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Choose a farm you will enjoy living on, match its starting supplies to your first-week routine, and check the crops your Community Center bundle actually needs.
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New save? Choose a farm map and a first-week routine that matches its starter items. For Community Center progress, check your actual Spring Crops Bundle slots before planting.
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Pick a map for the routine you want, including Beach watering or Meadowlands animal care.
Read the relevant guideStarting Spring 1?Follow a seven-day route around Willy's letter, Pierre's Wednesday closure and the Spring 5 mine opening.
Read the relevant guideMissing a Spring Crops Bundle item?Check standard versus remixed slots, then enter your Spring day and watering buffer in the planting checker.
Read the relevant guideNeed Spring Foraging items or seeds?Reserve bundle items separately from seed crafting, and check your actual bundle slots.
Read the relevant guideWhen can I upgrade my watering can?Compare tomorrow's rain, indoor crops and Blacksmith availability before handing it in.
Read the relevant guideEnough hay for Winter?Count feeding days, separate silo capacity from actual feed and check each building's bench.
Read the relevant guideNeed five Copper Bars?Separate the Furnace's construction cost from smelting and the tool upgrade payment.
Read the relevant guideHow do mine checkpoints work?Plan the next elevator floor, check your return margin and separate ore goals from floor progress.
Read the relevant guideMissing Crab Pot Bundle items?Compare beach forage, mine crab drops and water-specific crab pots; count distinct items, not duplicates.
Read the relevant guideBats or mushrooms for the cave?Compare your bundle and healing goals before making the permanent choice.
Read the relevant guideWhich fruit goes in the Preserves Jar?Compare the raw alternative, jelly return and waiting time before choosing the next batch.
Read the relevant guideStardew Valley guides
11 articlesA day-by-day Standard Farm first-week plan: starter crops, Willy's invitation, Wednesday shopping limits, the mine opening and recovery when a day goes wrong.
Updated October 24, 2026 · 7 min readCompare all eight farm maps by daily activity, layout cost and irreversible constraints before starting a new save.
Updated September 28, 2026 · 6 min readCheck a standard Spring Crops Bundle planting window with your day, dry-night buffer and saved crops, then follow a sourced four-crop plan.
Updated September 28, 2026 · 5 min readSeparate the forage reserved for the Crafts Room from the four items consumed by Spring Seeds, with a practical search and planting plan.
Updated October 28, 2026 · 6 min readChoose a safe Blacksmith hand-in window, budget copper bars and gold, and distinguish rain-covered outdoor crops from indoor crops.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 6 min readBudget hay for barn and coop animals, separate a full silo from actual feed and plan access to a feeding bench.
Updated November 5, 2026 · 6 min readCount furnace materials separately from five copper smelting batches, then diagnose a furnace that will not start or an upgrade you cannot buy.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 6 min readPlan a five-floor mining block, distinguish a reached elevator from an unfinished descent and reserve time, health and inventory for the return.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 5 min readChoose five distinct Crab Pot Bundle items using beach forage, a possible mine crab drop or an existing pot; distinguish the bundle reward from the Fish Tank reward.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 5 min readCompare an irreversible farm-cave choice against your bundle plan, mushroom supply, collection habits and game version.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 5 min readCompare raw fruit, jelly and wine using a concrete melon and blueberry example, then plan a one-jar queue around actual processing time.
Updated October 29, 2026 · 6 min readCoverage notes
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