Stardew Valley: Farming Profession Guide
There are a lot of skills that you can develop in Stardew Valley. If you are growing your crops and tending to your farm, then you'll be able to level up your farming skills. In this page, we'll be checking out the different professions that you can choose from when you develop your farming skills, as well as the benefits of the different types.
How can you level up the Farming Skill in Stardew Valley?
As the name implies, farming is a skill that you can develop when you take care of your farm. You can get farming experience by harvesting your crops once they are ready. Taking care of animals also provides farming experience such as petting them, milking cows and goats, shearing for wool, or picking up animal products inside a barn or coop.
Take note that using the hoe and watering can do not provide any farming experience. However, increasing your farming skill lets you have increased proficiency for those tools meaning you will use less energy when using it.
Leveling up your farming skill is needed because each level will unlock new features for you such as crafting recipes, cooking recipes, as well as professions that you can choose from at farming skill level 5 and 10 respectively.
Level 5 Farming Professions in Stardew Valley
Once you have reached level 5 for your farming skill, an interface will appear that will let you choose which profession that you want. Once you have chosen this profession, a bonus will be added to your game permanently. Here are the professions that you can get at farming level 5:
- Rancher: This makes Animal products worth 20% more. This includes Eggs, Dino Eggs, Milk, Wool, Rabbit's Foot, Duck Feathers, Milk, Mayonnaise, Cheese, and Cloth. Take note that this does not affect Truffle and Truffle Oil from Pigs, as well as Honey and Mead from Bees.
- Tiller: Crops worth 10% more. This applies to all vegetables, flowers, and fruit from your trees. Foraged fruit do not get a bonus from this profession.
Level 10 Farming Professions in Stardew Valley
Once you have reached level 10 for your farming profession, your current profession will have two more choices that you can focus on. Take note that you cannot choose a profession that's from the other option at skill level 5.
Rancher Profession Choices
- Coopmaster: Befriend coop animals quicker. Incubation time cut in half. This profession also improves the quality of your coop products even if it's not stated in the description. It's a good way for you to get more chances of iridium quality items from your coop.
- Shepherd: Befriend barn animals faster. Sheep produce wool faster. This profession also improves the quality of your barn products even if it's not stated in the description. It's a good way for you to get more chances of iridium quality items from your barn.
Tiller Profession Choices
- Artisan: Artisan Goodes (wine, cheese, oil, etc.) worth 40% more. Take note that regular oil does not count, but others like truffle oil are affected.
- Agriculturist: All crops grow 10% faster.
Which Farming Profession should I choose in Stardew Valley?
All professions for farming have their uses. You will notice that for farming, the professions are divided in terms of focus on what type of farm that you have. If you are focused on an animal farm, then the Rancher profession line is good. But if your farm is focused on crops, then the Tiller profession is better.
Money making wise however, it would be best for you to take the Artisan route under the Tiller profession. Wines, Truffle Oils, and such can make a lot of money. However, this will take some time, but you'll reap the most rewards.
Want to change professions?: If you changed your mind about your profession choice, you can head to the sewers and use the Statue of Uncertainty. Donate 10,000 Gold in order to reset your profession for your given skill. Once you go to bed, you can choose your farming profession at skill level 5 and 10 once more.
If making money fast isn't really that important for you, then matching your profession with the type of farm that you have is the right choice. Rancher professions are more about animal products then you get to focus if you want better quality items from your barn or coop while Tiller professions are about earning money from crops as well as artisan goods. In the end, it's all up to you what you want to focus on.
We hope that this page has helped you learn about the different professions that you can get from the Farming skill. We have other pages as well about the game so please don't hesitate to check them out.