archived-update-spoilers

[crude warren]

over-the-top moneymaking playstyle is the only way I know how to play the game. Lmao

[lyric sparrow]

Same here. LOL

I'm trying to be casual, but ... baby steps ...

[dreamy gust]

Took me a while to fully get into it, but I also love it

I got used to the water source being a bit out of the way, and the farm cave also being not in the best spot

[crude warren]

Yeah a lot of things are in different positions. I haven't played the game in 10 months so it feels like a new experience to me.

[vapid wind]

[south canyon]

I have a question - I see you can get multiple pets from Marnie; do each pets drop something different when maxed out? I know the doggo I have drops clay or bones on occasion

[rose knoll]

Cats tend towards fish and fish related

[south canyon]

oo, so it's worth having different ones then

[trim plinth]

but you need them to love you to get a reward which takes a looot of time

[south canyon]

I have my first pet at max, it didn't feel like it took super long as I got it in the beginning of year 2 is it still the same amount of hearts?

Do they share a bowl? Sorry for all the questions

[trim plinth]

You need to buy a bowl for each animal by Robin's

If they do not own one, they will have a hard time loving you

You can still buy them, but they will have a daily love penalty

[south canyon]

Thank you!

[chrome latch]

should i be happy to be so lucky that i have gotten multiple saplings (chance to get is 0,1 %) from mystery boxes and still no prismatic shards (0,4 %)...

[woven tusk]

Cats basically bring home the trophies of their kills. That does include fish, of course, but also includes bat wings, duck feathers, and rabbit feet(!)
Murderfloof is earning its keep

[trim plinth]

Also this combo

Petting a cat while holding a fishing rod with Magic Bait allows any fish from the Mountain lake or Forest river to be dropped. Similarly, petting a cat while holding a fishing rod with Targeted Bait will increase the odds of the cat dropping that specific fish.

[woven tusk]

That sounds like a bug but it is also kind of amusing

[trim plinth]

that is a lot of words to say feature

[nova flame]

i kind of hope that doesn't get patched out

seems like a cute easter egg

[woven tusk]

...Cheese is on the cat gift list
I've heard of real-life cats stealing food from neighbors. I'm guessing ours have been stealing cheese from Marnie's ranch

[nova flame]

real

[lean grail]

There's Mining to level 9. Combat is at 8, so I have to deal with the laggard Foraging at 6 so I can get working on Masteries. But I've got a red cabbage seed to find first, so it'll have to keep lagging.

[barren walrus]

so I needed a jack o lantern for the spirit's eve bundle right. turns out you can just steal the ones around town 😭

[woven tusk]

When you're doing the community center, and the community gives back!

[lean grail]

Do the villagers still mostly ignore the community center, aside from Clint?

[woven tusk]

There are some others who use it (Emily and Gus) but I think the behavior is effectively unchanged from before

[lean grail]

A bit disappointing.

[mellow atlas]

Has anyone made a super duper powerful forged version of Penny's frying pan yet?

[hushed hare]

you're gonna need to craft one for perfection tho, don't forget the recipe

[barren walrus]

Good call

[lean grail]

Hmm, dilemma. I now have enough iridium to upgrade my pickaxe. Do I upgrade it and sacrifice two days, or keep looking for the red cabbage seed instead?

[steep nest]

imo it depends, do you absolutely need the red cabbage seed rn?

i personally would upgrade but i dont do "speedruns" of the community center

[lean grail]

It's also the only thing I really have to work on at the moment.

[tardy flame]

i would hold off on upgrading then if getting the red cabbage seed is the only thing you need to work on rn

[steep nest]

you could work towards other parts of perfection if thats your goal

like befriending everyone and catching fish

[lean grail]

So much of that is gated behind finishing the community center.

[steep nest]

true

if you rlly wanted to you could do a local co op and have a second "player" to get a basic pickaxe while youre upgrading one

[steep nest]

can someone give me a rundown/place to find all the new 1.6 stuff

[trim plinth]

https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-6-update-full-changelog/

Or this

https://www.stardewvalleywiki.com/Version_History

[rose knoll]

Iridium Pick is pretty so so - you're still multi hit on gold and iridium ore

Iridium Axe is down to what, 3 or 4 swings per tree? (Including the stump)

[lyric sparrow]

I'm in no hurry for the iridium pick because almost all of my mining is with explosives.

At this point that one might get done last.

[rose knoll]

Yeah - I can't remember if it makes Skull Cavern rocks 1 hit or 2 - If it's still 2, there's basically 0 reason to rush it

[lean grail]

It looks like it will make the common Skull c\Cavern rocks one hit.

[rose knoll]

Ok - That's somewhat worth it if you're on a floor that's just threadbare enough to not justify a bomb and you want to save the stairs

But that's the only real gain I believe

[copper orbit]

I HEARD ITS COMING TO CONSOLE NOVEMBER 4!

IS IT TRUE?

[rose knoll]

Yup

[lean grail]

Got my iridium pickaxe, took a diversion to the mines to get ectoplasm for Mr. Wizard. Much better luck there than with the cabbage seed.

My farm is now almost completely debris free, too.

I've still got three more foraging levels to go, though. Makes me sad.

[rose knoll]

Those last foraging levels are evil

Especially when you're level 9 and know you're so close to the freedom of inventory bloat

[lean grail]

Of all the skills, it's the one that feels like it's the least organic to level, at least for me.

[rose knoll]

I think it's one of the most time-wasting ones - Fishing you can grind out (And it's possible to do 9->10 in one day), combat and mining are easy enough, and farming is a no brainer

But foraging depends heavily on RNG

[lean grail]

Fishing levels /fast/.

[rose knoll]

Yep - Especially with Deluxe Bait

[lean grail]

It's been the first to hit level 10 in sevearl of my playthroughs.

[zealous fable]

WHY IS THE RAIN GREEN

[lean grail]

And not even close, either.

[rose knoll]

Welcome to the Green Rain event - Your best bet for today is to talk to the NPCS, then go on a fiber harvesting rampage on all those shiny new fiber patches

[lean grail]

Farming was second this time around, with combat and mining roughly neck and neck at 9 each right now.

[zealous fable]

Alright

[rose knoll]

This playthrough I hit Summer 1 with 6 across the board, all skills are 9 at fall 10, with mining and farming at 10

[lean grail]

But foraging is still at 7. Very annoying.

I think I got 10 fishing before I got out of spring.

[rose knoll]

Yeah - Fishing loses a lot of value on 25% profit

So I usually work on optimizing energy use, get things done, mine deep

[steep nest]

for me combat is the most annoying to grind out

[rose knoll]

It's slow but steady and fairly easy to grind - deep mines or skull cavern

[steep nest]

trying to resist the urge of skipping through the rest of spring </3 ive done everything i can for community center rn and i dont wanna grind sc 😞

[lyric sparrow]

Fishing took me 2 days to go from 9-10, but I got late starts. It's also the last skill to 10 for me, every time. Even with Riverlands, I'm not crazy about fishing.

[steep nest]

fishing is the first one i lvl 10

normally i try for spring y1

[gentle zephyr]

You haven't touched grass for over 10 years, now the the grass have come to TOUCH YOU!!!!

[lyric sparrow]

"Meteor shit!"

[woven tusk]

A proper fishing opener reaches Lv2 by 5PM on Y1 Spring day 2, then Lv5 by the end of the following night. One more level and the Bait Maker is craftable, and then the profits pop off like mad-- which is not a thing that's supposed to happen in Spring

Spring crops are awful money to enforce Earlygame Hell. Fishing allows us to defy it.

[lyric sparrow]

What's the best Mastery?

Or, more aptly put, what's your favorite Mastery and why?

(For the record, I've read the Wiki.)

[tough remnant]

Best is farming, no question

[chilly bloom]

I’ve found mining quite fun, though farming is just the most useful overall

Tad unfortunate in my eyes but it is what it is

[tough remnant]

Scythe is amazing, statue is amazing, golden crackers are amazing, and it genuinely helps with getting the rest of your masteries which none of the others do

[dreamy gust]

It's a toss up between Farming and Mining

The iridium scythe from farming makes harvesting crops so much faster, the animal crackers are a nice addition to make animals more "worth it", and the Statue of Blessings, while situational, it can be verrry helpful in situations (a luck buff on good luck days, and the chance of a Prismatic Shard with the butterfly is really nice)

With mining, the heavy furnace is quite possibly one of my favorite additions, the chance of a random 6th bar you get from your ores is amazing, and the Dwarf Statue is great for Skull Cavern runs

Combat is just fun. I love experimenting with the trinkets

Foraging is nice, but it's the most "support" of all of them. Like if you have the museum done, I don't see you getting much out of treasure totems, and mystic trees are an okay money maker, especially with the logs. Golden Mystery Boxes are probably the best addition from that, with the fact you can trade them for Magic Rock Candy (and the rewards from them are also nice)

I do not care about fishing at all, but if you like fishing then it must be good

[tough remnant]

Well, statue is less amazing, but still better than most other mastery rewards

[rose knoll]

I like fishing > farming > foraging > mining > combat

Iridium Rod opens up a lot of big fish hunting, then the scythe

[tough remnant]

My favourite is probably foraging.

