A small quarry in the bottom right quadrant that spawns Rocks, Ore, and Geode nodes, based on your mining level (yes, you can get Iridium Nodes). A pond matching that of Cindersap Forest in the bottom left quadrant (you can put Crab Pots here). Lots of farming space in the top right quadrant, right near your farm house. 1 Renewable Large Stump and the unique weeds of the Forest Farm in the top left quadrant. In fact, if you know you're going to be playing with other players, I would actually choose this Farm over the Forest Farm. Four Corners Farm - The Four Corners Farm has the best features of all the maps, and is ideal for multiplayer games. Also, you can still place buildings where the Large Stumps spawn for when you reach a point where you need the space more than you need the Hardwood.Ģ. But ultimately I think the benefits here more than outweigh this negative. So what's the drawback? You lose a significant amount of land as this map has the fewest number of tillable tiles of any map. A large pond that allows you to catch the Woodskip, and that can double as a river for Crab Pots. Unique weeds that always drop Mixed Seeds. Seasonal forage items, including several non-standard, valuable items.

8 Renewable Large Stumps, which let you farm Hardwood much, much faster. Forest Farm - The Forest Farm gives you several bonuses that, in my opinion, make it the clear winner: A. But don't let that stop you from choosing whatever farm you prefer.ġ. I think most people feel it's a matter of personal preference, and while that's technically true, I think some farms are, actually, better than others, so I'm going to rank them from best to worst (in my opinion). It can also never be changed, so choose carefully. However, your choice of farm does have a big impact on the game. The only things that have any impact on the game at all are some 'Favorite Thing' choices ('Concerned Ape' and 'Stardew' both change the message you get when you find a Stardrop, but that's just an aesthetic change). When you begin a new game you have a bunch of character customization options that mostly don't affect game play, so I won't mention them here. Year Two Guide is now live! Find it here: Part 4 covering Winter can be found here: Part 2 covering Summer can be found here: Note: All images in this guide were taken from the Stardew Valley Wiki: My principle goal of this guide is to help players achieve as much as possible in the game as quickly and efficiently as possible, under the assumption that the reader's principle goal in the game is to achieve the best possible rating on evaluation day (the first day of Year 3).Ĭonstructive feedback is welcome, and if there's something you feel I should be covering that I didn't, or if there's something that I got wrong, please let me know. Keep in mind that there is no one way to play Stardew Valley, so this guide isn't meant to be a rigid 'you must do this' guide, but rather has suggestions for optimizing game play for most players, regardless of your play style. You will definitely need to make more than one game/character if you plan to unlock all of the achievements available as some of them are conflicting and you cannot get them all in a single game file/playthrough.

I decided to put this guide together mostly to help new players, but also to serve as a resource for seasoned players who can use the information when starting new characters.

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