24 Must-Have Mods For Stardew Valley 1.6

Summary

In this video, the host introduces 25 mods for Stardew Valley 1.6, tailored for both beginners and experienced players. The mods are categorized into quality of life, aesthetics, and expansion, enhancing gameplay, visuals, and adding new mechanics or characters. Highlights include UI Info Suite 2 for streamlined play, Mono Portrait Mod for detailed character portraits, and the ambitious Stardew Valley Expanded, which introduces new NPCs, locations, and events, offering a fresh experience akin to the game's initial discovery.

Takeaways

• 🌟 The 1.6 update for Stardew Valley has greatly expanded modding capabilities, making it an ideal time for both new and experienced players to start modded playthroughs.
• 📋 The video script provides a categorized list of 24 recommended mods for enhancing the Stardew Valley gaming experience, divided into quality of life, aesthetic, and expansion mods.
• 🛠️ Quality of life mods streamline gameplay, offering conveniences such as UI Info Suite 2 for additional information and the Look Up Anything mod for easy access to game information.
• 🎨 Aesthetic mods refresh the game's visuals, with options like the Mono Portrait mod for detailed character portraits and the Vanilla Tweaks mod set for a unique art style.
• 🏰 Expansion mods add depth to the game world, including the Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion mod which enriches character dialogue, and the Immersive Spouses Schedules mod that gives spouses more dynamic routines.
• 🏡 The More Grass mod enhances the farm environment by adding more grass, contributing to a more immersive and lively farm atmosphere.
• 🌐 The Stardew Valley Expanded mod is highlighted as a comprehensive addition, introducing new NPCs, locations, events, and storylines for a fresh take on the game.
• 🔧 The Machine Progression System mod innovates the way players can upgrade machines, offering tiered improvements that affect production quality and efficiency.
• 👶 The Child Age Up mod brings children in the game to life with new schedules, routines, and seasonal outfits, making them more interactive and less static.
• 🏘️ The Way Back Pelican Town mod transforms the town into a medieval setting, altering buildings and festivals to fit a fairy tale aesthetic.
• 📦 The Chess Deco mod allows for customization of storage containers, offering a variety of designs to showcase farm products and add a personal touch to the farm's appearance.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the 1.6 update in Stardew Valley according to the script?

The 1.6 update in Stardew Valley is a major overhaul of the game's backend, providing modders with more freedom to create and implement their mods, making it an ideal time for both beginners and veterans to start a modded playthrough.

How is the video content organized in terms of mod categories?

The video content is organized into three main categories: quality of life mods, aesthetic mods, and expansion mods, each serving different purposes to enhance the gameplay experience in Stardew Valley.

What does the 'UI Info Suite 2' mod add to the game's user interface?

The 'UI Info Suite 2' mod revamps the user interface in Stardew Valley to include more information such as daily luck, birthdays, traveling merchant presence, skill level progress, XP gain from mining or killing mobs, crop growth time, crop names, item selling prices, villager interaction status, and the ability to check the billboard and calendar from the inventory.

What is the 'Look Up Anything' mod and how does it help players?

The 'Look Up Anything' mod allows players to search up any information in the game by holding down shift and pressing F1. It also enables players to get more information about an object in the game by hovering the mouse over it and clicking F1, which is useful for quickly looking up information without needing to access an external wiki.

What does the 'Self Serve' mod allow players to do in stores?

The 'Self Serve' mod lets players serve themselves at stores when shopkeepers like Man and Clint are away from their stands, which can be particularly useful for impatient players who don't want to wait for the shopkeepers to return.

How does the 'Becoming Familiar' mod help in maintaining friendships with villagers?

The 'Becoming Familiar' mod prevents friendship decay with villagers by ensuring that simply being in the same area as a villager stops the player from losing hearts, which is beneficial for players who want to avoid the effort of daily interactions.

What is the 'Better Friendship' mod and what does it do?

The 'Better Friendship' mod is a simple addition that displays bubbles over villagers' heads, indicating their favorite gifts when the player has them in their inventory, helping players remember to give gifts and strengthen relationships.

What is the 'Return of the Immersive Scarecrows' mod and how does it change the game?

