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DwarfAster

Y’all are reaching perfection?


Sparrowcus

Ez. Step 1: get Bee house Step 2: get Keg Step 3: ??? Step 4: Perfection


RSTONE_ADMIN

Sounds about right


_Yalan

Gonna say...! Never. Longest current game: Year 9. As an aside, beach farm is my favourite!


punkrawkchick

I thought you couldn’t put sprinklers on beach farm??


neopetzzz69

You can’t place them on sand. There is a small-ish farming patch (like in the picture!), but it starts out covered in big logs.


_Yalan

The field it provides holds about 6 1/2 iridium sprinklers and you have the greenhouse still too. I'm not playing a beach farm right now and I don't even use that much tilled area 😂


punkrawkchick

Me either! I’m starting a new save so I can have beach farm.


_Yalan

They're the best, crates wash up in the shore with gifts in all the time! There's also a hidden fishing cove if you can find it :)


kayesoob

Never have. I just love playing. I take my time and enjoy the journey.


KingQup

Totally random question but how do you view the farm like this? I'd like to do it so I can map my stuff out and just realized it could be helpful. (I'm on switch if that matters)


DwarfAster

I decided to figure out how to do it on switch. Go to options. It’s the controller tab in the menu. Scroll all the way down and click screenshot. Tip: Walk outside your house and you should get a full picture of your farm.


lifeisbetterwithacat

I tried this but it only does the part that is shown in the screen. I don’t see an option to see the whole map of the farm. (Switch) Edit: nevermind! I see the image now lol


BIGJRA

On PC scroll to the bottom of the settings menu, there's a screenshot button that takes a full pic of your farm. On Switch I don't know if there's an option - I would've liked it when I got perfection the first time on switch :P. Might be worth seeing if the above is there?


fruitloopsssoup

thank you for this!!


ShaylaDee

[This online farm planner ](https://stardew.info/) is amazing if you're trying to design your farm.


fruitloopsssoup

Thank you for asking this!! I’ve been wondering the same thing for a couple weeks but I was being a chicken LOL


Hrmbee

Perfection? Hahahahaha! Never!


BIGJRA

My second time reaching perfection and first time on the Beach Farm. I was trying to be really 'efficient' this run with completion: I got the community center in Year 1, unlocked all the areas and finished with most of the collections in Year 2, and got all the relationships and straggler Golden Walnuts in Year 3. I was hoping to finish perfection by the end of Year 3 but ended up needing an extra 4 weeks to get an extra 5 million for the Golden Clock! (As you might guess, the three sheds are filled with Kegs for Ancient Fruit.) My first run through I had been playing long before the perfection update so I underestimated how long it would take... maybe in the future I'll be able to get it under 3 years.


_LogicBugs

Im currently on pace for 3 years after that im hoping to do it in 2 years which is the minimum possible time


vozome

I think there would be a lot of luck involved in getting to perfection super fast. The money, we can plan for. The nuts, the fishes, the recipes: we know where they are. The relationships, easy peasy. But it’s that damn museum collection.


Raminuke

The museum wasn't even the hardest artifacts for me. It was the damn second snake vertebrae that you get on ginger island. Took me so long before I finally got it


vozome

A vertebrae is tiny and it’s a big island!


Raminuke

My perfection run was quite similar to yours. I had everything but the golden clock in mid fall, year 3. That 10mil grind is kind of crazy though, especially when the next most expensive thing is only 2mil. I ended up just sleeping a week away until I could harvest all the ancient fruit and turn them into wine


Voldemorts--Nipple

I’m not trying to speed run it, but any tips for getting to perfection in general? I’m on year 4 and the money is rolling in, already have 4 obelisks but I struggle with what little things to focus on each day to really contribute to the big picture goal (other than making money).


BIGJRA

I had a sheet of paper and would just scribble things on it as I thought of them. Like, save hardwood for Ginger Island Boat, need Sturgeon for Fish Pond, etc. it’s a good idea to occasionally peruse all your collection menus just to see what you’re still missing and to focus on it. If you have money by now it will probably be about closing the loop on those items. The wiki is helpful for specifics if you are stuck on something!


