Energy Bar Stupidity... >:(

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

Anyone know how to permanently infinitize the energy bar? It's incredibly annoying being able to use 5 minutes of my total day after clearing 20 items off my field of 10000 items and then have no energy so I have to waste a day by sleeping again at 11 am. Please let me know if there is any way to basically turn off/delete the energy bar. Thanks!

Read a lot of junk that says eat star drops and stock up on food to manage this but you get none of that from the beginning of the game. In the first days of first spring there is virtually no way to manage the energy bar and it runs out VERY fast. I respect others' desire to play their way but I HATE the energy bar and it makes no sense to me.

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

You can use a mod to give yourself unlimited energy. CJB Cheats will let you do that. Be warned there are a lot of cheat-y options with it so if you can't control yourself and start enabling everything, you lose the charm of the game.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/4

However, I found that made the game absolutely boring.



Personally, I use "No More Accidental Exhaustion. It stops you from getting exhausted, which causes you to wake up with 50% energy the next day.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5113



You can increase your max energy with Stardrops as well as decrease energy loss from using tools by upgrading your tools and leveling the professions tied to them:

Mining - Pickaxe
Foraging - Axe
Farming - Hoe and Watering Can
Fishing - Fishing Rod

You can regenerate Stamina by using the Bathhouse at the Railroad or by eating some of the forage you gather in the woods. There is plenty of stuff to gather to eat early on. Even more when Salmon Berries start spawning.


There is also a mod called "Health and Stamina Regeneration" which has youtr Health and Stamina regenerate on the fly if you take a break.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/3207

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

"However, I found that made the game absolutely boring."

Why is being exhausted and not being able to continue with your day by 11 am fun?

There are plenty of IRL farmers that work 12 hour days 6 days a week and have plenty of energy to do so, so, where this energy system comes from I am not sure. I've always played this game with unlimited energy until the keep depricating the ability to activate it.

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

Publicado originalmente por CaliforniaGamin'Ry:

"However, I found that made the game absolutely boring."

Why is being exhausted and not being able to continue with your day by 11 am fun?

Because you can manage your stamina from day one by eating food you forage. The game is meant to have you slowly build up a farm, not get it all cleared out and ready for major harvests in a couple of days.

Personal preference but I'm just cautioning you to be wary disabling it. You'll find yourself sitting around with nothing to do when you can get everything done at once.

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

Publicado originalmente por Jonathan J. O'Neill:

Publicado originalmente por CaliforniaGamin'Ry:

"However, I found that made the game absolutely boring."

Why is being exhausted and not being able to continue with your day by 11 am fun?

Because you can manage your stamina from day one by eating food you forage. The game is meant to have you slowly build up a farm, not get it all cleared out and ready for major harvests in a couple of days.

I mean that basically negates the concept of hard work. No thanks for me. I've been playing with unlimited energy through the whole game with WeMod already but that seems to not be working suddenly. I have never once ran out of things to do in the game. Fishing, mining, both things you can do forever.

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

I'm not sure why you're arguing it. I gave you three of four options and just gave you a friendly word of caution in case you didn't know that it can lead to boredom if you're not careful.

I'm not trying to change the way you play or anything.

[DeadIsland2Veteran]

Well thank you for the assist let's just leave it at that :)

[Drunken Kang]

you can eat stardrop to maximize it

[JuX]

There is nothing stupid about the energy bar. What you need to be doing is managing your activities properly and not play the game like lumberjack simulator.

[Hina]

If you go to the area below Leah's house, and close to the beach there should be some wild leeks or something you can harvest. If your energy is a bit low you can always by a jpja cola which is only 75 gold or actually go foraging in the mountains near robins or in cindersap woods (area to the south of your farm).

[SirSanjiSlacks]

Play with your friend(s)? It makes it easier when there are multiple people to do things (+ being more fun). Otherwise salmon/black/blueberries are always amazing for ez energy recovery, and you can also use whatever you scavenge from the garbage bins to use as food while you clear your farm/mine/quarry.

[thelefthorse]

Publicado originalmente por CaliforniaGamin'Ry:

Publicado originalmente por Jonathan J. O'Neill:

Because you can manage your stamina from day one by eating food you forage. The game is meant to have you slowly build up a farm, not get it all cleared out and ready for major harvests in a couple of days.

I mean that basically negates the concept of hard work. No thanks for me. I've been playing with unlimited energy through the whole game with WeMod already but that seems to not be working suddenly. I have never once ran out of things to do in the game. Fishing, mining, both things you can do forever.

As for your mod not working, there are a half dozen mods on Nexus that will give you what you're looking for.

Another suggestion, if you're willing to use mods to begin with, instead of giving yourself unlimited energy, try one of the mods that adds a spa/fairy spring or whatever on your farm. It takes a little time, so there's a trade-off for using it instead of eating food, but early game it really does help. There are ones that add a bath to your house, as well, so you can jump in there and refill your energy as well.

By the end of the first Spring, however, managing your energy ceases to be a problem, so you will get through that phase fairly quickly either way.

[Nikke]

Energy management is a joke, it's never been a problem. Food is everywhere and it gives a ton of energy.

I don't even understand how it could pose a problem.

[Balefire]

Just go fishing when your bar is in the orange. Eat what you catch to keep energy up, and you should still come out in the positive with fish to sell by the end of the day, plus it levels up your fishing skill to catch better fish. I leave all my tools at home and go with just the rod and an empty inventory early on before buying the backpack. Another idea, if you have made it to level 45 or 55 in the mines, go in the elevator and hunt the little black fuzzballs that drop coal when you kill them. It doesn't take energy to swing your sword.

I like the fact that at the beginning of the game you have little energy and everything seems difficult. It is realistic for someone who has been at a desk job and never worked outside to struggle at first with getting through basic chores. Have you ever chopped wood for more than an hour? Or dug rocks out of your garden to clear the soil? It is hard work, and while an accomplished farmer will know all the tricks and techniques to do it with as little energy as possible, and have built up their stamina to be able to do so for long periods, a novice coming straight from a desk job in the city to a run-down plot of land, with no one to teach them, would not. Just enjoy the immersion and imagine your character saying to him/herself, "man, I can't wait until I get better at this so I don't feel exhausted by noon, I'd better take a break and go fishing so I don't throw my back out."



Or,
yeah,
just use cheats, or a save file editor to edit in a bunch of stardrops or something.

[Mize]

well, energy gives u challenge, ive played the game from the start multiple times and i usually finished working my farm with half my energy, i still make good money from fishing, and foraging. although in the endgame u can have sprinklers that makes u dont need to have lots of energy unless mining

[pcdeltalink]

Yeah you're supposed to slowly work your way up to doing more tasks each day. Leave your farm uncleared except for the immediate area you're growing crops in then just at the end of each day cut down 1 tree or something like that. You'll slowly clear land over time.

Another tip I've been using to great effect now early game is buying salad from the saloon. For a fairly low cost of 220g you get a food that gives 113 energy so basically max in early game. This will let you do a lot more each day and once you really get going on some fishing you'll be making enough gold per day to always have a few of those with you. Boom, energy problem solved.