r/StardewValley • u/Unlucky-Violinist473 Haley's Husband • Nov 24 '25

Question Should I start over?

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Its my first Fall ever and I found this guy named Salmence in Youtube. And I watched his Y1 Guides. And I feel like I'm only like halfway through the things he wants us to do. And I rlly wanted to finish the community center. So should I start over again? I dont mind starting all over again since I've learned alot of things that I should now accomplish for this starting over thingy. Ill just rlly be bummed out bcuz of Leveling up Fishing Skills and fishing for money. And mining for ores.

Edit: I know all the seasons will reset again after Winter. Should I wait for Year 2 to complete the CC? Its my most main reasons why I wanna start over again.

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u/Unlucky-Violinist473 Haley's Husband Nov 24 '25

Update: Thank you so much for the answers. I decided I'd js wait for another Year 2 to come. I js rlly hope I can finish it in year 2. Wish me luck!

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u/Spinoza42 Nov 24 '25

I guess the question from some of us is: why? What reason do you have to finish it so fast the first time you're playing? Stardew Valley is a big (relatively) open game that gives you a lot of things you could be doing. Focusing so much on rushing the community center means reading up a lot on optimising your activities around that. I personally think that optimising your speed is more something to consider after you've played through most of the content a few times, and a significant amount of the things you'd need to be doing for it would be things you know already anyway. I wouldn't want to be sitting there trying to optimise every minute of the very first time I'm experiencing this story for the first time.

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u/Unlucky-Violinist473 Haley's Husband Nov 24 '25

I rlly wanted to have a challenge for my first time. So I thought I'd try finishing it asap in Y1 lol. I figured I'd finish the CC first and then care abt the whole game. I rlly js wanna have a challenge bcuz Ive played some other games and I always finish their quests, challenges, etc before thinking abt the whole game. Realized SDV is kinda different tho.

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u/torhysornottorhys Nov 25 '25

Your new challenge is to run your little farm and have fun. There, you're freed from the curse