So had a day where I saw I had Iridium luck and decided to pay for the ticket at 09:00 sharp. Ends up, the farmer hopped on board and decided to drive themselves to the desert
That is new in v1.6
If Pam won’t be coming to the bus for any reason, she now leaves a sign informing you and you can drive yourself to the desert.
https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-6-update-full-changelog/
Seems I missed that, I was just impatient and didn’t want to wait for Pam, so I paid for a ticket on the dot at 09:00 and was taken aback by my character driving the bus himself
Isn’t the bus only going from 10:00?
On the days Pam takes off, there is a sign in front of the bus, around the middle of it. Those days you can just pay for the bus ticket and your character rides the bus
Haven’t really tested it further as I spend too much time doing farm stuff, but if I was able to catch a bus at 09:00 then I can assume that as long as the sign is there you can take the bus anytime.
Warp totem has entered the chat
Totems are the way,yes, especially once I get the return scepter, but I am still in a “cheapstake” phase where I am still being frugal with my resources and 100k is still considered a lot of money (playing pretty chilled still and taking it relatively slow)
100k? You exchange it for multigeodes at the desert merchant
It is easier to exchange at the merchant, I agree, but there are also a lot of other stuff I am interested in spending my omni-geodes on (and iridium bars) especially since I decided to try skills I don’t usually use (went for more ores and coal, so less omni’s to go around)
I don’t go to the desert so much as I’m busy at the moment spending most of the time playing and working on my farm’s aesthethic and the income I make is sort of while I am busy type of thing.
It is more a spur of the moment when I go if it is a lucky day.
Taking it slow and eventually will buy the wizard desert totem and have the return sceptre to not have to worry about consumable totems.
Otherwise I am trying to avoid playing optimally and putting in effort to enjoy a chill save of experimentation.
When I’m in a mining mood, luck be damned, I’ll camp out in the desert with a few tents and if I remember, the fancy special statues.
That is a good idea to make the best use of those tents I have stuffed in a chest somewhere.
Bonus points for placing a mini-shipping bin and a large chest or two for some items to always have on hand nearby (bonus, bonus points imagining Lewis having to drive all the way to desert to pick your stuff)
