Spring, Year 1 — A calm first month
A day-by-day friendly plan for your first Spring: clear the farm, fish for cash, plant smart, and start the Community Center without overwhelm.
- A day-by-day friendly plan for your first Spring: clear the farm, fish for cash, plant smart, and start the Community Center without overwhelm.
•Days 1–3: setup
Chop ~50 wood, clear a small plot, and craft a Chest and a Scarecrow. Visit the Community Center to trigger the bundle cutscene, and meet the villagers at the Saloon on Spring 5.
- Keep 1 of everything you forage — it feeds the Crafts Room bundles.
- Buy Strawberry seeds at the Egg Festival on Spring 13 if you can afford them.
•Days 4–14: crops & cash
Plant Parsnips (fast, cheap) and Potatoes (multi-yield). Spend rainy days fishing the river — Catfish sells well and fills the River Fish bundle later.
•Days 15–28: momentum
Replant, keep fishing, and mine on good days for ore and quartz. Donate Parsnip, Green Bean, Cauliflower and Potato to start the Pantry.
✓Checklist
- Clear a 10×10 tillable plot
- Craft a Chest and a Scarecrow
- Trigger the Community Center cutscene
- Plant Parsnip + Potato
- Attend the Egg Festival (Spring 13)
- Donate 4 Spring crops to the Pantry
?FAQ
Should I buy Strawberry or Parsnip first?
Parsnip first for fast cash; buy Strawberry seeds at the Egg Festival for the regrowing Summer payoff.
Is fishing worth it this early?
Yes — it is the best Spring money source and fills Fish Tank bundles later.