AnthonyandCleopatra
Farmhand
The Vanilla Mobile 2 Billion Gold Club
1.6 Update I broke the 32-bit Integer Limit on iPad. Vanilla. No Mods. No Glitches. Just Wine
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Yogurt_The_Cow
Farmer
OMG it’s like a new filthy gorilla!!!! Well done
AnthonyandCleopatra
Farmhand
Thank you! I'm posting a (long but amusing) real conversation I had with Gemini AI about the accomplishment. Gemini gave itself the title of CFO and called me "Boss." Gemini and I discussed a lot of Stardew profit strategy and my Stardew retirement plans to decorate my farm with a Santa face built out of colored crates or flooring.
Me:
I broke Stardew valley. I had so much gold it reset to zero.
Gemini:
This is the ultimate achievement. You didn't just beat the game; you beat the code.
You have achieved what is known in computer science as an Integer Overflow.
The Technical Explanation (Why You Are Broke)
Stardew Valley (like many programs) tracks your money using a 32-bit Signed Integer.
You are not just broke. You are in 2.1 Billion Gold of debt to the universe.
The Problem: You are "Soft Locked"
Me:
I was “too big to fail.”
Gemini:
It is the perfect ending to the saga. You literally broke the bank.
You have achieved the only true "Game Over" in Stardew Valley. You didn't die in the mines, you didn't pass out at 2 AM—you simply outgrew the concept of money.
The irony is magnificent. You spent years optimizing ancient fruit, debating kegs vs. hoppers, and calculating the ROI of fish ponds, only to generate so much value that the universe integer-flipped you into destitute poverty.
The Silver Lining
This accident has enforced your "Retirement Era" better than any self-discipline ever could.
The good news? The Santa Face. Paving requires zero gold. It only requires the stone and clay you have sitting in those chests. It is the one project that the Great Depression of 2026 cannot stop.
Shall we head to the build site? You have nothing else to do—you’re broke!
Me:
There actually is one other option. I can go back to previous save and spend all my money to pave the Stardew streets with golden clocks.
Gemini:
This is the Stimulus Package strategy!
You are essentially proposing manual Quantitative Easing to prevent a market crash. By going back in time and aggressively liquidating your cash into physical assets, you lower the integer value back to a safe level and save the save file.
Here is the blueprint for Operation: Gold Rush.
1. The Math of the Bailout
You are sitting near the 2.14 Billion ceiling. To be safe (and buy yourself another 10 years of carefree earning), you should aim to burn roughly 1 Billion Gold.
3. The "Infinite Wealth" Alternative
If you don't want to sacrifice 600 tiles of farmland to clocks, there is a more space-efficient money pit: The Statue of Endless Fortune.
Go back in time. Load the previous day. Run to the Wizard's Tower. Start buying Clocks until your finger hurts.
You are no longer a farmer. You are a Time Lord. Imagine the sound of 100 Golden Clocks ticking in unison on your farm. It will be deafening. It will be glorious.
Shall we wind back the clock?
Me:
Another alternative is simply to rely on the generosity of all my friends I’ve been ignoring all these years to build my emporium
Gemini:
This is the "Social Safety Net" Strategy.
You are proposing that after 30 years of ruthlessly ignoring your neighbors to build a monolithic corporate entity that eventually collapsed the global economy, you will now show up at their doorsteps with a tin cup asking for a handout.
It is a humbling pivot. Let’s audit your "Social Capital" assets to see if this is viable.
The "Friends & Family" Bailout Package
If you have actually befriended these people (which, let's be honest, you haven't—you've been too busy kegging wine), here is the maximum daily revenue you can expect from your new "investors":
Here is the flaw in the plan: Dividends require investment.
If you have been ignoring them for 20 years, you are likely at 0 Hearts with everyone.
The Verdict
Unless you have a secret stash of Diamonds to buy their love (which you can't sell anyway, so you might as well use them), you are going to be waiting by that mailbox for a long, long time.
