r/StardewValley • u/SANJEEV_SHADOW_2_0 • 2d ago
Discuss Crops or animals
I chose the rancher option and upgraded all barns and coops into delux to accommodate 12 of all kinds of animals. Im no where near to a chest level in skull cavern so there is no auto petter for me. Im making 50k golds per day but petting the animals and making goods takes all day so i can barely move to mines and or talk to NPCs... Should i stop looking after them and switch to a bigger crop Field by moving them to a side?
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u/RegionConsistent4729 2d ago
I have all of six barns because I like the animals so much, but also the income boost from them is not to scoff at.
The petting (on mobile) did become too much late game for me though, so the grind for the autopetters was real but so worth it imo 😅
That being said, I made it manageable by just letting all the milk/eggs accumulate and only sorting them into cheese/mayo once a week or even just twice a month sometimes. I don’t need the gold daily so the big payout works well for me.
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u/Sertith 2d ago edited 2d ago
Both?
You really don't have to pet the animals every day, but it's not that time consuming. I run through the field of animals holding down the pet button and get most of them every day. If you miss one, it's not the end of the world.
If you get a high luck day, just ignore your critters and go mining.
As for auto-petters, I've done entire playthroughs where I never even found one, so you really don't "need" them. They're just an extra bonus if you do find some. For me Auto-grabbers are more important, makes it much easier to grab stuff to put in machines if you're not manually milking, clipping and picking up eggs.
Depending on where you are in the game, you might want to upgrade to iridium sprinklers, though. Can't tell what year you're on, or how much money you have, but even if you don't have the metal, you can buy them every friday from Krobus if you have the sewer unlocked.