as someone who struggles with this sort of thing thank you so much for keeping this clean concise and step by baby step i was finally able to figure out what i was doing
If you know how to unzip a .zip file and move folders around in Windows, you can mod! It's super straight forward and the resources for help are amazing. Personally, I just started by going through the steps on the wiki, but this video makes an even easier start of it. Jump in and have fun!
ModDrop is another option for keeping mods sorted. It's integrated with NexusMods as well, so it'll automatically grab and sort the mods for you. You can even create multiple loadouts with it, if you do multiple different modded runs.
WE FINALLY HAVE A WAY TO ORGANIZE MODS???? A LA CURSEFORGE??? I CAN MAKE MOD PROFILES??? This information is BLESSED im so glad i watch all your videos regardless of if i know the info or not cause the things i LEARN AHHH
I've been wanting to do a modded Stardew save file but Im always worried something will go wrong while I'm doing the process like some important file got deleted. An updated guide like this will hopefully finally get me started.
it hurts once you switch to mods and then want to play on your phone again, you feel like you're missing something. I've started playing on iOS then PC and I can't get into playing on mobile again
@@grzeg_samee! Im on switch and had a pc/steam version gifted to me. I loaded it up with almost 86 mods. 😂 So many QoL changes and cheats. I give this file the relax and do as much automate and buncha crops as I can. 😂 on the switch, play with a vanilla game to compare and have both versions of SDV
Thank you for sharing this! I never noticed the date picker, that would be incredibly helpful when searching for 1.6 mods! I mod on Steam Deck, it's essentially the same as PC - using Stardrop is also crucial for me as well!
I just wanted to say this guy just made THE "How to" vid in UA-cam of a game i ever watched even better than MC or other games on how to install video... Thank You! Keep on Farming!
Hey, I just started yesterday a playthrough with UI and Aesthethic Mods of a Low% Run! Although I already know how to add mods, this guide'll come in handy for those who don't know about modding. They're missing out in a lot of cool stuff!
Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed. I tried figuring out how to add stares expanded after your series on it using the wiki and instructions on SMAPI, but I couldn’t get any mods except smapi to work. Thank you.
I really wanted to mod stardew but I kinda suck at computers but I found this video that walks me through everything with cleer speech and no nonsense in 5 minutes I had no technical issues and I am using all the same stuff that he showed the method for and after I got a few mods, they all have a super easy and convenient menu to toggle and dial most of the things, with explanations on what that does and I don't even need to manually open any other apps to run the game perfectly this is by far the most convenient computering experience I have ever had thank you Sal
Thank you, Thank you so much, I just needed to know how to get a zipping and unzipping program before but could never find it. You are always the most detailed and helpful stardew tuber. ❤❤❤
HI! Stardew valley is my first PC game I’ve been investing a lot of time and effort into, I LOVE your videos sm! They are super fun to watch and helpful especially since I’m preparing to go into the skull caverns! Thank you for your content and helping a fellow farm girl out 😅 This is my first mod I have EVER installed or used and it was super easy and fun to do, thank you so much! 💜🥰💜🥰
Oh my god thank you so much, I’m so incredibly tech illiterate and have been trying to get mods to work all day. Gave up and went to UA-cam and finally got it working
Thank You so much so Your excellent Tutorials - You've given an old timer now retired the tools to start exploring the mod(ern) world of gaming and give such comprehensive and easy to follow instructions that within 4 hours this newbie had a tractor on my farm and loving every moment. Big Shout Out to You, SDV and You Tube for starting another chapter in my world of gaming ❤
I am so glad Eric did the update thst made it easier for modders. Cos it made it easier on my end too. Before 1.6 there were 15 or so framework mods I needed to download to download Stardew Valley expanded. Now it’s just like…maybe five or so.
Thanks for the video! Though I do find it a bit weird that you aren't even mentioning Vortex, the mod manager from Nexus Mods. It supports Stardew Valley natively, so you can just download the mods through Nexus over the "download with manager" button. It also has profiles, allows you to disable and enable as needed, and has an update function integrated. Since you can then freely switch between versions, unless you deliberately delete old versions, you could set it up, that one profile uses a newer mod version and another profile an older version.
