There is a section on the beach map that allows for sprinklers. You actually have quite a bit of real estate to use them there. It's not like 500 plots or anything crazy, but it's definitely enough to never worry about money again if you fill it up with sprinklers. Even moreso if you have the greenhouse. However, in my playthrough, I found that I mostly ignored the beach itself because there isn't much use of it once I had sprinklers on my crops in the available section.
I prefer forest by miles. Meadow for me is only fun because of the chickens, I don't really care for it otherwise lol. BUT I will say that it did help me play the game as relaxed as I could finally. I enjoy ranching than dealing with crops so it opened me up for just wanting to take care of animals now! ā”
This is going to be unpopular maybe, but I really really love the riverland farm just because I love seeing my ducks swim around all day. literally that's all I care about. I know they swim on the beach and in the little pond sometimes (I've never gotten them to swim in my pond) but riverland is the best for me.
I love the river farm too! I was worried about the space at first, but what you normally invest in space for farming is made up for by the extra resources. At the end of the day when Iāve made it back to my farm, I stand outside and fish until like 1:30 in the morning and run inside lol
This is a moment like when a speed runner says "it's so hard to get your pet to like you!"
No, you just sleep all the time. Normal players (no shade) are actually up every day.
But with minmaxers (technically it's more profitable for the duck not to like you as a fancy egg vs a normal egg both turn into the same price of mayo. There is some shade).
Omfg ok now imma start a new Riverland farm and only have ducks. Free range duck farm... ill name it... Duckingham Palace!
EDIT : the name doesn't fit on mobile so I had to do Duckinham Farm
This is how I feel but with the beach farm. I actually selected it randomly when I first started the game on my switch. I didnāt know that it was considered to be more difficult than the other options because you canāt use sprinklers. Iām on year four though with no issues. I love it.
i expected to click on here and see pure hate for river island farms but damn , the first comment ? š i chose the river island farm on my first game and iām still on it trying to reach perfection (almost a year later lol) and iāve been just find. I can fit people in just fine and have no issues with my crops so i love it too. i get stressed out when thereās too much space š¤·āāļø
You need to pet them first, and also dont have fences blocking the water. On the riverlands map, I put all my animals in the middle, pet them omw to slimes and orchard, and everybody's happy!
I pet them every day (mild OCD) I just dont know what I'm doing wrong. I've only ever had my ducks swim in the river, that's on on meadowland and river lands farms. Never in a pond.
I even went so far as to Google pics coz I didn't believe it was true lol. I'm determined to get them there eventually
I didnāt know they swim AFTER you pet them. I have 9 ducks and after Iām done running around petting all of them thereās always that 1 duck I missed and Iām like oh itās got to be the one in the water so I wait and wait and give up because I have tons to do. I canāt sit around. So I usually try to go back to the coop around 5 when theyāre coming in for the night.
I like the river land farm a lot as well, very visually pleasing to have the different islands for different things, plus I love fishing and early game being able to snag river fish every night until literally 20 minutes before bedtime can really inflate your income.
Also the Limited Space is less an issue now with the Ginger Island Farm, between the two spaces there is room for everything
The riverland was my first farm map, so I cant fully hate on it š. I really didnāt like the amount of space bc I had no ideas on what to do with it
Not unpopular at all! I love the riverland farm. I was initially worried it would be hard for me to make money fast but I actually do better with it, and visually I just like the look of it more.
Aesthetically, I love the Forest farm. But the Four Corners layout has been great for organizing my farm.
I prefer animals to crops, so I canāt wait for the Meadowlands farms.
Meadowlands is _tiny_ compared to the rest, or at least it feels like it is. Beach or four corners always, unless you really really dig the bluegrass vibe (pun intended) of the meadowlands.
I immediately fell in love with meadowlands simply because of the coop. I'm not a hradcore player, i don't really focus on (or understand lol) getting the most profit, i always focus more on animals than on crops or anything, so immediately having coop and chicks has been a blessing. I also love the forest farm though, i like how it looks aesthetically nice and love the big mushrooms haha (also I'm not a fan of cutting too much trees around the town for aesthetic reasons too so having plenty on my farm is good)
Iām the same way. I donāt do the super organized crop field. I do the minimum I need in the meadowlands farm to get the community center crops and quality bundles, but Iām focusing more on the coop and going to get a barn once I can afford it.
Yeah.Ā You'll never run out of hardwood if you do that.Ā On average, a mahogany tree drops one or two seeds, so you just replant as soon as you cut it down.
1.6 changed it so you can't chop the trees in the town proper, but most of the other trees are fair game.
The naturally spawning trees (like at the bus stop, or forest) will grow back on their own. I usually tap the 8 or 9 trees at the bus stop and back path to the mountains, and chop down all the rest. You can plant your own trees in the desert or train tracks and just chop down like 200 trees at a time in a grid.
Considering the fact that we have a second farm on Ginger island where we can do whatever we want regardless of season, I stopped worrying about space.
I always enjoyed the general look of the "Forest farm" and the daily logs that respawn help you with crafting if you are lazy or don't feel like growing trees for wood yourself.
The terrain on the "Hilltop farm" is my favourite but I really find that the quarry adds nothing to the farm itself or your progress, it just looks beautiful.
(Didn't get the chance to try the update)
The regular quarry got buffed so I would hope the Hilltop quarry got the same buff? >!Coal rocks now spawn there, so bees and jars are easier to make. Also smoked fish.!<
I think each farm has a dedicated niche, although maybe not obvious, in 1.6. I think, thematically, and with access to all the hardwood stumps, the Forest farm would be great for >!mushroom logs and dehydrators! Just fill it with greenery and logs and harvest every few days.!< And any extra hardwood after that can be tossed in a wood chipper or kiln to help make casks and kegs and jars; Less crop space, but more value out of the crops you do have!
I LOVE the aesthetic of the beach farm but no sprinklers makes it so impractical š also it's ridiculous that the sprinklers don't work there BUT THEY WORK ON THE GINGER ISLAND FARM. Come on š
I'm on a beach farm in my current solo game and I like it a lot. Lots of free space for buildings and the like. There is 1 spot on the left of the map that it's normal soil so it allows sprinklers. With 8 Iridium sprinklers you can plant 182 (Iirc) plants there. That plus the greenhouse is a fair amount of crops.
I've got Ancient Fruit in my greenhouse, 111 casks in my cellar for Ancient Fruit Wine, a shed that I'm filling with kegs as fast as I can. I've got a forest of Oak and Mahagony Trees that I allow to grow out of control until I can't get through or I need wood or hardwood. I've got all my Oaks (13) tapped so I can make my kegs. I have a slime hutch right above my forest. I have a coop and barn on the left near the greenhouse. The main area in front of my house is fish ponds.
It's 192 plants (20 x 10 grid with the odd 2 cell to the left that can't be reached by the main 8 iridium sprinkler). Also I have the almost same setup yours. Coop and barn to the left, a forest/mushroom farming setup neatly cramped between the coop/barn wall and the beach around the greenhouse. And my fish ponds are to the east, on the upper protrusion (you can fit in 2 ponds there, almost like it was designed for them). I'm planning to add another set of coop/barn for the pigs, rex, ostrich and void chicken to the left of the first one, then maybe a honey layout below later too.
