Stardew Valley: Best Things To Do In Summer | Game Rant
Summer in Stardew Valley is green trees, grass, and butterflies. There are nine birthdays and two festivals, the Luau and the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies. In the summer of the first year, the railroad and spa area of the game map is unlocked as well.
Every season in Stardew Valley has its quirks. As usual, players are expected to farm. However, the summer season influences the fish, crops, foragables, events, and weather. The best things players can do in summer includes finding what can profit them the best and what to prepare for in the events and coming fall season.
Crops are a big money-maker in summer. To utilize that, it is a good idea to make larger fields to plant crops. Make sure the layout leaves room for scarecrows and sprinklers. If it is the player's first summer in Stardew Valley, then they will want to have a little of everything when it comes to crops.
Single harvest crops include melons, wheat, sunflowers, poppies, red cabbage, radishes, starfruit, and summer spangles. Crops that produce more than once include hops, coffee beans, blueberries, hot peppers, tomatoes, and corn.
Blueberries are known to be the most profitable crop of summer. They take 13 days to grow and produce three berries with every harvest. While the blueberries can be sold raw, they can also be turned into jelly or wine.
Make sure to plant blueberry seeds from Pierre's shop on the first day of summer. That way, players can harvest from the plant about four times before fall comes. Seeds only cost 80 gold while each berry sells for 50 gold. That is 150 gold per harvest since each harvest produces three berries.
Corn is a little special because it grows throughout both summer and fall. So it can be a part of a farm for half of an entire year. Like blueberries, corn can be harvested multiple times.
It takes corn 14 days to grow. Each seed can be bought at Pierre's Shop for 150 gold. Every piece of corn sells for 50 gold, but profit is certainly going to happen with the crop regrowing for two whole seasons. Once fall comes, players will already have a mature crop ready!
There are a lot of fish that are only catchable during the summer. These include Pufferfish, Tuna, Rainbow Trout, Octopus, Dorado, and Crimsonfish. For players that complete the main quest (the Community Center or Joja Community), some of these fish can be accessible during all seasons on Ginger Island. These fish include Tuna and Pufferfish.
Some are particularly hard to get, and not only because they are only around for one season. For example, Crimsonfish require level five fishing and can only be caught at the East Pier on the beach.
Watering the crops every day is time-consuming. Summer is the perfect season to start using Quality Sprinklers. These craftable items water three-by-three areas every morning so players don't have to.
There are several ways to get them. To unlock Quality Sprinklers, players need to have farmer at level six. It is also a reward for completing the Summer Crops Bundle or the Garden Bundle in the Pantry. On rare occasions, it can be in the stock of the Traveling Cart or be found in a treasure room in the Skull Cavern.
Quality Sprinklers are crafted with one iron bar, one gold bar, and one refined quartz.
On the 11th of summer, the Luau event occurs between nine in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon. The main event attraction is a potluck soup, and players are going to want to save a high-quality ingredient to add to the soup. While this won't net a profit of gold, it is a great way to boost a ton of villager friendships all at once. With a high-quality item added to the soup, players will get 120 friendship points with the villagers in attendance.
Keep in mind that only uncooked but still edible items are allowed to be added to the soup. Examples of items that work include wines, fish, milks, crops, and some foragables like mushrooms. Just make sure it is iridium or gold quality.
In order, the summer birthdays are Jas, Gus, Maru, Alex, Sam, Demetrius, The Dwarf, Willy, and Leo. To keep up with friendship points, it is a good idea to prepare gifts for these NPCs.
- Pink Cake
- Plum Pudding
- Fairy Roses
- Diamonds
- Oranges
- Strawberries
- Cauliflower
- Salmon Dinner
- Complete Breakfast
- Cactus Fruit
- Pizza
- Strawberries
- Ice Cream
- Most Gems (for example, rubies and emeralds)
- Pumpkins
- Catfish
- Duck Feathers
- Mangos
Hops, a summer vegetable crop, matures after 11 days. Once harvested, place the hops into a keg to create Pale Ale, an item with one of the highest return investments in Stardew Valley. Pale Ale sells for 300 gold.
So be sure to get a keg. Players can get it at farmer level eight and it's a reward for completing either the Artisan Bundle or the Brewers Bundle in the Pantry. It's worth getting not just for the Pale Ale, but for making other goods like wine, beer, coffee, green tea, mead, and juice.
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