It's not the best, but I kinda love mystic trees

[rose knoll]

The Iridium Scythe allowing to do 5x5s of Trellis Crops is just nice

[tough remnant]

They're the most interesting addition I'd say

Fishing is honestly a mixed bag. Advanced Rod makes hunting perfect catches a lot easier, but I didn't really need it to be a lot easier

[lyric sparrow]

Thanks for your input, everybody. I'm leaning toward Farming then Mining. I haven't been to the cave yet, been meaning to get over there, but got a notification that I'd moved up a level, so I'd best do so.

[tough remnant]

Also gold fishing treasure makes hunting down work boots harder lol

[rose knoll]

Whee - the last 140 forage to go to be level 10 and free of the blight that is quality

[pure nymph]

after farming what mastery should i choose

[rose knoll]

Fishing or Foraging

Mining and Combat are both ehhh enough if you've leveled quickly that you can put them off for a bit

[quiet rampart]

mining or foraging, probably. or if you're planning to do a lot of fishing, advanced iridium rod + quality bobber + dressed spinner is very profitable paired with targeted bait

[pure nymph]

foraging it is then

[rose knoll]

My initial choices are usually aimed at accelerating the ability to gain more exp

[violet zephyr]

love tilling 777 tiles by hand 💀

[rose knoll]

That's why you prep the night before

[vapid wind]

good lord, you're very brave for that

[violet zephyr]

yeaaa, should've done that... But you know, change of the season would've made it all go poof anyways

And I couldn't plant wheat too because it would make me miss out on one pumpkin harvest and I ain't buying speed gro

[rose knoll]

Nah - you plant the cheapest garbage that will expire at the end of the season, then when next season starts, the dead plants keep the soil tilled, the sprinklers water, and then you just need to scythe for mass clearing

[violet zephyr]

Oh well, I kinda forgot about being able to just sacrifice the crop

But cheapest summer crop that will expire is raddish with 40g a piece... Spending over 30k to just not have to till again is lowkey a lot 💀

[rose knoll]

That's fair

Can also go mass regrowing crop like tomatoes - though you lose out on being able to swap for higher value crops

[violet zephyr]

Uhhh, yea thats not gonna cut it, planting starfruit and its ready on 28th

[rose knoll]

In which case yeah - I guess there's not much choice there

[leaden stratus]

for summer - fall switch wheat is good. You may loose a harvest on some crops but that's worth it to have your fertelizer prepared and without tilling and watering

and you can make beer so you get money back

wheat is good because it's very easy to harvest (obv)

[sonic skiff]

i've passed out while planting on at least 2 different occasions. and yeah you can't pre-prep for season change, i wasted time doing it once and almost all of it was gone the next morning

really need to get into the crop sacrifice business

[violet zephyr]

When is it even worth to use any fertilizer ?

Like bluebellies->cranberries route purely?

idk but melons/pumpkins are just that much better

:p

and u pickle/keg it

[violet zephyr]

Or learn to animation cancel! Unless u consider it cheating and don't want to use obv

[leaden stratus]

I meant to say speed-gro

[trim plinth]

How could something that makes iridium tools and enchantments worthless considered like balance breaking ? /s

[leaden stratus]

it's not THAT powerful unless you literally master it

holy shit I managed to go down 71 floor in a single game tick

[violet zephyr]

i guess Im a master then it feels too good

[leaden stratus]

okay I was exaggerating but still it requires some practice

[hushed hare]

not taking artisan this time around made the game less stressful for me, and with the 10% base speed gro, I'm using so much more fertilizer on crops

[tough remnant]

Eh, it's only really useful if you use macros. Like, the trigger input in-game is deliberately terrible, and basically there as a leftover debugging tool to cancel out any broken animation loops.

Which I've actually used it for personally lol

[leaden stratus]

animation canceling without a macro is the definition of masochism

[violet zephyr]

I just bind R+DEL+RSHIFT to my ctrl key and it works flawlessly

[leaden stratus]

which means you usa a macro

[quiet rampart]

yeah

[violet zephyr]

yea

[leaden stratus]

to combine all buttons into one

[tough remnant]

Macros are essentially non-vanilla gameplay though as far as I'm concerned. You're automating something the game doesn't let you automate.

[violet zephyr]

yea obviously its up to person playing to choose if they rather use it or not

[quiet rampart]

I used to think "animation cancelling" referred to the effect where using a tool by holding down the use button is slower than clicking manually lmao

[leaden stratus]

how did I go from 35/45 floors per game tick to ~70 out of nowhere

[mellow atlas]

it's like a unit of time in a game

tick

a single unit

so by that, he's abusing the loading screen of entering a floor

then unpausing to do a single button click

[steady narwhal]

A single tick is 10 in game minutes

[mellow atlas]

so like 7 seconds 🙂

[leaden stratus]

in sc 11

[steady narwhal]

9 for sc

[leaden stratus]

oh 9

[mellow atlas]

I'm still patient for nov 4

[violet zephyr]

you pause during floor loading already right?

[tidal plume]

What’s the best farm to start out on in 1.6?

[devout leaf]

riverland is good because you get a free smoker

[tidal plume]

Ok cool. Would you say meadowlands is good too since it comes with chickens or no?

[leaden stratus]

floor 934 by 10am my new pb lmao

started 6:40am

[devout leaf]

yea, and the blue grass is a good bonus ig

[leaden stratus]

and was messing up my timing really bad at the beginning

I have no idea why this went so well

[leaden stratus]

like 20-25 floors per game tick

[trim plinth]

Pretty boring imho. Cave is far, water access is far, there is nothing special gameplay wise. I guess if you like gathering the animal rpoducts it is alright. It is beautiful but it lacks something to me.

[barren walrus]

also not to mention the grass tiles makes large fields of crops annoying

[tidal plume]

Ok thanks. So would you also recommend riverland for the free smoker?

[barren walrus]

hm

[trim plinth]

Riverland does not have much space to have fish ponds which is a bit weird to not be able to produce and live by the fish in this map.

[barren walrus]

if you really like fishing it would be nice and profitable but it would eat coal

[trim plinth]

I like beach, forest, 4 corners, top hill

[barren walrus]

I almost always do beach

[quiet rampart]

the free smoker is pretty massive though, you can easily generate 100k in less than 2 weeks with a bit of luck in weather

[barren walrus]

its just more fun to do things other than grind 100 sprinklers

[steel wyvern]

Either map sucks if you wanna do any larger-than-small-scale farming

[trim plinth]

• 🌲 Forest is nice to get easy foraging levels, avoid secret woods trips, get an early mahogany trees farm.
• ⛱️ Beach is nice because it offers a unique challenge and gives you small surprises from time to time.
• 4 corners lets you specialize each corner.
• ⛰️ Top hill makes you scratch you head about how to setup your thing while still giving some space.

[steel wyvern]

I actually feel like most "gimmick" farms have an early game bonus which is offset by being awkward for lategame

[barren walrus]

quick question, can green rain have thunder or is it always just rain

im looking at the wiki and can't find anything about it

[trim plinth]

I dont think it has thunder

[tidal plume]

Ok I’ll look into it a bit more before choosing. In the meantime, I’m still open for more opinions/suggestions. I’m a pretty new farmer as well if that makes any difference.

[barren walrus]

feel like wilderness farm is partly now the opposite bc of iridium golems now

[steel wyvern]

If you're new, I'd actually suggest standard or four corners

[trim plinth]

I am not sure if it was patched, but I remember someone saying you could get 2 green rains in a row if you use the rain totem during a green rain day. The second green rain may have thunder. I cannot swear about anything about that.

[barren walrus]

that was likely patched if it was real

because that sounds insane for resource grinding

[steel wyvern]

Just try out what you like, do a general run, then make a specialised run using one of the more exotic layouts

[barren walrus]

yeah

[tidal plume]

Ok cool. I was also considering standard but wasn’t sure if other farms were better options. Thanks

[barren walrus]

I would lean towards 4 corners first, it has a bit of everything and lots of room to experiment

[trim plinth]

Also dont hesitate to reset if you do not like the map. Early game is the most fun imo.

Remixed bundles also give some fresh challenges.

