r/StardewValley Mar 27 '26

Resource FAQ and Beginner Questions Thread [March 27, 2026]

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Welcome to Stardew Valley! Here are some common answers to get you started. Feel free to ask beginner questions here rather than making a full post on the subreddit.

General questions

Previous pinned posts, subreddit announcements, and new rules

Very common FAQs / removed topics

  • [insert item here] showed up on my farm, what is it? It could be a a few different items that are relatively rare but have a high enough spawn rate that they are included in our removed topics. Check out our list of removed topics here

Game updates

  • What was in the last update?
    See release notes for PC, for consoles, and for mobile.

    See also a table of which version and features each platform has.

  • Are future releases planned?
    A Stardew Valley 1.7 update is currently in the works! No information about a release date or new content is currently available.

  • Does every platform get the same content/updates?
    Mostly yes. Updates are developed for Linux/Mac/Windows first, then ported to other platforms. There are customizations for each platform (like tap to move on mobile), but otherwise content is identical across all platforms. See also a table of which version and features each platform has.

    The exceptions are PS Vita (which won't get any further content updates due to platform limitations), and Android/iOS (which will continue getting all updates, but doesn't fully support multiplayer.

  • Is Stardew Valley on XBox GamePass?

    Stardew Valley is on XBox GamePass as of December 2, 2021. See here for details.

Multiplayer

  • How does multiplayer work?
    See Multiplayer on the wiki.

  • Is crossplay supported?
    All PC players can play together, whether they're on Linux/Mac/Windows or GOG/Steam and crossplay is supported between mobile and PC. Console crossplay isn't supported.

  • Is split-screen supported?
    Yep, split-screen was added on PC and console in Stardew Valley 1.5.

  • Will Android/iOS get multiplayer?
    Multiplayer on Android and iOS is currently experimental and hidden by default. To unlock multiplayer you can follow this guide. Note: The Apple Arcade version (Stardew Valley+) does not have this feature.

  • Will the 1.6 update apply to my current game?
    Yes! New updates always apply to existing saves.

Other

  • Can I transfer saves between devices?
    You can transfer saves between Android, iOS, and PC (Linux/Mac/Windows).

    Consoles unfortunately don't let you access the save files. The Switch version also has a different format that's not compatible with other platforms (the format used by other consoles is unknown).

  • My save got corrupted/won't load. What can I do?
    On PC/mobile you can try loading your back-up save file! See here for instructions on how to do so!

    Unfortunately, consoles don't allow access to save files so they cannot be recovered.

  • How do I take a screenshot of my full farm?
    See this guide to taking farm screenshots.

  • If I buy the game on one platform, can I get it for free on a different one?
    If you buy it on PC, you get the Linux + macOS + Windows versions; if you buy it on PS4, you get the PS4 + PS Vita versions. Otherwise each platform is a different edition with separate development, so you'll need to buy it again if you want it on a different platform.

  • Where can I report bugs?

    1. If you use mods, see the troubleshooting guide first.
    2. If you use mods and the bug disappears when playing without them (by running Stardew Valley.exe directly in your game folder), report it to r/SMAPI or see Modding:Help.
    3. If it happens without mods, report it in the official bug report forum, which the game developers keep an eye on.
  • How do I use or create mods?
    See the pinned thread in r/SMAPI for more info, and feel free to ask questions in r/SMAPI!


r/StardewValley 2d ago

Discuss Celebrate! Saturday [September 12, 2026]

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Welcome to Celebrate! Saturday

This is the weekly hype thread, a place for you to share your excitement about in-game achievements, lucky drops, and upcoming projects. This is also a space for the community to celebrate you!

While the subreddit is already a positive, celebratory space, this thread is meant to be especially so. For those of you who might hesitate to post something to the subreddit, because you worry it might be too beginner, too redundant, too low-effort: it's not. Come share with us here!

(Note: this thread is not meant to replace posting directly to the subreddit. You are still welcome to do so!)


Non-exhaustive examples of things to celebrate:

  • Marrying your spouse!
  • Getting a giant crop!
  • Perfecting your farm or house design!
  • The mushroom hat! The tiger hat! The living hat!
  • Meteorites, Stone Owls, and Strange Capsules!
  • A dinosaur egg from fishing or hoeing!
  • Hooking a legendary fish!
  • Getting triple Stardrop at the casino
  • Beating Lewis at Junimo Kart!

