The Unhinged World of Stardew Valley Speedruns

[@GrecianGoat]

Imagine some guy moving in down the block, and you don't see him leave his house for a month and a half and the first time he shows up is to pull a prank with your mayor's underwear and some soup

[@TheGavrael]

Legend

[@Safi9099]

legend fr

[@cricketandgraham8644]

i would be afraid

[@SylvesterLazarus]

I remember someone making a speedrun of getting caught digging through the trash by every villager and planed the best route timing the movement and daily routine of the NPCs in order to get it.

[@pianoman7753]

That's hilarious. Time well spent.

[@JohnGraves1985]

I can't imagine being that much of a loser with no life.

[@steverob5]

I'd love to see a Legendary Sashimi speedrun. You have to catch one of the legendary fish (or maybe insist it is the Legend if you want to make it super hard), upgrade your house to get a kitchen, then turn it into Sashimi (which also means befriending Linus to get the recipe). Got the idea only because I once turned a valuable fish (not a legend though) into sushi by accident!

[@SirenPandaSabo]

BlaDe did it for his Summer 2 CC run (He used Legend for it XD)

[@CobaltContrast]

Oof. Turn a hallmark rite of passage into a speed run? Love it.

[@yoisakikanade_]

what did you turn into sushi? was it an octopus or a sturgeon or something

[@steverob5]

@@yoisakikanade_ Lava eel ☹️ if I remember correctly

[@nick1752]

you forgor to add that it must be gifted to Seb as well (gl!!!)

[@PriyaSingh-rx6hx]

this is my favorite video you’ve ever put out. my dumb speedrun that i’ve thought up is george washington% grow a cherry tree and chop it down as soon as possible

[@zoey-oey-oeyd4020]

i am not a speedrunner and in fact i am quite bad but i enjoyed this idea so thoroughly that i went ahead and gave it a shot so...36:10 is the time to beat lol (if i remember i'll reply again with a link to the recording of my attempt when it finishes uploading)

[@robbya.3513]

@@zoey-oey-oeyd4020thats actually hilarious thanks for doing gods work

[@zoey-oey-oeyd4020]

@@robbya.3513 my pleasure!!! :)

[@jemannuelle]

@@zoey-oey-oeyd4020 i love this so much

[@cruisindownthestreetinmy6490]

@@zoey-oey-oeyd4020 waiting

[@TheHaboo]

Don't call him a slime boss, Goobins is my child.

[@davyjones649]

It’s funny how dominant you are in the worthless categorys like cc and perfection, yet you aren’t even on the leaderboard for Underwearsoup%

[@joefrech8862]

Hey Haboo, is there a way to get your mod ported over to the Xbox version of the game?

[@davyjones649]

@@joefrech8862 nope, all mods are pc only

[@SeanieDew]

i have an underwear soup record because i am built different than the rest of yall

[@StrykerEXE]

I'm coming for you

[@d.w.stratton4078]

Have my babies...... And then smother them before they can know the pain of living in this universe that all our gods have forsaken.

[@john3580]

I dont do youtube but im gonna beat your record

[@izzy_is_chaotic]

@@john3580I’m curious, how’s that going for you?

[@john3580]

@@izzy_is_chaotic give me 2 more months

[@michaeldunkerton3805]

I'm a little surprised one of the main categories wouldn't be to reach Grandpa with full approval, since that's what most casual runs would consider the first win condition.

[@nick1752]

But it would take speedrunners to sleep through 2 years or smth... still, the idea is good. Maybe to just meet those conditions of max approval

[@silentstephi]

I just love that this game is still relevant. It's so fun, and so chill. I don't speed run but I do like to try and be efficient every time I play. I have yet to get a perfection run, but it's a comfort game, the chocolate of video games when I need to just curl up and decompress.

[@mage1439]

And I appreciate why and how it's still relevant. No season pass, no microtransactions, just a guy offering free updates for years while making the game incredibly mod-friendly. CA becoming rich from this game makes me very happy.

