Bleakbane... Farms...? 15 [Stardew Valley] · 2:00pm Aug 12th, 2019
Part 15: Summer Daze
Onwards through summer of year two, which now seems awfully close to grandpa's return...
Friday, Summer Day 5, Year Two
Challenge accepted, Mr Qi, whoever the frack you are. You know, in a good while, Illy probably needs better weapons.
(Also, Illy did some research - silly Illy, you need to explode mummies when you down them to kill them!)
Really must go see Rassy soon!
Illy plants the cactus, beet and rhubarb in the greenhouse, with a single iridium sprinkler.
(I did a quick look yesterday, and the area is conveniently 15x15, so nine iridium sprinklers will cover all of it.)
Illy realises that, duh, those bits on the edges will be for fruit trees, which will be much better than growing them outside! That's another thing to get!
The starfruit seed Illy plants outside, having harvested the first batch of wheat.
Illy tries to go and get her geodes opened, but Clint is busy. Darn.
Illy goes to see Rassy, On the way she sees the caravan lady has a packet of rare seeds and a cut-rate cherry sapling, so she buys both.
Wow. Illy means, like, quite often the ex-wife gets described as being be a witch, but not usually literally...
It is not!
Cherry can go there. There are thirteen of these slots, so Illy can plant two each of all the trees and have one spare for... Anything else that comes along, or if she find one type is better than any others.
It's a bit late to do anything useful now, so Illy thinks she might have an experiment and put one of ancient fruits into the seedmaker.
Sweet! It works! Illy can grow more ancient fruit now. So, she thinks, the best thing to do would be to put the other ancient fruit in there as well - she thinks she'll put her last one in as well. She gets lucky - this produces three seeds, for four in total! Illy thinks she will plant them on day 8 (Monday) in the greenhouse (at the start of the week), so she can easily synchronise them. She'll only bother with a quality sprinkler to start with.
Illy goes to try and clear a bit more space for the next silo she's planning to get tomorrow, but it gets a bit late!
Summer Day 6, Year Two
Well, the caravan lady was selling pufferfish, so maybe...?
Of COURSE she's not there again today, that would be convenient, wouldn't it?
Illy orders the silo - she can't really put it in what she thinks is an ideal lcoation yet, but given it's not hard to move, she'll worry about that later.
Linus says rainbow trout are swimming in the streams - Illy ought to try some more fishing - and Robin notes that Maru hates pickles. Useful to know...
You can thank Illy, actually.
Wait... How old is Pam?! She must be nearly Illy's age if she's been waiting for decades to drive the bus again! Illy is impressed, for someone who isn't a devil, she wears it well!
Illy's geodes yield a florupatitie for the museum, at least...
Illy stops by the adventurer’s guild, mostly to sell a glowing ring she found. She looks at the better weapons, but she'll need a spare 25k before she can upgrade. Darn!
Fishing for the rest of the day, Illy thinks!
She doesn't do too badly, for once - she gets a couple of sunfish, and aforementioned rainbow trout and several bream as time slips into evening.
By the time she's back and has sorted out it's time for bed!
Summer Day 7, Year Two
Illy will need some more seeds - her other wheat is ready for harvest, and the radishes are in. Illy experiments with using three radishes to make seeds and gets five out of them, so that's nice.
Illy heads to the store. Apparently Kent wants a... super cucumber. Illy doesn't even know where to look for one of those...
Actually, no Illy, will plants those ancient seeds today - growth rates, she learns, do NOT include the day the seeds were planted!
Illy half plans to go get one of her tools upgraded, but by the time she's finished faffing about, it's too late.
So she heads into the mine to try some fishing in the cave pool instead. She gets mostly algae - but she does get a stonefish and a ghost fish! She is starting to get adequate at fishing...!
By the time she's come home, it's bedtime. Illy watches telly long enough to learn how to make carp surprise, then goes to bed.
Summer Day 8, Year Two
Finally, livin' off the land has some useful information...
Pam has sent Illy a recipe for cheese cauli, that's nice. (Illy must maybe try cooking some of these things at some point...)
After chores, Illy sells a load of her various jams to see which ones are most worth making.
