After you get to day 5 head north then east near where you can upgrade your farm right near Linus head in the mine a cutscene will play where you get your first sword go down the ladder and voilà

thank you for youur help i have found the mines now :D

You will get mail about joja clearing debris then you can go there. It is blocked off for the first few days

The mines become accessible after three days or so in-game. If you go up by Robin's house, keep going to the right and upwards. There's a thin bridge and a door in the mountain, that's the mine.

It opens on the 5th day. Next day you'll receive letter from Joja telling you its been cleared.

Welcome to Stardew Valley. You’re gonna spend countless hours on it lol

Can’t until the fifth day IIRC

Wait, haha.

that's a resource cave! Demetrius will stop by and ask if you want fruit bats or mushrooms to get foragables in that cave, the mines that open on day 5 are where you do all the walkthroughs

Demetrius comes to you regarding the cave when your farm has made a total of 25,000 gold :]

I feel bad for laughing, that's your farm cave you are gonna have use for it later, the mines are in the mountain right up from the carpenter shop

I did the same when I first played. It a cave, of course this is where I mine

I hope that you have so much fun learning about this game and that it is never as frustrating as I’m sure this was the next time you get stuck. The wiki and the reddit are always good resources

also if it isnt obvious, the pickaxe only works on rocks. you can't just strike the bare ground with it.

I thought they managed to find a bugged Infested floor with no mobs

Wait.. is this the mine or the cave at your farm? Maybe you are at the wrong spot? :)

There should be an entrance to the right of the river. There you can find the ladder to begin your journey in the mines! Good luck!

There should be a hole in the ground with a ladder poking out

Your game may be bugged. That boulder should have been removed in spring

The letter is from Joja saying that they've cleared up the landslide they caused. You can find the mines in a cave to the east and across a bridge from Robin's house. (North of town)

If you know which house is Robins, then go there and head east, follow the lake up and cross the wooden bridge and you should see a entrance to a cave. That cave is the mines

Rebuild the bridge or get the mine carts working again. It is a a little cave on the left side of the quarry.

Rebuild the bridge

Every time you advance 5 levels you can use the elevator in the beginning to return to a level you've been to. Like if you end at 37 one day, the next day you can start at 35.

Advancing 15 levels a day seems pretty ok to me.

Use the elevator.

Okay, so.. first off, in case it needs clarifying, this image shows the elevator highlighted in blue, and the stairs in red. The stairs always only go down to the first level of the mines. The elevator will provide a popup that lets you go down five levels at a time, to the lowest you've been. There are 120 levels in total, and it will go all the way down. Now, once you hit level, say 15, you should see the elevator on that level, the light will turn on, and you'll hear a ding. You've now unlocked that level on your elevator, so if you go up to it at the top and click on it, you should be able to go down to level 15!

As far as getting down faster goes, really most of the time the "fast" methods are only used later in the game, in the harder mine levels. Early game, you just want to keep plucking at it. I'll usually get 10 levels in a day after doing my other chores, but sometimes my luck is bad and it ends up only being 5 levels. Just keep working at it and you'll make it down.

For killing the flying bugs, and also all the other monsters, faster.. assuming that you've completed the quest to get into the Adventurer's Guild, go there and buy the best sword that you can afford. I usually buy the wooden sword as soon as I get the ability to enter. The basic starter sword is TERRIBLE. You'll get better swords as you go along. Some drop from monsters, some are from chests at certain levels in the mines. You'll also get boots at certain chests as well, so keep upgrading those to the ones with better defense and immunity!

Shed with jam and keg barrels! Focus on getting the greenhouse going for year round options. I like to play stardew slow and not rush it. I talk to the NPCs a lot too that first year and second. Try to get most of the heart events. It’s more of a cozy game for me that way. Once the money starts to roll in then I focus on decorating and upgrading. I feel like I’m not having to grind as much then.

But I always try to upgrade the barns and coops first, then get a shed with artisan products going, and finally upgrading the house. Then once I have the money I need, I can easily plan a cute layout without having to wait as long.

The first year for me is just getting as much done in the community center as possible and getting friendships going around town. Year 2 you should have the resources to create sprinklers, grow crops in mass, and get your barn and coup maxed out. Year two, marry someone, have a baby, get bulked up on money and resources, and finish the community center.

I try to get 999 wood and 999 stone, and abt 100 hardwood. That way, you can do whatever you need. Get married! Upgrade ur house! Get that purple cat thing from grandpa's shrine! Upgrade ur house again! Cheat on ur partner by giving flowers to every other marriage candidate (they won't care i sweat)

Just do what feels gud

Are you working on the community center? How's that going?

If this is your first play through it’s okay to just take it slow and learn about the game and the lore. Use the wiki as much as you need.

That being said, if you want to start making money to decorate and buy things you can get some pigs. You can find some ancient fruit seeds and grow them in your greenhouse. Use your seedmaker and make more and more every harvest. While you build your ancient fruit plant supply, go in the mines 80+ and save every fire quartz. Make a bunch of dehydrators and eventually dehydrate all the ancient fruit you’ll have. Late game, my favorite strategy is to grow ancient fruit in the greenhouse and on the island year round and dehydrate all of it, and grow about 500 starfruit in the summer on my main farm to turn into wine. In the fall I grow a lot of fairy roses and build/collect crystalariums for diamonds and make fairy dust to speed up the wine aging process. I also have a barn dedicated to sheep and make a good amount just from of turning the wool into cloth, even more so with golden animal crackers. Use the wiki as needed if none of this paragraph makes sense to you

Anyways. You’ll find a way to play that works best for you. You can change the barn/house colors at Robin’s to make it cuter and move them around as well. Having the furniture catalogs makes it so much easier to decorate and make things cuter too