[@choronos]

I did perfection back when the last big update came out. Having done it once, it's not so intimidating now. I'd say finishing the museum is probably the hardest part, because sometimes certain artifacts just will not drop. Getting maximum hearts with all the villagers can also be tedious. Here are a few things I'm going to keep in mind next time I work towards perfection: -don't miss any villager birthdays, and always give them a loved gift -don't miss the Luau festival -don't miss Queen of Sauce on Sundays -don't miss checking the Traveling Cart on Fridays and Sundays -always pick bat cave, Ginger Island has a free (far superior) mushroom cave anyway -stay of top of catching all of the unique fish season to season, and don't forget to fish on rainy days -start farming oak resin, maple syrup, and pine tar as soon as possible

[@sobblegaming350]

​@@choronosI haven't done it just because cooking is such a mess. Otherwise I would have a much greater motivation

[@slwrabbits]

​@@sobblegaming350I can't get all the walnuts :( the dart game is really hard

[@DrZaius3141]

@@sobblegaming350 For cooking: Make sure you grab all QoS recipes and get maxed hearts. Then check the wiki for a list of all the necessary ingredients. Get them all (use magic bait/Pierre's list/Ginger Island to get it all). Buy 3-4 fridges from Robin, fill them with the stuff. Then just click all the recipes one by one. There's also an option that shows you how often you've crafted/cooked something so you know which ones you've already done. @slwrabbits Dart game isn't too hard. Remember that triple-20 is the highest result. You need to learn to evaluate where the centre of the circle is - once it's over the trip 20, you start pressing until the circle is small enough to only cover triple-20. It also helps to be patient. There's no time limit, just wait till the circle gets to where it needs to be. @choronos The website "Stardew Checkup" (just google it) and it's sister site "Stardew Predictor" help a lot with keeping track. The predictor also allows you to hunt geodes for specific stuff. It's kinda cheaty, but ultimately you decide how you want to play the game. Personally, the one thing I dread on every perfection run is the "Simon Says" puzzle on Ginger Island. It's why I have only completed perfection six times...

[@appleschloss]

Speedruns are just so neat i always wanna try em but never have the patience. Blade's speedruns are next level man

[@dianauwu1312]

Just find a game and category you like and go for it! You don't gotta be good, just chasing PBs and personal progression is immensely satisfying

[@sarahdougall9535]

"There's two ways to do the Posh% the normal way and the stupid way" Seanie, after doing the stupid way: 👀

[@HaydenPitman]

I don't know if it was intentional, but using music used often by channels like summoning salt is such a good little detail for those who understand the reference.

[@mello-by]

Was definitely intentional

[@velvetbutterfly]

Everyone who even mentions speedruns offhandedly uses Summoning Salt music these days

[@emaildomain]

I’ve only ever watched videos abt speedrunning from summoning salt before so I was momentarily disoriented lol

[@The_Sloth_Guy]

What's the music used during the soup bit?

[@choronos]

Summoning Salt is great. I have no real interest in speed runs, but I watch all of his videos because the way he presents the history of various world records is so engaging. It's like a story with characters you start to get attached to and twists and turns in the plot. The subject of speed run world records could be so dry and boring if presented by someone just reading out the facts.

[@trianthania]

Oh hey that's me! Nah but for real though I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos Salmence! Doing the random wheel items not only gave me a chance to grow in the stardew space, but also allowed me to get better at speedrunning as a whole and grow my own little community! seeing myself in a video like this gives me goosebumps lol (also I tried commenting on the video before and it got deleted or flagged or smth? idk though so I'm commenting again)

[@sliimyaxoltl3889]

[@dimwarlock]

Just today I watched Haboo make "speedrunning the alphabet" and I loved it, specially when the roulettes made his chat angry. It is fun to see tha chat suffering instead of the streamer for a change, there should be balance, not only entertainers should boil in heavy emotions.

[@slwrabbits]

this is an interesting level of meta, where one set of people watching the player becomes entertainment for the next set of people who watch both the player and the watchers

[@B3ans0nT0ast]

YOU CAN PUT HATS ON SEA URCHINS???? Im in love with seaurchin%

[@colin5227]

You can do it in real life too, they like it

[@honeyarsonist]

Great news! the 1.6 update lets u put hats on pets

[@fuytaro]

the entire pants soup section was pure gold

[@mandaloriandy]

I wonder if the sea urchin hat could be made faster with a trash can hat on the way to Willie's, instead of cutting fiber for a living hat?

