1.6 Update What happened in your game today?

[REtroGeekery]

Huntress Farm updates:

• Built Sebastian his slime hutch. Got a green slime egg from Marlon and a blue one from a slime in the mines.
• Currently building fish pond 17 (out of a planned 26)!
• Fish Pond 16's build prevented Farmer Helena from completing a quest that required talking to Robin. Thus I remembered not to have her building a pond over her birthday. Instead, I upgraded my coop to deluxe and gave her a nice plate of spaghetti.
• Upgraded my shed and added a 'backroom' for sleeping so my farmer has an option on the Southern end of the massive beach farm. Also, I like to imagine Robin sleeps there while she building all these fish ponds.
• Got a prismatic shard from my rainbow trout pond on the morning of the fair. I used it in my grange display and then used it to complete the final bundle that evening.
• Completed Pierre's quality produce quest and Clint's cave patrol quest.
• Gave Sandy a stardrop tea on her birthday and then headed to skull cavern with the goal of gathering as much stone as possible (screw Qi's quests, I have fish ponds to build).
• While in skull cavern, I maxed out my combat and mining skills, so all skills are at 10 now and I opened the new path of the five ways.
• I remembered I can buy coal from Clint and I'm making more money than I know what to do with from all these fish ponds already, so I made a bunch more preserve jars and will be splurging to finish my bee hive area next.
• Added an attic to the house to move some of my machines into in order to turn the room they were in into a frog and fish terrarium/aquarium room.
• My farmer took Sebastian on a date night to the theater since he likes the Fall movies. Thinking of asking Krobus next.

My fair display consisted of my rainbow trouts' prizmatic shard; a jar of aged crimsonfish roe; a fresh silver quality lobster from my crabpots; an irridium quality super cucumber I caught on my beach farm; an irridium bar I'd smelted from incidental ore I'd gathered while seeking out stone and coal; an irridium quality duck egg; an irridium quality void chicken egg; an irridium quality blue chicken egg; a gold quality ancient fruit. I feel this represented my farm well. ^_^

Spoiler: Surprise Friend at the Fair

 

[Umbra of Emberspike]

After dressing my infinity dagger with Abby's planchette a little while ago, I just maxed out its enchantments and made it a bug killer.

Now if only spouses could join us in the mines, Abby would have something against those spiders that she hates with a passion, or even to help her feel safer in the haunted maze.

Maybe next I'll dress up the hammer as Seb's lost mace if I can wait until year 6 when the predictor says he'll be at the Desert Festival.

 

[evergreen oak]

I finally finished the pantry bundle! Only have the bulletin board left to go. Unfortunately I'm hearing all about how buggy the raccoon family and ginger island are currently, on consoles at least, so I'll have to pause my current playthrough for a while. Here's hoping that everything will be patched up before too much longer ^_^

 

[sameperson_differentfont]

I haven't experienced/heard of any ginger island bugs?
The raccoon family quests are definitely worth getting started as early as possible, yes, the shop will not expand, but you'll get the base shop and the reward each time you finish a quest!

 

[REtroGeekery]

I haven't experienced/heard of any ginger island bugs?
The raccoon family quests are definitely worth getting started as early as possible, yes, the shop will not expand, but you'll get the base shop and the reward each time you finish a quest!

I'm on PS4 and the shop is expanding for me so far. They're at the gift for the wife quest after the first couple babies.

 

[FarmerHanz]

Today, I just sat there with my lovely third girlfriend Penny. while thinking should I keep doing what I'm doing, honestly I'm lost.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

A bunch of angry Spartans, all muscly n sweaty?

Is this a leak for Gladiator 3? They all go down into skull cavern and fight the spartans?

 

[MogBeoulve]

Yesterday, I learned that if Marnie goes to the beach, you can buy supplies, but not animals - the box she leaves overrides the Animal Catalogue ability to purchase animals while she is away.

New strategy for perfectly orderly acquisition of animals on sequential days:

1. Have the Animal Catalogue
2. Ensure no upcoming festivals
3. Close the beach resort

I am up to Nickel (element number 28); Copper is next, after the Stardew Valley Fair comes and goes.

 

[evergreen oak]

Yesterday, I learned that if Marnie goes to the beach, you can buy supplies, but not animals - the box she leaves overrides the Animal Catalogue ability to purchase animals while she is away.

New strategy for perfectly orderly acquisition of animals on sequential days:

1. Have the Animal Catalogue
2. Ensure no upcoming festivals
3. Close the beach resort

I am up to Nickel (element number 28); Copper is next, after the Stardew Valley Fair comes and goes.

