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Day 1 (Yesterday): Santa was dying on a trampoline or something and gave me the deed to a farm. I hadn't settled on the idea of doing an ongoing journal yet, so this is the only picture I have of the day.
I cleared out some land. Made a chest for excess materials. Planted 15 parsnips, and ran around town trying to meet everyone to fulfill some social quest that would crush me with anxiety if this were real life. I ended the day by checking the weather (Sunny day tomorrow) and went to bed.
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Day 2 (Today): Started the day off by watering the parsnips I planted the day prior. Got a letter in the mail from some fisherman who wanted to talk to me. Then I went into town to meet some people.
I noticed a quest to get a potato for Leah, so I bought 3 potato seeds along with 25 parsnip seeds. I doubt the potatoes will be ready before the quest expires, but I'll give it a shot.
Went to the dock and the fisherman who's name has already escaped me gave me his old rod after saying he was able to save up for a new one and didn't need the old one.
Went back home and planted my potatoes and parsnips, watered everything, and then fished until I was exhausted.
Weather forecast for tomorrow says it's going to rain.
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Day 3: Rainy days are the best. You don't need to run around and water everything. I was considering running into town to try and meet everyone for that quest but figured I'd probably waste too much time just running around. So, I decided to spend the whole day fishing.
I noticed a weird howling/wailing during the early part of the day, which the spookum lover in me got super excited by. I know it's very likely not some paranormal thing, but I like the mystery of what it could be.
The pond on my property is full of trash. Santa was clearly a slob who tossed all of his old pirated Dreamcast games in the pond.
Since all I was catching was garbage I decided to clear a path down my property to the south exit. The creek by Leah's cottage was much better for fishing.
I forgot how butts this fishing minigame can be. Had a really tough fight with a catfish which I am glad to report I caught along with the treasure chest. Got 8 rice shoots out of it which I planted around Grandpa's misburn/coaster shrine before going to bed.
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Day 4: After watering my plants (discovered rice doesn't need to be watered?) I went exploring. TV told me I could find food for foraging in the south west of the map, so I found some spring onions which helped bring in some money.
Stopped by the saloon/inn/whatever and played an arcade game. Fun little distraction. Does the arcade game have any impact on the overall game or is it just there for kicks?
Found a broken down house and a bunch of rocks blocking a path over the river. Still haven't met everyone in town, and those potatoes are not ready for Leah, which makes me question if that quest was possible outside of RNG craziness.
Pretty uneventful day overall. Tomorrow will be sunny.
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Day 5: Hoo boy, a lot happened today. Can't fit it all into 4 screenshots.
First big thing, I got a kitty! So, I welcomed Fyre to the farm. Then read a letter I got from Joja saying the rocks were cleared out. I picked my parsnips, watered the rest of my crops, and then noticed I got two new quests to get some new buildings from Robin, and to make a scarecrow.
Well, to be able to put in a new building means I'd need to clear out some space so I cut down a few trees. Then I went into town to see what the price was on a backpack because I'm hurting for inventory space.
Saw a quest from Haley saying that if someone brought her a sunfish, she'd (heart) them forever. Also apparently it's going to be Lewis' birthday on Day 7. I'll probably forget.
Anyways, crossed paths with Haley on my way to the river and she ignored me. Saw some worms in the dirt which upon hitting with a hoe gave me an old handaxe artifact.
Went and caught the sunfish after only two tries. Brought the hand axe to Gunther and donated it to the museum. Gave Haley the sunfish, so presumably she'll (heart) me forever now.
Around this point I remembered the letter from Joja that the rocks were cleared out, so I went to the mine and got a sword from an old man in a cave (Zelda theme plays).
Went down two levels, got some artifact and some Basic Retaining Soil which... I guess I'll figure out how to use eventually.
Went home. Pet Fyre and went to bed. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow.
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Day 6: Fortune teller told me luck would not be on my side.