[@mirjanbouma]

I like that idea!

[@koiboi7049]

meme speedruns for any game have such a special place in my heart, especially in older games that have bored playerbases who just want to see how much silly stuff they can pull off. shoutout to skurry's hollow knight grass% run

[@EluneAnzu]

"Thick Junimo run" sounds like it could be the joke name for a speed run where you get the Junimo plush from near the playground

[@outsanely]

i really like blade's TAS runs! The focus tends to be on preparation for the run rather than the run itself, and you can predict a lot of the rng elements using a computer to do frame-specific things. Plus, it's a nice option for people who can't physically sit and play the game over and over (either due to disability, time constraints, etc)

[@freya1548]

Blade is truly insane. Love his content 😂

[@charliegreen7988]

I’m sorry did you say Haboo got perfection in 21 hours???? Bro isn’t even real at this point😭

[@mirjanbouma]

He did, istg he's not human 😮

[@Albinojackrussel]

I'm not such a fan of stardew speedruns. But I love minimum in game time runs (ie a day counts as a day whether you stay up until 2am or go back to bed at 6am). I love watching people wring every possible but of useful time out of that game.

[@DrZaius3141]

I too think that that's the more approachable way of "speed"running the game. Something feels wrong about sleeping until winter, exploiting dirt farming for winter foragables and later on sleeping for entire weeks at a time so you maximize keg output. Too bad that when it comes to perfection, 2 years is literally the minimum (Queen of Sauce is the deciding factor) and it's not really too hard to do. Sure, you need to plan ahead and money will be non-trivial, but it's doable.

[@nxxb88]

Loved the Summoning Salt reference with the music

[@kristym7149]

"Only one man was up to the task....hyqkkx" was perfect comedy. I replayed that part like 6 times because it was just that good.

[@ArtbyTuna]

such a great review of the speedrun scene. thanks so much for covering all the fun stuff and showing me new ones too!!

[@Nightweaver1]

The best games can be played multiple ways and have emergent gameplay, and Stardew has all of those and more. It can be relaxing, it can be competitive, it can inspire inventive ways of tackling problems. Concerned Ape may have created close to a perfect game.

[@jdgonzo1982]

you even used the "ode to speed running" anthem that Summoning Salt loves to use...gives me the chills every time I hear it :) 8:27 ...nice little detail

[@EthanM_]

Thank you for showing more about Speedrunning. Us speedrunners appreciate it and you did an excellent job

[@WendyJr_]

Yooo so happy more creators are talking about speedrunning stardew valley!! The favorite run ive ever made live was ExplodingBouncer%, i think its so pointless and funny Also awesome vid!

[@NMP_99]

So glad Trianthania got a big mention. When I first started playing Stardew he was the first person who I saw on KZbin play it when I went to learn abt it. Binged all his vids. Underrated for sure

[@trianthania]

❤❤❤ Glad you enjoy the videos :D

[@NMP_99]

@@trianthania ofc ur sick dude

[@beanmcknee1610]

Summoning salt music/editing for underwear soup run is peak comedy

[@TheQueerTailor]

My own little speedrun I want to do is what I like to call “the speed run of trans your gender” basically you must get 4 stars with the wizard to open up the shrine of illusion and change your name and gender/appearance

[@CP-ll6qg]

Oh that's good

[@mewr11]

Didn't SeanieDew attempt a Posh% run with the XMas strat before giving up and doing it normally?

[@Silburific]

Yeah- I just watched it again yesterday. "Penny is an adult?"

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

​@@Silburificto be fair she certainly acts like a 12 year old 😂

[@CottonKerndy2000]

@@3possumsinatrenchcoat Idk, Sam acts the most immature of them all tbh. In what way does she act 12 though? Lmfao

[@trashmammal111]

he did, i was there for the livestream. i assure you chat did not let it go that he thought most of the marriage candidates "were like 12" without realizing or questioning the implications of it til then 😂😂😧😓

[@oopydoopypoopy]

Seanie did a lot of the stuff on the list and for some reason Salamence only mentions him once, questioning why he’s even on the leaderboard for one of the runs.

