Stardew Valley Modding Guide: How to Install Mods

Stardew Valley has a ton of cool features in base game. Though, if you have already achieved 100% completion in your world, you might want to get into modding. Mods are community-made content for video games you can download and install for free. They give you new content, new characters, and even make the base game grind less time-consuming. With that, let’s not waste any more time and figure out how to download and install mods for Stardew Valley.

Prerequisites to Installing Stardew Valley Mods

1. Backup Your Save Files

First things first, to recover from any potential errors and corruption, backup your save files. If you bought the game on Steam, you can easily backup the game files through the Steam’s library.

If you bought the game on GOG or Humble, you can backup game files manually. You can do so by accessing the saves folder by typing the following in the Run window:

%appdata%/StardewValley/Saves

After you backup your save files, you can start with the next step.

2. Download and Install SMAPI

SMAPI is an application that will help you run Stardew Valley mods. It’s essential you get it, as you cannot play modded Stardew Valley without it. You can find SMAPI and all the Stardew mods on the Nexus Mods platform. It’s a hub for various games’ mods that also scans the software products for viruses and provides a built-in way to donate to mod makers.

Download Stardew Valley Mods

Now, let’s see where you can find mods for Stardew Valley and how you can download them.

And that’s how you can download Stardew Valley mods on your PC. Feel free to browse through the many available mods and get the ones you want.

Install Stardew Valley Mods

Now, let’s accomplish the final step of this guide, which is installing the mods you’ve downloaded in the section above.

And just like that, you now know how to download and install Stardew Valley mods. This process may seem complex at first, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll be installing them with no issues. With that, if our guide helped you don’t forget to share it with another Stardew Valley enjoyer.

Well, you can only test the mods. Run the StardewModdingAPI app and if the content from a specific mod appears then it’s working. If you get an error while SMAPI is loading the mods, then you know right away that some may not work.

Yes, you can. I got the game on GOG and the mods work just fine.

Thanks to Nexus Mods ability to scan for viruses, you can see if a mod is scanned and safe. Though keep in mind that if you’re a parent, there might be some mods that are inappropriate, even though they’re made for this lovely chill farming game. So, go over the mods just in case.

If a mod doesn’t work, it’s possible that the game versions are off. The mod might’ve not been updated recently. So, try finding the newer version of the mod or try to match the mod’s version to the SMAPI version. You can download the older SMAPI fileshere.

Yes, you can do so by deleting the mod files directly in the Stardew Valley Mods folder.

No, most if not all mods require SMAPI, so it’s pretty much necessary.

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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