The 'Return of the Immersive Scarecrows' mod places scarecrows between the crops instead of next to them, making them take up no space and fit better aesthetically into the farm, thus allowing for more tiles to be used for other purposes.

What does the 'Skull Cave Elevator' mod add to the Skull Caves?

The 'Skull Cave Elevator' mod adds an elevator system to the Skull Caves that unlocks as players reach different floors, similar to the mines, providing a more convenient way to navigate the caves and avoid the frustration of losing progress.

What is the 'Mono Portrait' mod and how does it affect the villagers' portraits?

The 'Mono Portrait' mod updates every villager's portrait in Stardew Valley to be more detailed while maintaining the game's general art style, giving the characters a more human appeal without deviating from their original looks.

What are the 'Vanilla Tweaks' mods and what changes do they bring to the game?

The 'Vanilla Tweaks' mods are a set of texture packs that change the appearance of items, crops, and other elements in Stardew Valley to have a rounder, more unique art style, enhancing the visual appeal and making the game feel fresh.

What does the 'Simple Foliage' mod do to the trees in Stardew Valley?

The 'Simple Foliage' mod simplifies the look of the trees in Stardew Valley, giving them a rounder and more distinct appearance, making each tree stand out and easier to identify.

What is the 'Chest Deco' mod and how does it allow for customization?

The 'Chest Deco' mod allows players to transform any chests in the game into various unique containers like barrels and crates, offering over 80 different combinations to customize the look of the farm and showcase its products.

What is the 'Fedu' mod and how does it change the visual atmosphere of Stardew Valley?

The 'Fedu' mod is a reshade preset that desaturates the colors of Stardew Valley and adds a subtle rose-tinted warmth, enhancing the coziness and making locations like waterfalls and Cindersap Forest more relaxing.

What does the 'Way Back Pelican Town' mod do to the town's buildings and structures?

The 'Way Back Pelican Town' mod transforms all the buildings, structures, and decor in Pelican Town into a medieval town aesthetic, giving each building a unique design and changing the appearance of the town for a more fairy tale-like feel.

What is the 'Medieval Buildings' mod and how does it affect the farm buildings?

The 'Medieval Buildings' mod allows players to turn all their farming buildings into medieval-style buildings to match the 'Way Back Pelican Town' mod, with unique designs and seasonal color changes for an immersive aesthetic.

What does the 'More Grass' mod add to the game environment?

The 'More Grass' mod enhances the game environment by adding more grass, creating a lush and vibrant landscape that makes players feel like they are frolicking through a meadow.

What is the 'Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion' mod and how many new lines of dialogue does it add?

The 'Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion' mod adds 2,600 new lines of dialogue across all the villagers in Stardew Valley, including 1,600 new day-to-day lines, 600 post-marriage lines, and 400 festival-specific lines, to make the characters feel more fleshed out.

What changes does the 'Immersive Spouses Schedules' mod make to the behavior of married spouses?

The 'Immersive Spouses Schedules' mod alters the schedules of married spouses by increasing the days they leave the farm to four per week and providing unique daily schedules, adding depth to their characters and making married life more engaging.

What does the 'Child Age Up' mod do to enhance the presence of children in the game?

The 'Child Age Up' mod gives life to children in the game by adding portraits, sprites, new schedules, and daily routines, making them more interactive and less of a static presence in the game.

What is the 'Machine Progression System' mod and how does it change machine upgrades?

The 'Machine Progression System' mod introduces tiered upgrades to all machines in the game, allowing players to improve them using ores, similar to tool upgrades in the base game, and enhancing the functionality and efficiency of the machines.

What are the main features of the 'Stardew Valley Expanded' mod?

The 'Stardew Valley Expanded' mod adds over 20 new NPCs with dialogue and schedules, six new marriage candidates, 260 new events, a new JojaMart storyline, 50 new locations, 23 new fish, and 900 new location messages, providing a massive expansion to the game world and content.

Outlines

00:00

🌟 Stardew Valley 1.6 Update and Mod Recommendations

The script introduces the impact of the 1.6 update on the Stardew Valley gaming community, highlighting a significant overhaul that has given modders more freedom. It emphasizes the current moment as an ideal time for new modded playthroughs. The video is structured into three mod categories: quality of life, aesthetics, and expansion mods, with a list of 24 mods presented for viewers to consider. It also includes a sponsorship message for the game 'Life Makeover', available on the App Store.

