Once per year, Pelican Town holds a festival to celebrate the Fall season, complete with unique activities and shopping opportunities to keep players occupied. Here is a guide to the Fair in Stardew Valley.
The Stardew Valley Fair takes place on Tuesday, the 16th of Fall, as an annual event. It runs from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (in-game time), giving you plenty of time to hit up each of the many booths.
Booths contain limited-time items, and the Grange Display provides a chance to showcase valuable items for the potential of a great reward.
Booths
The Fair has a unique currency known as Star Tokens, which are similar to real-life arcades using tickets to reward people for completing games and activities.
There are specific booths that use mechanics to reward players with Star Tokens, but they require you to pay an average of 50 Gold each to partake.
Here are all of the game booths, and a description of the mechanics and potential rewards.
Fishing Minigame
Cost to play: 50 Gold
Fishing works in the same way that it does the base game, but the number of casts is limited. Each fish you catch during this minigame will yield between 12-25 Star Tokens, plain items reward 1 Star Token, and bonus tokens are received for a perfect catch.
Slingshot Minigame
Cost to play: 50 Gold
Using a Slingshot, players will need to hit a number of targets. There are three different colors to hit, each rewarding a varying number of Star Tokens. (Red – 1, Blue – 2, Purple – 5). Based on accuracy, players will receive extra tokens.
Smashing Stone
Cost to play: N/A (free)
There is a stone next to an energy bar. By clicking on the stone at the right time, when the bar reaches the bottom or the top, players will receive a Star Token.
Token Seller
Cost to play: 1 Gold
Players can directly purchase Star Tokens from a vendor for 50 Gold each.
Fortune Teller
Cost to play: 100 Gold
The Fortune Teller provides valuable information regarding the two Villagers at the top of the Social menu.
Spinning Wheel
Players can bet a certain number of their held Star Tokens on whether a spinning arrow lands on an orange or green half of a wheel.
Shop
Once the player has accrued many Star Tokens, they can visit the Shop Booth to purchase exclusive rewards. The cost of buying every single fixed item comes out to 3,900 Star Tokens, but each one is only purchasable once per year.
- 100 Hay (500 Tokens) – Used to feed livestock
- 24 Mixed Seeds (1,000 Tokens) – A grab bag of plantable seeds
- Dried Sunflowers (100 Tokens) – Cosmetic for the player’s house
- Fedora (500 Tokens) – Wearable item
- Glowstone Ring (1,000 Tokens) – An item that emits light and attracts objects on the ground
- Light Green Rug (500 Tokens) – Cosmetic for the player’s house
- Pepper Poppers (250 Tokens) – A consumable cooked dish that restores health and energy
- Rarecrow (800 Tokens) – Collectible item
- Stardrop (2,000 Tokens) – Increases player’s max energy by 34 points upon consumption
- Triple Shot Espresso (400 Tokens) – Provides an extensive Speed buff
Grange Display
The Grange Display lets players showcase valuable items for a chance at a big reward.
To enter the contest, speak with Mayor Lewis and interact with him. You can enter up to 9 items to be judged. Each is assigned a specific point value, based on rarity. Base value returns the lowest points while Iridium returns the highest points.
There are 8 categories of items recognized by the fair, including:
- Animal Products
- Artisan Goods
- Cooking
- Fish
- Foraging, Flowers, and Tree Saps
- Fruits
- Minerals
- Vegetables
Netting 90 points awards 1st Place and 1,000 Star Tokens.
Stardew Valley is a farm life simulation game developed by ConcernedApe and initially released in 2016 for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It was later ported to Nintendo Switch in 2017, PlayStation Vita and iOS in 2018, and Android in 2019.