Summary

• Stardew Valley may seem sweet, but dark secrets lurk beneath the sunny surface of Pelican Town.
• From exploring topics like depression, alcoholism, PTSD, and more, the cozy farming sim hides plenty of secrets beneath its surface.
• The more you come to know the residents of Pelican Town, the more you begin to feel for their struggles - some of which are quite intense.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Stardew Valley is the sweetest farming game around. Crafted with pretty pixel art, this country-life RPG allows you to build the farm 🎃of your dreams, as humble or as flashy as you please. The game is praised for being calming and peaceful (and it is), with a warm atmosphere and the pleasure of literally reaping what you sow.

But behind this sunny veneer is a town wracked with dark secrets. Behind the smiles of the colorful townsfolk are mysteries that paint quite a different picture of the sweet little town. We’ve compiled a list of these secrets for you to explore. But be warned: there are (obv♏iously) spoilers ahead.

Updated on May 4, 2024 by Gabrielle Castania: As we continue to enjoy our time with the 1.6 update for Stardew Valley, we're circling back to update plenty of our older content on the game. Today, we're updating our list of Stardew Valley lore to make sure it's current with version 1.6.

15 𒁃 Kent Has PTSD ও

Kent doesn't arrive in Pelican Town until your second year in the game, and he doesn't count for the Introductions quest because of 🧸this.

is one of the many villagers in Pelican Town and sadly, he has a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:rather depressing secret that is never fully discussed in the game. Kent definitely suffers from PTSD, which is heavily alluded to due 🉐to some of his actions during the war from which heꦗ returns at the start of Year Two.

For instance, he has talked about a prison camp in the past, and he is easily startled by the popcorn made during 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:his three heart event. He also dislikes open fields and has talked about the fact he has difficulty falling a🅰sleep♕. All of these are common symptoms of PTSD.

14 The Strange Dolls 𝔉

You'll find that there are a number of Strange Dolls in Stardew Valley. They come in a variety of colors and can be found by digging them up from the ground. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:They're Artifacts, technically, and you can 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:donate them to the Museum as such.

Many players have noted how eerie the dolls are, though, especially becaus🍷e we never receive a real explanation as to what they are or where they came from. For people who have a genuine fear of dolls, they may find the dolls an even more unnerving part of the game.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Only Penny and168澳洲幸运5开奖网: the Dwarf enjoy receiving Strange Dolls as gifts. Otherwise, they are like other artifacts and are considered 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:universally disliked.

13 Dwarves Were Wiped Out By War𓄧

One disturbing element in Stardew Valley is the secret war between the dwarves and the shadow people. It is something you will le♛arn more about in passing and by putting two-and-two together, and is never explicitly explained.

You can also interact with the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:once you've learned his language, but he rema✅ins suspicious of your farmer, believing you to be a possible spy from the shadow people. ♕

It's rather sad to learn that the existence of the dwarven race was made extinct by this secret war. Even the shadow people live in squalor 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:down in the sewers. It reveals a dark underbelly t⛎o life in 𝓡Stardew Valley.

12 Your Livestock 🧸Can Be Eaten By Wolves ༺

This is a pretty stressful one to learn about, but it makes it that much more imperative for you to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:take good care of your animals! If your livestock, for any reason, aren't able to return 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:to their Barn or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Coop of residence at the end of the𒉰 𓃲day, you may hear some wolf howls as you sleep overnight.

The following morning, all of your animals seem stressed, but, wait, is that all of your animals? Double-check, becasue the animal who got stuck outside overnight may have fallen victim to a wolf attack and will♊ have been completely removed from your game.

Oth📖er than their bad mood for that day, the other animals are not affected.

11 A ඣUFO Might Drop A Strange Capsule On Your Farm

Stardew Valley has 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a number of random events and secrets that occur on your farm over time, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:one particularly creepy one involves a UFO. After you've had your farm for a year, there is a scant one percent chance you will see a UFO pass over🐽head, and it will drop a Strange Capsule down on your farm.

To make the incident even stranger, the description for the capsule says that t💎here is something "fleshy" bobbing around inside the fluid. It's not exactly a pretty picture and you never learn what it was.

The capsule will change after three days, implying whatever was inside🍌 got out, but you never seem to see anything more about this.

10 Shane Is Severely Depressed 🧸

When players first talk to , they might dismiss him as rude and standoffish - it's easy to decide you're not into 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:befriending him with that attitude. But if you persevere, his💛 walls begin to crumble, revealing the reason behind his behavior.

In his first heart event he opens up, saying he feels "stuck in some miserable abyss" and he "can’t even see the light of day." It goes deeper at four hearts; the player finds him passed out in a mess of empty beer cans, where he even references suicide. While it’s never explicitly stated that he suffers from depression, it’s pretty clear🦩 this is the case.

Don’t worry, though, in later cutscenes he agrees to get help – but not before facing a harsꦍh dose of reality.

9 Pam Is An Alcoholic (Who Isn't Into Rehabilitation)

can be found in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Stardrop Saloon every single night, sometimes saying little, and sometimes nothing at all. She makes a mess of the trailer she shares with , leaving her daughter to clean it up. Her drinking problem got so bad that she stopped paying her tab, and poor , struggling🍸 fi൲nancially, felt unable to confront her about it.

Some of her favorite gifts are your alcoholic 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:artisan goods like Pale Ale. They're great ways to sp𝓡eed up becomin𒆙g friends with Pam, but try not to think about how you're enabling her.

8 Clint 𒉰Will Be Lonely Forever

You learn pretty early into Stardew Valley that , the local blacksmith and tཧhe source for all your tool upgrades throughout the game, has a massive crush on Emily, the blue-haired tailor who works at the Saloon.

Becoming friendly enough with Clint allows you acce💧ss to his bedroom, wherein you'll find an unsent letter addressed to Emily, saying how Clint is too shy to actually tell her about this feeling and how he'll se🐠ttle for just writing letters he won't send.

What’s more, if you 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:marry Emily in the game, he never finds anyone else. Even if you opt to romance someone else, though, Clint and never get together, and she's typically paired up with Shane. Clint is doomed to be a🅺lone, never moving on, and forever lamenting his lack of courage and lost chance at love.

7 Alex Has A Tragic꧅ Past

may seem like a typical arrogant, airheaded jock, but underneath all that muscle is a deeply insecure boy with a horribly sad past. During 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:his four-heart event, Alex tells the player the real reason he lives with his grandparents. His dad was abusive, spending half the time absent, and the other half drinking and calling Alex "worthless." Then his mom got sick and passed away, leaving him alone with his grandpar♔ents.

The worst part? Alex is still affected by his dad’s cruel words. In his five-heart event, he explicitly calls hi꧙mself "worthless." It’s heartbreaking.

6 The Wizard Cheated On His Ex… And Has A D🎐aughter

Everyone seems amicable in Pelican Town, but the is at the core of some serious family drama. In the quest, he asks you to retrieve fr🧸om the dwelling of his ex-wife who just happens to be the Witch. He says he made a "mistake" that made her so angry, she turned green and flew over the town leaving curses everywhere.

But here’s the real kicker: in 💙random dialogue, he may tell you that he suspects someone in the town is his daughter… Oh! I think we know what this "mistake" was now! But,﷽ who is his daughter?