05:00

🛠️ Enhancing Gameplay with Quality of Life Mods

This paragraph delves into mods that improve the day-to-day gameplay experience in Stardew Valley. It discusses 'UI Info Suite' for UI enhancements, 'Look Up Anything' for in-game information retrieval, 'Self Serve' for store interactions, 'Becoming Familiar' for friendship maintenance, 'Better Friendship' for gift-giving cues, 'Time to Wake Up' for customizable wake times, 'Return of the Immersive Scarecrows' for aesthetic scarecrow placement, and 'Skull Cave Elevator' for cave exploration convenience.

10:01

🎨 Aesthetic Mods for a Refreshed Stardew Valley

The focus shifts to aesthetic mods that overhaul the appearance of characters, buildings, and the game world. 'Mono Portrait Mod' updates villager portraits, while 'Vanilla Tweaks' modifies textures for items, crops, and more. 'Simple Foliage' alters tree designs, 'Chess Deco Mod' transforms chests into various containers, and 'Fedu' applies a reshade preset for a cozy atmosphere. 'Way Back Pelican Town' converts the town into a medieval setting, and 'Medieval Buildings Mod' updates farming buildings to match the town's aesthetic.

15:04

🏰 Immersive Expansion Mods for Enhanced Game Depth

The script concludes with expansion mods that add depth to the game world. 'Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion' enriches villager dialogue, 'Immersive Spouse Schedules' diversifies spouse activities post-marriage, 'Child Age Up' mod gives life to in-game children, 'Machine Progression System' introduces machine upgrades, and 'Stardew Valley Expanded' significantly expands the game with new NPCs, events, locations, and more, offering a fresh experience for veteran players.

20:04

🌱 Wrap-Up and Encouragement to Explore Mods

The final paragraph summarizes the video's mod recommendations, encouraging viewers to try a mix of mods to revamp their Stardew Valley experience. It invites feedback and suggestions for additional mods in the comments section and ends with a call to action for subscriptions, likes, and viewer engagement.

Keywords

💡Modding

Modding refers to the act of modifying a game by adding, removing, or altering game content without the consent of the game's original developers. In the context of this video, modding is central to enhancing the gameplay experience of 'Stardew Valley' by introducing new features and aesthetics. The script mentions a massive overhaul that has given modders more freedom to create mods, indicating the importance of modding in customizing the game.

💡Quality of Life Mods

Quality of Life Mods are modifications that improve the player's experience by making the game more convenient or user-friendly without drastically changing the core gameplay. The video script categorizes the first set of mods as 'quality of life' mods, which help with general day-to-day playing, making things easier or more streamlined, such as the 'UI Info Suite' mod that revamps the game's UI to include more information.

💡Aesthetic Mods

Aesthetic Mods are modifications that alter the visual appearance of a game to make it more pleasing or personalized to the player's taste. The video script's second category focuses on aesthetic mods, which freshen up the look of the player's farm, town, or characters. An example from the script is the 'Mono Portrait Mod' that changes villagers' portraits to be more detailed while maintaining the game's art style.

💡Expansion Mods

Expansion Mods add new gameplay mechanics, challenges, or expand the game world, providing more content and depth to the game. In the script, the third category of mods is for expanding the 'Stardew Valley' experience, with mods like 'Stardew Valley Expanded' that add new NPCs, locations, and events to the game, enhancing the overall game world and narrative.

💡UI Info Suite

UI Info Suite is a specific mod mentioned in the script that enhances the user interface of 'Stardew Valley' by displaying more information such as daily luck, birthdays, and skill levels. It is described as a must-have for any modded playthrough, streamlining the player's experience by reducing the need to remember various details about the game.

💡Scarerows

Scarerows are in-game objects traditionally used in farming to deter birds from eating crops. The script refers to the 'Return of the Immersive Scarecrows' mod, which changes the placement of scarecrows to between crops rather than next to them, improving the aesthetic of the farm by not taking up additional space.

