39 INSANELY Helpful Tips! [ Stardew Valley Guide ] 

First day of summer first year, plant your melons with speed grow. Then you’ll have a melon (hopefully good quality) for the soup at the luau which will give you a “best soup ever tasted” which means friendship hearts!

"Salmonberries are nuts!" No, they're berries xd

At the beginning of the game, I recommend checking the fortune teller & waiting until a high Luck day to clear all the rocks on your farm, because high Luck increases the chance of collecting coal & geodes from the rocks. You can actually collect a fair amount of coal & geodes solely from the rocks spawned on your farm if you do this.

Something that helps me with burnout.. I watch other people play (such as 100 days of Stardew Valley, there seems to be a fair amount of variety) and that ends up giving me motivation to go back to it. A bit late, but hopefully someone finds this helpful

I actually use the preserved jars with the sturgeon roe to make caviar that makes the least 500 and at most 700 gold (with the artisan profession) and for the beehives its more valuable with the flowers especially the fairy rose that makes your beehive produce honey worth 680 gold every four days

You: "don't talk to Elliot. Never talk to Elliot" Me, having him as my husband: 👁️👄👁️

This video was full of really helpful tips, so thank you. BUT playing the whole game according to what will make you the most money is the most Joja thing I ever heard.

9:11 I totally agree, coal is a very precious resource and hard to get. HOWEVER, if you go to the frozen section of the mines and kill the little black jumpy guys (idk the proper name) they often drop coal! That’s always my go-to way to get coal.

“Don’t talk to Elliott” Me, who’s married to Elliott in like 5 of my saves: :0

I will say-- even if you aren't showing anyone your farm, if you want flowers then get the flowers! This game isn't all about making money right away and having pretty things on the farm is nice too

For coal: head to floor 50 of the mines. Go through, grab any you see, then get the coal at the end of 52. Head down to 53, turn around, head out, then repeat. It's a super short run from 50-52, and it's a good amount of guaranteed coal

Bee houses are actually really good with when they are well-positioned around fairy roses or other valuable flowers, especially when they are on Ginger Island. If you need coal, spray on the monster musk and kill dust sprites by spamming 45, 55, and 65

The way you put Elliot in the thumbnail but don't talk to him LMAO

Blueberries are only good for the first year. On the second year, you "should" have the desert unlocked, and you should have some kegs. Prio getting Oak Resin from tree's to make LOT's of kegs, and plant Starfruit. Starfruit has a MUCH higher income than Blueberries, especially if you turn it into Wine (Each Starfruit Wine sells for 3,150 with Artisan Perk). Coal isn't difficult to farm. Just kill Dust Sprites on floor 45 over and over (Going down the ladder's if they show up) until you kill 500 of them to get the burglar ring, then keep killing Dust Sprites on floor 45. Every one, or close to every one, with the burglar ring gives you coal. Meaning, once you get that ring, you can easily farm 50-100 a day. Once you have enough money though, it's always worth just buying 1-2 stacks, if not more. Preserves Jars take 3 days to make jelly. I only have 26 Jars atm, but, I'm making 10k every 3 days from he jars alone, and this is on Summer year 1, so, it's a lot. You'll make a LOT more once you full a shed with them (Think it's like 120-130 Jars altogether). Since you're growing crops anyway (Like Blueberries and Cranberries), turning them in to Jelly is much more profitable. Agree that Hardwood is valuable, but, not in the way you're thinking. You can usually get 1-2 Mahogany Seeds from the Secret Woods a day (Every mob and all the stumps have a chance to drop one), meaning you CAN make a major Hardwood farm at the train station or something. I use Hardwood farms to make normal Wood, as it's a lot better space-wise, since you get more wood from 1-2 hardwood through the wood chipper than you do from cutting down a tree, and you usually get 5-8 Hardwood per tree. Chub's are your best thing to eat. Chub's and Smallmouth Bass. They both give the same amount of energy, and they also give you the most energy per 1 gold, so it's kind of a "min-max" thing :P For Animal's, at least get the starter Barn and Coop. Having 4 Chicken's and 4 Cows makes you 1.5-2k a day from them, going up the longer you have them and keep them happy. This is an easy way to have a steady income for when you want to buy things. I never use the basic sprinklers. I always go for Quality one's. I just speed down to floor 80, then farm up the iron, gold and quartz, and usually end up with 15 quality sprinklers for my main crop (120 crops) and 5-10 spare for anything else by the end of Spring. The basic sprinklers can be useful, but, they're kind of a waste. 1 iron bar and 1 copper bar to water 4 spot's is not worth it. That iron and copper could be used for something else (Like Kegs, Glowstone Rings and Tappers). For the watering can, it's a good idea to try to get it to Copper before the 13th (Strawberries), that way, you can plant 100-150 Strawberries in your first spring and have plenty of energy to water it all without having to waste valuable food (Salmonberries start on the 15th-18th Spring). Just get to floor 20, spam floor 21 for copper, do a little fishing for the 2k if you don't have enough and make it. It's more helpful in the long run, especially when you are setting up the next season's crops. You only need it to be copper though, and you can upgrade it higher once you get to Winter if you want (To make year 2's Spring setup a LOT easier). Sorry for the essay. I have a lot of time in this game as well, so thought I'd share some of my knowledge too!. BUT, the BIGGEST TIP I CAN GIVE YOU IS play it at your own speed! There is no timer for this game, you don't need to "beat it as fast as possible". Don't feel bad because you don't do the Community Centre on year 1/2. First time I played, it took me till Fall of year 1 to even REALIZE it was a thing, then took me till year 4 to complete it (Before I found out about Stardew Wiki, the saviour of a website xD). Play at your own pace, play it the way YOU want too and do it YOUR way. THAT is the best experience for this game.

