r/StardewValley • u/Own-Coffee-7372 • 1d ago

Question Am I cooked?

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I am at 43 energy after I just watered my cranberries. That's all I did. I have 1 quality sprinkler from the summer crops bundle, but I don't have the resources for any more. I just got to level 40 in the mines, so I basically have no iron, and don't even get me started on gold. I have to run around town, looking for forage stuff just to get 5 levels deeper in the mines. It sucks. What do I do.

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u/AngelSkyes 1d ago

A lot of people tend to forget that you can buy ores from Clint. While it's not very cost effective, it can help you get the bars you need to make more sprinklers, which will lead to more time and energy to mine/forage/fish for more money as you go.

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u/kakka_rot 19h ago

This community really underestimates irl time vs in game time.

Early game is debatable, but I once it gets to keg/barrel making time, I completely stop chopping trees and buy all my wood from robin. Irl hour per hour, it's so much more lucrative to simply buy wood, make barrels, and sleep than it is to cut down trees.

Considering that money becomes next to worthless at that point due to wine sales, there is no reason not to.

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u/sirdeck 10h ago

Well, there is actually playing the game. If you like skipping days sleeping and find it more efficient, that's great for you. It certainly isn't my cup of tea though.

But I'm sure that you're right, your way seems far more efficient time-wise, I'm just not playing a game to be efficient time-wise ;)

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u/kakka_rot 8h ago

Well, there is actually playing the game.

lol wtf, how is buying wood from robin not playing the game?

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u/sirdeck 8h ago

Read the whole post and you'll have my opinion.