That sounds like a bug, you should probably report it. The new versions have a lot of little issues that need to be ironed out before CA and friends move on to greener pastures

 

[stardew_luv]

I finally got back to 100% completion on the perfection tracker after the update!!!!

Congratulations!

The REAL question though is did your get highly coveted work boots? I sure hope so! 🫶

 

[stardew_luv]

Huntress Farm updates:

• Built Sebastian his slime hutch. Got a green slime egg from Marlon and a blue one from a slime in the mines.
• Currently building fish pond 17 (out of a planned 26)!
• Fish Pond 16's build prevented Farmer Helena from completing a quest that required talking to Robin. Thus I remembered not to have her building a pond over her birthday. Instead, I upgraded my coop to deluxe and gave her a nice plate of spaghetti.
• Upgraded my shed and added a 'backroom' for sleeping so my farmer has an option on the Southern end of the massive beach farm. Also, I like to imagine Robin sleeps there while she building all these fish ponds.
• Got a prismatic shard from my rainbow trout pond on the morning of the fair. I used it in my grange display and then used it to complete the final bundle that evening.
• Completed Pierre's quality produce quest and Clint's cave patrol quest.
• Gave Sandy a stardrop tea on her birthday and then headed to skull cavern with the goal of gathering as much stone as possible (screw Qi's quests, I have fish ponds to build).
• While in skull cavern, I maxed out my combat and mining skills, so all skills are at 10 now and I opened the new path of the five ways.
• I remembered I can buy coal from Clint and I'm making more money than I know what to do with from all these fish ponds already, so I made a bunch more preserve jars and will be splurging to finish my bee hive area next.
• Added an attic to the house to move some of my machines into in order to turn the room they were in into a frog and fish terrarium/aquarium room.
• My farmer took Sebastian on a date night to the theater since he likes the Fall movies. Thinking of asking Krobus next.

My fair display consisted of my rainbow trouts' prizmatic shard; a jar of aged crimsonfish roe; a fresh silver quality lobster from my crabpots; an irridium quality super cucumber I caught on my beach farm; an irridium bar I'd smelted from incidental ore I'd gathered while seeking out stone and coal; an irridium quality duck egg; an irridium quality void chicken egg; an irridium quality blue chicken egg; a gold quality ancient fruit. I feel this represented my farm well. ^_^

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Spoiler: Surprise Friend at the Fair

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Oh wow that spoiler is awesome!

Does Sebastian go in the slime hutch he hints for? I think Abby supposedly hints at one too.

I may try Sebastian on my next playthrough. He’s at least post college age, though at 42 I’m not sure I can do that. I know it’s make believe lol but I am so left brained and logically it seems just way to creepy to date some one almost half my age that could be my irl kid. 🫤

 

[Yvi]

headed to skull cavern with the goal of gathering as much stone as possible (screw Qi's quests, I have fish ponds to build).

This is the way! My skull cavern habit supports my fish pond habit.

 

[Umbra of Emberspike]

Sad but not surprising tbh that Clint doesn't often get birthday gifts on account of how close it is to the Winter Star
Pleasantly surprised to be given a pink cake from Lewis
Interesting purple train car design

 

[jicem]

Just won the Egg Hunt for the first time in 181 hours of playing this. I've never been this much in the zone before, and even then I was cutting it close. Glad to check that one off my bucket list.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Today's game in 3 pictures.

"Dear, I've seen your backpack and I know you can fit a change of clothes in there. Maybe you could loosen up just a little and take time to enjoy the beach."

"I worked long and hard for this Hat," Bobbi protests gesticulating slightly too much at the ex-tiger slime fur holding her unkempt hair down. "And it's like the perfect Winter Hat to go with this outfit! Black is slimming, you know," she says, turning from side to side at the waist, showing Emily. A pause and a sheepish grin. "OK I didn't check the weather and thought it was gonna be rainy seeing as it was snowy at home." An exasperated sigh. "The weather forecast button on the giant teleporty thingy in the yard is kinda broken and that... purple people eater in his lego tower with the missing bricks said it's outta warranty, no takebacks! I think he's missing some bricks too." Emily smirks at this. A small and probably not entirely evil grin slowly spreads grinchlike across Bobbi's face. "I may have accidentally dropped a few soggy newspapers I found in the Secret Woods into his cauldron while I was checking some things. Conveniently behind his back." Bobbi's hands go about her midsection in demonstration as they typically do half the talking for her. "He's a bit bloaty round here, probably needs more roughage in his diet so I'm totally doing him a favor!"