Side note, you WILL need a steel watering can at the very least if you want to go through the volcano dungeon in any reasonable way. So don't just nix the watering can after you get the sprinklers

Lmao. One of the best tips I got out of this wasn’t even a dedicated tip. I didn’t realize you had to donate the dwarf scrolls to the dwarf to understand him. I though it would be something once we became friends finally.

"Don't talk to Elliott." "Okay," I say, casually gifting him 999 pomegranates and treating him like the demi-god he is.

I chose the beach farm as my first farm. When reading the description of each farm and then final deciding on the beach farm I thought " Pfffffft who needs sprinklers!?" I DO. I NEED SPRINKLERS.

"having animals isn't important" "crops are the best" I play the opposite way, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.

Flowers are great for honey, for decorating in front of your home, and for putting in the grange. Sunflowers can be processed into oil for cooking so you don't have to buy it, plus they produce their own seeds automatically.

I'd argue that upgrading your watering can is definitely worth it. Usually you have enough copper within the first couple of in game weeks to craft the copper bars necessary to do it. Being able to use the first (copper) upgrade to water three squares instead of one is so much faster, and when you're in a new game, the only thing that depletes faster than your energy is time.

“Don’t talk to Elliott.” Me, shoving my OC Farmer towards him: Great tip, I’m not following it

A tip about farming stuff for energy is choosing the Mushrooms over the bats when demtrius ask u about the cave, u'll have a bunch of common mushrooms always with u (u'll get like 4-6 common every 2 day), it's veru useful for the mines to have always something to eat for energy and health

Another tip for me is getting the mine carts as soon as possible by unlocking them in the community center. It essentially unlocks fast travel that saves a lot of time over the long haul

Me, with over 500 hours in this game, not learning anything: **binge watches all your tips videos**

We need a backstory on why Therm dislikes Elliot.

Fun fact about hardwood: If you choose the four corners farm, in the top left section, there is a hardwood stump that generates everyday! This allows you to get hardwood before the secret forest because the hardwood stumps require an upgrade under what the fallen log requires.

I just married Elliot and he calls me pretty every day, so shut

I'm sensing something personal with Elliot...

Been playing this game nearly a year and just realised you can zoom in and out 🤦🏻‍♀️ thanks for the tips!

