I had the awful feeling about this in the middle of the video and...I don't think I can live through when the moment comes.. Edit: it came earlier than anticipated DD:
I didn't expect a follow up on this! this is fun. It makes me wanna try it myself. Not scything all the fibers in summer/autumn seems like a loss to me because you would've gotten a lot of seeds from it to plant in the beginning of the next season. Also keeping the forageables for the community center and using the extras to make wild seeds. But I do think trying this out on a map with a mines section would be easier. However, the crates and other stuff that wash up on the beach are also useful.
@@RimaChan024 he wanted the crystellarium, which requires you to finish a few bundles first. Could’ve tried to complete those when he goes out once a year
I would say: You're allowed to go to the town at the end of spring.... and every year you're only allowed to leave the farm at the end of spring.. that way you would need to get the most money in the first season to get the fishing rod, crab pots maybe... thinking ahead for lvl 10 fishing, you could get the backpack, start the community center and such... so you have some actually plausible and entertaining progress after one year. also... dig up dirt for clay... for money and maybe save up money for a structure of some kind.
I didn't finish watching the video but as I watched him chop down trees, the realization came to me about the community center as well and I thought "Oh Kevin, you're in for a treat"
I'm doing a hermit run and I made a couple changes, I'm playing on the 4 corners map and my farm is barren, no grass/weeds/trees/stones aside from the quarry (bottom right) seed patch (top left) farm (top right) and tree farm (bottom left) leaving the farm on the last day of every season allowed me to start fishing up trash (on purpose) to recycle into iron ore, I already upgraded my pick and my axe and I'm finishing up winter
I have 2 tips: you can sell the minerals to Clint when you get them out of the geodes. Any hoe-able ground has a chance to give you winter roots and snow yams in winter
The whole “leaving home only once a year” rule actually lines up with what Linus does. Outside of events, there’s only one day a year he actually passes through town.
Tbh I think based on his first cutscene he does go into town at night to rummage through garbage sometimes he just doesn’t really interact with the villagers
Just so you know, anything you get out of the geodes you can sell immediately to Clint, and be sure to get rid of any of the wood logs, small tree stumps and weeds, as they’ll prevent other things from growing and spawning Hope to see another stardew video!
In this video, we wait in horror for the other shoe to drop when he heads to the community center for the first time and learns several terrible things about the crystalarium 1) the vault is the last set of bundles you unlock, so you have to complete like three bundles before you have the option to buy the crystalarium 2) you can't complete any bundles on your first trip because you can't read Junimo 3) you learn how to read junimo by WAITING ANOTHER DAY so you can trip out on forest juice with the local wizard Kevin's right about one thing. Summary: fecked.
I'm just here wondering why he didn't continued scything the grass and the fiber for seeds on summer and autumn. Also, probably the four corners farm would be a good farm to do this challenge
well maybe, but the 2 small ponds basicslly only give you trash, and i think the bigger one either trash or bad fish. at least the beach farm has better fish, ehich will help you get more money.
Small Tip: I usually check on the mushroom cave each day since, for me, the mushrooms spawn daily. And that’s how i got like 200+ common mushrooms halfway into Year 2. That cave is basically free money at that point.
Every time he mentions "buying" the duplicator I was like "Huh, I didn't know Pierre sold that". Then he mentions it being a BUNDLE and I'm like... Kevin honey... You can't unlock the Vault.....
As someone who's been watching Kevin for a couple years now...seeing the lad on Trending multiple times just absolutely astounds me. Congrats on the continued success, you absolute unit.
You think that fairy is rare, at the end of the video he has an owl statue just to the left of his house. Thats a 0.5% chance spawn and I dont think he even noticed it.
