Some added tips for making this easier if you're struggling... Talk to Caroline every day and gift her, she likes daffodils. By the time you're planting strawberries you should hit her 2 heart event and receive the tea sapling recipe next day in the mail. These only take 2 wild seeds, a few wood and fibre to craft. A full stack of wild seeds (10) will net you 2500g which you can use to buy 5 gold ore from Clint. This will help fill out your sprinklers if you haven't hit 80 or even if you have, and less time watering = more time mining and opportunities to progress. If you donated and planned the spring seeds from the community center you'll have some extra to plant or convert, and it will get a little easier every time. Once you're done you also have a nice little side hustle to boost you early game and get some other upgrades etc.

Yeah I’ve tried this about 20 times. Step by step, new farms after new farms. There’s no way I can get 12k by day 6.

Plenty of good tips and tricks for players (and even as someone with over 1200 hours in this game, it gave me some good insights too lol). Very excited for the 200 days video c:

This guide rocks. Reminder to newer players that guides don't equal "how to play" the game! If this sounds too intense for you, that's okay!

check community center completion possible year 1 day 1: clear farm of wood stone and debris. break lots of fiber for wild seeds. bring hoe and scythe. stop by pierre's and sell some foragables for extra parsnip seeds. plant, water then bed. day 2 grab enough wood for chest and meet willy at the beach. head to mountain lake. set up chest and fish for the day. day 3 sell all fish, save iridium or gold chub for energy, buy fiberglass rod. fish. day 4 fish. goal is to reach level 5 fishing skills. sell valuables in chest. day 5 harvest parsnips, keep 15-20 for energy sell rest and fish from day 4. get enough wood for another chest, head to mines. get down as far as u can. end up with 45 copper and enough stone to make furnace. return w materials to make scarecrow and furnace. turn bug meat into bait and place rice shoots for xp day 6 smelt copper for 5 copper bars. prep huge area of farm for potatoes. at 9 am upgrade pickaxe at clint's. buy 200 potatoes at pierre's. plant and water. use chubs for energy. day 7 water and fish in mountain lake. fish will be used for energy. 8-11: go down as far as we can to get to level 80. each time you reach an elevator take it to the top to smelt iron, refined quartz, and gold. copper is worth it for furnaces. go home @ 12:30 PM. ship minerals and geodes. 12: pick potatoes. reach level 6 farming QUICK. mixed seeds may help. pick rice. keep a few potatoes for energy. sell rest. keep going down in mines. keep mining floors 40 and 80 for iron, refined quartz and gold. keep smelting. 13: morning is free, spend clearing farm? could mine. leave by 12:30 for egg festival. spend all your money on strawberry seeds. 14th gather materials for the amount of quality sprinklers you need for the seeds. 280 seeds -35 qual sprinklers. ship off valuables. 15 either keep mining or prep farm (hoe, set down sprinklers, etc) make sure youve got one sprinkler dedicated to spring crops 16 the last day you can plant your strawberries and still get two harvests out of them 17 buy spring crops at joja (pierres closed) head into town after 9 am and get cutscene w/ lewis. head to wizard's tower. complete spring foragables, catch all spring fish you need. *mountain lake:* carp, bullhead, largemouth bass, chub *river:* sunfish, catfish when raining, shad when raining, bream after 6 pm. *pier:* sardine and eel when raining after 4 pm rest of spring: fish, finish mines, clear farm, check travelling cart for red cabbage seed every friday and sunday) pick strawberries. complete boiler room community center. set up oak tree farm. 28th: after last strawb harvest, make more quality sprinklers for summer.

Thank you I watched a few "100 days" videos and realised I was consistently far behind and it makes me wanna restart my run over and over

i’ve been playing stardew for about 2 years now but i’ve never felt like i was good at making my first year profitable, so this video was incredibly helpful! your whole channel is very impressive and i’m excited to see you make more videos!

this channel is so underrated, really good content that deserves more recognition, keep it up!

I just LOVED this guide so much! I really dont think i can follow the guide pretty well since its kinda intense and difficult but still got loooooots of tips here and there that will surely help me get better on my saves. Thank you a lot!

Getting that first season off to a good start makes the rest of the game much more enjoyable. The first dozen or so play throughs I always struggled with lack of money or energy. It's guides like yours that helped me get to a point where the game is challenging yet enjoyable. It's with help from people like you that I have been able to continue playing and work my way to completing the game. Thank you.

I literally nearly cried during spring cause I couldn’t get quality sprinklers and I had to water my strawberries everyday with the watering can 😭 This was really helpful though :) ty!!