[steel wyvern]

Eh, more like a midgame thing

I found myself just greatly annoyed with the farm mobs when I was trying to do some work after dark

But at least it's something nice and unique to differentiate the wild farm from just toggling the monster option on any farm

Plus the pond is placed quite awkwardly

[woven tusk]

Wilderness? The pond has a nice central location so that it's never far away regardless of where you plant stuff

Even Standard has bigger problems accessing water from like half of its map

[tough remnant]

Was never a thing, probably part of why 1.6 patched it so rain totems no longer extend thunder storms

[tough remnant]

Except Beach, which is quite comparable to standard in the extreme endgame because it's so damn big, and crops on the main farm don't really matter past the midgame anyway

[zealous fable]

OHHH NOOOOO

[woven tusk]

Beach Farm is a massive waterside property. If it weren't out in the boondocks (Stardew Valley), the property itself would probably fetch a massive price if we sold it (and probably horrified Grandpa's ghost, but...)

[violet zephyr]

i looooove skull caverns

flr 120+

No ladders used

[rich iron]

How many bombs did you bring

[violet zephyr]

26 explo ammo and 9 normal bombs

thats all

I dropped like 20 from serpents/bats and chests

which I used

[rich iron]

Ladder spam? I brought 150 bombs, used 143 and got to 130 before I called it quits

[violet zephyr]

wtf

No, i didn't use a single ladder

Just drop shaft luck I guess 🤷

[rich iron]

There's still a lot to learn huh

Was my first bombing run so

[violet zephyr]

o

I usually only use explo ammo to mine iridium

cause 6 pickaxe hits is wild

[rich iron]

Hm right

[violet zephyr]

Next run gonna use Magic rock candy :D

so excited

[steep nest]

i love magic rock candy

i combo it with 2 luck rings and aged blue moon wine (sve)

[clear condor]

what is green rain

also how do i get the special bulltin board

[solar idol]

Rare event during the summer, just wait and see

[opal terrace]

well it's not necessarily rare

it happens once every summer

[harsh trellis]

Bulletin board takes time

[opal terrace]

special order board is unlocked in fall of year 1

[harsh trellis]

Yeah

[clear condor]

i got the same info twice and i can't use it what does it do

[solar idol]

Well the day is random after year 1. But also true one happens every summer

[opal terrace]

spread around moss and wild trees

[clear condor]

k

[solar idol]

Best way to harvest moss

[clear condor]

does the green rain water the plants?

[lyric sparrow]

Yes.

[clear condor]

aight

[violet zephyr]

I love mushroom logs... My setup is barely existent too, and I didn't dehydrate any

ngl I might just plant my whole main farm with trees and make a massive mushroom farm

And only actually farm in ginger island

oh no

i forgot that when house is upgraded u just get teleported there

R.I.P. 1 starfruit wine that was being made :c

[tough remnant]

Rare bedless gameplay

[violet zephyr]

xd

[steep nest]

should have just suffered through waiting smh smh smh /j

[clear condor]

do the green rain trees stay when it ends?

[lyric sparrow]

Yes, but most of the trees revert to their normal forms. If they have tappers on them, they will always revert to normal.

[hushed hare]

you can't push it empty handed like a chest?

[clear condor]

bruh my axe is being upgraded on the green rain
😭

can't get the wood

[leaden stratus]

you can't

[hushed hare]

use the scythe for the moss

[violet zephyr]

Nuh-uh :c

Just like any working machine

[clear condor]

i want the wood 😭

[violet zephyr]

idk why don't they make it

[dreamy gust]

Maybe use bombs? I don't know

[clear condor]

thats a good idea

should'v thought about it before i slept

[lyric sparrow]

The wood will still be there the next day. Use your scythe to attack all the weeds and gather fiber and moss. You can also hit the trees to get moss from them. The only thing you'll miss out on is the fiddlehead fern trees.

[trim plinth]

If you do not animation cancel, dont compare yourself to someone who does

[rich iron]

Wait is that what happened

[rich iron]

Animation cancelling the slingshot doesn't consume ammo(?)

[trim plinth]

fighting is easier, using pickaxe is easier

you spend less time doing anything

[rich iron]

I thought Inda mined iridium using the slingshot

[clear condor]

im soo sad bro 😭

[violet zephyr]

Been a while since I've seen this one

hella mid for the amount of explosive ammo wasted (~40)

[steep nest]

ouch

imagine all the tressure floors you missed bc of that

[violet zephyr]

so real

[steep nest]

you missed 14 auto petters...

[fair walrus]

Id take that

[violet zephyr]

zooooooooooooom

[leaden stratus]

it's not a lot but still something

[violet zephyr]

ITS A WHOLE SPEED BUFF

oh wait no, its 1/2 of one

Stillllllll

Oh yea also smart me put 14 kegs with starfruit in pam's way unknowingly... They're gone forever.

[leaden stratus]

rip 45500g

[violet zephyr]

45,5k ????

WA

Oh, you count the keg's price in too?

[leaden stratus]

14 sf wine with artisan

[violet zephyr]

Oh jeez ;-;

I was more happy w/o knowing how much I've lost

[leaden stratus]

oh sorry it's 44 100g

so a bit less

still sucks

[violet zephyr]

game, when Im trying to get scroll three be like

[leaden stratus]

rng my beloved /s

[steep nest]

beat kam up fr

[fair walrus]

How get even a singular scroll

[trim plinth]

Monsters drop them from time to time. You can dig with your hoe in the mines if you want to go try hard. Usually doing many mines/SC runs is enough.

[hushed glade]

Both do equal +1 speed

Still kind of peak though

[chilly bloom]

No, both together is 0.5

Each is 0.25

[hushed glade]

Fr?

[chilly bloom]

Yes

[hushed glade]

I thought it was 0.5

Slightly less peak

[chilly bloom]

They’re only like 5% speed boost each relative to default speed

[hushed glade]

I see

[chilly bloom]

I guess it adds up but it’s not like they’re crazy cheap either

[hushed glade]

Kind of just bonus

Like horse the book

[opal terrace]

It doesn't feel that noticeable when you get them but then I started a new save and could tell I was just slower without them

[lean grail]

One duck feather and one red cabbage left for the community center.

Huh. Gold slime I think that's new.

Lucky ring!

I'm not sure I've ever found one of those before.

[trim plinth]

The heck a junimo is following me

[hushed glade]

They do that once you complete a bundle

[trim plinth]

I never noticed after finishing the game multiple times.

[lean grail]

I am having no luck with this cabbage seed.

On the upside, these Skull Cavern expeditions are doing great things for my sprinkler count.

I think I'll be able to start swapping out some quality sprinklers for iridium before long.

[rose knoll]

This is the first time I've gone hard on quality sprinklers, usually I limp until I get access to iridium

Combat level 10 is usually a goal because iridium bats start visiting at night

[woven tusk]

Hm. Last time I played Wilderness, Iridium Bats didn't yet exist so it was Serpents that started spawning at Combat 10.

Needless to say, I ran to the shrine to toggle monsters off, very soon after that

[rose knoll]

I like the monsters so I turn it on from the beginning

Free loot pinatas

[chilly bloom]

I believe serpents still do unless the last time I played was also pre 1.3.27 or whenever iridium bats were added

[woven tusk]

Yeah, the issue here is that serpents are more punishment than reward. Iridium bats are actually interesting since you normally have to get pretty far into SC for them to even start spawning. If they spawn on the farm, that's a special delivery of Iridium and Batteries right to your doorstep.

[rose knoll]

Fortunately they aren't super beefy

That would be annoying before the galaxy sword

[lean grail]

Oh hey. Auto-petter.

I can't decide if my luck is good or bad.

I still haven't found the cabbage seed, but I've gotten a lucky ring and an auto-petter.

And there's the duck feather. Red cabbage is all that's left now.

Special order of the week...prismatic slime. Great.

Has this one gotten any better?

[candid sequoia]

barely

[steep nest]

W

are you going for y1 cc?

[clear walrus]

Why is meowmere's attack so low?

[teal path]

I heard somewhere that using the mayors pants (or tailored pants, i dont remember) makes the second tackle never take damage

[teal path]

Because its a funny crossover item

[clear walrus]

I was gonna claim it, just checked the damage on wiki and my god is it worse than bonesword

I get that sentiment but still

[hushed glade]

It's meant to be a cosmetic skin

[clear walrus]

I suppose it's good when I unlock the forge

[teal path]

The item in terraria though does the most base damage in the game (i think) and has a projectile

[clear walrus]

Can't wait to get a infinite sword look like a meowmere

[hushed glade]

Not the most

[teal path]

Im 100% forging it to my infinity sword as i love terraria

[hushed glade]

No longer at least

[clear walrus]

But it looks epic atleast

[teal path]

Which does the most?

[hushed glade]

Zenith

[teal path]

Nkt

Not true

Zenith base damage it 10 less

Im talking base damage, not dps

[clear walrus]

I never played it, but will do most likely

[hushed glade]

I see

Uhh still

Meowmere is funny

[lean grail]

I'd like to. But it's more that the Community Center gates Ginger Island content.

