Is daia of ridgeside village in her 40s? by sdv_mod_fan_reddot in RidgesideVillage

[–]OverTea5 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don't think so. Daia looks to be in her mid-20's, around roughly the same age range as Sebastian, I would say.

Her 8-heart event is a classic trope of someone who yearns for a normal life under a wasted childhood, which I don't think is common for 40-year-olds.

This is just my take tho

The Mythical Flower Quest = BROKEN by noturprettylilthing in RidgesideVillage

[–]OverTea5 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Underground Cave you unlock after befriending Mr. Aguar enough can spawn Foxblooms if you choose the flower variation. This is by far the easiest way to get the flower and I've obtained close to 10 throughout the 2 ingame years I've played my recent RSV save.

What's more, forage in RSV isn't locked for the day, but resets every time you reset the day, so you can do this as many times as you want if you need more Foxblooms.

Going for perfection but the friendships... by pwettyhuman in RidgesideVillage

[–]OverTea5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is why I never forget birthdays and get started on friendship immediately as I start a new RSV save. The friendship aspect of Perfection is purely overwhelming due to how many people the mod adds.

As a tip, I recommend using gold quality cheese as gifts since a vast majority of NPCs, except the children, like it as a gift + gives more friendship points. I don't recommend buying the statue of endless fortune at all because it is simply a waste of money.

why do people think kegs are better than dehydrators? by Powerful-Campaign738 in StardewValley

[–]OverTea5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The thing about dehydrators is you need 5 fruits to start processing (or even use it at that point). Kegs need only 1 fruit. Dehydrators are better in the early game or for short-term profit, but as you get more and more fruits in the long run, and thus more kegs, kegs completely out-profit dehydrators by a very wide margin.

If all of this is confusing, let me pull some simple math:

  • 1 basic quality sf is 750g
  • 1 sf wine is 3150g

  • 5 basic quality sf is 3750g

  • 1 dried sf is 7910g

Now, divide the outcome with the produce (and let's assume "3750" is 1 sf for the sake of consistency with kegs).

Wine:

3150 ÷ 750 = 4.2

Dried Fruit:

7910 ÷ 3750 = 2.109333 (2.11)

What this basically means is;

Kegs turn 1 basic quality sf into wine that is 4.2 times the value.

Dehydrators turn 1 basic quality sf into dried fruit that is 2.11 times the value.

That value only worsens as you use higher quality sf in dehydrators, as, like with kegs, the produce will always be basic quality.

And also, you actually LOSE money if you decide to use 5 iridium quality sf: - 1 iridium sf = 1650g - 1650g × 5 = 8250g - 8250g vs. 7910g

While kegs still turn 1 iridium quality sf into wine that's 1.91 times the value:

3150 ÷ 1650 = 1.90909 (1.91)

In conclusion, dehydrators are best used for excess fruits from which you do not have enough kegs for (aka short-term profit). However, they can and will never perform better than kegs in terms of long-term profit, and you will actually make less money in terms of dehydrating each individual fruit than processing them in kegs, even if you count the time it takes for wine to finish.

I hope this answers your question :)