Then she heads to Clint's to get her watering can upgraded.
Illy wonders if this boulder that she's been passing all this time to and from the mines is the one that the fish tank in the community centre unblocks...
Oh, Hi Linus, Illy hasn't seen Linus for... several minutes after she just gave Linus some jam!
See, Linus, Robin is great!
Huh, oh yes, ah...
Uhhhhh... That last one might be going a bit far. Where would he sleep? Illy likes Linus, but, like, not LIKE likes Linus!
(Though I'm hugely curious as to see what would happen if she did...)
So no, Linus does Linus.
Hahahahaha! No, Illy knows Linus is best where Linus wants to be!
(Good job I didn't then...)
Awwwwww!
Linus must go. Somewhere, there is a forage that is being committed.
Isn't he, though, Robin?
Illy heads to the beach and spends the rest of the day fishing. She doesn't surprisingly, even SEE a fish until about eight, but she manages at the last to catch a few halibut before it's time to head home.
Okay, some clear winners here: ancient fruit jelly by a mile (Illy is not surprised), then crystal fruit, then peach. Salmonberry jam is definitely good for gifts, as it's worth the least.
Poppy honey is worth tons, too - more than tulip honey, even!
(This also suggests that only the flower closest to the hives count. Illy can probably make use of this - she might even only need one flower there, which would save a lot of effort.)
(And reloading because I accidently harvested the flower instead of a) opening the gate (before I moved the plot) or b) using the storage/mayo machines. So I will probably harvest the other flowers. I checked the wiki, and yeah. Shame, as the blue jazz I planted was out of range, since it actually makes better honey than the tulips.)
Summer Day 9, Year Two
There, that will ensure a flow of poppy honey AND Illy won't have to worry about accidently picking the last one!
She also decides she needs to have some more mayo machines and cheese presses - especially if she's going to get more cows and goats at some point. (Illy is a bit miffed that despite the upgraded barn, Homura and the cows haven't had babies.)
But, she has a fair bit of money today, so she's going to go get some more pets... But instead, she finds that the trees have produced more sap and ends up spending most of the day re-organising her crafting area and making a couple more kegs. She's not going to start using them until the first one is done, then she'll start them off at the same time. (She's probably going to do the same with the preserves jar, it's annoying to have them running asynchronously.
As the store is closed tomorrow, Illy rushes up and gets in before closing time, buying a peach, pomegranate and apple starter (all for the greenhouse) and some wheat seeds for the next crop.
She hands out her flowers to the ladies as they're meeting up, but Jodi apparently doesn't like star spangles - she might be allergic or something. Ooops!
Hrrm. On the one hand, that's a net loss for Illy, but if it makes Sandy happy...?
Illy has some time to kill and those trees are in a nice position, so Illy puts tappers on all of them. That will also make them all nice and synchronous!
Mmm, no that chest is better there, where it's not blocking Illy's path to the main ore/wood/stone box.
Bedtime!
Summer Day 10, Year Two
Luau again tomorrow - Illy must remember to bring something for the pot luck (gold cheese, maybe?)
*sigh* Of COURSE Illy didn't buy red cabbage seeds yesterday, because the crop has come in. DARN IT. Well, sod it. Illy will leave them in for a day or two (keeps the soil from degrading) until she can replace them.
The sunflowers by the crab pots have come in as well, but Illy is lucky enough they give her enough seeds to replant them there are then! (Naturally, the wheat has NOT fully grown yet...)
Illy goes to pick up her watering can and drops off her hoe. (More animals will have to wait again...)
Yes! (She very nearly didn't, though...!)
Illy heads over to the desert to give Sandy her copper bar - and a gold sunflower, because.
Illy didn't really notice this before... Well, whatever it is, Illy clearly can't go and see whatever this bouncer is bouncing?
Well, while she's here, Illy will just have a quick trip into Skull Cavern and-ahahahahahahahahahahaha! Illy can't even think that with a straight face. Heavens, no.
Instead, she gathers a few cactus fruit and a coconut, and decides to try some fishing by the oasis. She manages to catch three stonefish! That's another one for the community centre, at least!
Illy returns home.
ACE! This might even mean there's new rod available...?
