Springtime is the first season of the year in Stardew Valley. For all players, it is the first season to experience. Typically, players use their first spring to get their farm in order. This means clearing land, starting crops, and collecting many resources to expand and build.
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There is much more to the Spring season than just starting out though. There are certain things that can only be fished, foraged, and grown in Spring. There are also certain events to prepare for and of course, there is preparing for the upcoming season of Summer.
8 Complete Spring-Based Bundles
For players who are trying to complete the Community Center, paying attention to certain bundles in Spring is important. Spring bundles include the Spring Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room, the Spring Crop and Quality Crop bundles in the Pantry, and some of the Artisan Bundle as well. These bundles require items that only are available in Spring.
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So save a foraged dandelion, leek, horseradish, and daffodil for the Spring Forage Bundle. Grow at least one potato, cauliflower, parsnip, and green bean for the Spring Crop bundle. Find and save five golden parsnips for the Quality Crops bundle.
7 Catch The Legend Fish
There are a number of legendary tier fish in Stardew Valley. One that can only be caught in Spring though it literally named Legend. The window to catch it is especially small because it is not only locked in only appearing in Spring, but it also only will appear during rainy weather. On top of that, it can only be caught at the Mountain Lake and only if the player has fishing at level 10.
While it is not a part of any bundles or quests, the fish can sell for between 5,000 to 15,000 gold depending on its quality and the fisher and angler buffs a player can get.
6 Plant A Variety Of Spring Crops
Players have somewhat varied opinions on the best Spring crops. Strawberries are quite popular, but their seeds are not sold anywhere except at the Egg Festival in the middle of Spring. So before strawberries, other great crops include potatoes, cauliflower, and rhubarbs.
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Potato and cauliflower seeds are sold at Pierre's Shop. Rhubarb seeds are only sold at the Desert Oasis. So unless you saved a ton of strawberry seeds from last year, it is recommended to plant a variety.
5 Get Strawberry Seeds At The Egg Festival
Eggs hunts are great but do not forget to buy as many strawberry seeds as possible. Every seed costs 100 gold and every crop it produces sells for 120 gold. They take eight days to mature but regrow every four days so that you get more than just one harvest.
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Since the Egg Festival is not until the 13th of Spring, a lot of players buy seeds and save them for next year so that they can plant strawberries early on next Spring for the maximum amount of regrows and profit.
4 Prepare For Eight Birthdays
Giving villagers loved gifts on their birthdays gives a decent boost of friendship points. There are eight birthdays in Spring including Emily, Kent, Lewis, Haley, Pam, Pierre, Shane, and Vincent. Save up gifts for their special day.
For gifts, Emily loves wool and amethysts, Pierre loves fried calamari, Kent loves roasted hazelnuts, Pam loves beer and parsnips, Lewis loves hot peppers, Vincent loves snails and grapes, Haley loves sunflowers and coconuts, and Shane loves beer and hot peppers.
3 Get Someone To Four Hearts Before The Flower Dance Festival
This event is on the 24th of Spring and it gives the player the chance to dance with a bachelor or bachelorette to raise their affection. Talk to one twice to invite them to dance. However, they will refuse the dance if they are lower than at least four hearts.
It is possible to get someone to four hearts on the first year, but it will take dedication. Remember that the bachelorettes include Abigail, Emily, Haley, Leah, Maru, and Penny. The bachelors include Alex, Elliot, Shane, Sebastian, Sam, and Harvey.
2 Forage For Spring-Only Items
Spring-only foragable items include wild horseradishes, daffodils, leeks, dandelions, spring onions, morels, and salmonberries. These are all useful in various ways. Some are required for Spring bundles while others are the most loved items of certain villagers. Krobus loves wild horseradish. George loves leeks.
These easy-to-get Spring items can also be turned into more valuable things like wines or jellies. Salmonberries make great wine and jelly. Do be aware that salmonberries are limited to only appeared from the 15th to the 18th of Spring. So make sure to grab them in that short window!
1 Prepare For Summer
Part of every season is the preparation for the next. When Summer hits, all Spring crops will die. The only overlap in terms of crops is coffee beans. There will be new items to forage for, but that means Spring foraging will end (though common mushrooms will return in the Fall). Make sure you have enough gold to buy a bunch of seeds on the first of Spring so that they are planted early for the most harvest. The end of the season is also a great time to expand the farm in terms of places to grow crops.