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13 Things You Can Do During Winter in Stardew Valley



Winter is one of the first big hurdles to overcome for new players. There’s definitely a feeling of missing out if you haven’t completed the Greenhouse, so hopefully this video can help with that a bit! I’ve come up with 13 activities that you can still do even in Winter!

Sections:
0:00 – Intro
0:38 – The Mines
0:56 – The Desert
1:07 – Tree Fertilizer
1:25 – Giving Gifts
1:51 – Winter Foraging Seeds
2:41 – Special Orders
2:58 – Fiber Seeds
3:16 – Artifact Spots
3:39 – Cheating (Clay Farming)
4:36 – Decorate your Farm
4:49 – The Greenhouse
5:23 – Ginger Island
5:36 – Prepare for Spring

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  2. Linkman95 on

    Trees don't grow in winter, but fruit trees do. You can start planting them at the start of winter, and have them ready at the start of next year.

  5. silkyeel on

    Personally I enjoy winter in stardew valley, more than the previous seasons. Main reason being that I can reorganize, take better care if my animals, but also I can go fishing and mining with more focus and calm.
    For me it's the best season to engage in other activities that aren't a routine, and build everything I need, on something near to a blank canvas .

  7. Nick Mozzicato on

    I love the winter. My favorite season. I do find it worthwhile growing forgable seeds your first winter. Forgables are good income, especially at iridium quality. Eventually I begin to stockpile forgable seeds to roll over the season and not lose the dirt.
    Plus keep those kegs, jars and truffle oil makers going all weekend from your other 3 seasons of goods.
    I redesign my farm every winter or every other winter also.

  9. Claire Church on

    I take the time in the winter to go to Skull Caverns. Regardless of luck, I go, gather resources and it’s always fun to get treasure rooms.

    This helps out in spring because after I get my seeds planted, I make more of the processing machines and replant my wood farm. Stocking up on resources during winter really does help since there’s really nothing else to do, so you can stand idly by your furnaces smelting bars.

  10. Mark M on

    Fishing, crab pots, completing quests, building farm buildings, arcade machines to name a few additional activities.

  11. Torch Head on

    I honestly do regret stuff, because on my first playthrough I am doing rn, I forgot to bring in the spring foraging items…. So now I have to wait all the way till spring again. currently Fall 9th.

  12. Hfar on

    Honestly as a semi-Harvest Moon veteran, when I was playing this game and as soon as winter hit I was immediately like "Alright! Time to hit the mines!" Especially since in Magical Melody, you could ONLY access the mines during the winter. So for me I guess my brain always associates Winter with mining in these types of games

  14. 6eid9 on

    winter is the best time to get some things done you were too busy to do like upgrading buildings or other tasks to get perfection like crafting and stuff

  15. Mixx_ on

    In the winter, i redesign my farm.

    I'll tear the whole place down and rebuild it until i find the perfect design…

    I also started modding so i could explore the new stuff too!

  16. Destini Murphy on

    thank you for this! I was thinking about resetting because i'm at the end of fall and havent unlocked the greenhouse, but now i have plenty of ideas to keep me busy through winter… Thanks!

  18. Ravvy on

    It's a game that let's you play at your own pace. You don't need to fear getting anything, or missing stuff. Just have fun with it. There are very few things (and most of them are just collection items that don't help you at all) that you can ACTUALLY lose out on if you progress too far. And I am pretty sure Salmence has a video for those already.👍

  19. Melawyn90 on

    Winter seems to be the most busiest time of year for me. Working on max hearts of friendship with the villagers, planting tons and harvesting winter seeds, collecting lots of fibre with the fibre seeds, rearranging my farm, decorating my house, going deep in skull cavern and collecting tons of iridium, making pale ale, coffee, beer and wine with my kegs, petting my animals and growing my dinosaur coop. I've been experimenting with cooking lately, I keep all normal quality produce that I grow and sell the silver and gold, so I made over a hundred rhubarb pies, glazed yams, pink cakes and fruit salad and sell them

  21. UnappealingAirbender on

    A good one I like to do, if available is "Qi's Crop" due to there being empty fields ready for the seeds – and seed makers are usually about by winter with my games, so it works out if the quest pops up.

  22. Aster Parsic on

    Honestly I love winter in stardew–I have more time to do everything other than farming and I do get slightly tired of planting and harvesting crops so it's nice to have a break

  23. DiamondEmpyrean8273 on

    I can still get animal products in the winter. I fish, fight monsters, go mining, and check on animals.

    Useful tip: On the VERY last day of winter, plant some grass starters. That will grow INSANE patches of grass on the first day of spring. I did this on my "animal yard" to keep my chickens and cows fed when they get out. (put a fence on one of the tiles with grass. That way, the grass can grow, but animals won't eat it.)

  26. zack on

    I actually got a quest on my first week of winter from Pierre asking for 25 gold quality fruit! I know you're referencing a different quest (the 100 crop), but I think its neat this one is still a winter quest

  27. EroticInferno on

    I’m never not excited for winter..? I can catch up on anything I have been putting off, mayonnaise making, decorating, fishing, mines.. there are so many things

  32. Non_Bee_Knees on

    I went ham on the mines and finishing setting up a more efficient layout for my farm, as well as more villager relationships 🙂 it was fun to not have to focus on the plants for a bit

  33. AxeCrazyOrc on

    You didn’t mention that fiber seeds don’t need watering. Plant your wild seeds around your sprinklers, keep the gold ones for gifting, and use the rest for crafting more wild seeds. Then you can use the fiber and wild seeds to make tea saplings to make a heap of money in the “off season” without the greenhouse. Best part is it’s practically automated since you don’t need to manually do anything but harvest the crops and craft the saplings.

  34. slightly offensive dad jokes on

    I've actually always loved winter, and I get pretty annoyed when the community at large poo poos it so hard. I mean, farming is my least favorite skill and mining is my all time favorite, so it's kind of perfect lol. I get to go to the mines everyday and not worry about watering or harvest days or kegs or any other nonsense that comes with farming. and the foragables are crazy better in winter. plus, the game just looks so beautiful 🥺 very glad you made this video, and hopefully turn on more players towards utilizing the winter instead of just doing the bitch move and sleeping through it lol

  35. S on

    Weirdly enough, Winter is my favorite season tied with Fall. Even though theres not much to do farm-wise, you can still earn SO much money by fishing and mining without the added stress of watering/ harvesting crops.

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