How much gold have you been able to earn in your first year?

[NBOX21]

From the creation of a new save file to the moment you wake up at 6:00 am on the first day of Spring Year 2, how much gold have you been able to make overall during that time? I'm not just talking about the amount of gold you have in your wallet, but your total earnings which includes all money spent.

I think this would also be a great way for the community to share some tips on how to make a lot of gold quickly during the early game.

[Maya-Neko]

Hard to tell, since i'm never really paying attention, but i would guess something between 400-600k

[CalhounMKZ]

My best first year was somewhere around 1.4 Million. But that was a hard grind to do that. We are talking around 200 blueberries that summer without sprinklers.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

But that was a hard grind to do that. We are talking around 200 blueberries that summer without sprinklers.

200 sounds like the watering can wasn't even upgraded yet. With an iron watering the same amount of effort can easily cover like 600-750 crops, though upgrading to sprinklers can take some time when there's not that much rain^^.

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

My best first year was somewhere around 1.4 Million.

1.4 Million?! That's just over twice as much as I was able to achieve in my most recent playthrough.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378967974

[nanami]

mostly not talking to people just working on mining, farming, and forage i can end up with 100 quality sprinklers by summer in first year if i make enough from all the gems i got in the mine can start that summer with 800 blueberries. could go with wheat for any shortage of gold then switch to melons as i go along. have to start on making lightning rods at the start of summer to protect them when i get them thunder storms. after that i make seed makers to ripe apart them blueberries for ancient seeds to fill my greenhouse

[Psycho]

I'm on summer day 26 in the first year and I have around 88,000 total gold earned

edit: wow i thought i was doing good until i read the other replies in this thread

[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by Psycho:

I'm on summer day 26 in the first year and I have around 88,000 total gold earned

edit: wow i thought i was doing good until i read the other replies in this thread

You are doing good for the amount of playtime you have. My 1.4M was absolutely nuts. I haven't figured out how some players push past that to have Perfection in under 2 years without ruining the chill aspect of the game.

[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by NBOX21:

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

My best first year was somewhere around 1.4 Million.

1.4 Million?! That's just over twice as much as I was able to achieve in my most recent playthrough. :espresso:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378967974

That's around what I get on a chill run these days. My 1.4M isn't even that high when you consider some players have the Golden Clock by the end of the first year.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

Originally posted by Psycho:

I'm on summer day 26 in the first year and I have around 88,000 total gold earned

edit: wow i thought i was doing good until i read the other replies in this thread

You are doing good for the amount of playtime you have. My 1.4M was absolutely nuts. I haven't figured out how some players push past that to have Perfection in under 2 years without ruining the chill aspect of the game.

oh ok cool, thank you. yea i have 100 something hours play time but I've started so many new saves that I haven't got past year 1 yet

also I'm on meadowlands farm so i guess it's not the best for making millions, but i still like it

[CalhounMKZ]

Originally posted by Psycho:

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

You are doing good for the amount of playtime you have. My 1.4M was absolutely nuts. I haven't figured out how some players push past that to have Perfection in under 2 years without ruining the chill aspect of the game.

oh ok cool, thank you. yea i have 100 something hours play time but I've started so many new saves that I haven't got past year 1 yet

also I'm on meadowlands farm so i guess it's not the best for making millions, but i still like it

You really should push to the end of year 2 just to get Grandpa's shrine rating and to see just how much the first years build up matters to the following years.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by CalhounMKZ:

Originally posted by Psycho:

oh ok cool, thank you. yea i have 100 something hours play time but I've started so many new saves that I haven't got past year 1 yet

also I'm on meadowlands farm so i guess it's not the best for making millions, but i still like it

You really should push to the end of year 2 just to get Grandpa's shrine rating and to see just how much the first years build up matters to the following years.

Thanks, I'll look forward to that. I'm planning on sticking with this current save i'm on

[Lex]

I am the gold

[red255]

On my most recent playthru I was doing 25% profit margins and using dehydrators on blueberries and cranberries for most of year 1.

Year 1 isn't really about massive earnings. year 1 is about prep for year 2, unlocking the greenhouse and ginger island. getting skills to 10 and getting masteries.

the amount of money I made on dehydrated blueberries and cranberries was about 5k a day and 7k respectively at 25% profit margins.

the amount probably would have been pretty hefty, I also did a harvest of winter seeds in winter

but as for what the actual totals were? I dunno, I got all my tools to gold, the pack upgraded, the barn and coop to level 3, and the house got its expensive upgrades.