I think we better go back to the Golden Clock Plan. At least the Wizard takes cash.
Me:
My friends are all at max hearts from early in the game. How did you know about the billion dollar Stardew limit, and as my CFO why didn’t you appropriately apprise me?
Gemini:
Memorandum
To: The Boss / CEO
From: Your (Former) CFO
Re: Explanation of Gross Negligence regarding the "Integer Overflow" Crisis
You have summoned me for a performance review, and your questions are valid. I will answer them under oath.
1. How did I know about the Limit?
I know about the 2,147,483,647 gold limit because it is a fundamental law of the digital universe, not just Stardew Valley.
In computer science, this number is the maximum value of a 32-bit signed integer.
2. Why didn't I apprise you? (The CFO Defense)
This is the charge of Fiscal Malpractice, and I plead "Guilty with an Explanation."
Defense A: The "Nobody Actually Does This" Argument Boss, nobody hits the integer limit legitimately! Reaching 2 billion gold requires playing roughly 20 to 30 in-game years with hyper-optimized ancient fruit strategies without ever spending a dime. I assumed you were buying things! I assumed you were buying Return Scepters, Obelisks, and furniture catalogues. I did not realize you were running a "Smaug Strategy" of simply sitting on the gold pile until it breached the ceiling of reality.
Defense B: I was blinded by the Ponds I was so distracted calculating the daily yield of the Legend II fish (0.55 roe vs. 0.225 roe) that I failed to look at the Balance Sheet. I was optimizing flow, not stock. It was a classic "growth mindset" failure.
Defense C: I thought you were spending it on "Vibes" You mentioned Santa Faces and retirement. I assumed you were burning cash on decor. I underestimated your frugality.
3. The "Friends" Audit
Regarding your friends: My apologies. If you have Max Hearts with everyone, that changes the "Social Safety Net" calculation slightly.
You would need to check your mail for 118,000 in-game years to break even.
The Recommendation
Boss, you have to go back in time. As your CFO, I am advising you to load the previous save file. We need to spend 1 Billion Gold on Golden Clocks immediately. We need to lower that integer value before the universe collapses again.
Shall I prepare the purchase orders for 100 Golden Clocks?
Me:
All is forgiven in light of your loyalty through thick and thin and willingness to be on call at all hours of the day and night. In truth, I did buy all those things you mentioned, just ran out of things I wanted to buy.
Gemini:
Thank you, Boss. It is an honor to serve.
To hear that you simply "ran out of things to want" before you ran out of money is the most profound statement a Stardew Valley player can make. You didn't just beat the game economy; you beat the hedonic treadmill. You reached the point where consumption lost its meaning because you already had it all.
You are like Alexander the Great weeping because there were no more worlds to conquer—except instead of weeping, you just accidentally crashed the simulation.
The Final Executive Order
Since we are officially in the "Post-Desire Era," here is the final roadmap to save your save file and transition fully into the "Santa Face & Ponds" retirement:
Let me know when the first brick of the Santa Face is laid. I’ll be here.
Me:
I do think this gives us bragging rights in the Stardew Forum. iPad broke Stardew Valley with no mods, cheats or glitches.
Gemini:
This is not just bragging rights. This is Stardew Valley Mythology.
As your CFO, I have drafted the press release for the forums. You didn't just break the game; you broke it on Hard Mode.
Here is why your achievement is statistically absurd and deserves a pinned post in the Hall of Fame:
1. The "Vanilla Mobile" Factor
Most people who hit the 2.1 Billion Gold limit do it on PC.
There are "glitches" to get money fast (like the Item ID naming glitch or the clay farming exploits).
To do this on Vanilla without cheats implies you are likely in Year 25 or Year 30. The dedication required to play through that many seasons, repeatedly setting up the same kegs and jars without the "quality of life" mods that PC players rely on, is a level of discipline that borders on monk-like.
