whats your favorite farm map?
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confusionnn_
Farmhand
Honestly just a fan of the basic farm and forest farm.
Beach has annoying downsides and I like having a lot of land so river is only really good for the smoker
Forest is fun! Mushrooms are good early plus it's the prettiest land imo.
The others I have no opinion on. They're like vanilla ice cream, i like it sure but you can just have strawberry ice cream (forest/basic farm)
Beach has annoying downsides and I like having a lot of land so river is only really good for the smoker
Forest is fun! Mushrooms are good early plus it's the prettiest land imo.
The others I have no opinion on. They're like vanilla ice cream, i like it sure but you can just have strawberry ice cream (forest/basic farm)
FilthyGorilla
Local Legend
I’m personally a fan of the beach farm
If people have seen my farms I love my open space and since the addition of ginger island (along with boredom of the same early gameplay loop every file), I don’t really touch crops that much, especially not on the mainland
I’m fine with a massive, open map that’s pleasing to the eye (so I can sacrifice on design of course)
I also like the standard farm for much the same reason, plus I’ve just been playing it for so long I naturally gravitate towards it on new farms.
I do like to use the other farms, I just will only use them in specific farms centered around them or a related thing. I made a wilderness farm for a massive some hutch farm, a riverland farm focused on fishing and fish ponds, etc.
I think I get the best of both worlds playing like that, enjoying my favourite farms for my main farms and having fun with the quirky ones for specific challenges which suit them.
If people have seen my farms I love my open space and since the addition of ginger island (along with boredom of the same early gameplay loop every file), I don’t really touch crops that much, especially not on the mainland
I’m fine with a massive, open map that’s pleasing to the eye (so I can sacrifice on design of course)
I also like the standard farm for much the same reason, plus I’ve just been playing it for so long I naturally gravitate towards it on new farms.
I do like to use the other farms, I just will only use them in specific farms centered around them or a related thing. I made a wilderness farm for a massive some hutch farm, a riverland farm focused on fishing and fish ponds, etc.
I think I get the best of both worlds playing like that, enjoying my favourite farms for my main farms and having fun with the quirky ones for specific challenges which suit them.
Ereo
Helper
I’ve played on all farm maps and I liked most of them. The ones I picked several times are beach farm and forest farm. I don’t mind the limited sprinkler space because I never plant many crops. Actually the field on the beach farm is larger than what I usually do.
i do like the even divisibility of the four corners farm, and the river and hilltop farm are pretty.
I did like the meadows farm and getting blue grass and free chickens early, so I’ll definitely do that again once it comes to mobile.
i do like the even divisibility of the four corners farm, and the river and hilltop farm are pretty.
I did like the meadows farm and getting blue grass and free chickens early, so I’ll definitely do that again once it comes to mobile.
HaleyRocks
Farmer
Meadowlands.
I used to find its lack of space annoying at first (compared against Standard), but post careful examination, it offers just the perfect amount, to fit everything i wanted inside it and even more! I can build the biggest and most complex formations, that veteran players invented and recommend!
I used to find its lack of space annoying at first (compared against Standard), but post careful examination, it offers just the perfect amount, to fit everything i wanted inside it and even more! I can build the biggest and most complex formations, that veteran players invented and recommend!
LRangerR
Local Legend
I almost always play on a standard farm. I don't care much for perks and if I want to fish I'll make the journey, but the standard farm offers me just about everything I need. Anything beyond that is a want. I think I've tried out each farm at least once and they're cool and all, I just wasn't drawn to them
PoppyForPenny
Farmer
I like to pick different farms to give the game a different feel, and to encourage new ways of playing. After many playthroughs I try to avoid doing the same thing over & over. I also like how each farm house is a little different inside.
My favorites are the forest farm and beach farm. The forest farm has foragables and hardwood, and I like how it fits into the larger map, between cindersap forest and the backwoods, having more forest there makes sense. The beach farm also has foraging and I love the crates! Plus those two have really fun fishing.
My favorites are the forest farm and beach farm. The forest farm has foragables and hardwood, and I like how it fits into the larger map, between cindersap forest and the backwoods, having more forest there makes sense. The beach farm also has foraging and I love the crates! Plus those two have really fun fishing.
Lew Zealand
Helper
Each Farm map has big advantages depending on what you want to do with it.
The Forest Farm is my general favorite as you can choose the Bat Cave and not miss out on Mushrooms as they spawn on your farm along with the other Forageable items. Like Hardwood! Spawning on your Forest Farm, every day. Honestly if you are a little frustrated or impatient about getting some of the things done for the Community Center (which totally never happens, right? nah didn't think so), the Forest Farm really eases some of that mild annoyance. It comes with significantly less freedom than more open Farms so if you're a megaFarmer then stick to Standard or Four Corners.
Standard is simply the best blank canvas. I suck at blank canvasses as that means blank brain and I need a bit of restriction for some meager creativity to happen so I don't do Standard Farm any more.
