When you’refirst getting startedon a new playthrough ofStardew Valley, there’s a lot to consider on the character customization screen! Though things like your farm’s name and what you call your character are more straightforward, the option to name your “favorite thing” feels a bit peculiar.
As you progress through the game, you’ll come across gems,Stardrops, that help make your farmer even more powerful. When you find each of the seven, their dreamy taste reminds your character of something happy, like what you chose when you made them. Here’s what your favorite thing in Stardew Valley does.
You Think Of Your Favorite Thing When You Get Stardrops
When you first make your farmer in Stardew Valley, there are plenty of neat ways to game the game on the character creation screen. The naming glitch is a long-known cheat, which may lead players to hope for the same when it comes to choosing their Favorite Thing.
Your “Favorite Thing” is the thirdcustom text line when you create your farmer, after you’ve given them a name and established your farm’s title. What you choose as your favorite thing iscompletely up to you.
You’re free to get as creative here as you’d like, since you’ll really onlyconsider your favorite thing whenfinding Stardrops, mystical little gems that imbue your farmer with more power toboost your dailyhealth and staminalimits. They can be obtained inall kinds of odd places, ranging from being purchased outrightat the Stardew Valley Fairto more demanding tasks like reaching the bottom ofthe Mines in Pelican Town.
Outside of this, your farmer’s favorite thingdoes not impact anythingin terms of your actual gameplay.
There areseven Stardropsto collect as you play Stardew Valley and two different text options relating to your favorite thing when you eat them, meaning you’ll think of whatever you chose for your favorite thing in Stardew Valley fairly often. Generally, though, it’s just a nice littlepersonal touchadded tomake each playthrough feel a bit different.
Fordifferent dialoguewhen you find your Stardrops, though, consider listing either Stardew Valley or ConcernedApe as your favorite thing - both have their own unique flavor text as a funEaster egg!