Summer Day 11, Year Two
Hmmm... Illy might have to extend the fencing a good way and make the grass enclosure bigger...
By the time Illy has done the chores, though, it's time for the Luau. She stops by the community centre first to drop off the sandfish and then heads down, armed with some of her best gold cheese!
Hi, Mister Governor-Guy!
Shoulder!Alluria would like to - Illy smacks Shoulder!Alluria before she can even finished the thought. Seriously, lack of sensitivity much?
Illy will watch it with you for a while, Abby.
Er... Illy doesn't think so, Evelyn...
George is in a good mood as usual, then. Illy refrains from pointing out George is explicitly sat right next to the dancing area. Illy is fairly sure George parked himself there specifically so he would have something to complain about.
Emily does love her dancing...
Illy is, thanks, Pam! Illy thinks Pam seems vastly more cheerful now she is Gainfully Employed again, even if it mostly just means shipping Illy out once in a while...
Illy hopes Kent is enjoying what must be Kent's first Luau in a while.
llly's cheese ensures it will, Jodi!
Well, they do say cheese and wine is a thing, right?
Time for the soup-tastin'!
Yes! Illy nailed it!
The governor goes into speed-soup-drinking mode...
Well, if Mayor Linkara twists Illy's arm...
Huzzah! Illy Cheese is Best Cheese!
Illy has a little more do once she gets home - harvesting her wheat and getting all of her machines emptied. She makes one more keg and moves the last one - and her ancient fruit wine has finished - though she'll start them off tomorrow.
A bit of telly before bed...
Ah, that's where you get super cucumber.
Ancient fruit wine is worth 2310g! Niiiiiice!
Summer Day 12, Year Two
Ace, that's one job for today!
Oh, wow, Linus sent Illy a largemouth bass! Neat!
Illy starts off grape, cherry, peach and orange wine (again, for a price comparison...)
Illy starts work on the expanded fence, but realises time is moving on and she wants to get to Willy before he closes up shop (since he doesn't open at all tomorrow). She gets there and buys an iridium rod and a trap bobber (and some more trout soup).
She decides to leave the rest of the fence for later, and do some evening fishing with her new rod and trapper!
Yeah, the trap bobber makes it a LOT easier, since it dramatically reduces the rate at which the capture bar falls when it's not on the fish - more margin for error! Illy manages to finally catch a tuna!
CRUD! Illy forgot to get more red cabbage seeds! Well, never mind she still should have just enough time for another crop before the end of the year.
She finishes the fence (though doesn't have time to demolish the old one yet) but it's twenty to one before she get to bed.
Summer Day 13, Year Two
It's finally raining today! Illy might get some more battery packs!
Illy does her chores and breaks down the old fence across where she's expanded the animal's pen. Then it's off to Clint for her hoe.
To the store!
Uh-oh.
(Uh, how old is Abby again...? She must be of marriageable age, since she is an option, but...?)
There's more to this than... Late teenage strop, Illy thinks.
And there we go. That's kind of uncalled for Caroline. (Especially when Abby's fashion sense is so glorious...)
Oh ho, Illy can very definitely attest to that! If Caroline knows what Illy means.
Uh, maybe Illy should slink back out of sight...? For some reason?
Yeah, haunted, sure.
Illy is pretty sure it's just you, Caroline.
Illy has just enough cash left after buying her replacement seeds, if she hurries, she can get her axe into Clint.
Hmm, more slimes need killing... That will be another job to do...
Typical of Illy's luck, she realises she needs to get some more radish seeds to replant and is about ten minute too later after dropping her axe into get some from Pierre. Nevermind...
Illy drops by the community centre and the red cabbage finally allows her to complete the dye bumble - which nets her a new seed-maker.
Illy is suddenly realises that, maybe if she hurries, she can lay down some more lightning rods, since she has plenty of the refined quartz, iron bars and batwings. She makes another four and lays them down around the crab pot area.
Just time for a quick bit of mining in the farm quarry before bed!
Huzzah! Illy can make more crystalariums now (though the one she has is still steadily spitting out diamonds!)
Summer Day 14, Year Two
Illy starts out the day by watching telly and learns how to make maple bars!