💡Texture Packs

Texture Packs are a type of mod that changes the textures of in-game objects, characters, and environments to provide a fresh visual experience. The script mentions several mods that act as texture packs, such as 'Vanilla Tweaks' and 'Simple Foliage,' which alter the appearance of items, crops, trees, and other elements in 'Stardew Valley'.

💡Reshade

Reshade is a post-processing injector that allows users to enhance the visuals of games with various effects. In the context of the video, 'Fedu' is a reshade preset for 'Stardew Valley' that desaturates colors and adds a rose tint to the game world, contributing to a cozier atmosphere. It's an example of an aesthetic mod that changes the overall visual style of the game.

💡Medieval Aesthetic

The term 'Medieval Aesthetic' refers to the visual style characteristic of the medieval period, often featuring elements like castles, knights, and a rustic, hand-crafted look. The script discusses mods like 'Way Back Pelican Town' and 'Medieval Buildings' that transform the game's town and farm buildings to have a medieval appearance, enhancing the game's atmosphere and theming.

💡Canon Friendly

Canon Friendly refers to content that is consistent with the official storyline or character traits established by the original creators of a game or media franchise. The 'Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion' mod mentioned in the script adds new dialogue for the characters in 'Stardew Valley' while staying true to their original personalities and the game's narrative.

💡Stardew Valley Expanded

Stardew Valley Expanded is a comprehensive mod that significantly extends the base game by adding new NPCs, locations, events, and storylines. The script highlights this mod as a way to provide a fresh and exciting experience for veteran players, offering the sense of discovery and exploration that comes with playing the game for the first time.

Highlights

The 1.6 update for Stardew Valley brings a major overhaul, providing modders with more freedom to create.

Introduction of three categories of mods: Quality of Life, Aesthetic, and Expansion mods.

UI Info Suite 2 mod enhances the user interface with additional information for easier gameplay.

Look Up Anything mod allows in-game searching of information without needing an external wiki.

Self Serve mod enables players to serve themselves in stores when shopkeepers are absent.

Becoming Familiar mod prevents friendship decay by simply being in the same area as villagers.

Better Friendship mod displays favorite gifts as bubbles over villagers when the player has them.

Wake Up As mod lets players configure the in-game wake-up time to suit their schedule.

Return of the Immersive Scarecrows mod places scarecrows between crops for a better aesthetic.

Skull Cave Elevator mod adds an elevator to the skull caves for easier navigation.

Mono Portrait mod updates villager portraits to be more detailed while maintaining the original art style.

Vanilla Tweaks mod set includes farming, producer, caves, and interface mods for a fresh look.

Simple Foliage mod simplifies tree appearances for a more distinct and rounder look.

Chess Deco mod allows transformation of chests into various unique containers.

Fedu reshade preset changes the color saturation and tint for a cozy atmosphere.

Way Back Pelican Town mod transforms the town into a medieval aesthetic.

Medieval Buildings mod converts farming buildings into medieval styles to match the town.

More Grass mod adds variety to the grass, enhancing the feeling of a lush environment.

Canon Friendly Dialogue Expansion mod adds over 2,600 new lines of dialogue for villagers.

Immersive Spouses Schedules mod gives spouses unique daily schedules post-marriage.

Child Age Up mod provides children with portraits, sprites, schedules, and routines.

Machine Progression System mod introduces tiered upgrades for machines on the farm.

Stardew Valley Expanded mod adds new NPCs, locations, events, and storylines for an expanded experience.

Transcripts

with the release of the 1.6 update

stardo morning Community has gone

through a complete shakeup with a

massive overhaul of the game's backend

modders now have more freed in than M to

make their dreams a reality making the

1.6 update the perfect time to start

your first modded playthrough but if

you're just starting out and feel

overwhelmed with the world of modding

then don't panic because I've compiled a

list of mods to get you started and if

you're a modding veteran like me then

I've thrown in a few mods that they

think you all like as well this video

will be separated into three categories

the first will go over quality of life

mods these mods help with your general

day-to-day playing of the game to make

things easier or more streamlined the

second is aesthetic mods for if you want

to freshen up the look of your farm

pelicant town or maybe even your

favorite spouse and the third is

expansion mods these mods add more

gameplay mechanics challenges or expand

on the world of stardo Valley and the

characters inside of it so with all that

said let's get into it and here are the

24 mods I think you need for stardo

Valley

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and now back to the video the first mod

