A Guide to Stardew Valley Fences and How to Craft Them

Fences are a quality-of-life feature in Stardew Valley. Players can benefit from having them around their animal farm. Yet there are also some complications with them. Players would also like a larger enclosure area so the grass can grow back more inside the fences as the animals are quick to eat all the grass. They can also start from a small area at the beginning but it’s necessary to keep in mind that replacing grass is also expensive. So this guide about Stardew Valley Fences will surely help you to get the best usage of these and have a safe farm too.

Stardew Valley: Fences

The Stardew Valley Fences are optional so players can get by without them. However, if you are building an animal farm, things might get a bit tricky. The downgrade of having an open animal farm is that animals can eat the grass around them, allowing it to grow further across the area. While the crops are safe from them, the debris can spread around the area and into your crop farm. Another thing is that the grass slows down the players so it would make moving around more difficult than before.

This is why having fences around the barn and coop helps a lot since they can also contain grass for animals to eat as much as they want. It also wouldn’t be a hassle to find the animals to pet anymore after crafting and placing the fences. Crafting gates is also important since the fences would be meaningless without them. Adding at least one gate can help players to go in and out of the enclosure.

Now let’s head to the crafting guide of the fences.

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How to Craft Fences in Stardew Valley

The recipe to craft fences is simple and the materials are also easier to find. Players can craft them and place them in line to form a square enclosure. They can also be placed in a diagonal line but it would not be as aesthetically pleasing since they won’t be able to connect. Additionally, players would have to replace the temporary fences regularly to stop them from decaying completely and disappearing.

Wood Fence Recipe – Available

The ingredients for this fence take only 2 pieces of wood and can craft a single fence post.

If we talk about the durability of this fence, then it would decay anytime after 50 days.

Stone Fence Recipe – Reach Farming 2

Stone fences are more durable and can be crafted with 2 stones for a single fence.

They are obviously more durable and can last as much as half a year or more.

Iron Fence Recipe – Reach Farming 4

To craft iron fences, players must dig their way down to find the iron ores thus making them not as much easier to find as wood.

1 iron bar will give players 10 fence posts which is quite a good amount and it lasts around a year or two.

Hardwoods Fence Recipe – Reach Farming 6

Being the best type of fence in terms of durability, Hardwood Fences can be crafted with 1 one piece of hardwood for a single fence post.

They can last around 4 years, which makes them the most durable of them all.

Gate Recipe – Available

Players can craft gates for 10 pieces of wood. They can also replace the gate every 400 days since it can decay anytime after that.

How to Prevent Fences from Decaying in Stardew Valley?

Other than the good side of the fences, their durability makes them a little less popular among the players. This one thing requires efforts that only a few are willing to give. Hardwood, being the best wood type, is no exception and does contain a durability that lasts no more than 4 years. Therefore, you would need to replace the fences later or sooner if you are completely relying on them.

However, there are two ways to avoid the hassle.

• First, the expensive way, of course, is to buy the Gold Clock from the Wizard in 10,000,000g. which you can unlock after completing the Magic Ink quest.
• Marriage is a convenient way to remove the stress of replacing fences from your shoulders onto your spouse. They help you do other chores including replacing the fences.

These two are the only ways one can avoid having to replace these fences. The Gold Clock is the best option here because of the extra perks but it’s highly expensive for a clock. Marriage has its perks too and is an easy way to avoid doing many things on your own.

Sure there are various other ways to stop animals from roaming around such as placing machines and buildings around them. But since many players craft fences for aesthetics, it might be worth going through the trouble to replace them once in a while.