Stardew Valley Arklay Farm
Start date: Dec 25, 2024
Farm: Meadowlands
Season: Spring
Community Center: Unfinished
Year: 2
logs:
jan.5.25-wowwwww i've been so busy... making moves.... i got a lot done and its officially spring in year two of my save. in year 1 summer i managed to get to level 100 of the mines and got my first stardrop!
i'm always thinking of him anyway so...
end of fall/winter i was so busy.... i officially got full hearts with my dog, leon(i plan on adopting a black cat and naming it ada) so he's been bringing me lots of bones, clay, and rocks :/ which is like. fine. because i'll need it for crafting eventually.
I'm trying not to panic about how ugly my farm is rn and just focus on getting materials and money so that i can go crazy in like year three maybe. because next i have to focus on getting ginger island/the movie theater in order. also grinding out skull caverns. my least favorite thing.
i'm still fishing like crazy CRAZY in this file. because of that i got my first dino egg! i asked dutch to name him so we named him pinky :3... here he is!
winter, like i said, i was grinding my ass off. mostly doing fishing, because i'm trying not to dip below 20k in savings. i did finish my foraging bundle first like i thought i would. i don't really utilize the quarry like i should but maybe this time i'll do something with it.
i won the ice fishing competition for the first time ever and have not taken that stupid hat off since.
willy looking directly into the camera like it's a threat.
also, pam does not let this shit go. she's constantly bringing up that i beat her. like if i didn't willy would've. like take ur beef elsewhere.
also participated in squidfest! i only caught like 6 but i wore my hat so everyone would know they were amongst a champion.
night market came and went, was really hoping i could avoid paying the 25k bundle for a little while longer and get a sandfish but i had no such luck. the market was actually pretty abysmal. my first playthrough i think i actually got a huge portion of my bundles at this thing. i went to the mermaid show and got my pearl and did some deepsea fishing for some extra coins. i got some blobfish and midnight squids i might put into ponds later.
was it rude or impressive to wear the hat i won by fishing here.
i got haley's heart event. it's really been so hard sticking to my "make krobus your roommate" plan that i set for myself because i just love haley so much. look how cute she is in her winterwear!!
because i couldn't seem to put off the money bundle any longer and i was sitting pretty thanks to all my fishing i went and paid off the final bundle to fix the bus. i also decided to do it because i'd reached the bottom of the mines and thought it might be a good idea to try and start hoarding for my skull caverns adventures because i'm gonna need some stuff from there in order to complete ginger island/the movie theater.
as soon as the bus was ready i went to calico desert and got the sandfish i needed! with the fishing bundle complete now i can pan for ore. (something i never do...)
next was the feast of the winter star, i got caroline as my secret santa or whatever. i kinda lowkey hate that xmas is the default for everything. like i don't care. i almost didn't participate but i remembered you also get a gift so i was like whatever. and went. i had NOTHING caroline loved so i was thinking i was screwed but the traveling cart saved my ass that week and had a fish taco and a truffle so now i also don't have to buy pigs right away... thank u god.
Clint was my secret gifter and at first i was appalled but then i remembered he usually gives mining stuff and got over it. and he came through this year.... very kindly got me an iridum bar!
clint is cool for once... the real winter star miracle
unlocked the sewers after this and ran down to get started on making friends with krobus. I brought him a diamond and bought a void egg so i can hatch a void chicken and start making void mayo for him. it kinda pays for itself if you think about it.
my void chicken hatched and the randomized name that came up was butcho so i kept it LOL... little butcho...
before winter ended i upgraded my hoe to a steel one because i realized that the path i love only the dwarf sells so i'm gonna be tilling in the mines until i find all the dwarf scrolls LOL. only need one more now. i also got my fields in order with some sprinklers for the spring crops i need. i only need 5 gold quality turnips to compelte the farming bundles and i will finally have my greenhouse!! afterward the only bundles i need to complete are the dye bundle and the arcane bundle. so my community center SHOULD be done by fall! unless of course the traveling cart has mercy on me and puts either a pomegranate or a red cabbage in before spring is out. not counting on it LOL
also decided i wanted to focus on building friendships and so i've been gifting like crazy. i got haley's four heart event because she's the only one i've been focusing on now thus far LOL and ughhh i forgor how cute she is!!!! it's really making me want to give up on the roommate plan...
SHE'S SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE UGHHHHHH
forgot how long it takes to get everywhere so i think my next investment is gonna be the horse...
jan.3.25-recently got stardew valley on steam so that means i'm starting over! and sweating my ass off trying to complete the community center... again... i forgot what a slog year one is in this game. but i'm already well on my way!
i've already made really good progress on my community center, in fact, today i completeled the mining section and got the carts fixed so now i can zip through a good section of the valley.
I think the next section I complete will either be the fishing bundles or the foraging bundles. depends on if I catch an eel this fall or if the traveling cart gets me a sandfish(doubt...). so it will likely be the foraging bundles come this winter...
I have been fishing like CRAZY in this file. which is wild because when i first started playing stardew i absolutely hated fishing. it took me so long to complete my community center because i was sooo awful at fishing. i think i ended up buying a majority of the fish i needed to complete the bundles lol... but i'm already like... level 9 on this file and majority of my income is from the fish i sell LOL.