Getting Started
Getting The Mobile Day
Options Controls Health Energy Skills
Started Player Controls Cycle
Stardew Valley is an open-ended game, allowing the player to achieve goals non-linearly.
There are various ways to earn income and many activities to choose from including farming, fishing,
foraging, mining, combat (fighting enemies), crafting, cooking, gift giving, completing quests,
donating to the Museum and restoring the Community Center.
Contents
Character creation
Farm map
Controls
Preparing Your First Harvest
Watering Can
Energy
Skills
Villagers and Friendship
Television
Character creation
Main article: The Player
The character creation screen allows customization options, such as character Appearance, Gender,
Name, Farm Name, Favorite Thing, and Animal Preference.
There are 2 genders, 24 skin tones, 73 hairstyles, 112 shirts, 4 pants, 20 accessories, and 6
animals (3 cats and 3 dogs) to choose from.
The villagers will refer to you matching the
case you put your name in - for example, if you
put all lowercase, the first letter will not be
corrected to uppercase. {confirmed on mobile
iOS only}
The sliders next to eye color, hair color, and
pants color represent hue, saturation, and
value.
Animal Preference determines which pet will
arrive on the farm later.
Gender does not affect in-game marriage.
The "Favorite Thing" will be referenced in-
game when the player eats a Stardrop. If the
player chooses ConcernedApe (Capital C and
A) as their favorite thing, the following
message will appear when eaten.
If the player puts anything containing Stardew (capital S), then the following message will appear.
Players can later change their appearance for 500g, in the Wizard's Tower, after reaching 4 Hearts
of friendship with him or gaining access to the Witch's Hut and using the portal within.
At the character creation menu, there is a button with a wrench icon that contains all of the
Advanced Options, which are:
Changing the community center bundles between normal and remixed
Making it so the Community Center is completable in year one by guaranteeing that the Traveling
Cart will sell a Red Cabbage Seed sometime in the first year
Changing the chest rewards in The Mines between normal and remixed
Making it so monsters can spawn on the farm
Changing the profit margin
Choosing how many starter cabins there are and how far apart they are
Farm map
Main article: Farm Maps
Players can select from seven different farm maps. Each map offers unique benefits, and favors
specific skills.
After selecting a map, it cannot be changed, characters are permanently tied to their map type once
created. Space-wise each map takes up the same area, but there are different amounts of
usable/farmable/buildable land on each.
Name Description Favored Skill
The original farm map, designed to maximize open space for crops and Farming
Standard Farm
animals.
The forest encroaches on the land, limiting farming space. However, there
are renewable stumps on the west edge of the map, and seasonal forage Foraging
Forest Farm
items spawn there as well. There is a type of weed which spawns on this
farm, which looks unique and will always drop mixed seeds when cut.
Lots of cliffs and there is a special mining area in the southwest where ore Mining
Hill-top Farm
will spawn, as well as unique geode-bearing stones.
Lots of water on this map... limiting space for crops and animals. Looks nice
Riverland Farm and fishing is actually viable on this farm... In fact, players can catch the Fishing
same fish that are available in town.
A large lake in the southwest corner, and a cliff along the east and south.
Wilderness Farm Monsters will come out at night. Their stats scale with player combat level. Combat
Wilderness Golems are unique to this map.
Four Corners The land is divided into four parcels, each with its own perk. Perfect for a
Farm group! Multiplayer
Good fishing and foraging, and tons of open space. Sometimes, supply Foraging
Beach Farm crates wash up on shore. However, sprinklers don't work in the sandy soil.
Seems more tailored to players who won't rely as much on crops. Fishing
Controls
Main article: Controls
All hotkeys can be reassigned by opening the menu and choosing the Options tab
Key Description
W Move Up
W A Move Left
A S D S Move Down
D Move Right
, C Use tool or place item
, X Check/Do Action
Escape , E Open Menu
F Open Journal
M Open Map window
Y Open Emote Menu
Switch Item
Tab Shift Toolbar
Left Shift Run
?, T Open Chat Box
1 - 0, - , = Inventory hotkeys
F4 Screenshot mode
Preparing Your First Harvest
Use your axe, pickaxe, and scythe on the logs, stones, grass and bushes on
your farm to clear about 15 tiles.
Use your hoe to till the soil and plant the 15 Parsnip Seeds provided by Mayor
Lewis.
Use your watering can to water your seeds and soil.
Continue watering your crops every day until they grow in to harvestable
crops. Your parsnips will be ready to harvest in 4 days. Gift from Mayor
A helpful tip: Maple, Pine and Oak trees all have the same hit ratio; 10 hits Lewis
from your axe. The stumps only take 5 hits from your axe.
Watering Can
Main article: Watering Cans
Crops needs to be watered daily in order to grow. The starting watering can only waters one tile at a
time and can be refilled at any pond, river, or other body of water. This includes the kitchen sink,
after getting your first house upgrade.
Crops need to be watered every day. Crops that are not watered will not die, but they will not grow
either.
The best times to upgrade the watering can are the day before it is predicted to rain, as the rain will
water the crops, or the 27th day of the season after watering any crops that are expected to ripen on
the 28th. The Blacksmith will need 2 days to upgrade any tools, including the watering can.
Sprinklers, which must be crafted and placed, will automatically water surrounding tiles every
morning. Throughout the gameplay, sprinklers become available in 3 tiers that can water an
increasing number of surrounding tiles, starting with 4 tiles (immediately adjacent to the sprinkler),
8 tiles (in the surrounding 3x3 area), and up to 24 tiles (in the surrounding 5x5 area).
Energy
Main article: Energy
Energy limits productivity. One of the main ways to overcome this is by eating
food. Eating food is an action, for which default controls are Right Click or type X
with the food highlighted in your inventory and then click Yes in the confirmation
dialogue to eat the food. Most crops and many foraged items can be eaten in order
to regain energy.
Sleeping at the end of the day will restore the players' energy. After 12:00AM, the
player won't restore 100% of the energy. If the player is exhausted when they go to Energy &
bed or forced sleep at 2:00AM, they'll wake up in the morning with their energy Health
level about half restored.
On Multiplayer, lying in bed will regain energy over time.
The Spa will fully restore energy over a short period of time.
Skills
Main article: Skills
To level up skills, the player must complete certain actions related to that skill. Farming XP is earned
by harvesting a fully grown crop and taking care of animals. Foraging XP is earned by foraging or
chopping down trees. Mining XP is earned by breaking rocks and ore deposits. Fishing and using crab
pots will increase fishing XP. Killing monsters will increase combat XP.
As the skill level increases, the player will earn crafting recipes (every level except level 5 and 10) or
professions (on level 5 and 10).
Professions (level 5 and 10) can give the player a boost on yielding products, including more products
gained, additional selling price, using less inventories and others. The player's choice of a level 5
profession will determine which profession choices are available at level 10.
Villagers and Friendship
Main articles: Villagers, Friendship
See also: Marriage, List of All Gifts
Giving gifts to villagers will increase their friendship rating. You can give a gift by highlighting it in
your inventory or selecting it by typing its hotkey number and then left clicking on the person to
whom you wish to give the item. As friendship is earned villagers will send cooking recipes or gifts
through the mail, give you access to their bedrooms, and treat you differently in dialogue. Unique
cutscenes and interactions can also occur as friendship is earned. The player must also earn a high
level of friendship in order to date, and eventually marry, an eligible villager.
Television
Main article: Television
The television provides useful information, such as weather forecasts, daily luck, free cooking recipes,
and other general tips. All players will have one inside their home when beginning a new game.
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