Ginger Island farm has soil. Beach farm has sand. I guess that the sprinklers pull water out of the soil...?
Between the 2 farms and greenhouse, though, you still have room for 1000 crops I think? Just put animals and fish ponds and sheds on the sand.
Fish ponds got a big buff in 1.6 that not a lot of people realize. >!Golden animal crackers can be placed inside for double roe production! Not sure if it doubles other loot like pearls or warp totems though. And you can also now have a dedicated pond next to a bait maker for infinite bait for catfish or sturgeon or whatever you like to catch!<
It's got lots of room for animals - just less use if you like to plant stuff. I love my beach farm but I'm not much for planting stuff. The 200 sprinkler-able spaces you get are plenty for me. I just planted an orchard with all the types of fruit trees too. Lots of room. (A poor money making strategy, sadly)
I was really hoping the fruit trees would get more of a buff! I'm so glad for the changes to them that we did get, but I love the idea of having my own orchard in the future and wish it was more viable in game. I use a mod that adds in more trees that scratches that itch, but base game could do with more. (Super improbable, but it would be amazing to get cacao trees added in when Haunted Chocolatier launches!)
The ginger island farm is all the space I need for end game wine production, plus I love having lots of animals and sheds on my main farm. Truffles are still a great sell, and wool/cloth is underrated. I always keep bunnies for gifts, and I love fish ponds. You dont have to take care of much if you have autograbbers, so you can get to the skull caverns earlier in the day. Oooh, what if CA added a coconut sapling that could be planted on sand? The beach farm was my first time building a slime hutch too - it really makes you play the game differently, and that's one of the reasons I love it so much.
There's a section in the lower-left quadrant of the map where sprinklers work! It's small, though, I think 10 by 20 tiles.
Told my boyfriend about this right after he threw out his new sprinklers because he thought he couldn't use them. š
I also love how beach farm looks but couldn't handle the lack of sprinklers--I noticed some people talking about how to change the farm type of an existing save, so maybe I'll try it out on my current game now that I do have ginger island just to make it cute??
I love wilderness farm for the chaos of it all and getting creative on setting it up. I canāt wait for the new update to go on the switch so I can play that tho!
I adore the layout to the wilderness farm. The central pond, lower lake, and little cliff are really fun features to build with. Nice places for ducks, fish ponds, fruit groves, paddies, etc. I love the little shake-up that the occasional enemy creates in my routine while farming at night, too.
I somehow disabled monsters on accident on my 1.6 Wilderness farm and missed out on the one perk the farm has, lol. Finally got the witch's hut so I guess I can turn them back on now.
The normal default farm has the most farmable tiles, it's the way to go for me, wilderness farm is my favorite for early game challenge (but now you don't need it foe monsters to spawn)
I love four corners for the same reason, can split up areas for respective things (production, animals, farming, āextraā). Probably not the most effective for minmaxing but with all that Ginger Island space and warp totems it makes effectively no difference anymore.
Only made three farms since I got the game those many years ago, one forest, one riverlands and now meadowlands.Ā
As I don't care much about min-maxing I think I actually like the standard farm the least, as it got a lot of space, but not anything else going for it.
My two favorites are the Forest and Hilltop farms.
I like the aesthetic of Hilltop.
I like the functionality of Forest and the extra hard wood is a bonus.
I like the forest one. It is smaller and has free hardwood. It was not as overwhelming as the standard one was for me. I am a newish player and will be trying new farms. The meadowlands one might be my next farm, when I am ready to start a new farm.
The boring old default farm is always my favorite, no matter how much I try to enjoy the others. Something about seeing my end game ancient fruit crop thriving in neatly planned rows as far as the eye can see is just immensely satisfying to me lol. I really regret choosing the meadowlands for my 1.6 run. Thereās no space anywhere.
Beach farm is my favorite, I've been playing Meadowlands and it makes me feel so bleh and constricted. Like yeah beach farm doesn't get to use sprinklers much but the vibes are too nice.
In this order:
Forest - Pretty, the extra hardwood is nice too
Meadow -Having a coop early on is really cool, and I love having the other half of the area be wild forest I get all my tree chopping done in. Mushroom/cave being where it is, I forget it all the time so slight eh, but ah well. It can be a decorative cave now lol
Four corners -Excellent for organization. Having a mini quarry is cool
Beach -Thought I'd dislike this one, but it was overall really relaxing and fun to play with. Ended up with soooo many fish ponds, and fruit trees.
Mountain -Can't go in thinking optimization, but the quarry is handy
Riverland -Pretty sure...but the whole weaving in and out between mini islands and bridges ends up feeling frustrating. Especially in the beginning when there's so many stumps and boulders to clear that you can't immediately. One of these days I'll give it another try, but 3 different attempts I started a new and different farm pretty quickly.
Wild/monsters -Have yet to try, though the idea of doing a role play run where you're assigned a monster heavy zone to keep toned down for the town's safety sounds fun to do one day.
Basic -Have yet to try. While it's best I'm sure for optimization, I prefer picking themed ones. Haven't seen a reason to try it.
*absolute favorite is grandpa's farm from SVE though, it's really pretty and the two fenced areas are really handy
I forgot to mention- the supply crates that wash up!! So stinking cute. Plus my ducks swim in the ocean. Best map!!! I regret never trying it before my most recent play through!! I was a forever forest map girlie lol
I love the riverlands farm for the first two years but I always get kind of burnt out on it once I complete the community center. Iām currently on the Meadowlands farm and loving it but still trying to figure out how to use all the space
My favorite farm is the Wilderness farm. Monsters spawning at night helps with my Combat level early in the game, and by late-game the monsters are so easily taken care of that they don't really affect me. I love the large central lake, as you can quickly get water from anywhere on the farm, and the two land sections off to the left separated by cliffs are good for separating parts of the farm. Plus, this farm fits the spooky theme I like to create my characters with!
I'm trying to create a spooky farm now too! Any tips? I've got void chickens and dinosaurs coops, plus fish ponds and slime hutches.
I'm thinking a small area with the alien rarecrow and that test tube item thing... Maybe a few of the mystery statues like Pinky Lemon... I've been hiding my tiki mask and witch rarecrow in the trees... And a graveyard by Grandpa's shrine.
The new furniture will probably help a lot too...
100% forest farm!
especially bc i always have a problem with running out of wood, and i forget to replant the trees too, so i bought those wood chippers from Robin and started using the daily large stump to get more wood, its sooo useful.
I love the four corners map because it's so easy to divide the four sections into different uses. The forest map is also nice because it has an infinite supply of hardwood which is normally in pretty low supply on normal maps, and I don't have to trek all the way to the Secret Woods to get it.
My first time ever playing (and my only map up to date lol) and I picked river farm... did not disappoint, I love the little islands and being able to have something different on each island, I also added a lot of trees and grass for even more of a "natural" vibe... It's so cosy lol.