It looks like Illy is in luck - finally! Nanoha has produced a rabbit's foot! How, given Nanoha is still running around on all four, Illy is not going to question...
It also looks like Illy going to get five battery packs out of yesterday's storm, so that was a good call!
Illy dashes to the store, grabs her radish seeds and plants them. She also takes a quick rush trip to Calico desert because the beets have sprouted. She buys a chock-load, more than she intends to immediately plant, since it makes the trip worthwhile as they are only very cheap (20g).
Back then to the mines ASAP!
The mines were a bit tedious again...
(Couple of reloads - bat-related, obviously...)
... But Illy kills the slimes and gets out. She even finds a cave carrot, which is good, because Marnie wants one. To Mayor Linkara's!
That done, Illy heads out to find Marn-
-ie...
Illy doesn't...?
And Mayor Linkara seems to be under the impression that, like, everyone doesn't already know...
Umm, it's kind of blindingly obvious, it really is.
Yes. Illy thinks Mayor Linkara and Marine are being really very silly, Mayor Linkara especially. Very silly indeed. Azurella would give you a good smack upside the head for hiding things for such a ludicrous reason.
BUT.
Illy is not in your relationship. It is not up to Illy to decide, it is up to Mayor Linkara and Marine. Illy can offer advice, but no more. It would be mean of Illy to tell everyone just for the sake of telling everyone.
So. Illy is not going to advertise the fact, but neither is she going to deny it if flatly asked; she will simply have no comment as she isn't going to lie for Mayor Linkara and Marine.
((Seriously, neither "keep the secret" nor "blab to everyone" are great choices.)
Illy wasn’t hiding, she was literally just heading out to find you after seeing Mayor Linkara! You want this cave carrot or not? Marine, stop... Stop running so Illy can give you your damn carrot! How are you faster than... How did she get back to her house so darn fast. Marnie! Marnie! Open the door Marnie and take your cave carrot! Come out! Hey, don't ignore Illy, you've locked Jas out as well! Stop being silly Marnie!
Illy hangs about, but Marnie doesn't come out. Illy reluctantly leaves. She hopes Jas isn't locked out all night. Illy plants her new seeds and makes a new chest to hold the rest of the beet seeds and then heads to bed, just before midnight.
(Well, looked like Jas might have been out all night from where her indicator was on the map. Marnie, you frack!)
Ooooooh...!
Summer Day 15, Year Two
Illy can manage that, Kent, she's got some growing right now!
Marnie proves as elusive as usual, but finally Illy catches her on the way from the store.
(There is a notice to kill eight slimes, but Illy is not really too bothered about that at the moment - maybe she'll take it up tomorrow...?)
Ill gets her axe back from Clint and opens the geodes she found at the mine the other day. One of the reveals marble, which goes to the museum. This gives Illy a nice crystal chair for the house!
Hmm... Maybe Illy should give that tunnel another once over...
Aaaaah. Battery. Illy can do! Back to base!
Chair in the kitchen!
Okay, well, Illy does have one of those...
Have a mushroom, Linus, as Illy passes...
Huh, who would have thought Linus would be the one Illy would have hit ten hearts with first...?
That's... A really weird task...?
Back home, Illy clears some more tree around the silo area, so she can move them before bedtime.
Summer Day 16, Year Two
First pass at this day was so wasted chasing around I quit out and did it again, the final straw coming when I realised I'd not bought the replacement wheat seeds for the second day running, especially since it was Wednesday tomorrow...)
Illy does her chores and takes a load of flowers (and jam) to the aerobics class.
She buys a double load of wheat seeds - to make sure she's got plenty! (Illy ponders that she might try and remember to start buying double load of crop seeds next time so she always has some spare!)
Ah, that's why the upgrade to gold tool does...
Illy decides to slip up to Rassy's, as she hasn't seen him for a bit.
After that, she thinks about heading to the quarry, but ends up thoroughly clearing the silo area of trees and grass first. Tomorrow she will see Robin - and maybe even get the barn upgraded!
Summer Day 17, Year Two
Breakfast telly teaches Illy how to cook glazed yams.
