/sdvg/ FAQ

FAQ - aka questions you ask every single thread.
~NO-SPOILER SECTION~

>WHAT DO I DO IN THIS GAME?
If you've played Harvest Moon before then you already know because it's pretty much the same with the exception being a simple combat that has been added.
If you haven't, you inherit a farm and do the usual things you do at a farm: grow crops, raise animals, fish,  go through the mine and battle monsters, romance girls in the town and find a wife, process materials to craft more equipment, etc.

>SHOULD I GET THIS GAME?
Why the hell are you asking us? Get a "demo" and see if you like it.

>CAN I PLAY IT ON LINUX?
It seems that you can, here's a guide http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/stardew-valley-on-linux.106833/

>WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN I START?
Do what you've been instructed to, raise crops you get from the mayor. Really early on you can start fishing if you'd like. Go meet everyone in town to get a sense of the layout and where everyone lives and what they do.

>WHERE IS <INSERT LOCATION HERE>?
Go around town and look for yourself, the map isn't huge and you'll be able to see everything yourself + finish that quest where you need to greet everyone.
Or if you're looking for a specific later-game location, go to the spoilers section.
Until you get to a location on the map, the tooltip for it will only show "???" when checked in the game's map. Once you get to it, it'll update along with the working hours if it's a store. If it's a house, it will also list all the residents living there.

>WHERE IS <INSERT PERSON HERE> AT <INSERT TIME OF DAY HERE>?
Go to the wiki, pretty much all the characters have their schedule written there. The wiki's in the OP for a reason.

>WAIFUS?
There are currently 5 bachelorettes and 5 bachelores.
Females: Abigail, Haley, Leah, Maru, Penny.
Males: Alex, Elliott, Harvey, Sam, Sebastian.

>WHICH WAIFU SHOULD I GO FOR?
Fucking decide for yourself. Or go for Sebastian

>WHY DID ALL MY CROPS SUDDENLY DIE
Most crops die at the change of season, so your parsnips died because summer has started and they can't grow during summer. Time to visit the shop and buy new seeds.

>BUT THE EARTHQUAKE KILLED MY CROPS, IT SAID SO WHEN I WOKE UP
No. The earthquake did not kill your crops, it was the season change.

>HOW DO I LEVEL UP MY SKILLS?
Farming - harvesting crops
Mining - mining rocks and ores
Foraging - cutting trees and picking up wild forage
Fishing - fishing and harvesting from crab pots
Combat - killing enemies

>HOW DO I RAISE AFFECTION WITH PEOPLE / GET MORE HEARTS
You can gift things to people 2 times a week. How much affection you gain depends on what you gave them and how much they like it.
Currently, there's 5 levels of liking/disliking an item: Love, like, neutral, dislike, hate.
There are certain universal items for each level which should give the same results regardless of who you give it to, so don't gift some ancient fucking scroll to someone just because they like reading books. They'll hate it and you'll lose affection.

>WHAT DOES MY WAIFU LIKE MOST?
Check the wiki.

>HOW DO I CRAFT THINGS THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY LIST
Crafting recipes can be gained through leveling up a skill and purchasing them at a store.
All recipes for equipment are gained through leveling up a skill, so if you want that mayo machine you better go level up your farming.

>WHAT ARE SCARECROWS FOR?
What do you think? They're used to keep crows away. Put them near your crops or the crows will eat them.
The range of the scarecrow is a RADIUS OF 8 TILES. Picture of the range made by the dev: http://i.imgur.com/ZP9XGNX.png

>WHAT SHOULD I PLANT FOR MAXIMUM MONEY?
If you really want to know, here's a spreadsheet that'll tell you all about the different crops:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RfSAzX_1faWUWPZtcjA4pIE-SdyvZGx706qz7DKZlpE/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0
or
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vyu25eCxzev20Dn0g2DPxx70dvBCDbrhG74uL1RwMnc/edit#gid=0
In short: Spring->cauliflower, Summer->blueberry, Fall->cranberry, Winter->forage from wild winter seeds

>HOW DO I GET BUILDINGS?
Go to Robin's shop.

>HOW DO I GET ANIMALS?
Go to Marnie's shop.

>HOW DO I GET SOME OF THESE GRAYED OUT ANIMALS?
You upgrade your building.
Chickens - Coop
Ducks - Big Coop
Rabbits - Deluxe Coop
Cows - Barn
Goats - Big Barn
Sheeps - Deluxe Barn
Pigs - Deluxe Barn

>HOW DO I GET A HORSE
Build a stable.

>HOW DO I MILK MY COWS OR SHEAR MY SHEEPS?
Go to Marnie's shop and buy the tools

>DO I NEED TO FEED MY PET?
No, they're useless.

>WHAT DO I USE ALL THESE MINERALS FOR?
Some minerals can be used in crafting. Other than that, gems can make a great gift or be sold.
You can also donate the minerals you found for the first time to the museum. I suggest you do that because by donating to the museum you unlock rewards, and most mineral are pretty much useless.

>WHERE DO I GET <INSERT ORE HERE>?
Copper - levels 1+ in the mine
Iron - levels 40+ in the mine
Gold - levels 80+ in the mine
Iridium - check spoiler section

>WHERE DO I GET COAL?
-Buy it at the blacksmith
-Kill the jumping enemies in the mine levels 40+
-Get a charcoal kiln and burn wood
-Find it randomly on the beach

>HOW DO I COOK
You need to upgrade your house. Go to Robin's, upgrade your house and a kitchen will be added where you can cook recipes you've learned.

