Pelican Town fieldbook · Sep 28, 2026
Stardew Valley
A source-checked route through the first week, every fish condition, all 81 recipes, Skull Cavern floor 100, Ginger Island, all 130 Golden Walnuts, the Greenhouse, lost-item recovery, honey, festivals, crops, bundles and friendship.
Qualified game section17 distinct player tasksDirect starting answer
Build a repeatable day before chasing a perfect farm.
Water only the crops you can support, keep a small reserve of money and energy, check the calendar before planting, save one example of unfamiliar seasonal items, and let the current weather, quests and bundle needs choose the rest of the day.
Choose the player task
17 permanent, practical routes.
Each page answers a separate job and keeps version-sensitive claims behind an explicit source boundary.
First-week route01Permanent guideBeginner route
A spoiler-light first-week routine for manageable crops, energy, storage, exploration and early skill progress without a punishing daily script.
Open guide ↗Farm map chooser02Permanent guideFarm types compared
Compare all eight farm maps by usable space, built-in advantages, layout constraints and the kind of play each one supports before you lock in a new save.
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Mining resources03Permanent guideOres and bars
See what Copper, Iron, Gold, Iridium and Radioactive Ore are for, when to smelt each one, which direct recipes consume raw ore and what to reserve before selling.
Open guide ↗Lost-item quests04Permanent guideLost-item quest locations
Find Robin's Lost Axe, Mayor Lewis's Lucky Purple Shorts, Linus's Blackberry Basket and the shadow figure from A Winter Mystery without wasting days on the wrong map edge.
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Lost & Found05Permanent guideRecover items at Lewis's house
Find the Lost & Found Box in Mayor Lewis's house, recover failed-order and forgotten Fair items, and know when Marlon handles a mine loss instead.
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Crop calendar06Permanent guideSeasons and crops
Use the 28-day season, seed growth time, regrowth and watering capacity to avoid late planting and build a farm you can actually maintain all year.
Open guide ↗Complete cooking index07Permanent guideAll 81 cooking recipes
A complete current cooking index with ingredients, recipe source, energy, health, buffs, duration and sell price for every dish needed for cooking completion.
Open guide ↗Honey and Royal Jelly08Permanent guideHoney, Bee Houses & Royal Jelly
Build Bee Houses, control flower honey, decide when Mead loses value, and understand why Royal Jelly only appears when the Honey Extend mod is installed.
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Festival entry guide09Permanent guideFestivals and contests
A full-year entry calendar for festivals, the Fair display, Egg Hunt, Ice Fishing, Trout Derby, SquidFest, Flower Dance, Luau and non-competitive events.
Open guide ↗Bundle route10Permanent guideCommunity Center
Unlock the Community Center, read bundle progress correctly and build a seasonal reserve without turning every day into a completion checklist.
Open guide ↗Town relationships11Permanent guideFriendship and gifts
Build friendships through conversation, remembered preferences, birthdays and manageable gift routines without wasting rare items on guesses.
Open guide ↗Complete fish conditions12Permanent guideEvery fish condition
Check 71 rod, Night Market, legendary, quest-variant and Crab Pot reference rows by location, season, time, weather and catch difficulty.
Open guide ↗Skull Cavern floor 10013Permanent guideReach Skull Cavern 100
Unlock the desert cavern, prepare a high-luck descent and reach floor 100 with a practical bomb, healing, staircase and warp plan.
Open guide ↗Ginger Island first days14Permanent guideUnlock Ginger Island
Repair Willy's boat, pay for the crossing and spend the first Golden Walnuts on a route that opens the island without wasting trips.
Open guide ↗All 130 Golden Walnuts15Permanent guideAll 130 Golden Walnuts
A region-by-region 130-walnut checklist covering exploration, puzzles, farming, fishing, fossils, quests, Pirate Cove and the Volcano Dungeon.
Open guide ↗Tool upgrades16Permanent guideTool upgrades and timing
Choose the next copper, steel, gold or iridium tool, schedule the two-day Blacksmith wait and avoid losing crops while the Watering Can is away.
Open guide ↗Greenhouse layouts17Permanent guideGreenhouse layout & crops
Restore the Greenhouse, water all 120 crop tiles efficiently, place up to 18 fruit trees and choose crops by seed access, labor and processing capacity.
Open guide ↗Evidence boundary
Practical guidance, with farm choices left open.
ConcernedApe describes Stardew Valley as an open-ended country-life RPG, and the official site links directly to the maintained game wiki used here for mechanics. Farm map, season, weather, bundle settings, multiplayer state and player priorities can change the useful route, so this fieldbook explains decisions instead of inventing one universal schedule.
- Developer
- ConcernedApe
- Structure
- Open-ended country-life RPG
- Season length
- 28 in-game days
- Core paths
- Farm, fish, forage, mine, befriend
- Farm maps
- 8 starting layouts
- Permanent guides
- 17 live pages
Official sources
Facts checked at the publisher
Official premise, farming, fishing, community, cave and customization overview.
ConcernedApe · Checked Sep 28, 2026Official developer, platform, feature and screenshot record.
ConcernedApe · Checked Sep 28, 2026Official-site-linked guide to first crops, energy, skills and friendship.
Stardew Valley Wiki · Checked Sep 28, 2026Maintained season length, availability and transition rules.
Stardew Valley Wiki · Checked Sep 28, 2026Current recipe, ingredient, unlock-source, buff and cooking-completion reference.
Stardew Valley Wiki · Checked Sep 28, 2026Current annual calendar and participation rules, including the 1.6 mini-festivals.
Stardew Valley Wiki · Checked Sep 28, 2026