Question 1

What is Stardew Valley?

Accepted Answer

It is ConcernedApe's farming RPG. You take over a farm in Pelican Town. The official site is stardewvalley.net. These pages cover crops, fishing, the Community Center, and gifts in version 1.6.x.

Question 2

How many gifts can you give?

Accepted Answer

One gift per villager per day, and two gifts per week. The week starts on Sunday. A birthday gift still counts even after those two weekly gifts. A spouse can take a gift every day, with the friendship change halved.

Question 3

What does a birthday gift do?

Accepted Answer

Birthday multiplies the gift points by 8. A normal loved gift is 80 points, so a normal-quality loved birthday gift is 640. Silver, gold, and iridium raise loved and liked gifts further. Disliked and hated gifts are multiplied too, and those points go down.

Question 4

What does everyone love?

Accepted Answer

Golden Pumpkin, Magic Rock Candy, Pearl, Prismatic Shard, and Rabbit's Foot. Haley hates Prismatic Shard. Penny hates Rabbit's Foot. Stardrop Tea has separate friendship rules; see its item page.

Question 5

When do hearts stop at 8?

Accepted Answer

Marriage candidates pause at 8 hearts until you give a bouquet. Abigail, Haley, Sebastian, Leah, and Penny are all marriage candidates. You can give a bouquet to more than one of them.

Question 6

Which villagers have pages?

Accepted Answer

Abigail (Fall 13), Haley (Spring 14), Sebastian (Winter 10), Leah (Winter 23), and Penny (Fall 2). Each page has a portrait and four gift rows. The friendship page holds the shared list.

Question 7

How does the Community Center open?

Accepted Answer

Enter Pelican Town from the Bus Stop on a sunny day from Spring 5 onward, between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm. In multiplayer the host triggers it. Read the golden scroll in the lower left room. The Wizard's letter arrives the next morning, and his potion lets you read the bundles.

Question 8

What does a Joja membership cost?

Accepted Answer

5,000g from Morris, once the Community Center is unlocked. The building becomes a Joja Warehouse. The developments are minecarts 15,000g, panning 20,000g, the quarry bridge 25,000g, the greenhouse 35,000g, and the bus 40,000g. One purchase per day. The friendship reward is not sold.

Question 9

What is the Missing Bundle?

Accepted Answer

After the Community Center is restored, lightning opens the abandoned JojaMart on the night before the next rain or storm. Donate five of these six: silver or better wine, Dinosaur Mayonnaise, a Prismatic Shard, five gold or better Ancient Fruit, a gold or iridium Void Salmon, and Caviar. The reward is the Movie Theater.

Question 10

How do you get married?

Accepted Answer

Reach 10 hearts, upgrade the farmhouse at least once, and give a Mermaid's Pendant. The Old Mariner sells it for 5,000g on a rainy day at the beach tide pools. The wedding is 3 days later.

Question 11

How do children work?

Accepted Answer

Upgrade the farmhouse a second time so it has a nursery. After 7 days of marriage at 10 hearts, your spouse may ask. The child arrives 14 days after you say yes. Same-gender spouses adopt. Krobus cannot have children.

Question 12

Did 1.6 move the legendary fish?

Accepted Answer

The five crowned fish still use the same season, weather, spot, and level. 1.6 stopped the Training Rod from hooking them. Challenge Bait keeps three only on a perfect catch. Jewels of the Sea can put legendary roe in a treasure chest. A fish pond holds one legendary fish from 1.6.9, and the pond produces only roe.

Question 13

How does Challenge Bait work on a legendary fish?

Accepted Answer

The cast starts at three. Each time the fish leaves the bar, one is lost, and the third leave loses the catch. A perfect catch keeps three. Extra fish give no fishing XP. The recipe is 5 Bone Fragments and 2 Moss for 5 bait, from Fishing Mastery. A Training Rod or Bamboo Pole cannot hold it.

Question 14

What level is Glacierfish Jr.?

Accepted Answer

Fishing level 7, or a buff that reaches 7. The Glacierfish at the same Arrowhead Island tip needs level 6. Jr. bites only during Extended Family, in any season and any weather.

Question 15

Which mastery helps legendary fish?

Accepted Answer

Fishing Mastery gives the Advanced Iridium Rod, the Challenge Bait recipe, and golden fishing chests. Extra rods are 25,000g at Willy's after 1.6.9. Blessing of Waters is the Farming Mastery statue. For the first three fish hooked that day it cuts legendary difficulty by 25% and slows the progress-bar drop by 50%.

Question 16

How fast do mastery points come in?

Accepted Answer

Only experience gained after all five skills are level 10 counts. Since 1.6.6, farming counts at half and the other four skills count in full. Experience from before 1.6 does not convert. The five claims cost 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, 25,000, and 30,000.

Question 17

Which sprinkler waters the corners?

Accepted Answer

The basic sprinkler waters the four tiles above, below, left, and right. The corners stay dry until a Pressure Nozzle makes it a 3 by 3. A quality sprinkler is already a 3 by 3. An iridium sprinkler is a 5 by 5, 24 tiles. The pass is 6am, and only tiles that are already tilled get water.

Question 18

Why do iridium sprinklers leave dry tiles around a Junimo hut?

Accepted Answer

The hut harvests a 17 by 17 square centered on the door. An iridium sprinkler is a 5 by 5. Seventeen does not divide by five, so a non-overlapping iridium line cannot fill that square. A Pressure Nozzle makes the sprinkler a 7 by 7. Keep the door clear. A normal scarecrow misses the corners of a full 17 by 17.

Question 19

Does an auto-grabber raise friendship?

Accepted Answer

No. Marnie sells it for 25,000g at Farming level 10. It collects barn and coop products and gives no Farming experience. Milking or shearing by hand is 5 friendship, and the grabber skips that. An auto-petter gives 8 friendship. A hand pet is 15, whether or not the petter also ran.

Question 20

Where does the group 10-heart scene start?

Accepted Answer

Bachelorettes meet you at Haley and Emily's house, once all six are at 10 hearts, dated, and their 10-heart scenes are seen. Bachelors meet you at the Stardrop Saloon, on the same terms. If Haley or Alex is the last of those scenes, the group scene starts immediately. A rabbit's foot in inventory keeps it friendly. Without the foot they refuse gifts for about a week, and friendship points stay put. Marriage, a Mermaid's Pendant, or a wilted bouquet stops the scene.

Question 21

When does a spouse get jealous?

Accepted Answer

After the wedding, a gift that is not hated can do it when the receiver already accepted a bouquet and is the same gender as your spouse. The chance is 20 to 40 percent and follows daily luck. A birthday gift does not. A delivery quest does not count. The penalty is 30 friendship.

Question 22

What does a wilted bouquet do?

Accepted Answer

It ends dating. One bouquet and one coal in a furnace, ready at the next 10-minute mark. That candidate drops to 5 hearts, 1,250 points. You can still talk and give gifts. A spouse will not take it. Giving one also blocks that gender's group 10-heart scene.

Question 23

How big is the greenhouse soil?

Accepted Answer

The soil is 10 rows by 12 columns, 120 tiles. Repair it with the Pantry bundles or for 35,000g on the Joja form. Six iridium sprinklers leave 116 crop tiles. Five iridium sprinklers with Pressure Nozzles leave 119.

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