Getting 1 mil by the end of year 2?

[moreplatesmoredates.com]

I've just finished year 1, and I'm in spring year 2 (the 4th). I have about 10k rn but I want to get 1 mil total earned by the start of year 3 for grandpa's evaluation (If i get 1 mil by then that will be 3 candles straight away). I haven't really expanded the farm yet. I have no animals, preserver jars, or kegs. I started growing 90 rhubarb and 90 cauliflower on the 1st of spring this year since I didn't know about strawberries in year 1 and didn't buy any seeds. So currently I have: 10k gold, 150k total earned, unlocked the desert and skull key, 90 rhubarb and 90 cauliflower planted. I normally go mining for money so I have quite a few mining resources at hand (for sprinklers, kegs and such). So what's the best way to make $ from now on? Thanks :)

[Ekat]

What is your question? Are you worried about Grandpa's Evaluation or do you want to earn money quickly?

[Ekat]

If worried about grandpa, visit this site:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Grandpa#Grandpa.27s_Evaluation

[Ekat]

If worried about money, visit this site:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Gold

[moreplatesmoredates.com]

Both, I'm just looking for good ways to get cash fast.

[Ekat]

Try posting your own thread.

[ɪʀᴏɴʙᴏʟᴛᴀᴄ]

Strawberries in Spring, blueberries in Summer and Cranberries in fall. If you have enough/unlocked the desert buy starfruit, I spent like 200k at the beginning of summer year 2 and got 400k back, repeated with like 400k investment for the second half of summer

[Wai]

It depends a lot on your stats and professions..

For example level 10 foraging with agriculturist and gatherer makes pigs and farming forage a sure fire way to go. But, you really need to have reached level 10 forage before the end of winter year 1 and to have the delux barn ready to for your first pigs in mid-winter so that they will be mature on the first day of spring year 2.

I am sure others have different routed to achieve what you need.

[NotThatHarkness]

I would focus Spring on making as much money as possible through crops, particularly rhubarb since it's more profitable. Don't neglect fishing if you need the money. If you have oak resin make kegs; if not, then start tapping oak trees and make kegs as you obtain oak resin. Also, think about whether you want to use DSG in summer. It's cheaper at the Oasis shop and only sold on Thursdays. Pam doesn't run the bus on the last Thurs of the season (annual checkup at Harvey's), so plan ahead. You can get an extra crop out of starfruit with DSG (and 3 more harvests of hops).

In Summer focus on blueberries and/or starfruit for a cash crop. If you are making kegs then I'd go with starfruit and/or hops instead. If you are going to keg (and I would) stock up on starfruit or hops as much as you can and keg your backlog throughout Fall and Winter.

In Fall go big on cranberries and sell. Cranberry wine isn't worth that much.

Focus on getting the greenhouse up if you haven't already. You can buy starfruit seeds year round and grow year round in the greenhouse. If you don't have the funds for starfruit seeds then maybe put hops in the greenhouse and continually produce pale ale.

In spring year 2 in my current game I spent about 55k in seeds and fertilizer and ended up with about 135k (after a house upgrade and 2 sheds built as well). In summer I'm going to be spending around 200k in seeds and fertilizer total (it's day 4). Half of that is from 192 starfruit over 3 harvests. I'm ramping up kegs as I get oak resin, but that will be slow. I'm not sure how my fall will be. My farm has already earned 960k so I should reach 1 million by the end of summer.

[moreplatesmoredates.com]

Originally posted by TreyNutz:

I would focus Spring on making as much money as possible through crops, particularly rhubarb since it's more profitable. Don't neglect fishing if you need the money. If you have oak resin make kegs; if not, then start tapping oak trees and make kegs as you obtain oak resin. Also, think about whether you want to use DSG in summer. It's cheaper at the Oasis shop and only sold on Thursdays. Pam doesn't run the bus on the last Thurs of the season (annual checkup at Harvey's), so plan ahead. You can get an extra crop out of starfruit with DSG (and 3 more harvests of hops).

