What’s Your Playstyle

adamtalakom

Sodbuster
Hi, I recently got back into Stardew Valley after about 2 years. I could never really get past the first summer because the game just didn’t fit with me. Recently I’ve been playing a ton of the game and I’m loving it. I was wondering, how do you like to play the game. Do you just like to relax and go slow(that’s me), grind cash, interact with townspeople, or something else? If anyone has any tips for me, I’d love to hear them by the way.(sorry this is super long lol)
 
Cuusardo

Cuusardo

Farmer
I typically try to get as much done in one day as I possibly can. At the same time, I don't get so much going on that I feel overburdened by how much I have to take care of in one day. That includes farm production, material collection, help wanted quests, monster hunting, and social interactions. I always try to find a comfortable balance for myself.

I also shamelessly use the name exploit for items that I want "on demand". I like to get the expanded inventory as early as possible, and that helps me to get it.
 

adamtalakom

Sodbuster
I think that was one of the reasons I didn't really get invested in Stardew Valley. I would try to do so many things at the same time, the game just didn't feel fun. For me, just slowing down and enjoying the graphics and top-notch music is amazing.
 
Lew Zealand

Lew Zealand

Helper
Farmer Bobbi's day:

6am: Bed
.......
Much later:

OK Bed's finally boring, get up
Check Calendar, see what Event/Birthday I'll forget about over the next few minutes and kick myself about tomorrow.
Go outside, unload machines. 50/50 whether I'll remember to reload them with something.
Let Animals outside to graze, forget to pet them first. Meh, that can wait until tomorrow.
Usually enter the Coop/Barn to harvest, but good % of the time forget.
Water if no Sprinklers. Do absolutely nothing if yes Sprinklers. Try to remember if I had anything planned. And fail.

This Farm is tiresome, head to town. Passing the Bus, remember to bring Gifts, head back and rummage through stuffs. Find Driftwood, Flowers, an Egg or two, Quartz, maybe a Strawberry if Maru's been nice. Strawberries are valuable, Maru'd better be worth it (spoiler: she is).
Find Penny. Don't have Poppy or Dandelion. Well, the game practically throws her at you, I'll catch up tomorrow.
Find some other people, usually give them gifts, chat with everyone. Chatting doesn't use Energy. This is the game telling you something.

Remember that I want Robin to build something for me. Think of what resources I need, gather them from the map and the farm, head to Robin's. [Dice roll: is it Tuesday?] If Robin's there, try to purchase Kitchen Upgrade but realize those also take g. Which I just wasted on Seeds and a Pickaxe upgrade.

Head to the Lake to nap under a tree Fish to try to make up some of that g I failed to plan for. Get bored.

Head to the Mines to get another few levels, remember to drop off the Fish at the Mine Chest. Don't have Bombs. Head down anyway. Get 4 levels down by 11:30pm and fail to find the blasted ladder down. Gather some more Stone for the Fish Pond Robin will have time to build me about 3 weeks from now.

Trudge home grumbling, dripping with slime, wondering where the day went. Forget to put processed products and valuable things in the Shipping Bin, insuring Robin has a day off tomorrow as well.

Bed.

Repeat as needed.


It's all very casual.
 

adamtalakom

Sodbuster
Hehe, while I can't relate to the complete randomness(I usually remember what I need to do), I 100% relate to the mines thing. I feel like whenever I'm tight on time, the game decides not to give me a ladder. *insert crying*
 
FairyRing

FairyRing

Farmer
The npc spouse style/fly by the seat of my pants style

I plan my schedule around Abby, if she's home I do farm work: pet the animals (that's which ones happen to be in my path I leave the doors open all the time but winter, if they don't want to sleep in their comfy animal house then that's their deal,) check for forage on the farm. On the days she heads to town I head off to adventure, scavenge, mine etc. I fish when I remember/need too. I give gifts when I happen to have something good when passing someone who will appreciate the gift. And if I get inspired I'll work full steam in the direction of my inspiration.
I like making g but it's only an after thought for me. I don't really do much farming. Hehheh. Not with sprinklers and Junimos doing my harvesting.
 
