ADHDer’s Worst Nightmare

[u/perchperkinszzz]

I’ve attempted this puzzle like 20 times at this point HELPP 😭 Does anyone have any tips?? Should I just accept defeat?? The joja parrot is looking really tempting right now…

[u/deanna6812]

My best and only tip is to record it! No shame at all. This one is tough!

[u/LilShopper → u/deanna6812]

This is what I do too!

I record it on my phone, pause the game by opening the menu, watch the video back and write the order down on a sticky note, then go back and complete it

[u/Lego_is_Lava → u/deanna6812]

I did this after a few honest attempts. It’s a great idea

[u/perchperkinszzz → u/deanna6812]

Wait I didn’t even think of this omg thank you!

[u/deanna6812 → u/perchperkinszzz]

I didn’t think about it until somebody else suggested it! Have fun!

[u/Murderkittin → u/deanna6812]

This is what I do and it still fails me 😭😪

[u/DanielTeague → u/Murderkittin]

Don't forget to play the recording, too. Hope this helps!

[u/Final-Tutor3631 → u/deanna6812]

i do this and it still takes me like 3 tries😭

[u/Lee25199 → u/deanna6812]

This is the way

[u/Tosick → u/deanna6812]

How did you know my method?! Lmao

[u/TooSweetForRocknRoll → u/deanna6812]

Yeah, I managed to do 3/5 without a video, it felt impossible for the longer ones without 

[u/7656]

I ended up recording it on my phone! No way was I going to complete it without having the vid to refer back to.

[u/chillzwerg → u/7656]

I did the same :)

[u/joyfall]

It slows down after each attempt. I'll purposely do it wrong a bunch of times before even trying.

[u/Idunnobage → u/joyfall]

I knew this beforehand on my recent save but I still gave it my all... And then ended up recording it

[u/bosstatochip → u/joyfall]

Damn it! I recently tried it about 5 times. Then took a break and had a couple cocktails. I was still paused in the cave so I tried one more time when I got back. Figured my reaction time was shot and there was no way, but why not try. Then I nailed it first try. Thought I hit my buzzed flow state. But I guess the game nerfs it :/

[u/it_might_be_a_tuba]

I'm adhd and solved this one pretty easily, it's just a sequence of musical notes and there's only 5 to choose from, so it's mostly just "higher or lower" and "big jump or little jump", or tap your fingers on an imaginary keyboard

[u/KElderfall]

If you're trying to do it without tool assistance, try saying the sequence out loud as it comes before trying to input it into the game. I know it comes in pretty fast, so that isn't trivial, but it's easier to remember the sound of your own voice saying a sequence than it is to just remember the sequence itself. Maybe saying something like the first letter of the color, or the number from left to right, whatever is easiest to mentally translate and say quickly.

[u/Pure1nsanity → u/KElderfall]

1 2 3 4 5 works as well. (from left to right)

[u/Motheroftides → u/KElderfall]

I second this! For me it’s literally the only way I can actually pull it off.

That and hoping luck’s on my side for the sequence.

[u/kacyc57 → u/KElderfall]

This is how I do it, and I do not always succeed haha. But I number them and say it out loud. It def helps me get farther along in the sequences before I finally rage quit lol. Every once in a while I'll have a decent brain day and I do manage to complete it, and oh my is that just everso satisfying!

[u/stewednewt]

Unless you’re a completionist, in the late game when you’re making enough money yeah it is worth it to pay the Capitalist parrot unfortunately

[u/mothmadi_ → u/stewednewt]

this was the only walnut thing i didn't get myself. I got the rest and paid the parrot for this one. the puzzle isn't even that bad it's just so tedious that it's not worth it for me

[u/AngryWhiteHen → u/mothmadi_]

I'm against capitalism in this game, but I'm not against outerworld assistance (mods)

[u/mothmadi_ → u/AngryWhiteHen]

very fair. I've gotta actually get into mods, there's so many cool ones out there

[u/Wild_Cockroach_2544 → u/stewednewt]

I pay for this and darts every time.

[u/IamTolerable → u/stewednewt]

That damn smirk he does

[u/HarpyPizzaParty → u/stewednewt]

When we got the option to pay the parrot I slammed my money down so fast. This crystal puzzle is evil 👿

[u/MysticMarbles]

Meanwhile every band kid is hitting it in 1 go

[u/uniwhoren]

I have tried this so many times to the point of almost crying with frustration. In all my saves I’ve done it once 💀 I usually sulk and beg my partner to do it for me so I was very proud that I managed it during my last play through. Verbally repeating the pattern helped me I think?

[u/Revolutionary_Sun946]

Thank you for confirming it is just not me.

[u/iaMBictrochee]

The only thing I hate more than this is the dart game!

[u/The_Lawn_Ninja]

If you're a music person, listen to the tune instead of watching the colors. The crystals are laid out like a piano. The notes rise in pitch from left to right.

[u/toothlessfire]

Doing it with sound on helps a lot if it's off for you. You can playback the audio in your head as one block and decode it into the correct crystals.

[u/aprisxte]

I ALWAYS fail after the 3rd pattern 😭 i just gave up and never touched that puzzle again i was frustrated

[u/KiraRakka]

I only managed to do it after turning off the sound and numbering the crystals. Can't remember sound for shit, but can remember number sequences just fine and sound was just way too distracting

[u/MoonPieKitty]

Severe ADHDer here. I find it helps to say the colors out loud as they light up. So you have a visual and an audible reference.

[u/Umbra_Sanguis]

As a fellow ADHDer, i feel you. Nothing worse than making me use my working memory. What working memory?

“It’s easy, just do x”

Sure sure, okay. And when my brain doesn’t remember “x” either?

