Stardew Valley takes us to a farming town world, in which we have to grow a variety of crops, raise livestock, collect and craft various items we need to develop and build our farm.
At the game moment in the game, we will face such a choice, whether to grow mushrooms or raise fruit bats? This guide will give you some suggestions to let you know which choice is more suitable for your game progress.
You must choose one of the two options. This choice determines whether your farm will become a bat refuge cave or a mushroom farm. The rules of the game will not change.
You can see the empty cave in the game after the May 8 update. This cave will remain empty until you make a choice, and it will change according to your choice. This is a difficult problem. Fruit can only be picked from trees, and different types of mushrooms can only be obtained in certain seasons or collected in mines.
How To Unlock Farm Cave?
First, to enter this part of the game, you need to earn 25,000G. Farmers can sell Stardew Valley Items or exchange for better crops to earn enough income. In addition, there is a novice achievement in the game, which can earn 15,000G.
It should be noted here that you only need to earn 25,000G cumulatively, and you don't need to have so many gold coins in your wallet.
This requires you to calculate it yourself, because there is no achievement in the game that will remind you when you earn 25,000G.
After reaching this condition, a villager named Demetrius will appear in the morning of the next day. He will ask if you can use the cave on your house, and then the system will appear Bats or Mushrooms options for you to make a choice.
Some Tips For Making Money
In the game, unless you have Junimo Bundles from Community Center to sell, you should prioritize selling everything you grow or catch. Gold-star quality crops and fish are more valuable than those no-star items. In addition, you should sell as much as possible to Pierre and Willy.
The trash can outside the farmhouse is also available, but you will not receive funds until the next day, so if you don't have time to wait, it is better to sell it directly.
If you have a coop and barn, you can collect eggs and milk. Processing them into mayonnaise and cheese will make more money than selling them directly.
Once you make a decision, you cannot change it. If you choose fruit bats and want to switch to mushrooms halfway through the game, you will not be able to change it.
Fruit Bats Cave
If you want to get Artisan Bundle of Community Center before winter comes, I recommend choosing fruit bats cave.
Because Artisan Bundle requires 6 items, you can choose animal products such as cheese, goat cheese, truffle oil or fruit, which means you can use fruit to get the gift bundle.
Fruit bats will pick fruit in each season, so you can get apples except in autumn. Although the amount of fruit you get this way is random, you don't have to wait 28 game days for a fruit tree to grow.
Here are the fruits you can get from the fruit bats cave:
- Pomegranate
- Apricot
- Cherry
- Apple
- Orange
- Peach
- Salmonberry
- Wild Plum
- Blackberry
- Spice Berry
Of course, this option has its drawbacks, that is, you won't always get the fruits you want from the fruit bats cave, and you also need to keep the cave empty, as fruit production is affected by the size of the space.
There is a 48% chance that no fruit will spawn every night. Also, if you have enough money to get fruit tree seedlings, the fruit bats cave will not be of much help to you.
In short, if you choose the Community Center route, you should choose fruit bats to complete the Artisan Bundle instead of wasting money on fruit tree seeds.
Mushrooms Cave
Players who care about HP or want a Dehydrator should choose mushrooms. The mushroom option will have six boxes, and one mushroom will be harvested every other day. The harvested mushrooms are as follows:
- Morel
- Red Mushroom
- Purple Mushroom
- Common Mushroom
- Chanterelle
Mushrooms are not as rare as fruits, but they are essential for making Life Elixir drinks, which can help you restore health.
In Version 1.6, choosing a mushroom cave will also give you a Dehydrator. It can help you quickly dehydrate fruits or mushrooms, which you can sell to the raccoons in Cindersap Forest.
The disadvantage of this option is that it is too replaceable, because mushrooms can be obtained in many other ways. You can collect Red and Purple Mushrooms on Mushroom Floors in the mines, and you can collect Chanterelle and Morels in Secret Woods in autumn or spring. Common Mushroom can be collected in autumn.
Through the comparison and introduction above, I believe you should have the option you want to choose. Each option has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it depends on your needs to decide which one to choose.