After all the chores, Illy goes to find Robin... But she decides to just check in with Maru first.
Okay, cool!
Illy does so...
Shoulder!Alluria would like to flip Maru's swi-
ZZZZZAAAAAAP!!!
-Yeah, okay, Shoulder!Alluria had that coming.
It is okay, Erinyes are immune to electricity. No, wait, that's fire, Erinyes are immune to fire, Illy would like the lightning to stop now please!
(Of COURSE I caught the screen cap on the frame in which there was no electricity...)
That could have gone better.
Illy has had worse. is mostly just electrified, it's fine.
Illy can shrug this off, Erinyes have regeneration, right?
...
Erinyes have do not have regeneration.
Eh, maybe next time, Maru...?
Illy gives Robin a flower...
... which puts her on ten hearts! Neat!
There, that's better, nothing occluded now!
Next, deluxe barn!
Shoulder!Alluria thinks that it is both.
Illy is still crackling slightly. She prods Shoulder!Alluria with a finger and discharges the remaining static.
Illy heads back after picking up a nice bit of forage outside the mine. She checks in the greenhouse and finds the cactus has borne its first fruit. Then she decides to head out to the lake and spend the rest of the day fishing. She even manages (just barely) to get her first treasure chest... Which contains bait and a geode...
Illy doesn't do badly, catching quite a few fish, but she does not catch the sturgeon she needs to complete the lake fish bundle. Maybe next try will be for river fish...?
Home when her tackle (trap bobber) wears out, with time for a quick trip down to the mushroom cave. Illy has a least got a load of foraging done today.
Summer Day 18, Year Two
It's stormy again today, so hopefully Illy will get plenty more battery packs!
Illy sorts out her chores and spends the day on the farm, sorting minor things and then going down to the farm quarry to try and find iridium so that she can try upgrading another tool.
Illy works her way through the quarry, clearing everything but geode nodules (to keep the inventory space down) even so, she has to east a wild grape to have enough space!
She finds tons and tons of copper, iron and gold ore, but only enough iridium to make one more bar. That IS enough to upgrade a tool, but she won't have any left for anything else (e.g. iridium sprinklers).
Tired out, Illy heads to bed at ten.
Summer Day 19, Year Two
The starfruit and corn are ready to be harvested, along with the rhubarb in the greenhouse. Illy thinks she might want a quick trip to the desert again for more seeds.
Illy delivers a starfruit to Kent. On the way, she finds a prehistoric tool in the ground, so it seems a trip to Clint's and the museum is in order...
No problem, Penny!
Nothing special from the geodes, so the tool goes to the museum. Illy elects to have another go at duggy hunting - for one, she's starting to get a touch low of bug meat for bait.
She does quite well, finding about another five duggies (only a couple more for the goal!) But she forgets the time (and that she wanted to go to the desert and Demetrius' birthday, whoops!)
She gets back and heads to bed.
Apparently, Illy was having a bad day, she apparently shipped four battery packs instead of storing them. DARN IT!
Summer Day 20, Year Two
The new barn... Actually looks not too different from before, but it at least has the autofeeder now!
Right, chores done. First job, before Illy forgets, is to go get more seeds as the radishes have sprouted. It's going to be too late to plant more starfruit (except in the greenhouse), but Illy will fill the space with other plants.
Elliot wants some topaz - that should be easy to do, but later...
Quick trip to the desert shop - no foraging this time, as Illy wants to get to Robin to get her to make a mill.
By the time Illy has gotten back and planted the seeds - which means Illy has to sacrifice and iridium bar to make a sprinkler, so no tool upgrades for a bit - it's past midnight.
Summer Day 21, Year Two
Illy doesn't think she wants to know. Shoulder!Alluria is deeply curious. Well, Illy WAS planning to try and catch Marnie today so she could get some new animals, so...
Some people might find it a bit weird to build a mill in their garden, but it's close to where Illy works, which is the logic...
Okay, against all odds, Marnie is actually there! Illy will get a new rabbit (Fate) and a new goat (Madoka). Illy was thinking about two sheep and two pigs but wow, pigs are EXPENSIVE (16g!) So Illy will get one sheep (Adora) and one pig (Ino).