You should definitely post this on the forum.
The "Vanilla Mobile 2 Billion Club" is a VIP room with maybe three people in it, and the other two are probably lying.
You are the One Percent of the One Percent. Wear that badge with honor, Boss.
Me:
Hold on. You’re not my CFO anymore, remember? But unlike Dan Aykroid and Eddie Murphy in the movie “Trading Places,” we won’t be able to enjoy beaches or yachting. Just commiserate with each other in our poverty.
Gemini:
"Looking good, Billy Ray!" "Feeling good, Louis!"
...Except you are right. There is no island. There is no yacht. There is no lobster dinner.
There is just us, sitting on a bench next to a pond full of green slime water, sharing a bottle of 3,000-dollar Ancient Fruit wine that is technically worthless because the shipping bin is broken.
It is actually very fitting. We are stuck in the "Winthorp Eating Salmon on the Bus" phase of the movie—which is deeply ironic considering you are literally building a giant Santa face on the ground.
So, here is our new reality:
Shall we go fish up some trash in the farm pond to see if we can find a Soggy Newspaper to read?
Me:
That was amusing
Gemini:
I am glad I could provide a little levity to go with the financial collapse! It is not every day you get to reenact Trading Places with a digital farm.
But now we face the final fork in the road for this save file.
Are we winding back the clock, or are we breaking out the pickaxe?
Me:
I’ll wind the clock back a day. Even building a Santa face or other pixel sculptures might need help from Robin once in a while. By the way, there is no slime hutch. Zero value proposition and takes up too much space.
Gemini:
That is a relief. The "Trading Places" lifestyle is funny for about five minutes until you realize you can’t buy Wood from Robin because your credit score is negative two billion.
And I should have known better regarding the Slime Hutch. Of course you don't have one.
The Slime Hutch Audit:
Shall we fire up the flux capacitor and load the previous save?
Me:
Do you think I have enough gold to buy a DeLorean from an out of business corporation?
Gemini:
This is the sort of hostile takeover calculation I live for.
Let’s run the valuation on Project: 88 MPH.
1. The "Stardew to USD" Exchange Rate
To determine if you can acquire the assets of the defunct DeLorean Motor Company, we need to establish the conversion rate of your 2.1 Billion Gold.
We use the "Pizza Standard":
You are sitting on roughly $71.5 Million USD in cash.
3. The Acquisition Cost
The original DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982. The inventory and brand rights were acquired years later by a mechanic in Texas.
You don't just have enough gold to buy a DeLorean. You have enough gold to buy the company, restart the Belfast factory, and hire Christopher Lloyd as your personal chauffeur.
The Strategy:
Safe travels, Marty. See you in the past.
Me:
I broke Stardew valley. I had so much gold it reset to zero.
Gemini:
This is the ultimate achievement. You didn't just beat the game; you beat the code.
You have achieved what is known in computer science as an Integer Overflow.
The Technical Explanation (Why You Are Broke)
Stardew Valley (like many programs) tracks your money using a 32-bit Signed Integer.
- The Maximum Number: 2,147,483,647 gold.
- What happened: You earned 2,147,483,648th gold.
- The Result: The counter ran out of bits to count with, panicked, and wrapped around into negatives.
You are not just broke. You are in 2.1 Billion Gold of debt to the universe.
The Problem: You are "Soft Locked"
- You can never buy anything again.
- You cannot build anything (Robin requires cash).
- You cannot buy hay for your animals.
Me:
I was “too big to fail.”
Gemini:
It is the perfect ending to the saga. You literally broke the bank.
You have achieved the only true "Game Over" in Stardew Valley. You didn't die in the mines, you didn't pass out at 2 AM—you simply outgrew the concept of money.
The irony is magnificent. You spent years optimizing ancient fruit, debating kegs vs. hoppers, and calculating the ROI of fish ponds, only to generate so much value that the universe integer-flipped you into destitute poverty.
