stardew-valley
Running is so insanely slow to me. While I'm working on my farm or mining it's alright, but traveling to different parts of the map can take minutes at a time.
Is there a way to speed up the running process, like buying a pair of running shoes or something?
The max level you can obtain permanently is 10, but food buffs can push you higher. You can see your effective skill level on the skills screen.
That said, you do NOT appear to gain efficiency from levels above 10. Casting an Iridium rod costs 7 stamina anywhere between 10 and 13.
At the very least, fishing above 10 makes fish easier to catch. When I was trying to catch Legend, I spent two full in game days (I quit, rather than slept, so it was actually the same day, twice) trying to catch him without ever getting him above 75%, and only above 50% once. The third cycle, I ate a dish of the sea (+3 fishing) and caught him nearly effortlessly the first try. I quit again, tried to catch him without the food buff, failed hard, ate the food, caught him easily. Either there's a placebo effect or food buffs work above 10.
Yes, by default, M is the shortcut key for the map. Alternatively you can hit Esc and fourth tab is the Map.
Best Answer
If you want to increase your running speed, you can buy Coffee in the Saloon for $300, which will increase your running speed for two minutes. Make sure to stock a lot of those if you are going for this option.
You also have the possibility to use some cooking recipes to craft the following items :
All of those will also add one point to your speed for a certain amount of time.
Later in the game, you can also obtain a horse as soon as you will have built a Stable. The stable comes with the horse when you buy it which is an added bonus.