How many years do you usually play for?

[NBOX21]

I just finished Winter Year 5 with my last save at the beginning of Spring 1 Year 6, and after getting 100% completion on my farm I started to reach the point where I'm feeling a little exhausted from my farm and considering either starting over on a new file or spending more time on my current farm a little longer when I decide to play some more at a later date.

But what about you? How long do you usually spend on a single save before you feel like starting over?

[wilky]

2-3. I've never made it as far as you currently are.

[Nakos]

Honestly, I tend to get bored as soon as I've completed most of the basic upgrades and money is no longer an issue. Winter tends to be a serious struggle for me not to lose interest. Frequently, I get bored and stop playing around Winter Y2 (seldom even making it to Grandpa's evaluation (although I've usually already got a point score to pass it by then).

When I next think about playing, I just start a new farm.

I wish I could manage to push myself to keep playing through the end of at least Y3, but I've usually moved on long before then.

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by wilky:

2-3. I've never made it as far as you currently are.

Fair enough. The game does kind of start to go through the motions a little and feel somewhat automated as you start losing the initial struggles you start with that makes the early-game more fun to play and more interesting of a challenge to go through.

Though under the right circumstances, because of how much freedom you usually have by then, it can be at least fun to mess around with and experiment with the game in ways you couldn't do before if that's the sort of thing you enjoy. There's also not as much punishment for failed experiments late-game compared to the early-game, and any new discoveries you make can also be taken into heart on a fresh new save.

[LilyoftheValley]

Year 6?!?!? How? I am only on year 3, and still have barely gotten anything done. Props to you dude

[Endora]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Honestly, I tend to get bored as soon as I've completed most of the basic upgrades and money is no longer an issue. Winter tends to be a serious struggle for me not to lose interest. Frequently, I get bored and stop playing around Winter Y2 (seldom even making it to Grandpa's evaluation (although I've usually already got a point score to pass it by then).

When I next think about playing, I just start a new farm.

I wish I could manage to push myself to keep playing through the end of at least Y3, but I've usually moved on long before then.

Yeah, the few times I past winter 3 was because I mostly sleep all days. This time I intent to sell all the livestock and let the greenhouse empty, so I can move to the island.

[Avilyn]

My record is sometime into year 7, with my very first character. I've still got that save, although I can't remember the last time I played it. Usually somewhere around year 2 or 3 is my limit, although recently I made it to year 4 with a character that I was striving to hit perfection with. I installed SVE because I heard it adds later game content, but all the changes really didn't mesh well with a game already in progress, so I closed out of that save & started a new game. I'm at the end of summer, year 1 with SVE and finding it interesting so far.

[Maya-Neko]

3-4 years, if i really get invested into a complete playthrough. At that point i've everything done normally except for befriending everyon (last time only around a third were missing, might do it at some point^^)

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by lilypatterson41:

Year 6?!?!? How? I am only on year 3, and still have barely gotten anything done. Props to you dude

A big part of that was thanks to the extra content added with the Ginger Island update and the strive towards 100% completion that came with it.

[76561198946334795]

I have a 10 million dollar Year 7 farm, just about halfway through Winter of Year 7. I also started a new file which is currently on Year 1 Winter. I CANNOT catch the one fish that is standing between me and completing the Community Center. I can't access any of the 1.5 update's new areas like Ginger Island or the new volcano dungeon until I get a catfish. Irony is, that on my Year 1 farm, Linus sends me a CATFISH in the mail on the second day of winter...now why can't he do that in my YEAR 7 FARM!?

[Hiroko]

I've done co-op year 2 summer and solo year 2 winter, and a ton of 1st spring/summer because of mod testing. I'm about to start a modded play with SVE + RSV + ECarp + Automate and hopefully no unforeseen bugs that I missed in testing.

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by animeangel1983:

I also started a new file which is currently on Year 1 Winter. I CANNOT catch the one fish that is standing between me and completing the Community Center. I can't access any of the 1.5 update's new areas like Ginger Island or the new volcano dungeon until I get a catfish. Irony is, that on my Year 1 farm, Linus sends me a CATFISH in the mail on the second day of winter...now why can't he do that in my YEAR 7 FARM!?

You can catch a catfish in the river in town on any day that's raining, so if you're struggling to find it, there's the reason. Try fishing for one the next time it rains. You can also cause it to rain the next day with a Rain Totem[stardewvalleywiki.com] if you can't get it to rain naturally for some reason.

[Spike2197]

15 to 20 years

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by deantrevor922:

15 to 20 years

Even for me, that's a lot! You must really enjoy having all your progress on one farm.

[swimming pigeon]

when i get bored i like to look at the wiki for something to do or i play with a friend or take a break than play latter or in a few days also try to get a few friends in a call and play

[InAnotherCatsle]

My goal is to watch end credits with every spouse, so each of my save files so far has been ~8-9 years. Completing the community center and finishing Ginger Island usually takes around 3 years, but earning that 13 million for the clock and obelisks can be a beast, especially if you have any of the money penalties enabled.

I've also been mixing up what type of farm I go for each playthrough to keep it interesting, rather than just doing the most profitable thing, so some games go slower than others. When I married Maru, I planted her a greenhouse full of strawberries and focused on jams. In other runs I've made coffee plantations or wineries. In my current run, I have a humongous apiary producing flavored honeys.