“Don’t talk to Elliot” Me: *creates whole different save file for him*

Some tips of my own! 1) For flowers, I find them really useful for upping friendship meters. Except for the poppies, everyone hates poppies except for Penny. Just be sure to check the characters likes and dislikes. 2) If you find a dinosaur egg. KEEP IT. DO NOT sell them/donate them to the museum. Idk if this is in the normal gameplay or the randomized prize version but you have to make dinosaur mayo to complete rebuilding the former jojomart center. Keep the dinosaur egg until you get a chicken coop with an incubator, you can hatch the egg and the dinosaur will lay more eggs you can donate/sell/make into mayo. 3) If you catch a sturgeon, KEEP IT until you've built a fish pond. DO NOT SELL/EAT IT. You might need caviar to finish rebuilding the former jojomart shop. Throw it into the pond, then they'll lay eggs n breed more sturgeon to sell/eat/turn into caviar. 4) When given the choice between fruit bats bringing you tree fruit or growing mushrooms, go with the mushrooms and keep atleast 2 of each mushroom. When you unlock the recipe for the life elixcer you'll be able to make alot of it instead of shelling out a bunch of gold everytime you go mining. 5) Try to first clear a path to the green house, northern entrance, and southern entrance before clearing out the rest of your farm. It'll help save a bunch of time and fuss when you have to run off for quests. 6) Make sure to aleast get 3 pumpkins and save one, Abigail's mom will ask for a pumpkin to carve with Abigail near the end of fall. 7) Try and hold onto 9 of any silver/gold/purple star item, that way you'll be able to win the stardew fair your first year.

"Don't talk to Elliot." I... worked so hard to get married with him in Fall on the first year- he took my flower dance virginity- i- WE HAVE A BABY BOY TOGETHER

in my first play through, i tried giving Elliot one of my very useful and nice Field Snacks (a good present i thought) but it turns out it was his birthday and he didn't appreciate it very much :(

I am so bad at this game lmao

"don't talk to Elliot" me almost getting married with Elliot: "but why??"

Animals are actually a good way of makeing money, especially pigs, they make about 2 truffles per day each so with lvl 10 forageing thats 2400 a day per pig, so thats 28800 per barn everyday, even more if you turn them into oil, thats more than most crops

Bruh, preserve jars are LEGIT! It’s only 3 days turnover and makes those blueberries worth so much more instead of just dumping them into the bin. One thing I learned, preserve jar work way better for veggies in terms of profit

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who appreciates coal! To add to one of your tips: having energy left, you should either go foraging or fishing. The foraging items are amazing but you might also want to keep an eye in the fish tank bundles to be able to access the quarry. I also have tons of chests around. Next to the mines and skull caverns I keep a chest where I stock up bombs and ladders whenever I have some and unload my items to keep on mining. Also chests next to my fishing spots for the same reason. And, ofc, chests in places close to the characters' houses with some of their preffered items. The forest farm also has stumps that gives hardwood that respawns and iirc it can also give some forraging items. The beach farm , as you are aware, sometimes also gets some goodies. The 4 corners map can also be used in the single player for all the conveniences.

A great tip for collecting hardwood is to save all your mahogany seeds in the first year and when you unlock the quarry clear it out and plant yourself a giant mahogany tree farm.

Loved your commentary and your approach to the game. Keep doing Stardew your way, that’s the beauty of the game, no wrong way to do it.

i am new to Stardew, and the main thing i have noticed about the fandom is that you either hate, or adore Elliott, and there is no inbetween

"clean your farm early" That's a really good tip, I wish I would have heard earlier xD On my first farm, which I started like 3years ago, I didn't care about that. At some point, I saw what the outcome was and spent two actual days (not whole, im not going to play stardew the whole day) to clean all of that.

That community center tree icon glowing tip just gave my life a new meaning. I don't know what i will do with the pages i had written down of items i needed for the community center now, but with the stardew mindset i think use them as energy to make copper bars.

but focusing solely on profits kinda takes the fun away from the game, like sure it's definitely important to get cool advanced stuff but i think some aspects of the game are there just to be enjoyed not so that you can maximize your profits

"clear your farm" cries in year 5, with a farm full of trees

I started playing this game because I played all the harvest moon games growing up and this game gives me that nostalgia 😂 I will say though, the art style of harvest moon is much better with the newer games. The animals are so cute 🥺

Mahogany farming is actually awesome though, im so glad they added those trees. Set it up in the dessert and plant like 100 of them and you'll get your times worth

im regretting my choices of starting on the beach not knowing how to play

Dust sprite very frequently drop coal, they start appearing at level 40 in the mine.

