Easiest way to win Valley Fair?

[WAR DADDY]

Hey Fall will be here soon and ive heard the fair can net me a stardrop, whats the easiest way to win 1st?

[Twizzle]

6 Pumpkins, a flower, a grape and corn should get you second place on the first year, its hard to win first place on the first year, so yh lol. You still get quite a lot of star points then you can just gamble them (green has a higher success rate) at the fair and get 2000 for a stardrop

[timewar]

gold star stuff and variety

[WAR DADDY]

Originally posted by Rizzle:

6 Pumpkins, a flower, a grape and corn should get you second place on the first year, its hard to win first place on the first year, so yh lol. You still get quite a lot of star points then you can just gamble them (green has a higher success rate) at the fair and get 2000 for a stardrop :orb:

Thanks!

[dogg]

I put 3 legendary fish + just about anything else and win every year :)

If I fill with all gold star items (plus the fish), I score 97 and win.

[Dragonofhonor]

Originally posted by Rizzle:

6 Pumpkins, a flower, a grape and corn should get you second place on the first year, its hard to win first place on the first year, so yh lol. You still get quite a lot of star points then you can just gamble them (green has a higher success rate) at the fair and get 2000 for a stardrop :orb:

Not that hard actually. I saved a few gold star crops, caught a few gold star fish, and foraged a few gold star items. 2 gamesplays in the row and I won first place in the first year.

[Abalister]

Originally posted by Dragonofhonor:

Originally posted by Rizzle:

6 Pumpkins, a flower, a grape and corn should get you second place on the first year, its hard to win first place on the first year, so yh lol. You still get quite a lot of star points then you can just gamble them (green has a higher success rate) at the fair and get 2000 for a stardrop :orb:

Not that hard actually. I saved a few gold star crops, caught a few gold star fish, and foraged a few gold star items. 2 gamesplays in the row and I won first place in the first year.

Same here. 1st year is easy. I've always put my highest value item for each category (mineral, forage, fruit, vegetable, artisan good, fish, a no-category one, + 2 extra of any of the categories that are high value). As long as you have variety of categories, you should be fine.

[magical_mage0]

The easiest way to win is by putting out 3 gold star pumpkins, 4 gold star Melons, a Autum's Bounty, and a silver star Fairy Rose. This is how i won my 1st year Fair. I got 97

[cocodojo]

Dammit, and I've always put the lucky purple trunks on full display!

[psychotron666]

I won the first year by just putting as many gold star things I had in , except my fish which I only had silver star, and made sure I had at least one of every category. And I think for a mineral I just used a jade.

[Jraulin]

Hey! To instantly get 750 stars, put Lewis' lucky shorts in the display. That's it.
Then bargain some money in the wheel, until you can buy all the items in the shop!

[abenlen]

I've always had good luck with fairy rose honey and a few gold star items.

[PlatonicTonik]

Look up

https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/4d1ax6/grange_display_demystified/

Shows the point system, it was made before iridium quality so just assume it's the same as gold quality

[Cammerel]

I actually won first place at the fair the first year.

http://hugepenance.tumblr.com/post/163988828298/i-got-first-place-in-the-first-year-and-this-is

[Rogue Summers]

darn it~

I've been putting an iridium bar and a purple slime egg on there all these years..oh well~ let's see if I could score higher than 109 next year then..

[Nakos]

I can usually win the first year. It's just a question of using what you have that has high value, and being as diverse as possible (up to 6, beyond 6 diversity doesn't get you additional points).

A Starfruit is good if you can get one (you can get at least one from Gunther). Mellons and Pumpkins are good, Mellon Jelly is good. A Fairy Rose is good. A Diamond is good.

You can look at the list and adjust based on what you have available:
http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Stardew_Valley_Fair