Starting a new farm inStardew Valleycan be pretty stressful for a game that’s all about calm and relaxation, but thankfully, there’s one trick that helps make the first Spring of Year 1 as profitable as possible, andit’s all about strawberry seeds. Keeping a chunk of gold ready for the first festival of the year can helpset up a farm for success throughout the rest of the year. This trick does involve some pre-planning and crop preparation for completing a bundle in the Community Center, but is worth it for the profit-minded farmer.
Strawberries are a unique crop that players first encounter at the Egg Festival on Spring 13. These seeds aren’t purchasable at Pierre’s or at JoJo Mart at any time, which makes them a very limited-time offer beforeplayers unlock the Desert later on. While some inexperienced players may not have much gold left from putting it all into the normal Spring crops, experienced players know to keep a hefty sum around just for Strawberry Seeds.It’s ideal to buy about 20 seeds, so ensure to have at least 2,000gset aside for buying strawberry seeds.
Plant Strawberry Seeds (Almost) Right Away
There’s One Stop Players Will Need To Make First
Since Spring is almost halfway over by the time strawberry seeds are available, it may seem prudent to save your seeds for the start of next Spring. However, leaving the seeds sitting in a chest for almost an entire year is leaving money on the table. To maximize farming profitabilityin the very first year ofStardew Valley, it’s best toplant strawberry seeds as soon as the player exits the Egg Festival, with just one stop beforehand.
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This stop is at the Community Center to finish off the first bundle. The absolute best way to get the most out of the first Spring is tofinish the Community Center Spring crop bundleas soon as possible. If all four of the necessary crops – Parsnip, Green Bean, Cauliflower, and Potato - are planted on Spring 1, then all will be ready by Spring 13.
This is all for theSpring crop bundle reward of 20 Speed-Gro, which players are not able to craft at this early point inStardew Valley. Using Speed-Gro on the strawberry seeds will accelerate growth andallow the crop to produce three harvests instead of just two. This one harvest makes a huge difference in the early stages of the game, as making money can be a struggle with mostly parsnips and meager fishing available, thoughfishing can be very profitable with the right tricks.
Be sure to beeline straight to the Community Center tofinish the Spring crop bundle as soon as the festival is over, which may be slightly hectic since it’ll already be 10PM. To alleviate some of this stress, players should till and water the area for planting before heading to the festival. Once the Spring crop bundle is complete, all that’s left to do isuse the Speed-Gro and plant some strawberries!
Save The Strawberries For Later
Seeds and Gifts Make Strawberries Useful All Year Long
With three full harvests of strawberries,the farm should be flush with cash for the fruitful seasons ahead. However, it’s important not to sell or use all the harvested strawberries right away as they can beeven more useful for future gameplay. Some of the lower quality strawberries should be kept aside for the seed maker, as players will want to be able toplant even more strawberry plants at the beginning of Spring Year 2.
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For more patient players, some of the strawberry harvest can be saved to make different artisan products. While the keg may not be easily accessible for very early game, the preserves jar can turn strawberries into jam, whichgreatly increases profit as strawberry jam sells for 290g.
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Another important use for extra strawberries is for gifting.Both Maru and Demetrius love strawberries and have birthdays in Summer, which makes the little berry an easy gift for both of them. Ideally set aside two gold quality strawberries for this purpose, since the quality of a gift does impact how many friendship points are gained. Ten otherStardew Valleycharacters also like strawberries, including Elliot, Shane, Leah, Harvey, Sandy, Jodi, Kent, Linus, Robin, and Pam.
