There’s One Trick Every Stardew Valley Farm Should Use To Save Space & Keep Animals Happy
Taking care of a herd of animals in is a lot of work. Players have to tend to their chickens, cows, ducks, goats, rabbits, sheep, and pigs every single day to keep them happy. Not to mention the effort that goes into keeping the flock fed through every season, since players have to provide ample space for grass to grow in warmer months and plenty of hay for Winter.
As a player grows their farm, adding barns, coops, and larger farming plots with the aid of sprinklers, they’ll find how quickly space runs out. Since more space on the farm equals more profit, considering the large areas needed for crops and for kegs, casks, oil makers, bee houses, and preserves jars, being economical with land usage is a big deal for later game farms. Thankfully, there is a workaround forplayers who need every square inch of space on their farms.
The one building that takes up far too much space on the farm is the silo. An incredibly important building, at least for one month, the silo stores hay for every animal to snack on throughout the coldest parts of the year when they won’t go outside to eat the plentiful grass. Silos take up a 3x3 space and store only 240 hay, which isn’t very much when players start upgrading their farms and taking care of larger numbers of animals.
It only costs 100g, alongside 100 stone, 10 clay, and 5 copper bars to build one silo.
A single silo feeds nine animals throughout Winter, so any farms with at least one Deluxe Barn and one Deluxe Coop (each houses 12 animals) would need three silos. That’s a lot of space taken up to feed animals for a single season of the year.
There is a way to get through the entire Winter season with only one silo taking up space on the farm. As explained by Reddit user lookforazebra, the strategy is to put a chest next to the silo. Once the silo has enough hay inside, players can repeatedly withdraw hay from the hoppers in a barn or coop and simply place it in the chest until the silo is empty. Players can fit much more hay in
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