"I Didn’t Even Know That Was Possible": Unlucky Stardew Valley Player Has The Worst Luck In The Mines, Not Once But Twice

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A player's misfortune proves that some of us just have the worst luck. Although it fits the bill of a cozy game, players will face more than a little danger as they expand outward in. And nowhere will they face more danger than in the mines. Hidden away in a secluded mountain cave in a far corner of the map, the mines are, for the first year or so of a playthrough, the only place a player can fight, get hurt, or even "" — even though they'll just wake up mostly unscathed.

But there is a penalty for fainting in the mines, and Reddit user Affectionate_Way_572 recently learned just how harsh that penalty can be when they lost almost the maximum amount of money possible twice in a row after two ill-fated trips to the mine. The first time this happened, they came close to the cap, losing 14,100 g; the second time, just two in-game days later, they lost a full 15,000 for a whopping total of 29,100 g in less than half a week.

Typically, when you drop to 0 HP in the mines, you lose 10% of your total gold, along with a few randomly selected items. However, that amount caps at 15,000 g; in other words, once you hit 150,000 g in your account, you'll always lose the maximum of 15,000, and never a cent more. In other words, the original poster had about 141,000 g the first time they were defeated in the mines, then hit or surpassed the 150,000 maximum sometime between then and their next defeat.

It's likely that the farmer didn't know such high amounts were possible because they confused the toll for defeat in the mines with the toll for passing out because of exhaustion. This is a common mistake, especially since the two processes and resulting scenes are very similar, even though the amounts removed are very different. The passing-out penalty caps at 1,000 g, but will go up to 2,500 if the player collapses in the Volcano Dungeon instead.

Stardew Valley is the reigning champ in the cozy game genre, but plenty of other incredible games share similar vibes and gameplay mechanics.