

Make use of Sheds to compartmentalise whilst decluttering the farm.Better still, popping an item on top of the sign means you don’t even have to interact with it to understand its meaning! They even look pretty good too, and should you decide to put a sign on a fish pond, it’ll show you how many fish are in the pond at any one time! It’s at this point, when you’re loading your last save and looking at a farm now completely alien to you, that you’ll learn to appreciate signs. Unfortunately real life, which is often much more annoying than that of Stardew, does sometimes crop up and get in your way, taking up valuable farming time with it’s mundanity and constant requirements. This might seem like a rather trite recommendation, after all it’s your farm and surely you know exactly where everything is, right? We’ve been there, we’ve completely foregone any signage and managed to get away with days and days of play without issue. Signpost a busy farm, using items to quickly indicate the info.Our overall point is that you should place them in areas where you tend to be active, making them a natural stopping off point rather than a time consuming cul-de-sac. In fact, why not place a chest or two outside each building, to be filled with items that relate to that particular place? These can then be returned to, for some down time organisation sessions or even just plundered for items to sell in super quick time.

Oftentimes it’s worth simply dumping parts of your inventory between tasks, so why place them all indoors. No doubt you’re well aware of the value of a Chest, after all they’re the go to way of storing items in Stardew Valley, but we’re frequently surprised by something that players often forget: They can be placed almost anywhere. Use Chests liberally, but position them strategically.Having a good farm layout then, can make a world of difference, so we’ve put together some of our favourite bits of advice, all designed to make your rural life potter along that little bit smoother. There is no real need to rush of course, but with seasons changing and events coming and going, it’s worth occasionally having one eye on the clock. At its base level, the game is centred around getting things done in a single day, and whilst there is a great deal of world out there to explore, a great deal of these things take place on your farm. The difference between a well organised farm and one simply thrown together is remarkable in Stardew Valley.
