What is the point of Duck Feathers?

[bubbagamer]

So we're supposed to believe that Duck Feathers are "rare" or "deluxe" drops from a duck, when it actually seems that Duck Eggs are so much better? A Duck Feather has a base price of 125g, up to 250g if it's iridium quality. A Duck Egg, when made into Duck Mayonnaise, has a base price of 375g. The Rancher profession (chosen when you reach level 5 in the Farming skill) increases the price of a Duck Feather or Duck Mayonnaise to 150g (300g for iridium) and 450g, respectively. If you decided not to go down the Rancher profession skill path and instead chose the Tiller profession (Farming level 5) and then the Artisan profession (level 10) (which I personally think is the most effective skill path for Farming) then your Duck Mayonnaises will sell for 525g each, while your Duck Feathers still only sell for 125g (250g for iridium).

Also, Duck Feathers are rarely a good choice as a gift. Although Harvey likes them and Elliott loves them, all the other villagers are neutral towards them (and Penny dislikes them). Duck Mayonaisse is liked by all of the villagers except for five of them. Heck, even a raw Duck Egg is a liked gift for eleven different villagers.

Finally, if you (for some reason) have ducks but no chickens, you can still use Duck Eggs in place of normal Eggs in recipes where they are needed.

In conclusion, all things considered, by and large, all in all, altogether: Duck Feathers, while rarer than Duck Eggs, are less useful in nearly every way.

(If I'm missing something important, let me know.)

[rad rat ray]

lol there is no such thing as a "duck egg farm" vs a "duck feather farm" you don't choose to get one or the other, the duck feather is literally a deluxe version of the duck egg

it's like saying that a large egg should be worth less than an egg but it's fine because "variety"

you are not choosing duck feathers over duck eggs, it is supposed to be the BETTER VERSION that happens based on how well you take care of your animals and luck

and if you still don't understand then that's okay

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

It is strange. You can't really argue balance, because then you have to take into consideration how much better than Sheep Rabbits are in just about every conceivable way.

[Eneicia]

It would be nice if they could even be used as a decorative item, such as putting it in your hat, on in a scarecrow's hat. I know that's not really a "bonus" but it would still be a use. Or maybe you could upgrade your bed with... I don't know, 100 feathers and 10 cloth and gain 10% base energy or something.

But it is what it is. At least it's a bonus to the eggs, and not something they only drop.

[WaddenSeaSiren]

I feel it could be part of an update to come, where you can dye cloth with the items in the Dye-bundle from the Community Centre.

[Eneicia]

Cthulhe původně napsal:

I feel it could be part of an update to come, where you can dye cloth with the items in the Dye-bundle from the
Community Centre.

That would be cool too.

[^4S^5ou^4L]

Forage allot in the beginning, buy coffee beans (900g)
Go to the mines when luck is really bad kill allot of dust sprites get more beans.
Plant allot of them. Make around 75-80 k per 2 days starting spring year 2.
Just on beans...

[Shakuras]

Though the same thing, so I sold every duck I had and replaced them with chicken once I was done with the friendship & bundle.

If you want to report that kind of wonky thing in the hope of something changing, you're better of posting them on their main forum so it may be read ( and maybe even answered ) than here.

[itsEthan]

The only NON-hypocritical part of below is that you're not trying to fight with a certain individual, you insist on starting a fight with everyone.

Inny【🐭】Nazrin původně napsal:

DonTheDon původně napsal:

Not sure who died and made you Stardew Valley Master Mod but forums are used for this, dont like it stop reading them and acting like you own them. You act like a douche you get treated like one.

You uh. You sure about that? That's what you wanna go with? You're literally arguing a case for someone who posts completely irrelevant things like

rad rat ray původně napsal:

^

Yeah okay. You basically proved my point. Thanks.

bubbagamer původně napsal:

Me: "Did you read the first sentence"

Apparently you didn't. Let me quote it for you just to make super duper sure you dont miss it this time.

Inny【🐭】Nazrin původně napsal:

whats the point of anything except growing starfruit and cranberries over any other crop.

variety

[Milks__]

thought still they are used in the comunity center so if you want to complete it you will have to use the duck feather for the buliten board, dye bundle for emily

[bubbagamer]

jmiw původně napsal:

thought still they are used in the comunity center so if you want to complete it you will have to use the duck feather for the buliten board, dye bundle for emily

Yeah, I already realized that you need one for the community center, but still, that just means you'll only need one Duck Feather in an entire playthrough of the game.

[Fawlow]

You can get a duck feather from the traveling cart too but I never saw it appeared right when I was nearly done so I brought a duck.