Most people pick up and playStardew Valleyto have a nice, relaxing time. Between growing crops, raising animals, and making friends in town, there are many blissful activities. But if you’re looking to add some additional fight or fright to your playthrough, there are a few options built into the game to allow for that.
Enter The Dark Shrine Of Night Terrors. A very foreboding name in an otherwise peaceful game. What is this Shrine? What does it change about the game? This guide will dive into what this Shrine is, what it does, and how to activate it.
How To Find The Dark Shrine Of Night Terrors
Before you can unlock and activate the Shrine of Night Terrors, it will help you to first knowwhere it is and how to get to it. Once you’ve eitherrebuilt the Community Center or gone the Joja Route, you’ll want tohead up north, to The Mountains.
Keep going north,above Robin’s Shop, heading toward the Spa;the first time you enter that area after finishing up the Community Center business, a cutscene will trigger. The Wizard will be standing in the top right corner of the map and ask for your help retrieving his magic ink througha quest called Dark Talisman.
After retrieving the Talismanfrom the sewers, you’ll be able to unlock a teleportation pad that leads you to a swampy area. Blocking the path is a Goblin,triggering one more quest, calledthe Goblin Problem.
You will have had todonate 60 items to the Museumto unlock the sewers. you’re able to’t collect the Dark Talisman without hitting this milestone first.
This Goblin Henchman will need to bebribed withvoid mayonnaise, and then he will rush up ahead,unlocking the Witch’s Hut. you may now enter and, along with collecting the magic ink for The Wizard, you will nowbe able to access and use the three shrines inside, including The Dark Shrine Of Night Terrors, which is the one on the right.
How To Use The Dark Shrine Of Night Terrors
The short answer: The Dark Shrine Of Night Terrors canallow or disable monsters spawning on your farm at night. For most players, when they start their save file,monsters will automatically not spawn on the farm.
However,the Wilderness Farm will have monstersthat spawn. Additionally,there is an optional setting you can toggle before you start your save filethat will allow monsters on your farm, no matter which layout you choose.
How Do You Activate Or Deactivate The Dark Shrine?
It doesn’t matter if you start your game with or without monsters spawning,you may activate and deactivate the shrine as many times as you like. But it’s at a cost since the Shrine demands a cooked item instead of gold.
You will have to offer the ShrineaStrange Bunto change this monster-spawning option. If you decide later you’d like to reverse your decision, all you have to do is bake or findanother Strange Bun and present it to the Shrineagain.
Once you’ve unlocked the Witch’s Hut, you canreturn to it at any time. The Henchman will not reappear to block your path.
How Do You Get A Strange Bun?
There are several ways to obtain a Strange Bun:
There is afour percent chancefor both theShadow Bruteand theSpiderto drop a Strange Bun.
If you are going to cook a Strange Bun, you will needonewheat flour, oneperiwinkle, and one void mayonnaise. You will also need either acookout kitor to have upgraded your homeat least once.
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Benefits
There aren’t many benefits to having monsters spawn on your farm, as you still gain experience from killing these monsters, and they can count toward some of theMonster Eradication Goals. Butthe combat experience you gain on your farm is lessthan killing these creatures in their traditional combat area, likeThe MinesorSkull Cavern.
They will still drop loot as well; however,the chance of this isn’t any higherthan fighting them in their combat zones. So, ultimately, the main reason for wanting to turn on monster spawning isfor some additional challengeand, to a much lesser degree,to gain some additional loot.
