I prefer animals to crops, so I'm going Meadowlands - a default map that comes with a free coop and bluegrass.
Normally I go with Tiller/Artisan because that's considered the "most profitable" profession, but recent changes to the game have buffed the Rancher/Shepherd profession set, so I'm going to take advantage of the buffs and pursue ranching sheep. I knooooow ancient fruit win and starfruit wine is the single most profitable thing in the game but it's so boring to do that every single run.
Normally I go for a cat for the pet, but this time I decided I want a dog as the starting pet. After all, a shepherd needs a good sheepdog, right? I can always get more pets later if I want, anyways. I went with a solid brown one and named it Lucky, after the default name for Labradors in Petz.
I'm rushing Shane's friendship (got to 4 stars in time for the Flower Dance, and doing the dance got him to 5 hearts) to unlock blue chickens sooner. I'd be more down to marry him if his spouse room didn't imply his alcoholism relapses hard... I pretty much never marry anyone, though. To quote Whoopi Goldberg: "I don't want somebody in my house."
- Hit Farming Lv5 on Spring 23th, Y1
- Hit Foraging Lv5 on Spring 26th, Y1
- Hit Fishing Lv5 on Summer 13, Y1
- Hit Mining Lv5 on Fall 11, Y1
- Hit Combat Lv5 on Fall 21, Y1
Blue Chicken Quest
- Hit 6 hearts with Shane on Spring 28, Y1
- Reached 7 hearts with Shane on Summer 10, Y1
- Reached 8 hearts with Shane on Summer 12, Y1
- Shane 6 heart event (prerequisite for 8 heart event) viewed Summer 13, Y1.
- Shane 8 heart event viewed Summer 14, Y1
- Blue chicken purchased from Marnie Summer 14, Y1
Void Chicken, Dinosaur, Duck Quest
- began an upgrade from a Coop to a Big Coop on Summer 10, Y1
- Big Coop upgrade completed Summer 13, Y1
- Duckling bought from Marnie Summer 17, Y1
- Void Egg bought from Krobus and incubated Winter 7, Y1
- Dinosaur Egg obtained (from max friendship dog) Winter 12, Y1
- Void Chicken hatched Winter 13, Y1
- Dinosaur Egg began incubation Winter 13, Y1
- Dinosaur hatched Winter 25, Y1
Bunny Quest
- began an upgrade from a Big Coop to a Deluxe Coop on Fall 20, Y1
- Rabbit bought from Marnie Fall 24, Y1