literally no idea.

[@doggytheanarchist7876]

The fuck?!? I've been wasting tillable space on 6 trees for no reason.

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

​@Doggy the Anarchist yup. I have them along the walls and actually have 8 of them them in there.

[@windflier1684]

It kind break my immersion tho, like how are they growing on metal lol

[@Nugs387]

​@@windflier1684 it is kinda weird, but when you plant them it does create a little hole with exposed dirt where the roots go in!

[@88porpoise]

​@@windflier1684just say you cut a hole for them when you played them

[@gooseman247]

Once you get rabbits, always try and carry a rabbit's foot or two with you. Almost all villagers (apart from Penny) love them, so you can easily stack up on friendship if you see a villager you're struggling with.

[@contrabardus]

You can put path tiles around trees once they've grown to keep clutter from spawning around them so you don't constantly have to clear the around them. It won't prevent them from generating crops. They only need the cleared space to grow, once grown the clear space is no longer required.

[@gsgaming6976]

Tappers stop them from dropping seeds and cluttering the area too, but this is definitely useful if you plant your trees before you have the copper to make the tappers. I did it backwards in my latest playthrough, but a bunch of paths down before the trees and then I was sitting there like "freaking grow already man!"

[@tessntank2019]

Litterly doing this right now

[@tadpole53]

One thing I like to do is to plant fiber seeds on all of my crop spaces in winter and letting them stay there until Spring 1 so that when springs comes, I don't have to spend the entire day cleaning up, tilling, and watering the soil! I have 504 crops currently, so it takes me ALL day to get all that space ready for crops if I don't use this trick. (SPOILER WARNING AHEAD) - To unlock fiber seeds, you need to do the community cleanup quest for Linus. Fiber seeds will grow in any season and they don't have to be watered. BUT, if you set up a sprinkler for them, the sprinklers will still water them. Which is even more useful come Spring 1, because that means that all of the tilled spots will be watered already. So all you have to do is harvest your fiber and then put seeds down. AND of course if you put fertilizer down before you plant the fiber seeds, it'll save that fertilizer for your spring crops! AND AND, the fiber plants are only harvested with a scythe, so there's no risk of walking through your fiber plants and accidently harvesting one (unless of course you're walking with your scythe out) AND AND AND it's obviously a great way to save up on fiber for crafting! Just try to save up as many mixed seeds as you're going to need for all of your crop spaces. It takes 1 mixed seed to make 4 fiber seeds ( +5 sap and 1 clay), so divide all of your crop spaces by 4 to know how many you'll need. You can either plant them all as soon as winter comes, or you can take a look at the wiki to see when exactly you'll need to plant them in order to be able to harvest them on Spring 1! I hope all of this made sense LOL

[@MxLulo]

someone else's tip involved making tea saplings which use fiber, so personally I find this brilliant! and and and, i can plant fiber just as something for the end of the month when it's too late to plant so much as a parsnip

[@itsjustkay7251]

This is brilliant thank you. I have 500+ plots that takes me 2 days to complete each season

[@canihaveyourdog]

You have just changed my Stardew Valley life. I have 392 spots and I have been re-tilling, re-watering, and re-fertilizing every season for 8 years. Thank you for sharing this tip!!!!!

[@dagreif187]

Anyone else in year 3 and just now thinking about a chicken coop?…lol😂

[@ChristopherNordone]

RIP tip 16 in the 1.6 update. Closing the barn/coop door increases friendship with animals now.

[@Intrafacial86]

If you have a ton of crystalariums out of sight (e.g. in a shed, in the desert, etc.) and struggle to remember to check on them, place one for each mineral you’re duplicating inside your house. Those indoor crystalariums will serve as convenient reminders to harvest the others when they’re ready. You can also use this strategy for other processing machines.

[@Shiba_Draws]

Or right outside of the shed!

[@Jenna_Talia]

One QoL feature I wish the game had was icons popping up outside of sheds and your greenhouse, basically to avoid exactly this. But good tip in the meantime.

[@ultraredraptor]

I do this with a potted planted in my house so I know when my crops on ginger island are ready

[@a.j.nunnaurbiz6535]

That little tree icon that flashes when you hover over an item in your inventory that you need for a community center bundle? You can click on that icon to pull up a list of what you need for the bundles without having to visit the community center. Took me a while to realize this! Another time-saver is the phone you can purchase from Robin: it lets you call all of the shops in town and check on inventory, prices, and/or building costs without having to physically visit them. It's great to be able to double-check what building materials you need for something before you trot all the way over to Robin's store. Also, if the shop is closed for the day, it can save you a disappointing trip. The chest at the mines is a great help--so is putting one down next to your favorite fishing spot. Having trouble with fishing? Willy sells a training rod with a sizable bar to help you catch some of the basic fish, it will help you get your fishing skill up. And, keep in mind, crab pot catches count towards your fishing skill as well. Also, talk to each villager at the festivals--even if you can't gift them, it's an easy way to earn friendship points. It adds up.