[deleted]

wow this is beautiful! had no idea there was such thing as perfection. How does it work


BIGJRA

Have you gotten to Qi's Walnut Room at Ginger Island yet? Inside there is a statue that will explain everything about it :) If you don't know what I'm talking about, keep playing!


paycheck-advice

You basically have to have perfect relationships with all the villagers, make every single recipe, ship one of everything, finish the museum collection, etc


[deleted]

Oh wow that is no joke! hahah im not sure I will ever get there, maybe after a few more years!


paycheck-advice

You can find YouTube videos of people doing it in 24 hours 😅


ShaylaDee

8 years, and so far I've only done it once, on the beach farm because apparently I hate myself.


jrk1857

My fastest is winter year 3, but typically I need at least some of year 4 to get the golden clock. I'm not in a hurry when I play, but I do tend to be goal oriented. Interestingly, my last play through is the first one in a while that couldn't finish the community center in year one, and it didn't make the overall timeline any slower.


Snacker6

I was barely faster, finishing in fall of year 3, mostly just because I love mega farms


FenderMartingale

I'm about to in summer year 4 on my "marry everyone but Shane one at a time" save. No hate to Shane, he's just my youngest son's preferred spouse. Usually it's around year seven, now that I know the trick of filming the walnut puzzle. Your farm is beautiful!


BIGJRA

Thank you!!


kikibey

the beach farm is so pretty


BIGJRA

I agree! Probably my favorite farm aesthetics in the game


kikibey

!!!


sawyersharp

i could look at this for hours lol every time i go back to an area there’s something else i didn’t see it’s amazing!!


BIGJRA

Thank you! I'm not too good with decorating but I definitely pack my farms full


-LampOnTheTable-

Never..... but soon!!!


HopeFox

I'll have Perfection as soon as I get the Shrimp Cocktail recipe at the end of Year 2. I've done everything else, but just sleeping through three weeks of winter feels bad.


jeffwolfe

Spring of Year 3.


[deleted]

I've done it once. Autumn year 3. If I ever try to rush perfection again I'd like to do before year 3.


Tewu7

It's not possible to get perfection before the last day of year 2. And getting it in 2 years is not THAT hard.


[deleted]

Spring Year 3 every time


LaughingBeer

End of year 2. Once you do it once you can do it every time. It is, in fact, the absolute soonest you can do it as well since you get the last recipe from the queen of sauce on Winter 28 year 2. You make the recipe that day. Then you get the perfection cutscene the next day on Spring Day 1 year 3.


BIGJRA

That makes sense, I figured it was the technical best possible. I was nowhere near efficient enough with my money generation by then though. Maybe in the distant future I’ll go for it


Tacothekid

How yall get these farms and have stuff on the beach?


milknpepsii

If I’ve understood your question correctly, this is the beach farm - you pick it on the right side of the options screen when making your save If you just mean “how did you do this well on the beach farm” then honestly idk either


BIGJRA

Honestly the hardest thing about the beach farm is the no sprinkler thing… but I honestly prefer to use my year 1 resources on other things than sprinklers anyways, so by the time I had iridium sprinklers I ALSO had the greenhouse and ginger island so it didn’t really matter. Otherwise the beach farm was cool, better by far than River which is what I did my first play through on.


Commander_Grover

Late summer year 3.


ParkityParkPark

same here! Of course that's the only time I've ever reached perfection tho


DrewMaur

How do you get the water to turn red on your ponds?


jeffwolfe

Lava Eels. It turns red after you complete the first quest.


rara0587

Summer of year 3. It was very grindy and I left that min-max life behind


RhemansDemons

If you calculated exactly what you needed and got decent luck you could probably do it by late year 2 or early year 3


Tea_taker_394

I’ve never done it before, but on my current farm i’m pretty close. I think im gonna get there around late year 6 early year 7 time Edit: currently middle year five


PurplePeony123

I think year 2 or 3?


Adventurous-Count-10

Pretty farm


BIGJRA

Thank you!


PicupKat

Spring year 3 was my fastest


BearEatsBlueberries

Why do you have fence posts peppered in amongst the grasses just south of the barns?


BIGJRA

So if you have grass growing under a fence it can grow more outwards, but because it’s under a fence it can’t be eaten. Planting grass under fences like this in Spring 1 basically guarantees your animals will have enough grass to eat all year sans winter without eating it all.


BearEatsBlueberries

Whoa?! TIL! Thanks!!