we're looking at today is UI info Suite

2 if you watch any stardo YouTuber or

streamer there's a good chance you've

seen this mod before it is a main stay

in any proper modded playthrough this

mod revamps the UI of stardo Valley to

include more information so you don't

have to use that pretty headit of yours

on remembering anything so let's go

through and have a look at what the mod

actually adds to the UI the UI infosu

mod adds and will Now display the luck

you have for the day whose birthday it

is if the traveling Merchant is in town

the skill level you're currently at and

your progress to level up when holding a

tool the amount of XP you get when

mining or killing mobs how long crops

have left to go the name of the crop

that is growing how much items sell for

both individually and with the amount

you're holding in your inventory if

you've spoken to a villager that day if

you've given a villager a gift if you're

a soulless Tyrant who doesn't pet their

farm animals and you can even check the

billboard and calendar right from your

inventory which I embarrassingly only

discovered when recording this footage

if you're looking to streamline and

simplify your stardo playthroughs in my

opinion this is one of the most useful

mods you can pick up from this list I

have this in every modded playthrough I

run and honestly at this point I I can't

really play without it the next mod is

the look up anything mod this is for

those of you who don't want to

constantly have the stardo wiki uh up on

your second monitor as with this mod all

that information is readily available in

the game just hold down shift and press

F1 and you can search up anything in the

game at your heart's content or if you

want an easier way to find out more

information about something you can just

hover your mouse over an object and

click F1 for more info I specifically

found this mod really useful when I've

forgotten like a villager's favorite

gifts or birthday is you can pretty much

just look those up super easily however

this mod could be used to search up

practically anything forgot if you

filled your bars feed slots for the day

screw running all the way back to your

farm just look it up while I don't use

this mod a whole lot I find it simply

saves a lot of time from switching to

the next screen and having to look

things up and then coming back to the

game it's just a small addition that

saves a lot of time and speaking of

Saving Time this next one is for those

of you who are super impatient just like

me this is the selfs serve mod this mod

lets you serve yourself at stores when

shop Kats such as man and Clint are away

from their stand this mod can be

configured to work with almost every

store but I mostly use it for when man

decides to just stand by the microwave

instead of actually running her own

business that she has the audacity can

complain to me that she has no more

money becoming familiar is the next

modern out list and is a great addition

for preventing friendship Decay with any

of the villages in Stu Valley if you

can't be bothered feeding Shane his

addiction every day or you can't be

asked talking to Elliot but you really

can't handle the thought of anyone

disliking you then this mod makes it so

simply being in the same area as the

Villager stops you from losing hearts

with them it also gives you these really

cute notifications saying things like

Shane grins in your direction that I

just I think that makes the world feel

more live and if you're looking to make

more friends in the valley then why not

try out the better friendship mod this

mod is a simple one and just adds

bubbles over the villager's head

indicating their favorite gifts when you

have them in your inventory this is

slightly different to the look up

anything mod is the bubble only appears

when you have a loved gift already with

you so if you ever forget why you have

that coconut in your back pocket then

Haley will be there to remind you

herself it's time to wake up as really

simple mod uh probably not in the coding

I'm sure that took a lot of work but in

the game it's a small addition this mod

lets you configure the usual time

restraint that the base game has so you

can wake up whenever you want so if you

want to be an extra early riser you can

now wake up at 5: 4: or hell even even

3:00 a.m. if you're really on that Sigma

grind set it's kind of like being an

actual farmer in real life uh they don't

get the privilege of waking up at 6:00