Fun fact: Kevin’s character is based on his real life where he’s kept in his houses basement by Jim Pickens, who forces him to film 22 hours a day and feeds him once a week
Him trying to “sell” to Gunther makes me want to cry, he could have sold all those valuable gems to Clint. Also he could have gotten so much money from getting all those seeds from the weeds and growing them, especially the two-season crops
I feel like I should add that I don’t mean I’m frustrated or disappointed, I just feel bad that Kevin is working so hard when it could be way easier for him
After some thought, I've decided to try a modified version of this challenge. I'm allowed to leave the farm once per season, but for an added challenge I'm not allowed to use the shipping box - all money needs to be earned by selling to shops or completing quests during my one day of freedom per season. The main aim is to complete the community centre by the end of year 2, which I've calculated is possible with strategic use of those 8 days of freedom. I'll be playing on the beach farm (for the foraging, ocean fish and supply crates), with enemies spawning at night so I can get mixed seeds from wilderness golems and get the loot needed for the adventurer's bundle without eating into my time off the farm. The secondary aim is to get 4 candles in grandpa's evaluation, which I think is only going to be possible if I pull off completing the community centre and can also reach the bottom of the mines (with staircases, because I doubt I'll have time for any other method!).
@@frogandtoady Robinson of Crusoe farm got to the feast of the winter star in year 1 and it was going pretty well, but I then got distracted by a different challenge (and a bit bored of fishing all the time) and haven't gone back to this one yet
@@DeathnoteBB I also find that my favourite part of difficult challenges is planning my strategy. Once I'm well into a playthrough and I've got through the difficult parts I often switch to a shiny new idea so I can have the fun of planning strategy again instead of executing it. I do intend to go back to this challenge sometime because I do enjoy placing how to spend the precious days of freedom, but it hasn't quite happened yet!
Kevin, you wholesome Irish lad that we all adore…it physically pained me to see you walk past all the forge items on your first day in town, as well as not sell the petrified slimes to Clint. To be fair I’ve forgotten before that you could even sell the stuff you get from geodes to Clint, but ignoring the forge was still painful. We live and we learn, I guess. Still absolutely love this series though, keep up the good work and try not to go completely insane.
Kevin: Realizes his inventory would fill up with Geode goodies Also Kevin: Knows he can sell to Piere Also Kevin: Doesn’t realize you can sell ores and treasures directly to Clint
We should ask him for a sign, if he is captured... So the next video he should say "I am a hermit forever" if we should call pol... kappa hehehe... hehe... he...
This is fun! I'm actually curious how much it would change with the four corners farm since that one has a little of everything including the little mining section. Also, whenever you have extra energy try hoeing the ground. That will give you clay/ coal/ artifacts and sometimes ore. Then pickaxe the ground to unhoe it so you still have a chance for stuff to spawn in that spot.
kevin should start a new world where he dates everyone in the town, that seems up his alley and loves to see his reaction with everyone ganging up on him
The editing on Kevin’s shopping list was honestly really good! So satisfying to watch him tick off stuff and hurt extra hard when he couldn’t get the duplicator. Good job on that!
This was fun to watch! Even though it hurt every fiber of my being to watch the gameplay, I'm excited to see how year two goes. Also, I wonder if selling your soul to Joja would make a hermit type run work better. I've not done one yet, but I'm under the impression you buy the things you would normally get via the CC bundles.
I've played a lot of Stardew Valley and watched several others play but this is by far the most entertaining and intriguing playstyle by far. I'm inclined to give it a go myself sometime
Ah, so much fun seeing someone go crazy :) Looks fun. Maybe i´ll try a light version. A character with social anxiety, only leaving the farm once per week, and only allowed to speak to two or three people when out. That way maybe one can actually get through the game.
Yasss!!! More Hermit! I love this! xD He's so relatable, with all the not going out of his property, not contacting anyone, sleeping for several days in a row, working hard and feeling like the amount of money I earn does not reflect the amount of effort I put into my projects...
If you do complete year two, in the winter, plowing in the dirt gives you snow yams. So if you're short on trees, you can just hoe the dirt incessantly and find snow yams.
I have lowkey thought about doing this: Not leaving the farm, only interacting with people who come to drop stuff off or kind like tutorial missions, using the foragables and just seeing where the game takes me
what does that even mean? half an hour lasts half an hour, there is no quick or slow half hours, they all last half an hour, that's why they're called like that
kevin tree saplings need at least one empty space in every single direction (8 spaces around it), otherwise some of them (if they're next to each other like yours were) won't grow into big trees!