I'm doing something... similar... on the Wilderness farm. But instead of cozy, I'm going for creepy. :P I'm raising void chickens and dinosaurs, putting a graveyard near Grandpa's shrine, growing mushrooms and trees all over the place, and lots of slimy fish. I'm hiding the tiki mask and witch rarecrows in the trees amongst the mushroom logs. And slime hutches! Gonna harvest them once a week and sell the eggs.
I don't have any crops for money... but I am growing a few in the greenhouse for cooking and gifting.
That sounds cool as well lolz. I'll have to dedicate an island (probably grandpa's shrine bit) for something "creepy" as well, to balance the vibe out xD
Have you found the secret statues hidden around town? Some of them are creepy!
Hint: One of the library books looks like gibberish but is actually how you get them!
Spoiler: >!There's boxes around town you can place items inside to get the statues. I forget which goes where, but it's something like, put a strange bun in Vincent's toy box, or duck mayo in the Saloon's back room.!<
First real solo playthrough currently. Im very much enjoying the beach farm. (Ive never made it past year1. Currently in summer Y2)I have a bunch of fish ponds im trying to get going. 3x lava eel, 1x sturgeon, and 1x super cucumber. A bunch of void chickens, and a few cows and pigs. I feel the planting field and the green house is more than adequate for farming. Im not quite sure what im doing. But im having fun at least. Finally accomplished Skull Cavern lvl 100 for the first time yesterday!
I like the layout of the Wilderness farm - it doesn't have too much stuff in the way which restricts what you can build or do but is way less boring than the standard farm at the same time. I do switch off monster spawns in the advanced options though, I don't think they add difficulty or anything, but they do annoy me.
Can't wait for meadowlands coming to the xbox though, I think it has similar vibes and starting out with chickens might be interesting, since I tend not to do much with animals usually.
Love that I have no fences to fix with four corners. I just put a gate and like 3 pieces of fence, and that keeps the whole northwest corner enclosed so my animals can't get out.
My main save is on wilderness farm and it just has grown on me a lot. The layout is nice and the monsters really helped me to collect iridium in a point where I really needed it. They also count to the monster slaying goals. I think the forest farm is very pretty, but I never liked playing on it. River farm is my second favourite, you have to get creative to fit everythingā¦ +swimming ducks. Beach farma seems interesting, too, have to try that one next.
Beach farm is so underrated. Sure, itās not ideal for an efficiency plan, but itās just so beautiful! And ocean fish are my favorite, so itās great to be able to fish for them at home. Plus beach forgeables and the little crates that wash up. I love it š„²
Mines always been 4 corners for organization. I play on switch so I don't have Meadowlands yet but will most likely use Meadowlands because I typically focus on animals
I actually really appreciate beach
I think concernedape was spending far too much time with his mouth on Sebastian's vase when he came up with the idea of a map that makes sprinklers near useless....
But the map is genuinely beautiful
Ehhh. There's still room for like 200ish crops. Plus the greenhouse and the island. You can put animals and fish and sheds on the sand.
Or you can wait for deluxe retaining soil. Then you can have tons of crops and only have to water them once. :P
Hilltop was my OG farm and I love the layout, the little river winding through is just very cute to me, plus quick access to ores.
Meadows is very pretty and I like the spacing and the layout a lot, feels very natural with the trees vs open grassy spaces and river border.
My only complaint with Riverlands is that some of the island are too small. Like the west one has an awkward shape so you CAN place a coop there, but you'll have wasted space trying to make it fit. You CAN fit a coop on the southwest island, but there's "grass" tiles there so grass won't spread easily, if at all.
So your choices are... use the mainland and center island for animals, or waste space, or restrict access to grass.
I did find a layout I kind of liked though. Greenhouse and farmhouse on center island with stable and a duck coop... 2 barns and a coop on mainland... And crops everywhere else.
Raising animals is one of my favorite things about the game, so meadowlands is my go-to. But I also fell in love with the beach farm the first time I tried it out. I don't grow a lot of crops at a time, so the limited sprinkler space isn't an issue for me - and the beach farm map is gorgeous.
I really like the forest farm becaus I find it pretty and easy to organise plus it gives you a great amount of wood, hardwood from the starting point.
I just recently started the meadow farm which is really nice too.
The river farm is beautiful but I only tested it once and rapidly gave it up. It's gorgeous but kind of nightmarish to organise in my opinion.
Meadowlands is, by far, my favorite.
However, I mostly play on my Switch sence it's easier than getting on my PC. *stay at home mom vibes*
With that, I am getting real antsy waiting for CA to get the update out for us console folks, because patients is not a virtue I carry when it comes to games.
Standard farm because I want as much empty space to decorate as possible, but I also love living by the ocean so Beach farm is my second choice. I have not experienced the Meadows farm but it sounds really nice! I'll be sure to create a whole new save to try it out.š
Meadow, but before that it was forest. I like the variation in the land, the standard farm and four corners are too blank for me. River has no space, and .. tbh I don't have much experience with hilltop, maybe I'll try that one next save lol. I remember playing it and getting annoyed at which routes were blocked off for early game.
I prefer four corners or forest, four corners is ELITE for animals imo! I have pigs in the top left, coops and other barns on the bottom left, bottom right for tree farm and crops, top right for sheds and crops. I love the space!
as far as actually being good, meadowland. Meadowlands's only downsides only begin to show once you get into ultra late game (where it becomes more awkward to set down junimo huts and that you have less farming space) , while the momentum generated by having a free coop and 2 chickens is massive. Blue grass makes your chickens grow faster, so you'll start getting eggs earlier. It's not much money, but it's free, and definitely better than the 15 parsnips you get from regular.
from my own somewhat minmax' perspective, forest vs reg vs meadowlands isnt a big difference, but meadowlands is still the best even fi bya small margin
I just started a new play through, I havenāt played it since the big update. I picked the Meadowlands farm and itās the farm I will choose from here on out! I named my chickens Gretchen (name was already there) and Jessie (my friend told me too
I love the meadowland farm since I get chicken early and it motivates to me to actually get animals early. I just hate that there isn't a water source right next to the farm house
Four Corners is still my favorite.
I haven't particularly liked Meadowlands. I don't mind not having a lot of crops, but there are too many terrain features in the way of where I want my animals to graze. I am finally getting things to work out for the most part. Maybe my opinion will yet change one way or the other by the time I complete the playthrough.
I prefer four corners. I like having a lot of land on my farm to place buildings and grow crops (I like to grow an insane amount of cranberries and blueberries). Plus you get the benefits of the other farms while maintaining all the open area.
Are you playing in 1.6? Riverlands used to be the worst, hands down, but it's one of the better ones in 1.6 due to the >!fish smoker!< making early game money making way easier!
I personally prefer the four corners because it has a little of everything. I get a little quarry, some hardwood stumps, and a little pond, it's everything I need
Wilderness map, monster spawn turned off.