From the harvesting methods to the early game tips, these tips were really helpful! Thanks so much

A good tip also on the first day of the file, instead of waiting for the store to open at 9 so u can spam buy parsnips with ur starting 500 gold, u could try to make use of the full energy given and chop some trees and basically clear up the place alil bit, u get materials and also making good use of time

You need honey for those extremely convenient farm teleporters though

I grow some Blue Jazz flowers in my greenhouse as needed to make sure that I have some on hand for creating Lucky Lunches (Luck +3).

Currently doing a florist challenge where I can only sell flowers (and the seasonal foragebles because im weak and adore them) It's definitely been a fun challenge so far! I'm still in Spring and just about to have my first harvest of Blue Jazz flower

13:55 Thank you so much! I took very thorough notes! Great content!

I didn't even realise I had to pet the animals

Preserve jars are great. Lava eel ponds + preserve jars = $$$$$

Love this video - I only came here for tips, but ended up subscribing because of your presentation style :)

The bee houses turn out a really good profit if you plant flowers around them and then they create "Tulip Honey" etc which sells for a lot more. Fairy Roses I think are the best to use for this

"don't talk to Elliott. Ever." My gay ass, Year One, chosing midnight squid for my fishpond with the express purpose of romancing this twunk with ink bottles: Agree to disagree.

A thing I discovered recently is if you hold down right click while petting it never goes to the animal's info screen. Just keep it held down and mouse over all your animal's. Works with picking plants too. I usually have the sword or scythe in hand to avoid wasting energy or destroying something with a errant swing.

Thanks for the informative video, love your farm layout as well.

“Field Snacks are great, Coal is hard to get” Someone made so many field snacks that they didn’t have enough wood for charcoal kilns.

things i do wrong: ∙ go to bed at 6:30am to skip time ∙ have 7 crops ∙ have nothing in year 5 ∙ dont fish - sorry if this is triggering :3

What's wrong with Elliott? I've been targeting him to ask to date and eventually Marry. Something about his long luscious hair 😍...

Thanks for the tips! Just purchased the game yesterday, looking forward to it

As a new lover of Stardew, thank you!! This is so helpful. I want to start a new save now XD

The forest farm is awesome for hard wood. You get 8 stumps daily. So hardwood adds up really fast. I had so much at one time I would make it into normal wood with the chipper because I didn't have enough. You can also catch a woodskip on your farm.

Preserves jars are actually good imo you just gotta know what to put in it. e.g.: pickles >>>> jellies, caviar sells for quite the money too. Beehives on the other hand… well it’s literally passive money every 4 days so what could go wrong? Make sure to plant flowers near it though, it really does make a difference lol I have like 50 beehives on my farm producing seasonal flower honey. I make somewhere around 14k-47k (with artisan perks) every 4 days depending on the season, and of course depending on the flowers as well. I usually only plant blue jazz, summer spangle, and fairy rose.

Love your videos on stardew! Other videos usually talk almost only about efficiency etc and while that can be an important part of the game, I think it shouldn't be the top priority when making videos for beginners. There's so much important stuff that's easy to miss! And it can feel daunting to start this game if you don't have any experience in similar games. So thank you for keeping things simple and actually beginner friendly 😊

Thank you so much I’ve been learning how to play and felt like there was much more to the game and this helped me realize it

I really have to disagree about your stance on the preserve jar. I guess mainly in comparing it with the keg. This might just relate to ancient fruit or starfruit, but you make more money from the preserve jars. They take, I think 3 days in compared to 7 with the keg. If you're not concerned with making the most money out of something, I would say go with kegs, but those also take oak resin which require tree tappers on a lot of trees. You can buy coal from Clint. I do agree that 8 coal is steep, but purely from a monetary way of thinking, preserve jars are the way to go. 1200+ hr player here, thanks for your videos!

I'm married to Elliott so really need to talk to him EVERY day. Now Haley is someone you should avoid like the plague!

