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adjl posted...

but ultimately, gifts are never truly free

I usually wait until I've got a few Crystalariums running and just start getting piles and piles of diamond. Then I wander through town giving them out to everyone I meet until everyone is maxed.

It usually means I'm not making friends until late into year 2, but once I start it goes relatively quickly (because everyone either likes or loves diamonds). And it's not a huge financial loss because by that point I'm probably making wines and selling them for tons, so I'm making at least a million a season.

My first year usually consists of trying to amass a ton of money (mainly via potatoes > strawberries > blueberries > cranberries) and getting to the bottom of the mine. After which I start working on farm buildings and animals. After that, I finally start worrying about talking to people in town and starting romances. I also try to get as many bundles done as quickly and as early as I can (to unlock the minecarts, greenhouse, and quarry if nothing else).

The only townfolk I tend to cultivate early on are Marnie (so I can get into her room for the one quest) and Caroline (so I can get tea leaves). Though I try to do every odd job other than the fishing ones (or ones that would be too hard/take too much time at my current level of advancement), so that tends to earn affection as well.

I do try to go to the Luau (in the first year the best outcome is to try and save a gold Cauliflower from spring, or if you can't manage one a gold Potato, and then after that I mostly just stick to aged cheese), but I skip the Flower Dance first year because I know no one's going to dance with me (and I won't be able to afford the Rarecrow).
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