Year 1 Checklist - Stardew Valley 

One suggestion regarding the crab pot, while it is one of the more annoying enemies, Rock Crabs can drop the crab item so if you happen to pick it up you can complete the Crab Pot Bundle without ever crafting a crab pot.

I’ve been trying so hard to grind, but have just accepted the fact that I’m not going to get everything I want done in the first year. Since ive done that, I’ve had so much more fun playing. These videos have helped me so much but I also wanna say for everyone that feels like me, it’s okay not to play perfectly!! Being stressed over a game that is supposed to be fun and peaceful makes you not wanna play anymore!! If you don’t get truffles this season that’s okay!! If you don’t finish the greenhouse that’s okay!! There is always another year. Definitly use these tips and try to aim to finish, but don’t beat yourself up for not ♥️ happy farming!!

If you plant one of each crop on the very first day then complete the spring crops community bundle the day of the egg festival (you have to do this after the festival at like 11pm) you get 20 speed grow which gives you an entire extra harvest on your strawberries

Tip : you can keep a gold quality strawberry and give to demetrius on his birthday to instantly get to 5 hearts with him and then give him any liked gifts until it is 6 hearts and there's a good chance he will send you a nautilus shell in the mail , and if he sent you anything other than it you can always quit to title, enter your save and check the mail again and you will get it . Also if you can't get a deluxe coop by winter you can kill the flying serpents thing in the skull caverns to get a rabbit's foot as it has a 0.8% to drop it , I killed 86 of them and got 2 . Also I would recommend installing the " Lookupanything " mod to just check how to get certain things or when a fish is caught or liked gifts of villagers or anything in the game .

This guide makes me feel like I need to start completely over. It’s my 27th day of summer and I am not even REMOTELY close to any of this!

a good tip for new players: ignore the friendships on year 1 and focus on developing ur farm to have a constant decent flow of money (at least 1k a day past spring). i used to always focus on friendships on year 1 and it sets you back by a lot. however if u start focusing on them in year 2 whilst already having money and generating a good amount daily it will be way easier to befriend them as youll have the extra money to buy foods, have resources that they love, or even cook foods yourself. of course the best tip is to take it at your own pace and enjoy the game, but if you want an easier time leave the friendships for year 2 edit: altho that being said you can go ahead and get 2 hearts with caroline (easy to do) so you unlock tea saplings. they sell for 500 (dont plant them just craft and sell) its a very op money maker to boost you up in early game

Hey you there! If you're a casual player, and are a bit overwhelmed and just want to have fun on the game while still making money? Just focus on planting crops. You don't have to get everything you need done on year one. In Stardew there's always another year.

Omg I am on my 5 year and I haven’t finish the community. You video is amazing thank you for all the explanation I have a notebook to write all down so I need to complete some of this 😊 now I can’t place it on the pixlr is too much for this 70 old lady lol but now I am better because of you..... thank you again and I subscribe so I can follow you 👍🏼❤️

About fall and the deluxe barn: either start the Deluxe barn upgrade on the 10th at the latest, or give up on the year 1 truffle, because fall 14th is the last day you can buy a Pig on, and have it reliably produce a truffle for you. Marnie WILL NOT be open on fall 15th and 16th, and buying a pig on the 17th makes it so if you're unlucky and have rain on the last day of fall, you don't get your truffle.

the crash was *so* alarming in the middle of the summer guide that it really made me laugh lmao

Actually you can get all crab pot bundle items without having a single crab pot - stone crabs in the mines (every spicies) has a fairly good chance to drop a crab :)

You can skip having sheep if you befriend Emily. It's a bit reliant on luck though. She likes any gemstones so if you have any extra, give it to her. She will gift you wool and cloth which can be used for the animal and artisan bundle and once your done with the community center, you can gift those items back to her and she will appreciate it.

Don’t forget to keep a Gold quality Cauliflower for the soup!