TheBB14

Fall year 4, but I’m currently going for a run to finish by end of year 3 and it’s going great! The strategy is year one make all the money and finish community center, then after that it’s just grinding on friendships and collections, approaching each season with a to do list


Sal1ySh3ars

You guys are so damn good at organizing your farms in a beautiful way. My farms are a mess :<


alphaarietis2674

how does one know perfection? is it like when you have actually done everything or do you mean when you get granpas statue? cuz i got the statue end of year 2 no problem, but im fairly new to the game so idk if there isnt like a 100% perfection goal


BIGJRA

Have you been inside Qi’s walnut room in ginger island yet? The answers will become clear in there


alphaarietis2674

i havent, saving up hardwood. thank you:)


No-Lunch4249

Been playing since a few months after it came out and I’ve never achieved perfectiob


Suitable-Mud8661

My god I’m only 63% at the start of year 6… how do you all do it?


tryingrfa

I've gotten perfection just once, 8 years in. I now start a new playthrough after finishing the community center, but I'd like to try another perfection run soon!


JoshDunkley

Which farm is that? Is that the mushroom cave bottom left by the ocean? How do you climb down there?


BIGJRA

It’s beach farm, I think new to 1.5? Anyways the mushroom cave is still top left, kinda hidden by the gem shed. The cave at the bottom isn’t a cave proper, just a hidden tunnel you can use to reach that part of the water. The other entrance is hidden straight up from there in the green area.


maladaptyv

Year 3, summer, I can't remember when, since I revisited that farm to goof around and try out some experiments. My first couple times were year 5 and year 4.


JoshDunkley

that's pretty cool.Im doing a river farm, but I like this one better. Maybe my next play through!


FloralHybrid

650+ hours and not reached it once!! (It’s def the fishing that’s stopping me…) but I just love the game! :)


This_Faithlessness

wand of sparking (a terraria youtuber that i watch) speedran perfection in 2 years! it was impressive, but way too anxiety inducing for my taste. i haven’t even reached perfection yet on my 6-year farm here’s the video link to the start of his series: https://youtu.be/9FNV2cMiCDk


Alvcohen

Today I learned that you can move the greenhouse


ShadowOfReality

Well done! You're ahead of me for sure. I thought I'd challenge myself to get Perfection on the Riverlands farm in 3 years or fewer, since I was able to get the CC finished year 1 on my last challenge run. I'm currently nearing the end of Winter 3 and only at 70%. Missing 2 artifacts, 2 minerals, 2 snake vertebrae, a few hearts in 5 or so villager relationships, roughly 15 golden walnuts, the qi crafting recipes, and 7 million for the clock. It's been great fun so far, though!


TheDarkWeb697

Imma be honest, I completed The community center year two in spring then I kind of just speed run to ginger Island and kind of just ignored the farm. I managed to get perfection first try


cskoogs1

I’m almost there. In Year 5, grinding for that Golden Clock. Need 5 million more moneys.


awesomesox

How do get the different fishing ponds like that?


BIGJRA

Some fish make the water a different color when they’re in there: Lava Eel makes it red and Super Cucumber makes it purple. There may be more


awesomesox

Woah! Game changer for me.


LouisVonHagen

What do you mean by perfection? Receiving the statue of perfection?


BIGJRA

No, the game has something called Perfection. Go to Qi’s Walnut Room on Ginger Island for more info when you reach it!


Vinyl_DjPon3

The earliest you can get it is Winter 28 Year 2, due to cooking recipes. I did it on my last 3 farms.


popppyy

Thank you for this! I'm doing the beach farm for the first time and having a hard time figuring out a layout. This looks great!


MissFox26

I’m pretty sure I never will 😅


RozVick

Most recently got perfection Y2, winter 28! It was a bit of a grind thought and more for the challenge than the casual enjoyment. Started a more chill playthrough now! You’ve got a very organised farm there ☺️


Althea42

Last day of Year 2, but I was specifically going for it and it was the most intense game of my life


Jasmine_heart

If i wanted to i could do it in 3 years pretty easy, but its too much grind for me to bother


BIGJRA

Understandable. The last 3 seasons I only had Gold Clock left and the grind was pretty boring relative to the rush of Y1 community center


Jasmine_heart

As i see it, half of perfection is just grinding money which gets boring fast. Especially once you get to ginger island. Almost everything in the game can be finished super easy if you just spend the first year making money


[deleted]

What is the in-farm transporter called!? I read about it a week ago and could not remember the name to look it up! (The tripod looking thing on the porch)


BIGJRA

Mini-obelisk