>WHERE DO I LEARN MORE RECIPES
Watch the cooking channel on TV(not available every day).
Becoming friends with various people will also provide you with new recipes they send you through mail.

>WHAT IS THE SPA FOR?
You can regenerate your energy by going to the spa.

>SHOULD I MAKE LVL 1 SPRINKLERS?
No, the regular sprinklers you first get are mostly not worth it due to the area they cover(4 tiles).
Level up your farming and save the materials until you unlock the quality sprinklers.

>WHAT'S THE RANGE OF SPRINKLERS?
http://i.imgur.com/pCb2rhL.png

>I CHOSE THE WRONG PROFESSION, CAN I CHANGE IT?
Yes.
First, go to %appdata% -> Stardew Valley -> Saves -> enter your profile folder(profilename_number) and backup those files just in case.
Next, open the file that has your character name and some number in it's name with notepad++.
Press CTRL+F, search for "professions" until you find a line that looks like this "<professions><int>7</int></professions>".
Depending on how many professions you already took, there will be several numbers written here inside <int></int> tags.
Those numbers correspond to a specific profession, here's a list of all of them:
Farming
0 = Rancher
1 = Tiller
2 = Coopmaster
3 = Shepherd
4 = Artisan
5 = Agriculturist
Fishing
6 = Fisher
7 = Trapper
8 = Angler
9 = Pirate
10 = Mariner
11 = Luremaster
Foraging
12 = Forester
13 = Gatherer
14 = Lumberjack
15 = Tapper
16 = Botanist
17 = Tracker
Mining
18 = Miner
19 = Geologist
20 = Blacksmith
21 = Prospector
22 = Excavator
23 = Gemologist
Combat
24 = Fighter
25 = Scout
26 = Brute
27 = Defender
28 = Acrobat
29 = Desperado

So, for example if you chose the Agriculturist perk, but wanted the Artisan one instead, change the number 5 to 4.

>IF I GIVE MY TOOL TO BLACKSMITH FOR UPGRADE, WILL I LOSE IT FOR SOME TIME?
Yes, the blacksmith will take your tool for 2 days(the current day + tomorrow, so you can pick it up the day after tomorrow).
Keep this in mind if you're planning to upgrade your watering can. It's recommended to check the weather channel every day until the forecast for the next day is rain. Then, water your crops, take the can to the blacksmith for upgrade. The next day it'll rain and you won't need the watering can. The day after that you can go pick up your watering can and continue to water your crops.

~~~SPOILERS SECTION~~~
If you're a cunt that hates the fun of exploring, this is the section for you

>IF THE EARTHQUAKE DIDN'T KILL MY CROPS, WHAT DID IT DO THEN?
It unlocked a new location north of Robin's house, the railroad and the spa.

>I MISSED THE TRAIN, WHAT DOES IT DO?
Pretty much nothing. If you are present when it's passing, it can drop items such as coal, wood and geodes.
Other than that, it's useless

>WHERE'S LINUS'S BASKET
Go to the bus and head left, there's another screen which leads to the tunnel. The basket is outside the tunnel

>WHERE ARE MAYOR'S PANTS
In Marnie's room.

>WHAT DO THESE STATUES WITH DIFFERENT COLORS DO?
They are warp points you spawn at when you use a warp totem.

>WHAT DO I DO WITH ANCIENT SEED?
The first time you find an ancient seed, you need to donate it to the museum so you can get the recipe for crafting ancient seeds(which are used for planting).
Ancient seeds can grow in any season except winter. You can't eat them or use them in cooking, but you can turn them into wine or jam.
It's recommended that you turn it into wine because that's the most money you can get out of them.
Since the ancient fruit keeps giving fruit after harvesting, it is also recommended that you turn some of the fruits into more seeds so you can plant more of them later on or plant them in the greenhouse.

>WHAT DO I DO WITH THE DINOSAUR EGG?
Put it into the incubator you got from upgrading your coop. You can raise your own dinosaur who will produce more dinosaur eggs.

>WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR?
Community center is used for unlocking new areas/features/buildings/rewards by completing bundles.
Completing a bundle will earn you an instant reward, such as seeds, equipment, food and such. Completing all the bundles in a room(for example, Pantry) will unlock the big reward that's written underneath the bundle screen(in the case of Pantry - "Reward: Greenhouse").

>DO I NEED TO DO THE COMMUNITY CENTER?
If you want all the rewards that it gives, yes. You can also get a Joja membership which will eventually turn the community center into a warehouse and let you buy all those bundle rewards with cash. This of course leads to the bad end.
Completing the community center or going the Joja route progresses the story.

>HOW DEEP DOES THE MINE GO?
The regular mine goes to level 120.
The skull mine goes on forever.

>WHAT DO I DO WITH THE SKULL KEY?
You open the door to the skull mine.

>HOW DO I GET TO THE SKULL MINE?
You fix the bus and go to the Calico Desert.

>HOW DO I FIX THE BUS?
By completing the community center bundles.

>WHERE DO I GET IRIDIUM ORE?
Iridium is rare and can sometimes be found as a mob drop in the regular mine or be mined from an ore deposit(iridium node) in the skull mine.
It can also be obtained from a geode(omni and magma).
The meteorite that drops on your farm drops iridium when mined.

>WHAT ARE THOSE 3 PILLARS IN THE DESERT FOR?
You bring a prismatic shard to the middle and get the Galaxy sword

>WHERE DO I GET A PRISMATIC SHARD?
Drops from iridium nodes, omni geodes and mystic stones