Cooked foods can be purchased from Gus - swing by and check his daily specials as often as you can (I buy good foods or occasional coffee from him if I can afford it, for busy times!) - he occasinoally sells fried egg and maki roll. Thank goodness the saloon is open late thus usually easy to get to. Then you don't need to pay for a kitchen upgrade yet. Also: linus might send you maki roll in the post once you befriend him - super easy to do, just hand him any edible you have foraged as you go past him on the map.

This is unbelievably overwhelming lmfao. How in the world do you keep track of all of this. More to keep up with than my real fucking life

Thanks to this checklist I completed the Community Center on Day 3 of Winter, Year 1

This is one of the best relaxing farming games I have ever tried. No matter how long, I always come back and play it.

It's worth mentioning that the rock crabs in the mines can drop a crab pot crab, so you can pretty easily finish that bundle without needing any crab pots. Also, the trader sells an actual red cabbage, not a seed, so you can buy the cabbage and donate it directly rather than having to grow one... maybe this was changed from when the video went up. (Spoiler ahead for desert) Finally - I'm a fan of the mushroom cave...not only does it give you all the mats to craft life elixirs, I turn brown mushrooms into fall wild seeds via seed maker.. and then saturdays the desert trader lets you trade 2 fall seeds for 1 winter seed, so building up tons of fall seeds means you can trade them for crops to plant in the winter (if you already have sprinklers might as well make use of them). If you max foraging and go Botanist it basically turns every brown mushroom into a random iridium quality winter forageable (assuming average of 2 seeds per mushroom).

Bro its 2024. I love playing stardew. I watched this video and I think this is the best stardew valley guide you could find

wow, i'm so bad at this game.

Great guide! The checklist is so easy to follow. I'm still a bit green with SDV and it still takes me a few years to finish the community center because I can't plan to save my life. Definitely going to use this when I take another stab at it (read as "on my next farm file"). Thanks man!

This has helped me massivley understand the core mechanics throughout my first year. Thanks!

I just started playing Stardew Valley and your guides have been my favorite so far. I also watch your perfection playthrough as I progress through my game. I love that you're fairly chill with playing because I am a slow player who is not into the grind.

This is perfect and so satisfying how organized this is. I'm just now trying to get into this game and was wanting to create lists and you have them already! Amazing!

It’s also good to note that truffle oil is used to make rain totems and some fish can be caught in winter if missed in other seasons in winter if it’s raining. (Note snow is not rain it can only be done with the totem)

My grind. This was a bit tense, not generally recommended, but fun: (Forest Farm) 🌱 I only grew crops for lvling farming to at least 2 for sprinklers, and for completing the bundle. I fish for money (ocean, catfish during rain at lvl 8) and Mine for sprinkler resources (only on best luck days). I do go to options and screenshot the room map and look at the picture to see what's on the Mine lvl I'm on, so I don't waste time on 0, 1 or 2 nodes in big rooms.(Repeat lvl 30&40, exit if no close ladder) I forage only what I run past, I don't waste time looking. Only bundle I have in mind at the start is the Boiler Room for the Mine Carts repair, but other stuff comes naturally. Though I do shift focus to the bundles if I lack anything half way through Spring. (Rain fish focus) I managed to end with 30'000 gold before summer. (I did buy 100 strawberry seeds for 2 harvests (no I did not have sprinklers ready for them....)) Fish gave me energy enough for allot of the mining I did, so I never upgraded my Tools in spring.(Herring low value per energy. NOM) Also placed 30 basic sprinklers early summer for mostly blueberries (Plant it at latest date 3rd) and bundle items + some fertilized melons and corn for quality bundle. I also got steel axe and pick eventually, though axe was most important.(Got fiberglass rod early spring tho) Wood gets scarce fast, and I also replanted trees in hopes for a potential mushroom tree,(I forgot that was a thing) but I'm still only half way into summer. Currently running low on coal. Getting over 100 ore from a run will tear into your supply. Any advice is welcome to improve my run!