My first modded playthrough was on Steam Deck, and it was super easy to mod. I haven't gone back to it since 1.6 dropped because I've been playing vanilla and loving it, but I plan to soon! I also use Star Drop, because it's awesome.
1.5 feels like mods finish any loose ends. 1.6 feels like the definitive unmodded version of Stardew Valley. So I'd recommend if you previously played 1.5 with mods, try it without mods first. At most when my PC is fixed I'll install automation, that mod that makes machines use stuff from chests assuming it's compatible with 1.6. even then it's not my biggest requirement for me. Honestly 1.6 just blew it out of the park
I'm on my second modded SV playthrough right now. Played vanilla almost always, and I did vanilla first once 1.6 went live, then I adjusted my mod loadup accordingly. I never use the mods that adjust visual appearances as I like the vanilla sprites/portraits as is. There are some mods I use that add minor things, including giving Shane a new job after completing the community center. My expansion of choice is Ridgeside Village. Since this mod adds a large amount of characters and I'm not that social, I have Part of the Community + Friends Forever mods so I can make sure I don't lose too much.
I just started playing on PC after years of playing on console. I was tired of waiting around for 1.6 to come to console 😅 I've been wanting to mod and i have no idea where to start! Thanks for this!
I’ve found that Content Patcher tries to make mods that aren’t 1.6 compatible still work in 1.6, with a warning in SMAPI that it’s tried but might be a little broken. I’m able to use old mods to change the look of paths just fine!
Even as someone who's been modding for few years, still learnt new things, my eyes totally would always glaze over the easy download buttons on main mod pages, always went to files tab specifically
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WITH THE PART ABT REVERTING UPDATES!!! I played stardeew valley for the first time after months after the new update, i couldn't run the game cuz there old mods installed and smapi there, I thought i broke the game 💀 uninstalled and reinstalled the game and nothing worked, had to delete the smapi and mod stuff 😢
1:11 keep in mind that if it doesn't show the "download slowly/fast" screen at first you may need to scroll down a little to the "downloads" section and click manual there. I don't know why it does this, but it's annoying, and that's a fix for some mods being "undownloadable" so.. uh... Yeah. Thats it. Have fun.
PSA: if mods aren't showing up in your game, it's because you have to extract them to your mods folder!! 1). pull up your mods folder 2). open up your file explorer 3). right click on one mod 4). press 'extract all' 5). choose the stardew mod folder as your destination 6). you'll know it's extracted then the zipped up folder icon turns into a normal folder 7). repeat with your other mods! :)
"You don't want to drop 15 mod and have the game crash..." I dropped like 60 between expansions, aesthetics, and mods to serve those mods... 😁 It worked, tho.
Just a question, do you still have a previously started game when using and installing SMAPI? So can you play an already existing game later on with mods? Or do you not have all the games you already started in the SMAPI version?
I'm pretty sure Vortex does what Stardrop does for the most part...every modded game on nexus seemingly has it's own MO to circumvent Vortex. After modding a lot of those games, I've never had a MO be THAT much better for what I would need it to do. Unless...I'm going to some drastic degree of modding that I need to start doing some crazy adjustments, but I usually am not someone that plays/mods one game. So, I'm glad Stardrop is there for people like Salmence, but IMO Vortex works for the majority of us.
i got up to 1:40 but mine doesnt say the same? for some reason it says "Oops, couldn't find the game automatically. Type the file path to the game directory (the one containing 'Stardew Valley.dll'), then press enter." 😭this is my first time ever doing something like this so im super confused and do know what im suppose to enter
Hi there! I had the same issue and this is what I did to fix it. If you have downloaded it on Steam, right click on Stardew Valley, then on the settings/manage button. from there, click on properties, then betas. If it is set to compatibility for 32 bit systems, change it to “none” and it should work. Now, just close out the Smappu installer and re-launch it. It should path correctly now.