[@catherinekoester2392]

Another great video, loved the music lol. I feel like i know everything about the game/ community but i watch your videos anyway bc they make me feel included in the community 💕

[@janeenschultz8502]

Even ConcernedApe was impressed with the slime hutch video by Brandigan. It was super cool.

[@elim.4831]

7:50 I love how he just repeats "That's world record ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

[@lyyretv1126]

Love this content!!! Would love deeper dives into each category’s history

[@rileyislame]

Animation canceling kinda works on console, you just have to tap the button again at a specific point in the animation for it to start over and if you keep timing it right it’s significantly faster than just holding the button down. Just mash the button a bunch till you find the sweet spot

[@Remixthisgaming]

Thanks for all the content you made. I didn't know what I was doing really with my first year so I'm kind of treating my second year is my first year and your guides have helped a lot. But the nice thing is I don't really need to get everything done in one year so it's pretty relaxing

[@kaw8473]

That speedrun waiting for winter just sounds like depression; water, sleep, check for rain, repeat.

[@alexab913]

Thank you for the quick explanation of animation cancelling. I have been starting to use it in my personal playthroughs and was wondering why I was sometimes not doing the action. Apparently i was cencelling too fast and didn't know that was a thing

[@caora100]

when i first started playing stardew i was like speedrunning defeats the whole purpose…… then i played enough and now i get it LOL

[@half-faust]

I love an unconventional speedrun, category extensions is where the real good stuff is

[@tatlbok]

Speed running is always so interesting to me! Great video

[@SirenPandaSabo]

Thanks for the video, Sal. I am on an Esports course and I have to talk about Speedrunning cozy games, like Stardew Valley. This will greatly help ❤ Many thanks ❤😊

[@roberthiltz2741]

I’m not a speed runner for sure, but I love learning about and watching them! Fun video 👍🏻

[@ChaosandKirby]

I love how since Stardew has so much content, there are limitless things to speedrun. It just takes a little creativity and some knowledge of any random game feature.

[@SImrobert2001]

There's a youtube called Blade who does all sorts of speedy run-like stuff in Stardew Valley. Recently, he married Penny in year one, before the sping dance. There's another video of his about "Donating 60 items to the museum in day one."

[@Destradamose]

8:27 Phew. Got a little salty didn't you. That was great.

[@YourRyeBread]

Speedrunning was my introduction to the game or my introduction to playing and loving the game so I enjoyed this thoroughly as a nostalgia fest (it was years ago I got started)

[@treydiesel3902]

"That's WR... thats WR, Thats WR, I- Thats WR" "This is the World Record" LMAO

[@stavage7342]

That summoning salt music is a very nice touch!

[@enderwiggins8248]

Love the summoning salt style music

[@L1nkk9E]

I love that you put the epic music at the underwear % run :D

[@MilesTheMan]

14:02 And then 6 months later, he did it and achieved the world record!

[@zaineoakley5555]

Seanie tried the feast of the winter star + emerald strategy

[@salmence100]

I had no clue! I should've gotten his take on that section lol

[@catherinechan3313]

Penny is an adult?????

[@nathanwongchinrenntps2403]

Seanie also tried the underwear soup. He made a video on it

[@zaineoakley5555]

@@nathanwongchinrenntps2403 yeah but that was mentioned as he was 5th

[@oopydoopypoopy]

@@nathanwongchinrenntps2403and he created the hat mouse category.

[@Bokem44]

I love your edits dammit. The old Nintendo edit with the sea urchin trio coming together is great.

[@someperson8984]

SamanthaCoffin is at the top of a lot of these leaderboards. It seems like she could be famous like Haboo - I find it strange that she's not.

[@Underscore76]

Those of us in the scene know Samantha is elite™️, one of only a handful to get sub 3 hour CC, vanilla CC WR holder, handful of others, and generally an all-around wonderful person. KZbin presence does a lot to warp perception/they returned to the scene a little bit later and so just not well known outside the speedrun community but they’re the best!

[@Needlessacorn90]

For a game about calming and and relaxing gameplay I’m shock ppl have pushed this game to its core to speed run it

[@velvetbutterfly]

People will make anything competitive. Look at Watermelon Game

[@SirenPandaSabo]

You can speedrun most games if you know how to do certain things in the game.

