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Fancy yourself a Stardew Valley geek? Do you seem like you understand the video game inside and out? We’re here to challenge that, with 25 specific niche and unexpected things that you might (or might not) currently understand about the video game!
25 Things You Didn’t Know About Stardew Valley
Rarecrow referrals
The Rarecrows, which as unusual scarecrows attained through numerous ways, are all a bit oddSome are apparent recommendations– aliens, the dwarf from the mines– however others consist of referrals to ConcernedApe’s preferred motion pictures, obviously!
Simpsons referral
You can make yourself a set of Radioactive Goggles by integrating Cloth and a Radioactive Bar. These safety glasses have the description”Does not in fact supply any defense from radiation— a referral to the notorious Radioactive Man episode of The Simpsonsin which Rainier Wolfcastle gets sprinkled in the eyes with acid, sobbing, “My eyes! The safety glasses not do anything!”
Old names
Cent utilized to be called Dana, Alex was Josh, and Willy was … Dick. Yeah.
Secret animations
You can click NPC sprites to make them stimulate!
Gown like garbage
Actually! Put a piece of garbage in the stitching device (Broken CD, Broken Glasses, Driftwood, Soggy Newspaper, and Trash all work) and you’ll get a top that appears like a bin. Set these with the gorgeous Garbage Hat, which appears like a bin cover and can be discovered in (you thought it) the bins around town, and you’ll look similar to a rubbish receptacle. Include a grey pleated skirt to complete the appearance!
Vacate your mom’s basement
6 of the 12 marital relationship prospects (Maru, Penny, Sebastian, Abigail, Sam, Alex) cope with their moms and dads or grandparents. The lease circumstance is challenging there, perhaps? There are just a handful of homes to reside in, anyhow …
Choosy eaters
Villagers will grumble about needing to consume the meals you offer to Pierre if they’re “typical” quality. Obviously everybody in the area has actually high requirements, and if you offer a lots of meals to Pierre, you’ll get this discussion over and over and over once again.
Crossovers in the farmingverse
There’s a secret Stardew/Terraria crossover with Junimos, blue chickens, and Joja Cola.
Environment modification
From @lil_wage on Twitter:
“In Stardew Valley storms work for battery packs, however they are unusual. There is a product called a rain totem that makes it drizzle the next day, however not storm. Unless, that is, it is utilized DURING a storm, extending it. It has actually been storming in Pelican Town for 12 days directly now”
Blood? No, that’s simply red water
Lava Eels, Super Cucumbers, Slimejacks, and Void Salmons alter the colour of the fish pond water to red, blue, green, and purple, if you desire your ponds to match the total ambiance of your Halloween/goth/sewer farm!
Cucumber style
Location a Sea Cucumber or a Super Cucumber in the stitching device, and you’ll get … a tube top. Yes. You are using the cucumber as a top. That’s style, child!
Steppin’ in the rain
Did you understand that the weather condition in Stardew Valley is not random, however rather identified by the variety of actions that the gamer has taken? This may sound extremely unhelpful, however it’s in fact actually beneficial for speedrunnerswho can take a specifically determined variety of actions to ensure rain.
Well, it’s really a little bit more complex than thatThe random possibility is likewise computed by integers like the gamer’s distinct ID number and the variety of days they’ve played. Still, if you’re the sort of speedrunner that likes controling variables, then all you require is to understand which seed you’re utilizing, and after that you can replicate the very same “random” output regularly. Cool, huh?
The mayor’s underwears are scrumptious
If you put Mayor Lewis’ purple shorts in the soup at the Luau, Mayor Lewis will chew out you for destroying the soup and “utilizing my really personal product for this ill function”… however the Governor, whom you’re attempting to impress in the very first location, has the following to state:
“Hmm … It’s a bit appetizing … however in fact, the taste is rather excellent! Simply one minute … there’s something in my bowl … what’s this?”
Excellent soup.
Other underwears chances
You can likewise show the purple shorts in the grange screen as part of the Stardew Valley Fair (you’ll be used Star Tokens to take them down), and you can even use them (Lewis will be distressed, however Marnie will laugh). If you’ve opened Ginger Island and the Resort, you can provide to him while he’s going to, and he’ll use them on the beach!
The video game will keep in mind that
Stardew Valley tracks the number of times you’ve introduced the video game, and every once in a while you’ll see messages in the lower-left corner when you struck a crucial number. Release the video game 20 times, and you’ll see a little heart; 30 times and you’ll be informed to “Beat Journey Of The Prairie King without passing away”; 10,000 times and you’ll get an unique message from ConcernedApe (which we will not ruin).
Your gamer can be actually bad at music
… For no factor! If your randomly-assigned ID in multiplayer is divisible by 111, any music your character plays will be off-keyThis consists of Elliott’s piano and the music emote.
The sunflower seed conspiracy
When JojaMart and Pierre’s exist at the exact same time, Pierre’s rates undercut Joja by a fair bit– other than for Sunflower Seeds, which cost 200 gold at Pierre’s and just 125 gold at JojaMart. If you acquire the Joja Membership, rates throughout the board will reduce to match Pierre’s store, however the Sunflower Seeds reduce too, taking them down to 100 gold at JojaMart.
It gets weirder! When you gather Sunflower seeds, you get additional seeds back from the flowers, and you can then offer these back to Pierre for 20 gold each– unless you purchased them from JojaMart in the very first location, in which case Pierre will purchase them for 100 gold rather. Pierre, what is incorrect with you?
Frog hat
You can get a frog hat by fishing in the Gourmand’s Lake on Ginger Island. Who put it there? Do not fret about it.
Coffee hipster
Put a Coffee Bean in the stitching maker, and you’ll get … a flannel t-shirt. The uniform of coffee hipsters all over.
Friendly slimes
Hatch a slime in the area, and it will be a friendly little guy, welcoming the townsfolk by name. Awww.
Wumbus
The 2 “Strange Doll” artifacts in the video game are really a referral to ConcernedApe’s old work– specifically, a webcomic he utilized to make called Wumbus WorldYou can likewise see Wumbus in the sci-fi film “Wumbus” at the Movie Theater and by getting the Wumbus statue in the crane video game. You can even put the green doll in the stitching device to make a Wumbus T-shirt!
You made the moon mad
Click the moon on the 27th of any month to summon an upset little moon face, which is possibly a recommendation to Georges Méliès brief quiet movie ‘A Trip to the Moon’, in which a rocket crashes into the eye of the guy on the moon. Why he’s using a monocle.
Shrimp Enthusiast
If you enjoy shrimp, why not make yourself a T-shirt that lets everybody understand it? Put Shrimp Cocktail in the stitching maker to make this shrimp-tastic piece of clothes. Shrimp!!
No ice cream for you!
If you wed Alex, he will just decline to work at the ice cream stand throughout summertime, probably due to the fact that he understands he can mooch off you rather. Boo.
Elegant urchins
You most likely understand you can put hats on kids and horses, however did you understand you can put hats on sea urchins in the aquarium in your home? It’s extremely charming. You can position hats on the Alien Rarecrow, too!
Go on, then– the number of these did you currently understand? And what’s your ineffective piece of Stardew understanding? Head down into the remarks to inform us!