After watching that quack on the TV, I went out and collected my parsnips, 24 and one golden one (wewt!).
Cleared out some trees, planted some mixed seeds, crafted a scarecrow and put it in my field. Dear god! I hate how chaotic my fields are right now. I'm looking forward to reorganizing everything later.
I pet Fyre before departing for town to buy my new backpack. On my way in I got a cutscene with Lewis where he took me through the old Community Center. After Chrono Trigger posing to seeing disappearing jello jigglers, and finding a weird glowing tablet with strange writing, I continued into town where I got my backpack and some bean sprouts which I promptly planted.
Then, I figured I'd tackle my quest to explore the mine, and barely made my way down to level 5... only to find there's an elevator. I guess it was stuck or something, and I got it loose so I could use it to go down next time.
Found a bunch of ore and gems. Two geodes, which the game has helpfully told me can be opened by the blacksmith, so I guess I'll be paying him a visit tomorrow.
On my way home I ran across... it looks like Abigail playing a flute. Nice little touch to have characters doing things.
Went home, Fyre had stolen the bed so I slept on the floor. It's supposed to be cloudy with a light breeze tomorrow.
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Day 7: When I first started this, I figured it'd just be a quick post, afterall, how much could you fit into like 15 minutes of gameplay? This is turning into a real task.
Anyways, I woke up. Learned how to make stir fry from TV. Walked out the door and had Clint give me a blueprint for a furnace, so I learned how to do that. Watered stuff.
Then I got a strange letter from a wizard who says he could help with the community center issue. On my way I ran into a lady in a wagon being pulled by a pig? She had neat stuff but I didn't have a ton of extra cash.
Went to see the wizard, where we tripped balls and became one with the forest. Then I walked to Clint's to open the geodes I found the other day... only to realize I forgot the geodes back in my chest... so I had to backtrack and waste a bunch of time.
Got an Earth Crystal and Nekoite which I donated to the museum. On my way to the mines I ran into Haley and Linus. Some jackass has been messing with our cool wilderness man and I'm not happy about it.
Had an initiation quest to slay 10 slimes so I spent the rest of the day mining and slaying. Got to level 9 and was exhausted. (Should have take the elevator to floor 5) Got home so late that the time was red, so I just jumped into bed with full pockets.
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Day 8: Woke up and went through my pockets since I was in a rush to get home on time yesterday.
Noticed I had some rubber boots I must have found in the mines, and since it was raining, I figured I might as well put those on.
Headed over to the blacksmith and museum to break some geodes and make some donations but since I didn't need to water my plants, I arrived too early. Caught a fish to kill time, and then broke crap and made my donations as soon as I was able. Got a reward for donating stuff of 8 cauliflower seeds.
Remembered that I'm playing a farming game and I won't be making money if I don't actually... y'know... do some farming. So I stopped by the shop and got some more assorted seeds and planted them in my unorganized monstrosity.
Cleared out some more of my fields, crafted a furnace and set some copper up to smelt. Then I went to the saloon and played Journey Of The Prairie King for far too long. Made it to the third screen of the graveyard looking place and then got careless and just tossed out all of my lives. I will beat that game!
Nice to know that playing the arcade doesn't use up any in-game time. I'll have to make a day of beating it someday.
Finished meeting everyone in town and got a quest to give someone a gift to become popular (groan).
Headed home but couldn't get through the door because Fyre had decided to sleep right in front of the door. I finally managed to move the plant by the door which allowed me to squeeze past Fyre and off to bed for the night.
I made money I think. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow.
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Day 9: Watered junk. Donated an amethyst to the museum that I had forgotten about. Headed up to the mines to slay my 10th slime for my initiation and ran across Linus.
I'm getting the impression that people give him a hard time. Noticed I had a quest to give someone a gift, I had some daffodils and Linus sounded like he needed a pick me up, so I gave him one.
