Stardew Valleyis a relaxing game that puts you in the role of a former office worker who’s inherited your grandfather’s farm, offering you an escape from the corporate world. While the world of the valley seems purely peaceful and happy on the surface, there are quite a few unusual secrets hidden around both the valley and Pelican Town. Without specific plans for major updates in the future, these unusual secrets may be set to remain unsolved mysteries.
Although you spend most of your time inStardew Valleyhelping villagers and improving your farm, you have multiple opportunities to stumble upon the many mysteries of this world.A lot of them can be put under the umbrella of strange, but harmless. However, that’s not the case for every mystery, and some of them hint at the darker world existing beyond the valley.
10Green Rain Is A Random, Helpful Event
Rare Green Rain Secrets
You don’t have a lot of control over when you getGreen Rain inStardew Valley, but it’s an immensely useful event for resource gathering. The only hint you have that Green Rain is coming is through checking the weather report, where they’ll say that there’s ananomalous reading for that day’s weather. This means that you’ll have Green Rain on that day. Then, when you wake up, you’ll see a message about Green Rain falling.
It could also be related to the Junimos, who seem to be connected to nature and have magical abilities.
While the rain brings a lot of trees and weeds you can gather with your scythe for moss and other resources, there’s no answer as to what causes this mysterious event. We know that some amount ofmagic exists in this world, and the Wizard alone proves that. However, it could also be related to the Junimos, who seem to be connected to nature and have magical abilities.
9Void Salmon Give You Void Eggs
Get Void Eggs Fast
The existence of a void itself is mysterious, but if you have a Void Salmon, you may get a Void Egg from it. This is already strange, as a salmon would give you roe instead of a single large egg, but what’s even more bizarre is that the Void Egg then hatches into a chicken. It’s useful if you want Void Eggs and some chickens, but that doesn’t make the idea of anegg that hatches a chicken coming from a salmonany less mysterious.
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One explanation is that the salmon somehow ate a void egg, and what you get from it is that egg it ate, which then hatches into a chicken. However, it could also imply thatvoid creatures don’t follow the logic that we knowto expect from normal creatures. As it stands, we probably won’t see an answer about why Void Salmon can give you eggs like this.
8The Haunting Of Dismissed Children
Ghost Kids: True Story?
If you decide you don’t want your in-game children anymore, you’re able to make them disappear bydismissing them at the Dark Shrine of Selfishnessinthe Witch’s Hutas long as you have a Prismatic Shard, which is the cost of dismissal. In terms of gameplay and daily in-game life, dismissing your kids has no consequences. However, this choice can lead to some unusual events that might make you feel haunted by your past.
When you dismiss your child, they turn into a dove and fly off, which could imply that when you see a dove in this universe, there’s a chance that it’s an unwanted child.
The real mystery is when you watch the question mark channel on Spirit’s Eve. On-screen, your children, in the form of possessed dolls, warn you of the consequences of dismissing them. Then, if you go back to the Witch’s Hut, you can be attacked by a possessed doll.
7Marnie & Lewis Need To Hide Their Relationship
Secret Love: Lewis, Marnie
It’s pretty obvious that Marnie and Lewis are secretly dating, especially when you take the quest to findLewis' purple shortsand find them in Marnie’s bedroom. At first, it’s not that odd that they choose to hide their relationship. It could be a new shift from how they previously interacted, or it could’ve been a short-term arrangement that you ended up being involved in when Lewis lost his shorts. At least, it seems that way until you happen upon them during a specific conversation.
During their six-heart event, you find Marnie and Lewis talking near the bushes by Lewis' house. Marnie asks why they can’t go public with their relationship, and Lewis feels like it’ll undermine his authority, which leads us to the real mystery of why Lewis thinks it would cause any problems. Itdoesn’t make sense that dating Marnie would impact his authority, so there has to be some reason behind that idea, and we just don’t know what it is.
6Who Is Abigail’s Real Father?
Abigail’s Parent Mystery
As you get to know the villagers, they start to tell you various pieces of information about their lives or their current concerns. Interestingly, some of these pieces of information create a bit of a scandal surrounding Abigail. Namely,her own parents seem to be uncertain of who her real father is, as it might not be Pierre. Pierre will even tell you that he doesn’t know if Abigail is his daughter because she doesn’t look anything like him.
Altogether, this leads us to the mystery of what the Wizard and Caroline’s relationship might’ve been in the past, why they broke up, and if Abigail is his daughter instead of Pierre’s.