Emily reaches over to hug Bobbi and give her a kiss. "That's a big reason why I married you, because you tell silly stories and I don't know if I can believe any of them. The things you say seem at odds with who I see from day to day, but then weirdly they make sense."

Emily pauses, considering. "Maybe you're the 'weirdly' part that makes the silliness into sense." Emily smirks. "I think you make them up on the spot to entertain me, maybe to entertain yourself? They're your way of saying you care." Emily points over Bobbi's shoulder. "You better get your horse before he nibbles off Alex's swimsuit, and I'll see you at home later tonight." Emily pats Bobbi on the butt as she leaves to save Alex from an embarassment worse than death.

Later that evening in the cozy farmhouse surrounded by acres of snow, Bobbi recounts the day as they prepare for bed. She mentions she made a new Shrimp shirt, bought a cute pink top from Sandy, and finally tailored the first few Relaxed Fit and even Baggy Pants she'd ever done. They may be a little extra superrelaxed and overly baggy but with thousands of feet of cloth available, baggy might just be the right style theme for the season.

Just about to turn in, looking forward to a warm bed next to a warm body, Bobbi notices a soft glow outside and wonders if they're going to be graced with a sixth meteor. And if it was gonna destroy her barely planned out farm design. LOL no great loss, she thinks. But it is no meteor. Bobbi grabs Emily who was just dozing off and drags her to the window amid protests of the house being chilly.

"Look up." Bobbi points.

They both gaze upward, following the seeming spacecraft as it lazily ambles it's way across the sky, going this way and that.

"Mmmm not a care in the world, or above it," Emily muses dreamily with a small smile. "Take the hint, Bobs." A little elbow bump to Bobbi's ribs. "They're taking it easy on a sightseeing vacation to another land, in no hurry." The craft fades into the distant night, joining the stars before fading out. Emily takes Bobbi's hand.

"C'mon you, bedtime."

 

[VampireCake]

Interesting assortment of loot from a day in the mines. Mostly running around the ice levels to hunt bats, ended up with a kelp shirt, a bridal veil, and TWO monster compendiums among the spoils.

(Coffee courtesy of Hot Java ring, 80 might be a record for me. Not sure how many Espresso I got though, I always have a stack on me & wasn't counting, but based on past runs maybe 40-50? Hot Java Ring is seriously underrated. )

 

[sameperson_differentfont]

HOLY MOLY that's a good haul! love to see it

 

[PerfectionWhaleFarm]

Interesting assortment of loot from a day in the mines. Mostly running around the ice levels to hunt bats, ended up with a kelp shirt, a bridal veil, and TWO monster compendiums among the spoils.

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(Coffee courtesy of Hot Java ring, 80 might be a record for me. Not sure how many Espresso I got though, I always have a stack on me & wasn't counting, but based on past runs maybe 40-50? Hot Java Ring is seriously underrated. )

Two weapons!! A nice haul indeed! I always love getting weapons from the Mines because there are so many good ones, and hunting for them using meta strats is so boring and not as fun as getting them organically. That book is my favorite haha, the dude is so cheery it's my favorite book!

 

[Umbra of Emberspike]

Sometime yesterday, I passed the 800 hours played mark in my Steam records. And it's only been about 21 months since I first got the game.

 

[REtroGeekery]

Happy spouse, happy house

Also on Huntress Farm:

• Fish Pond 27 was built (of a planned 26)!
• Another shed was built and enlarged.
• I got the slime ring and discovered I'd already had the burglar ring waiting.
• I failed the Gift's for George quest by one leek (I think I'm just going to leave the twelve in the lost and found in case it comes around again next Spring).
• I completed the bone quest for Gunther.
• I actually went to Ginger Island! I moved the turtle and went fishing (only the stingray is left for Master Angler).
• I hit two prehistoric levels on a Skull Cavern run, got a dinosaur egg, and hatched it. When she starts laying, the museum will get theirs.
• I have three mastery skills and can select the fourth the next time I play.
• My rainbow trout pond gave me a rainbow shell the same day another pond requested one.
• My ice pip pond gave me some frost geodes the same day my sea cucumber pond requested one.
• The geode crushers are in the kitchen. One gave up a dwarven gadget the same morning Sebastian (also in the kitchen) decided to tell my farmer that Maru loves dwarven gadget and it would make her very happy to get one. I took the hint (I was delivering a gold bar to her anyway).
• I hatched two more blue slimes and two reds. Finally got a couple males, so they're breeding away in the slime hutch now.
• I completed the bee hive area.
• I completed Pam's 'the good stuff' quest.
• I got Lewis for the winter star (no way he didn't know with that reminder letter) and my farmer got a poppyseed muffin from Leah.