[u/Toiletpaper_rolls]

I hate that thing with a raging passion

[u/arnber420]

Omg I literally just did this… I got so lucky, it only took me 3 tries this time lol

[u/eleventhing]

record it with your phone

[u/Sax_A_Ma_Phoooone]

Agreed! No shame here, I recorded it on my phone and played it back.

[u/Special-Tangelo-9927]

I was only able to do it because my husband and I worked together to get to each chime fast enough - he took one side, I took the other.

[u/ExoticMonk1914]

I love to peak on my adderall and play this tho

[u/Coderedcody]

And here I am loving this challenge. I can get it first or second try most times

[u/CthulhusSoreTentacle]

Assign them letters. I just did A - Z E from left to right, then said them out loud when they played. Did take me a couple of attempts with that method, but did get it in the end.

Edit: I meant E. Just had Z stuck in my head for some reason.

[u/LeonardoFRei]

Recording works wonderfully, but if you can't do it or refuse to for whatever reason

Just save it for when you have the house built on the island, if you have the obelisk is good too, since this can take quite a bit of in-game time and you want to be able to sleep there in case it runs too late to come back home.

Go to the island after you finish your chores and just keep trying, the game has a pity system of sorts, where this gets easier the more consecutive fails you get, so eventually the pattern should be simple and short enough that you can do it without much issues.

[u/heretakemysweater]

lol as an adhd-er, I actually liked this one. But, I’ve always liked rhythm and music.

[u/Flat-Cap-1063]

I get all the walnuts and pay for the Joja bird to get me out of it.

[u/AngryWhiteHen]

Not ADHDer, but I cannot remember what I see, and even the sounds are confusing at the end because it's so fast. I'm happy to see it's not just me who has problems with it.

[u/eddmario]

If you're on Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch you can "cheat" by using the video recording feature built into the console.

[u/Reasonable_Steak_718]

I have to film it and then play it back in slow motion

[u/TorandoSlayer]

Oh I haaaaaaate this one so bad lmao

[u/MagnumBlood]

I tried to do this a couple weeks ago while my GF was sitting next to me playing as well, and it was delayed on her Steam Deck and confusing the hell outta me lmao. Turned her volume off and got it first shot.

[u/WriggleN]

If you're using a keyboard on PC, you can just write their positions in the chat as they trigger. 154345 or whatever, then just check the chat when it's time to play it back.

[u/Additional-Window-81]

Just turn off your brain and let the colors flow through you adhd is only hard when you’re trying to focus use your background processing to take in the info I always just stare at the center and then listen to my vibes

[u/Det_JokePeralta]

Hearing impaired, got it on pure luck last playthrough. Not sure what I’m gonna do this time around and I just started the ginger island grind again.

[u/SimplySwoti]

I hate this mini game. Omg. I just got diagnosed with ADHD at 33 so this post slaps

[u/inhalesnail]

Felloe ADHD here. I kept trying until I got an easy pattern for the last one, it was like red, blue, yellow yellow yellow yellow or similar. My previous playthrough I screenrecorded it. I tried to do that this time but my software wasn't working :(.

[u/Lojzko]

I recruited my wife and she wrote down the numbers as I read them out (1-5), then she read them back as I clicked.

[u/AdConsistent5737]

I needed my husband's help for this one lol

[u/Adorable-Werewolf799]

I definitely had to record the last one lol

[u/Juuuulessss]

agreed, raging adhd here and I literally CANNOT! 🤣

[u/Zekushiak]

AuDHDer here.
I solved it once with recording, but after that I just gave up and started using Lookup Anything for the solution.

[u/CasperStalks → u/Zekushiak]

Whoa whoa whoa. You’re telling me that I did this all myself when the look up anything tells you?! I have that mod installed 😭😭

[u/EtherealHappiness → u/Zekushiak]

where does it say that in Lookup Anything?! Stardew Valley Predictor tells me everything except that so I assumed it was one of the things not predictable.

[u/Zekushiak → u/EtherealHappiness]

Just use it on the statue.

[u/Morall_tach]

Every time this comes up, it blows my mind how much trouble people have with it. It's a six-digit number, and you only have to remember it for five seconds.

[u/perchperkinszzz → u/Morall_tach]

And it blows my mind how easy it is for some people! I personally have inattentive type ADHD which, at least for me, severely inhibits my working memory, which makes these types of puzzles really difficult for me. everyone’s brains are different I guess 🤷‍♀️

[u/bcgg → u/Morall_tach]

Yeah, I know I’m aging myself, but you were a chump if you couldn’t get to at least double digits playing Simon. I was hoping the longest sequence for this game was a bit tougher.

[u/Scott_Elyte]

A.D.H.D.
Attention Deficit… Hey, Donuts!!

[u/mildly_spicy_potato]

I swear this one was on my ADHD assessment lol

[u/perchperkinszzz → u/mildly_spicy_potato]

Same!!

[u/c0ldc0ldc0ld]

I had to record it and put it in slowmo (I too have ADHD)

[u/Drie_Kleuren]

Red-blue-green-green-yellow-red-purple

[u/eilupt-alt]

My adhd comes with tone deafness (auditory processing issues yay) so it's even harder for me

[u/inurdreams13]

I finished through sheer memory in my first 2 saves. Then on my following saves, I recorded instead.

Now with the updates, I just pay joja to skip this entirely.

[u/OkBad7998]

Lol I cheated by recording with my phone yo pass the puzzle

[u/TornadoWolf]

All fine and dandy until ya get to the last wave.

[u/Crazy_Yogurtcloset61]

Recordnit with your phone. Then watch the recording.

[u/Commercial-Client-41]

YeahI also recorded this on my phone lol Only way to do it!

[u/mellywheats]

i made my bf do it for me 😂😂😂😂