1.6 Update What happened in your game today?

[REtroGeekery]

I remembered the new artifact spot totems exist and I still hadn't found the Elvish Jewelry, which was the last artifact I needed for the museum in my main game. So I made a couple and headed down to cindersap forest (since they have a higher spawn rate there) after the Feast of the Winter Star. I got the missing artifact on the first try!

After completeing the museum, I used the other totem in the desert and got two of the gold plates among other things. I also was lucky enough to get two flying serpent swarms in skull caverns (I'm going for the monster goal)!

I also thought it was funny that I got Pam as my farmer's secret friend and apparently Penny got my farmer. I'd just made the vinegar needed for parsnip soup so I gave that to Pam since she likes parsnips. Penny gave farmer Leon a beer.

And I got some inspiration here for the Raccoon City Tailor's Shop. I'll post a picture later but I'm happy with how it turned out. ^_^

Edit; Since I already have a thread for My Raccoon City themed farm, I added a post that includes the Tailor's Shop mentioned here. Beware minor (just some decorative items) spoilers for 1.6.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

You're clearly planning to become a Mr. Bean.

No! You've figured me out

 

[24k Ancient Fruit]

I am playing with Stardew Expanded and Ridgeside Village, and I am also using the Prestige Mod and Luck Skill Mod.

So I finally unlocked the Mastery Cave. Later, I was able to reach Mastery Level 1 and used it on the Fishing Mastery.

*** I backed up my game. ***

The next game day, I decided to Prestige my Farming Skill just before harvesting a large amount of crops. I tried to return to the Mastery Cave. It wouldn't let me in, citing that I had only mastered 4/5 skills (so apparently Luck doesn't count). However, I was still allowed to keep my Advanced Iridium Rod, I still encountered Golden Treasure Chests, and I could still craft Challenge Bait. I eventually got my Farming Skill back up to Level 10. However, the Skill Mastery Levels and XP had reset to zero!

*** So back to my backed-up game I went! ***

I guess the lesson here is that if one is going for maxed out Skill Mastery, then Prestige of any skill must NOT occur before all 5 Mastery Levels are complete!

 

[Albino Chipmunk]

Not much except I'm about to have another fourth big chest filled with staircases. Haven't done many deep dive runs recently yet I still collect jade for staircases

 

[LRangerR]

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Not much except I'm about to have another fourth big chest filled with staircases. Haven't done many deep dive runs recently yet I still collect jade for staircases

It's like having a direct portal to hell, almost. Except you go past where Mr qi lives. So deeper than hell I guess

 

[Lew Zealand]

Finally.

After a few hundred hours of playtime, constantly visiting Ginger for yet another round of hacking and slashing, downing Spicy Eel and Ginger Ale day after day which ate a hole in my stomach lining, emptying my pockets in case it was lying on the ground hidden behind something while SAP takes up scant backpack space, powering through a rotator cuff injury from Infinity Blade jabbing RSI, after reading of how some people have like 3 or 4 of them stashed oh-I-don't-know-where or toss them out as an inventory-clogger when traversing the Volcano, I have finally acquired the


Hat of True Perfection.

And yes, I already Tailored 5 outfits to match it that evening. There's no time to be wasting.

If there's a single Mod I'd ever install for SDV, it would be Dye Pots in the Farmhouse. I need that about 10x as much as anything else in the game. Probably more than everything else in the game put together. OK a compromise: I'll take a Sisters' House Totem. I would LOVE such an item, even if I had to craft it from Prizzy Shards and Iridium Bars, just so I can make my outfits a little quicker!


It is good to be a beautiful Tiger.

 

[Draconifors]

I've now completed the museum and caught every fish apart from Ginger Island ones, both for the first time ever. Am also making good progress towards having all villagers at max hearts (five still in progress) and cooking every dish (but still missing several recipes).

Got the desert and mountain obelisks built, and my animals are almost at max hearts. Seven out of nine animals have a cracker, so I need to find two more.
I intended to name my dino Danny, as usual, but the suggestion in the box was too good to reject: Gro-Gro.

I decorated my farm some more, with trees and tea saplings. I also set up a mini factory area (3 crystalariums, a slime egg press I crafted just to craft one, and a mini-forge that I haven't used yet), decorated with house plants, cobblestone, and iron fences, by Grandpa's shrine.

