Stardew Valley

General

• There are no time deadlines, except for timed quests, which will show up again. You can always do something next year.

• The very first thing you should do is find your crafting menu and figure out what you need to make a chest.

• At 2am, no matter where you are, you'll fall asleep and wake up at 6am in your bed. If you're not in your house when you fall asleep, you'll be charged a fee.

• The game saves every night. You can reset a day by restarting the game, but you cannot save in the middle of a day.

• The TV channels can give you very useful information.

• Use your hoe on those little wiggly worm spots on the ground.

• Check out both sides of the bulletin board outside the seed shop.

• Skills can be specialized at levels 5 and 10. Your level 10 choices depend on your level 5 choice. After accessing a certain area, you can change these specialties for a small fee.

• Available fish change depending on season, weather, location, and time. Crab pots give different fish than a fishing rod.

Friendship

• Make friends. They'll send you useful stuff and recipes.

• Different people like different gifts. Flowers (except dandelions) and cooked items (except bread) are almost universally liked.

• Giving a gift on a person's birthday gives a huge friendship boost.

• Simply going to a festival improves your friendship with everyone in town.

• You don't have to show up to a festival as soon as it starts, but you only have a few hours' leeway.

Crops

• With very few exceptions, your crops must be watered to grow. Take advantage of rainy days.

• Upgraded hoes and watering cans can be charged up to affect a wider area by holding down the button.

• Upgrade your watering can the day before the TV says it will rain. Water, turn it in for upgrading; the rain handles one day; pick it up, and water.

• Seasons are 28 days. On the 1st of the next season, almost all crops will wither and die. Pay attention to how long a crop takes to grow.

• Some crops are one-time harvest, and some can be harvested until they die.

• Fruit trees take a full season (28 days) to grow, and only produce fruit in their assigned season. They will hold up to 3 fruits at a time.

Community centre

• The alternative to the community center just involves buying the upgrades with cash. There are very few changes to the game otherwise.

• Once you get access to the community center, look up bundle requirements and start storing them.

• Completion of whole rooms is very valuable.

Days of the week

• The seed store is closed on Wednesdays. You can also buy them at the big store, but they're more expensive.

• Check out the traveling merchant in the forest on Friday and Sunday.

• You can get a free recipe on the TV every Sunday.

Permanence

• You can place objects (chests, lights, etc.) in areas other than your farm.

• You can place most objects inside your house.

• You can move everything that's in your house, including the windows, fireplace, and bed.

• You're not stuck with your appearance. After accessing a certain area, you can change it for a small fee.

• The carpenter can move almost every building on your farm, including your house and the shipping bin.

Cash money

• Sell most items by throwing them in the shipping bin next to your house. You can also sell specific items to associated merchants. There is no price difference.

• Having matured flowers nearby makes honey more valuable.

• Processing things before you sell them almost always makes them more valuable.

• If you can afford it, buy the Rare Seed. It's worth it.

• Open geodes, don't sell them.