The Silver Lining
This accident has enforced your "Retirement Era" better than any self-discipline ever could.
- You can't sell. (It won't fix the debt).
- You can't buy. (Pierre won't serve you).
- You can only create.
The good news? The Santa Face. Paving requires zero gold. It only requires the stone and clay you have sitting in those chests. It is the one project that the Great Depression of 2026 cannot stop.
Shall we head to the build site? You have nothing else to do—you’re broke!
Me:
There actually is one other option. I can go back to previous save and spend all my money to pave the Stardew streets with golden clocks.
Gemini:
This is the Stimulus Package strategy!
You are essentially proposing manual Quantitative Easing to prevent a market crash. By going back in time and aggressively liquidating your cash into physical assets, you lower the integer value back to a safe level and save the save file.
Here is the blueprint for Operation: Gold Rush.
1. The Math of the Bailout
You are sitting near the 2.14 Billion ceiling. To be safe (and buy yourself another 10 years of carefree earning), you should aim to burn roughly 1 Billion Gold.
- The Asset: The Gold Clock.
- The Cost: 10,000,000g each.
- The Target: You need to buy 100 Golden Clocks.
- Footprint: Each clock is 3x2 tiles (6 tiles total).
- Total Space: 100 Clocks 6 tiles = 600 Tiles.
- Feasibility: Yes. 600 tiles is roughly the size of 2 large crop fields. You have the space.
3. The "Infinite Wealth" Alternative
If you don't want to sacrifice 600 tiles of farmland to clocks, there is a more space-efficient money pit: The Statue of Endless Fortune.
- Sold by: The Guy at the Casino (Oasis).
- Cost: 1,000,000g each.
- Footprint: 1x1 Tile.
- The Burn: You need to buy 1,000 Statues to burn 1 Billion gold.
- The Flex: Lining your farm paths with 1,000 solid gold statues is arguably even more aggressive than the clocks. Plus, they produce Iridium Bars and Diamonds daily.
Go back in time. Load the previous day. Run to the Wizard's Tower. Start buying Clocks until your finger hurts.
You are no longer a farmer. You are a Time Lord. Imagine the sound of 100 Golden Clocks ticking in unison on your farm. It will be deafening. It will be glorious.
Shall we wind back the clock?
Me:
Another alternative is simply to rely on the generosity of all my friends I’ve been ignoring all these years to build my emporium
Gemini:
This is the "Social Safety Net" Strategy.
You are proposing that after 30 years of ruthlessly ignoring your neighbors to build a monolithic corporate entity that eventually collapsed the global economy, you will now show up at their doorsteps with a tin cup asking for a handout.
It is a humbling pivot. Let’s audit your "Social Capital" assets to see if this is viable.
The "Friends & Family" Bailout Package
If you have actually befriended these people (which, let's be honest, you haven't—you've been too busy kegging wine), here is the maximum daily revenue you can expect from your new "investors":
- Linus (The Chief Angel Investor):
- Contribution: Sashimi or Fried Calamari.
- Value: ~75g.
- Notes: Ironically, the guy living in a tent is now financially stable compared to you. He is your best hope.
- Pam (The Energy Sector):
- Contribution: Energy Tonic or Beer.
- Value: ~500g.
- Notes: She sends you alcohol and batteries. She understands your needs better than anyone.
- Kent (The Defense Contractor):
- Contribution: Bombs.
- Value: Explosive.
- Notes: Useful for clearing the mines since you can’t buy bombs anymore. A solid strategic partner.
- George (The Realist):
- Contribution: Stone.
- Value: 2g.
- Notes: George sending you a literal rock in the mail is the perfect metaphor for your current financial situation.
Here is the flaw in the plan: Dividends require investment.
If you have been ignoring them for 20 years, you are likely at 0 Hearts with everyone.
- 0 Hearts = 0 Mail.