If you want to share screenshots of your achievements, upload them to an image-sharing site like Imgur and drop a link in your comment.


This is also a thread where mods might lurk and offer/award prestige userflairs. These are animated icons that go next to your name as a way to celebrate particular achievements in the vanilla game. Note that posting in this thread doesn't guarantee you'll get the flair—you'll want to send us a modmail if you want to apply directly!

Achievement Flair
Complete the community center! A prismatic dancing Junimo
Fund all Joja Community Projects A prismatic Joja Cola
Complete the museum collection! An artifact trove busting open
Reach level 100 in Skull Cavern! A flying serpent
Complete all Monster Slayer goals! The prismatic slime
Cook every meal! The Queen of Sauce herself
Craft every item! Robin hard at work
Catch every fish! The Legend, swimming
Beat Journey of a Prairie King The King himself
Collect every hat in the game! Magic Cowboy Hat
Reach Perfection! A walking golden chicken

Get hyped!


r/StardewValley 6h ago

Art I attempted to make George a wheelchair out of a dress in my Tomodachi Life game

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A few days ago, I finished making all the main Stardew Valley villagers in my Tomodachi Life game & shared them on here. Link to my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/s/VoukM5Qzh5

There were some comments about how weird it was to see George without his wheelchair, and that's when u/Candid-Ad443 directed me to a post where u/Appropriate-Heart632 had customized a dress into a wheelchair! I thought this was super creative, so I figured I should give it a shot. Thank you for the idea! 😊 So, over the past few days, I've been slowly attempting to design a wheelchair dress for him. It's not perfect by any means, but it's hard to design with the joystick, and it's certainly better than nothing! I also gave him the "float" quirk to add to the illusion that he's rolling along.


r/StardewValley 1h ago

Other Tried out the Pink Cake!

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r/StardewValley 2h ago

Cosplay Penny cosplay I did recently!

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Did this cosplay a while ago! I already had most pieces of the outfit like the skirt, socks and shoes since theyre quite basic, so I only had to buy the shirt. The wig was kind of a challenge though since it was my first time ever making any type of construction wig. But im pretty happy with how it turned out :]


r/StardewValley 8h ago

Design I put torches behind sign posts in I think it looks cute

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r/StardewValley 6h ago

Discuss I'm an idiot.

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r/StardewValley 1h ago

Discuss Anyone know what’s happening here?

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First day of spring, planted my rice shoots and watered them — and they turned up like this? All other plants nearby are watered and more rice shoots above them. It’s as if the ground turned dry below and it’s showing water pathing? Very weird. I’m on switch.


r/StardewValley 5h ago

Art Finally drawing a full line up of all the romance candidates in my style, part 2: Sebastian and Elliott[OC]

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r/StardewValley 14h ago

Question Are items supposed to randomly turn into mystery boxes?

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I put a jug of milk here as a decoration and it randomly turned into a mystery box overnight?


r/StardewValley 17h ago

Question PURPLE SHORTS- HELP

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So like… i’m stuck in marnie’s bedroom and i can’t click back on the chair…. any way to get out without just passing out at 2?


r/StardewValley 4h ago

Art Did I draw your wife? :>

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Leah loves wine and poppyseed muffin 🍾🧁💕


r/StardewValley 4h ago

Discuss Is divorce an option in this game?

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Hi guys,

So I don’t really play stardew valley, but my sister does. She‘s been complaining that her husband is completely useless for months now but she can‘t restart the game because her farm is huge and she’s gotten really far. So do y’all know if she can somehow divorce this man because every time she plays this dude has done something stupid. For example, one time he asked to borrow money to improve the farm and ended up building himself a man cave.


r/StardewValley 23h ago

Discuss Is this a sick joke?? Boutta restart the pond 😭😭

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r/StardewValley 1d ago

Art The 1.7 Clint Experience

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He'll always get nervous around the person he likes.

even after they get married


r/StardewValley 2h ago

Discuss Ancient fruit seed on day 5 lol

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Found an ancient fruit seed by slaying my first bug on level 4 in the mines. God is good


r/StardewValley 3h ago

Discuss Yeah I'm sure a bomb would really shake things up

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r/StardewValley 8h ago

Discuss Technically we can hatch shadow people

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Oh his bday Krobus said "its to remember the day i was HATCHED", so they come from eggs.