In Summer focus on blueberries and/or starfruit for a cash crop. If you are making kegs then I'd go with starfruit and/or hops instead. If you are going to keg (and I would) stock up on starfruit or hops as much as you can and keg your backlog throughout Fall and Winter.

In Fall go big on cranberries and sell. Cranberry wine isn't worth that much.

Focus on getting the greenhouse up if you haven't already. You can buy starfruit seeds year round and grow year round in the greenhouse. If you don't have the funds for starfruit seeds then maybe put hops in the greenhouse and continually produce pale ale.

In spring year 2 in my current game I spent about 55k in seeds and fertilizer and ended up with about 135k (after a house upgrade and 2 sheds built as well). In summer I'm going to be spending around 200k in seeds and fertilizer total (it's day 4). Half of that is from 192 starfruit over 3 harvests. I'm ramping up kegs as I get oak resin, but that will be slow. I'm not sure how my fall will be. My farm has already earned 960k so I should reach 1 million by the end of summer.

So if i use all my crop profit this spring on DSG and starfruit (while making kegs during spring), will that be worthwhile? I'll probs only get like 120 starfruit seeds & DSG.

[Lurker_Chan]

I'd make kegs. I've found my profit margins exploded once I finally started making kegs. Preserve jars I've found are good if you have fruit trees, but most of my profit comes from my ancient fruit winery.

[Lenneth]

I think you can manage more than 120 starfruit seeds, as they only cost 24,000 total. And, if you have Artisan profession,120 starfruit wines will give you 378,000. It will take 13 days to grow, so keep planting them throughout early part of summer. Make tons of kegs and make both starfruit wines and pale ales. Should reach a million in no time.

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by Heisen:

So if i use all my crop profit this spring on DSG and starfruit (while making kegs during spring), will that be worthwhile? I'll probs only get like 120 starfruit seeds & DSG.

Check the wiki:

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Starfruit

Expand the crop growth calendar to see the effects of DSG. You'll want to maximize your crop of starfruit. If you have limited sprinklers and don't want to hand water then spending the 80g per plant to get 3 harvests seems worth it, assuming you have the money to buy 3 harvests of starfruit seeds for the space you are working with.

The DSG is only going to give you additional time for another planting since you need seeds for each crop of starfruit. In other words, unlike hops, DSG won't result in more starfruit directly. In summer you can plant starfruit outside and it sounds like you have virtually the entire farm to plant on. The more I think about it, you might be better off spending the money all on starfruit seeds go for 2 larger crops in summer rather than 3 smaller ones with DSG. I'm not quite sure which approach works out better financially but I think for summer it would be better to invest all the gold in seeds, assuming you have the space and can water everything.

If you look at the crop calendar in the link above you have a 1 day buffer to plant 2 crops of starfruit without DSG. If you use DSG you have to plant on day 1 and you can't miss a day of watering or replanting.

If you get the greenhouse fixed then using the DSG in fall and winter is advantageous since you have limited space.

You'll make substantially more if you can keg all the starfruit.

edit:

I think you can manage more than 120 starfruit seeds, as they only cost 24,000 total.

Starfruit seeds are 400g each, not 200g (that's the seed sell price). So, 120 seeds cost 48k gold.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Make artisan goods basically. Kegs for high value crops, preserve jars for cheaper crops. Plant starfruit/ancient fruit/ in greenhouse, harvest, put into kegs to make wine or rare seed. Hops/wheat also good in kegs. If you have animals you can get money from that as well. Truffle oil is worth a ton. Sell gems and minerals you get from mines for more $$. Not too hard to get the money.

[Tatsuya Hiroki]

Myself i mostly cheesed through with cranberries/blueberries/ easter festival seeds, i jumped from like 3k to 256k gold at the end of the season.

Also make preserved goods/cheese/mayo/wine/everything artisanal you can get your hands on

[Lily]

put hops in kegs and buy pigs