Summary
One unlucky player has left their PC running through the night after a gaming session ofStardew Valley, only to come back to a loss of seven hundred thousand gold. To make matters worse, they also lost all of their hearts with theirStardew Valleywife and animals.
Stardew Valleyis an open-ended country-life RPG, where players can cultivate crops, take care of their livestock, and even make friends and marry NPCs. It’s a story of progression, where players grow the well-worn farm their character inherits from their grandfather, with manyplayers showing off their farms inStardew Valleywith pride. For solo players or those playing with friends in multiplayer, the satisfaction of hard work paying off is one of the reasons players cite as why they keep playing the game years after its release.
One such fan by the username nottrolling4175 has posted on Reddit showcasing a huge mistake they made. After a gaming session ofStardew Valley, they left their PC running. Even though the OP claims they at least paused the game at the very least, they came back to a month having passed in-game with them missing their big pumpkin and grass harvests, the night market, important birthdays, and ancient fruit paydays. It all resulted in the loss of hearts with their wife due to inactivity, and their animals due to lack of hay. Not to mention the loss of what should have beenhard-earnedStardew Valleygold.
Stardew Valley Player Accidentally Leaves the Game Running For the Entire Night
Commenters empathized with the OP, offering explanations as to why it happened. As it turns out, the character automatically passed out at 2 A.M. and woke up the next day. By doing so repeatedly, entire seasons can be skipped. Others proposed that they could try a risky tactic which was proposed on similar posts ofStardew Valleyplayer mistakes, consisting of erasing unwanted save files manually from the game folder so the game loads as if the blunder never happened.
The most reliable piece of advice, however, is found in hindsight so players can ensure they don’t suffer from the game’s lack of a save button. To avoid committing thisbeginnerStardew Valleymistake, players should put something in the shipping bin every morning upon waking up. By doing so, they ensure that the game will pause on the pay screen which must be clicked through, instead of rolling on and starting a new day.
