“Pure Profit”: Stardew Valley Player Becomes A Millionaire Without Ever Leaving The Farm

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has been around for quite some time now, and although it continues to have a strong and active fanbase, some players have been trying their hands at different challenge runs of the cozy farming sim to keep things interesting. The recent addition of patch 1.6 added a lot of new content to the game, which brought many people back after perhaps having some time away, and for others it helped to revitalize their gameplay experience. Yet, sometimes people still need just a little more of a challenge added by doing things like never leaving the farm.

There are several possibilities for challenge runs in , including this one that Reddit user _littlestranger has recently posted about having successfully accomplished. In their challenge, they never left the farm to purchase seeds or animals, upgrade weapons, or form relationships with neighbors, and have managed to earn a million gold by Fall Year 3.

The impressive feat needs patience and determination to happen, but is entirely doable. Commenters on the post discuss many of the things that would be needed for this, specifically pointing out the challenge of not having upgraded tools. The original poster, _littlestranger, comments in the thread that they made most of their money from mushroom logs and ferns as they are still only growing mixed seeds for their crops until they can get a gold bar to make a seed maker.

Never leaving the farm in restricts a lot of the progression in the game, particularly from the lack of tool upgrades and not having access to the full mines. Picking the right farm map certainly helps make it more achievable, and players can get wild seeds simply from cutting grass and hoeing the ground. The original poster also specifies that they have the lumberjack profession, which allows them to get hardwood from regular trees without an upgraded ax.

Reddit user lemonade-cookies commented on the thread about the post their amazement, while also adding that everything is pure profit due to the player