Really great video, dude! I’m starting from scratch and have never made it that far in the game, so these tips are super helpful. Shiny new sub from me

10:52 forest farm also has some hard wood stumps that you can start harvesting once you upgrade to a copper pickaxe. They regenerate pretty quickly too.

wow i love your tips i just started stardew valley im also excited to watch your playyy through :D xD

My tips are to upgrade the watering can if you know the next day will be raining, cause you won't lose out on watering your plants AND the watering can upgrade is useful because if you're like me you try and farm giant crops (cauliflower, melons, and pumpkins) and to do this they need to be in a 3 x 3 square so you can't use a sprinkler to water them. Upgrade to at least gold to easily water your bigger crops.

Here's a tip for people with greenhouses I like to use:): Plant reusable plants like cranberries, coffee beans, hops, green beans, eggplant, and strawberries inside of your greenhouse so even during the winter you gain money through crops (I personally like to go side to side with my crops) (also please remember that some crops have a wooden fence on it which prevents you from walking through them.) Edit 2: also on the three day night fishing event at the beach, the travelling cart sells an iridium ore for 600 gold daily. 100% utilize

I JUST started playing SDV and this video is super helpful! And hilarious LOL. Thanks so much!!

bro what did elliott do 😭😭 who hurt you 😂😭

did lean into your tomfoolery and jokes, you are low-key hilarious. and thanks for the tips!

I know that's a basic message, but thanks for the informative content! I really appreciate it.

Charcoal kilns really help with coal costs. Wood is super abundant. Jam/jelly are artisan goods too. Kegs are better than preserves jars but those jars can net you some good hard cash in the farming levels before you get kegs

Essentially what I've figured out from comparing crop profit to wine/juice profit to pickle/jelly profit, veggies into preserve jars, fruit into kegs. There's a few exceptions like hops and salmonberries, but as a rule of thumb veggies->preserves, fruit->kegs. I didn't check every single crop, but that's a consistent enough pattern that I knew where I should put something before I even looked it up.

Lava eel and ghost fish alone are worth all the preserve jars you can build with their roe. Easy constant flow of money and frees up your time to do other things. I also use the fish ponds to farm resources. Best Profit with Roe - Super Cucumber - Lava Eel - Blob Fish - Sturgeon - Ice Pip - Stonefish - Pufferfish - Catfish Farm for resources - Octopus= Omni geode - Slime Jack= slime - Void Salmon= void essence/egg - Wood skip= wood/hardwood - Midnight Squid= squid ink - Sunfish= solar essence - Lionfish= taro tubers/tiger slime eggs - Blue Discus= golden coconut - Stingray = dragon tooth - Lingcod= bug meat - Ghostfish = white algae Maybe worth farming for resources if you have space - Spook fish - Sea Urchin - Lobster - Crayfish/snail - Scorpion Carp

That ending is very modest of you :) awesome tips

this is a really good video that raised my appreciation for the game. there are so many things I have yet to realize about it.

i have 200+ hours on this game and yet I never knew that the mountain area was the best to fish or that cranberries are awesome thank you very much I shall use this

8:50 Coal is actually pretty easy to get. Just need a lot of wood and charcoal kilns. You only need foraging level 4 to unlock the recipe.

This was a great video, I laughed much. Thanks man!

Throughly enjoyed this and found it helpful. Thank you.

The mahogany trees are really sustainable. You get them everywhere. And you can use many places including the quarry to plant them. Also coal farming on floors 40-70. But good video all around.

1. Leave a chest in the places you go frequently if you are running out of inventory space (ex: blacksmith. I usually mass open my geodes so I have a chest next to his counter so I can put what I need in there and continue opening my geodes). 2. Use your totems. I use my totems to get to the calico desert and always have a farm one on me when I go to the mines in the desert. It has saved me so many times from either passing out in there or dying (replace your sword/whatever you have on hand with the totem and exit your inventory while spamming the right click).

Tysm for the tips! They were rly helpful !!

This helped so much!! Thank you!

To grind for coal, farm dust sprites with burglar's ring equipped and monster musk active. I tend to repeat floor 61 of the mines ; because it's small, but still has quite a lot of dust sprites.

For the problem clearing something out, ive found mega bombs super useful. Just be careful around buildings and pathways, and you'll be golden!

The left and right click thing is good for placing seeds too! You can place them anywhere, you don’t have to be nearby.

This was INSANELY helpful. Thank you.