[hushed glade]

I wish enemies would explode into meowmere cats upon kill with the meowmere

[teal path]

Yea

Same

[lean grail]

...Stardew Valley is trolling me.

Can't get the red cabbage seed, but found the prismatic slime within ten floors.

[teal path]

Lol

[lean grail]

All things considered, I'd rather have it this way around.

The prismatic slime quest was always a bit obnoxious in my last playthroughs.

[steep nest]

oh fair

did you not check the box for y1 cc completion?

[teal path]

I was about to ask why, i forgot you get a recipe

[lean grail]

Didn't think about it.

[steep nest]

rip

[barren walrus]

are any racers in the desert festival objectively better or is it just a flat 1/3 chance every time

wiki doesnt say anything but also says "escar-go" is the "slowest contestant" so idk

[lyric sparrow]

First race I bet on (and first of only two total) I bet on Escar-Go, and it won. I went to collect my prize ... and the game crashed to desktop. I can't remember the last time SDV crashed on me.

[quiet rampart]

hello mr Dave hru

[lyric sparrow]

I'm fine, thanks. HBU?

[quiet rampart]

I have a midterm exam tomorrow

no SDV for me today 😔

[devout leaf]

aw goodluck on your midterm tho

[quiet rampart]

thanks I probably need it

[lean grail]

Oh my goodness.

Now I got a rabbit's foot drop.

Dinosaur egg...

[devout leaf]

from skull cavern?

[lean grail]

Yep.

[lyric sparrow]

Good luck on your midterm!

[lean grail]

And now another dinosaur egg.

[open arch]

Yo, I was playing SDV yesterday
It was past midnight and I'm trying to get back home quick, but I pass by the bus stop, and suddenly there was a screaming crazy white creature 😭

looked like a terrified possum

running out from a bush

I missed to ss it tho

[hushed glade]

There’s a what

A screaming white creature?

Are you sure you don’t have any horror mods installed?

[open arch]

Yes I was playing vanilla

Co-op with my friends too lmao

[hushed glade]

That sounds very concerning

[devout leaf]

the possum is in the new update i think

[hushed glade]

Oh there’s actual possums now?

[devout leaf]

like the birds and squirels

[devout leaf]

ya, you can also see it when you fix the greenhouse

[hushed glade]

I know a raccoon pops out of the greenhouse but

Weird how there’s no wiki page for it

[open arch]

prolly not updated yet

[hushed glade]

The update has been out for a while now

Most of the content in 1.6 has been updated for the wiki by now

Maybe it’s under

[[Night_Events]]

[hushed glade]

Rare

That’s why I’ve never seen it

[open arch]

don't think there's a page dedicated to images of them

oh there's animals

but not the squirrels

[devout leaf]

yea theres's no images of the critters

is this the thing you were talking about

[open arch]

Yes ! 😂

hahaha

[deep lagoon]

The creature

[static sedge]

spooky

[woven tusk]

Possum nearly the size of a man

[keen bronze]

huge mice

[south canyon]

@rose knoll do you have a recommendation for which unlock (mastery) to go for first?

[rose knoll]

For me - The initial choice is fishing or farming - If it's winter, I'm more likely to go fishing first

After those two, I go foraging, then you can choose between the last two as preferred

[south canyon]

I was actually super torn between those both, so thank you

[rose knoll]

Iridium Scythe lets you get away with 5x5 trellis - you can reach the inner circle with the scythe

[drifting basin]

Dunno if it goes here or another channel, but is either insect head or ossified blade particularly better than the other? I'm mostly just asking since I got blade from a box and there's not really any reason to carry two swords

[rose knoll]

What's the damage on the two again? IIRC the Ossified Blade has a -speed penalty on it, which makes it miserable

[drifting basin]

Insect: 20-30dmg, +2 SPD, +2 crit chance
Blade: 26-42dmg, -2 SPD, +1 def, +2 weight

[rose knoll]

Go insect blade

[viral olive]

Insect sounds better imo

[rose knoll]

you'll get in enough extra swings to stunlock enemies into walls

The slow swing on the ossified is brutal

[drifting basin]

Alright, wasn't sure since I got a new thing lol

I'll just stuff it in a box unless selling it's better

[rose knoll]

Fishing, Farming, or Foraging, depending on what your immediate goals are

Also whee, I forgot how good Monster Musk is - Just slaughtered 25 / 50 crabs in one day

[trim plinth]

Mining first is pretty good. One of the fastest ways to get all mastery is to do SC runs. Since the mining statue combines well with SC runs and the heavy furnace too, it is railroad to get all of them.

[tough remnant]

Farming is the only one which really accelerates experience gain noticeably

[rose knoll]

Well, this last day of fall is going to be spicy - need to dig up 500 fishing and 500 combat exp, shouldn't be too rough, just need the fish to bite

But that'll get me to masteries in 3 seasons, which is a new personal record

[tough remnant]

I suppose fishing also can, actually, if you fish all day. Double bobber means you can stick on a bonus treasure hunter or cork bobber, for more perfect catches/treasure chests, and therefore more experience.

[violet zephyr]

Ah yes, the roe of a legendary fish

[devout leaf]

that's so lucky wtf

[tough remnant]

The real challenge is to try get that, while also getting triple fish from Challenge Bait 😛

[quiet rampart]

blessing of waters might help with that lol

[lyric sparrow]

I missed it. Raccoon says he needs a wife, next thing I know he has one standing right beside him.

[lyric sparrow]

Damnit. I forgot about Monster Musk. I've been grinding mobs without it. D'oh!!

[violet zephyr]

Is this a thing???

[rich lake]

Dino floor

[lyric sparrow]

I can kick myself for staircasing past a dino egg just laying there in my last run.

Still don't have one.

[violet zephyr]

wow

I got like 5

By fall

[lyric sparrow]

I haven't been trying.

I got one for the museum. Wasn't interested in replacing a chicken with a dino. I'm only gonna have one coop in this save. Not a lot of room with Riverlands.

But animal crackers with a Dino, and the 3x price on artifacts book I've already got have me considering giving a dino or two a try.

[leaden stratus]

that's so much fun /s

I've actually done mutant carp without blessing of waters active which I'm proud of

[barren walrus]

I never considered that

so unless i cant do math with the animal crackers and treasure appraisal guide with just base quality dino eggs worth a total of 2100 every 7 days that is 300 a day

[leaden stratus]

it's pretty good but still worse than a normal chicken

[barren walrus]

yeah

[leaden stratus]

it's so funny that chickens are the best profit coop animal until golden chickens lmao

[barren walrus]

also desert festival is way better than i thought for foraging experience

literally nothing interesting to buy this year so i poured like 400-ish eggs into woodcutters weekly

[tough remnant]

They're still pretty bad, but they're actually decent for some challenge runs now

Any challenge run where you don't have ready access to artisan machines, dinos are actually pretty good

[barren walrus]

assuming you get an egg

[lean grail]

I'd offer one, but the two I got from the Skull Cavern run are currently incubating and decorating the museum.

[lean grail]

...another serpent rabbit's foot. What is with this luck?

[lean grail]

And now a third one?

[hard cipher]

Why dont the villagers have new outfits? Or is that not in summer

[woven tusk]

It's in Winter

They have beachwear outfits but they wear it to Ginger Island, and regardless of season. That's from 1.5, I think.
It's the closest thing they have to summer outfits, I suppose

[tough remnant]

Would have been nice if they had fully seasonal outfits. Or even just something like random outfits based on season/year

[woven tusk]

Sometimes I wonder whether lucky charms (such as rabbit feet) bring good luck, or are brought by good luck

[tough remnant]

But that'd be a lot of sprite work, so I guess it's not a huge surprise why the seasonal outfits were so limited

[woven tusk]

Causation vs mere correlation, y'know

Winter outfits are a little weird since characters still wear them indoors and even in their own homes.

Rock Rejuvenation may well occur in the first Winter and show Emily meditating in her winter coat and hat while Haley is in her pajamas in the same room

[tough remnant]

The coat is one thing

[woven tusk]

I triggered Emily's lightshow dance heart event in the winter, too.
She danced with her winter clothes on and then complained about how sweaty she was. Gee, if only there were something she could remove before exercise in order to prevent overheating...

[tough remnant]

The earmuffs are another

For Haley's heart events

[woven tusk]

The earmuffs are very cute but yes, prooooobably shouldn't be on indoors

[tough remnant]

I think that one mod which basically adds seasonal resprites for all the villagers actually addresses that

[woven tusk]

I've seen it. Winter Outdoors and Winter Indoors variants

[tough remnant]

But unfortunately, that mod also neuters Elliot's glorious mug so he doesn't look like the model for cover of a harlequin romance novel

Which puts me off using it, because it basically completely changes the vibe of his character portrait

[lean grail]

The luck part is that I'm getting every desirable rare item except the one I'm looking for.