Can you make one of these for year 2? I’m almost at year 2 and would love for another one of the guides. This is the most helpful guide I’ve seen yet

I just thought I'd pop in and say I just really like your guides and vids and find them extremely relaxing (and very helpful although I've been playing Stardew for over a year!). Great stuff

Super helpful! Thanks to you, I completed the community center AND unlocked Ginger Island. Having the extra cash early on is a must. 2 hearts friendship with Caroline helped speed things along with the tea sapling recipe.

This is so helpful! I just took a screenshot of the checklist on my phone. Thanks!

if you own a chair you can put it inside of the log to get to the secret forest. no axe needed :)

Watching this in the middle of year two seeing what I’ve missed

I am guessing that "guarantee year one completion" must be something from the 1.5 update as I have never seen it on the mobile version where we are still on 1.4. Note: one of the items that the wizard will send you in the mail as you increase your friendship level with him is a purple mushroom. I have found it to be the item that I receive from him most frequently. Given his hair, I suspect purple might be his favorite color. Marnie will send you hay in the mail as your friendship with her grows or you can get it by cutting grass with your scythe once you have a silo so there is no need to buy hay from Marnie. I like the way you illustrated and broke down the suggestions by time of year.

I'm in my first year and this guide is perfect! Thank you for making it so practical and easy to follow/understand

Definitely recommend getting a silo before any animals maybe even before any buildings. Allows you to scythe some grass for more space and it is also wicked cheap.

I am binge watching all your guides, thanks for the content 👍

I think I like this better than the progression guides you made just because it gives all the info I need and I feel less directed

Gold parsnips can be hard to get in Y1, so I've found putting the energy into money making crops works best for me & donating the pumpkins when I'm at a place I can afford to lose a bit of profit. You'll most likely find a good amount of red mushrooms in the mines, which means you can finish the exotic bundle before getting to the desert. Others have already pointed out that you don't need a crab pot to complete the crab pot bundle, as most of the items can be foraged & a crab can be obtained by rock crabs in the mines. Making friends with Emily will cause her to send wool, cloth, & sea urchins. I still like to rely mainly on melons & pumpkins for cash. Pickled pumpkins are op! Melons make good money as wine too. Processing produce will always bump up the sell price. Great video, though!! I'll definitely be using this as a guide in the future. :)

Your content is incredible. Playing through my first year and it’s good to have some goals. Thanks again for the effort you put into your videos.

This checklist has actually helped me do a year 1 community center completion, I did it on a beach farm and was done on Winter 7, I felt like that was kinda slowish and that I could shave off some time so I’m going back at it again this time on a forest farm, even learned clay farming to help make early money for building and bundles, feels better already

This was super helpful, thank you so much!

I was making a year one list then found you video so thanks you've saves me some time and it's better then mine :D

I always hold mushroom cave as better because you can turn them into seeds and then into tea saplings which is one of the most profitable items in the game to sell Also, for truffles, do not sell them until you’re level ten foraging. The gatherer profession will make every truffle iridium quality and worth more than 1k per truffle, plus the profession chosen before it can make you harvest double anyway. This is because they are counted as mushrooms, a forage item, rather than an animal product. This is more profitable than turning them into oils

This is the best stardew guide ever! I started playing last year but got overwhelmed with how many things there are to do and so i cheated jus to see what would happen if i completed the CC. please make a year 2 guide because if i run out of things to do i might get bored :DD

I got a coconut and a rabbits foot from the traveling cart. (I didnt complete the community center in my 1st year tho as this was my first ever run) im gonna start a new game and go through this checlist, very helpful ❤

Totally late to the game, but thank you! Your guides are so helpful!!

wow, so much to learn 🤯 i have the feeling i'll be coming back to this video often lol

Will redo my farm immediately. Thank u sm for this guide!

For anyone using this guide now, don't worry about the steel axe if you don't want to. There is an event in summer that allows you to get fiddlehead fern without it now. It's still good to upgrade your axe but don't worry if you don't

I absolutely love this checklist! I have played this game and completed the community center many times over, but I love the feeling of checking things off a list!

