A Stardew Valley players successfully triggered a Prismatic Shard drop, one of the rarest in the game, at the worst possible time. The Stardew Valley the disaster has led to a lot of sympathy from fellow players, as well as some good advice.
Stardew Valley players have plenty to keep them occupied in the game, and as a result they generally play the way they want. While farming is a main goal in the game, it's not out of the question for players to avoid it altogether, and instead focus on things like mining, fishing, or even just working on building relationships with Stardew Valleys residents. In this particular case, a player's mining went wrong.
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Stardew Valley Player says hello and goodbye to Prismatic Shard
On Reddit, a Stardew Valley the fan named Distinct_Ad_9439 shared a short gameplay clip of their in-game mining. Technically speaking Stardew Valley damn got extremely lucky and unlucky at the same time. The clip shows them setting down a Mega Bomb to clear out some rocks and an Iridium Node, which ended up yielding basic things like rocks, iron ore, copper ore, and a single piece of iridium ore, with the big shock being a prismatic shard. Prismatic Shards have a 3.5% chance to drop from Iridium Nodes, making this a rare way to encounter them. However, the moment the bomb exploded, the clock struck 2:00 AM, which is when the farmer immediately falls asleep, regardless of where they are or what they are doing. As a result, all the player could do was watch their pawn helplessly pass out while their newfound Prismatic Shard sat there, uncollected.
Unlike in some games, when a player exits the mines and the day has reset, whatever was dropped there is lost, so the player cannot go back and take what was rightfully theirs. Colleague Stardew Valley fans have cringed at the sight of this particular experience, and many have expressed how upset they would have been in the same situation, to the point where one said they would have had to take a walk to stop their rage. One was doing Stardew Valley is described as a casual, relaxing farming game, as moments like these can feel anything but.
Although it is an unfortunate situation that cannot be changed, Stardew Valley fans have shared some thoughts on how the player can avoid this happening in the future. Aside from making sure to finish all mining before the clock hits 2, some have suggested not running away from bombs the way the player did. While it is true that they do damage the pawn if they walk away while in radius, the amount of damage taken is usually quite small, especially in the end game. Players pointed out and lamented that if the OP had simply stayed closer to the rocks they had blown up, and provided they had a magnet ring on them, the dropped goodies would have been pulled into their inventory, preventing this loss.
Distinct_Ad_9439 obviously regrets the loss of this case, but for what it's worth, it's far from the biggest mistake a player has made in the game. Stepping away from the explosion and the nearby snake is a reasonable thing to do, but not all players can say the same about their own mistakes. In the past, farmers have created waves and induced secondary shrink by doing things like overlooking the backpack upgrade in Stardew Valley for three years, or spent ages struggling to reach level 100 in Junimo Kart, only to realize that the challenge they were trying to complete was asking for something completely different. Other players carefully planned how to time their return home to avoid passing out, only to discover too late that the Warp Totem could not be used in the area they were in. Making mistakes in Stardew Valley is something of a rite of passage for many players, but hopefully this fan won't be so unlucky the next time a Prismatic Shard drops.
- Released
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February 26, 2016
- ESRB
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E for All (fantasy violence, mild blood, mild language, simulated gambling, use of alcohol and tobacco)
- Developer
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Worried Ape
- Publisher
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Worried Ape