Four Corners is great for theming or touring. In late game I pretty much always come up with a walking or riding tour of themed farm areas and 4 Croners is pretty great for that. Don't forget the "hidden" shortcut between the bottom 2 areas! I didn't know about that for ages until someone posted it here.
Beach is so big that it's great for theming and touring but you have to be happy with minimal sprinkled Farming in early to mid game before getting Deluxe Retaining Soil. There's ~200 Sprinkled tiles to Farm which is more than enough for me so I like Beach a lot.
Haven't done a Meadowlands playthrough yet, no opinion.
Haven't done a Riverlands playthrough yet because I'm not a masochist.
Haven't done a Wilderness playthrough yet because SDV is a chill game.
……
Hilltop.
NO.
I did Hilltop, it was OK for a while. And then it was very much not OK but Abby was there. Once she said the rocks tasted funny, that was all I needed to attempt a magical geological transformation the likes of which would send that charlatan Wizard cowering in fear. It did NOT go well the first time as my save ended up an utter mess and Hilltop thought it could get the best of me.
But I persevered.
Which means I did nothing for over a year while I stewed. Look, it's all in the planning and stuff. I needed to calm down for like 16 months or so.
But then I did my homework and tried again and it worked! Flattened those awful hills, released the horrible trapped corners, rerouted the restrictive riverbed and ended up with a nice, mostly Standard farm with a few extra bushes here 'n there for flavor.
Afterwards Abby wondered what to do with all the open space and absently Farmer Bobbi responded, "Whatever's the opposite of that horrible, hard, restrictive terrain."
"Well, we could keep the echoes of the hill tops as a reminder of the Farm I originally trolled for frogs and Amethysts before this cute Farmer arrived. And then asked me to stay there with her. But then add something soft and fun and silly as a sign of a different— a better future." As usual Bobbi's brain was not following anything containing euphemism so she just stood there with a blank look. Some Farmers need to be clubbed over the head with ideas before they recognize them.
"A Slime Farm you thicky-thick! Brick-shaped Hutches like the old mesas with lotsa pet Slimes inside in various shades of purple. I'll even let you pet the lavender ones!"
No Hilltop, anything but Hilltop.
The Forest Farm is my general favorite as you can choose the Bat Cave and not miss out on Mushrooms as they spawn on your farm along with the other Forageable items. Like Hardwood! Spawning on your Forest Farm, every day. Honestly if you are a little frustrated or impatient about getting some of the things done for the Community Center (which totally never happens, right? nah didn't think so), the Forest Farm really eases some of that mild annoyance. It comes with significantly less freedom than more open Farms so if you're a megaFarmer then stick to Standard or Four Corners.
Standard is simply the best blank canvas. I suck at blank canvasses as that means blank brain and I need a bit of restriction for some meager creativity to happen so I don't do Standard Farm any more.
Four Corners is great for theming or touring. In late game I pretty much always come up with a walking or riding tour of themed farm areas and 4 Croners is pretty great for that. Don't forget the "hidden" shortcut between the bottom 2 areas! I didn't know about that for ages until someone posted it here.
Beach is so big that it's great for theming and touring but you have to be happy with minimal sprinkled Farming in early to mid game before getting Deluxe Retaining Soil. There's ~200 Sprinkled tiles to Farm which is more than enough for me so I like Beach a lot.
Haven't done a Meadowlands playthrough yet, no opinion.
Haven't done a Riverlands playthrough yet because I'm not a masochist.
Haven't done a Wilderness playthrough yet because SDV is a chill game.
……
Hilltop.
NO.
I did Hilltop, it was OK for a while. And then it was very much not OK but Abby was there. Once she said the rocks tasted funny, that was all I needed to attempt a magical geological transformation the likes of which would send that charlatan Wizard cowering in fear. It did NOT go well the first time as my save ended up an utter mess and Hilltop thought it could get the best of me.
But I persevered.
Which means I did nothing for over a year while I stewed. Look, it's all in the planning and stuff. I needed to calm down for like 16 months or so.
But then I did my homework and tried again and it worked! Flattened those awful hills, released the horrible trapped corners, rerouted the restrictive riverbed and ended up with a nice, mostly Standard farm with a few extra bushes here 'n there for flavor.
Afterwards Abby wondered what to do with all the open space and absently Farmer Bobbi responded, "Whatever's the opposite of that horrible, hard, restrictive terrain."
No Hilltop, anything but Hilltop.
riklaunim
Planter
Only some mushrooms will spawn, while mushroom logs cover any mushroom needed. Forest Farm main strength is hardwood that is also available early after first axe upgrade. If someone wants to rush house upgrade or mass crafting of mushroom logs it's the only map to make it easy... And later on you can convert hardwood into wood (and then into coal if needed). Also more mixed seeds for early farming and then forcing pinapples on the island :)
Actually it's very strong. It starts with a fish smoker and the farm water is 100% river so optimal for fishing as river in other spots. This can give strong spring income, while for summer middle island under quality sprinklers is large enough to do summer JoJa membership 100%. For late game it can't be a mega farm but it can transition into multiple buildings or fish ponds with lava eels and whatnot.
