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There are many routes you can take when you start designing your farm beyond the basics. You should not only consider your day-to-day goals, but also which map you have chosen to place your farm on in Stardew Valley. With that in mind, we’ve tried to include as many different types of inspirational farms as possible. Some ideas on the list are also universal, which means they can be easily modified depending on the map you have. Try one, some or all on your own farm!
13. Center circle
While there are tons of logistical design ideas being shared in the Stardew Valley community, we think there’s always room to prioritize aesthetics. This is because your farm is a place that you will travel through every day you play. That is why we believe that this design shared by Tanner on YouTube is a great inspiration to make your farmhouse stand out. Using a mix of mushroom trees and other common tree varieties allows for a mulch that creates the illusion of a perfect circle.
12. Organization Heaven
If you’re not concerned with having a specific style for your farm, you can look to arrange it as neatly as possible. This design presented by retribution images on youtube gives a great look at what a optimized farm may seem We can see many monoculture patches with walking paths between them. The player has also placed sheds one after the other, with the greenhouse and the beaten maple trees on either side. Making a design like this makes daily tasks a breeze to complete.
11. Developed Property
Do you want your farm to look like you are strolling through the main area of ​​Pelican Town? If so, check out this design by PoP on YouTube. The cultures are placed in a quad grid format to emulate a city square, as well as multiple cabins located near the player’s main house. Next door is a Slime Hutch and Stable, with a barn and ponds nearby. All these structures are separated by stone paths and stone lamps, giving a downtown vibe.
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10. Simple and elegant
Much of Stardew Valley’s design, especially the farms, focuses on natural colors with some accents of primary colors. That is why this design shown by Sarity on YouTube caught our attention. Instead of going with normal shades, this farmhouse is decked out with dark wood tones, black ceiling, and an environment full of rich greens. Planters and bright red roofs are not needed on this farm, allowing the player to create a dramatic and streamlined look for your property.
9. Focused on efficiency
For the farmer who wakes up and immediately heads out to collect the rewards that bloomed overnight, an efficiency-focused farm is a must. As shown in a Cliff Edges YouTube videoa farm that helps a player to collect assets quickly needs a lot intelligently designed pathways. For example, the farm above shows winding paths to quickly grab honey and crops. If the player needs to travel further than this, they can also immediately jump onto the horse in the stable right next to his house.
8. Condensed and convenient
While having so much open land on your farm can be nice, it can also make daily chores even more overwhelming. For those who don’t want to feel like they’re running in a million directions to get their homework done, consider condensing everything. To achieve this, you can take inspiration from Sir Nemo YouTube video. Center your crops around your house to make harvesting easier in the morning, as well as adding iridium sprinklers to cover the chore of watering them. Sir Nemo also cleverly places other essential structures at the margins from the main space, such as vertically aligning the silos and placing some threaded trees in additional places.
7. Controlled chaos
Some players don’t want a clean looking, uniform farm, but something that looks more natural. looking at a korokleafs YouTube video, we can find a great execution of this idea. You don’t want to overdo it and make it difficult to complete your daily farming tasks, so make sure you leave many roads. But don’t be afraid to mix things up with different materials and paths that aren’t straight. Place lots of grass patches and plants around the farm to improve the appearance.
6. Craftsman Clean
There’s a lot of focus on crops and animals when it comes to farm layouts, which makes sense since both are essential to running a successful farm. But let’s not forget the craftsmanship! It is a great source of money and keeps players very busy on a daily basis. Fuzzireno on YouTube provides an inspiring farm for anyone in the craft career, with sheds right next to home, square lots for honey, and strategically placed oil machines. They have done all this masterfully, with wide and clean paths to keep everything in order.
5. Kitsch color
While we’ve covered unique color options, maximalism, and clean paths in this list, we haven’t covered an entry that meets all of these attributes. In a video shared by Kyper on YouTubewe have an example of how neatly line up tons of brightly colored assets throughout. You can still easily navigate your crops and find buildings, all while enjoying the aesthetic value of colorful buildings and flowers everywhere. To prevent the area from looking too crowded, the player opted for use both paths and fences.
4. Tropical playground
For those who build on a beach farmhouse, it can be difficult to know how to decorate a farmhouse. One of the reasons for this is that crops end up relegated to the greenhouse in the later stages of the game. This makes it difficult to know what goes where in your design. A MerakiMai’s YouTube video gives valuable inspiration, showing a plot full of bushes, ponds and playful path formations. The end result is a farm that looks cute and naturally beachywith some splashes of color throughout.
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3. cozy ranch
Obviously, there are plenty of ways to show off your personality through Stardew Valley farmhouse decor, but sometimes you might not want a stark aesthetic. This Punny’s YouTube video shows that you don’t have to go for a specific design style, such as minimalism or modernity, to achieve an attractive farmhouse. They have created a farm that evokes realistic and cozy vibes through a variety of small touches. One of the key details we noticed is the use of grass to show overgrowthas much as make the house a different color scheme than the natural parts of the farm.
2. Orchard on the coast
As we discussed in a previous entry, decking out your beach farm with tons of crops is often more trouble than it’s worth since you can’t use sprinklers. A video of Satoshi Games on YouTube shows a focus on trees, ponds and craft machines (with some crops). The rustic aspect of the finca is enhanced by wooden paths and without leaving much negative space behind. We also noticed that they kept the few crops they had on their farm close to the house to facilitate watering when necessary.
1. Cottagecore multiplayer
Many Stardew Valley players focus primarily on multiplayer gameplay, which can make your farm requirements a bit different. This design shown in YouTube by Pachimari gives some inspiration on how to set up a farm used by multiple players. One of the key aspects is to create a plan that allows each player to leave their house and immediately have a place to go to work. The farm shown above does just that. Crops, fishing, animals and more are instantly available when you leave your homes. It doesn’t hurt that this farm also achieves a effortless adorable look.
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