how does the coop work?

[Prince Ian]

can you trade items and help eachother grind?

[Prince Ian]

can you trade or sell items to other players? whats the benefit to playing coop is what i'm asking

[-Na Shagul-]

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

can you trade or sell items to other players? whats the benefit to playing coop is what i'm asking

If you mean like bring things over from their game over to yours then no, everyone comes into your game empty handed and when they leave everything they collected is deposited in a chest. The point of co op is just that, to play cooperatively with friends. There's no "benefit" than that over a regular single player game.

[I Kinda Fail]

Quick summary

Whoever hosts the game "owns" the farm, and the other 1-3 players are your farmhands. You can play the file without them, but they can't play without you. You can't visit other people's farms, you can only play on your farm. You all share a wallet, but have separate tool and backpack upgrades, along with different skills and professions. (For example, one of you can take the crab pot skill tree to make tons of cheap crab pots, and the other can take the fishing sell price increase, and you'll both benefit from sharing.)

[Electro Spaghetti]

Basically, the only real advantage I can think of is effectively being able to do multiple things at once, like someone setting off to the mines early while another person takes care of the crops. Other than increased manpower...well, it fun to play and share the experience with your friends?

[Kiro]

Maintaining the entire farm is pretty hard on your own if you want some free time to explore/mess around/speak to townspeople (before you have enough upgrades for the farm to manage itself). Having a co-op buddy really helps with chores and basically halves the responsibilites. Plus, it's fun.

My boyfriend usually waters the crops and goes mining to collect goodies to sell, whilst I tend to the barn animals and go fishing.