Keeping crops watered is the bane of a busy farmer’s life inStardew Valley. Balancing energy levels with getting a good profit out of produce sales can be stressful, especially when there are never enough iridium sprinklers to go around. However,there is one late game strategy that would eliminate any headachesover watering cans and sprinklers.
While upgrading the watering can and grinding hours in the Mines for iridium can certainly lead to a better farm layout, there is a way to cover a huge portion of the farm with crops and water them every day without sprinklers or a watering can. With careful planning,collecting lots of materials, and late-game tools,one basic farm could pump out millions in gold per harvest.ThisStardewstrategy is best for very late game farms, as it requires at least level 9 foraging and access to plenty of ancient seeds, truffle oil, and lots of pine tar.
Rain Totems Are A Great Way To Increase Production
How To Obtain Rain Totems In Stardew Valley
Replying to aRedditpost by ddearco showcasing their gigantic farm setup, user ICBPeng1 suggested what might just bethe best way to get the most profit from aStardew Valleyfarm: the Rain Totem. As the name entails, the Rain Totem guarantees that it will rain the day after it is used.Using a Rain Totem every day would eliminate the need for sprinklers or for watering crops by handand could easily allow a mind-boggling harvest throughout Spring, Summer, and Fall.
To use a Rain Totem every day for every growing season, players need 84 hardwood, 84 truffle oil, and 420 pine tars!
To obtain a Rain Totem, players must reach Foraging Level 9 to craft them or find them in Skull Cavern treasure rooms. Once the crafting recipe is unlocked,players will need 1 hardwood, 1 truffle oil, and 5 pine tar to create just one Rain Totem. To cover an entire season with rain, players would need 28 hardwood, 28 truffle oils, and 140 pine tars for crafting.
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Since this is a lot of material, especially with how limited the supply of hardwood can be,it may be more economical to limit the use of Rain Totems to a single season. However, to get the most out of a single crop that conveniently lasts every season (except Winter), it’s best to stock up on Rain Totems.
The Most Profitable Produce To Use With Rain Totems
How Ancient Fruit Can Net Large Profits
To get the most out of the Rain Totem strategy, players would need to plant the most profitable crop in each season. For the absolute most profit through the year,the best produce is the ancient fruit.Ancient fruit seedsneed to be planted in Spring and grow throughout that season. It is then harvestable throughout the Summer and Fall, whicheliminates a lot of work for the rest of the year.
Since it’s only feasible to plant around 500 seeds with fertilizer a day, it would take about four days to plant 2000 ancient fruit seeds. While this number doesn’t cover an entire farm, it does take up about half of the available space of a default map (since space can be limited on theother types of farm maps), which could already be in use by barns, coops, and other seasonal crops.
How Much Money You Can Make Using The Rain Totem Strategy
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It would also be wise to sacrifice some planting space to deluxe scarecrows, as crows will eat into the ancient fruit which in turn eats into the farm profits. The only major drawback is that, if a Junimo Hut is on the farm to harvest produce,the helpful little forests spirits won’t come out to help while it’s raining. By planting 2000 (or more) ancient fruit seeds,the profit from the very first harvest would be roughly 1,100,000gfrom just base quality ancient fruit without the Tiller profession.
If crafting 84 Rain Totems seems like a daunting task, this strategy could also work for just a single season using the best normal crops for each season.
This profit could be dramatically increased by turning the ancient fruit into wine and aging a portion of that wine. If players add fertilizer or deluxe fertilizer when planting the ancient fruit,that profit could be as large as 2,000,000g per harvestfor iridium crops and slightly less for gold and silver quality ancient fruits.
If crafting 84 Rain Totems seems like a daunting task, theStardew ValleyRain Totem strategy could also work for just a single season using the best normal crops for each season. For Spring, strawberries would be best, while blueberries would work for Summer and pumpkins for Fall. Using Speed-Gro instead of deluxe fertilizer would allow for more harvests, especially for strawberries and blueberries.
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Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a charming indie farming scene that took the world by storm. After inheriting a run-down farm from their grandfather, the player moves to Stardew Valley to start a new life away from the city. Grow crops, raise animals, befriend the villagers, and discover the secrets the valley has to offer.
