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70 free Stardew Valley trivia questions with answers — technology quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
56 free Stardew Valley trivia questions with answers. Stardew Valley has sold more than 50 million copies, and this quiz is for the people who have sunk hundreds of hours into it. It covers Pelican Town and its residents (who lives above the clinic, who dreams of a chicken farm, who is secretly not called Sandy), the twelve marriage candidates and how to propose, the Community Center and Joja, the festivals of each season, the Mines and Skull Cavern, Ginger Island and Mr. Qi, plus the story of how Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone built the whole thing alone. The questions start easy enough for anyone who has finished a first year and climb to details only long-time players know: the Sprout Valley working title, what a Stardrop actually does to your energy bar, which farm map comes with chickens, and the war Krobus still holds against the Dwarf. Difficulty is marked on every question. Every answer has been checked against the official Stardew Valley Wiki or the Wikipedia article on the game, and each question shows its citation.
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Q 01Stardew Valley was created almost entirely by one developer. What name does Eric Barone go by?
ConcernedApe
He spent five years building the game alone after failing to land a job in the industry with his computer science degree.
Q 02Which game series was the main inspiration for Stardew Valley?
Harvest Moon
Barone felt the series had gone downhill after Back to Nature and set out to build the version he wished existed.
Q 03What was the game's original working title?
Sprout Valley
Barone spent five years on it, and it began as a fan-made alternative to later Harvest Moon games.
Q 04What job was Barone working while making Stardew Valley?
Usher at a Seattle theatre
He had graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma in 2011 and could not find programming work.
Q 05Which British studio published Stardew Valley at launch?
Chucklefish
Its director Finn Brice approached Barone after the Steam Greenlight campaign; Barone later took back the publishing rights himself.
Q 06In what year was Stardew Valley first released, for Windows?
2016
Linux and macOS ports followed in July, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December of the same year.
Q 07The player inherits the farm from which relative?
Their grandfather
His letter is the first thing you see; his ghost returns at the start of year three to judge how you have done.
Q 08The player quits a corporate job at which company before moving to the valley?
Joja
JojaMart then turns up in town as Pierre's rival; buy a membership and the Community Center becomes a warehouse.
Q 09What is the settlement next to the player's farm called?
Pelican Town
The whole valley shares the game's name; the town has a saloon, a clinic, a museum and Pierre's General Store.
Q 10How many bachelors and bachelorettes can the player marry?
12
Six of each, and marriage is possible regardless of gender; the spouse then helps with chores like watering and feeding animals.
Q 11Which item do you give to a marriage candidate to propose?
A Mermaid's Pendant
The Old Mariner sells it for 5,000g, but only on rainy days on the far side of the beach bridge.
Q 12How many hearts of friendship do you need before you can give a marriage candidate a Bouquet?
8
Pierre sells the Bouquet for 200g once you get there; it moves the relationship from friends to dating.
Q 13Who are the forest spirits that live in the broken-down Community Center?
Junimos
Complete their bundles and the building is restored room by room; buy a JojaMart membership instead and it becomes a warehouse.
Q 21Which bachelorette lives in a trailer with her mother Pam and tutors Vincent and Jas?
Penny
She loves books, so much so that any book counts as a loved gift.
Q 22Leah, the artist who lives in a cottage in Cindersap Forest, spends every morning doing what?
Sculpting
She has a large portfolio but is too nervous to show it in public until you give her a push.
Q 23Alex, who lives with his grandparents Evelyn and George, dreams of becoming what?
A professional athlete
His loved gifts are big breakfasts and salmon dinners.
Q 14How much does a JojaMart membership cost, the purchase that permanently replaces the Community Center?
5,000g
After that, community upgrades are bought through the Joja Community Development Form instead of earned through bundles.
Q 15Which marriage candidate lives above the medical clinic and works as the town doctor?
Harvey
His loved gifts include coffee, pickles and truffle oil.
Q 16Which bachelor lives alone in a cabin on the beach and dreams of writing a great novel?
Elliott
He is the game's sentimental romantic, prone to flowery poetic tangents.
Q 17Sebastian, the loner in the basement, is the half-brother of which other marriage candidate?
Maru
Their mother is Robin the carpenter; Sebastian resents that his sister gets all the attention.
Q 18Which bachelorette lives at Pierre's General Store and worries her mother by dyeing her hair blue?
Abigail
Her loved gifts include amethyst, pumpkin and, oddly, spicy eel.
Q 19Shane, who lives at Marnie's Ranch, dreams of raising what?
Free-range chickens
He is one of the twelve candidates and starts out rude and depressed before warming to the player.
Q 20Emily works at Gus's saloon to make ends meet, but her real passion is what?
Tailoring
She loves being given cloth and wool, along with a whole rainbow of gems.
Q 24Krobus, the friendly shadow person, cannot be married but can become your what?
Roommate
He lives in the Sewers and holds a grudge against the dwarves after a thousand-year war.
Q 25Krobus dislikes the Dwarf because of a war between their peoples that lasted how long?
1,000 years
He is the only friendly monster in the game, though he still calls the hostile ones his friends.
Q 26Which key, obtained on floor 120 of the Mines, unlocks the cavern in the desert?
The Skull Key
It also unlocks the Junimo Kart arcade machine in the saloon.
Q 27Gunther hands over the Rusty Key, which opens the Sewers, after you donate how many items to the Museum?
60
Krobus's shop is down there, selling everything from Void Eggs to an Iridium Sprinkler each Friday.
Q 28A Stardrop permanently raises the player's maximum energy by how many points?
34
You have to eat it on the spot; it cannot go into your inventory.
Q 29What does the player take to the Three Pillars in the Calico Desert to receive the Galaxy Sword?
A Prismatic Shard
The shard is consumed; the Adventurer's Guild will later sell the sword for 50,000g.
Q 30Which of these arcade games in the Stardrop Saloon requires the Skull Key to play?
Junimo Kart
Beat all six levels in Progress Mode and you get your own Junimo Kart cabinet in the mail.