[woven tusk]

Oh, this was the red cabbage saga?
I have a saying for times like this.

"Lady Luck is a sarcastic a-hole sometimes."

[lean grail]

Is, not was. Still haven't found one.

I'm not complaining about the items I did get, though. Auto-petter, several rabbit's feet, a few purple slime eggs, prismatic shards...

[steep nest]

are you resetting the day if you dont get what you need?

or just keeping it all

[lean grail]

Keeping it.

I will get a red cabbage seed no later than Summer 1st, Year 2, so it's not really a wasted day.

[dreamy gust]

You'll do anything just to not have to buy it from Pierre?

Respect

[lean grail]

No, I want to start doing Ginger Island stuff. :P

Especially the forge.

[lyric sparrow]

Worst of all they make it hard to tell one person from another. They all look like Kenny from South Park with different colored coats. 🤣

I think the reasoning behind standard outfits is that it makes the sprites easily identifiable, especially for those of us with not exactly the best eyesight. I think the Winter outfits prove that reasoning sound.

[lean grail]

At last!

One red cabbage seed, Winter 18, Year 1.

[woven tusk]

Excellent. Year 1 CC completion in the bag?

[lean grail]

Mhm.

Ginger Island in Spring, Year 2. Probably Spring 2?

[woven tusk]

Stick some DSG under the cabbage and maybe you can even get it done a little sooner

[lean grail]

I'm good with how things are.

I'm going to go hunt dust sprites for the guild now.

[woven tusk]

Burglar ring hours lesgoooo

[lean grail]

200 hardwood...ouch.

It would have been some top tier trolling if the traveling cart had a red cabbage plant today.

Oh hey. There's the note for the Special Charm.

[woven tusk]

At least you have a spare rabbit foot for it!

[lean grail]

Heh.

I think I had four in inventory.

My plan for Ginger Island is to get to the forge as quickly as possible so I can start fusing rings.

[violet zephyr]

I don't like this game

it scammed me over 5000 tokens

[lean grail]

It’s biased in your favor.

Just don’t bet everything at once.

[steep nest]

real sigmas go all in on orange

[mossy dune]

I'm glad 1.6 fixed the problem of fishing not being worthwhile

[lyric sparrow]

It still won't make you rich.

But it's better than it was.

[mossy dune]

Yeah but at least it has some value outside of very early game

It can be good year one money now

[chilly bloom]

It can absolutely

You can get 100,000s a day reliably with the caldera fishing and more when you start getting legend 2 quests

Not as reliably but you don’t really need much cash for something like perfection

[trim plinth]

Also legendary fish ponds

[lyric sparrow]

I didn't think those were possible. Wiki says no.

[trim plinth]

1.6.9 says yes

[fierce lynx]

That’s a mod from what I remember

[fierce lynx]

Oh okay

[trim plinth]

left column are all legendary(dark green being the legend)

orange one is also legendary

I play the beta

[lyric sparrow]

Betas and mods don't count.

Not yet for the beta. Post is as an example when it's officially released.

[trim plinth]

Ok

[lyric sparrow]

Or at least say up front it's a beta or a mod. It's kind of a server etiquette.

[trim plinth]

There is no channel to talk about the beta. This is the most spoiler free channel, so that is where I go.

[rose knoll]

And thanks to gouda - the beta's going to be in a lot better shape - They found quite a few bugs for the team to fix

(seriously, thank you for all that bug hunting you did)

[lyric sparrow]

And that's fine. It's interesting to find out about. Just say up front it's a beta feature and it forestalls any argument from people not playing the beta or the mod in question.

[lyric sparrow]

Sorry if I came off harsh. I'm not upset or anything. And I would enjoy hearing more about the beta. It would just help to know it's about the beta up front.

[trim plinth]

You are good. I guess I should have said it 2 mins before I did and put a spoiler on my image

[icy bolt]

yall when 1.7 be comin out?

[steep nest]

most likely never or if it does after CAs other game is out

[icy bolt]

wdym

[steep nest]

1.6 is likely going to be the last major update for sdv atleast until Concerned apes new game is out

[icy bolt]

ah man

i got gifted that game rlly late

i got it in june and almost reaching perfection:D

[lyric sparrow]

No need to spoiler anything for me. I have them set to show anyway. I appreciate hearing about new stuff and mods.
And, for the record, the guy who said quiche sucks is an idiot. Quiche is great. And Gouda is my favorite cheese. So you're good in my book, too. 😄

[steep nest]

quiche is MID /j

[mossy dune]

@queen current Statue of blessing gives infinite energy for a day

[queen current]

Bruh

[mossy dune]

Doesn't make it less hard it takes mastery to unlock and a ton of moss

[trim plinth]

Gouda is not my favorite cheese, but it is still cheese, so it remains God's food. Quiche on the other is a solid top 10 dish to me. Gouda quiche is an obscure reference from a cringe 80s ad.

[lyric sparrow]

The two things about not knowing it's a mod or a beta up front is that, first, it can waste a little or a lot of the reader's time. A little if all they're doing, like me, is checking the Wiki, and a lot if maybe they try that something in game and it doesn't work (and this can happen with new players and being shown something in a mod).
Secondly, it can be a little disappointing, anticipating this great new thing you see to be available in your game, only to find out it's not. And I must admit to a little of that disappointment on checking the Wiki, but not enough to upset me like it may have seemed.
I was more terse than the situation warranted.
I blame a tense situation yesterday that has had me wound up ever since, and I really need to let it go and decompress.

[lyric sparrow]

I don't know that ad, and I'm certainly old enough to remember the 80s well. LOL

[trim plinth]

in year 1, I got 350 moss from green rain. 250 from actually harvesting weed and 100 from the moss I gathered from all the trees I planted the day before the green rain happened. Remember green rain is a massive tree fertilizer, giving a chance to any tree in all the valley to grow up mature. Meaning, you should plant all your tree seeds before it happens.

[mossy dune]

and later on you can get energy less tools

[mossy dune]

Thanks

[trim plinth]

We are in the same boat

[mossy dune]

Still have to max every skill without using tools tho lol

[lyric sparrow]

Well, to be honest, there are parts of the 80s I don't remember at all, but that's from overconsumption of certain things. LOL

[trim plinth]

Happens

[fierce lynx]

The early game is actually so tedious before you get sprinklers

You can’t even upgrade your watering can before sprinklers 😭

Because you have to water the plants every day

[nova flame]

i mean, you could if you try hard enough

[trim plinth]

I saw a YT video about how to handle the first week. It was pretty interesting.

[fierce lynx]

A butt ton of kale to increase your farming level

[rose knoll]

Just have to wait until it's raining the next day

[steep nest]

watering can is the last thing i upgrade

[fierce lynx]

It’d have to be raining 2 days in a row

[trim plinth]

I usually upgrade my watering can during Y1 winter. I prioritize axe, pick axe, trash can. Everything else does not matter much to me.

[rose knoll]

Nope - You water, upgrade, next day rains, next day you pick it up and water

[mossy dune]

It's crazy that energy-less perfection is possible

[fierce lynx]

Oh yeah that makes sense oops

[lyric sparrow]

You take your watering can the day before a forecasted rain. You water your plants, take the can to Clint, it rains the next day, the day after that your can is ready, you take it home and water your plants.

[fierce lynx]

Yeah thanks!

[lyric sparrow]

Or what Adradis said. LOL

[rose knoll]

Between the two of us, one of us generally has the right answer, ha

You've caught me on a few misconceptions

[lyric sparrow]

😄

[near tapir]

any way to get a second advanced iridium rod?

[regal ivy]

Steal it from another player

[lyric sparrow]

Would you recommend cat burglary or straight-up mugging?

I'm asking for a friend.

[solar gorge]

What two bobbers are good?

[regal ivy]

Cat burglary

[lean grail]

What's the appropriate channel to post images in?

[rose knoll]

#images-and-memes

[lean grail]

#images-and-memes message

Needless to say, I have finished the dust sprite goal.

[trim plinth]

Trap and cork bobber are nice if you are trying to get legendary fish. Only spinner, sonar bobber, barbed hook are useless to me. If you unlocked the mastery fish rod, be sure to consider using Lewis' shorts option. It makes the other bobber have infinite durability.

[solar gorge]

Wait it does? That's awesome

Lewis I'm coming to your basement 😈

[rose knoll]

Quality Bobber is good if you want Iridium Legendaries

[lean grail]

Let's put that burglar ring to use hunting for Dwarf Scroll I

[tough remnant]

Depends a lot on what you're doing and how good at fishing you are. My favourite setup that I've tried was Cork + Quality with Challenge Bait, to farm Iridium Lava Eels in the Caldera.

Could swap the Quality for a second Cork for more consistency on the perfect catches, but I found that it was generally unnecessary, and preferred having the Quality Bobber as a fallback so I could grab treasure chests when they showed up without loss in fish quality.