a.m. every morning the next mod is the

return of the immersive scarecrows mod

if you like me and if ever felt that the

placement of scarecrows in stardo Valley

is kind of ugly since they need their

own tile then this mod is for you this

mod adds the scarecrows between the

crops instead of next to them so they

take up no space and fit way better into

making an aesthetic Farm meaning you

have more tiles for your capitalist

housescape wine Factory okay so I tried

to avoid mods that could sort of kind of

be considered cheating but I'm going to

turn a blind eye to this next mod if it

means it helps people out this is the

Skull Cave elevator mod some of you will

have been disgusted with me putting

those uh words together and some of you

would have just leted out the bigger

sigh of relief yes this mod adds an

elevator that unlocks as you reach

different floors to the skull caves just

like the nor Minds no more getting down

to level 87 wasting all your staircases

and then getting docked by a stupid

serpent meaning you have to start all

the way over again now you can just

restart from level 85 one of my favorite

parts of this mod however is how

configurable the Creator made it as you

can change how often the elevator

appears so you can make it every five

levels like the traditional mind or if

you wanted a bit more of a challenge you

can make it every 10 Lev levels which I

would actually probably do cuz I think

the skull caves should at least be

slightly harder than the mines for the

next section of the video we're going to

be going over aesthetic mods which are

personally my favorite these mods

overhaul the look of characters

buildings and the general world of

stardo Valley adding a Fresh coat of

paint that make it feel like you're

moving back into pelicant town for the

very first time and the first mod we're

going to be looking at is called Mono

portrait mod this mod changes every

Village's portraits in stard Valley to

be more detailed while keeping in line

with the game's General art style I have

a lot of love for this mod and I was so

glad to see it was updated to include

the 1.6 winter styles a lot of portrait

mods can take the looks of the villagers

to the extreme going into this either

like super realistic look or making them

look like K-pop stars or turning them

into this like 2000s Chibi Anime look

and while I love the fresh directions a

lot of portrait mods take hell I've

shown off a lot of some of my favorites

in previous videos there's something to

be said about the way the Creator mono

has been able to capture the villagers

in their own style while keeping in line

with the original portraits of the game

the characters still feel and look like

themselves or having a more human appeal

and I love that they they don't feel out

of place but they feel new okay so I'm

going to cheat and count the next three

as separate mods but cover them all in

one because the next mods we're looking

at used to be known as the vanilla tweak

mod set but have now been split up to

make them more specific and today I'm

going to cover the vanilla tweaks

farming producer caves and interface

mods these were all separate mods

however they were made by the same

Creator and that's why we're going to be

covering them together these mods are

pretty much just a texture pack for

stardo Valley and each of these mods go

through and change all the items crops

and you want

to fit a I guess you could say rounder

more unique art style can you tell from

my descriptions that I'm not an artist I

wanted to include these mods because I

love the art style of these I think the

producer mod makes the food look more

vibrant and appetizing the cave mod

gives each Rock and artifact life the

diamonds look shinier the skulls look

scarier and the new aridium texture

reminds me of the blurpleberry Supreme

from code name kids next door I I don't

know if any of you will understand what

I'm talking about here but I want to eat

the idium in this mod I think the

farming mod makes the crops and seeds

look less rigid too the bag of seeds

actually looks like a bag of seeds and I

love the interface version of this mod

because there's 10 Styles you can choose

from so you just have more customization

at your fingertips there's actually two

other vanilla tweaks mods on top of

these the warrior and Aquarium Edition

but I found that the four I covered were

probably the most important ones

but if you like the look of these i'