I've managed to find two different frog eggs, and the frogs are, along with the only Octopus I've ever managed to catch plus a Goby, in a fish tank. They're adorable, and I plan to find more.

 

[24k Ancient Fruit]

Okay, so this happened a couple of game days before my "Prestige incident" from 5 posts ago, but I'm sure that this is not the first time this has happened to most of you.

So I was at Marnie's to give her a diamond and Jas an Ancient Doll. I spoke to Marnie as much as I could, then gave her the diamond. However, I had forgotten that I had had a stack of 3 Diamonds with me and then attempted to talk to Jas before changing my selected inventory from my toolbar, resulting in me giving a 10(?)-year-old girl a diamond! She didn't Love it as much as she would have loved an(other) Ancient Doll, but she Liked it ("Oooh! I like free struff!")

Talk about spoiling a kid rotten!

 

[MogBeoulve]

Okay, so this happened a couple of game days before my "Prestige incident" from 5 posts ago, but I'm sure that this is not the first time this has happened to most of you.

So I was at Marnie's to give her a diamond and Jas an Ancient Doll. I spoke to Marnie as much as I could, then gave her the diamond. However, I had forgotten that I had had a stack of 3 Diamonds with me and then attempted to talk to Jas before changing my selected inventory from my toolbar, resulting in me giving a 10(?)-year-old girl a diamond! She didn't Love it as much as she would have loved an(other) Ancient Doll, but she Liked it ("Oooh! I like free struff!")

Talk about spoiling a kid rotten!

I've got to admit something. I generally don't know which button does what. This means that when I go talk to someone, if muscle memory doesn't take over, there is a 50% chance I will attempt to give them something I am carrying. (In my defense, muscle memory takes over 98% of the time - this is how I can access the safe at work, after all, yet not be able to recite the unlock code.)

To avoid accidentally gifting items, particularly valuable ones, I quickly developed a habit of NEVER holding anything that could be given away in my hands. My farmer is not allowed to walk around holding something or I'll essentially have an anxiety attack. (This is why I listen to lots of Stardew Valley videos, but don't watch very closely, because I would quickly be very annoyed.)

Just sayin'. This has a really easy fix?

 

[Maher]

To avoid accidentally gifting items, particularly valuable ones, I quickly developed a habit of NEVER holding anything that could be given away in my hands. My farmer is not allowed to walk around holding something or I'll essentially have an anxiety attack. (This is why I listen to lots of Stardew Valley videos, but don't watch very closely, because I would quickly be very annoyed.)

Just sayin'. This has a really easy fix?

My Farmer isn't even allowed to possess bombs except when headed to a mine. And then there was time I got back from the volcano dungeon and set off a bomb trying to pet a goat. Amazingly, my AutoPicker survived, but my animals wouldn't talk to me for a week. Only the Ostrich who hatched after the event gave me any love.

Trixie has visited the shrine of illusions and now has a different look than what you get if you just accept all the defaults and game startup. Blonde ponytails, a bomber jacket and a Kepi.

 

[Draconifors]

I made massive progress today! Unlocked a bunch of stuff on Ginger Island (farmhouse, Professor Snail, and, most importantly, the island trader), got the Return Scepter, redesigned my shed and cellar, finally figured what to do with a certain photograph, and essentially reset my greenhouse.

I had been trying to figure out the photograph quest for a few days now, and today, once again while I was streaming the game for my husband, figured it out. The quest turned out to be really fun; after that first step figuring out the rest wasn't difficult but still required a bit of logical thinking, which was great. I got the wrong address with one of the items, but that had been planned for as the wrong NPC had dialogue about the item even though she didn't accept it.

Those walnuts on the island are extremely sneakily hidden. I had run past several of them without noticing, until today when I started to look at every inch of the ground in search of signs. I also figured out how to reach a couple seemingly inaccessible walnuts, and found a little area I hadn't noticed earlier because it, too, is sneakily hidden.
Don't get me wrong: I enjoy sneakily hidden things. They're highly rewarding to find. :D

Professor Snail should learn the difference between pink and purple... what he calls purple I call pink. Especially the second part of the quest... that light pink is nowhere near anything resembling purple.

I have a Blue Discus pond I set up in hopes of bananas for the obelisk (but got none so far), as I had no luck finding a sapling in dungeon chests. After I unlocked the trader I simply bought a sapling. Of course, now the fish will start giving me bananas, I'm sure.