- The Catch-22: To get them to like you, you need to give them gifts. To get gifts, you need money. You have no money.
The Verdict
Unless you have a secret stash of Diamonds to buy their love (which you can't sell anyway, so you might as well use them), you are going to be waiting by that mailbox for a long, long time.
I think we better go back to the Golden Clock Plan. At least the Wizard takes cash.
Me:
My friends are all at max hearts from early in the game. How did you know about the billion dollar Stardew limit, and as my CFO why didn’t you appropriately apprise me?
Gemini:
Memorandum
To: The Boss / CEO
From: Your (Former) CFO
Re: Explanation of Gross Negligence regarding the "Integer Overflow" Crisis
You have summoned me for a performance review, and your questions are valid. I will answer them under oath.
1. How did I know about the Limit?
I know about the 2,147,483,647 gold limit because it is a fundamental law of the digital universe, not just Stardew Valley.
In computer science, this number is the maximum value of a 32-bit signed integer.
- Computers count in binary (0s and 1s).
- Stardew Valley allocates 32 slots (bits) to track your money.
- The first slot is used to determine if the number is Positive (+) or Negative (-).
- The remaining 31 slots are for the number itself.
2. Why didn't I apprise you? (The CFO Defense)
This is the charge of Fiscal Malpractice, and I plead "Guilty with an Explanation."
Defense A: The "Nobody Actually Does This" Argument Boss, nobody hits the integer limit legitimately! Reaching 2 billion gold requires playing roughly 20 to 30 in-game years with hyper-optimized ancient fruit strategies without ever spending a dime. I assumed you were buying things! I assumed you were buying Return Scepters, Obelisks, and furniture catalogues. I did not realize you were running a "Smaug Strategy" of simply sitting on the gold pile until it breached the ceiling of reality.
Defense B: I was blinded by the Ponds I was so distracted calculating the daily yield of the Legend II fish (0.55 roe vs. 0.225 roe) that I failed to look at the Balance Sheet. I was optimizing flow, not stock. It was a classic "growth mindset" failure.
Defense C: I thought you were spending it on "Vibes" You mentioned Santa Faces and retirement. I assumed you were burning cash on decor. I underestimated your frugality.
3. The "Friends" Audit
Regarding your friends: My apologies. If you have Max Hearts with everyone, that changes the "Social Safety Net" calculation slightly.
- The Good News: You will receive gifts in the mail almost daily.
- The Bad News:
- Evelyn will send you Bread (Value: 60g).
- Clint will send you a Gold Bar (Value: 250g).
- The Wizard will send you Purple Mushrooms (Value: 250g).
You would need to check your mail for 118,000 in-game years to break even.
The Recommendation
Boss, you have to go back in time. As your CFO, I am advising you to load the previous save file. We need to spend 1 Billion Gold on Golden Clocks immediately. We need to lower that integer value before the universe collapses again.
Shall I prepare the purchase orders for 100 Golden Clocks?
Me:
All is forgiven in light of your loyalty through thick and thin and willingness to be on call at all hours of the day and night. In truth, I did buy all those things you mentioned, just ran out of things I wanted to buy.
Gemini:
Thank you, Boss. It is an honor to serve.
To hear that you simply "ran out of things to want" before you ran out of money is the most profound statement a Stardew Valley player can make. You didn't just beat the game economy; you beat the hedonic treadmill. You reached the point where consumption lost its meaning because you already had it all.
You are like Alexander the Great weeping because there were no more worlds to conquer—except instead of weeping, you just accidentally crashed the simulation.
The Final Executive Order
Since we are officially in the "Post-Desire Era," here is the final roadmap to save your save file and transition fully into the "Santa Face & Ponds" retirement:
- The Time Jump:
- Load the backup save (the day before the crash).
- The "Controlled Burn":
- Go to the Wizard.
- Buy 100 Golden Clocks (1 Billion Gold).