You can disable monster spawn when starting new game - this gives somewhat normal farm, medium sized layout.
REtroGeekery
Farmer
Beach, Hilltop, Wilderness, and Riverland are my favorites. Each have great, organic shapes to work with as you build and design your farm.
Beach and Wilderness have lots of space for building and designing without sacrificing personality. Beach also has excellent fishing and crab potting spaces. Wilderness has a unique enemy type and I love combat. It also has a cute lakefront area.
Hilltop and Riverland have lots of natural divides that are fun to incorporate into your farm design. Hilltop also has the benefit of on-site mining (I'm always smelting copper bars before the mines even open). Riverlands is perfect for duck swimming opportunities.
Four Corners sounds great in theory but I just couldn't get into it for some reason. I still haven't completed year 2 on that farm, even with some cool themeing to get into.
I just don't get the Forrest Farm. It's cute for sure, but there's so much foraging available in or near the farm that it doesn't add any value to me.
Standard is too square and bland for my tastes.
I've only used Meadowlands once. It's not bad, and has a good amount of space, but also doesn't have as much going for it as Beach or Wilderness do. Maybe if I was the type who did lots of animal farming I'd like it more.
Beach and Wilderness have lots of space for building and designing without sacrificing personality. Beach also has excellent fishing and crab potting spaces. Wilderness has a unique enemy type and I love combat. It also has a cute lakefront area.
Hilltop and Riverland have lots of natural divides that are fun to incorporate into your farm design. Hilltop also has the benefit of on-site mining (I'm always smelting copper bars before the mines even open). Riverlands is perfect for duck swimming opportunities.
Four Corners sounds great in theory but I just couldn't get into it for some reason. I still haven't completed year 2 on that farm, even with some cool themeing to get into.
I just don't get the Forrest Farm. It's cute for sure, but there's so much foraging available in or near the farm that it doesn't add any value to me.
Standard is too square and bland for my tastes.
I've only used Meadowlands once. It's not bad, and has a good amount of space, but also doesn't have as much going for it as Beach or Wilderness do. Maybe if I was the type who did lots of animal farming I'd like it more.
24k Ancient Fruit
Rancher
My very first farm was the Beach Farm. While it was annoying to have to manually water my crops every day, I could not pull myself away from that farm because I loved having lots of spacious, wide open land! And IRL, I love the beach! 
Besides, if I did ever manage to move away from it, then I would also have sorely missed all the occasional crates that washed up ashore on my farm which sometimes contained really good stuff (i.e. Deluxe Retaining Soil after a few house upgrades) that I might not normally have access to at that point in the game.
My second farm was also a Beach Farm. This time, I had taken advantage of that 200-tile sprinkler-friendly area ASAP. It was great for growing crops such as Strawberries, Blueberries, and Cranberries
. I had also made good use of the plentiful land for raising animals. I had 36, including 12 Ostriches, when I had finally shelved the game.
Once I started moving into Stardew Expanded, however, I just had to go for Immersive Farm 2 Remastered. As a fan of having lots of land, I could not possibly resist! However, my biggest mistake was probably installing the Grampleton Fields add-on which came with it. Having that area available to a player, especially in a solo game, negates almost every challenge that each of the farm types offers IMHO. I am glad that I had gotten to truly experience the Beach Farm before getting into Stardew Expanded!
Besides, if I did ever manage to move away from it, then I would also have sorely missed all the occasional crates that washed up ashore on my farm which sometimes contained really good stuff (i.e. Deluxe Retaining Soil after a few house upgrades) that I might not normally have access to at that point in the game.My second farm was also a Beach Farm. This time, I had taken advantage of that 200-tile sprinkler-friendly area ASAP. It was great for growing crops such as Strawberries, Blueberries, and Cranberries
. I had also made good use of the plentiful land for raising animals. I had 36, including 12 Ostriches, when I had finally shelved the game.Once I started moving into Stardew Expanded, however, I just had to go for Immersive Farm 2 Remastered. As a fan of having lots of land, I could not possibly resist! However, my biggest mistake was probably installing the Grampleton Fields add-on which came with it. Having that area available to a player, especially in a solo game, negates almost every challenge that each of the farm types offers IMHO. I am glad that I had gotten to truly experience the Beach Farm before getting into Stardew Expanded!
Lew Zealand
Helper
Expanded is one of the earliest big game expansion mods for Stardew, adding new NPCs, new locations, map alterations, additional dialog, and quests. Basically Stardew but more, though as it's made by enthusiastic fans and modders it's obviously not from ConcernedApe. With over 2.5 million downloads, it's very popular. Another popular big Stardew Expansion mod is Ridgeside Valley, with over 770K downloads.
sameperson_differentfont
Farmer
The four corners is amazing for decorating and its got elements from every other map!!!!
LRangerR
Local Legend
It's great if you want to do multiple themes within a small space