Your main focus here is farming, fishing, and other wholesome activities.
you could play Stardew Valley for hundreds of hours and still figure out a different way to do things.
The story begins with your grandfather leaving everything behind to reconnect with nature and people in a quiet town.
Inspired by his path, youre now doing the same.
Your goal is to complete Grandpas goals and restore the rooms of the Community Center.
This guide covers everything you’re gonna wanna set up and play the game.
The game includes a time mechanic, represented by the Season Deck.
Before time runs outmeaning before the Season Deck is depletedyou must complete specific objectives to win.
These objectives consist offour Grandpas Goals and the restoration of six Community Center Rooms.
To win, all of the revealed Grandpas Goals must be completed by the end of the game.
To restore a Community Center Room, you mustcomplete one of its associated Bundles.Each bundle requires unique donations.
However, all Bundles start the game facedown.
To reveal them, youll need to spend Hearts Tokens.
These Hearts allow you toflip the Bundles faceup so they can be completed.
How To Set Up The Game
First, place the board in the center of the table.
It will hold the various tile types used during the game.
There are also two cloth bagsplace them next to the Tile Tray.
Place it with the normal side facing up(not the quality side).
Forageable and Tree Tiles are color-coded by season.
Use only Spring tiles(pink background)for setup.
Set aside the remaining tiles for later use.
Keep the rest of the Map cards nearby, facedown.
Shuffle the Goal Deck and draw four cards.
Place them faceup in the designated slots in the top-left of the boardthese are your game objectives.
Separate the Animal Tiles into two stacks: Coop Animals and Barn Animals.
Place them near the bottom-left of the board.
Return the rest to the box.
Each player chooses a Player Mat, which determines their Profession.
you might choose randomly or pick freely.
Finally,place each players pawn on the Farmhouse spacein the top-left corner of the board.
you could find these effects next to the Farmhouse illustration.
Players may trigger as many of these effects as they are able to.
Once all players have taken their turns, the round ends and a new round begins.
Each regular Season Card includes a number of icons that represent different events.
Rain
Water
Shift all planted crops one space to the right.
If any crop tile moves off the board, it is harvested.
The Starting Player collects the harvested crops.
If any Legendary Fish would be discarded, return it to the bag instead.
The Pet Wanders
Cat
The First Playerpasses the Pet Token to the player on their left.
Event
Question Mark
The First Playerdraws an Event Card and resolves its effects.
Joja
Joja icon
Draw one Joja Tileand place it on the appropriate spot on the board.
These do not activate immediately but will make things more difficult.
Joja Tiles that appear on Season Cards will make the game more difficult for you and impose restrictions.
After that,each player draws two Profession Upgradecards that match their profession and cankeep one of them.
If you already have two Profession Upgrade cards, you may discard one of the existing ones.
Planning Phase
During this phase, each player plans what they want to do.
Action Phase
The player with the Pet Token takes the first action.
Once all players have completed their turns and returned to the Farmhouse, the round ends.
This counts as foraging, and it’s automatic; it does not use up one of your actions.
Forageable and Tree Tiles arerevealed and then added to your inventory.Tree Tiles always become Wood when claimed.
However, Forageables may reveal different icons on their back.
If a gear or ore icon appears, it means youve found an Artifact or Mineral.
The resource each animal produces is shown in the bottom-right corner of its tile.
you might flip animal tiles to their happy side using End of Turn effects.
you’re free to see the required building listed below the animals name.
Buy & Plant Seeds
Pierre
Spend one action to buy seeds or sell resources.
you’re free to do this as many times as you wish in one action.
The slot must be empty; if it is occupied, you cannot purchase that seed.
Normally, to sell items, you need a Shipping Bin icon to appear on a Season Card.
If this does not appear, you must visit this store to sell items.
If you don’t want to become friends, you must discard the card.
If the current season matches their birthday season, you will earn one additional heart token.
Some items have a red X icon; these items cannot be given as gifts.
Take the Spouse Pawn and place it next to your player mat.
However, the Spouse cannot trigger End of Turn effects.
To complete a Bundle, you mustdonate the required items to it.
This is because some Bundles are quite difficult or impossible to complete at the moment.
If you replace a Bundle that already has donated items, those items are discarded.
Remember that when replacing a Bundle card, you must place a matching one from the same room.
When you complete a Bundle, it provides a reward.
One of the players may choose to receive it.
The first five Bundles give regular items, while the last Bundle gives an epic item reward.
If you don’t gain any Ore, discard your Geodes and collect the resource indicated.
If you gain an Ore, you’re gonna wanna flip your Geode tile.
Donate To The Museum
Gunther
Visit Gunther anddonate any Artifacts or Minerals you have.
Spend an action to donate as many of these as you like.
Completing a column in the Museum will reward you with an Epic Item.
Buy Buildings
Mountain
Robin
Spend an action to visit Robin and purchase a building tile.
Buildings arenot owned by any one playerand are shared among all players.
After purchasing the building, you must activate its effect.
You shouldlook at the grid where the row and column intersect.
The following rewards can be earned:
Stone
Gain Stone equal to the shown icon.
Mine Entrance
you’re gonna wanna draw one Mine Event card, then resolve its effect.
Ore
Gain Ore equal to the shown icon.
Chest
Gain one Item Card.
Pink Goo
Gain one Bug Meat tile.
Staircase
Reveal the next level of the Mine and place a new Map Card.
Geode
Gain Geode equal to the shown icon.
Monster
Activate the Monster Ability on the current Mine Level Card.
When you descend, reveal the next Mine Level card and replace the Map Card.
If you are on Level 12, changing just the Mine Map card will be sufficient to proceed.
Then, fill the leftmost empty slots by drawing tiles from the Fishing Bag.
Remember, you canspend each symbol for one fish.
If one of the fish on the Fish Track has a golden name, it is a legendary fish.
Some fish dont have symbols on the Stardew Dice; these are Crab Pot Fish.
To descend, reveal the next Mine Level card and replace the Map Card.
Remove Joja
Pay five gold or one heart to remove a Joja tile from the board.
Upgrade Starting Tool
Pay the resources indicated on your Starting Tool to upgrade it to the next level.
If you acquire more, you must discard the existing ones.
There is no limit to the number of epic items, friends, or event cards you might carry.
Keep in mind thattiles cannot be stacked on your player mat.Discarded tiles are returned to the Tile Tray.
Profession upgrades cannot be traded, and each player can hold up to two of them.
If you acquire a double-sided card, you must decide which side to use before placing it.
Cards with gift abilities are triggered when a gift icon appears on the Season Card.
Your goal is simply to complete four of Grandpas Goals.
Honest Farmer
This is the standard game mode.
Shorter Game
For a shorter game, place two cards per season instead of four.
To complete the game, you only need to finish two of Grandpas Goals instead of four.
Select three Community Center Rooms randomly and place Bundles in them.
Completing these three is enough to win.
Amass your hordes of dragons in Wyrmspan.