Honestly did not expect this level of quality, keep up the good work, can't wait for 200 days!

this video is amazing! your 100 days is addicting to watch! keep up the amazing work, dude!

Dude I love your videos. KZfaq suggested your 100 days video and then I decided to watch all of your stuff (I was sad there were only 3). Subscribing, keep up the awesome content!

love the video! this would have been an amazing video to have when i first started playing stardew , cant wait for what’s next!

You severely overestimate my skill in the fishing minigame if you think I can catch enough fish to afford the fiberglass rod by day 3

Found your channel with the 100 days challenge video, very underrated! Waiting for more content from you!!!❤️

00:00 Intro 1:18 Part I - First Half of Spring 6:27 Part II - Second Half of Spring 8:03 Part III - Summer 10:28 Part IV - Fall 12:20 Part V - Winter 13:28 Part VI - Skills

Love Stardew Valley, love your videos, perfekt combo! Keep it up, I hope to see more videos in the future!

Damn dude, already up to 1k in just two weeks! Absolutely loving your videos so far, can’t stop coming back and watching them multiple times

Hey man, love your content and I'm really looking forward to 200 days

I was desorganised but after this guide i have everything planned to do in the next stations thxa lot bro, the best stardew valley guide that i ever saw

Fantastic video, can't wait for the 200 days vid!

Love your content, keep it up!

Amazing content man, Keep up the amazing work!

i love your content! even though i have 2000+ hours in stardew there was plenty of good tips in this video overall and i just cant wat for 200 days! youve earned a sub and i'll definitely be recommending your content to my stardew obsessed friends! ❤️

I love these videos, I've wanted to play stardew valley for five years, but I've just never got it, until now.