Parrot Express is amazing. I love it.

It's summer now, so Leo's birthday is coming up and I can give him two Stardrop Teas to get him to 10 hearts (at 4 at the moment), which will complete the friendship part of the game.

PS. Kent keeps sending me Cherry Bombs in the mail. I'm not sure what he's trying to say.

 

[MogBeoulve]

I made massive progress today! Unlocked a bunch of stuff on Ginger Island (farmhouse, Professor Snail, and, most importantly, the island trader), got the Return Scepter, redesigned my shed and cellar, finally figured what to do with a certain photograph, and essentially reset my greenhouse.

I had been trying to figure out the photograph quest for a few days now, and today, once again while I was streaming the game for my husband, figured it out. The quest turned out to be really fun; after that first step figuring out the rest wasn't difficult but still required a bit of logical thinking, which was great. I got the wrong address with one of the items, but that had been planned for as the wrong NPC had dialogue about the item even though she didn't accept it.

Those walnuts on the island are extremely sneakily hidden. I had run past several of them without noticing, until today when I started to look at every inch of the ground in search of signs. I also figured out how to reach a couple seemingly inaccessible walnuts, and found a little area I hadn't noticed earlier because it, too, is sneakily hidden.
Don't get me wrong: I enjoy sneakily hidden things. They're highly rewarding to find. :D

Professor Snail should learn the difference between pink and purple... what he calls purple I call pink. Especially the second part of the quest... that light pink is nowhere near anything resembling purple.

I have a Blue Discus pond I set up in hopes of bananas for the obelisk (but got none so far), as I had no luck finding a sapling in dungeon chests. After I unlocked the trader I simply bought a sapling. Of course, now the fish will start giving me bananas, I'm sure.

Parrot Express is amazing. I love it.

It's summer now, so Leo's birthday is coming up and I can give him two Stardrop Teas to get him to 10 hearts (at 4 at the moment), which will complete the friendship part of the game.

PS. Kent keeps sending me Cherry Bombs in the mail. I'm not sure what he's trying to say.

Kent LOVES to send you bombs. I am extremely on edge as most of my farmers don't even use bombs. I don't like the implications, Kent.

And of course the fish pond will start to give you bananas after your tree begins bearing fruit. Just like the traveling cart had an eel for sale the week after I finally caught one on my own.

I love the fetch quest. I have so much fun trying to figure out all the "wrong" people to bring each item, so that I can see all the dialogue.

 

[Draconifors]

And of course the fish pond will start to give you bananas after your tree begins bearing fruit. Just like the traveling cart had an eel for sale the week after I finally caught one on my own.

And just like the witch once showed up a few days after I gave up on her and bought a Void Egg (on a different save).

 

[stardew_luv]

Finally.

After a few hundred hours of playtime, constantly visiting Ginger for yet another round of hacking and slashing, downing Spicy Eel and Ginger Ale day after day which ate a hole in my stomach lining, emptying my pockets in case it was lying on the ground hidden behind something while SAP takes up scant backpack space, powering through a rotator cuff injury from Infinity Blade jabbing RSI, after reading of how some people have like 3 or 4 of them stashed oh-I-don't-know-where or toss them out as an inventory-clogger when traversing the Volcano, I have finally acquired the


Hat of True Perfection.


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And yes, I already Tailored 5 outfits to match it that evening. There's no time to be wasting.

If there's a single Mod I'd ever install for SDV, it would be Dye Pots in the Farmhouse. I need that about 10x as much as anything else in the game. Probably more than everything else in the game put together. OK a compromise: I'll take a Sisters' House Totem. I would LOVE such an item, even if I had to craft it from Prizzy Shards and Iridium Bars, just so I can make my outfits a little quicker!


It is good to be a beautiful Tiger.

Looks great Lew! I’m so glad you finally found your most coveted in game treasure!

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

I thought it might be nice to have a place where people can report on their farm's goings-on and the adventures of their farmer, kind of like this thread at The Sims forums. I'll kick things off!


