#what is the most efficient way to make money in early game?

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rigid osprey
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I have about 35 hours in and am brokešŸ˜­ I have a few artisan machines, but no farm animals yet. I keep dumping my money into seeds. Havenā€™t even hit my first winter in game yet.

round ferry
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The most expensive seeds have the highest profit. Pop those into the mason jar and youā€™ve got a nice profit. Forage as much as you can while youā€™re waiting for those to go then start selling them off. Each time you get a higher rank in farming, foraging, fishing, and catching always opt for higher quality and price increase

gusty nacelle
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Also might help to turn your game speed down so you can do more stuff during each game day.

round ferry
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I only just started doing this last night because Iā€™m a fool

gusty nacelle
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I did not realize that was a thing at first either and that made for a very inefficient start of my game. PirateHands

round ferry
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Yeah, for real. I kept rushing through mines like ā€œGOTRA FINISH! GOTTA FINISH BWFORE I PASS OUTā€

gusty nacelle
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also don't forget to shake every tree in sight for coconuts at mid-month. those things can sell for a decent amount.
harvest grass out in the world - at least on current live, 60 fiber = one rope and one rope = like 900 gold

gentle current
gusty nacelle
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tap trees as soon as you can - the byproducts are all worth a good bit, particularly the maple syrup.

gentle current
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because expensive seeds come with longer times

round ferry
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Itā€™s true

gentle current
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and when you break it down to how much they are worth per day- the more expensive does not always pay out

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not on the per day break down

round ferry
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Your faith in my math capabilities is sweet

gentle current
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i have over 800 hours in this game. i PROMISE it isn't true

round ferry
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I trust you

gentle current
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we've done the break down on the wiki for a reason

round ferry
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I havenā€™t read it

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I like trial and error. Turnips do have a high and fast yield

gentle current
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potatoes for spring- just sell them- get as many as you can- you dont even need to process them- they have the highest per day profit out of any spring seeds until you unlock sugar cane

summer is pineapple juice if you can get them unlocked- 3 harvests vs 2 for melons

fall is fairy rose until you get cactus unlocked

winter is kind of whatever you feel like doing

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potatoes high outsell turnips

round ferry
gentle current
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turnip is 6.25 coins per day
potato is 10 coin per day

sugarcane is literally 20 coin per day. actualy 23 with the update not including the price perk

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5 days grow time and then it's just pure profit

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literally 23 coins per 1 crop per day for 23 days

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so base is 529 for 1 sugarcane crop for the season

potato is only 10- and 5 harvests if planted on day 1 so that's only 500 per season

round ferry
gentle current
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23 harvests- 23 coins per day

round ferry
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ā€¦I am so bad at this

gentle current
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i've done spring so many times- and by that i mean 60 times- i'm not new to this

round ferry
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Not doubting your credentials

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Just lamenting how bad I am at pulling max profits

gusty nacelle
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i don't find joy in min-maxing. i also have a hoarding problem. šŸ˜„

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i'm also still only on my very first game and only in fall 2 so

round ferry
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I think itā€™s because I enjoy the RP of ā€œI am supplying all of the local produce for the island so I canā€™t just keep selling one thingā€

gusty nacelle
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I just like the variety. It's a small thing, but the morning farming routine not being identical every day makes it feel less like a chore to me, I guess?

round ferry
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I feel the same. I do greatly enjoy having sprinklers though because I always overplant crops

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I do a lot of heavy income supplementation through foraging and catching bugs

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Oh and ocean harvestables

gusty nacelle
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oh definitely. finally getting the replicator to get consistent (if slow) gold kelp to get sprinkler II is a frickin' god-send

round ferry
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I still donā€™t have the replicator šŸ˜‚

lavish quest
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I'm just here to say for the number of days being fairly short radishes in summer make ridiculous profit. Pickled radish doubly so. I'm shocked how high value they are.