Stardew Valley: Skills and Professions

Stardew Valley is my favorite video game, it's a farming simulator! These skills are most of what you focus on within the game. Each skill has 10 levels, each of which come from gaining experience. Most levels unlock a crafting recipe. One profession becomes available at level 5, and the next profession becomes available at level 10.

Farming

Farming experience comes from harvesting crops and taking care of animals.

• Level 1: Scarecrow, Basic Fertilizer
• Level 2: Mayonnaise Machine, Stone Fence, Sprinkler
• Level 3: Bee House, Speed-Gro, Farmer's Lunch
• Level 4: Preserves Jar, Basic Retaining Soil
• Level 6: Cheese Press, Hardwood Fence, Quality Sprinkler
• Level 7: Loom, Quality Retaining Soil
• Level 8: Oil Maker, Keg, Deluxe Speed-Gro
• Level 9: Seed Maker, Iridium Sprinkler, Quality Fertilizer

• Level 5 Choices:
• Rancher: Animal products worth 20% more.
• Tiller: Crops worth 10% more.

• Level 10 Choices:
• Rancher
  • Coopmaster: Befriend coop animals quicker; incubation time cut in half.
  • Shepherd: befriend barn animals quicker; sheep produce wool quicker.
• Tiller
  • Artisan: artisan goods (wine, chese, oil, etc) worth 40% more.
  • Agriculturalist: All crops grow 10% faster.

Fishing

Fishing experience comes from successfully catching a fish with the fishing rod, or catching fish in a crab pot.

• Level 2: Bait
• Level 3: Crab Pot, Dish O' The Sea
• Level 4: Deluxe Bait, Worm Bin, Recycling Machine
• Level 6: Bait Maker, Spinner, Trap Bobber, Sonar Bobber
• Level 7: Cork Bobber, Treasure Hunter
• Level 8: Deluxe Worm Bin, Barbed Hook, Dressed Spinner
• Level 9: Seafoam Pudding, Magnet

• Level 5 Choices:
• Fisher: Fish worth 25% more.
• Trapper: Resources required to craft Crab pots reduced.

• Level 10 Choices:
• Fisher
  • Angler: Fish worth 50% more.
  • Pirate: Chance to find treasure doubled.
• Trapper
  • Mariner: Crab pots no longer produce trash.
  • Luremaster: Crab pots no longer require bait.

Foraging

Foraging experience comes from picking up foraged goods from bushes or the ground, as well as chopping down trees with the axe.

• Level 1: Spring Wild Seeds, Field Snacks
• Level 2: Charcoal Kiln
• Level 3: Cookout Kit, Moss Soup
• Level 4: Summer Wild Seeds, Tapper, Mushroom Log
• Level 6: Lightning Rod, Fall Wild Seeds, Beach Warp Totem
• Level 7: Winter Wild Seeds, Mountain Warp Totem, Tree Fertlizer
• Level 8: Survival Burger, Farm Warp Totem, Tent Kit
• Level 9: Rain Totem

• Level 5 Choices:
• Forester: Trees drop 25% more wood.
• Gatherer: Chance for double harvest of foraged items.

• Level 10 Choices:
• Forester:
  • Lumberjack: All trees have a chance to drop hardwood.
  • Tapper: Syrups worth 25% more.
• Gatherer
  • Botanist: Foraged items are always highest quality.
  • Tracker: Location of foragable items revealed.

Combat

Combat experience comes from killing monsters in the starter Mines, Quarry Mine, Skull Caverns, Volcano Dungeon, or the Wilderness Farm.

• Level 1: Sturdy Ring, Bug Steak
• Level 2: Life Elixir
• Level 3: Roots Platter
• Level 4: Warrior Ring
• Level 6: Slime-Egg Press, Oil of Garlic
• Level 7: Ring of Yoba, Thorns Ring
• Level 8: Slime Incubator, Explosive Ammo
• Level 9: Iridium Band, Squid Ink Ravioli

• Level 5 Choices:
• Fighter: All attacks deal 10% more damage.
• Scout: Critical strike chance increased by 50%.

• Level 10 Choices:
• Fighter
  • Brute: Deal 15% more damage.
  • Defender: +25 Health
• Scout
  • Acrobat: Cooldown on special moves cut in half.
  • Desperado: Critical strikes are deadlier.

Mining

Mining experience comes from breaking rocks with the pickaxe or bombs.

• Level 1: Cherry Bomb
• Level 2: Staircase
• Level 3: Miner's Treat
• Level 4: Glowstone Ring, Iron Transmute
• Level 6: Bomb
• Level 7: Gold Transmute
• Level 8: Mega Bomb
• Level 9: Crystalarium

• Level 5 Choices:
• Miner: +1 ore per node.
• Geologist: Chance for gems to appear in pairs.

• Level 10 Choices:
• Miner
  • Blacksmith: Metal bars worth 50% more.
  • Prospector: Chance to find coal doubled.
• Geologist
  • Excavator: Chance to find geodes doubled.
  • Gemologist: Gems worth 30% more.

Experience does not end here either, there is a whole second system to unlock special powers and recipes once the player reaches level 10 in all skills!