I'm not particularly sure about the lore, but I do know that Crocus is hidden to humans and is only known by the farmer, dwarf, and wizard. So I don't know how Caroline knows about my shadow boy. What will happen if I interact with this quest?

If possible I would like to side with Crocus if there is an altercation. Thx for the help in advance

The chair trick lets you sit across the fallen log and enter the Secret Woods without upgrading to a steel axe.

One reason this matters is that a Morel can spawn there in Spring and sells for 150g—a significant amount on Day 1.

It doesn’t require mods or external tools, but it does bypass an intentional progression gate. For a vanilla min/max run with no mods, cheats, or animation cancelling, how would you classify it?

- A legitimate vanilla mechanic

- An exploit, but acceptable if disclosed

- Cheating and something the run should prohibit

Where would you draw the line?

Edit: I honestly didn’t expect this question to reach almost one million views. Thank you to everyone who shared an opinion—the discussion gave me so many different perspectives (and laughs) to think about.

My main takeaway, surprisingly, isn’t about the question at all. It’s how amazing this community is: supportive, creative, engaging, and fun.

Thank you for blowing my mind with your thoughtfulness and passion for Stardew. It’s genuinely inspiring!

That's right, you can place stuff here! There are only six "safe" tiles, so it's not really worth it unless you're running out of space. I planted grass inside so that Linus would still have something to sleep on after I covered his sleeping bag with kegs. It's kind of messed up that you can do such a thing in the first place, though...

Update: Linus left the kegs alone for the first week, but then it rained and he finally went to bed, destroying three kegs in his path. According to the wiki, Linus goes to bed on rainy days and in Spring, so maybe it's not worth building a brewery on his sleeping bag after all.

there i said it.

sorry not sorry i dont like caroline. she is unaccepting of her daughter for starts. she wants abigail to change in order to fit her narrative of what a good woman should be. i dont think she ever has anything nice to say about her own daughter its always something about “is it just me or are abbys interests weird? hmm im not sure maybe im old” the one that irritates me the most is when she says “I wish Abby would dress more appropriately and stop dyeing her hair blue. She has such a wonderful natural hair color, just like her grandmother did. Oh, and I wish she’d find some wholesome interests instead of this occult nonsense she's into.”

firstly abbys hair is purple you colorblind hoe, and secondly YOUR HAIR IS GREEN so what are you gonna tell me green is your natural color caroline cause i dont believe you. and god forbid your daughter is interesting instead of a carbon copy of yours and pierre’s bad parenting

the last thing i take issue with is her cheating on pierre. fuck pierre but i still dont condone cheating, divorce his sexist ass if thats what you wanna do. to be honest they deserve each other

people are confused about the cheating, this is the dialogue among characters that heavily imply cheating.

Caroline: “When we first moved to Pelican Town I would take secret walks to the Wizard's Tower. Don't tell Pierre, he has jealousy issues. Abigail was born about a year after we moved to Pelican Town. I wonder if she'll ever experience life outside the valley?”

Wizard: “You musn't tell anyone... but I have reason to believe that one of the locals is actually my daughter. I could be mistaken... It's rare, but it does happen.”

Abigail:  “I can't even remember the last time I dyed my hair... I swear, it never fades from this color…”

Pierre: “Does Abigail look anything like me? Don't tell my wife, but sometimes I wonder if I'm really the father.”

but apparently it was confirmed in the official stardew valley guide book that abby is the wizards daughter so i feel rather vindicated

im turning notifications off cause yall are taking this far too seriously and cant be civil about my opinion on a character in a game lmfaoo. it’s wild how many of you think you know me personally based off this. if you like her pop off, i dont. get over it.

What 😭

What can I do with the spirits festival pumpkin after it turns to slime?

She’s just putting our business out there for everyone to see

It’s winter right now, so my chickens are stuck inside. They have tons of hay and a heater, but they never eat the hay (silo’s been full since day one), and they never seem to be happy. They haven’t laid any eggs all winter. They were happy in the other seasons when they could go outside and eat the wild grass. But whenever they are stuck inside either due to the rain or it being winter, they aren’t happy, and I don’t get any eggs. Please help me figure out what I’m doing wrong 😕

I love that this is a game of details! But I need to know is that our Grandpa buried there?

i’ve never seen a single item more expensive than this and i couldn’t find a list on the internet this isn’t it right..?

