Hill-top farm - least popular and usable?

[nicodeux]

I mean - you can also just move the entire house closer to water.

True. I've never used that relatively recent feature, so it doesn't come to my mind as a solution.

 

[MogBeoulve]

True. I've never used that relatively recent feature, so it doesn't come to my mind as a solution.

Moved it for the first time on a new farm, and it really opens up new possibilities.

 

[NotSoSnarky]

I enjoy the hill-top farm over the wilderness farm, and I've been using the hill-top farm for more challenging vanilla playthrough. It forces you to upgrade your pickaxe and axe quicker. I like to plant the crops by the river, which makes it a harder area to plant the crops, but I like having the character not walk too far away from a water source. I actually use the hill-top farm more than the Meadowlands farm.

 

[Lenora Rose]

I enjoyed the hill-top farm when I used it, but at the time I had no idea it had a reputation as the hardest one to work with. I did manage a pretty good set-up for my purposes - I mean, that farmer was the only one where I achieved perfection. But I'm also really not the sort to try and optimize everything, either.

 

[Dollyartasia8800]

Looking over various "popularity" polls, Hill-top and Wilderness Farm tend to be at the bottom when it comes to popularity. Wilderness had a unique feature of monster spawns, which isn't unique anymore, but the farm itself is still similar to standard, with somewhat better look... Hill-top has a quarry that, 99% of the time,e isn't that useful unless you get lucky with artifact spots for quick sewer access or something similar (maybe if it had coal and clay nodes instead of stone? :D) On top of that, the layout of the farm is so jagged it's hard to do mass crops or mass building. Over 100 fish ponds on the standard farm, to like 20-30 on Hill-top.

So is Hill-top farm the worst? :) Does it have any redeeming features, secret world domination strategies?

It's different, but not the worst, in my opinion. Hill-top is good if you appreciate small spaces and slow pace, but it's more difficult if you want large fields and plenty of structures. The farm looks great in comparison to others, and the quarry helps early on with ore and geodes. Fun for a relaxed, casual game, but not really good for min-max play.

 

[Ih8Lewis4ever]

Looking over various "popularity" polls, Hill-top and Wilderness Farm tend to be at the bottom when it comes to popularity. Wilderness had a unique feature of monster spawns, which isn't unique anymore, but the farm itself is still similar to standard, with somewhat better look... Hill-top has a quarry that, 99% of the time,e isn't that useful unless you get lucky with artifact spots for quick sewer access or something similar (maybe if it had coal and clay nodes instead of stone? :D) On top of that, the layout of the farm is so jagged it's hard to do mass crops or mass building. Over 100 fish ponds on the standard farm, to like 20-30 on Hill-top.

So is Hill-top farm the worst? :) Does it have any redeeming features, secret world domination strategies?

I actually think the Wilderness farm is the best farm and the hill top farm is also pretty great but different people have their opinions.

 

[Terdin]

It's different, but not the worst, in my opinion. Hill-top is good if you appreciate small spaces and slow pace, but it's more difficult if you want large fields and plenty of structures. The farm looks great in comparison to others, and the quarry helps early on with ore and geodes. Fun for a relaxed, casual game, but not really good for min-max play.

I picked it for a more relaxed game. Though looking at how far I've got by mid-winter year 1, I'm not sure it's slow pace. Access to sewers early fall, thanks to geodes. Coop and barn fully upgraded. Only one bundle left for the community center (darn truffle). Then again, the money in early game isn't from crop farming. Hill-top farm was probably where I learned that one doesn't have to grow all that many of the ordinary crops.

 

[Gamer1234556]

Only one bundle left for the community center (darn truffle).

Umm... does your Barn not have Pigs?

 

[Terdin]

Umm... does your Barn not have Pigs?

I didn't build the barn until I could move the greenhouse, so it wasn't fully upgraded until Winter. I did buy a pig early enough that it was grown when Spring began in year 2. Got the truffle on day 2. It might've dug up one on day 1 that was just hidden in the grass, but with spring planting I didn't have time to search for it. Then again, that meant Kent got included when the friendship bonus was handed out. If I'd had a truffle before Winter, I might've put off turning in the last item until day 2 of Spring anyway.

 

[Dollyartasia8800]

Looking over various "popularity" polls, Hill-top and Wilderness Farm tend to be at the bottom when it comes to popularity. Wilderness had a unique feature of monster spawns, which isn't unique anymore, but the farm itself is still similar to standard, with somewhat better look... Hill-top has a quarry that, 99% of the time,e isn't that useful unless you get lucky with artifact spots for quick sewer access or something similar (maybe if it had coal and clay nodes instead of stone? :D) On top of that, the layout of the farm is so jagged it's hard to do mass crops or mass building. Over 100 fish ponds on the standard farm, to like 20-30 on Hill-top.

So is Hill-top farm the worst? :) Does it have any redeeming features, secret world domination strategies?

Hill-top is really situational, but I wouldn't say it's the worst. It feels less like an efficiency farm in "Stardew Valley" and more like a taste or challenge farm. Although early ore and geodes can still be useful, the quarry is generally unimpressive.

The layout isn't ideal for min-max play because it makes large crop settings and several fish ponds more difficult. However, it still has some appeal for people that like animals, sheds, slower gameplay, or decoration. It's more "not built for power gaming" than "rock bottom."