Adorable Stardew Valley mod adds “cozy new village” with a cat cafe, museum and a mystery to uncover

ConcernedApe’s brilliant farming game Stardew Valley is the cosy game that keeps on cosying. With an extremely active modding community adapting games like Baldur’s Gate 3 or massively expanding the game with new mechanics and areas, Stardew is truly a forever game. 

While the go-to fan expansion Stardew Valley Expanded celebrates three million unique players, one modder has released their take on a whole new area to explore in the farming game: Sunberry Village. 

Stardew Valley Sunberry Village 

Created by modder Skellady, a modder known for crafting adorable furniture and interior mods, Sunberry Village adds an entire new area to explore just south of Pelican Town. 

Spearheaded by Skellady, but also made by sophiesalacia and The Sunberry Team, the new fan-made Stardew Valley expansion adds brand-new NPCs, custom maps, new crops, trees, weapons, special orders and more to the game. 

Sunberry Village is home to 17 new NPCs and over 80 new events that tie into the central mystery of the village. Players are tasked with uncovering the “legend behind Sunberry” as they explore a massive underground mine with new dangers to overcome. 

The village itself also has some awesome new additions such as an Animal Crossing-like Museum to fill up with exhibits, an actual cat cafe to hang out in, clothing stores, and even a blacksmith to craft new weapons. 

Since release, Stardew Valley players have already downloaded the adorable new mod over 5,000 times, but there’s a lot more players that have yet to experience the awesome addition. 

The Sunberry Village mod is essentially finished, although there are separate character downloads coming for those who want to add even more to the game. As far as Stardew expansions go, this is one of the cutest, and players who love battling monsters in the mines are more than services with this addon. 

For more Stardew coverage, read about how modder Devin “FlashShifter” Hedegaard became an official developer for the farming game’s 1.6 Update. It’s a very heartwarming story.