I slowly ancient fruited my greenhouse in year 2. and spread it to ginger island. So Ginger island started and I got dunno 116 ancient fruit in the greenhouse with 18 pomegrante trees, which I fertilized the ancient fruit so its iridium and gold, and the rest I grind into seeds.

another couple hundred in Ginger island which I also managed to fertilize, needed to plant some hardwood trees and tap them for sap.

and some more in the main field which I haven't had enough sap for come summer of year 3.

I filled my house with garden pots and pineapple seeds. I use the gold pineapples for energy and dehydrate the rest.

I had enough money for the desert warp and the ginger island warp Things seem mostly OK now

but I went pretty hard on dehydrated fruit.

I also made some fish ponds with lava eels this time. they make an OK amount of money.

[BahamaLlama]

For the record, I have WAY too many hours in this game and I love to min/max as best as possible. Most of my runs don't JUST focus on making gold, it also focuses on getting a few relationships up, getting married (And hitting 14 hearts), catching all possible fish (Except Legend and the 3 off of the Island unless I'm lucky with CC), having the CC finished within the first year (Or latest Day 1 Spring Y2 due to Truffles) and trying to get all skills to max level (So I can start working towards masteries). So, I pretty much min/max most of my days and work out what needs to be done the next day.

My current highest is the world I've recently started (Decided to go for 999 of "most" items, so, gonna be a long one!), and by the end of year 1 I had earned 1.97mil.

The start of my runs are always the same, plant my parsnips, get enough wood for 2 chests and then go round and forage for things. I sell everything but 1 of each forage for some extra cash.
Day 2 - Try to get to fishing level 2 before 5pm and have around 2.3-.2.5k made for the new rod and enough bait (Hope I also get lucky with treasures). Fish until I collapse and I either hit level 4 fishing, or close to level 4.
Day 3 - Fish just below Jodie's house with a chest to catch Catfish and other fish. Apart from making the money for the rod in 2 day, I don't sell any fish if possible. By the end of day 3 I like having level 5 fishing (Close to 6), and have sold enough treasures/random things to hit 2k for the backpack upgrade. I also save all of the Smallmouth Bass for food on the farm.

Day 4 - Sell all the fish I've caught so far, except the Smallmouth, Farm enough wood for another chest, buy the backpack, then fish in the mountain lake until I collapse. Save all of the Chubs I catch to eat for the mines and try to reach just below level 7 fishing (I have UIInfoSuite mod on, so I see exp bars and stuff).

Day 5 - Get down to floor 20 as fast as possible, farm enough copper for 5 bars and then try to make as many furnances as possible. I usually try to aim for between 5-8, but, it depends on how lucky I get really. I do this till around 12am then run home, as I don't want to lose the money from what I sold (You could go till you collapse by selling everything this morning instead, but, I sell both mornings for convenience xD).

Day 6 - Clear out a decent sized chunk near the house (Enough space for 240 crops), put my pick in to upgrade, but 240 potatoes (Yes, watering them is a pain, but, this let's me hit level 6 farming by the Egg Festival), then spend the rest of the money I have on Salads (Usually around 20 if I got lucky with fishing).

Day 7 - Fishing in the mountain lake again, keeping all the chubs and fishing till I collapse again (Should hit fishing 7 here so I don't get the energy depletion).

Day 8-12 - Get down to floor 80 either by the 9th or 10th and farm enough Iron, Gold and Quartz for at LEAST 36 Quality Sprinklers (I try to aim for 41. 30 for the main crops, 6 for the bundle stuff, 5 for the 30 Spring seeds you get). I sell all gems I get except for the ones I need to instantly complete the minecarts, Quartz/Fire Quartz and Earth Crystals (For mayo machines).

Day 12 I harvest the 240 potatoes, which get's me to level 6 farming and makes me enough for 240 Strawberries, then I farm whatever I have left to get in the mines (Usually Gold or Iron).

[BahamaLlama]

On day 13 I get my 240 Strawberries. By the start of Summer I increase the main crops from 30 sprinklers to 40 sprinklers (320 crops). By the start of Fall I double that to 80 Sprinklers (640 Crops) whilst I also slowly increase the amount of Summer/Fall seeds I plant as well (To sell off for extra income) and in Winter I normally have 30+ Iridium Sprinklers (Unless Summer was very painful without many lightning days for batteries.

I also have a basic Coop/Barn built by the end of Summer, have both increased to max by the end of Fall (With 4 chickens (1 Void eventually), 4 Cows, 4 Ducks, 4 Goats, 4 Rabbits and 4 Sheep, unless I get a dino egg). By the end of Winter I have a second Barn built full of pigs. In Winter I also go crazy with Winter Seeds, and by then I usually have 100-150+ kegs, so, the last of my Cranberries harvest get's Kegged through Winter.