stardew valley fair win 1st year

[quandale dingle]

i won the stardew valley my first year with 3 gold star pumpkins, 2 gold star melons, one maple syrup, a diamond, and a blue dwarf scroll :O

[Giblets]

i haven't won that, i had all gold start fruit and veg last time and still came second.

[Castlegate]

Originally posted by Giblets:

i haven't won that, i had all gold start fruit and veg last time and still came second.
:cozyjunimogreen:

Having a variety of item types (vegetables, forage, mining, fish, gemstones, artisan goods) in your display helps because you get points for each category. Having just fruits and veggies means you lose out on the diversity points, even if they are all gold star.

[Giblets]

i failed the first year, and the did have a selection of stuff but it was probably rubbish stuff.
the second year i went with high quality crops and failed.. lol

[quandale dingle]

Originally posted by Giblets:

i failed the first year, and the did have a selection of stuff but it was probably rubbish stuff.
the second year i went with high quality crops and failed.. lol

oh dang i just put random stuff in there and hoped for the best

[ChrillBill]

A blue dwarf scroll? That's astonishing. I usually just load up with a bunch of gold quality pumpkins and then I go for the spinning wheel to earn more tokens. I am not gonna spoil anything, but if you ever get the opportunity, you should try putting Lewis' purple undies on display :D Make sure to speak to Marnie as well.

[esturias]

I also managed to win in year one. It's a pretty boring event, to be honest. There is no way or motivation to improve, you just put in some more or less random high quality things and that's it.

[Huntard]

first year i put some random gold fish and crops with diamond and a salad ( cooked by gus in sallon ) and i win

[quandale dingle]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

A blue dwarf scroll? That's astonishing. I usually just load up with a bunch of gold quality pumpkins and then I go for the spinning wheel to earn more tokens. I am not gonna spoil anything, but if you ever get the opportunity, you should try putting Lewis' purple undies on display :D Make sure to speak to Marnie as well.

lmaooo yuss i want to try that in my next playthrough

[quandale dingle]

Originally posted by esturias:

I also managed to win in year one. It's a pretty boring event, to be honest. There is no way or motivation to improve, you just put in some more or less random high quality things and that's it.

i agree, i wish the events would have a bit more going on

[hallaloth]

I do wonder what the oddest and most eclectic grouping of items would still win 1st in this case. Given how the scoring system for the fair works I wonder how 'cheap' the player could get off with their box.

[Blood Wolf]

My Year one Fair Items are usually:
Prismatic Shard (or Diamond if lacking) - Mineral
Gold Star Pumpkin - Veg
Best Quality Purple Mushroom i saved up - Forage
Iridium Bar (I usually at least manage to scrap up 5 ore by this point from random sources) - Resource
Iridium Fish (I look at my fish tab to see which one sells the most) - Fish
Gold Star Ancient Fruit - Fruit
Gold Star Faire Rose - Flower
Gold star (or basic if i bought off traveling vender cuz lack of animals) L Goat Milk - Animal
Gold star Goat Cheese or most expensive fruit used Wine - Artisan Product
and if i'm missing something here sometimes i'll use the most expensive looking Cooked food for one of the slots.
I have yet to lose a fair across quite a few files (Don't forget to always bet on Green!)

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

I don't think I've ever not won. The trick is not to include duplicates. Nine gold star pumpkins might be worth A LOT of money, but it's a second place score.

I make my grange out of bass (fish), milk (animal), cheese (artisan), melon (fruit), pumpkin (vegetable), diamond (mineral), elixer of life (cooking), purple mushroom (forage). It's not too hard to get at least six plus three duplicates of these in year one, and the largemouth bass you can get in iridium quality fairly easily.

[Giblets]

yes i won this time, also.. i lost on green

[hallaloth]

Originally posted by Giblets:

yes i won this time, also.. i lost on green

it happens occasionally but the creator has gone on record that green has a biased win ratio.

[Blood Wolf]

Originally posted by Giblets:

yes i won this time, also.. i lost on green

Ya sorry i should have specified to always bet Moderately on Green like 200 to 400 coins, it has like a 75/25 win ratio not 100%