[solar gorge]

I imagine you also go for qi seasoned seafoam pudding and the master enchant?

[tough remnant]

Yeah, although Preserver is also decent to save on to challenge bait, which is kinda annoying to obtain in large quantities because moss and bone fragments are both kinda shit to farm

[wet cedar]

Now that you can upgrade the pan, it feels kinda weird that it starts as copper

[hushed hare]

you could explain that away by it not being an inheritance from Grandpa's Farm, but a gift and a reward from Willy

[wet cedar]

I’m talking weird gameplay wise

Out of all the upgradable tools, it’s the only one you don’t need to upgrade to copper

[coral arrow]

Not sure if bug, feature, or mod: But the grass you can scythe down didnt die back in winter like it used to?

[wet cedar]

Yeah that’s new

It still won’t grow in winter but it will persist

[coral arrow]

ok darn

[wet cedar]

New as in intended feature

[coral arrow]

I always find tons of worm spots when the grass dies back in the winter

[wet cedar]

Yeah

There’s more worm spots in general in winter. Worms can only spawn on tillable tiles and winter makes most tiles tillable with snow

[rose knoll]

You'll get less hay from it though as compared to other seasons, IIRC

[coral arrow]

ya

gets to the library just as it turns 6pm

[lean grail]

...

This run is nuts. Tea set on year one.

I wasn't even looking for that. But the game keeps giving me rare stuff like candy.

[wet cedar]

On my current farm, I got the living hat on year 1, spring 15 lmao

I wasn’t going for it and I didn’t even notice at first

I went to my chests to deposit items and thought, “what’s this weird looking fiber?”

[lean grail]

It would be insane if I got a living hat.

[trim plinth]

Now that was a wet summer

[mossy dune]

Fun fact if you don't use energy in a day you won't lose energy the next day if you stay up too late

[woven tusk]

I'm tuning in very late but there is another way.

Most crops don't survive seasonal transitions, meaning you don't actually have to water them on the 28th!

[lean grail]

Leveling foraging is making me sad.

[woven tusk]

Water your crops on the 27th and then hand it to Clint.
He works through the 28th,
And then you can pick it up on the 1st to water your new seeds!

[wet cedar]

It’s so depressing

[woven tusk]

Gotta do more tree murder 🌳 🪓

[wet cedar]

I would deforest all of Cinder Sap multiple times and feel so depressed after not even increasing 1 level 😭

The big bushes from green rain give a lot of exp

I think 25 per bush

[woven tusk]

Hecc, isn't that more than a tree?

[wet cedar]

Yeah

I lied it’s only 15

[woven tusk]

That's... still more than a tree

[wet cedar]

But still more than a tree (12. 13 if you include the stump )

I also learned recently that merely collecting the moss from a tree gives 1xp

Okay but why did Concerned Ape do spring onions so dirty 😭

[woven tusk]

I suppose that is foraging

[lean grail]

There’s also not really a good foraging activity.

[woven tusk]

There kind of is now

[wet cedar]

Would it really be too op if spring onions gave 7 exp 💀

[lean grail]

Once a year is not a good activity.

[woven tusk]

Huh?

[wet cedar]

Yeah mushroom logs give 5exp, but that’s a lot of hardwood and moss to craft them all

[lean grail]

Green rain, yes?

[woven tusk]

I mean, the main one has always been woodcutting. Shroom logs are a new addition. Shroom cave also gives EXP too

Oh, and now there's also the two berry seasons giving EXP where they didn't before

[wet cedar]

Ten mushroom logs will give roughly 50 EXP every 3.5 days.

One mushroom log is ten hardwood and ten moss though…

[trim plinth]

Large stumps are the way. This is why forest farm is op. There are foraging books too.

[woven tusk]

Green rain kinda means you can get an extra "cycle" or two of clearcutting the valley per year

[wet cedar]

It would be cool if the 3 new moss trees gave a lot of foraging experience

Then, it would incentivize you more to grow them

[jovial mural]

Anyone know when 1.6 is coming to xonsole?

[wet cedar]

Around November 8

[woven tusk]

I maxed Foraging before the end of the first fall, but then the Beach Farm has an insane amount of space so my starting trees could propagate

[jovial mural]

Oh great thats pretty soon

[wet cedar]

Somewhere between Nov 8-11 I think

[woven tusk]

8-11? It was delayed?

[jovial mural]

Sweet thank you

[wet cedar]

I’m probably wrong lol

I just googled it and it’s Nov 4th

@jovial mural

[woven tusk]

https://x.com/concernedape/status/1837953798289199323?s=46&t=VdaSzxaNwA5mbGXydyTZUQ

ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) on X

Release date for Stardew Valley console & mobile 1.6 update: November 4th

Twitter · Sep 22, 2024, 8:35 PM

[jovial mural]

Ooooo

Sweet

[trim plinth]

#bulletin-board message

[jovial mural]

Thank yall so much

[woven tusk]

Oh, it embedded this time

[trim plinth]

Plant all your tree seeds before green rain

[lean grail]

Meh.

Once per year isn't a good activity.

[woven tusk]

It... isn't, though

[lean grail]

There's no equivalent of the mines or skull cavern for foraging.

[woven tusk]

It's an extra chance at the thing you should already be doing once or twice a season

[trim plinth]

Secrets woods give you large stumps every day.

[lean grail]

Fishing's got a few events, but it levels really quickly and is good for making quick money, so that skill doesn't feel bad to level.

[woven tusk]

I don't think anything else should have an equivalent to SC

[lean grail]

Farming...well, a few big harvests level it quite nicely.

[trim plinth]

You have chances to get foraging books from trees

[woven tusk]

Combat's always my slowest tbh

[lean grail]

Mining and combat have the most engaging activities, and there's a lot of content tied to them.

Foraging is just slow and grindy.

[woven tusk]

Monster HP scales up more than monster EXP yields do

There was a time when Monster Musk did not exist.
Gods those days sucked

[trim plinth]

then play forest map

[woven tusk]

Four Corners has a bit of it, too

[trim plinth]

My current run has foraging at level 9, end of summer Y1. I gain 8x25=200 xp per day if I want to

[lean grail]

Slightly less slow and grindy.

[woven tusk]

Isn't it more than twice as fast

Since the farm has more stumps than the secret woods

And in fact you can start chopping them sooner than you can normally get into the secret woods anyway

[lean grail]

It's still only 25 experience per stump.

[woven tusk]

Not every skill should level fast

Foraging is about collecting what nature gives you

[trim plinth]

I have not been to the secret woods once

[woven tusk]

And I still level foraging so much faster than combat

I like getting to Foraging 10 for Botanist by Winter. Did it every playthrough since 1.2 or maybe 1.3

[lean grail]

There's "not fast" and there's "I have to go out of my way to grind this skill."

[woven tusk]

That's... how skills are trained, is it not?

By doing them over and over for years

Except since this is a video game I can get it maxed in less than one year

Need a gazillion wood and hardwood to build things anyway

[lean grail]

It's the only skill that I feel I need to go out of my way for. Everything else levels up pretty nicely in the course of play.

[woven tusk]

Combat is the only one I feel like I'm going out of my way for

[trim plinth]

My farming/mining levels are equivalent to my foraging one on the forest map. I have been cutting a lot of trees, had multiple times 2 stacks of wood, and now I have more trees to cut once more because I have nothing left. I fill the train station with trees.

[woven tusk]

I never have to make special trips for foraging, because it's already part of my plan and schedule
I did have to make multiple special trips to reach Combat 10 for Mastery

[lean grail]

Combat paces mining for me. They hit 10 about the same time.

[woven tusk]

Maybe you got the Galaxy sword way earlier than I did.
I didn't get it until the guaranteed prismatic spawn at the top of the volcano.

[lean grail]

That is a distinct possibility.

[woven tusk]

...'Course, my luck wasn't that bad on previous playthroughs and I still leveled it last

[trim plinth]

Buy foraging books if you dont want to train the hrad way

[lean grail]

I had it before doing the skull cavern.

[woven tusk]

Proper profiteering from SC doesn't involve very much monster-slaying

Trying to get through with the Obsidian Edge was simply a problem because Serpents remain in my face for longer while trying to blast things

[lean grail]

That's what, ten stumps worth twice a month?

[woven tusk]

Is it limited to one copy per visit?

I didn't feel the need to do it tho

[lean grail]

I'm honestly not sure. I haven't had that much spare funds to spend on books anyway.