Few advices for anyone struggling for Spring - Use Automation Cancelling. Its easy to set up and greatly saves times allowing for more time to forage/clean fibre for seeds. - Get a few practice runs for yourself. You need to feel what works best for you (do you harvest then craft chest, do you plant near the entrance where there is more space or near the water pond (less space but quicker refill) - Understand RNG elements of the game. there will be areas where youre luckier and unluckier than the guide. this isnt a step by step must-adhere-to plan but a general idea of what to do. As with anything in life, its not whether or not things go bad (not according to plan) but what you do to salvage it (e.g. afraid you do not have enough fish? sell foregables/fibre the night before), In my playthrough i got bubbles on Day 3 that lasted for a long time, for anyone that doesn-t know this greatly increases bite rate and I was a few points away from level 5 on day 3.... - understand what brings xp and what doesnt. e.g. dont bother getting rid off branches on your farm... they do not increase foraging level - use Experience Bar Mod to keep track of experiencing progression. Remember that every time you upgrade a skill, the next day you will have full energy. So don-t worry if you go to bed at 1:50 am completely exhausted - if your funds are 0 or very low, consider passing out. You will be able to use those precious extra seconds to fish/farm, wont lose anything if you have been putting items in chests) and wont need to track back. Sometimes those 30 in-game minutes make a lot of difference - some people gave hints of doing Community Requests or befriending Caroline for the extra Gold. Only do this if its on your way, otherwise you are sacrificing valuable time for pocket change early game. Trust me, its not worth to do any quests or side projects in spring. - make sure there is a clear path from farm to all 3 exits (use a wooden path to avoid debris). Do not waste precious minutes removing debris when you should have been mining fishing. Always reach mine by going up instead of right, its quicker - Be aware of what you need to do tomorrow. E.g. if you have little time, and you need to craft a chest tomorrow, hit a tree a few times before going to bed. it may not seem like much but every second counts. - Do not bother meeting anyone. You can talk to everyone on the Egg Festival Day 13 - Note down what can be donated to Community Centre, and keep them in a separate chest to donate on the second half of spring (so that you dont have to waste time later). For example, keep 5 gold parsnips, 1 normal parsnip, 1 potato and 2 cauliflower (you get 9 seeds by donating 5 items to museum, and need to gift 1 to Coraline). Day 1_ Make sure to save some forage for energy. You need to cut 3 trees, clear farm for Parsnips, hoe at least 40 parsnips (if not more) and water them. Dont make the mistake i made by selling all of my forage, buying all parsnips seeds... then only being able to water half of them. If you have any energy left use it to cut down more trees Day 2 _ Mountain lakes provide highest value fish that give most experience. HOWEVER, in this situation bubbles beat everything. If you notice reachable bubbles anywhere on the way to the mountain lake, use them! Since this is very Luck dependent, its more of a "be aware" hint. Sell all fish EoD in your shipping bin Day 3 _ Im not sure why Poxial insisted on selling fish to Willy. Best to have an empty inventory and money received the night earlier in order to potentially collect any additional forage on the way to Willy's. Spend your money on 1 fiber glass rod, 1 trout soup and as many bait as you can with whats left (for reference, the 1 trout soup got me 2.000 g worth of fishing + 1 fishing skill ahead of time) Day 4 _ VITAL. This was not mentioned in the video but the reason you bring your fish on Day 4 and sell only on Day 5 is because you need to select the Fisher Skill to make them worth 25% more first. Selling your fish first and selecting the Skill next wont make the fish 25% more (at least never used to be the case). Don't ruin a perfectly good run with this silly mistake Day 5 _ I recommend taking all normal quality parsnips with you, then selling the remaining ones by the end of the day. Better to have excess, then to have to miss out on a potential ladder cause you were 1 parsnip energy off. you wont be buying anything on this Day anyway, so it doesn't matter when you sell it. Better yet, never sell Parsnips because you'll need them for Mineing and Watering all potatoes in Day 6. Day 6 _ Dont forget to use the SAP collected from Cutting Trees (for wood) to make basic fertilizers to slightly increase the total sell price of potatoes. Also theres no way to get 200 potatoes by day 6, at least not in the newest update. It is literally impossible, 150 max (and even thats pushing it). If you make any money in the next 2 days use it to buy and plant parsnips. this way parsnips and potatoes will be ready to harvest on the same day, and it could be just enough to push you over. to save time, only do this on end of Day 8 (to avoid repeated visits to Pierre) Day 7 _ If you collected coal and Quartz earlier, smelt them into refined quartz whilst fishing. This will help save time later. Day 8 - 11 _ Keep track of each resource needed for the basic sprinklers, as well as how long smelting each resource takes. Use this to plan out your mining. (e.g. if you have a lot of gold bars and you used all your furnaces for more gold bars, use the 5 hrs of smelting to go after Iron Nodes). Do NOT Underestimate these days. Day 13 _ Meet everyone at Egg Festival Day 15 _ Use the day to prepare your farm for strawberries first, then the rest to get resources for Basic Sprinkers. Do not take the risk, especially since you can use the next few days to prepare sprinklers (youll just have to water the strawberries that arent watered by Basic Sprinklers). Also make sure to donate 5 items to Museum and plant your 9 seeds. Day 16 - 28: - If you have best luck - go mining _ aim to reach L120 by end of spring - If you have normal to good luck - go fishing _ aim to catch all needed fish by end of Spring (kill bugs for bug meats, for bait) - If you have horrible luck, clean your farm _ this includes preparing for more basic sprinklers for tons blueberries in Summer Day 23 _ Use any remaining funds to buy and plant parsnips. Its infurirating when you collect your second (last) strawberry harvest and youre literally a few XP from L10 (I was 11 xp from L10.... 11 XP) Summer - make sure to plant mixed seeds first and only buy the remaining summer seeds from Pierre - keep in mind that Blueberry give slightly higher profit end of summer but require more work (like strawberries you will need to harvest them every few days). If you have enough money and plan on using summer in different ways (not farming) consider investing in Starfruit seeds. - You can choose to do as you want but I recommend prioritising as follows: 1) If you havent already, reaching 2 levels with Caroline to get Tea Sapling recipe 2) Fishing for summer fish bundles 3) Mineing for ores for basic sprinklers 4) Setting up farm to cover as much space as possible with sprinklers 5) Upgrading your tools (axe --> pickaxe ---> trash can). You dont need to upgrade watering can since youll be using sprinklers, and only upgrade hoe if youre not using Automation cancelling. 6) Mining Skull Cavern for iridium nodes 7) Coop and Coop upgrade (for bundles and for Giant Omelet quest) 8) Befriending the town, doing quests and completing requests. 9) Barn and Barn upgrades

Enjoying the vid so far, I'm about half way through rn

Respect for this guy (he single handedly crush my weeks of hard work!)

need more videos totally love this channel new fave stardew creator!!

I started watching your videos while recovering from covid, and immediately tried this out for myself once I had the strength to do so. My first run was miserable and I almost resigned myself to not being good enough for this pseudo-minmax approach, but then I also watched FoxyFern’s videos and it helped me get a better run each time. Finally reached 200 potatoes on my latest run and about to go on my grand mining expedition. Thank you for your great guide that has re-ignited my passion for this game.