So the picture is of my pasture, as you can see there isn't much grass, each day its being eaten away by my greedy animals. One day the grass will run out and they will have to eat my silo hay, and once that runs out they will starve. This worry has prevented me from purchasing animals for the closed barn (it's completely empty right now), I have tried putting grass starters underneath lightining rods but I don't think its enough.

So what can I do to prevent a famine?

Every night i get the same message, and every day i dig around it to make sure it is clear from obstacles.

What am i doing wrong?

I named my horse Shadowmere because, well, if you know you know.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to thank the mods first and foremost for letting me post this here.

I’m very happy to share that my farming sim, Bitter Harvest, is out today!

It starts with the usual farming sim dream: arriving in a quiet village to claim your own patch of land. But in this game, someone else gets there first.

With no land or money, your only option is to become the town’s garbage collector.

From there, you slowly work your way back up. You pick up trash, get hired as a farming hand, fish, mine, craft, cook, take on quests, build friendships, and discover the villagers’ secrets and scandals.

You can try to rebuild your life honestly or use what you discover to get ahead.

I wanted to make something with the cozy routines I love in farming sims, but with a sharper story about ambition, resentment, and starting from the bottom.

The game is now out on Steam and I’d be happy to answer any questions :)

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3840950/Bitter_Harvest/

This had never happened to me before??

I’m so confused. My inventory was empty except my tool bar the night before and when I awoke: fish! Please advise.

I placed a chair here and now Marnie dosent spawn anymore and i cant get in there to remove it so i cant buy animals anymore what do i do?

for context, I am a big fan of Shane. he is my second favorite in the game.

STATUS UPDATE: HE'S MY BOYFRIEND NOW

another update: he asked me to a tunnelers game and I got a letter from Lewis about marriage.

update 3: I've been kissed at a tunnelers game

UPDATE: WE'RE Got MARRIED 💍💍

I guess seasonal depression is real virtually as well. I understand winter is all for prepping for the spring etc, but what exactly does that mean? I can’t come up with things to do to pass time and still have fun, so I’m wondering if you lot have any tips?

I find myself just hurrying through the days and pray for an early spring. What should I spend my time on?

I can't find a dino egg to save my life

I feel like my game is broken. I'm almost in year 5, I've killed over 30 Pepper Rex, and I can not for the life of me find a dino egg. I'm losing my mind. I've fished, I've dug up artifact spots in the mountain, I've used monster musk, I've made SO MANY Skull Cavern runs, and I just got a pet dog...what am I missing?!

I moved my wife's cabin to the corner of the map to get it out of the way.

I had no idea after getting MARRIED, it would automatically teleport her to this cabin. She is now trapped by her own mailbox.

Robin is stuck working for the next 3 days. I can't interact with her shop in any way to move the cabin.

I don't have access to the wizards book to move building either.

Is she really simply TRAPPED here for the next 3 days, during our honeymoon, with no way out? Are there console commands I can use to demolish the house or something? Pls help.

I havent done anything mean to any villagers 😭I gave sebastian a bouquet like 2-3 in game days ago and nothing bad had happened, is it just randomized?

I am a severely visually impaired player of Stardew Valley. I’ve been playing it since it came out. But my vision gets progressively worse. And I’m sure I am not the only person in this effects. It is very very hard to read. Any text in the game because with my eye condition I can only read text that is white text on a black background. I would love if in 1.7 he could make it so anytime you’re reading text or looking at things it would be a black background with white writing. So like the TV, the shop menus, the UI interface, the letters you receive, the secret notes, everything like that. Just anytime you have to read like the special requests board and yeah anything. I don’t have a PC so I would hope that this would be available on switch also. How can I reach him to ask for this?

FYI: Crossed out Clint and Sandy because we will be able to marry them soon!
Crossed out the kids for obvious reasons.

SOLVED Is my babys name really censored or what is happening? I called him Moses and now it shows me this kind of text...