As you work through your first few seasons - and years - of Stardew Valley, the thought of finishing the community center is what keeps many motivated to farm, forage, and fish. However, the bundles that need to be completed can be a little daunting at first; they include items that new players have probably never even heard of.
With so much to focus on and think about, you'll need some dedicated multi-tasking skills to keep on track. These bundles can be completed in your first year in Stardew Valley, if not within the first few seasons! You'll be well on your way to kicking JoJo out of your town and earning that celebration party.
10 Spring Foraging Bundle
The Spring Foraging Bundle is the perfect start to your bundle-completing experience since it doesn't require any tools or prior knowledge. All you need to do is explore the Valley - which you're probably doing anyway!
As you travel, be sure to pick up the items you find along the way and deposit them into this bundle before you sell everything. You'll need one Wild Horseradish, one Daffodil, one Leek, and one Dandelion. Just be sure to do this by the end of the season - it's easy to get distracted and miss the window of opportunity. If you do, you'll probably need to wait a full year to complete this bundle.
9 Fodder Bundle
The Fodder bundle will be slightly more challenging than other bundles for first-time players. The upside is that tracking down the three kinds of items it requires - ten wheat, ten hay, and three apples - will be an excellent learning experience about the various systems.
Wheat is just a crop - it can be grown during the summer (or fall, if need be). Hay can be harvested from grass (or wheat) with a scythe but you can also buy it from Marnie. For Apples, you may need to wait until Fall to get any. However, if you choose to have Demitri remake the nearby cave into a Fruit Bat Cave, they can drop Apples anytime for you.
8 Summer Foraging Bundle
Like the Spring Foraging Bundle, the Summer Foraging Bundle is an easy first choice. It'll be doable early into the playtime, just as soon as you finish your first season and it encourages you to keep exploring.
Even if you think you've seen everything, sometimes re-entering an area during a particular time of day or season will trigger a new cutscene to watch. By the end of the summer, you need to have found a Grape, a Spice Berry, and a Sweet Pea. Just by completing these two bundles, the Crafts Room will be a third of the way completed!
7 Crab Pot Bundle
The Crab Pot Bundle is another example of how bundles can introduce you to the game's mechanics. While you might have noticed a Crab Pot recipe in the crafting menu or glanced at it on sale in Willy's shop, you probably didn't bother to experiment (considering how much else there is to do) until the bundle asked you to.
The big advantage of this bundle is that it only asks for five donations but there are ten kinds of items you can donate: Lobsters, Crayfish, Crabs, Cockles, Mussels, Shrimp, Snails, Periwinkles, Oysters, and Clams.
6 Construction Bundle
The construction bundle asks you to donate the resources you'd usually give to Robin if you wanted to build a new barn or coop. It can feel tough to give up these valuable items when you're so in need of them.
However, all the resources it asks for are renewable: 198 Wood, 99 Stone, and 10 Hardwood. Plus, the farmer's bonus for your hard work will be a Charcoal Kiln: an item that turns Wood into Charcoal that comes in handy down the line.
5 Spring Crops Bundle
The Crops Bundles are all very simple: they ask you to donate a bit of your harvest each season to the Community Centre's pantry. The important thing about these is to stay on top of them because, since they're seasonal, the wait time will be a full year before you'll have another shot to finish them.
Anyone in their first season should be extra aware; there's no reason you can't finish the Spring Crops Bundle in the first 27 days, as long as you have checked the requirements. It asks for a Parsnip, a Green Bean, a Cauliflower, and a Potato.
4 Lake Fish Bundle
The fishing bundles are also a challenge since the game doesn't have overt instructions on where and when to locate certain species (though the bundle names will give you a hint about locale).
If you're willing to look up what you need to know - or just love to do nothing but fish all over the Valley all day - the Lake Fish Bundle can be acquired during the first two seasons. It asks for a Largemouth Bass, a Carp, a Bullhead, and a Sturgeon. All of these fish can be caught in the Spring, the Summer, or both.
3 Summer Crops Bundle
By the time the first summer rolls around, you should be comfortable with how Stardew Valley works, even if you haven't pieced everything together yet. Thus, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to complete your Summer Crops Bundle in your first year.
It asks for a Tomato, a Hot Pepper, a Blueberry, and a Melon. The reward upon completion is a Quality Sprinkler so, if you hadn't realized what a godsend the Sprinklers are, getting one to use for free should make it abundantly clear.
2 Ocean Fish Bundle
Unless you're playing on the beach map (which we don't recommend for first-timers), there's only one place to go for ocean fish. Willy will be there to welcome you, run you through the basics, and buy your fish if your inventory fills up.
The Ocean Fish Bundle asks you to contribute one Sardine, one Tuna, one Red Snapper, and one Tilapia. They can all be caught in the Summer during the day, except for the Sardine, which needs to be caught in the Spring, Fall, or Winter.
1 Animal Bundle
Needing animal products for the Animal Bundle is a big motivator for you to get different kinds of animals living on their farm. It also introduces the idea that animals need to like a farmer in order to produce better items. For instance, you may get a cow, thinking that their first milking will satisfy this bundle's requirement, before realizing it needs to be a "Large" Milk and trying to figure out how to obtain that.
The Animal Bundle requires five donations but there are six kinds of items you can donate, depending on which animals you want to raise: a Large Milk, a Large Egg (Brown), a Large Egg (White), a Large Goat Milk, Wool, and a Duck Egg.