I am still very new to the game and in mid-summer of my second year at Peacefield Farm. In the first year, I was able to learn the basics of the game, and start becoming marginally successful: by the end I was selling honey, mayonnaise, maple syrup, and jams in addition to regular crops. I also used the winter to (mostly) change my fields to be oriented around sprinklers. My goals for year two were multiple: one, get to the bottom of the mines (I'd gone from 1 to 105 in winter alone): two, expand the house; three, build more farm infrastructure like a stable, a barn, and a silo; and four, tackle the overgrowth on my little islands and expand my fields. As of this morning (Summer 15) things are going well on those fronts! I got to the bottom of the mines almost immediately, and have built a barn and filled it with four cows. I also just expanded the house, so now I can start crafting food! I had a bunch of rain days in the early summer, so I used those to attack the big island and have created a larger field there. I'm also using the little strip of land just north of the road that goes to Marnie's as an orchard. My immediate plan is to explore cooking. Farmwise, my plans are to get a silo so I don't have to plant so much wheat or buy hay from Marnie; expand the coop so I can get duck eggs; continue harvesting hardwood for a stable; and continue expanding on the second island. I want the silo first because there's a lot of grass on the big island that I don't want to waste.

I cried about how I can't figure mods out

 

[Njin]

You Beat It? That's awesome.. I never beat it on the more challenging mode but I've saved it on the first level a couple times & come back but I was missing buffs. The more challenging enemies appear sooner and it's really tough to beat them w/out the upgrades. I think it is a glitch when you lose your stuff. I have beat it more than once & was able to get past most of the second challenge pre 1.5.. Sorry IDK of any challenges that are past that I'd probably know better if I was able to save and keep my stuff, Just unlucky there I guess ... Super cool that ya beat it though. I know I was overjoyed when I managed to.. Super happy to hear that someone else who found it difficult grinded it out and beat it:) Are You making any progress on Junimo Kart?

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

I had nothing better to do, so i reset and reset and reset, until i was able to pass all stages individually and with a decent sum in coins. I bought the Super Gun upgrade, which made the game a lot easier, than before! I also beat it 3 more times, than the initial win (first playthrough).

I was wondering though:
1 How many times can you beat the game and restart?
2 Does it become harder, each and every time you finish a playthrough and start another one, or only the first time you do that?
3 Do we know what exactly becomes more difficult/challenging, each new run post beating the game?

I cant even survive like 3 seconds of the game... and you beat it??? Good for you!!!!!

 

[HaleyRocks]

Well, post 4th consecutive run, it seems to be pretty near unbeatable. Other than enemies becoming faster and slightly changing moving patters (which is pretty confusing in and by itself, can catch you by surprise) and imps appearing out of nowhere to fly straight at you... The sheer number of enemies for each stage also becomes much larger and you need to survive for more time, until you kill them all, wave by wave. Super Gun or no Super Gun, you're being swarmed at all times. Pickup items also seem to last less time. Maybe i will let the cabinet down, for decoration only.

Junimo Kart, always without fail, hands my bottoms to me. Its RNG clearly has issues against me, it always forms the most obnoxious of environments, with a rock precisely falling upon your head, at exactly the most crucial of jumps. I can pass the 1st stage only 1/20 to 1/10 times, that i sit down to play it. Only once i came near to beating the second level, but i died, 2-3 jumps away from the arrow in the stage's end. I am tempted to try the mod with unlimited lives...

 

[Njin]

Junimo Kart, always without fail, hands my bottoms to me. Its RNG clearly has issues against me, it always forms the most obnoxious of environments, with a rock precisely falling upon your head, at exactly the most crucial of jumps. I can pass the 1st stage only 1/20 to 1/10 times, that i sit down to play it. Only once i came near to beating the second level, but i died, 2-3 jumps away from the arrow in the stage's end. I am tempted to try the mod with unlimited lives...

Sounds to me like you made it over the first "hurdle" JK is just like JotPK If you can beat that first level, you can beat the second. I promise you will be getting to the second level more often the more you play.. It starts out 1/20 but soon your passing it 1/5 , Soon after you might lose 1 out of 4. The first level can get pretty easy after you played it a hundo times.. But them freaking rocks come outta nowhere so it'll still get you every few times ... That being said the later stages can be very hard but if you keep grinding it out you will get to them more often. Iam by no means a pro gamer If I can do it ,you can do it, anyone can.. Keep trying you'll get it just like you did with JotPK Best of luck w/it:)

 

[MogBeoulve]

I fished up two pufferfish, one for Demetrius and one for the community center, and then got Pierre's prime produce quest so I began to make some quality fertilizer to grow gold quality wheat. I forgot to put the pufferfish away first.

Exit to title and loaded a different farm!