Gaming Strategy: Stardew Valley 1.6 – Best Early Game Farm Layout – June 27, 2026

Stardew Valley 1.6 added new crops, machines, and farm layouts. Here’s the optimal Spring Year 1 setup.

Day 1-3 (Tutorial):

1. Plant all 15 parsnip seeds from Lewis
2. Chop trees until you have 50 wood for a chest
3. Forage everything — daffodils sell for 30g, leeks for 35g
4. Reach level 50 in the mines (sword + stairs)

Day 4-12 (Expansion):

1. Buy 60+ potato seeds from Pierre
2. Set up a sprinkler row — 5 basic sprinklers from the mines
3. Build a coop (200 wood, 100 stone)
4. Fish the mountain lake for income (150-400g/day)

Day 13-28 (Spring Finale):

1. Plant strawberries (Egg Festival, April 13) — buy as many as you can afford
2. Upgrade pickaxe to copper (50 copper bars)
3. Unlock community center bundles — focus on the Pantry
4. Build a silo before cutting grass (hay storage)

Income target: 15,000g by end of Spring Year 1. This funds the first house upgrade (10,000g) and summer seeds.