[@cleberva]

I love the heavy inspiration taken from summoning salt!

[@big_ole_queer_mess]

The Summoning Salt music made me grin like a maniac, I'd love a Stardew Valley record progression video from Summoning Salt or longer-form videos like that from Salamence

[@kitch3876]

HELP THE FARM COVERED IN TREES IS SENDING ME

[@raivrztmushmp]

The seaurchin can be made also with the trash hat, way easier to obtain than the living hat as you can just get the fishing rod and fish it at the fountain near the community center

[@lucydoosydoo]

oh my god is that a summoning salt reference (i love we’re finally landing)

[@vasilkalov2622]

Personal favorite - Low%. I have done it for fun (no submittion, no recording, etc.) and would love to see more people do it :D

[@SirSmuggler]

I'd like to se a speedrun category where the time is measured in game rather then irl. No more sleeping days away!

[@WendyJr_]

This is called a "mim-max", there is a lot of creators that NAIL it!! Blade and Cordite are the masters of it, recently Blade made a vid of donating 60 items to the museum on day 1 y1

[@thalandor46]

Aw man, my favorite Trianthania Wheel run is Joja Cola, where he completes the run in 6:15 by...playing Terraria 🤣

[@wsinbad1356]

I'm glad people enjoy this game in many different ways including speed running. I like to watch a good speed run once in a while. I tried my own speed run a couple years ago, time to finish Joja membership with only income allowed from fishing. I did it by summer day 2. I could probably beat that time pretty easily, but don't ever want to do that again.

[@louloudaki_]

diabolical that haboo hasn’t submitted his perfection wr run

[@edgarguzman6515]

When the summoning salt music came in, I lost it

[@iSqueam]

I died at the Summoning Salt music 😂

[@NoIdleSims]

As someone who got into Stardew Valley after my Sims games kept crashing on my laptop and I wanted another game in the general simulation category, this aspect of Stardew is hilarious to me! I will absolutely not be trying a speed run but love that people strategize and find ways to optimize a game I'm trying to use to just unwind at the end of the day.😂 (For the record, I also play games like Civilization or Elder Scrolls, so other game genres are not lost on me but definitely got into Stardew for the farming sim content, and the strategy aspect has been a pleasant surprise).

[@kennyholmes5196]

Kinda surprised you didn't mention hutharvest%, which basically boils down to "Get the Junimo Hut, put a box of raisins in it, plant a crop after that, then watch the Junimos harvest the crop. Time ends when the fruit or veggie leaves the screen." Then again, I just made up the category on the spot.

[@bandana_girl6507]

I still would like if there was a leaderboard for some of the categories ordered by in game time rather than IRL time. That is, after all, the timing method grandpa sets for you for evaluation (though he does extend your eligibility). It would give some of the odd challenge runs a more competitive scene (though Bla_De would almost certainly dominate seeded, especially if dynamic seeding is allowed)

[@salmence100]

I think that would be a really fun spin off, especially for some of the more intricate runs like posh% and perfection!

[@bandana_girl6507]

@@salmence100 Yes, though admittedly, a few of them are going to have super high chances for ties (like, if you have sewers unlock as a category, that happens the morning after everything is handed in), so tie-breaking methods would be needed (like *when* during the previous day did you turn in the last thing that made it possible). Oh, and with sewers unlock, I don't think anyone's going to try and beat BlaDe for dynamic seeded glitched because the grind he did to get enough geodes and other drops is frightening. I might consider TASing stuff like that, though

[@Underscore76]

⁠@@bandana_girl6507well there’s a smapi mod for building TASes so get to work 😉

[@i_am_Emmet]

i have a gimmick run that i've been playing thats basically a marriage% run for Sebastian specifically but with a bit more theming, i call it: "GAY🖤EMO farm". my basic goal is to marry Sebastian as fast as i could, i also watched all his cutscenes because i wasn't timing myself. i made my character be a guy and wear all black, to truly fit the name. after i married him my new goals were to 1. complete the community centre, 2. have a chicken coop of only void chickens, and 3. (most importantly) be the best damn husband this side of Ginger Island! i played on the hilltop farm to try something new but the run would probably be better with better fish chances and more space for crab pots for sashimi. i think if someone wanted to do a marriage% run thats a little more silly this could be fun.

