The main stardew wiki and SMApi and all are useful as references but not as tutorials, and I can't imagine learning to code easily from videos.
You really want to go here to start:
Welcome to the Stardew Modding Wiki, a collaborative wiki resource about making mods for the game Stardew Valley.
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For event specific ones within that:
Last edited by Logo on 2026-06-21 23:36:04 This tutorial breaks down Sunberry Village's simplest and shortest event to help explain each command. “20031402”: This is your event ID. Make sure it’s unique. You can prefix it with your update key (AKA the number on the link to your mod page). The...
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Breaks down what each part of the event code is and means, for a very bare bones simple event. This is the best one that provides the basic definitions what each piece is, what it does, what has to go in what order. This is handy for the first basic breakdown, but contains only one example of event writing. I do note it uses i18n formatting instead of direct dialogue, but doesn't fully explain it (i18n involves putting all the dialogue into a separate file, which is handy for translators. If you prefer, you can just put whatever the characters say directly between the \" marks) .
Last edited by Logo on 2026-06-27 22:27:14 This guide attempts to provide a more in-depth explanation to modding events as a reference for both beginners and experts.
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This was, seriously, my single biggest event teacher. I flipped through the others for further advice and support, but this is the core one. Much more complex than the first tutorial, gets into way more nitty gritty, and includes lots of examples.
Last edited by Logo on 2026-06-06 23:02:50 I recently overcame my fear of events and wrote several in a short span of time. I wanted to share some of the things I learned that helped me. As the page title suggests, I'm not an expert. If you're looking for information from that level of...
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As it says, this is less a tutorial than it is a bunch of links to other tutorials and a bunch of tips. Less organized, less how to, but still handy.
There's more, but the latter two above contain lots of links to other helpful resources. Including the modding stuff on the main wiki here, which is good as a reference once you have an idea what you're doing and are looking for the commands to do it.
The SDV Discord also has a whole discussion page for the purpose, but the conversation goes fast.