I have a question- which chest organization mod do you use? I don't see one in your mod list and I'm having trouble picking one as my first choice does not work with 1.6. Many of the ones I have found seem super overpowered.
ive been trying to add farmer to florist to my stardew game, and nothings been making it work right. would you be able to show us how you got it to work in your expanded playthrough? I tried looking at the forum but nothing there was explained in a way i understood
Ah so using a mod organizer I DON'T have to keep multiple backup folders of batches of mods to manually swap in or out therefore avoiding doubling, tripling, or sometimes copying even more, of my common mods and saving redundant space? Uh.. Of COURSE I knew that haha LMAO
I tried this and it ignored the game folder because the directory has the legacy 'compatibility' branch. And I need to update the game, but I'm already on 1.6
Maybe I am just stupid, But every time that I launch SMAPI with the star drop message it gets an error "Stardrop because it contains files, but none of them are manifest.json."
In the code part, it says “couldn’t find the game automatically” and anytime I press any number, it says, “type the file path to the game directory” I got stardew on the Xbox app on my pc so idk if that’s why or what
I see that "Sexy Hairy Clint" mod salmence you can't hide the truth from us 7:58
dont forget "catboy pierre"
Talking about “sexy hairy Clint” while I’m seeing the “catboy Pierre”😂
just you wait until "Hot Steamy George" mod
@user-yc6pk6.MP3 HOT STEAMY GEORGE I CANT
as someone who struggles with this sort of thing thank you so much for keeping this clean concise and step by baby step i was finally able to figure out what i was doing
THANK YOU i’ve been so intimidated to get into modding but this will help me so much
do u had any problems till now? just asking to make sure this is safe, its my first time using mods
@@junyups me too this is my first time, did u ever try it? is it safe
@@ot9hana I already tried it and i have many mods, it is safe although i don't use mod managers, still it's easy to put the mods manually :)
If you know how to unzip a .zip file and move folders around in Windows, you can mod! It's super straight forward and the resources for help are amazing. Personally, I just started by going through the steps on the wiki, but this video makes an even easier start of it. Jump in and have fun!
@ so its safe? this video and the website to download mods
ModDrop is another option for keeping mods sorted. It's integrated with NexusMods as well, so it'll automatically grab and sort the mods for you. You can even create multiple loadouts with it, if you do multiple different modded runs.
Is there really bug for mods order in Stardew too?
@@t_t9964 No, ive never had a problem at least
@@joelh7012 GOOD
Damn, thank for the guide. Specially the stardrop mod, i didn't know about it until now
Thank you for being straightforward! Instead of doing random shiz, you showed how to do it as well as additional infos. Kudos to you.
WE FINALLY HAVE A WAY TO ORGANIZE MODS???? A LA CURSEFORGE??? I CAN MAKE MOD PROFILES???
This information is BLESSED im so glad i watch all your videos regardless of if i know the info or not cause the things i LEARN AHHH
wasnt vortex doing that for a few years now?
Always has been.
@@EternalSoupvortex breaks mods sometimes
Came back to this video for that Stardrop Mod Organizer info! You've provided great resources to the community. Thank you, Salmence!
how tf do you get blue comment on youtube
That was so helpful thank you so much. I was straight tweaking trying to figure it out off the stardew valley wiki
I've been wanting to do a modded Stardew save file but Im always worried something will go wrong while I'm doing the process like some important file got deleted.
An updated guide like this will hopefully finally get me started.
thank you omgg, at first i was really confused and made it complicated for myself but later on i was so happy to see it worked!
Thank you for this video this was my first time ever modding a game and this was very easy to follow and straight to the point.
As far as I know, you can also disable a mod by adding a "." as a prefix to the mod folder name (that makes it "hidden")
yep, tried and tested :) but stardrop has the profiles, so I might check out stardrop.....
Entering the date is a really good way to find 1.5 mods! Would've never thought of it.
Currently on my 1st modded playthrough. I don't think I can play without mods anymore!
I agree with that
it hurts once you switch to mods and then want to play on your phone again, you feel like you're missing something. I've started playing on iOS then PC and I can't get into playing on mobile again
@@grzeg_samee! Im on switch and had a pc/steam version gifted to me.
I loaded it up with almost 86 mods. 😂
So many QoL changes and cheats. I give this file the relax and do as much automate and buncha crops as I can.
😂 on the switch, play with a vanilla game to compare and have both versions of SDV
Thank you for sharing this! I never noticed the date picker, that would be incredibly helpful when searching for 1.6 mods!
