Marnie’s FIERY Request | Stardew Valley 1.6 | Episode 74

Money wise, it's better to just buy rare seeds from the merchant to grow sweet gem berries. A sweet gem berry will sell for 3000g. Putting one in the seed maker produces 1.975 seeds on average. So, you'd be getting one seed for 1500g which is more expensive than 1000g at the travelling cart. This makes you lose out on money if you make rare seeds through seed makers over just buying them. Also a very important note is that crop quality has no effect on seed makers output nor on the output of kegs and preserve jars, so it's always better to prioritise using base quality quality crops for processing and prioritise higher quality crops for selling raw. I'm not saying you shouldn't ever process higher quality crops, but when you have both normal and high quality, prioritise processing the lower quality. Also, make sure to keep one sweet gem berry. It's useful for a certain secret hehe.

You get one free crystalaium for the 25000g vault bundle in the community center, and another free one as a reward for donating 50 items to the museum. That way you don't have to wait for iridium if it's an issue for you. Speaking of which, I'd say the only tool worth getting to iridium first is the pickaxe. You can skip out on upgrading the other tools to iridium level until you have a steady supply of it.

That beehouse you have with your kegs isn't gonna produce very valuable honey. You need beehouses around flowers so it can produce flower honey. The best flower is the fairy rose, but any flower is better than no flower hehe.

Since the seed makers produce very quickly, it's better to keep them outside so you can keep inputting more crops into them.

Once you reach 8 hearts with a dateable villager, you need to give them a bouquet (bought from Pierre) to begin dating. Then, the 9th and 10th are unlocked. Filling them allows the option for marriage. Since stardrop tea is rare, I'd keep it and only use it on special days like birthdays or the feast of the winter star at the end of winter. Better yet, you're able to give BOTH a birthday gift and a stardrop tea on a character's birthday, earning up to 7 hearts at once!

You can freely gift any cooking item without fear EXCEPT seafoam pudding and strange bun which are hated by everyone. Fried egg and bread are neutral to everyone, and all other cooking is (at least) liked by everyone. Ofc some villagers love certain recipes like leah loves salad or alex loves salmon dinner.
Good luck!