Stardew Valley: How To Get A Silo & What They’re Used For

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As a veteran farmer of countless seasons in Stardew Valley, I can’t stress enough the importance of the humble silo. The silo, much like a well-timed rain shower or a bountiful harvest, is an essential component of any thriving farm. It’s akin to having a reliable watering can that never runs dry – a lifesaver in those harsh winter months when your animals need sustenance more than ever.

On any farm in the game ‘Stardew Valley’, silos are indispensable structures. These towering 3×3 constructions serve as storage for hay, a crucial resource for farmers who decide to nurture livestock. Without a silo, players may find it challenging to ensure their cows and chickens are well-fed and content, particularly during the cold winter months.

Inexperienced farmers might not fully grasp the significance of constructing this building until they’ve started rearing livestock, leading to a rush to get one built promptly. To assist novice farmers, here’s a concise tutorial on how to erect silos and utilize them effectively on your farm.

How To Get A Silo

The silo is a good choice as a first building to purchase. It is cheaper and requires fewer materials than most other buildings; furthermore, it allows players to stockpile a feed supply, which will help keep their animals happy and producing quality goods. To build a silo on their farm, players will need to collect the following materials:

  • 100 Stone: This is one of the easiest materials to collect. Simply break rocks with a pickaxe on the farm or in the mines.
  • 10 Clay: Dig in the dirt with the hoe. Players can typically find enough Clay when preparing land to plant seeds. Additionally, look for artifact spots (little worms sticking out of the dirt). These may yield Clay as well.
  • 5 Copper Bar: Break copper ore nodes with the pickaxe in the mines. These are common in the upper levels, so players should be able to quickly collect a supply even in the early game. Place five copper ore and one coal in a furnace to make one copper bar.

Deliver these items to Robin at the carpentry workshop so he can sell you a silo for 100 grams. It will take him two days to finish making it. Typically, the ideal spots for silos are at the outskirts or corners of the farm, to keep them out of your way. However, based on your farm design preferences, you might opt to integrate them aesthetically into your farm layout.

How To Use A Silo

Once the silo is built, players can use it to store hay. Hay can be acquired in a number of ways:

  • The player can cut grass on their farm with a scythe, which has a 50% chance to let them collect hay. Players cannot harvest hay in this way without a silo.
  • Cutting has a 40% chance to spawn hay. This hay will collect in the player’s inventory rather than in the silo.
  • sells hay at her ranch for 50g each.
  • The desert trader will sell the player 3 hay in exchange for 1 omni geode.
  • Marnie may send the player 30 hay in the mail .

As a player, any hay I gather with a scythe goes straight into my silo. Moreover, if I acquire hay through purchase or as a gift, I can simply right-click on my silo while holding the hay to store it safely. Each of my silos has the capacity to hold up to 240 units of hay.

To obtain hay from the silo, just click on the ‘hay’ icon in a barn or coop. Once obtained, players can put this hay into a feeding trough for their livestock. If players have excess grass to store and want to clear space in the silo, they can empty all hay from the silo through the hopper, storing it instead in a chest.

Note that if the player purchases a Deluxe Barn or Deluxe Coop, these will come with an auto-feed system. The player will no longer need to manually fill the feed trough every day; instead, it will fill automatically. This also means that players can no longer manually remove hay from the silos to store it elsewhere. If the player has auto feeders and several animals on their farm, it’s often helpful to have multiple silos, so that they don’t run short on hay every few days.

Planning Ahead

To clarify, the Silo is an essential building for your initial farm structure. While you might initially consider purchasing a Barn or Coop, it’s important to note that setting up a farm without a Silo can lead to challenges in feeding your animals, especially if there isn’t much grass available outside.

Talking about the fields, players will find themselves mowing quite a bit of grass at the start of the game, as they prepare the land for planting and construction. Not having a Silo on your farm during this process means you’re essentially wasting resources on hay production. Therefore, constructing a Silo – or even better, two – should be high on your list of early priorities.

It’s crucial to store hay in the silo(s) prior to winter, as animals won’t be able to graze outside during this cold season. Instead, they’ll seek shelter inside barns or coops. Thus, having enough hay stored in the silo is essential. Any remaining grass from fall will stay on your farm throughout winter, but it becomes dormant and won’t grow back until spring. What’s more, grass yields less hay when cut during winter. Ensure that your silos are filled with hay before winter arrives, as it can be difficult to keep them stocked during the snowy season.

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2024-12-16 03:53