Stardew Valley News

A beginner's guide to installing Stardew Valley mods: SMAPI, Stardrop, and more

There's plenty to do in the vanilla valley, but the sky is the limit once you learn how to install Stardew Valley mods. With so much community support, it's an easy game for first-time modders to dive into, but modding can still be an intimidating task...
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Stardew Valley fan left their Switch running for 'over 3 weeks straight' to sleep for 1,000 years, waking up to immortal villagers, giant mushrooms and debris everywhere

It was only a matter of time until the cabin fever started setting in, I suppose, what with all the waiting for Stardew Valley's big 1.7 update and Haunted Chocolatier. It's a similar phenomenon to GTA 6, where the eternal waiting inevitably leads fans to become untethered and start doing wacky things just for the fun of it...
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Stardew Valley 1.7: The farmer's almanac for key details and news on the next big update

Surprise, surprise—the Stardew Valley 1.7 update is making a ton of noise in the new year, and it just so happens the beloved farming sim celebrates its tenth anniversary soon. Try as he might, Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone can't stay away from the farm life for very long, and I can't say that I blame him...
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'I'm a total amateur' says Stardew Valley creator and developer of one of the most iconic farming sims of the 21st century

If I was the developer behind one of the biggest games over the last 10 years—one arguably responsible for the huge surge in 'cosy gaming' and the return of the glorious farming sim—I'd probably reckon I was a bit of a hotshot...
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'I feel like no one will ever find it': Stardew Valley creator says there's one big secret still lurking in the game, and no, you can't datamine it

Stardew Valley is basically the videogame equivalent of Star Wars at this point—even if you've never seen a single movie, you probably still know who Darth Vader is. You'd think being an all-encompassing phenomenon would mean that every stone had been turned and every secret discovered...
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