10 Best Farm Layout Ideas

Once you reach Year 3 and onward in Stardew Valley, what’s left for Pelican Town’s favorite farmer to do? Why, beautify your Grandpa’s old farm, of course!

Sure, you may be tracking down the last few fish in your spare time. But late-game Stardew Valley is all about not just raking in the gold, but looking good while doing it.

Today we’ve got a collection of beautiful and effective farms on display from across the internet which show off Stardew Valley’s many options. With a layout available for every single type of farm, you’re bound to find some exciting new ideas in this collection. Read on!

10 Ancient Fruit Bonanza

Wow, this farm is absolutely packed for profits, with barely a square of usable space left open.

The Ancient Fruit plantation is a Stardew Valley classic which even six major updates haven’t made outdated. Despite their slow growth, Ancient Fruit vines are among the most profitable farming options once their crop is turned into iridium-quality wine.

Filling the Greenhouse with this fruit remains popular, but it’s also a great use of Ginger Island’s tropical climate. With a year-round growing season and no seasonal crop restrictions, turning this secondary location into a money-making masterpiece is a clever option.

9 Tried And True Classic

Some layouts never grow stale. The grid-based approach to Grandpa’s old homestead is certainly one of them.

It may not be the fanciest, it may not be the prettiest, but by Yoba does this layout hit the spot. Squares of sprinkler-watered crops scream “This is Stardew Valley!” to me in a way no other farm really does.

With all its open space, the standard farm provides a wide canvas whether you’re painting with crops or animals. Even with the flashy bonuses of the best farms in Stardew Valley, this old plot of dirt remains the game’s staple for a reason.

8 Harmony With The Wild

A crescent of crops adorns the center of this Wilderness Farm. This use of the landscape to shape the entire design is a gorgeous example of how Stardew Valley enables player creativity.

This farm distinguishes itself from the others through spawning monsters throughout the farm, but the landscape is more difficult to work with. Stepping away from Stardew Valley‘s traditional grids of Iridium Sprinklers in this layout is an exciting way to try something new.

7 Forest-Filled Hills

This beautiful layout designed on the Hilltop Farm won my affection because it actually keeps the quarry. Many layouts on this map don’t—preferring to utilize the open space—and totally miss the point of this farm’s aesthetic.

Instead, this farm works with the map to create a gorgeous farm which emphasizes mining and foraging. The less-efficient use of open space is counterbalanced by beautifully meandering paths. All told, it perfectly captures the Hilltop Farm’s aesthetic without fussing over Joja-style “optimization.”

6 Perfectly Balanced, As All Things Should Be

Although designed for multiplayer, the Four Corners map is also wonderful when playing single-player to get a taste of everything Stardew Valley has to offer. This layout illustrates the farm’s diversity with a gorgeous variation on the classic “grid” approach.

Strong theming is a major contributor to this layout’s excellence. Setting aside each corner for its own type of products contributes to this farm’s organization and beauty. Plus, I love all eight Rarecrows in the center—a lovely touch!

5 Islands of Specialization

This layout charms with its use of the Riverland Farm’s islands to highlight a variety of specializations. Each island has its own purpose, creating a distinct sensation of “traveling” through different elements of the layout.

Aesthetic mods further synergize with this map’s design to help it feel even more distinct. However, good organization using the Riverland map to structure the design is still fundamental to this layout’s charm.

4 A Personal Beach Getaway

Stardew Valley is a game we return to again and again because it feeds that fantasy of having our own space for a quieter, slower, and more satisfying life. (Even if actual farm life in no way is so simple!) This layout on the Beach Farm captures that appeal by evoking a lovely little cottage-filled resort.

This design is particularly effective because the Beach map provides limited tillable land, but also offers fewer physical restraints around which you can build creatively. Elements of openness combine well with the classic “grid” to create a navigable, effective, and attractive farm.

3 Year-Round Variety

Don’t want to live at the beach all year round? Well, then the tropical Ginger Island is great for a short-term getaway.

As shown earlier, the Ginger Island farm’s open layout and year-round growing season makes it sorely tempting to take a page out of Morris’s book and maximize profits.

Instead, this lovely design demonstrates how you can use the farm’s Greenhouse-like properties to make a variety of crops readily available. This is especially helpful for those irksome quests where one of the villagers needs an out-of-season fruit!

2 Hidden In The Woods

Reimagining the square grids of traditional Stardew Valley farm layouts, this Forest Farm structures its wooded area into a series of columns.

This design works well because it imposes organization onto a mostly-open map while still working with the map’s structure.

The use of space is quite efficient, too! Grazing is provided for animals in the west, while the Forest Farm’s lakes are incorporated into columns of forage, buildings, and useful trees.

This layout results in a wonderful blend of utility and beauty while working with the map’s foraging focus.

1 Lush Friend-Filled Pastures

This beautiful layout places animals at the heart of its design. Grids for cultivation are set aside along the edges, while each section is staggered slightly to evoke Stardew Valley‘s charms without wholly emulating endless rows of Midwestern corn.

Combined together, these features create a delightfully useful and on-theme farm. A variety of products are to hand around the map, and well-organized for access and appeal. Truly a layout worthy of admiration!