Got no idea what to put in Stardew Valley’s favorite thing? Well, there’s no need to worry now. Read until the article’s end to understand what the favorite thing is in Stardew Valley and how it works!
Newbie players of Stardew Valley often get confused about what to input on the favorite thing slot during character selection and its effect on the whole game experience. Starting off, you will encounter your favorite thing when you start the game for the first time. It sure seems confusing since there are no other instructions besides the label favorite thing. But to tell you, it just refers to your favorite thing in real life.
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What is the Favorite Thing in Stardew Valley?
The Favorite Thing in Stardew Valley is just a custom text field that allows you to put whatever you want inside the field. It doesn’t have any major effects on gameplay except..
Now if you are wondering how this will affect your game progress or your gameplay, well, the answer is: just to add a more personal touch to your game.
You can see this once you consumed a Stardrop in the game. Once you consume this a text will appear saying, You found a stardrop! Your mind is filled with thoughts of… Your maximum energy level has increased.
This is where you can see the word you typed in the favorite thing during the character selection. Makes sense, right?
For example, you typed cake in the favorite thing slot, then upon consuming a stardrop, the text will look like this: You found a stardrop! Your mind is filled with thoughts of cake. Your maximum energy level has increased. Or, You found a stardrop! It’s strange but the taste reminds you of cake. Your maximum energy level has increased.
Take note that the text will appear exactly how you typed them in the favorite thing slot including the capitalizations.
In general, the answer to the favorite thing question doesn’t matter much to the game. As mentioned, it only adds a personal touch to the game if you really indicated your favorite thing. But imagine if you typed a name of a person…that will sound weird and creepy.
Character Selection in Stardew Valley
The character selection at the first start-up of the game does not only include the names, your favorite thing, and other basic information. There are lots of options and settings that you can customize to make your character more like you. Some of this information affect the game, and some do not.
Here are the following options that you need to answer and fill out during character customization. Included also are the number of choices you have for each. For the physical attributes, you have 24 choices for skin color, 32 for hairstyles, 112 for shirts, and 20 for accessories. You can also choose between 2 genders. These aforementioned characteristics don’t affect the gameplay, as well as the gender choice since the game supports same-sex marriage.
The next options that you have to decide on are your hair color, eye color, pants color, name, and your farm’s name. You also have 2 choices allotted for your animal preference – a dog or a cat. However, your choice of animal does impact gameplay, but only in the sense that it determines which animal appears on your farm afterward.
What is a Stardrop?
As you have learned, you can only see the application of your favorite thing once you have eaten a stardrop. But you might be wondering right now, what is a stardrop and where can I get this?
A stardrop is a special kind of item in Stardew Valley. You can consume this and immediately increase your maximum energy for 34 points permanently. It is important to eat this item once you obtain it since it cannot be added to the inventory to be consumed later.
There are several ways to obtain a stardrop, and here are all of them. At the Stardew Valley Fair, you can buy it for 2000 star tokens. One stardrop can also be obtained from the treasure chest on the Mines’ floor 100. You can also obtain one once you reach the 12.5 friendship level with your partner. In the Sewers, you can buy it from Krobus for 20,000 gold. Another can be from Old Master cannoli in the Secret Woods after you give him a Sweet Gem Berry. You can also obtain one upon receiving a letter from Willy the day after you train the Master Angler Achievement. Lastly, you can receive it as a reward after donating all 95 items to the museum.
Take note that there is only a maximum of seven stardrops in a game. And consuming all of these makes you achieve perfection.
Secret Favorite Thing
Since the goal of the favorite thing is to entertain you in a way of reminding you of what you typed in every time you consume a stardrop, you must also know that there are some secret easter bunnies in the game.
Stardew Valley’s game developer is ConcernedApe. He worked hard to make this game alone for four years including the storyline, the dialogues of each villager, and everything that you can see and experience inside the game. So, if you typed in ConcernedApe in the favorite thing slot, you will receive a slightly different text after eating the stardrop – You found a stardrop! Your mind is filled with thoughts of… ConcernedApe? (Well, thanks!) Your maximum energy level has increased.
However, if you input anything that includes the word Stardew with the correct capitalization, you will also receive another message – You found a stardrop! You feel an unwavering connection to the valley itself… Your maximum energy level has increased.
Think of these two as some simple ways you can give appreciation to the game developer’s years of hard work in making Stardew Valley such an awesome game.