I'm just on the last day of Fall and looking at this is making me wanna start all over 😅

mushroom cave is super underrated imo, it gives you a steady supply of common mushrooms which gives +38 energy, lets you craft plenty of life elixir, helps fill bundles, guarantees 6 mushrooms every day, and only produces 5 varieties which keeps your inventory from getting clogged up and is easier to organize. I usually plant fruit trees anyway so I almost always pick mushroom cave

An important note for the ones that want to do complete cc in the first year: There is one mushroom only spawning in SPRING in the secret woods.. MOREL mushroom! Kinda difficult, and I think (not sure) the traveling cart sometimes sells it... But if u wanna be sure, upgrade that axe to get into the secret woods a little more quickly 😅

Super in-depth while remaining very succinct, great video! I keep having to pour through the wiki every new save file but this is great thank you!

I just started playing this game and his video is really overwhelming

Damn I'm on my first playthrough ever and I'm halfway through summer without having done half of the things you suggested for spring LOL I guess I'll start being more careful with how I manage my time

Idk if this was mentioned but Sam has a cutscene in summer year one you can't view year two. I don't wanna drop any spoilers, but you'l understand why it's not viewable in year two when you play. So for first play through you can just gift Sam some joja cola until you can afford the pizza or beer early on to get access to it. Than do the rest of the friendships after you got the greenhouse unlocked or in whatever order you want. Just check the wiki snd some info if you care about completing story. There are other missable cut scenes like if you marry before dating every candidate, and Clint has missable scenes I believe dependent on your friendship level with Emily.

QUICK TIP IF YOU MISSED A FRUIT TREE: Once you get the pantry completed you can grow fruit from a fruit tree at any time while inside the greenhouse! Just make sure to finish the pantry before winter and you should be set.

Very helpful! Thanks 😄

Linus can gift you maki rolls with high enough friendship and his liked gifts are basically any edible forage

"Morel isn't commonly found." Sounds like someone didn’t pick the forest farm/mushroom cave combo.

Usually i do remixed bundles along with 50% profit margin and aimed Qi walnut room before pass year 1. I found that was really fun, remember you play with challenge and limited time to get required items. Bulletin board bundle is very stressful for me, especially with chef bundle request 😊

Tip: you can sometimes get an ancient seed from the traveling cart. If you have the money to get it and it’s spring/early summer, absolutely get it. It’ll be a great boost for your eventual greenhouse :)

Me with my one chiken:

I didn't know this OMG Thank you this helps me

Perfect! Thank you 😊

12:30 you can get rabbit's foot (i have no idea why) killing the serpents (i forgot those snake names) in the skull cavern, i got 2 when killing them.

Loved the video! This'll be very useful for my second run first ones no stress all fun so I'm using a a cheat mod! Loved the pc crash part lol

Another thing about fiddlehead ferns, they have a chance to also be found in the secret woods! I have actually found one in there once

I always think on Thursday “oh i should check the Traveling Merchant, he’ll be here soon” And then I blink twice and it’s Sunday 😭

I’ve probably given you thousands of dollars from ads because of the amount of times I’ve rewatched this video.

2 things, try and get 2 rabbit’s feet for the secret note quest, also the chair glitch is an option for those who don’t want to level their axe

omg wait this is exactly what i need rn ty!

Me watching this my second year and barely haven't done any of the things listed

Barn and coop by spring is extremely hard though. I wouldnt recommend. Youre better off holding off that by summer at the earliest.

I am new and this helped lots thanks

very helpful guide👍

Winter: “you should have finished all of your farming bundles” Me in fall currently: just got my first chicken because I’ve been focused of please all the townspeople my entire game and missed multiple bundles 💀

You'll need at least a 2nd cauliflower in spring for Jodi's request.

bro thanks sm this is clutch fr :0

Awesome guide ty

i am new to stardew valley, am at summer of first year and i am very wierded out by at 0:26 that in *SPRING* i should *ALREADY* have both a coop *AND* a barn. i only got my first coop at spring 27. still dont have a barn and won't for a long time... help me why?

