10 Reasons Why Joja Mart is Better Than You Think in Stardew Valley!

JOIN JOJA, THRIVE

Shame there's not a third option, like simply opening your own farmer's market and underselling Pierre AND Morris.

As a new player who's completed the community center, I think the community center is the better route for beginners. It introduces you to items and farming challenges you might otherwise not known about. It gives you better goals for learning the game.

Whereas Shane does become unemployed post-Joja, Sam doesn't. He starts working at the library.

I've been saying this a lot recently but Lewis is just as bad as Pierre. He's like "Oh, i wish SOMEONE would fix up this community centre. The youth of today don't care about it and would rather sit in front of the tv. Anyway, i'll just leave the door open for you wink " Mate, don't give me that "youth of today" crap. As much as i love George, he's the only one in front of the tv all day. Unless you count Marnie staring at her microwave for literally hours! Also, Lewis does nothing to help the community. He could have had the minecarts, bridge and bus fixed but he'd rather spend tax payers money on a gold statue of himself. What a narcisist! Morris actually oversees the projects to fix these things so clearly cares more than Lewis!

I kind of wish that Joja was actually cheaper than Pierre’s, but there would be more of a benefit to shopping at Pierre’s, like crops from his store are far more likely to go silver or gold and tend to sell for more. As it is, there is no reason to go to Joja unless you need some seeds and it’s a Wednesday.

I’m still convinced Pierre’s secret stash is a paternity test and he doesn’t want his family to know that he took one or that he knows Abigail isn’t his daughter but he still loves her anyway and knows that it would hurt Abigail but because of some Secret resentments for Caroline or a sick self loathing he hangs onto the results in his secret stash

Some of these points are valid, but i just think it's kinda ironic that the player literally escapes their 9-5 job at Joja to live on a farm and still buys the membership. By the way wasn't there a theory that if the player doesn't arrive at the farm early enough, Joja would've literally purchased the land.

The community center has a communal food pantry. While you can't see it being used, Evelyn and Lewis mention it. So with the pantry, Pam and Jodie can now get free food, grown by the community if they need it, instead of whatever Joja puts in their stuff! I do think the CC needs more functionality, and hell maybe even a cutscene where Pam or Jodie is encouraged by the farmer to use the pantry because there's no shame in needing help, especially when the community wants to rally around and give it.

I agree. I finally went to the dark side of going the Joja route. So much faster to get everything fixed as long as you have the gold.

*before we continue, this video is sponsored by joja mart

Great video! For me, Joja represents real-world evil corporations. So when we hate Joja, it has less to do with Joja themselves and more about Joja acting as the vessel we can pour our real-world frustrations into. For every Amazon employee fired for taking a washroom break, for every Walmart employee on food stamps, for every family owned business that went under... we can feel powerless to do anything about those real-world injustices, but we can hate Joja and refuse to shop there. So it feels good :) ...but I'll probably do a Joja run on my next save file lol

Sharky, you have absolutely blown my mind. I didn't think that deeply into the game before cuz the game trains you to like pierre over Joja. As more and more evidence shows up showing how awful some characters are to other characters (Pierre, Lewis) It makes you think more deeply than just the fun happy go lucky game it seems to be. (Shane was an obvious addition when that update came)

Thanks for this. On a very real note, I always do the Joja route, and it's mainly because I legitimately just find the game more relaxing. When I first started playing SDV, all I wanted to do was farm and have animals. I wanted to decorate stuff and make friends. I didn't want to stress over completing the community center, which to me seemed like a chore. Instead, I farmed, made money, and completed the Joja community projects, made friends with the villagers, and had a fantastic time. Also, many people quit playing SDV after completing the community center when there is a ridiculous amount of game content after that. Like I completed the Joja projects within the first year of my very first playthrough on my main account, and 10+ years in the game, I am still enjoying that file.

This has convinced me to go Joja route for the first time in my game I just started.

I've done both several times and I found that you actually save on resources and time by joining Joja. While trying to fill all the orders for the community center, it's nice to receive gifts for your farm upon filling those orders, but the time you take to gather the resources, crops, and fish to fill those order, you could have just as well stored them for when you need them, or sell those crops and fish to make money and not worry about putting anything aside to fill orders, you also build up your farm quicker. Besides, Pelican Town already has a community center, it's Gus' Saloon. Almost everyone hangs out there whereas when you complete the community center, only 2 or 3 people ever bother with it, so what's the point? I recently started a new profile, and when Pierre was going to charge me $10,000 for a 2nd backpack, I said" Screw you Pierre, I'm joining JOJA. "

Completing the CC gives me that warm, happy feeling inside. It brings a smile on my face and happiness knowing I made Shane unemployed 🥰🥰🥰

I choose the community center just because of the Junimos, I love to have them in the farm and are very useful xD. I love to explore the caverns and the adventures, so I got like 5 petters and don´t know what to do with them and for free. I think it depends of how you play the game. I chose the community center and not regret it, but it was sad that some people lost the jobs.

I think it is amazing how different of a game the Joja option offers. What a flexible game that you can experience either way depending on your goals. Without the Joja option, a lot of the speed running or challenges wouldn't be possible or be a lot harder. If Joja were your only choice the game would feel a bit flat. Stardew is many games in one. To me that is what makes it so unique.

Some of these points I didn't know, like how late they were open. I picked Joja for my language learning save file so I wouldn't have to struggle in a language I don't understand that well yet for the CC and it has been very convenient to just focus on money and chill playing. I will marry Sam to get positive use out of the Joja Cola machine.