Desert Festival

[FXKLM]

The three-day Desert Festival overlaps with salmonberry season in the spring. Why?!? Having to choose only one is so painful.

[Maya-Neko]

There's no bus in the first year for most players, so no need to decide between it there. And in any subsequent year i would say, that the salmonberry isn't really worth spending the whole day anyway, so might be worth spending the first like 4 hours of the day farming a bit and then take the bus, if you still want some of them for whatever reason.

As for why? Because they're the only days in spring, that have 3 days in a row without a birthday, without another festival right before and after it and without blocking the first day of the month.

[Coffee Addict]

the desert festival isnt all that great

[Snowy Sprout]

What's great about the desert festival is the early access to Skull Cavern. You can rack up a lot of xp and possibly score some iridium if you're very good, way before you'd have access to it from regular mining to the bottom of the mines.

It's not easy to get access to the bus and festival in the first year, but it is possible.

[Deffy]

Originally posted by Niki Lauda:

the desert festival isnt all that great

You get a free magic rock candy, I would say it's worth it.

[Crater]

Originally posted by Deffy:

Originally posted by Niki Lauda:

the desert festival isnt all that great

You get a free magic rock candy, I would say it's worth it.

Are you referring to Jas or the desert festival vendor?

Originally posted by FXKLM:

The three-day Desert Festival overlaps with salmonberry season in the spring. Why?!? Having to choose only one is so painful.

Salmonberries in the long run are useless. You sound like you're very new to the game. If so you should disregard the festival for year 1.

[Crater]

Originally posted by Snowy Sprout:

What's great about the desert festival is the early access to Skull Cavern. You can rack up a lot of xp and possibly score some iridium if you're very good, way before you'd have access to it from regular mining to the bottom of the mines.

It's not easy to get access to the bus and festival in the first year, but it is possible.

Your wording suggests that the desert festival is the thing that gets you early access to SC. Am I reading this right? You're saying the desert festival gets you early SC?

[FXKLM]

Originally posted by Tabasco:

Salmonberries in the long run are useless. You sound like you're very new to the game. If so you should disregard the festival for year 1.

Picking up salmonberries to sell is not a great use of time. But I like picking up hundreds of salmonberries so I can have a convenient supply of healing items in a single item stack. If I can pick up 400-500 iridium quality salmonberries in a season, then I have a basically inexhaustible supply of healing for the rest of the year.

By the time I get to year 2, my farm is pretty self-sufficient. I'm well on my way to being able to afford the obelisks, and I already have all of the ores I'll ever need. I'm really just waiting for red cabbage seeds to be available (bad luck with buying then from the travelling merchant this time). So I have time to spare most days. i really just want a big stack of salmonberries.

[Coffee Addict]

salmonberries is a good way to make cheap wine, good for selling for a quick profit or gifting to leah

[TamanduaGirl]

Originally posted by Tabasco:

Originally posted by Snowy Sprout:

What's great about the desert festival is the early access to Skull Cavern. You can rack up a lot of xp and possibly score some iridium if you're very good, way before you'd have access to it from regular mining to the bottom of the mines.

It's not easy to get access to the bus and festival in the first year, but it is possible.

Your wording suggests that the desert festival is the thing that gets you early access to SC. Am I reading this right? You're saying the desert festival gets you early SC?

You can go in skull caverns as part of the festival.

[Crater]

Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:

Originally posted by Tabasco:

Your wording suggests that the desert festival is the thing that gets you early access to SC. Am I reading this right? You're saying the desert festival gets you early SC?

You can go in skull caverns as part of the festival.

Ah I see it unlocks the door itself... interesting. I wouldn't have guessed that. On my save I made it to the festival with the key, but I see now in the wiki it specifies this.

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:

Originally posted by Tabasco:

Your wording suggests that the desert festival is the thing that gets you early access to SC. Am I reading this right? You're saying the desert festival gets you early SC?

You can go in skull caverns as part of the festival.

You don't even need the skull key that you get from reaching the bottom of the mines? And here I was thinking that Marlon's challenges would only be available to the more experienced adventurers that have proved themselves worthy.

Although, it's not like it matters much for me as I always reach floor 120 before the end of Year 1 anyway.