Stardew Valley 1.6: The Giant Stump and Raccoon Quest Guide

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update is especially unique as it introduces brand new neighbors living close to your farm. However, they are not really regular NPCs, but raccoons. In this guide, we’ll teach you where to find them, how to complete the Giant Stump quest, and what they yield in Stardew Valley 1.6. So, let’s get started!

Where to Find Raccoons in Strdew Valley

First of all, let’s figure out the location of these new neighbors. If you head south of your farm into the Cindersap Forest and then head towards the Secret Woods, you’ll see some massive trees in the upper area. Thegiant tree on the far rightis the one that will be related to this quest line.

The tree seems pretty normal at the beginning, and you cannot interact with it at all. What you need to do first isreconstruct the greenhouse. You may do this by completing the Pantry bundles in the Community Center or purchasing the “Greenhouse” from Joja Community Development Form for 35,000g.

Once this building is functional, there is a10% chancethere will be a strong wind storm random event during the night that will trigger and break the giant tree and leave a stump. Now go back to this stump and interact with it.

How to Complete the Giant Stump Quest

Once you interact with the stump, your character will say:“The old tree is gone… however, with 100 pieces of hardwood, this could be fixed up”.At this point, you’ll receive The Giant Stump quest. So, your job is to bring 100 hardwood and interact with the stump again.

In Stardew Valley, you can get hardwood by chopping down the following:

Secret Woods have several large stumps that respawn daily, so that’s where you can collect a lot of hardwood. You may access this area using the chair trick if you don’t own a steel axe. Hardwood is also lootable from barrels and boxes in the mines.

When you gather enough hardwood, interact with the stump and repair it. You’ll then need to come back the next day to meet your raccoon neighbor.

Raccoon Quest Explained in Stardew Valley 1.6

This animal willask for different items, usually food, which you can give them as a reward. The reward varies from the new Stardew Valley 1.6 seeds to the miscellaneous items like the jungle tank and raccoon hat. Once you complete a quest, you’ll need to wait for 7 days in order to get a new one.

The purpose of these quests is the rewards you get after completing them, the Good Neighbors achievement that you get after successfully completing the 8th quest, and the raccoon lady’s shop, which will permanently sell some useful items. You’ll unlock them all after you complete the first five quests. Here’s a table showing what items you can buy and what their prices are:

Completing these quests will grow the raccoon family by first adding the raccoon wife who will sell the items. Then the children that will appear around the stump house.

Interact with the raccoon on the left to see what he asks for. Then, place the items in the two slots and he’ll give you a reward. The first few quests seem to be fixed, but then they will be randomly chosen.

Depending on the quest, you might need different machines that will produce different artisan goods. Moreover, the fruit, vegetables, or fish needed will be part of the current season, so you can get them easily.

Here are all the different requests you can get from the raccoon, what machines they require and what they yield. Remember, you can continue completing these quests even after there are 8 baby raccoons around the house, so you can continue acquiring items in this unique way.Items RequiredMachines NeededRewards5 of the random crab pot fish (periwinkle, snail, crayfish, mussel, oyster, cockle or clam)&1 Smoked fish depending on the season (largemouth bass, bream, bullhead, chub, ghostfish, flounder, shad, rainbow trout, tilapia, red mullet, tuna, midnight carp, salmon and perch)Crab pot and fish smoker25 carrot, summer squash, broccoli or powdermelon randomly chosen seeds2 of the random jelly, pickles, dried fruit or juice productsPreserves jar, dehydrator or keg1 Raccoon journal1 Dried mushroom of the random type&5 of eggs, cave carrots or white algaeDehydrator1 Raccoon hat2 of the random jelly, pickles, dried fruit or juice productsPreserves jar, dehydrator or keg5 Fairy dustTwo of the following entries:10 Moss1 Rusty spoon5 Trash items99 Slime10 Bat wings8 Geodes5 Frozen geodes3 Magma geodes4 Coral2 Sea urchin10 Bug meat1 Diamond3 Topaz3 GhostfishNothing1 Jungle tank2 of the random jelly, pickles, dried fruit or juice productsPreserves jar, dehydrator or kegOne of the following entries:7 Fairy dust1 Stardrop tea1 Book of stars2 of the random jelly, pickles, dried fruit or juice productsPreserves jar, dehydrator or keg25 carrot, summer squash, broccoli or powdermelon randomly chosen seedsTwo of the following entries:10 Moss1 Rusty spoon5 Trash items99 Slime10 Bat wings8 Geodes5 Frozen geodes3 Magma geodes4 Coral2 Sea urchin10 Bug meat1 Diamond3 Topaz3 GhostfishNothing1 Stardrop tea

You may later on receive even more rewards like the mystery boxes. Those are your new raccoon neighbors in Stardew Valley 1.6 and their big tree quest line. Now you know what they want and what they’ll give you in return, it’s time to hop in the game and meet them yourself. If this guide helped you, don’t forget to share it with other Stardew Valley players you know.

Radojka Travar

I’m a gaming enthusiast with a strong passion for writing. My expertise lies in creating simple, to the point and clear content teaching you about various features, mechanics and community-based inventions related to Minecraft. In spare time, I love flying around in my Minecraft world and exploring stories of other pixelated games.

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