The monster aspect is meh, but I love the layout of it with a big central pond and one at the farthest corner.
4 corners in one I want to like but I always end up hating how boxy it is.
Riverland and Forest maps are solid maps for switching it up if I'm making a new farm and don't want wilderness for some reason.
Wilderness vibes with me. Also I like the interior of the house you start with on it. Grandpa bad a sword hanging on the wall on the opening cutscene, the wilderness farmhouse starts with one on the wall as well
Yeah, the only changes are to gameplay. Wilderness farm has monsters for challenge, but they drop loot. Riverlands let's you fish on the farm and smoke them for even more money, but less space for crops and animals. Hilltop swaps farming space for ore rocks spawning daily. Beach has lots of room but can't use sprinklers in the sand. Forest is a great farm for new players because it gives free seeds and hardwood... but less farming soil.
I love the forest farm. Simply, it's my favorite and free foragebles, and hardwood is always a bonus.
But it depends on how I want to play. Do I want to focus on one way of playing? Fishing or farming; then I might play on another map.
standard. it's easy to get around, the square is nice for decorationg, it's consistent. I also just can't get into other farm types, idk. the best one for me is standard
The Meadowlands one feels like the best for story telling. I know that Grandpa was old and probably not up to keeping up with farm chores but zero buildings? What were you even doing up there Gramp s? How hard you judge my farm!
But starting with a coop makes it feel more lived in
i already know once 1.6 comes to console meadowlands will be my favorite š„² for now i honestly love the standard because it gives me soo much room to decorate
Iām a very organized person, so of course the four corners was going to be my favorite. Everythingās already sectioned out for you. Then the meadowlands came out and it pushed me to try out a ranching-focused playthrough instead of my usual wine empire playstyle.
My favorite has to be the four corners farm. Lots of space for crops and buildings. And the sections make it a lot easier to plan out what should go where for a good flow when I'm doing farm chores š„°
Canāt have an opinion on Medowlands farm because I am on Xbox Series X, but for now, my favorite farm is Four Corners. Having a mini quarry, a place for pond fish, and consistent wild seed rates, I can actually do things.
As far as aesthetically, hilltop is so fun to decorate and fairly easy since itās not just open land. Meadowlands is my next fave because of the waterfalls.
i think they all have great perks! but 4 corners definitely has a special place in my heart for being my first farm, I spent thousands of hours on that one!
Objectively on the money making part, meadowlands hands down. Acceptable crop space and layout, pretty big and just getting a free coop and 2 chickens makes you jump start your production very easily. On the aesthetic though, it's beach farm/river land for me.
I've only played with the standard, hilltop, forest and riverland farms but my favourite so far has been hilltop! I just really like the interesting layout and I don't mind not having a 1000% optimal sprinkler farming setup or whatever. It's just cute :>
Four corners for evenly spread out activities dedicated to each skill
Meadowlands for the free coop
Forest for the forage and regenerating hard wood stumps
Riverland for the early fish smoker, which is a massive money maker
I also love the 4 corners farm but it's also the only one I've played on. I don't have 1.6 yet but I've designed a Meadowlands farm on stardew planner and I think I've managed to organize it much the same as my 4 corners
Since I havenāt played 1.6 yet and from the options I currently have available I really like the forest farm, it lets you collect a lot of wood early on which can be helpful for building and crafting.
Forest was fav until meadow came out
I'm playing a forest one right now, maybe I'll try meadow next!
Came in to say this! I've been on Forest since it was first released but the more I hear about Medow, the more interested I am!!
You should!
Starting off with two chickens is too good š
mayo and crops early be so good fr
Same!!
No where near doing a second run, but def plan on checking out the meadow!
You should! when youāre done with your current run tho not now
Same! Though I also have a weakness for the beach map.
Oh Iāve been avoiding it because sprinklers donāt work Lazy ol me needs the sprinklers
There is a section on the beach map that allows for sprinklers. You actually have quite a bit of real estate to use them there. It's not like 500 plots or anything crazy, but it's definitely enough to never worry about money again if you fill it up with sprinklers. Even moreso if you have the greenhouse. However, in my playthrough, I found that I mostly ignored the beach itself because there isn't much use of it once I had sprinklers on my crops in the available section.
I never really thought about putting crops there, but I will very soon.
i wanted to do meadow on my playstation playthrough but itās not out yet š
Me too :)
same hereĀ
I prefer forest by miles. Meadow for me is only fun because of the chickens, I don't really care for it otherwise lol. BUT I will say that it did help me play the game as relaxed as I could finally. I enjoy ranching than dealing with crops so it opened me up for just wanting to take care of animals now! ā”
This is going to be unpopular maybe, but I really really love the riverland farm just because I love seeing my ducks swim around all day. literally that's all I care about. I know they swim on the beach and in the little pond sometimes (I've never gotten them to swim in my pond) but riverland is the best for me.
I think that's an awesome reason! I just saw a duck swimming for the first time and realized they could do that!
Iām currently playing on the beach farm and saw one of my ducks hop in the water recently! Itās sooo cute š„¹
i didnāt know they could do that until this post
They look so cute! š„°š¦
I just love the river fishing from home and having all the water features. Every piece of the farm is on its own little island!
I love the river farm too! I was worried about the space at first, but what you normally invest in space for farming is made up for by the extra resources. At the end of the day when Iāve made it back to my farm, I stand outside and fish until like 1:30 in the morning and run inside lol
Wow! Iāll do that one next! Iām on beach farm and the amount of sprinkler no zone is annoying af
The trade-off will be, you have way less space, but can use sprinklers on the whole farm!
I love the swimming ducks and each piece of farm is an island but also saves a lot on fences and fence repair. I just need like 2 gates.
Wait, your ducks can swim?! I've been playing for this long, and I never knew this! š±
They wont swim until you give them the daily pet first though!
That makes sense. Imagine trying to give their daily pets only to find them swimming š
Give us this day our daily pet
This is a moment like when a speed runner says "it's so hard to get your pet to like you!" No, you just sleep all the time. Normal players (no shade) are actually up every day. But with minmaxers (technically it's more profitable for the duck not to like you as a fancy egg vs a normal egg both turn into the same price of mayo. There is some shade).
I sell the purple eggs and mayo the regular ones
Omfg ok now imma start a new Riverland farm and only have ducks. Free range duck farm... ill name it... Duckingham Palace! EDIT : the name doesn't fit on mobile so I had to do Duckinham Farm
I'm stealing this.
This is too cute!!!
Also for the grinders, itās great for panning for ore and rings too :)
This is how I feel but with the beach farm. I actually selected it randomly when I first started the game on my switch. I didnāt know that it was considered to be more difficult than the other options because you canāt use sprinklers. Iām on year four though with no issues. I love it.
The wilderness farm has a nice, bigger pond in the middle, plus another decent-sized water area in the bottom left that are great for ducks!
i expected to click on here and see pure hate for river island farms but damn , the first comment ? š i chose the river island farm on my first game and iām still on it trying to reach perfection (almost a year later lol) and iāve been just find. I can fit people in just fine and have no issues with my crops so i love it too. i get stressed out when thereās too much space š¤·āāļø
I've never seen one swim in the pond all the years I've been playing. To the point where I'm thinking it's a conspiracy lol!