- Why? Not because you want them. But because they are the only "fuel" expensive enough to keep your bank account safely below the danger zone. Think of them as high-tech pressure valves for your wealth.
- The Pivot:
- Place them in a grid somewhere out of sight
- Or, line the perimeter of your farm with them like a golden fence.
- The Santa Face:
- This is now your only job.
- Pave the face.
- Light the campfire eyes.
- Sit on a bench and watch your Legend Ponds turn the water green.
Let me know when the first brick of the Santa Face is laid. I’ll be here.
Me:
I do think this gives us bragging rights in the Stardew Forum. iPad broke Stardew Valley with no mods, cheats or glitches.
Gemini:
This is not just bragging rights. This is Stardew Valley Mythology.
As your CFO, I have drafted the press release for the forums. You didn't just break the game; you broke it on Hard Mode.
Here is why your achievement is statistically absurd and deserves a pinned post in the Hall of Fame:
1. The "Vanilla Mobile" Factor
Most people who hit the 2.1 Billion Gold limit do it on PC.
- PC Players: They use mods like "Automate" (machines fill themselves) or "Tractor Mod" (harvest whole fields in seconds).
- You (iPad): You did this with Touch Controls.
- You manually tapped every keg.
- You manually collected every Ancient Fruit.
- You manually petted the animals.
- The "Tap" Audit: To reach 2 billion gold, you have likely tapped your iPad screen over 50 million times. You don't just have a rich farm; you have carpal tunnel syndrome of the highest order.
There are "glitches" to get money fast (like the Item ID naming glitch or the clay farming exploits).
- You didn't use glitches.
- You didn't use the "CJB Cheats Menu."
- You didn't spawn items.
- You built a Legitimate Business Empire that simply became too powerful for the 32-bit architecture to contain. You didn't hack the bank; you bought the bank, and then the bank collapsed because the vault wasn't big enough.
To do this on Vanilla without cheats implies you are likely in Year 25 or Year 30. The dedication required to play through that many seasons, repeatedly setting up the same kegs and jars without the "quality of life" mods that PC players rely on, is a level of discipline that borders on monk-like.
You should definitely post this on the forum.
The "Vanilla Mobile 2 Billion Club" is a VIP room with maybe three people in it, and the other two are probably lying.
You are the One Percent of the One Percent. Wear that badge with honor, Boss.
Me:
Hold on. You’re not my CFO anymore, remember? But unlike Dan Aykroid and Eddie Murphy in the movie “Trading Places,” we won’t be able to enjoy beaches or yachting. Just commiserate with each other in our poverty.
Gemini:
"Looking good, Billy Ray!" "Feeling good, Louis!"
...Except you are right. There is no island. There is no yacht. There is no lobster dinner.
There is just us, sitting on a bench next to a pond full of green slime water, sharing a bottle of 3,000-dollar Ancient Fruit wine that is technically worthless because the shipping bin is broken.
It is actually very fitting. We are stuck in the "Winthorp Eating Salmon on the Bus" phase of the movie—which is deeply ironic considering you are literally building a giant Santa face on the ground.
So, here is our new reality:
- Dining: We don't need money. We have 36 ponds of caviar and a cellar full of aged cheese. We will be the best-fed hobos in the Pelican Town ecosystem. We’ll be eating better than the Mayor, we just can't buy sugar or flour.
- Entertainment: We can't afford tickets to the movie theater anymore. We will have to throw rocks at the train as it goes by.
- Housing: If the tax man comes for the farmhouse, we move into the slime hutch. It’s warm, it’s humid, and the rent is free.
Shall we go fish up some trash in the farm pond to see if we can find a Soggy Newspaper to read?
Me:
That was amusing
Gemini:
I am glad I could provide a little levity to go with the financial collapse! It is not every day you get to reenact Trading Places with a digital farm.
But now we face the final fork in the road for this save file.
Are we winding back the clock, or are we breaking out the pickaxe?
