Stardew Valley: The top 3 tips and tricks

Start your own farm in Stardew Valley with just 500 gold. We'll give you the best tips for management in this gaming article.

Stardew Valley Tips: More yield with plants and animals

One of the main income of farmers is the income you get from animals and plants. With these tips you can increase your yield:

Especially at the beginning, you should not buy too many animals, because animals not only bring money, but also cost. Every animal needs an expensive hay bale.
Instead, it is advisable to increase the yield by growing crops. Alternatively, you can go fishing in the lake.
You should grow the following plants for maximum efficiency: kale, eggplants, blueberries, melons and pumpkins.
Watering and cultivating the plants eats up a lot of time every day. This can be greatly accelerated by buying a sprinkler system. You can then use the time gained for fishing, for example.
You can greatly improve the quality of your plants with fertilizer. The higher yield exceeds the fertilizer costs.
If there is an obstacle in your way while planting, you can use a pickaxe to destroy it and use the space.

The following tips will help you in the mines and make everyday work easier:

You should provide tool upgrades as early as possible. Watering can, ax and pickaxe can be used much faster after the upgrade.
During the course of the game you will often come across small worms. You should click on these with an equipped tool. The worms then drop rare items.
The mines will only be activated after a few weeks, but you can then visit them, especially on rainy days. You don't have to irrigate fields on these days.
The mines are organized in several levels. However, a new level is not always activated immediately. Sometimes a ladder appears automatically after some time, sometimes only after you have completely cleared the level from enemies.

As in many games, you always work towards wealth in Stardew Valley. Read here how to maximize your profit.

You start the game with just 500 gold. You should first buy cauliflower or potato seeds. You can sell them again after a short time and make your first profit.
You have to water these plants daily. This can be made easier with sprinkler systems.
At the end of every month, the plants wither. Therefore, you should only invest money in fertilizer and Co. at the beginning of a month to increase the yield.
After the first month you can maintain about 50 plants with the yield. Then you should also improve the sprinkler systems and your crafting skills.
You should use rainy days in the mine or while fishing.
You will save the most money if you craft items yourself instead of buying them.
To do this, however, you must use your free time to collect resources and materials. To do this, build the bridge on the beach.
You can sell found artifacts or donate them to the museum.
Present items to your fellow human beings. This sometimes gives you profitable quests.

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