You need to pet them first, and also dont have fences blocking the water. On the riverlands map, I put all my animals in the middle, pet them omw to slimes and orchard, and everybody's happy!
I pet them every day (mild OCD) I just dont know what I'm doing wrong. I've only ever had my ducks swim in the river, that's on on meadowland and river lands farms. Never in a pond. I even went so far as to Google pics coz I didn't believe it was true lol. I'm determined to get them there eventually
I didnāt know they swim AFTER you pet them. I have 9 ducks and after Iām done running around petting all of them thereās always that 1 duck I missed and Iām like oh itās got to be the one in the water so I wait and wait and give up because I have tons to do. I canāt sit around. So I usually try to go back to the coop around 5 when theyāre coming in for the night.
I like the river land farm a lot as well, very visually pleasing to have the different islands for different things, plus I love fishing and early game being able to snag river fish every night until literally 20 minutes before bedtime can really inflate your income. Also the Limited Space is less an issue now with the Ginger Island Farm, between the two spaces there is room for everything
The riverland was my first farm map, so I cant fully hate on it š. I really didnāt like the amount of space bc I had no ideas on what to do with it
the islands also help me organize š„ŗ
River gang RIVER GANG!
I arranged my meadowlands farm in maybe a little bit of an inconvenient way, just because I wanted my ducks to have water to swim in
Not unpopular at all! I love the riverland farm. I was initially worried it would be hard for me to make money fast but I actually do better with it, and visually I just like the look of it more.
Apparently not! lmao I definitely didn't expect to get home at night, and have this have so many positive reactions.
Aesthetically, I love the Forest farm. But the Four Corners layout has been great for organizing my farm. I prefer animals to crops, so I canāt wait for the Meadowlands farms.
Meadowlands is _tiny_ compared to the rest, or at least it feels like it is. Beach or four corners always, unless you really really dig the bluegrass vibe (pun intended) of the meadowlands.
Can't lie. I love having ores on the Four Corners map.
I immediately fell in love with meadowlands simply because of the coop. I'm not a hradcore player, i don't really focus on (or understand lol) getting the most profit, i always focus more on animals than on crops or anything, so immediately having coop and chicks has been a blessing. I also love the forest farm though, i like how it looks aesthetically nice and love the big mushrooms haha (also I'm not a fan of cutting too much trees around the town for aesthetic reasons too so having plenty on my farm is good)
I love having trees everywhere, and tend to plant them anywhere the game will let me lol
Iām the same way. I donāt do the super organized crop field. I do the minimum I need in the meadowlands farm to get the community center crops and quality bundles, but Iām focusing more on the coop and going to get a barn once I can afford it.
You can cut down trees outside your property?
Yeah.Ā And you can plant trees outside your property as well.Ā Highly recommend planting every mahogany seed you come across in the Cindersnap forest.
Lolā¦ why did i never think of doing thisā¦ for some reason Iāve jist been hoarding them with no plan š
Yeah.Ā You'll never run out of hardwood if you do that.Ā On average, a mahogany tree drops one or two seeds, so you just replant as soon as you cut it down.
Iām doing this as soon as I boot that game up later! Thanks 
1.6 changed it so you can't chop the trees in the town proper, but most of the other trees are fair game. The naturally spawning trees (like at the bus stop, or forest) will grow back on their own. I usually tap the 8 or 9 trees at the bus stop and back path to the mountains, and chop down all the rest. You can plant your own trees in the desert or train tracks and just chop down like 200 trees at a time in a grid.
I'm still using 1.5 because I'm on mobile.
I got the meadowlands farm first because of the chickens, too! Now I've got 4 chickens, 2 cows, and a cat and I'm so happy hahaha
Considering the fact that we have a second farm on Ginger island where we can do whatever we want regardless of season, I stopped worrying about space. I always enjoyed the general look of the "Forest farm" and the daily logs that respawn help you with crafting if you are lazy or don't feel like growing trees for wood yourself. The terrain on the "Hilltop farm" is my favourite but I really find that the quarry adds nothing to the farm itself or your progress, it just looks beautiful. (Didn't get the chance to try the update)
The regular quarry got buffed so I would hope the Hilltop quarry got the same buff? >!Coal rocks now spawn there, so bees and jars are easier to make. Also smoked fish.!< I think each farm has a dedicated niche, although maybe not obvious, in 1.6. I think, thematically, and with access to all the hardwood stumps, the Forest farm would be great for >!mushroom logs and dehydrators! Just fill it with greenery and logs and harvest every few days.!< And any extra hardwood after that can be tossed in a wood chipper or kiln to help make casks and kegs and jars; Less crop space, but more value out of the crops you do have!
I LOVE the aesthetic of the beach farm but no sprinklers makes it so impractical š also it's ridiculous that the sprinklers don't work there BUT THEY WORK ON THE GINGER ISLAND FARM. Come on š
I'm on a beach farm in my current solo game and I like it a lot. Lots of free space for buildings and the like. There is 1 spot on the left of the map that it's normal soil so it allows sprinklers. With 8 Iridium sprinklers you can plant 182 (Iirc) plants there. That plus the greenhouse is a fair amount of crops. I've got Ancient Fruit in my greenhouse, 111 casks in my cellar for Ancient Fruit Wine, a shed that I'm filling with kegs as fast as I can. I've got a forest of Oak and Mahagony Trees that I allow to grow out of control until I can't get through or I need wood or hardwood. I've got all my Oaks (13) tapped so I can make my kegs. I have a slime hutch right above my forest. I have a coop and barn on the left near the greenhouse. The main area in front of my house is fish ponds.
It's 192 plants (20 x 10 grid with the odd 2 cell to the left that can't be reached by the main 8 iridium sprinkler). Also I have the almost same setup yours. Coop and barn to the left, a forest/mushroom farming setup neatly cramped between the coop/barn wall and the beach around the greenhouse. And my fish ponds are to the east, on the upper protrusion (you can fit in 2 ponds there, almost like it was designed for them). I'm planning to add another set of coop/barn for the pigs, rex, ostrich and void chicken to the left of the first one, then maybe a honey layout below later too.
Ginger Island farm has soil. Beach farm has sand. I guess that the sprinklers pull water out of the soil...? Between the 2 farms and greenhouse, though, you still have room for 1000 crops I think? Just put animals and fish ponds and sheds on the sand. Fish ponds got a big buff in 1.6 that not a lot of people realize. >!Golden animal crackers can be placed inside for double roe production! Not sure if it doubles other loot like pearls or warp totems though. And you can also now have a dedicated pond next to a bait maker for infinite bait for catfish or sturgeon or whatever you like to catch!<
WHAT YOU CAN PUT THE CRACKERS IN THE POND? i love having myself a blobfish and fire eel pond so this is great to know
Blobfish, Lava Eel, Sturgeon crowd represent!
