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Andrea Shearon

EXPLAINED: A beginner s guide to installing stardew valley mods smapi stardrop and more - The Real Truth

Modded Stardew Valley farmer standing beside her custom horse and farm layout.

There's plenty to do in the vanilla valley, but the sky is the limit once you learn how to install Stardew Valley mods. With so much community support, it's an easy game for first-time modders to dive into, but modding can still be an intimidating task.

The modding scene for ConcernedApe's farming sim is easily one of my favorites, and with a good primer on the basics maybe it can be one of yours, too. To help you get there, I'll walk you through how to install Stardew Valley mods with a breakdown of SMAPI (a required framework for loading mods), popular download resources, and getting started with a mod manager.

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