They only need one empty space in either direction from the saplings? Shit, I've been spacing them out a ton because i thought it was eight in every direction 😭😭
I love Hermit's hostility to people, saying "leave me alone!" every time he gets invitations, staying on the farm at all costs... This is the content I'm here for!
I've decided to do a hermit run as well, I swapped it so that you can leave the farm after three seasons of time so on the first yeah I left one the first day of winter, and the second year it will be the first day of fall that way it rotates through all of the seasons ☺
Kevin heads up. If you want to make the donation for the crystalarium then you'll have to unlock the vault all in one day. Be prepared to complete at least 5 small bundles (not the full room just the bundles)
I've noticed you've been clicking while cutting the trees. As far as I know, you can hold your mouse button to do the same job. Unless you enjoy the clicking, in which case - keep on making you happy, Kevin.
Assuming you plan on doing another year, you could get the upgrade right at the end of the year, and then go on the second day of the next year. It would technically fulfill your once a year requirement, and doesn't really extend the period which you have to stay on the farm more than a couple of days. It's not an ideal solution, but it's the best one I can think of.
Fun fact, the grass you can scythe for hay blocks item spawns. So all that grass that he can run through is lowering his chances of getting new stuff like tree seeds planting in the ground or weeds that can be cut down into wild seeds.
@@1DcoolJ That would destroy the challenge once a season is to powerful, and doesn't lead to interesting stardew valley gameplay. If it was once a season it would basically be normal gameplay.
This was both painful and entertaining to watch, and it makes me want to attempt the challenge myself. Clay farming (and in winter digging for extra forageables) would be another way you could make money without leaving the farm in year 1, and of course actually scything the weeds to get the mixed seeds (although I think they're more likely to spawn next to other weeds, so the best strategy probably is to leave some to begin with in order to produce more for later seasons).
I’d love to see year 2! Just some useful tips, in the settings you can turn on a hit box to see where your tools are gonna land when you click, and when chopping wood just hold down you don’t need to click each time
when I play stardew valley, the winter is my most profitable season(farming vise) because you can have foraging on a high enough lvl to make winter seeds out of the foraged goods, which turns in a lot of mones
Normally when I play this game I buy as many season-long crops as possible and go from there. I'll get the corns and the grapes and the hoppes and hoard the produce for one big sell-off at the end of the month. Get some wealth, invest in sprinklers, then get social in town and traverse the mines. Seeing someone do an entire year at a time on just the farm is an interesting new perspective. Thank you for being so wholesome yet so absurd in your videos Kevin. It really brightens up my day.
I feel like Kevin keeps isolating himself to certain areas in games lately. I think he has snapped with covid isolation and embraced it in his most recent games like minecraft and stardew. I'm beginning to think this is an SOS.
Aahsajjas when he kept mentioning the duplicator from the community centre yet he hadn't unlocked it. Pain. Also when he donated the geode stuff instead of selling them to Clint :0 And cutting more of the weeds would have been a good idea, perhaps, for the mixed seeds. But I'm enjoying this! Totally did not expect a second part so this is pog :))
I have a save pretty similar to this actually, I call it my Krobus save. I have a very hard time not talking to the villagers everyday so for this save I literally never talk to any villagers. I only know three people. Right now my main goal is to unlock the sewers but I basically just mine all day, and clear off my farm and break open geodes on Sunday
Your last stardew video inspired me and I tried it on my own savefile. I did a variant though where once summer hit, I let my character "discover" the forest south of the farm and then slowly unlock the rest of the map over time. I think I had them unlock the town and beach in fall and then the mountains in the winter. It's crazy how much it changed my game. I ended up by happenstance romancing Shane because he was the first and really only romanceable npc (besides Leah who I didnt run into often) I met before discovering the town
Absolutely loved the high effort "Low Effort Montage" from 14:00 to 15:00 xD Keep up the great work Kevin and editor! (Or just Kevin? IDK if you still edit your own content or not. Either way, fantastic work as always)
This and minecraft One Chunk are amazing! I love these challenges and I'm so happy Kevin followed up his last stardew valley vid. I didn't expect him to carry it on and I'm so happy he did, this is amazing
