Thoughts on Meadowlands Farm map

[ChrillBill]

Curious to know what everyones thoughts on the new farm map is.

I get that people most likely haven't been able to progress very long into their new playthroughs, but if you take a screenshot in game through the menu, you can get a good impression of the farm both when it comes to functionality and also design.

But just in case, here is an image from the official Stardew Valley wiki:
Meadowlands Farm[stardewvalleywiki.com]

My first impression: A bit underwhelmed, but I also set my expectations a bit high so that's mostly my own fault. Obviously (or at least from my perspective) this map is meant for someone who enjoys livestock - which I do, so that's good! Designwise, well... That is where I felt underwhelmed I guess. It is pretty, and it also feels like a blend of the standard, forest and a tiny bit of riverland farm for me.

Which is fine. I do wish it was bigger though, lol.

All in all, a nice addition to the rest of the vanilla farm maps for sure.

[psiionics]

I really like it so far! Starting out with chickens is really nice for early game and the blue grass comes in clutch for quickly boosting friendship with farm animals. I like the layout overall, especially the waterfall. I usually go Beach Farm so I do miss easy access to fishing and the loot crates that would wash up on shore, but I think it's a pretty solid option.

[Queen Droxxanna]

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

引用自 Queen Droxxanna：

i am trying out the new map and its ok so far, still only have a small area cleared. The mixture of blue and green grass is a nice aesthetic but I dont get yet how the blue grass is supposed to be better for the animals and I dont see any difference when I am cutting it for hay. Maybe that is something that gets unlocked later.
I like that they moved the cave down to the right and moved the spouse patio back a bit too.
There is also and extra space behind the house and I was able to put my first silo there to have it out of the way. I may move things around later.

Here's what I found: What exactly is blue grass? Think of it as a turbocharged version of regular green grass – it boosts the heart levels of your farm animals twice as quickly, leading to quicker production of high-quality goods.
Source - https://www.thegamer.com/stardew-valley-blue-grass-obtain-use-guide/

thanks for this information, I have blue grass in both my coop and barn fenced in areas.
Blue trees -- will have to look for them, and going to try to tap the moss trees too.

[Macrophage]

This is the best looking farm layout in my opinion.

[dinonuggets]

This is the first farm I've actually felt motivated to decorate. I think I'll like it less later in the game (I'm currently in late fall year 1) for it's lack of farming ease, since I like farming a lot, but overall it's been fun. I was worried it would feel like cheating to have a coop at the start, but there's still enough challenge for it to be fun:)

[supersand]

引用自 永遠：

It's lovely but the fact you can't grow grass on the grass tiles is dumb and makes the map less viable.

yeah agree, I just found out there was a bridge to the grassy section in the north (its east of the river where the coop is), and its totally useless because it is all lawn grass. It'd be perfect for animals if it could actually grow grass.

[lordoftheapes79]

引用自 supersand：

引用自 永遠：

It's lovely but the fact you can't grow grass on the grass tiles is dumb and makes the map less viable.

yeah agree, I just found out there was a bridge to the grassy section in the north (its east of the river where the coop is), and its totally useless because it is all lawn grass. It'd be perfect for animals if it could actually grow grass.

West, not East.

I moved my Farmhouse over there with a few one off machines(things I only want 1 or two of). After moving the farmhouse, it made room for a second coop in the original location. It's working out pretty well.

[Psycho]

I've grown to the meadowlands map, it's now my favorite map in the game. not even for the free chicken coop but just for the amazing layout. you can actually move your house on to the little island in the farm and it fits perfectly

[Huhn]

If you play 8 players then use four corners because meadowlands has a low amount of tiles where you can grow crops on, unless you have some people who tend to not grow stuff and only grind fishing/mines or whatever it will be kinda meh.
The bit of extra gras area you get for houses and such is also not enough to make up for it.
If you play with 4 to 6 then I think meadowlands is decent.

[Artie]

I started a new save file with the Meadowlands farm and after a bunch of hours I realized I hated the untillable green grass and the three ponds

There's no room to plant crops or even hay grass for the animals, despite being an "animal friendly farm"

Now I just use a mod that makes the green grass tillable and allows you to remove any (or all) of the three ponds (it even removes the forced fence, making it look even better)

The name of the mod is Tweakable Meadowlands Farm, it's on Nexus
I'm very happy with the result, because I loved the way the Meadowlands Farm looks. The river by the west is beautiful, I like the coop, the two chickens and the blue grass

My farm looks like garbage right now, but I'll print to try to show how the mod changed the layout

[Artie]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3229770612


I removed the west and the central pond, removed the fence and made the green grass ground tillable. I'm very satisfied :)

[TamanduaGirl]

I enjoy Meadowlands but it is a bit small on the farming space even for me and I don't farm that much. I still like river the best. I put a barn on one island, coop on another, fruit trees another, and in the segregated lower area from the islands an area for wild trees. Easy organization and just need gate to keep animals on their islands, no fences.

[poppetshadow]

I still don't like it as much as the Forest Farm for perfection runs (no early hardwood or wild mushrooms), but the new layout is fun to play with. Happily the new map is already on the SDV planner website. I moved the house to the original coop spot, the completed greenhouse to the original house spot, and a coop and barn to the broken greenhouse spot. It's working so far, but I'm still waiting for my hardwood lot to mature and be useful.

[ChrillBill]

Forest Farm map will probably remain my favourite vanilla map. It's so darn cozy! As for Meadowland, like Artie I also ended up using a customized version of it. On the one I am using the cave was moved, which I eventually to be honest found a bit annoying that it was placed down in the bottom right corner in the original. Plus I also wanted more grass tiles. Not so much for additional crops, but because I felt the original was a bit baren. When I think of "Meadowland" something very rich in terms of grass comes to mind - which I felt the original lacked a bit when I compared to the customized version I am currently using.

[lordoftheapes79]

Now that I've finished a perfection run on it, I have mixed feelings about it. It's really all about large animal counts. There's good reason why there's not a single perfect square for junimo huts, cause it's made for 4 barns and 4 coops. The entire bottom half of the map is your grazing area and the smaller patches infront of your house and the coop are where you grow what you need. Then that entire strip across the middle is processing machines, sheds, and fish ponds. It's a lot of work without going the Joja route for the Auto-Petters, even then it's a lot of work.

[Calico Witch]

引用自 Včelí medvídek：

Overall its good for new game with non standard approach - like rancher itself is less common path, at least for me. Having locations like cave or shrine moved on map is refreshing too.. And blue grass make me want to date Emily...

Haven't played the new map yet, but I did marry Emily (first time marrying another woman in any game). She's a lovely wife. Gives me gifts every so often and I enjoy what she has to talk about, so I've given her an emerald, a ruby and several smaller things.