3 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner In Stardew Valley...

[Arcse]

The tool thing is usually found by accident

[meviques]

the pain in your voice whenever you talk about the planting crops thing... very relatable

[sutoroberri]

here's mine:

- cheese can be aged (inside casks)
- honey can be put inside kegs.
- you can plant grass inside the house

[francisharrington]

In addition to holding down right click to plant, you can also hold it down to pet all your animals instead of one at a time.

[SubjctEee]

You can also buy a phone from Robin to check store hours and what people are selling that day :)

[drakomanzx]

If you have the full backpack upgrade press tab to change the spaces slot to the other ones so you no have to press esc to try find other tool in your backpack

[oliverpurple]

If you're lucky enough to come across a rabbits foot, you can trade it for a lucky ring at the trucks driver side window outside of joja mart

[ahmijalza]

when i play for the first time, i thought that you can only put one item in the shipping bin at a time and have to wait for the next day to put another item. i was on then 2nd year summer to realize i can put multiple items.

[Br_AE]

The work bench is so underrated. Literally cannot do a play through without it now

[Pogal]

The calendar is great. If you remember you have one XD

[razlem]

for me, there's actually a button that (1) sorts your inventory and (2) automatically puts all existing items in your inventory that are already placed from ur chest

[starfox]

i thought the upgrade was just breaking things faster i-

[hosannaleupold]

You can use the option of item stowing so you don't accidentally give gifts to the wrong person. I use it religiously

[chancekaufman]

the cooking show is on during a certain day, that way u don’t have to check it every day

[casuallymika]

I suggest everyone look at the furniture Robin sells. The workbench and the phone is pretty cool too ☺️

[torakfett]

Lol yeaaaahh… the tool thing…
The calendar is ridiculously helpful though! I put it right next to my bed so I don’t even have to take an extra step to check it.
The workbench also saved my life in my long play game, I’m often unsure of exact crafting recipes so I’ll throw most crafting items in a few chests and surround a workbench.
So much easier.
I wish the faster planting was available on mobile too.

[RoSoliTaire]

I knew about the tool upgrade because I've been playing harvest moon when I was younger. In fact there are a lot of niches from harvest moon that concernedape kept when developing stardew.

[sonyamcgrath]

The planting crops thing only works if you’re not playing mobile. There’s no other option but to click every square you want planted.

[faithaa]

that laugh at the end when explaining the tool upgrades made my day

[goingeast]

These was more like things I hope I know when I first started harvest moon.

That's why it was nice that some key mechanics are kind of similar to HM in SV making it so natural for me to adapt to the game and focus more on enjoying it rather than learning it for the first few hours