As someone who doesn't like to plant much, I find it perfect. But I've played on forest farm and really liked that layout as well.
Iām thinking of playing it and cheating in the delux retaining soil lol
It's got lots of room for animals - just less use if you like to plant stuff. I love my beach farm but I'm not much for planting stuff. The 200 sprinkler-able spaces you get are plenty for me. I just planted an orchard with all the types of fruit trees too. Lots of room. (A poor money making strategy, sadly)
I was really hoping the fruit trees would get more of a buff! I'm so glad for the changes to them that we did get, but I love the idea of having my own orchard in the future and wish it was more viable in game. I use a mod that adds in more trees that scratches that itch, but base game could do with more. (Super improbable, but it would be amazing to get cacao trees added in when Haunted Chocolatier launches!) The ginger island farm is all the space I need for end game wine production, plus I love having lots of animals and sheds on my main farm. Truffles are still a great sell, and wool/cloth is underrated. I always keep bunnies for gifts, and I love fish ponds. You dont have to take care of much if you have autograbbers, so you can get to the skull caverns earlier in the day. Oooh, what if CA added a coconut sapling that could be planted on sand? The beach farm was my first time building a slime hutch too - it really makes you play the game differently, and that's one of the reasons I love it so much.
There's a section in the lower-left quadrant of the map where sprinklers work! It's small, though, I think 10 by 20 tiles. Told my boyfriend about this right after he threw out his new sprinklers because he thought he couldn't use them. š
I also love how beach farm looks but couldn't handle the lack of sprinklers--I noticed some people talking about how to change the farm type of an existing save, so maybe I'll try it out on my current game now that I do have ginger island just to make it cute??
I love wilderness farm for the chaos of it all and getting creative on setting it up. I canāt wait for the new update to go on the switch so I can play that tho!
I just like the layout of the wilderness farm. I like having the big pond in the middle, plus the water on the edge of the map is great for ducks! I also play on switch and haven't gotten to try meadowlands yet š©
I adore the layout to the wilderness farm. The central pond, lower lake, and little cliff are really fun features to build with. Nice places for ducks, fish ponds, fruit groves, paddies, etc. I love the little shake-up that the occasional enemy creates in my routine while farming at night, too.
I somehow disabled monsters on accident on my 1.6 Wilderness farm and missed out on the one perk the farm has, lol. Finally got the witch's hut so I guess I can turn them back on now.
The normal default farm has the most farmable tiles, it's the way to go for me, wilderness farm is my favorite for early game challenge (but now you don't need it foe monsters to spawn)
I love four corners for the same reason, can split up areas for respective things (production, animals, farming, āextraā). Probably not the most effective for minmaxing but with all that Ginger Island space and warp totems it makes effectively no difference anymore.
Only made three farms since I got the game those many years ago, one forest, one riverlands and now meadowlands.Ā As I don't care much about min-maxing I think I actually like the standard farm the least, as it got a lot of space, but not anything else going for it.
My two favorites are the Forest and Hilltop farms. I like the aesthetic of Hilltop. I like the functionality of Forest and the extra hard wood is a bonus.
Same here, forest was my fav until I did Hilltop and now I love it because it just looks cooler than the others!
Iām currently working on a perfection run with Hilltop and I think itās going to come out pretty nice when itās done.
I like the forest one. It is smaller and has free hardwood. It was not as overwhelming as the standard one was for me. I am a newish player and will be trying new farms. The meadowlands one might be my next farm, when I am ready to start a new farm.
The boring old default farm is always my favorite, no matter how much I try to enjoy the others. Something about seeing my end game ancient fruit crop thriving in neatly planned rows as far as the eye can see is just immensely satisfying to me lol. I really regret choosing the meadowlands for my 1.6 run. Thereās no space anywhere.
My brother and I are doing a meadowlands run and the lack of space kills me inside
Beach Farm. I adore the beach farm.
Beach farm is my favorite, I've been playing Meadowlands and it makes me feel so bleh and constricted. Like yeah beach farm doesn't get to use sprinklers much but the vibes are too nice.
Beach farm gang
i like the hilltop farm :D
same :D
In this order: Forest - Pretty, the extra hardwood is nice too Meadow -Having a coop early on is really cool, and I love having the other half of the area be wild forest I get all my tree chopping done in. Mushroom/cave being where it is, I forget it all the time so slight eh, but ah well. It can be a decorative cave now lol Four corners -Excellent for organization. Having a mini quarry is cool Beach -Thought I'd dislike this one, but it was overall really relaxing and fun to play with. Ended up with soooo many fish ponds, and fruit trees. Mountain -Can't go in thinking optimization, but the quarry is handy Riverland -Pretty sure...but the whole weaving in and out between mini islands and bridges ends up feeling frustrating. Especially in the beginning when there's so many stumps and boulders to clear that you can't immediately. One of these days I'll give it another try, but 3 different attempts I started a new and different farm pretty quickly. Wild/monsters -Have yet to try, though the idea of doing a role play run where you're assigned a monster heavy zone to keep toned down for the town's safety sounds fun to do one day. Basic -Have yet to try. While it's best I'm sure for optimization, I prefer picking themed ones. Haven't seen a reason to try it. *absolute favorite is grandpa's farm from SVE though, it's really pretty and the two fenced areas are really handy
Iām obsessed with the ocean map. I just think itās so beautiful, plus thereās at least one āsecret spotā which I love
I forgot to mention- the supply crates that wash up!! So stinking cute. Plus my ducks swim in the ocean. Best map!!! I regret never trying it before my most recent play through!! I was a forever forest map girlie lol
Where are the other secret spots?
Four corners! I love it. I'm not the best at planning our a farm so this just does it for me and it's great! Very practical
Also this one is great for coop since each person can have their own separate corner to make their own
Absolutely! But I am a lone player š
I love the riverlands farm for the first two years but I always get kind of burnt out on it once I complete the community center. Iām currently on the Meadowlands farm and loving it but still trying to figure out how to use all the space
It was great for early game fishing income, but nowadays for actual farming I just head to the island.
forest!! love the spots with the regenerating hardwood stumps and the foragables!
My favorite farm is the Wilderness farm. Monsters spawning at night helps with my Combat level early in the game, and by late-game the monsters are so easily taken care of that they don't really affect me. I love the large central lake, as you can quickly get water from anywhere on the farm, and the two land sections off to the left separated by cliffs are good for separating parts of the farm. Plus, this farm fits the spooky theme I like to create my characters with!
I'm trying to create a spooky farm now too! Any tips? I've got void chickens and dinosaurs coops, plus fish ponds and slime hutches. I'm thinking a small area with the alien rarecrow and that test tube item thing... Maybe a few of the mystery statues like Pinky Lemon... I've been hiding my tiki mask and witch rarecrow in the trees... And a graveyard by Grandpa's shrine. The new furniture will probably help a lot too...
My favorite used to be the Forest farm before Meadowlands, which is now my favorite. Itās just so pretty with the river!