Heh. Melons are more profitable than blueberries *by far* if you jar/keg them. If you don't have the resources for those, then yes selling blueberries raw will make more money. The same goes for pumpkins vs cranberries in Fall. Otherwise, great video! Keep up the good work.

I generally feel like planning on completing the community center year two takes a lot of pressure off of the game. Especially since you need to be on the friendship grind too... I personally find that optimizing animals is the hardest early, since I need to clear enough space for them before investing in them. And cash crops are so much better to invest your early money into...

Me who followed your season guides, and checked the travelling cart every Friday, Sunday and Night market night. Now growing a red cabbage in summer year two after it never appearing in the travelling cart. 🥲

Pixlr user!! Let's gooo!! Great video thank you :)

For cash crops, I have another idea (I don't care for the berry crops all that much). Melons for summer (year 1 - I'm never in the desert by then), and Pumpkins for fall. In my view, profit is profit, and waiting to maximize it sometimes works well. Melons are needed for a story quest, other help wanted quests, and are good for putting into Preserves Jars for eventual Artisan profit. I just wait for Farming skill 10. You get a Jar as a bundle reward. And I generally get to Farming 10 some time in Fall. In fact, I plan for it. They are also used for cooking Pink Cake. Pumpkins are for a story quest and at least one help wanted quest. They also make a nicely profitable Pumpkin Juice from a Keg, one of which you get as another bundle reward. And there's more cooking. For that matter, I always grow Yams for the same cooking reason. And planting a field of yams on day 1 of Fall, you can get two yam harvests plus one Amaranth harvest within the season. Amaranth covers another story quest. And all three crops are quite profitable in themselves, if you just really need the money that much. Which goes for Melons too. It's really nice to see what profits a large field of Pumpkins can produce by turning it into juice, though. You'll need several dozen Kegs, but each batch takes less than 4 days and yields over 1K gold per Keg. This goes quite far to get some of those funds needed for furthers developments later.

Thank you!

a tip when it comes to getting dino egg if you have skull cavern go to stardew predictor it will tell you which floor is dinosaur floor and on days where dinosaur floor is very low like 6 you can easily get dino egg

Some stuff to note about kale. Same growth time as potatoes. Kale sells for a bit more than potatoes, though potatoes will give you more especially if you get lucky with the 25% chance for an extra potato. Kale does give you more farming exp. Plus it's faster to harvest with a scythe if that matters to you. Kale also costs more per seed than potatoes, so you will water fewer plants. Potatoes are used for hashbrowns though, which will give you a farming +1 buff. Hashbrowns also require oil, which isn't easy to get year 1

Just in time .. thanks!

I Am currently in the BEGINNING year 2... Winter was a bitch, lol I managed to build a coop, bought 3 chickens, upgraded all tools to steel... Now in spring year 2 hopefully will be able to complete the spring season. Sigh... Wish me luck, lol

I like how you crossed Penny in the thumbnail

Not gonna lie i pickt up stardew vally in spring sale and thought "ohh yea, a farm game that can't be to complicated" and got OVERWHELMED by the amount of stuff to do lost what i have to fokus and kinda lost interessed because of all thats to do, now with a sertent plan in mind i did pick it back up and enjoyed it alot more :D thank you.

I honestly just always side with Joja 🤷‍♂️

i suggest doing fishing because it really is profitable on spring year 1 trust me :)

I can't move after donating or checking {at the CC} a Bulletin Board Item on mobile, but if I donate all of them at once the final CC cutscene gets me unstuck.

I played hard my first time and got the grandpa award thing after year 2. This time, I’m just taking it slow. Landscaping, talking to the townspeople, finding Easter eggs. There’s no rush

You can also get maki roll recipe from Queen of sauce

my quality crop bundle required 5 golden cauliflower and i was like rip as i didn't notice in time . Cauliflower takes forever to grow plus you don't have enough energy at the beginning to grow as much as you need/want