[@cattycorner8]

A phone?! I have almost bought that so many times, but thought what a dumb idea if you couldn't call anybody. Thx for that tip.

[@a.j.nunnaurbiz6535]

@@cattycorner8 You're welcome! ^_^

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

....that's literally the point of those things. The community center button and the phone.

[@olisaquarium9921]

I would say a big tip is to go fishing early game, I found a lot of times i had time and energy to kill at the end of days near the ends of seasons, and even just fishing for 3 hours of in game time can net you a good amount of cash early game, this also helps a lot if you go the fisher - angler route

[@gsgaming6976]

It's by far the best source of money early. I've made over 7k from a full day of fishing up catfish/treasure, and 4-5k from the ocean (fishing near the big rock off the pier) I generally like to go for the Pirate perk early though. The extra sell price on fish is really nice, but treasure chests can get you dino eggs, ancient seeds, gems, bait, and extra ore for sprinklers early, so imo it's more useful just more random. Makes each playthrough feel a bit more unique because if you fish enough you've got a really good chance of getting at least one of the rarer chest items. So one run you might get an ancient seed, another run you might get Neptune's Glaive and make up to lvl 80 in the mines ezpz as far as combat goes.

[@HDuBois96]

I've spent at least 300 hours playing Stardew, other good hundred on the wiki... yet I enjoy watching this type of useful information. Great video! :D Edit: Best tip is tryhard getting the trashcan hat

[@alphag4mer909]

i got the trashcan hat on year 1 and didn't know what to do with it so i just trashed it, later on at the end of like year 3 i saw someone on youtube mention how rare it is, so i went to the wiki, and i look, it's a 0.2%, instant regret at that moment

[@LauraElizabethArt]

I have one in my chest. I figured it was just trash as well. Good to know!

[@MxLulo]

I got it spring year 1 (i'm sorry!!!) on my first farm. I wear it a ton, i think it's the best hat in the game

[@chuuyanendoroid]

@@alphag4mer909 its a 0.2 percent...............? i ran out of space and just trashed it 😭😭

[@octaviusthe2nd672]

I always keep a "quest items" chest in my farm so I can keep items that I know will be required for a quest later in the game like largemouth bass for the Jodi dinner event, or cave carrots for Marnie's goats or even community center items

[@ignightroad]

Have 180+ hours in the game and......did not know about the shift-tab inventory trick. You really did just help me out a ton, there.

[@whereisthelambsauce1378]

The last tip 😭 As a beginner stardew player I strived to min max my farm but I got burnt out after a week, spending 80% in wiki and 20% in actual gameplay. Play the game however you like, it doesn’t matter whether you have 2 pigs and earn only 2k a day after 3 years ingame, or whatever. Have fun and go with the flow.

[@macili3669]

in the new 1.6 update, shuting farm animal doors after 7 increases friendship levels with the animals

[@88porpoise]

A huge tip I have is: if you find something frustratung and hurting your enjoyment of the game, look for a mod. Whether aesthetic, quality of life, or changing mechanics you dobt enjoy, its you game so do what makes it more fun to you

[@robinyodathelilacbunny7419]

Consoles don't have many of the exploits so it is important to have an idea of what you want to accomplish each season. On another note, Kent arrives in year 2 so finishing the community center with the friendship bundle in year 2 will start you with 2 hearts with Kent.

[@LumaEclipse]

The last tip means a lot. This is a nice little farming game about escaping your old sucky job. Use this as your escape from real world issues, have fun. If that means trying to do everything perfect great! If it means taking your time doing small random things also great! Just have fun

[@jamesdinius7769]

Especially don't donate the first dino egg. Incubate it, donate, and donate your now infinite egg.

[@farmerash]

About tip 11: Take into account that you not only need 3 Hearts with Linus, but also to have the first house upgrade to cook. Selling 10 Sunfish/Anchovies may only be 300g right now as opposed to 750g when sold as Sashimi. But those 300g can help you a heck of a lot more right now on Spring 10, than the 750g will help you on Summer 15, because by then the gold would have been invested and reinvested to the point where it's become more than 750g worth of profit.

[@jessewodell]

Can you not using a cooking fire to make sashimi? That’s a much earlier build.

[@farmerash]

@@jessewodell There's no cooking fire in the game. And up until last month with the 1.6 update, the cookout kit was locked behind level 9 foraging (aka, long after the house is upgraded anyway)

[@dustin5747]

"fuck me do what you want buy a salad" has probably been the easiest way a channel got me to subscribe to them, loved that lol

[@lillianleader5095]

I love your last tip. I decided to play a farm where I only sold on the last day of the season. The only way to make money throughout the season was to complete posts from the community boards or to fulfill the main game quests. It was a great way to work on my friendships with the townsfolk which I usually neglect. It's my favorite farm. It's almost 5 years old, and I just did the last house upgrade. Throttling back on how often I get a big cash influx forced me to slow down and play the game based more on interactions with the town than focusing on getting to the next money goal. Which is what Grandpa wanted all along. :)

[@sepiasmith5065]

My bestie did the same thing! End of every season she made BANK lol