SVE - Is there a discussion board for Stardew Valley Extended

[GDawney]

I love looking through the wiki and the resources here to find out how to do things. When I play SVE, I get stuck and I don't seem to have the same resources. I have gone through the SVE Wiki, but there is a LOT missing from there. Is there a discussion board someplace where I can ask questions about SVE gameplay?

 

[Quirinea]

Do they have a Discord server? I would expect that.

 

[qaija]

I didn't even know there was a mod that appears to just increase different things you normally do in the regular SV. Who here plays with the SVE mod? And if so, why do you recommend playing with it?

 

[Lenora Rose]

Stardew Valley Expanded (not extended) adds a lot more than "just increase things you normally do".

This is the summary text: "Stardew Valley Expanded is a fanmade expansion for ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley. This mod adds 27 new NPCs, 50 locations, 260 character events, 27 fish, reimagined vanilla areas, two farm maps, a reimagined world map reflecting all changes, new music, questlines, objects, crops, festivals, and many miscellaneous additions!"

I haven't played with it yet myself because it adds so much, but I suspect the reason is the same as why I added smaller curated sets of mods; I love the game but sometimes want to have some surprises or some freshness. My first three mods were Diverse Stardew Valley because I thought everyone being utterly white except 2 people bothered me a little, automatic gates, because I found constantly opening and closing gates more of a nuisance than such a tiny thing should be, and the Canon-Friendly Dialogue Expansion, which gives the vanilla characters all a bit more to say and is the one I'd recommend to anyone including people who see no point in mods otherwise or people cautious about dipping in their toes. Because suddenly it's more fun making friends with the NPCs again. Having people say surprising but totally in character things is a reward in itself.

 

[ThePerfectGarden]

I love playing SVE because of the greatly enlarged territory and lots of hidden new locations. There's a forest so large that I still get lost in it. It's full of nice decorations and changes everywhere, so it's full of surprises. Your farm is twice as large as in vanilla, which may cut both ways. because it takes forever to set it up. In this respect SVE might be better suited for multiplayer. On the other hand, it takes much longer before you start to get bored than it does in vanilla.

Unfortunately, I don't know any SVE forums either. I would welcome to find one, since the SVE wiki is nothing but a stub for the time being (?).

 

[ValleyGirl]

I've just installed SVE today and started playing it - love it so far - loads of new characters and locations.

 

[wildandblue]

There's an active SVE community on Reddit here. On the main page there's a link to an SVE Discord, although I can't vouch for its activity.

 

[Ailsaek]

If anybody knows how to find the Secret Woods, I’d be most grateful.

 

[wildandblue]

If anybody knows how to find the Secret Woods, I’d be most grateful.

Secret Woods in SVE is in the same location as vanilla SDV. There's a helpful wiki here describing it. If you meant Junimo Woods in SVE, you can get some hints by searching for it in that same wiki.