Definitely learned something new. It's actually my goal on my current farm to be as balanced and efficient as possible in the first year. Just started winter 1 now, I did pretty good but still made a lot of mistakes. I'm now realising how crucial spring 1 is, and getting to floor 80 of the mines quicker! I'll do better next time though, thanks

I find it cute that the video is about SDV and the background music is acnh. These tips are amazing!! Loving your content.

Just Saw This Channel And It Was Not A Disappointment. Keep it Up Man!

This guide helped alot, I always felt like I was doing something wrong and inefficient in the beginning of spring and it demoralized me. I've played up to the morning of day 5 of spring and hit level 5 fishing with lots of fish in stock, lots of iridium fish from getting used to the mini game too! I was fortunate enough to fish up a Neptune's Glaive from a chest so when I do start the mines it will be a bit easier in the beginning!

Great video as always! 💖

Thanks, I had no idea that mining should be on top of my priority for many upgrade and sprinklers, this is so mind opening.

Guide is amazing, keep up the good work!

Just subbed! I love your stardew vids! ❤️

Tip for anyone who's struggling to hit 12k by the 6th: On day 3 instead of fishing at the lake, buy a trout soup from Willy and go catfishing just in front of Leah's cabin. :)

Very nice content! Just started watching, and you’re only at 1.6ksubs. Can’t wait for that to grow enormously. The quality of your videos is really good. Keep it up 😄

This is the most ambitious (if not best) guide I had come across. Still could not nail the spring tho 😭😭😭😭

eee I love your videos!! Can't wait for 200 :3

thanks for this compact quick guide!

The difference between a newcomer/beginner/casual then a normal gamer, and then a stardew valley professional is insane. My guy literally playing through the whole game in one year, then here I'm on fall with a small field, and some animals, and lvl 100 on cavern (nothin else) and then there's my father who really enjoys this game, and he has pretty much the same prograssion as I, but he's in year 2's summer! No matter, really good video. Min-maxing at it's finest

Tip: If you're struggling to level the fishing skill in the first week, buy the training rod from Willy on Day 2. The increased bar makes getting perfect catches (2x bonus experience) easier at the expense of only catching the weakest and cheapest fish. Then switch back to bamboo or upgrade to fiberglass.

Im excited for 200 days, also great guide!

Good shit dude, keep it up! You just helped me a ton with my first year :) You earned yourself a sub!

your content is amazing, cant wait for 200 days

I was thinking about starting a new save and this guide will help me thx for the guide!

I've really been enjoying your videos!

i’m very new to stardew so your channel has been great. your videos are so high quality i didn’t realise you were new to youtube

Honestly im new here didn't know you existed but very glad I do now thanks for the tips vid ill be sure to give it a try and can't wait for 200 days

If you haven't found a copper ore by the end of day 4 you should buy it from the blacksmith so you can smelt on day 5

subscribed 💙 waiting for more helpful contents

waaahh incredible guide tnx bro

I love this video! 😍

enjoying this very much !!

I’ve already got this game mastered, but this is insanely helpful

Woah this was released on my birthday! Cool.

This video is a diamond in the rough for sure! WELL DONE INDEED!

On year 4 of my first play and i think I've learned everything covered in this! glad to know I'm doing something right, lol.

Great guide! I messed up, but I haven't restarted. I used this to help me progress but at my own pace. Thank you ❤ But, the furnace thing messed me up as I hadn't gotten copper ore beforehand so I didn't have the BP.

Great tips! ❤️

Amazing content deserves way more views

Man got more than 400 subs from this video... HAPPY 1K POXIAL! and keep up the good work and keep up the momentum

Can’t wait for the 200 day vid!

I mean I'm not going step by step but this is definitely going to be helping me get year one community center and the further guide of 100% completion

Nice. I'm usually on top of these things, but I haven't played in a year and just started a multiplayer game. I'm still by far the best right now but I needed to refresh myself.

I just finished a Year One on a new start and I was totally going to try and get to end game. Now I want to start again to follow this guide >.< Any chance you are doing a lovely Ginger Island guide? Thanks for this guide and the inspiration :D

What you did 8n the first half of spring, I had to do in the whole season. Can’t believe for fast you are.