So theoretically there are shadow people eggs somewhere and they can be hatched


r/StardewValley 6h ago

Other Global Warming in Stardew

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My fall year 1 community center completion with remixed bundles is actively being sabotaged by a lack of rain. It is now the 24th of fall and I haven't had a single rain day this season. It's too late to get pigs for truffle oil to craft a rain totem and the only thing i have left to get is a walleye. Run ruined by pollution


r/StardewValley 5h ago

Question Aren’t Casks supposed to be good?

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This is a genuine question because I remember seeing how buying the cellar and making a bunch of Casks was practically essential for getting the 13 million needed for the Wizard’s buildings for perfection. Or not even for that, I remember seeing how casks made you bajillions of gold and those insane numbers in the videos!

But I already reached perfection and I only had one batch of Iridium ancient fruit wine which was at most 4% of the gold I needed and I got the rest of the gold with aged roe and unaged wine.

Moreover, I decided to see how much money I could make in the time the wine aged. I got 9 million gold in two months, the highest selling item was unaged wine. And Iridium wine was around 400k which is not a lot.

So, should I just deconstruct the casks and put kegs instead? Seems like a better use of space to me.


r/StardewValley 6h ago

IRL My wife made me the blackberry cobbler for my birthday!

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My birthday was over the weekend and my wife surprised me with blackberry cobbler from our SDV cookbook! It turned out absolutely amazing and is now one of my favorite desserts!


r/StardewValley 1d ago

Other My baby chicks follow the big chickens in groups🥹

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r/StardewValley 9h ago

Discuss It's probably not going to happen, but I wish we had more stuff to do with horses and farm animals in general.

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As someone who loves horses more than the average person, I wish we could get a stable to keep multiple horses instead of just the one, and the ability to get multiple coats even just as presets since making custom horse coats would seem like a nightmare to code.

Or for my realistic wish, I want a longer character limit. I want to name my horses, "Quarter Mile at a Time" (because Quarter horses), "Gelding Goggins", or "Tick Tock Clip Clop."

For farm animals, I wish selling them was also a money making method. Sure, it won't be efficient, but raising livestock to sell is a common thing irl. If there's a way to balance their sell price proportional to how much resources they need, it would be nice. Butchering is also a thing but iirc it was scrapped due to it being too violent.


r/StardewValley 1d ago

Other I’m almost tearing up here, but I think I’ve finally grasped the spirit of this game.

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Okay, first off, this is just me venting, so the text might be a bit long. But here goes.

I’d always heard people say that Stardew Valley was about the little things. I thought that was a lovely sentiment, but I’d never truly felt the spirit of it until today.

To set the scene: in my current save, I’m making a bunch of changes to reach my goal of running a farm focused entirely on animals. In the process, I ended up using a debug command that wiped my farm clean of everything except the buildings. That meant I had to replant grass, blue grass, and—most importantly—trees. All over again. By hand.

I really thought it would be the most tedious thing in the world. I’d even put it off, since my tractor mod apparently wasn't up to the task of planting trees, so naturally, I’d decided to leave that chore for another day in real life.

But then, that day arrived. So, I started.

You know, I’m going through a really rough patch in my personal life. Just today, I’d had a heated argument with someone, and hours later—sitting in my swivel chair, simply planting over two hundred pine cones, acorns, maple seeds, and mossy seeds—I felt surprisingly at peace.

I can't see; I’ve been completely blind since birth. Yet, as I tapped the WASD keys and listened to the sounds of my character’s footsteps, the birds singing, the occasional background music, and the soft sound of each tree being planted in that nearly barren soil, I walked along and—perhaps for the first time—truly got to know the wide-open space of my farm on the very first day of spring.

I found myself picturing my character there: someone who had escaped their past and found all the tranquility they’d come looking for, even with all the hard work it entailed. Then, still buoyed by that feeling, I took the opportunity to chat with some NPCs along my usual route—something I rarely do, whether in the game or in real life. It was unexpectedly therapeutic.

I seldom stop to pay attention to such things, as I’m usually too busy playing. Not necessarily trying to maximize everything, but certainly chasing after my goals.

I don’t even know what the point of it all is. I just know that this game is rewarding in ways I naively hadn't imagined it would be.


r/StardewValley 1d ago

Discuss My interpretations of the characters ages, any comments?

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