Then, you add the comment that Caroline was involved with somebody other than Pierre, and Abigail tells you that she’s never dyed her hair but that its purple color is natural. The final piece of the puzzle is the Wizard, who has purple-ish hair, telling you hebelieves that one of the villagers is his daughter. Altogether, this leads us to the mystery of what theWizard and Caroline’s relationshipmight’ve been in the past, why they broke up, and if Abigail is his daughter instead of Pierre’s.
5Who Is Mr. Qi?
Unraveling Mr. Qi
This mystery revolves around theidentity of Mr. Qi, whodoesn’t seem to be human, or at least entirely human. He has blue skin, runs a casino, and gives you challenges to complete. Although you do quests from him, he has no friendship meter and won’t take gifts from you. At the same time, he seems to know what you’ve been doing even when you aren’t in his sight, which makes it appear like he has a way to watch you from a distance or other people reporting to him about what is happening.
However, there’s a possible answer to Mr. Qi’s identity, but it doesn’t make him any less mysterious. It’sheavily implied that aliens not only existin this universe, but that they’ve also been to the valley. Given what we know of him, Mr. Qi being an alien actually makes the most sense.
4Aliens Visit Your Farm
UFOs In Stardew Valley
Easter Eggs that you may find onStardew Valley’s start screen and main menu show an alien or a UFO. It’s not unusual for Easter Eggs to be added just for fun without actually meaning anything in terms of the game’s lore. However, the lore ofStardew Valleymakes it seem like aliens exist in the in-game universe, and there’s a good chance thatat least one has visited your farm.
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There’s a random chance for you tofind a Strange Capsuleon yourStardew Valleyfarm. You can’t do anything with it, but inspecting it tells you that something is floating in it. Days later, the capsule is broken, and you can spot a creature by the bus if you go to the stop that same day. It all comes together to make it look like aliens visited your farm and left an egg, but whether that’s definitively true — and if so, why they chose your farm — remains a mystery.
3What Does Lewis Do With The Taxes?
Tax Money Mystery
We know that Lewis collects taxes from the people of the town, and it seems like the tax rate is quite high for some villagers. Usually, taxes are used to fund public projects, such as education and public transportation. In that case, it doesn’t make sense that Pelican Town is in the state that we saw it in at the beginning.The bus is broken down, and a lot of buildings are run down in general.However, Lewis is able to fund a lot of festivals.
At the least, Lewis should’ve used tax money to fix the bus, which would give Pam her job back and let the villagers travel outside the town. It’s strange that we don’t see him use taxes to reinvest in the town where the people who pay taxes live. Instead,he holds a lot of festivals and has an interest in impressing the governor, leading to the mystery regarding what his goal is and what he does with all the tax money.
2The Mysterious Nature Of The Junimos
Junimo’s True Nature
The Junimos are the creatures living in the Community Center who are able to restore the town if you give them resources in the form of the bundles you complete in each room. As cute as they are, theJunimos themselves are a mystery of the town. There’s no explanation as to why they took up residence in the center or why they needed specific resources to fix areas of the town. The best answer would be in the realm of Junimos being nature spirits too weak to help without those resources.
So,it’s curious that the Junimos need money to fix the buseven though they need items related to other areas to fix them, such as metals in the furnace room. Perhaps they’re nature spirits, and by extension, they don’t have as much power to restore objects made by humans, like a bus. It’d be nice to have an answer, but the mystery is part of their charm.
1The Ancient Guardian Of Stardew Valley Is A Mystery
Stardew’s Hidden Deity
In Pierre’s General Store, you may find ashrine to a deity called Yoba, and you’ll even see villagers come to honor or worship him. You also find a lot of references to him in dialogue while you play, leading to the question of who and what this deity is. However, there aren’t any clear answers. This fits thenarrative of an ancient guardian, since details tend to be lost to time, especially for topics like deities or ancient guardians that are passed down through legends.
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We do learn a bit about Yoba from the villagers. However, what they say could be inaccurate, as there’s no way to back up claims on a topic like this. The image used on the sign is a real symbol thatsymbolizes the earth, which could make Yoba an earth deity, a fitting choice for a town with a lot of professions that rely on the earth. The most information you may find is from a book about Yoba in the museum’s library. Once you know the symbol, you can find references to Yoba everywhere.
There’s always a chance that cute and relaxing games can be filled with mysteries, but it’s nice that the ones you find in the valley tend to be harmless. Details like this make the world you explore feel like it’s alive, which adds to the overall immersion and gameplay experience. There might not be many big updates left at this time, but the existing mysteries make it worthwhile to take a new look at the world ofStardew Valley.