Keep up the good work :)

was that a darkkmane sound effect i hear on the intro? youre a real one for that you just earned a sub

dude, your videoes slap. Keep going

I have 798 Hours exactly and still can’t maximise year1 this much lol, Very underated new KZfaqr

Acrobat skill is actually really useful for hammers as the special along with the Enchantment of Artful makes the Hammer Special Cooldown down to massive -75%. Meaning you can pretty much spam it like a regular attack. That being said that's obviously very late game build but I personally found it very fun especially with the Napalm Ring.

Thanks for the tips this was really helpful...

Bro this is so good

I started my year one a week ago (I just got to the end of spring I play causally.)This makes me want to restart

Amazing editing and tips keep it up can’t wait for more xo

Constantly unlucky. Fish take forever to hit, going into the mines only to have to clear out almost every rock to find a ladder to the next level and still only getting two coal. Never finding a upgraded weapon to make combat easier, never getting rainy days early on so you have to spent 75% of your energy watering. You have to have the best luck to pull this exact playthrough off.

Loved the video it really helps me! Any chance you can upload your farm layout please?

phew… way too much stress for one year. this is the content of 3 years :D cheers

This guy is just Underrated.

Achieve your goals and you will be proud of yourself and your work you’re doing great

Wait, I feel like a noob but I didn't know you could place chests and furnaces outside of your farm and in the mine. That will be a gamechanger. I always go for that backpack upgrade in the first week, but that feels totally unnecessary now and frees up so much more for seeds and farming. I like the tip to buy the fiberglass rod at the beginning as well.

very underrated channel

Can’t wait for the 200 days video

I had to slow this down so I could keep up, you're moving really fast 😂

Never watched this my first year and I’m on fall something year 2 yayyyy but I will work on this on my third year or when it hits winter

You made it look easy my farm doesn't look anything like this in winter

I really love this video, even though I repeat the day to get the maximum potential of my time but it's still not even close (I'm playing it at mobile does it have any effect?)

I've recently given the guide a shot and I wasn't even paying attention to the income earned in order to realize there's something kinda luck based when reaching day 6. It is already slightly luck based (you need to forage enough consumables on day 1 to plant and water a field a significant size, and sometimes the game just gives you nothing or daffodils), but day 6 is the kicker. Ignoring how some people have had trouble getting to 12k for the 200 potatoes (you're probably also selling artifacts you catch?), you need to get lucky for the coal needed for the copper bars and scarecrow. My first attempt has resulted in most things going alright (still not near 12k but whatever), but when it came to day 6 I had all the copper I needed plus some, but only two measly pieces of coal. I even dipped into the mines to snatch what coal I could and only game out with one more. The geodes I had provided none, and I was stuck in an inefficient spot. It IS kinda finicky, but I don't think it's impossible. I'll be trying a few times.

I’m an old player on the switch coming back to play after watching your videos. Never made it to year 3 in any of them because I would reply multiple times trying to make each one better with money. I never even knew of ginger island until watching videos 😂 Like the guide and 100 days series, I have been trying multiple times as practice to get better for first half of spring before continuing year 1. The best I’ve got so far was 100 potatoes after pickaxe upgrade and made it to 55 in the mines. Maybe soon I can get the 12k gold day 6 and 80 in mines by day 12 😅

this video is rlly helpful bc i have no idea how to play and im always broke ;; i will start again hehe

One strategy I use is that I take a quick look from time to time in the lake for fish hotspots that pop up. Takes about 10 in game minutes to do, but very much worth it if the hotspot is found. Usually manage to get 160-170 Potatoes by day 6 and then buy about 30-50 kale seeds the next few days to make up for not getting 200. The mine slows me down just a tad bit. I hit level 80 around day 12-13. Can manage to build enough sprinklers for about 75% of my strawberries initially, but then usually am self sustained by day 17-18. A nice mineral farming technique is to hit up floors like 65( take elevator)-60-61 and hope you find ladders really fast or just leave and do the same thing again and again and again. Its way better value than just doing floors 60-61 cause you get an extra floor or as many as you want if you hit the levels with a "5" in them. With this strategy, I managed to kill 500 dust sprites by early summer.

I got the GOLD CLOCK ON MY YEAR 3 FARM because of this!!! THANK YOUUU!!🤗

love it!

I did it on version 1.6 by following just about everything except I DONT water the parsnips the same day I plant them, instead I go get the fishing pole right away and buy the fish soup from willie for +1 fishing, as much bait as I can afford (35 or so) and then I fish until I pass out. You will harvest the parsnips a day late, but it doesnt matter because you still harvest in time to sell them the same day you buy potatoes. I was able to buy 199 potatoes and still keep 20 parsnips for energy.