[woven tusk]

In this playthrough I upgraded my axe before even the watering can (because of a very specific plan I was doing on the farm that most people wouldn't do, tho)

Watering Can remained regular until late autumn or even winter, I think

[trim plinth]

I always upgrade my watering can last(usually during winter). My priorities are pickaxe/axe/trash can

[woven tusk]

Steel axe before Green Rain meant quickly being able to clear trees ahead of them all respawning, to double dip

I forget whether the pick or axe got my first upgrade this run. I do remember rushing to get the wood for the tidepool bridge so I could claim the first week's forage there before the weekly despawn/respawn wave on Sunday

[lean grail]

It's Winter 26. I've got 10 in all skills except foraging, which is still at 8. I've been working at the stumps daily for at least a few weeks now.

[woven tusk]

Because a week's worth of forage built up at those tidepools would help a lot for my usual rush to Foraging 4+ by Salmonberry Season for extra berries

[trim plinth]

I am 2 seasons behind you and I am level 9

[woven tusk]

I was actually disappointed that I didn't reach Foraging 10 until just after Blackberry season ended. No iridium quality

I think Lv8 foraging is enough for Tree Fertilizer?

Which means being able to quickly grow trees for Foraging EXP even in the winter

At that point it's just Farming but you harvest with your axe and get wood instead of crops

With Tree Fertilizer, they grow in 4 days like Parsnips even

[trim plinth]

Yes tree fertilizer is a great tool

Do you get foraging xp when you bomb trees ? If you have a lot or ores, you could convert bombs into foraging xp

[woven tusk]

You do not

last hit must be from an axe

You can theoretically weaken the trees with bombs but eh.

[trim plinth]

mh tedious

[steep nest]

im curious what do you people think of autopetters costing only costing 50k

if you go joja

[woven tusk]

It's the biggest benefit of going Joja but I still wouldn't do it because Morris has such a punchable face

[wet cedar]

Hoe is almost my last excluding trash can

[trim plinth]

I never get more than 1 coop and 1 barn. Autopetters naturally appear in SC, and I end up trashing many of them

[steep nest]

went joja for the achievement and then never played the save again

[wet cedar]

I like 2 coops and 2 barns

[woven tusk]

I need you all to know that I was one of the nerds in high school, and

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/mediawiki/images/9/9d/Morris_Happy.png

I would shove this in a locker.

[steep nest]

i do watering can last ngl

[wet cedar]

Yeah. When i eventually go for that achievement, im just gonna make a new save with legacy RNG and clay farm all the money lmao

[woven tusk]

There is an easier way

[lean grail]

That really just illustrates the disparity between foraging and other skills, too. You can clearcut a farm's worth of trees and not level. Whereas even a relatively small crop harvest can level up a skill quickly.

[wet cedar]

My thought process is that I use the watering can more than my hoe if you exclude artifact spots (which aren’t really affected by upgrades)

[woven tusk]

Get the last item for the CC, but save (i.e. sleep) before handing it in

Next day: hand in the last item and then buy the membership in that order

The Joja development form is already complete so you get the Joja completion scene on the subsequent day

Revert to the previous day's save and finish the CC again without buying the membership

[woven tusk]

I... don't think that's true

Trees grow in 4 days with fertilizer and are worth 12 EXP (13 if including stump)

Parsnips grow in 4 days by default and are worth 8 EXP

All skills have the same EXP reqs to level.

You can get from Foraging 8 to 10 in considerably fewer trees than farming 8 to 10 in parsnips

[wet cedar]

But I can’t taint grandpa’s pure farm 😢

[woven tusk]

The big moneymaker in the summer, where I usually reach Farming 10, is the Blueberry bush.
These have a 4 day regrow. They're worth 10 EXP per harvest, still less than a tree

[wet cedar]

Grandpa can sense time travel 😔

[woven tusk]

Grandpa is a Timelord who ran out of regenerations

[lean grail]

Not really the comparison to be made.

[wet cedar]

Important to keep in mind that farming EXP is cut in half in regards to mastery leveling. (Crops are still the best EXP source tho lmao)

[woven tusk]

This was about getting to 10 to begin with

[lean grail]

It's easy to get a few hundred of a crop.

[wet cedar]

^

[woven tusk]

I mean I have way too many pinecones

[lean grail]

Do you have 400?

[wet cedar]

And blueberries regrow…

And don’t take energy to harvest

Or nearly as much time

[trim plinth]

it's is easy to plant 100+ trees in the train station. Now to cut them down, it will take you most of the day if you do not have a golden+ axe.

[lean grail]

100+.

[steep nest]

do truffles give forraging xp?

[woven tusk]

1. I wouldn't have 400 blueberries at that time
2. 400 trees is enough to go from Lv9 to 10 in one fell swoop tbh

[trim plinth]

yes

[steep nest]

oh thats cool

just rush pigs /hj

[woven tusk]

This is why I do in fact consider the axe a decently high priority to upgrade

You upgrade the pick to spend less time and energy mining. You upgrade the axe to spend less time and energy woodcutting

[lean grail]

I feel like that only adds to my point, too. It's not intuitive to use nonfarm space for that sort of thing.

[woven tusk]

Then do it on the farm

It's what a farm is for, honestly.

Growing stuff to harvest

[wet cedar]

Okay but by the time I’m actually trying/wanting to grind foraging, levels 8-9, my axe is already naturally upgraded

I’ve never thought “I need to upgrade my axe so I can level foraging faster”

[woven tusk]

I mean. I have. Because of the Spring thing

[trim plinth]

Gatherer also accelerates foraging xp gains

[woven tusk]

Picking whether the pick or axe would get the first upgrade actually needed me to stop and think about it, because I would have to stop doing the associated thing for that time

[steep nest]

i always upgrade axe first

[trim plinth]

Forester is such a joke compared to the other path

[steep nest]

cause im rushing the mines and need a pickaxe

[woven tusk]

Going out on weekly foraging trips on Fridays (only Saturday is denser in forage) meant I could also hand out gifts to the townies on that day

[woven tusk]

Ye, valid. I think I might've went the other way (hand in the pick so I could keep woodcutting for the next few days) but this was definitely a concern

[trim plinth]

It seems a pretty accepted strategy is to upgrade your pickaxe to steel during week 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8Q3nMDwnA

[steep nest]

i once did all 120 floors of the mine using a basic pickaxe 😭 😭 😭 😭

[wet cedar]

It’s nice to have. If you don’t plan on using pigs, it’s the better choice imo

At a certain point, iridium quality forage isn’t gonna matter too much

[trim plinth]

Gatherer and botanist have synergies with everything

[wet cedar]

Idk why but I misread this as SC 💀

[trim plinth]

Forester gives nothing that you cannot have with a tree farm/strategy.

[woven tusk]

I've heard of someone going Forester first and then swapping to Botanist at Lv10.
They pointed out the number of trees murdered in that time, would be worth more than the reset fee's value in timber purchased from Robin in y1.
I hate it but I can't deny that they have a point...

[wet cedar]

Extra wood is nice and the tapper profession is better now with mystic trees

But again, if I’m not gonna use pigs, I don’t value botanist THAT much since after a while, iridium forage is negligible

Except for a few things like magma caps but that doesn’t even matter now due to the dehydrator

[woven tusk]

Botanist is nice because all forage is the same quality so it stacks into fewer inventory spaces

[wet cedar]

Counter point: by the time I have lvl10 foraging, I don’t care to pick up most forage 💀

[trim plinth]

Iridium magma caps are nice

Mass iridium crocus is niice

[woven tusk]

I do still grow Winter wild seeds and that benefits from Botanist quite a lot since iridium isn't even normally possible. And even accounting for crops sacrificed to craft more seeds, this is still better profit than most spring crops

[wet cedar]

Meh

[trim plinth]

What do you plant during winter ? blue melons ?

[woven tusk]

Winter Wild Seeds

[trim plinth]

winter wild seeds are very strong

[woven tusk]

The forage seeds

[wet cedar]

I usually don’t plant anything in winter

[woven tusk]

Powdermelons... uh, exist.
That's the best thing I can say about them

[wet cedar]

Spend my time on other things

[wet cedar]

Idk why but I HATE the name “powder melon.” The concept just makes me feel uncomfortable

It makes me think of one of those little powdered donuts, but, like, in a really bad sense. Idk how to describe it 😭

[trim plinth]

I think I like any other random seed dropped by monsters but this one. I ship it, I keep a few in case the raccoon asks for some, then never touch it again, not even with a stick

[wet cedar]

Carrots are nice since they speed up your horse a bit

[woven tusk]

Real-life winter melons are also known as the wax gourd. I suspect the "melon named after the texture of its surface" thing is the inspiration for the powdermelon

[wet cedar]

Side note: what type of melon is the stardew melon?