I mod on Steam Deck, it's essentially the same as PC - using Stardrop is also crucial for me as well!
LETS GOOO thank you dude, I just got sdv and wanted to mod it and this helped a whole lot!!
That was crazy useful, even for those who already use mods! Thanks Sal!
This was so helpful! I was so lost but you were very concise and made A LOT more sense than wiki
I just wanted to say this guy just made THE "How to" vid in UA-cam of a game i ever watched even better than MC or other games on how to install video...
Thank You!
Keep on Farming!
Hey, I just started yesterday a playthrough with UI and Aesthethic Mods of a Low% Run!
Although I already know how to add mods, this guide'll come in handy for those who don't know about modding. They're missing out in a lot of cool stuff!
THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭 im very slow especially when it comes to stuff like this, this video is so clear and helpful.
Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed. I tried figuring out how to add stares expanded after your series on it using the wiki and instructions on SMAPI, but I couldn’t get any mods except smapi to work. Thank you.
I really wanted to mod stardew but I kinda suck at computers
but I found this video that walks me through everything with cleer speech and no nonsense in 5 minutes
I had no technical issues and I am using all the same stuff that he showed the method for
and after I got a few mods, they all have a super easy and convenient menu to toggle and dial most of the things, with explanations on what that does
and I don't even need to manually open any other apps to run the game perfectly
this is by far the most convenient computering experience I have ever had
thank you Sal
The way I was about to scan your videos to see how to mod my SV game for when I get my gaming pc working!! Tysm for the lifesaver!
Thank you,
Thank you so much,
I just needed to know how to get a zipping and unzipping program before but could never find it.
You are always the most detailed and helpful stardew tuber.
❤❤❤
HI! Stardew valley is my first PC game I’ve been investing a lot of time and effort into, I LOVE your videos sm! They are super fun to watch and helpful especially since I’m preparing to go into the skull caverns! Thank you for your content and helping a fellow farm girl out 😅 This is my first mod I have EVER installed or used and it was super easy and fun to do, thank you so much! 💜🥰💜🥰
Oh my god thank you so much, I’m so incredibly tech illiterate and have been trying to get mods to work all day. Gave up and went to UA-cam and finally got it working
THANK YOU! I was so nervous about installing mods, thank you for making it simple for me.
just started playing this game last weekend, thanks for the easy and helpful walkthrough!
😁
Sal, my man, this is so timely I could cry lol. Thank you for making this and making it so easy to follow
Thank You so much so Your excellent Tutorials - You've given an old timer now retired the tools to start exploring the mod(ern) world of gaming and give such comprehensive and easy to follow instructions that within 4 hours this newbie had a tractor on my farm and loving every moment. Big Shout Out to You, SDV and You Tube for starting another chapter in my world of gaming ❤
Thank you for your easy to follow guide! This helped make modding simple!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I always have trouble moddding games and its never worked for me (Except the sims) This guide was quick and helpful tysm!
I've been using mods for a good bit now and mostly have my bearings but I WISH I had this guide when I got started! Best guide I've seen to date!
You're an absolute GOAT for this, my lil bro wanted to play and I accidentally updated the game, ALL HAIL LEGACY VERSION
I am so glad Eric did the update thst made it easier for modders. Cos it made it easier on my end too. Before 1.6 there were 15 or so framework mods I needed to download to download Stardew Valley expanded. Now it’s just like…maybe five or so.
Hey, I just would like to say thank you. Your posts, in regards to stardew are amazing! So thanks Sal. 😊
Thanks so much I just spent two hours trying you a life saver
just started stardewvalley, thank you for this video! it has helped me a lot!
You cooked with this video, I’m quite slow so this helped me out a lot. Thanks :)
i just bought stardew valley for my christmas for myself and i already got overwhelmed by the mods help LASFKJAF
Thanks for the video! Though I do find it a bit weird that you aren't even mentioning Vortex, the mod manager from Nexus Mods. It supports Stardew Valley natively, so you can just download the mods through Nexus over the "download with manager" button. It also has profiles, allows you to disable and enable as needed, and has an update function integrated. Since you can then freely switch between versions, unless you deliberately delete old versions, you could set it up, that one profile uses a newer mod version and another profile an older version.
w vid, my stardew valley experience has been enhanced already!!!
this is a amazing. thank you so much for making this.
