A 100 Percent Complete Guide To Finishing Stardew Valley

The Basics

When you first dive into Stardew Valley, the amount of content in the game can be a little overwhelming. To help you start adjusting to your new life in Pelican Town, this section of our Stardew Valley guide covers all the essential information you’ll need to get started.

Before You Begin
- Getting Started
- Achievements

Essential Stardew Valley Guides

Resource Collecting And Locations

Stardew Valley screenshot of farm with animals and crops.

The core gameplay of Stardew Valley is of course producing a working farm complete with crops, animals, and beautiful additions to make it look good as well as function well. To do this you’ll need a range of different resources.

These guides cover where to get all the items you’ll need to build a successful farm. Some require scavenging, some need to be grown, and others crafted. We’ve split them up into categories to make it easier to find the items you’ll need.

Crops, Items, And Goods

Obelisks

On The Farm: Crops, Livestock, Machines, And More

Though there’s plenty to see and do elsewhere in Pelican Town, you’ll find yourself spending the majority of your time on your farm as you expand! Between crops, animals, and more, there’s plenty to do on your farm to keep you busy, and the guides in this section will help you with each of these tasks.

Crop Information
- How To Grow And Tend To Crops
- Seasonal Crops
- Special Crops (And What To Make With Them)

Livestock Care And Keeping

Crafting And Cooking Guides

Farm Buildings And Obelisks

How To Make Money In Stardew Valley

Though you’re never forced to make money in Stardew Valley, life sure is a bit easier with some gold in your pocket. Whether you prefer a simplistic life of farming and selling your excess, or you’re trying to automate the farm into a money-making machine, these Stardew Valley guides will help.

Skills And Professions

While Stardew Valley is indeed a farming simulator, you’ve still got five total skills you can build: Combat, Farming, Fishing, Foraging, and Mining. Each skill has its own skill progression and professions that come along with them, and the content in this section of our Stardew Valley guide will help you build each skill.

Farming Guides

Foraging Guides

Mining Guides

Around The Valley

Though it’s true you’ll spend a lot of time on your farm, that shouldn’t stop you from getting out and enjoying the Valley from time to time! This section of our Stardew Valley guide has everything you’ll need to get the most out of life in Pelican Town.

The Community Center

Key Locations

Festivals And Events

Valley Life

Relationships: Friendship And Marriage Guides

A wedding in the town between the player and Hailey

It wouldn’t be a farming sim without an array of charming locals to meet, befriend, and possibly even marry! Stardew Valley features a fantastic cast of beloved sprites around Pelican Town, each with their own preferences, patterns, and personalities. In this section of our Stardew Valley guide, you’ll find everything you need to make friends, fall in love, start a family, and even get divorced.

Romance Guides
- The Bachelorettes

Quest Guides And Item Locations

Stardew Valley player completing the danger in the deep quest inside the mines

Whether you’re trying to find Mayor Lewis’ shorts or doing your best to reach Level 100 of the Skul Cavern, this section of our Stardew Valley guide has all of our quest guides. Completing these will often reward you with favor with the townsfolks, gold, or some sweet gifts as thanks.

Special Or Rare Items

Late-Game Content

ginger island farm in stardew valley farm layout for crop growth.

After you’ve established yourself in Pelican Town, you may be wondering what comes next. Though there’s no concrete ending to Stardew Valley, there are still plenty of things you can do later in the game to keep it feeling fresh! Whether that’s going to Ginger Island and starting a new beach farm there, checking out Mr. Qi’s Walnut Room for some pretty intense quests, or striving for the lofty goal of achieving perfection, the guides in this section of our Stardew Valley guide will help you do it.

Assorted Late-Game Content

Ginger Island

Qi’s Walnut Room and Qi Challenges

Stardew Valley Mods

stardew valley expanded official mod art

Though the game is plenty charming on its own, there’s a wealth of interesting Stardew Valley mods that add a new flavor to the game we all know and love. You can add dozens of new townsfolk, overhaul the graphics, or even completely randomize the game for a wild challenge. This section of our Stardew Valley guide will help youi install, run, and enjoy some of these mods.

Mod-Specific Guides

Assorted Other Stardew Valley Content

A farmer picking their beets on the farm.

Whether it’s lists of our favorite items in the game, features on things we wanted to highlight, news about Stardew Valley, or anything else that doesn’t fit neatly into the categories above, you’ll find it here!