PoppyForPenny

PoppyForPenny

Farmer
I play different ways on each new farm. I really like how you can get a different feel every time. One farm, I focused on crops, so I worked hard to get iridium sprinklers and eventually junimo huts for my vast fields. Once I just wanted to make jam so I filled the sewer with preserves jars and planted a gazillion fruit trees and berries. On my current farm, I found a dinosaur egg my first summer! So I built an extra coop and raise little dinos! I'm keeping everything else small scale, with just enough fishing & crops for the community center bundles, and to keep enough income for upgrades as I go.
 

adamtalakom

Sodbuster
PoppyForPenny said:
On my current farm, I found a dinosaur egg my first summer! So I built an extra coop and raise little dinos!
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Oooooooh, so that's why people say dino eggs are so valuable. How do you find them?
Also,
FairyRing said:
leave the doors open all the time but winter, if they don't want to sleep in their comfy animal house then that's their deal,)
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I have a coop, does it not matter if I don't close the doors, at least during months other than winter?
 
FairyRing

FairyRing

Farmer
adamtalakom said:
I have a coop, does it not matter if I don't close the doors, at least during months other than winter?
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It matters if you want to make sure you pet your animals every morning. They give better product if you treat them nice (pet them, make sure they eat) everyday. In winter they won't venture outside so they are trapped indoors to recieve all the pets. I'm not sure if they will get grumpy if you leave their door open in the winter. In my head they do so I keep them cozy.
 
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PoppyForPenny

PoppyForPenny

Farmer
I got my dino egg in a treasure chest while fishing in the ocean and incubated it. I've found them fishing by the mine entrance and once in my own farm pond on my wilderness farm! You can also get them digging worm spots by Robin's, the railyard, Linus, quarry area (but I never have).

You don't have to close barn & coop doors at all. They go in & out on their own. Even in winter or rain, leaving it open doesn't hurt anything.
 

Confused

Rancher
I like to take my game slow, with no rush for money, I try to finish the community center rather quickly though. I like to randomize the bundles of the community center to make the game go by slower.

Once I'm in mid-game-ish, I like to figure out what I donate my money to, like what I invest in to make more money! I also spend a lot of my time decorating, it's kinda annoying with the limited furniture options, but it's still fun.

It's kinda silly, but I like to make up a story for my farmer in my head as I go. It's dumb, but it makes me happy-
 
Hill Myna

Hill Myna

Farmer
I have a limited amount of time to play, so I do enough to make me feel like progress is being made. Other than that, I do all the things that are unique experiences to SDV that I really enjoy! Namely Skull Cavern, Fishing, and chatting with people here on the forums!
adamtalakom said:
How do you find them?
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Although you might get one from fishing or artifact spots (worms), the only sure-fire way of acquiring them is to kill Pepper Rexes in Skull Cavern. And given that I'm there so frequently, I have extras :toothy:. If you want help with Skull Cavern, check out my guide!
 
Lew Zealand

Lew Zealand

Helper
adamtalakom said:
No, giving your character some more backstory than already provided sounds pretty fun. Ngl the backstory for the farmer is kind of lacking, which is unfortunate.
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I like that the farmer's prehistory isn't fleshed out so that everyone can BYOBackstory. In a game like this, all of us bring our IRL experiences with us as invisible but certainly not silent baggage on that bus as we approach Stardew Valley, passing by that 0.5mi sign with all the pent up anticipation of something new and fresh. Something not our old lives, as varied as they are when arriving from all corners of this planet.

So we can emerge from all of our collective front doors on that first day with a different and fresh perspective, a fistful of Parsnip seeds in one hand and the hopes and dreams of a lifetime in the other. Each of us with our different ideas and potentials to mold this undeveloped land and befriend this varied and accessible community.


Which is generally why my 3-5th year Farms are still a mess. Baggage.
 
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