A Complete Guide for your First Winter - Stardew Valley

Finally, it's time to finish off our year with the Winter guide! Despite what the game may tell you, there's still tons of things to do in Winter, including farming!

Sections:
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Farming
2:31 - Animals
3:23 - Foraging
5:33 - Fishing
6:46 - Mining and Combat
7:55 - Seasonal Events
10:56 - Bundles
11:37 - He
12:52 - Community Center Rewards
17:28 - Outro

Social Media:

[internetcringe]

im on my first playthrough and on the last day of fall and was wondering what to do for the winter, this video helped me realize i did nothing and my farm is doomed

[offlinelavendr]

Remember you can always follow this guide through year 2 and that theres no extra rewards for finishing community center in year 1

[zhart]

Doing my first winter now and I'm 3 minutes into this video and I'm not convinced we're playing the same game lol

[gamewrit]

11:37 "Now, the killer." *dramatic music, flames, red cabbage LOL

[BoopSnoot]

Wow!!! Just started playing a couple months ago and had NO IDEA it had so many amazing features. I'm so glad I randomly bought this game I am in love with it. It's endless!

[gamewrit]

13:47 Take a fishing pole with the talisman to the witch's swamp: There's a 25% chance to fish void mayo out of the water, and you can hand it to the Henchman right away.

[Onesteve]

2 things that aren't covered in this guide (might be because of it being an older build?)
1. The traveling merchant sells the Nautilus Shell during spring. It's RNG, just like the Red cabbage seeds, but it makes it possible to finish that bundle before winter.
2. To get past the goblin in the witches cavern, you don't need to get a void chicken, you can just fish in the water next to him. Void mayonnaise is one of the "fish" available in these waters.

[ninjacrumbs]

Bonus tip: if you touch the Reaper after obtaining the golden scythe you a warped back to the entrance!

[babbygreengirl]

This is my first year and I've been trying to find tips but also not spoil things. That being said, this is my first of your videos and I've done none if the things you said to do 😂 welp. I have no coop, no greenhouse, small barn, just completed the mine, etc pray for me yall

[raileylewis]

you are the only person whose stardew playthroughs i can sit through and they honestly make my days a lot better when i can watch them bc i can learn about a game i love without having to worry abt my own play through

[VampguyN]

Iridium sprinklers winter year 1 is crazy. I got them year 3 after the statue from Grandpa. Mining iridium was over my head grindy. And I completed the mines winter year 2 and fishing. Didn't attempt the skull cavern once until year 3. And got the greenhouse by fall year 2.
I neglected fishing yesr 1, so I caught up in winter on skillups.

[JoshuaRWorkman]

A bit of an advanced tip for anyone new to the game watching this video, but when growing the Winter Seeds into the foraging items, I like to keep some Crystal Fruit and if I have the kegs for it to make wine out of them. They don't sell for as much as Ancient Fruit Wine or Star Fruit Wine, but Crystal Fruit Wine does sell for more than Crystal Fruit, which will boost your profits for winter. You may not have a lot of Ancient Fruit or Star Fruit in your greenhouse at the start of winter, if you have the greenhouse unlocked at all, but you will have an entire season to forage and turn those items into seeds to plant. If you keep making seeds after picking them, you can turn a quick profit selling what remains in addition to growing more as the season goes on. The more you grow, the more Crystal Fruit you have the potential to get, and the more Crystal Fruit you have after harvest, the more kegs you can fill up to make wine if you have kegs but don't have Ancient Fruit or Star Fruit. But first, you need to get to winter and have a high enough farming skill to have unlocked kegs in the first place.

[DrCrazyEvil]

On my first year of fall, didn't finish the green house but this is my first playthrough so I'm just enjoying the ride, but sadden that I won't have much of an option when winter hits, also hoping to get some animals soon, finished the mines though.

[MrConor]

Started watching your channel about a week ago and I have no idea how you haven't been getting way more views than you have. You have great content and are now my go to channel for stardew. Keep it up bud, you'll get there

[previously]

also for the goblin, you can actually fish up a void mayo from the witches swamp if you don't want to buy from Krobus

[msbumbleb]

For the silver quality wine. On ginger island, when gus is there, you can buy gold quality mango wine from him. That works for the movie theater bundle too

[ArcoProvisions]

Demetrius sends you a nautilus shell in the mail if you’re good enough friends. The traveling merchant sells rabbits foot if you’re lucky, eliminating the need for a Deluxe coop in year 1.

[emilybelisle]

Just a small note, once you grab the golden scythe you can click the statue again to warp out.

[j_e_z_]

Your guides saved me and my husband so much time. Thank you for this quality content!

[Love]

are people really this advanced their first play through in the first year? 😳😬