definitely recommend checking out those

other two as well simple foliage is a

mod that does exactly what it sounds

like this mod simplifies the looks of

the trees in Stu Valley to give them a

rounder more distinct look I really like

this mod especially when used in

combination with the vanilla tweaks mod

set because I think the art styles of

both of them really complement each

other I also love how this mod makes

each tree stand out there's just no more

forgetting which tree is an oak tree and

which is a pine tree because God help me

3 years of playing this game and I still

get confused this mod has also been

updated to include the new mystic and

fern trees that have been added in 1.6

and I really love the Unique Designs

it's given them especially the Mystic

tree I think it just gives it that more

otherworldly look that it was missing in

the base game our next mod is the chess

Deco mod which is the final texture

redesign mod for this video this mod

utilizes the alternative textures mod

toolkit and allows you to turn any

chests in the game into barrels crates

and many other unique containers I try

to actually count the amount of Unique

Designs this mod has but genuinely lost

count along the way I think it came out

to around 80 different combinations

depending on the product you wanted to

display and the container you wanted

that product in and that means you have

the ability ility to design the look of

your farm to your heart's content and

you get the opportunity to make some

adorable choices I love that this mod

let you show off your Farm's products

with the new chest designs and it also

makes organization so much easier you

can set up your own Gran display of

Apple filled crates blossoming flowers

and baskets of freshly laid eggs for the

world to see a much better system than

just making your chest yellow for your

summer crops now all these item texture

packs are nice but what if wanted an

entirely new look to the valley well a

next mod called fedu does exactly that

this is a reshade preset that

desaturates the colors of styu Valley

while also giving the world a subtle

Rose tinted warmth to really drive home

that feeling of coziness I'm a big fan

of how this mod looks with some of the

new additions that came with 1.6 it

seems to just make the waterfalls and

cindersap Forest more relaxing or makes

the Middleland Farms feel that little

bit more enchanting but when playing

with this reshade I found that the

buildings of Pelican Town didn't quite

uh fit in so I had to find a mod to

match my new fairy aesthetic if you're a

mod connoisseur like me I would be

shocked if you haven't seen this mod

before but if you want pican town to

match the fedu mod then your best bet

would be the way back Pelican Town mod

this mod takes all the buildings

structures and Decor of Pelican town and

turns it into a medieval town Township

every single building in Pelican town

has been changed the star drop has been

turned into an old style Inn the spa has

been turned into a medieval Hot Springs

hell even the bus has been turned into

an old old C thing I mean look at Pam's

trailer I I can't tell if this is an

upgrade or not but it's cool all the

festivals have had a revamp to fit in

with the new design of the mod if

there's a festival that I think fits a

medieval fairy tale aesthetic it's the

Night Market

I highly recommend exploring this mod

for yourself if you want to see every

new part of Pelican town because

truthfully there's just too much for me

to show in this like what minute minute

and a half long segment of the video but

if you do end up enjoying the mod and

have a love for Ye Old Stu then there's

more where that came from because the

next mod we're looking at is the

medieval buildings mod and is made by

the same author this mod allows you to

turn all your farming buildings into

medieval buildings to fit in with the

way back Pelican Town mod okay I said

buildings a lot there damn each building

has a unique design and uses the same

white and black color palette of the way

back mod all the buildings have these

flowery overgrows like wild Untamed

vines that are crawling up smaller

buildings such as the silos stables and

shipping bin have also been redesigned

to fit in with the mod even the

greenhouse has been changed to be

aesthetic look how cool that is but

easily my favorite part of this mod is

that all the buildings change color

depending on the season during Autumn

the flowery overgrowth turns orange in

summer brighter colors like purples and

pinks shine through and my personal

favorite is winter where the buildings

get iced over with snow and frost it

makes your farm feels still and as an a

to it that's just it's so good but with

that we've come to our final aesthetic

mod for this section and I would argue

this mod is that perfect little bow that

ties all these other Mods together this

this is the more grass mod it adds more

grass makes you feel like you're

frolicking through a mle it's I I I like

it it's cool for the final part of the

video we're going to be covering

expansion mods these mods aim to add

more life to stardo Valley expanding on

characters gameplay and even the world

of Pelican town so that even if if you

have a, hours in the game you can still

have something new and exciting to

discover the first mode we're going to

be looking at is the Canon friendly

dialogue expansion mod which adds 2,600

new lines of dialogue across all the

villages in styu Valley yeah you heard

that correct that's 1,600 new day-to-day

lines of dialogue for all 34 Villages

that have heart events 600 new lines of

dialogue for post marriage

and 400 new lines of dialogue for the

festivals including new lines of

dialogue that only appear in year 3 and

year 4 as it's said in the name all the

dialogue in this mod is Canon friendly

