Is Luck dependent on the Fortune Teller?
You can check your luck value for the day by watching the Fortune Teller on TV. My question is what happens if you do not do this? Are you assigned a default luck value for the day? Or is your luck assigned independently and the Fortune Teller just a means of checking it?
Best Answer
Although the wiki doesn't state much detailed information:
The Fortune Teller channel on the television will give an indication of the daily luck stat modifier.
A user in reddit did some code digging to learn more about luck modifiers and variants. As he/she states (emphasis mine):
Hey everyone, I wanted to clear up some information regarding luck. Right now, the official wiki article isn't correct about the meaning of each TV message, and the list of things luck affects is inaccurate and incomplete. I've done a lot of digging through the source code (1.06), and gathering info from other users, to understand how it works and what it does and doesn't affect. Hope you find this info useful! I tagged a lot of things as spoilers in case any new players want to discover them on their own.
Daily luck
It can range from -0.10 to +0.10, and is determined completely randomly when you go to sleep. The TV fortune forecaster will give show you one of six forecasts based on where your luck for the day falls within that range.
More information on https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/4c2gx4/a_comprehensive_guide_to_luck/, it's a very interesting thread btw.
So, long story short, luck is assigned when you go to sleep, the Fortune Teller only show you the random luck modifier you got.
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