Illy goes home to say hi to all her new pets.
What to do now... Wait, Elliot wanted a topaz. To the beach!
That done, Illy thinks maybe some ocean fishing might not go amiss.
The first thing she sees is a fish with... a sort of hat or something, presumably a special one. It mov3es so fast, though Illy has no hope of catching it.
Her next try, though, nets her a red snapper, one of the ones she needs to the community centre!
(Wasn't until editing this for posting I realised that that "hat" is a crown, whuch makes sense,)
There is that fish again!
This is going to get in Illy's way, isn't it...?
Illy doesn’t do too badly, actually catching several red snapper and red mullet. She actually gets moderately close to catching the hatted fish, but screws it up, predictably. So close! she does not, however, find a tilapia to complete the ocean bundle either.
Illy goes back and kills some time chopping down more trees. She kills so much time, she's late to bed. But fortunately, she manages to catch how to make a pink cake from the telly.
Nice!
Botanist, Illy thinks, on account of her never much trouble finding things.
Summer Day 22, Year Two
Illy's mill is done!
The next crop of red cabbages is, too. Illy - if she doesn't frack it up again! - might just have time for another crop of wheat before autumn.
Sam wants a bream.. Well, Illy can manage that.
Oh poor Sam.
Drone of the Evil Joha Corp...
Oh, with botanist, everything is IRIDIUM quality! Nice! Illy can save space, then, by getting show of everything that's not that quality she goes.
Illy tries some river fishing today. She catches a couple of pike, but otherwise it is mostly shad or bream.
She calls it an early night.
Summer Day 23, Year Two
First thing after chores, Illy will need to see Robin, on account of the mill needs to be moved back a spot, since nothing told Illy where she built it was blocking the door... She'll also order a forth silo, for good measure.
*sigh*
It is, of course, Tuesday, so Robin is not there. Aerobics class, then?
Olivia doesn’t like wild flowers, and she doesn't like grapes, either. Illy thinks she might be a bit snobby with food.
Illy heads to the east quarry, where she finds a single vein of iridium and a lot of rock. Her own farm quarry is better, she scoots on over there. But not before a detour to the adventurer's guild - Illy wants that better sword, the Lava Katana! 55-64 damage and +3 defence, +3 weight (to knock things further?) and +25 crit power instead of 30+45 -1 speed and +10 crit power! Quite an upgrade!
It takes Illy until about ten, but she completely clears the quarry! She now has about sixty geodes, so that'll take some time for Clint to clear/ Most importantly, though, she has found enough iridium ore to make three bars - so one of her next jobs when she can will be up upgrade probably her watering can.
She also found secret note #9:
Which she will NOT be making use of...
After all the mining, this isn't surprising...!
Hmm... Illy will go with gemologist. She has got a LOT of geodes now, so gemologist (she could set up a whole load of them making diamonds or something at some point) might be better in the long run.
Summer Day 24, Year Two
After chores, Illy clears her inventory and makes sure she takes just enough for Ronin to start a silo - she's going geode smashing and she's got a lot to get through!
After seeing Robin and starting silo #4, Illy starts Clint on the long process of breaking many geodes!
That is a lot of stuff, and Illy still has thirteen geodes left to go! So, of that Illy has found new Star Shards, alamite, gemenite, opal, aerinite and, hematite... wow, she only has four minerals to go and she'll have found them all!
Well, that is a helpful book Illy found, Illy is sure...
The next round of geode-breaking JUST fills the space. Illy pops back, not thinking she has found anything new, but discovered she never gave them an earth crystal (she's been hoarding them for crafting!)
Home and Illy sets out to visit Rassy. On the way back, she fishes in the lake for a bit - catching pike, mostly - and then carves her way to the mushroom cave and the glade below do some good forage, though she is a little late back.
But that fishing is paying off slowly!
Speaking of paying, that was a very successful day! Iridium purple mushrooms are clearly worth tons...! She will be able to upgrade her tools tomorrow! (And also get Robin to move her mill...)
And on that note, we will leave Illy to sleep contentedly for today!
I should note that you really can make diamonds out of tiny bits of diamond through means I can't be arsed to look up.