so you don't have any like weird offbeat

out of character law drops from anyone

if you're like me you've probably seen

so much of the character's base game

dialogue already that you start to know

most of it off by heart which is why

this mod feels like the perfect chance

to freshen things up I play through some

of the dialogue with Haley because of

course I would and the new addition

really felt like a breath of fresh air

Haley would insult me more make me

jealous of Alex talk about the joys of

motherhood when we had a child and what

it meant to her and even had some uh new

fun dialogue the additional lines to

Haley already made her feel like a more

fleshed out character so the fact that

this mod adds this much depth to all the

villages in stardo Valley really makes

this mod the perfect char expansion for

the players that are already villager

experts and if you're looking for more

character dep when you've married your

chosen spouse then you might enjoy the

immersive spouses schedules mod it's a

common complaint within the stardo

community that spouses often become

boring when you marry them they usually

only leave the farm twice a week and

some even drop their life goals after

marriage completely well this mod aims

to fix that issue by changing the

schedules for your spouse by increasing

the days they leave the farm to 4 days a

week and most importantly giving them

unique schedules for each day they leave

now on a Thursday Haley will take photos

near Leah's house and head back to her

old home to process the photos in her

dark room even giving you new dialogue

along with it Elliot hangs around the

town reading poetry that he will recite

to you Shane works at man's store Leah

Paints in the Town Square Sam looks

after Vince and Harvey yeah Harvey just

stands at the clinic but these are just

a few of the changes that have been made

from this mod some of the spouses will

even change schedule depending on the

season or if the community center has

been completed this mod is still a work

in progress too as I know the Creator is

looking to add in more dialogue in the

future so if this mod interests you make

sure to keep an eye out for any future

updates and if you're spous and you have

a child and you're sick of that child

just becoming a rotting sack of meat

that you can throw then you need the

child age up mod this mod actually gives

your children some life in game adding

portraits and Sprites for the children

that match your spouse and your child

will also have new schedules and daily

routines where they go to school with

Jess and Vince actually go to the

festivals and even change outfits

depending on the season this isn't the

biggest mod to add to the game but it's

definitely a step up from when your

child is just becomes a toddler and then

sits there doing nothing while also

being slightly creepy the next next mod

is the machine progression System Mod

which adds teared upgrades to all the

machines in the game similar to how you

upgrade tools in the base game you can

now use ore to upgrade the machines on

your farm starting with an iron upgrade

and progressing all the way to a

prismatic upgrade I literally cannot go

into every new function that this mod

adds because the list is so long it

would actually add another like 20

minutes to this video but the general

premise is that each upgrade improves

the machines in multiple ways such as

increasing the amount of top quality

items they produce lowering processing

times making the machines produce

iridium items making machines produce

items with the quality input so a gold

ancient fruit will produce gold ancient

fruit wine when put into a keg giving

them a chance to double produce and even

gives machines completely new functions

for example Le an upgraded CK can now

increase the quality of gems and

minerals why does a CK get to do that I

don't know but I think it's pretty cool

this mod is is huge and completely

revamps the way you can make money in

Stu Valley if you ever fall into the

Trap of just setting up an ancient fruit

wine Factory and won a new challenge

then I'd absolutely look into this mod

for a new way to play the game and

become the capitalist Overlord of

pelicant town if if we're talking about

mods that expand the world of stardo

Valley mods that make the game feel

fresh and exciting then I would be doing

an injustice to not talk about of course

stardo Valley

expanded this is the Stu Valley mod if

you're looking to recapture that magic

of entering the valley for the very

first time again how amazing it was to

figure out quest lines find the love of

your life unlock new areas all for the

the very first time then this is the mod

you need stardo Valley expanded adds

over 20 fully fledged NPCs with dialogue

schedules Back stories new animations

and events six new marriage candidates

260 new events across the entire Valley

a completely new jojamart storyline 50

new locations for you to un lock and

explore 23 new fish new immersive

foraging and 900 new location messages

to find throughout the world this is by

far the biggest mod you can include in

your new 1.6 stard Valley playthrough

this mod is in fact so impressive the

Creator literally worked on the stardo

valley 1.6 update if you're a veteran of

stardo Valley and you're looking for an

entirely new feel then this is the mod

for you and that's it that is all of

them 25 mods I'd recommend for stard

Valley 1.6 for beginners and experts

alike obviously don't feel like you need

to try all of them this could be quite

an overwhelming video for beginners but

I just wanted to give you a little mix

of different mods you can try to revamp

the game if I missed any or you have

your own recommendations please let me

know down in the comments below and if

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I'll see you on the next one bye-bye