My first modded playthrough was on Steam Deck, and it was super easy to mod. I haven't gone back to it since 1.6 dropped because I've been playing vanilla and loving it, but I plan to soon! I also use Star Drop, because it's awesome.
How did you mod on the deck? Is there a tutorial vid?
1.5 feels like mods finish any loose ends. 1.6 feels like the definitive unmodded version of Stardew Valley. So I'd recommend if you previously played 1.5 with mods, try it without mods first. At most when my PC is fixed I'll install automation, that mod that makes machines use stuff from chests assuming it's compatible with 1.6. even then it's not my biggest requirement for me. Honestly 1.6 just blew it out of the park
PANDANOKO!!!!!!!! (I’m like 99% sure I already commented this on another one of your comments but PANDANOKO!!!!)
Amazing video and guide! THANK YOU! And also, I love your voice!
Just got Stardew Valley today for 8.99USD thanks for the guide man, you’re a brother for help
Thank you for such a clear and simple guide, this is going to help so many newbies
Well, it was worth a try.
OMG TYSM SALMENCE IVE FOLLOWED LIKE 5 TUTORIALS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING SINCE LIKE 9 PM (its 4 am where i live)
Recently started my first expanded playthrough!
THANK YOU SO MUCH I SUBED JUST FOR THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thank you for being born.
Oh my gosh I’m so happy to see another Salamance vid 🎉
Just a tip, on windows, you can unzip a file by simply opening it and moving the file inside out of the zip file :>
I'm on my second modded SV playthrough right now. Played vanilla almost always, and I did vanilla first once 1.6 went live, then I adjusted my mod loadup accordingly.
I never use the mods that adjust visual appearances as I like the vanilla sprites/portraits as is. There are some mods I use that add minor things, including giving Shane a new job after completing the community center.
My expansion of choice is Ridgeside Village. Since this mod adds a large amount of characters and I'm not that social, I have Part of the Community + Friends Forever mods so I can make sure I don't lose too much.
stardrop is going to be a lifesaver for me holy
This was an interesting glimpse into how stuff works on Steam and Windows. Very foreign to me since I'm using a GOG build on Linux.
I just started playing on PC after years of playing on console. I was tired of waiting around for 1.6 to come to console 😅 I've been wanting to mod and i have no idea where to start! Thanks for this!
This is genuinely amazing
I’ve found that Content Patcher tries to make mods that aren’t 1.6 compatible still work in 1.6, with a warning in SMAPI that it’s tried but might be a little broken. I’m able to use old mods to change the look of paths just fine!
Excellent guide! I use Nexus Mods own mod manager, Vortex. Have you used it before? I'm curious how it compares to using other mod managers
Even as someone who's been modding for few years, still learnt new things, my eyes totally would always glaze over the easy download buttons on main mod pages, always went to files tab specifically
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WITH THE PART ABT REVERTING UPDATES!!! I played stardeew valley for the first time after months after the new update, i couldn't run the game cuz there old mods installed and smapi there, I thought i broke the game 💀 uninstalled and reinstalled the game and nothing worked, had to delete the smapi and mod stuff 😢
Well not knowing about stardrop was a nightmare I didn’t know I was in. Thanks
Nexus also has Vortex which is what I use for modding
vortex is buggy still at least for me
@@GamerHubbyJ Thats fair but it is really useful for other stuff as you can just load the game with Smapi and not have to modify the actual file
1:11 keep in mind that if it doesn't show the "download slowly/fast" screen at first you may need to scroll down a little to the "downloads" section and click manual there. I don't know why it does this, but it's annoying, and that's a fix for some mods being "undownloadable" so.. uh... Yeah. Thats it. Have fun.
thank you very much for the video;it was very helpful🥰
2:07 it won't let me highlight it to copy and paste anything. Need help
Thanks for this Sal.
Would you ever consider including Diverse Stardew Valley in a mod showcase?
