"Pro" Stardew Valley Player Ranks The Farms

I wish the farm you choose actually affected where the farm is in the world. Like the beach farm could be directly connected to the beach and the forest. And the hilltop farm could be connected to the path between the current farm area and robin’s house. Maybe the river land farm could be somewhere where you could catch ocean, river, and pond fish?

Came here to say. My first farm was riverland farm. I still play it. I still love it, i think it's super cool and pretty (yeah mainly for aesthetic reasons)! Cant regret my choices!!

First time playing 4 corners … a few days into year one, and a meteorite spawns at that bottom exit. It was brutal 😩

One thing not mentioned for the forest farm is you can use the grassy areas to put buildings and etc on it without having to give up farmable space.

i love the riverland farm, BUT only because i'm bad at planning where I put everything. The default farm is too much space for me with absolutely no separations, and I get overwhelmed trying to plan where everything goes, where paths go, etc. It's like a giant house with no rooms - I like decorating different rooms, but planning where the rooms go isn't my thing. But I love the riverland farm cuz it's like everything is separated into different spaces for me already. The "rooms" are already there, I just need to drop my stuff in it. My farm fits neatly in the middle "island", my trees go to the bottom left, etc. I just like that planning boundaries and separations was already done for me in the riverland farm.

4 corners is my go to. I like the organizational aspect of dividing farm land, hay fields, animals, etc into neatly separated areas without having to lay out very much fencing.

One of my favorite details about the Wilderness Farm's cabin layout is the cactus in front of the window; it's for potential intruders. It's a guard cactus.

I started my first farm on a beach, with zero prior information of the game, I just like the beach. I didn't know anything about the game and tried to learn as I went. Recently decided I would try sprinklers. After making a bunch of sprinklers, I couldn't place them in the sand. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.

I honestly love the Four Corners farm. Sure it's mostly for Co-op, but I use it cause I like a lot of space to decorate and have areas for fish bonds, animals, trees in one area for tappers and whatnot. You can really have fun with it, I certainly am.

Stammered farm is honestly the best farm, there’s no random enemy to kill me after night mining

I like the idea behind the Beach farm and how it shifts the late game playstyle away from crops. Shakes up the formula a little and requires a different kind of plan. Do you go all in on animal/artisan economy? Surround the farm with Crab Pots and Fish the whole day? Create a literal Diamond Farm with Crystalariums? Become French Canadian and establish a Maple Syrup empire? Basically, I see the Beach farm as the meme farm. Do something completely outrageous and somehow make it viable. Heck, you could argue that it encourages players to use Farming Buff foods (to reduce Watering Can energy consumption) which also has the benefit of potential Iridium Quality crops, instead of planting Sprinklers and then forgetting your crops exist until harvest.

I'm also a big fan of sprinklers, but I like the beach farm because it made me adapt. Instead of rushing the mines/skull cavern for sprinklers, I spent forever farming wood and copper and filled the entire beach farm with crab pots. Which was surprisingly effective btw, with mariner and sashimi it made abt 40k every day

I'd like the beach farm if not for the fact that it's not located by the actual beach, so it really takes me out of the experience every time I walk off the farm.

IVE BEEN PLAYING 4 CORNERS FOR 3 DAYS WITH MY FRIEND AND I DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS A QUARRY 💀💀💀

S tier: Forest A tier: Standard, Grandpa's Farm B tier: River, Beach C: Hilltop, Wilderness D: Four Corners (no friends) I'm a fan of no crop selling playthroughs.

Honestly, as someone currently playing the Hilltop, the Standard farm is overpowered with all that space

started a Riverland one, something you didn't mention is that most of the trees fall in the river, and you can't really do anything about it because of the layout of the farm

Forest farm is always my favorite because I just feel like nobody actually NEEDS as much space as the default farm gives you. It's too much, it's overwhelming, and it looks like shit. The forest farm is way more compact and has tons of useable grass tiles that not only make the environment look good even before it’s filled up, they’re perfect places for you to decorate and put your tree farms / buildings on. Plus you get that infinite daily hardwood and forageable spots right outside your front door, which is huge for me since I mostly play for completionism and collecting items. Fiddleheads and morels also spawn there which means you can get em early before accessing the secret woods. I wish it didn't have that huge lake right in the middle but all things considered it's a pretty convenient centerpiece to circle your design around.

I instantly fell in love with the beach farm when it first came out. As someone who doesn't really like planting infinite amounts of crops, but likes to producing animal products; farm animals, so many fish ponds etc. and the beach farm has the space to do those things The beach farm is for me 😘

Honestly, the beach farm can be OP after you get the recipe for deluxe retaining soil. There’s a ton of space for you to plant, and the retaining soil will keep your crops watered pretty much all season after you water once. It takes a bit more set up and a little longer to get the recipe, but functionally gets you to the same place as sprinklers. If you mass produce fiber seeds, you can actually have deluxe retaining soil keep your crops watered all year by planting fiber just before the seasons change. The fiber will “save” the watered status of the soil. Of course, I understand that everyone has their preferred play style. Just saying, many people who consider no sprinklers a deal breaker should try deluxe retaining soil beach farms. It basically gets you the same result, just in a different way with a ton of useable space, convenient ocean fishing, supply crates with really useful drops, and a ton of hardwood available at start.