Stardew Valley News

Stardew Valley is coming to Game Pass

s part of an ID@Xbox indie showcase on Tuesday, Stardrew Valley developer Eric Barone announced that his farm life sim will be coming to Game Pass. "There's not a set release date yet, but it's probably sometime in the fall," Barone said...
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This Stardew Valley phone app is a must-have for serious farmers

There is a lot to keep track of in Stardew Valley. Endless lists of crops, fish, birthdays, likes, dislikes, community bundles, animals, recipes—and so much more. Using the Stardew Valley wiki is great for looking stuff up but since my PC set up has one screen, I always need to pause the game and tab out into my browser. It's a total bump in my farming flow when I have to leave the game to checking something, like how many days it takes bok choy to grow—a small but vital piece of knowledge...
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Stardew Valley's biggest mod now lets you become friends with Shane's chicken

Stardew Valley is a very good game that its creator is working tirelessly on, but so are the game's modders. The biggest fan-made mod, Stardew Valley Expanded, keeps growing, too...
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You can now marry FFXIV's Emet-Selch in Stardew Valley

I'm still wrapping up Stormblood in my own FFXIV playthrough, but if there's one thing I know about Shadowbringers, it's that people are into Emet-Selch. He even has his own page on Sexypedia, which I just learned is a thing. Well, if you're one of the multitude who wants to get down with Emet-Selch, there's now a Stardew Valley mod for you.

The NPC Emet-Selch - Wizard Replacement and Spouse mod does exactly what the name suggests: it replaces Stardew Valley's wizard with Emet-Selch and turns him into a marriage candidate. You can grab the files for yourself over on Nexus Mods, but be aware that there are Shadowbringers spoilers in all this - so hold off if you're not caught up.

Emet-Selch has over 100 lines of custom dialogue, and a special schedule for leaving the tower, which will gradually expand as you build a friendship with him. Modder Pumpkinium plans to replace the wizard's theme with a more appropriate custom music track, too, but that's not yet implemented in the current version.

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Stardew Valley did not prepare me for the agricultural bootcamp of Real Farm

I've put hundreds of relaxing hours into farming in Stardew Valley. Sure, there's more to growing crops than chucking some seeds in the ground and giving them a quick water, but Stardew's romanticised approach to country living is what makes it so charming. But now I'm ready for the real deal...
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