[@artnerdo2895]

My jaw DROPPED when he said "the living hat" 😭😭

[@TheGoodyNL]

Did my man just really use _the_ summoning salt song for the Underwearsoup%? 😂

[@kermiefrog4127]

This is a really great video

[@mayrimbas]

the editing is chef's kiss

[@avatarninjacat]

There's a video on his channel. Something like "Speedrunning stardews hardest mod"

[@jovishark]

i was so surprised by the summoningsalt reference, but it was so cute!

[@TheCyanAngel]

"I think I'm onto something with the feast of the winter star idea" A comment that aged like... wine :D

[@salmence100]

The almost year long foreshadowing lol

[@Giga-lemesh]

I can't believe you left out imperfection! I know you didn't do it strictly as a speed run, but it definitely could be one

[@evanevans5428]

Welp. A sea urchin recipe brought me here. Now I need a Raspberry Pie.

[@morfy42]

8:30, ah the official musical theme of the speed run world record

[@presidentbolbi1401]

For the “posh%,” the consistency can be achieved in a different way, as being married to Leah guarantees a wine on Winter 28. Is it super useful? Not really, but I think it’s neat

[@nicolasrededeo805]

Why does the seaurchin% run not try to get the garbage hat? Seems like you could check a garbage can on the way to the beach

[@HelloMxMath]

You have to open at least 20 garbage cans for the hat to appear, so you would have to go out a minimum of 3 days just for the chance. That plus having to wait for Willy's shop to open means that living hat will be faster. (I feel someone has timed out checking 20 cans too but I can't remember who or when that happened)

[@DeltaDoUrden]

19:21 being above BlaDe in anything is really impressive

[@CocoForBird]

8:15 i was not expecting to hear this on a Tuesday morning WHAT.

[@buttonzthecat8945]

The Summoning Salt reference for UnderwearSoup% was great.

[@rayasunshine2909]

YAY SALMENCE UPLOADED 😊

[@LadyAstraan]

Because of the title of this, I thought I was about to watch a Caddicarus video. Now, this is high praise of course!

[@gavinmitchellmusic]

Albino liger is one of my favorite competitors. Such a nice dude

[@kendalroyco]

for the sea urchin hat speed run couldnt an easier one than the living hat be: trash can hat? while u run to the beach to get the aquarium you could check jodis and haleys house (maybe lewis too) and hope luck is on your side. chances are higher than the living hat anyways and seems just as optimised

[@galieu788]

you need to open 20 cans first before you can get it unfortunately!

[@kendalroyco]

@@galieu788 ohh okay, for some reason i thought it was a 1/20 chance i cant breathe 😭😭😭😭

[@viktoranderas9541]

I actually want to try getting the Posh% world record now. I'm going to do some research and see how hard it is. But at least with good luck it wouldn't take an hour. So this seems very doable.

[@myntstrawberry]

here’s a terrible run idea for posh%: unlock the bus, get in the casino, purchase the statue of fortune, wait for harvey’s birthday to get a free regular wine

[@85wutaiflea]

I wonder if it would be competitive to get milk as a gift from Sandy for the Posh run, compared to getting a barn/cow/cheese press. You also get wine from some spouses from new years eve, so if you couldn't get FoWS, your run would have a fallback.

[@momo_1111-x4g]

11:19 the editing here had me in stitches 😂 I’ve watched it like 8 times over and it gets more and more funny every time!!! 😂🫶

[@FruitNDoggie]

5:46 Get down, get down! Ohhh yeahhh.

[@Maqya]

4:15 serious Sam Siberian mayhem spotted

[@HelloMxMath]

l love watching stuff about speedruns in Stardew and always love to see more. I do feel it is important to note while the "Junimo Kart" category is exactly as described, there is also "Junimo Kart Progress Mode" which /is/ just play Junimo Kart and win. However because the run is just go thru the levels that are mostly at a set speed, there is a lot of getting really good at the game as well as RNG. Level 2 in the game can really make or break a run with the fact that completing it successfully means skipping a level and that the ice is the only way you can speed up the kart at all. It's extremely reset heavy just to get a PB.