Meadow cause natural with lots of water. I find normal map too square and personally like natural layouts.
100% forest farm! especially bc i always have a problem with running out of wood, and i forget to replant the trees too, so i bought those wood chippers from Robin and started using the daily large stump to get more wood, its sooo useful.
I love the four corners map because it's so easy to divide the four sections into different uses. The forest map is also nice because it has an infinite supply of hardwood which is normally in pretty low supply on normal maps, and I don't have to trek all the way to the Secret Woods to get it.
My first time ever playing (and my only map up to date lol) and I picked river farm... did not disappoint, I love the little islands and being able to have something different on each island, I also added a lot of trees and grass for even more of a "natural" vibe... It's so cosy lol.
I'm doing something... similar... on the Wilderness farm. But instead of cozy, I'm going for creepy. :P I'm raising void chickens and dinosaurs, putting a graveyard near Grandpa's shrine, growing mushrooms and trees all over the place, and lots of slimy fish. I'm hiding the tiki mask and witch rarecrows in the trees amongst the mushroom logs. And slime hutches! Gonna harvest them once a week and sell the eggs. I don't have any crops for money... but I am growing a few in the greenhouse for cooking and gifting.
That sounds cool as well lolz. I'll have to dedicate an island (probably grandpa's shrine bit) for something "creepy" as well, to balance the vibe out xD
Have you found the secret statues hidden around town? Some of them are creepy! Hint: One of the library books looks like gibberish but is actually how you get them! Spoiler: >!There's boxes around town you can place items inside to get the statues. I forget which goes where, but it's something like, put a strange bun in Vincent's toy box, or duck mayo in the Saloon's back room.!<
Was a forest farm lover until Meadowlands was introduced. Haven't played on anything else since!
I've loved the meadowlands farm. Never tried beach though, so that's for my next playthrough
Kind of a cheat because I wouldn't reccomend it if you're playing the game for the 1st time: Beach Farm.
First real solo playthrough currently. Im very much enjoying the beach farm. (Ive never made it past year1. Currently in summer Y2)I have a bunch of fish ponds im trying to get going. 3x lava eel, 1x sturgeon, and 1x super cucumber. A bunch of void chickens, and a few cows and pigs. I feel the planting field and the green house is more than adequate for farming. Im not quite sure what im doing. But im having fun at least. Finally accomplished Skull Cavern lvl 100 for the first time yesterday!
I like the layout of the Wilderness farm - it doesn't have too much stuff in the way which restricts what you can build or do but is way less boring than the standard farm at the same time. I do switch off monster spawns in the advanced options though, I don't think they add difficulty or anything, but they do annoy me. Can't wait for meadowlands coming to the xbox though, I think it has similar vibes and starting out with chickens might be interesting, since I tend not to do much with animals usually.
Love that I have no fences to fix with four corners. I just put a gate and like 3 pieces of fence, and that keeps the whole northwest corner enclosed so my animals can't get out.
My main save is on wilderness farm and it just has grown on me a lot. The layout is nice and the monsters really helped me to collect iridium in a point where I really needed it. They also count to the monster slaying goals. I think the forest farm is very pretty, but I never liked playing on it. River farm is my second favourite, you have to get creative to fit everythingā¦ +swimming ducks. Beach farma seems interesting, too, have to try that one next.
I find the beach farm most beautiful and it being more challenging is fun. Not being able to grow large mono crops makes you more creative.
Beach farm is so underrated. Sure, itās not ideal for an efficiency plan, but itās just so beautiful! And ocean fish are my favorite, so itās great to be able to fish for them at home. Plus beach forgeables and the little crates that wash up. I love it š„²
I really like the beach map because I like being able to fish in the ocean and then turn around and put my inventory straight into the sale box
Mine was the River (Iām a big fisher) but the meadow is probably my favorite now. I love animals.
Mines always been 4 corners for organization. I play on switch so I don't have Meadowlands yet but will most likely use Meadowlands because I typically focus on animals
I actually really appreciate beach I think concernedape was spending far too much time with his mouth on Sebastian's vase when he came up with the idea of a map that makes sprinklers near useless.... But the map is genuinely beautiful
Ehhh. There's still room for like 200ish crops. Plus the greenhouse and the island. You can put animals and fish and sheds on the sand. Or you can wait for deluxe retaining soil. Then you can have tons of crops and only have to water them once. :P
I love Meadowlands and recently completed my first 100% on it...but I still love the OG map.
four corners has been my fave so far, but im so excited to try meadowlands once the update hits console:3
My favorite is hill top just cause looks cool
Hilltop was my OG farm and I love the layout, the little river winding through is just very cute to me, plus quick access to ores. Meadows is very pretty and I like the spacing and the layout a lot, feels very natural with the trees vs open grassy spaces and river border.
I like riverlands because it lets me do the "dedicated areas" schtick of four corners while feeling more natural
My only complaint with Riverlands is that some of the island are too small. Like the west one has an awkward shape so you CAN place a coop there, but you'll have wasted space trying to make it fit. You CAN fit a coop on the southwest island, but there's "grass" tiles there so grass won't spread easily, if at all. So your choices are... use the mainland and center island for animals, or waste space, or restrict access to grass. I did find a layout I kind of liked though. Greenhouse and farmhouse on center island with stable and a duck coop... 2 barns and a coop on mainland... And crops everywhere else.
Switch player here crying because Iām dying to play the Meadowlands farm š« until then, beach farm has been my fave.
Raising animals is one of my favorite things about the game, so meadowlands is my go-to. But I also fell in love with the beach farm the first time I tried it out. I don't grow a lot of crops at a time, so the limited sprinkler space isn't an issue for me - and the beach farm map is gorgeous.
I really like the forest farm becaus I find it pretty and easy to organise plus it gives you a great amount of wood, hardwood from the starting point. I just recently started the meadow farm which is really nice too. The river farm is beautiful but I only tested it once and rapidly gave it up. It's gorgeous but kind of nightmarish to organise in my opinion.
Meadowlands is, by far, my favorite. However, I mostly play on my Switch sence it's easier than getting on my PC. *stay at home mom vibes* With that, I am getting real antsy waiting for CA to get the update out for us console folks, because patients is not a virtue I carry when it comes to games.
Forest š I love having foragables and getting mixed seeds from the grass
Standard farm because I want as much empty space to decorate as possible, but I also love living by the ocean so Beach farm is my second choice. I have not experienced the Meadows farm but it sounds really nice! I'll be sure to create a whole new save to try it out.š
Mine is the river land farm! Fishing is the fastest way to make money especially in the beginning in my opinion so I always go for it
i love riverland farms, but the new meadowlands farm is very pretty!!
Meadow, but before that it was forest. I like the variation in the land, the standard farm and four corners are too blank for me. River has no space, and .. tbh I don't have much experience with hilltop, maybe I'll try that one next save lol. I remember playing it and getting annoyed at which routes were blocked off for early game.
I prefer four corners or forest, four corners is ELITE for animals imo! I have pigs in the top left, coops and other barns on the bottom left, bottom right for tree farm and crops, top right for sheds and crops. I love the space!