So, is the mod with the 1.5.6 tag also compatible on mobile like Willy seasonal shop mod in the video 6:16?
love you so much brother
PSA: if mods aren't showing up in your game, it's because you have to extract them to your mods folder!!
1). pull up your mods folder
2). open up your file explorer
3). right click on one mod
4). press 'extract all'
5). choose the stardew mod folder as your destination
6). you'll know it's extracted then the zipped up folder icon turns into a normal folder
7). repeat with your other mods! :)
"You don't want to drop 15 mod and have the game crash..."
I dropped like 60 between expansions, aesthetics, and mods to serve those mods...
😁
It worked, tho.
thank you, it's easy, i can use mini-map now
best guide 10/10 i will sell my soul to you
"Thank you salmence " we all say in unison
This didn’t work for me :( I went thru every step twice, paused and rewound to see where I may have missed something but alas, it didn’t work.
Thank you !!
Just a question, do you still have a previously started game when using and installing SMAPI? So can you play an already existing game later on with mods? Or do you not have all the games you already started in the SMAPI version?
I'm pretty sure Vortex does what Stardrop does for the most part...every modded game on nexus seemingly has it's own MO to circumvent Vortex. After modding a lot of those games, I've never had a MO be THAT much better for what I would need it to do. Unless...I'm going to some drastic degree of modding that I need to start doing some crazy adjustments, but I usually am not someone that plays/mods one game. So, I'm glad Stardrop is there for people like Salmence, but IMO Vortex works for the majority of us.
i got up to 1:40 but mine doesnt say the same? for some reason it says "Oops, couldn't find the game automatically. Type the file path to the game directory (the one containing 'Stardew Valley.dll'), then press enter." 😭this is my first time ever doing something like this so im super confused and do know what im suppose to enter
Same...
Hi there! I had the same issue and this is what I did to fix it.
If you have downloaded it on Steam, right click on Stardew Valley, then on the settings/manage button. from there, click on properties, then betas. If it is set to compatibility for 32 bit systems, change it to “none” and it should work. Now, just close out the Smappu installer and re-launch it. It should path correctly now.
@@abbigailryan707 thank you so much! I’ll make sure to try this
The modding exe at 2:45 is showing for me??
I have a question- which chest organization mod do you use? I don't see one in your mod list and I'm having trouble picking one as my first choice does not work with 1.6. Many of the ones I have found seem super overpowered.
ive been trying to add farmer to florist to my stardew game, and nothings been making it work right. would you be able to show us how you got it to work in your expanded playthrough? I tried looking at the forum but nothing there was explained in a way i understood
Very curious to see what modding on Android entails. I could watch other videos on the matter, but I'll wait until you probably get around to it.
It's complicated now, thanks to Android 14. It was so much easier before.
Ah so using a mod organizer I DON'T have to keep multiple backup folders of batches of mods to manually swap in or out therefore avoiding doubling, tripling, or sometimes copying even more, of my common mods and saving redundant space? Uh.. Of COURSE I knew that haha LMAO
thanks bud 👍
I was just looking for info on this!!! 🤣
I tried this and it ignored the game folder because the directory has the legacy 'compatibility' branch. And I need to update the game, but I'm already on 1.6
Can I downolad mods and play on my old save or I have to make another one? Can I play on coop when my friend not?
Does Star Drop have an updated version for 1.6? I can only seem to find it for 1.2.1 but I really want it since it seems really useful!
Maybe I am just stupid, But every time that I launch SMAPI with the star drop message it gets an error "Stardrop because it contains files, but none of them are manifest.json."
In the code part, it says “couldn’t find the game automatically” and anytime I press any number, it says, “type the file path to the game directory” I got stardew on the Xbox app on my pc so idk if that’s why or what
I just got it off the Xbox thing it says and idk.. nexus won’t even let me login on my laptop though and that’s what I’m struggling with
Keeps saying cloudware issue every time it tries verifying me as human
Thank you so much
Wouldn't doing the date range thing still bring up 1.6 beta mods? Or do all 1.6 beta mods have a 1.5 version? Great video btw
I cant for the life of me figure this out:( I had installed smapi, and content patcher, but when i click on the app, it wont open
Figured it out. Bad to uninstall shaping, and reinstall ＼(^^)／