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GAME · 2016 · USA

Stardew Valley

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Stardew Valley, the farming simulation released in 2016, hides a wealth of secrets beneath its quiet rural surface. From odd uses for a certain pair of purple shorts to a sword that only appears in the desert, the game rewards players who dig deeper.

12 Interesting Facts About Stardew Valley

  1. #001

    The design on Shane's shirt, barely discernible in his character portrait, is the number 2, since the garment is a collared soccer jersey. In earlier builds the character wore the shirt without the hoodie over it, with the number clearly visible on his sprite, and had somewhat long brown hair instead of the short dark purple cut he ended up with.

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  2. #002

    By dropping Lewis's lucky purple shorts, found in Marnie's room, into the Luau soup, players can shock Lewis and Marnie, and no one ever finds out who did it.

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  3. #003

    A secret note headed "???" is made up of nonsense words whose first letters spell out three phrases, one of them "DUCK MAYO SALOON," pointing to placing items in boxes at the matching spots for a reward.

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  4. #004

    Vincent and Jas were the last major characters added, brought in because ConcernedApe felt the town needed small children to feel more alive. The change gave Penny, originally conceived as a solitary homebody, an entirely new role as their tutor.

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  5. #005

    Alex was first called "Josh" and was announced under that name in the developer update that introduced all the bachelors and bachelorettes. Why the name changed is unknown, but his house is still listed as "JoshHouse" in the game's files.

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  6. #006

    An early version of the game had a somewhat different opening in which the player could control their character on the bus to Stardew Valley, with several non-player characters aboard to interact with.

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  7. #007

    ConcernedApe ran a couple of Twitter polls to choose which characters would become eligible marriage candidates in a then-upcoming update. Shane and Emily won and were later made romanceable.

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  8. #008

    The beta versions of the infidelity scenes were much harsher at first. In the 1.3 update, getting caught dating every bachelor and bachelorette at once makes them all angry at you and refuse gifts for a week, after which things return to normal.

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  9. #009

    Donating 60 items to the museum brings Gunther to the player's home the next morning, where he hands over the key to the sewers.

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  10. #010

    Once Shane's eight-heart event has been seen, any chicken bought from Marnie or hatched from an egg has a 25% chance of being blue.

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  11. #011

    A fully grown 3x3 patch of cauliflowers, melons, or pumpkins with its middle tile watered can become a giant crop, which gives 15 to 21 produce and is harvested with an axe.

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  12. #012

    The Galaxy Sword is neither dropped by monsters nor sold by the Adventurer's Guild; it comes from carrying a Prismatic Shard into the circle of three gold-topped pillars in the Calico Desert.

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