[woven tusk]

None. It's inspired by a different fictional one

[wet cedar]

Ah

Well it looks tastier than any real melons lol

[woven tusk]

Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons/Rune Factory have the Pink Melon. Its name in the original Japanese is a pun: Otomelon, from Otome (Japanese word for young woman) and the English word... Melon

That series of games is one of the primary inspirations for this one, so yeah

[wet cedar]

These look refreshing (I don’t like melons tho)

[woven tusk]

I didn't realize Parsnips weren't fictional at first. The pink melons caused me to just continue not thinking about whether or not Parsnips may or may not exist in reality

[wet cedar]

I’ve wanted to play Harvest Moon, but every time I think about it, I just think I’ll end up going “Yeah this is neat but sucks compared to stardew “

[wet cedar]

LMAO

I’m sorry but that’s funny

[woven tusk]

I would recommend specifically Rune Factory 4

[wet cedar]

What system is it on

[woven tusk]

Unless same-sex marriage is extremely important to you, in which case Rune Factory 5 does allow that but had serious problems in its development that caused it to be considerably worse than 4 as a game

[woven tusk]

Um, several. Let me go look it up

[lean grail]

Winter 27. Red cabbage fully grown.

[woven tusk]

Originally on 3DS
Received improved ported versions for Switch, PS4, XBox One, and Steam

[wet cedar]

Reminds me of Tomedachi Life 💀

[wet cedar]

Well I have a 3ds, switch, and pc, so I guess that’s good

Maybe I’ll get it when I have money

Ty 👍

[woven tusk]

I was almost disappointed by how amazing RF4 was.
I was waiting on RF5 to get into the series because it was announced to allow same-sex marriage (I am a pervert who likes to see girls kiss).
So when I tried RF4 and it was so good that I could definitely see RF5 being worse as a game than this, I was... saddened.

I haven't tried RF5 yet. Waiting to see if it'll be at 50% or greater discount for the Steam Winter Sale

[thorn lance]

Also it’s considered as both veggie and fruit at least in my place

[woven tusk]

RF5's dev troubles were caused by, err, its studio shutting down mid-development. Some of the staff and properties were bought up by another studio, and then Covid happened... and so RF5 was unpolished and janky

[magic gazelle]

RF5 needs mods.

It needs mods so badly.

Also please play it on PC. It's awful on the Switch.

[woven tusk]

There's a sort-of-spinoff on the horizon. That's kinda why I'm interested in picking up RF5 if it goes on sale.
I saw an RF5 character in the trailer. It was a kid during RF5's timeframe but an adult in this game's timeframe

[magic gazelle]

Ah yes, Hina.

Sweet little Hina.

Who I cannot adopt because her mother has a husband abroad.

Tragically

[wet cedar]

This is gonna sound bad but I don’t like any vegetables… Literally any I try I don’t like. The only fruit I like are Strawberries, grapes, and apples, in that order.

[woven tusk]

Fries?

[wet cedar]

(Not counting potatoes in this lol)

[woven tusk]

Fries win every time 🍟

[wet cedar]

Because when someone says, “eat your veggies,” they typically aren’t referring to potatoes 😳

I do like potatoes though

Fried or roasted particularly

[magic gazelle]

Roasted potatoes slap though.

[woven tusk]

I dislike most vegetables but do appreciate stir-fried broccoli.

[magic gazelle]

Broccoli is best if you melt a Kraft single on the top. Don't ask me why, it just is.

[woven tusk]

Cheese and broccoli is a classic combination

Normally you don't plop a kraft slice on, but... despite the memes, American cheese is usually just not-aged cheddar

So it works fine

[magic gazelle]

No I usually use a cheese slice. Idk why but artificial cheese hits even better specifically for this.

[woven tusk]

it's no more artificial than other cheeses tbh, it's just... cheddar that hasn't been aged

It's valid

[magic gazelle]

Ah, fair.

[wet cedar]

Honestly, I don’t like the term “picky eater”

Why should we make people feel bad for something they can’t control? I.e., their taste buds

I mean hey, if you wanna order chicken tenders at every restaurant, that’s alright by me 🤷‍♀️

[magic gazelle]

Pickiness has nothing to do with maturity either, that downplays various reasons someone might be pickier.

[dreamy canopy]

When will be an update for phone?

[floral geode]

4th Novemeber

[lyric sparrow]

I like parsnips. Turnips, not so much.

[wet cedar]

YES

Like why should we be pressuring people into buying, preparing, and/or eating food they don’t like?

[trim plinth]

I know people of my family who were stuck not liking some food bc reason. Then one day they accepted to eat it and found it was nice. They are not fond of it, but they are not like yuke anymore. Also taste changes/evolves over time and when you get older.

I personally like a lot of different food. But there are still few stuff I still do not like. Sometimes I choose to eat some food I did not like in the past to check. Maybe it had nothing to do with the ingredient or dish, but with the preparation.

People trying to make someone else taste something are not vicious sadistic torturers. They might want to share a taste and pleasure they have.

[woven tusk]

Does that include Gotoro prison camp giving Joja Cola to Kent

[wet cedar]

I’m mainly talking about the people who shame “picky eaters”

[lyric sparrow]

Hey, that's between me and my cat. 😝

My first one of these ...

[near tapir]

I have a new favorite set of bobbers

double quality so i literally dont have to care about playing the minigame

also its amazing for inventory management

[lyric sparrow]

So has anyone else seen the intro screen to the game where CA's pink ape icon is surrounded in a field of falling green leaves when you click on it?

[trim plinth]

I had it twice already

It was a long time ago

[chilly bloom]

Likewise

It’s a 1/400

[wet cedar]

I had some lucky finding them when using an artifact totem at the ginger island dig site

On a stardrip luck day, I tried fishing with two treasure chest bobbers, magnet bait, and the pirate profession

[lyric sparrow]

Thanks. I'll try to remember that.

[wet cedar]

Only got one cracker lol

[woven tusk]

Hm, considering how little the treasure bobbers do, I think dressed spinners would be more effective

Double dressed spinner is nigh-instant bites.

[chilly bloom]

Oh yeah absolutely

The reduction from the dresses spinner is incredible

[wet cedar]

I was getting a lot of treasure chests. I just didn’t get many crackers

I guess I’m unlucky

Hey the odds of getting one from an artifact spot are around 0.9%

So I guess I was right about the totems being for for crackers

One totem has a 13.6% chance of turning up at least one cracker

[coral arrow]

SQuidfest: Do the squids appear all day or just during the usual times?

[white ridge]

All day

[rose knoll]

Sheesh - 3 good luck days in a row for the skull cavern - don't think I need to roll the third day though, i've got 167 iridium ore to process as it is

Have other things I need to do with y1 winter's last week

[rich iron]

Spam buy wood/coal before the prices screw you over

[rose knoll]

Meh - I've got thousands of wood and several hundred coal

It's not even funny

I need to clear more of the farm for the next year and hope I still have enough batteries

[rich iron]

Coal shortages are pain

Battery shortages too

Farming iridium bats for them feels a bit too dangerous

[rose knoll]

And huzzah, I finally have my minecarts unlocked (grumble grumble modded community center bundles grumble grumble)

3 celestine, 1 petrified slime, and 3 mudstone are evil evil requirements

[leaden stratus]

There's never enough coal and wood

You will need more at some point

And buying cheaper is obviously better

[rose knoll]

I can't afford to go all in on buying coal regardless

25% profit margin + taxes

[leaden stratus]

Oh ok

Makes more sense with context

[bold umbra]

Is there any news about the physical encyclopedia? I would like to buy the Last version ( 1.6.8) but they said to wait fort he next version....but I'm not sure if it come out

[regal ivy]

1.6.9 is being released on the 4th of November, so I'd hold off

[leaden stratus]

Yeah it's less than 2 weeks

[bold umbra]

And what if 1.7.0 will come out? This guide book will be always useless until a X year that the game will not receive updates anymore?

[rich lake]

If 1.7 comes out it will be a long time from now

First CA is gonna work on hc

So we don't know if we're even gonna see 1.7

[bold umbra]

Yea like the last 2 updates 🤣 everytime we thought the same and then the announcement ahah

[rich lake]

Well it's up to you if you wanna get the book or not

But it'll be years before it possibly comes out

[pure nymph]

@mellow atlas iridium scythe

[mellow atlas]

ohh

[pure nymph]

from farming mastery

[mellow atlas]

but i dont think it harvests trellis crops

[pure nymph]

it does

[mellow atlas]

oh ok

[lean grail]

Does it have any noteworthy changes?

[trim plinth]

It has a few things added and many fixes/balances

[sonic skiff]

there's a bunch of quality-of-life stuff too

[astral vine]

Whats new on 1.6.9?

[sonic skiff]

the patch notes aren't exactly public yet but if you search a bit there's a link to them somewhere in #making-mods-general

[lunar adder]

just checking; buying the remaining walnuts still counts for perfection right?

[trim plinth]

yes

[lunar adder]

good, just wanted to make sure it didn’t lock me out of things like some joja options do

i took a hiatus so i have no idea where the last 5 walnuts are or which ones i got

[lean grail]

The walnut bird seems to show up really early.