I became aware of the character relationship tab and noticed the checkmarks for talking to people. I assume this means that talking to people regularly improves your relationship with them. So I did a quick run around to talk to as many people as I could.
Noticed Abigail sitting in her room next to an SNES and decided we needed to become friends.
Slew a slime, wasted my energy mining, went to the adventurer's Lodge thing. Bought a new wooden sword (yay?).
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Day 10: Watered the plants, watered the cat. Mail said there was a new fishing rod, and since I actually find fishing in this game relaxing, I figured I'd go see how much I'd need to save up.
On my way, I walked over some worms, and noticed they moved. Now, I knew you could use a hoe to get stuff from where worms pop up, but I didn't realize they'd react to you stepping on them. Found a lost book which was magically teleported to the museum/library. This was surprising. I figured I'd need to donate it.
Was going to try and talk to Abigail but the shop is closed on Wednesdays and I couldn't find her. Ran around, trying to find her, ended up talking to a bunch of other people. Nabbed a quest to catch a flounder for Gus.
Wondering what the checks under the gift box under the character relationship tab is for. I hadn't given Maru a gift today and she had a check. What timeframe does that keep track of?
Eventually checked out the rods. Not as bad as I expected, and then I spent the rest of the day fishing. Did not catch a flounder.
On my way home I stopped by the spring onion patch and foraged some of those, and then I ran into Leah... who stepped on a bug and had a completely understandable reaction to it.
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Day 11: Noticed that the limited time instills me with this anxiety, and I've been rushing around. So, this time I started off exploring the menus and just thinking about things. Pausing the game when I needed a moment. It's stressing me out, which is funny because of how it seems like it's the opposite for most people.
Noticed my combat and mining skills were lagging a bit behind so I figured I'd go dungeon... err... mine diving.
But upon leaving my house I got a peculiar letter from a "hat mouse". It referred to an old house, which I correctly assumed was the old rundown house I stumbled upon earlier.
Super cuuute! But alas, I did not have enough coins for cute hatness.
Stopped by Abigail's door to say hi (not creepy at all).
Went and mined and slayed until exhausted. Leveled up my mining and combat. Wewt!
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Day 12: Did morning chores. Remembered a quest to find Robin's axe. Went down south to find it and discovered that hat mouse was still there. Bought an ugly hat that I'll probably never wear again (especially because it doesn't even cover all of my head pixels).
Found Robin's axe.
You're part of the problem Jodi (see picture).
Went by the community center and discovered some little junimo... crafts... bundle... thing. Tossed some things I had in there. Apparently there's a broken bridge somewhere that this can repair?
Felt like Abigail would probably like purple since it seems to be her color, so I gave her an amethyst.
Spent rest of day clearing fields. Apparently tomorrow is an egg festival.
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Day 13: Oof. Well this felt like a waste of a day. Did morning chores. Video game dad is cooler than real dad and gave me some cash.
Went into town. Talked to everyone I could. Was thinking of buying some items, but I triggered the egg hunt and never got the chance to go back. I didn't even win either. Abigail went all MLG and nabbed more eggs than I did.
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Day 14: Learned how to make coleslaw from the TV. Did morning chores. Sold a lot of crops.
Bought a fibreglass fishing rod and caught some seaweed for a quest for Demetrius.
Tried running around town trying to find people for relationship building. Couldn't find Abigail or Leah. Kinda disappointed there.
While looking for them, I ran across a cutscene where Linus is rummaging through garbage for food. Told him he's fine. Gus proved himself to be a solid dude.
Cette semaine je vais vous parler d'un "jeu de ferme". Vous connaissez #StardewValley ? Vous voulez changer d'époque? De contexte? Je vous invite à jeter un oeil sur #RootsOfPacha !
Durant la #préhistoire vous aidez donc votre village fraîchement installé à se développer et à perdurer. Suivez les conseils que les esprits que vous trouverez vous donneront. Cuisinez, dressez les animaux, plantez et récoltez !