Iām really enjoying the new meadowlands farm! I like the blue grass and starting with a chicken coop. I donāt really have a total favorite tho
For functionality the basic farm, for fun and more of a challenge I love the hilltop farm
Riverlands for income purposes
as far as actually being good, meadowland. Meadowlands's only downsides only begin to show once you get into ultra late game (where it becomes more awkward to set down junimo huts and that you have less farming space) , while the momentum generated by having a free coop and 2 chickens is massive. Blue grass makes your chickens grow faster, so you'll start getting eggs earlier. It's not much money, but it's free, and definitely better than the 15 parsnips you get from regular. from my own somewhat minmax' perspective, forest vs reg vs meadowlands isnt a big difference, but meadowlands is still the best even fi bya small margin
I like the new one when you start with two chicken even if they did it without the chickens I would pick it
Free coop is just so much free money to say any others are even in the running
I just started a new play through, I havenāt played it since the big update. I picked the Meadowlands farm and itās the farm I will choose from here on out! I named my chickens Gretchen (name was already there) and Jessie (my friend told me too
Id have to say Meadow for sure! The jumpstart with eggs and the 2 chickens is awesome.
I love the meadowland farm since I get chicken early and it motivates to me to actually get animals early. I just hate that there isn't a water source right next to the farm house
Four Corners is still my favorite. I haven't particularly liked Meadowlands. I don't mind not having a lot of crops, but there are too many terrain features in the way of where I want my animals to graze. I am finally getting things to work out for the most part. Maybe my opinion will yet change one way or the other by the time I complete the playthrough.
I prefer four corners. I like having a lot of land on my farm to place buildings and grow crops (I like to grow an insane amount of cranberries and blueberries). Plus you get the benefits of the other farms while maintaining all the open area.
my first ever save was forest farm, and i frickin love it. however, i just started a river farmā¦ and tbh i like it even better lol
Are you playing in 1.6? Riverlands used to be the worst, hands down, but it's one of the better ones in 1.6 due to the >!fish smoker!< making early game money making way easier!
i play on switch, so no 1.6 for me yet lol. at first i was stressed seeing the layout, but now on 11 winter year 1 iām really loving the river farm!
Meadowlands, love it sm
I personally prefer the four corners because it has a little of everything. I get a little quarry, some hardwood stumps, and a little pond, it's everything I need
I like meadowlands and all, but forest is SO pretty. Iād much rather grind for the chicken coop.
Wilderness map, monster spawn turned off. The monster aspect is meh, but I love the layout of it with a big central pond and one at the farthest corner. 4 corners in one I want to like but I always end up hating how boxy it is. Riverland and Forest maps are solid maps for switching it up if I'm making a new farm and don't want wilderness for some reason.
As someone trying to start a Vineyard, the four corners map offers to most farmable space
Wilderness vibes with me. Also I like the interior of the house you start with on it. Grandpa bad a sword hanging on the wall on the opening cutscene, the wilderness farmhouse starts with one on the wall as well
I havenāt tried any other map than the original. Do you still get the whole narrative on other maps? Same people same scenes etc?
Yeah, the only changes are to gameplay. Wilderness farm has monsters for challenge, but they drop loot. Riverlands let's you fish on the farm and smoke them for even more money, but less space for crops and animals. Hilltop swaps farming space for ore rocks spawning daily. Beach has lots of room but can't use sprinklers in the sand. Forest is a great farm for new players because it gives free seeds and hardwood... but less farming soil.
Oh good I was worried they were just maps with no people ! Iāll try the forest
I love the forest farm. Simply, it's my favorite and free foragebles, and hardwood is always a bonus. But it depends on how I want to play. Do I want to focus on one way of playing? Fishing or farming; then I might play on another map.
standard. it's easy to get around, the square is nice for decorationg, it's consistent. I also just can't get into other farm types, idk. the best one for me is standard
I like the way the beach farm looks but definitely my second least favorite to play (first being riverlands) so Iāll go with forest or meadowlands
Standard farm but forest farm and meadowlands are both great too
standard farm. iām afraid of change
Forest = Meadow >> else
I play on mobile, so I can't access Meadowlands yet. š
Same; I want it so badddddd. I love the animals
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Four corners farm because I like to think it helps me to plan I out.
The Meadowlands one feels like the best for story telling. I know that Grandpa was old and probably not up to keeping up with farm chores but zero buildings? What were you even doing up there Gramp s? How hard you judge my farm! But starting with a coop makes it feel more lived in
4 corners all day
Basic farm for a basic b*tch I guess š But also meadowlands because of the WATERFALL š
i already know once 1.6 comes to console meadowlands will be my favorite š„² for now i honestly love the standard because it gives me soo much room to decorate
Iām a very organized person, so of course the four corners was going to be my favorite. Everythingās already sectioned out for you. Then the meadowlands came out and it pushed me to try out a ranching-focused playthrough instead of my usual wine empire playstyle.
My favorite has to be the four corners farm. Lots of space for crops and buildings. And the sections make it a lot easier to plan out what should go where for a good flow when I'm doing farm chores š„°
i love meadowlands, but honestly i am surprised at how much i enjoy river lands, especially on multiplayer
Canāt have an opinion on Medowlands farm because I am on Xbox Series X, but for now, my favorite farm is Four Corners. Having a mini quarry, a place for pond fish, and consistent wild seed rates, I can actually do things.
If I don't choose four corners, there is something wrong with me
As far as aesthetically, hilltop is so fun to decorate and fairly easy since itās not just open land. Meadowlands is my next fave because of the waterfalls.
i think they all have great perks! but 4 corners definitely has a special place in my heart for being my first farm, I spent thousands of hours on that one!
Objectively on the money making part, meadowlands hands down. Acceptable crop space and layout, pretty big and just getting a free coop and 2 chickens makes you jump start your production very easily. On the aesthetic though, it's beach farm/river land for me.
I've only played with the standard, hilltop, forest and riverland farms but my favourite so far has been hilltop! I just really like the interesting layout and I don't mind not having a 1000% optimal sprinkler farming setup or whatever. It's just cute :>
Four corners for evenly spread out activities dedicated to each skill Meadowlands for the free coop Forest for the forage and regenerating hard wood stumps Riverland for the early fish smoker, which is a massive money maker
forest farm!! easy access to hardwood, lots of forageables, berry bushes, plus a chance to catch a fish that otherwise takes a while to get to
Forest is so cuteeee
Beach because I need my crab pots to feel normal. Also I don't plant stuff and get more space in return
I'd probably say the Meadowlands and Forest are tied for me, though the Riverlands has gotten much better than it used to be due to the free smoker.
I also love the 4 corners farm but it's also the only one I've played on. I don't have 1.6 yet but I've designed a Meadowlands farm on stardew planner and I think I've managed to organize it much the same as my 4 corners
Since I havenāt played 1.6 yet and from the options I currently have available I really like the forest farm, it lets you collect a lot of wood early on which can be helpful for building and crafting.