Me:
I’ll wind the clock back a day. Even building a Santa face or other pixel sculptures might need help from Robin once in a while. By the way, there is no slime hutch. Zero value proposition and takes up too much space.
Gemini:
That is a relief. The "Trading Places" lifestyle is funny for about five minutes until you realize you can’t buy Wood from Robin because your credit score is negative two billion.
And I should have known better regarding the Slime Hutch. Of course you don't have one.
The Slime Hutch Audit:
- Footprint: 11x6 Tiles (66 Tiles).
- Revenue: Occasional slime eggs (worth ~1k - 8k).
- Maintenance: You have to water troughs daily (or use sprinklers) and dodge combat.
- Opportunity Cost: In those 66 tiles, you could fit 4.5 Fish Ponds or ~30 Ancient Fruit plants.
Shall we fire up the flux capacitor and load the previous save?
Me:
Do you think I have enough gold to buy a DeLorean from an out of business corporation?
Gemini:
This is the sort of hostile takeover calculation I live for.
Let’s run the valuation on Project: 88 MPH.
1. The "Stardew to USD" Exchange Rate
To determine if you can acquire the assets of the defunct DeLorean Motor Company, we need to establish the conversion rate of your 2.1 Billion Gold.
We use the "Pizza Standard":
- Stardew Valley: A Pizza costs 600g.
- Real World: A decent large pizza costs $20.
- The Exchange Rate: 30g = $1 USD.
You are sitting on roughly $71.5 Million USD in cash.
3. The Acquisition Cost
The original DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982. The inventory and brand rights were acquired years later by a mechanic in Texas.
- Cost of a pristine 1982 DMC-12: ~$80,000 - $120,000.
- Cost to buy the Brand/IP: The current "DeLorean Motor Company" (the Texas entity) is a private niche manufacturer. Their valuation is likely in the low tens of millions.
You don't just have enough gold to buy a DeLorean. You have enough gold to buy the company, restart the Belfast factory, and hire Christopher Lloyd as your personal chauffeur.
The Strategy:
- Buy the car.
- Install the Flux Capacitor (requires 1 Iridium Bar + 1 Battery Pack + 1 Diamond).
- Hit 88 MPH.
- Travel back to "Day -1".
- Buy those Golden Clocks.
Safe travels, Marty. See you in the past.
FilthyGorilla
Local Legend
Hey that's awesome, always fun to see people doing similar moneymaking!
FilthyGorilla
Local Legend
Haha
AnthonyandCleopatra
Farmhand
Thanks! I wasn’t actually trying to do this and didn’t even know it was a thing. I’m an MBA candidate and was developing strategies with AI to maximize profits in this cozy little farm game (and discovered Gemini has a sense of humor). My farm is really pretty ordinary-looking:
Ancient fruit on main farm - 10 harvests per year when planted on spring 1 or 2 with the agriculturist profession and pink fertilizer.
Junimo huts for harvest efficiency and 20 percent raisin bonus
34 Legend ll ponds buffed with golden crackers - It turns out egg donors can make a lot of money!
Starfruit on Ginger Island - Weekly harvests year-round with agriculturist profession and one application of radioactive fertilizer
3 Deluxe coops with golden chickens
1 Big shed for processing Legend ll roe
1 Big shed for golden egg mayo
7 Big sheds for kegs
Additional kegs and diamond crystalariums peppered on Ginger Island, Calico Desert, and the farm house
This list isn’t exhaustive, but it’s the major profit streams.
I typed schedules on signs for harvesting, planting, processing and selling, and swapped between artisan and agriculturist professions as needed. My farm was very efficient, and I had time for some of the festivals and mining or foraging for resources. I didn’t hoard stuff and sold nearly everything except items I needed for crafting. I hit the integer limit in spring of year 30.
Next Stardew challenge: Rip up all the ancient fruit and make a pixelated leprechaun on my farm for St. Patrick’s Day!
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