Stardew Valley's Largest Mod Yet

[@salmence100]

Official note about the 1.6 update from the creator of MARGO, DaLion: "Since a lot of people have been asking about MARGO update this will be my official announcement about it: Obviously a lot has changed in 1.6. Not just in terms of base game code changes, but also new content. Both of these things have huge impact to MARGO. MARGO was originally coded to make surgical changes to the vanilla code (i.e. mostly transpilers) in order to be as lightweight as possible, and that has gloriously backfired since now most of it needs to be rewritten. And there's no way to know in advance what needs to be rewritten, which means effectively I need to redo everything. MARGO is a huge mod with almost 200 of these surgical changes and hundreds of thousands of lines of code. Imagine my enthusiasm to get started. With the new content changes, several MARGO features are obsolete, yet others will need to be rebalanced. That is to say, it's not just a matter of updating the code, but conceptually the whole mod needs to be revised. So the TL;DR: - Yes, I do intend to update it. - No, I have not even started. - When I do, it will take time. May not even come out this year. - Whenever the update comes out, it will probably be a very different mod. I suggest everyone try out Kedi's talent mod when that comes, which will be much sooner than the MARGO update. Please help to spread the message if you see people asking about MARGO." I have no clue why the github page is down, here's the link if it ever goes back up: github.com/daleao/modular-overhaul

[@angelotonelli7590]

The Github doesn't have a config menu for some reason

[@icecp6532]

You should probably pin this message.

[@salmence100]

@@icecp6532 And this is how I learned that editing a comment will unpin it lmao

[@AeonKnigh432]

That is immensely annoying considering that Nexus is the main source for modding.

[@tanakisoup]

@@AeonKnigh432 I’m pretty sure they took it down because it kept getting flagged for suspicious activity. The dev is constantly making small changes (like, pretty much every day), so it’ll often get flagged for getting updated like 12 times in a week

[@frogtank4407]

my computer, already struggling with 10 mods: *sweats nervously*

[@Ylurple]

lol same me with a macbook air

[@TPCMusicYT]

Me with 50 mods on my 8GB RAM Laptop "This is fine. (sips coffee while engulfed in flame)"

[@Dasgewt1]

I'm a huge fan of MARGO, love to see it getting highlighted. For people coming from Skyrim modding, the creators intention here (from posts) are to make "Enairim" for Stardew, and they knocked it out of the park.

[@llukelcs]

That explains the Wabbajack! I love it.

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

Enairim is basically essential to playing Skyrim and I can definitely see MARGO getting to that point, even if I haven't played it myself. reminded me of project nevada for new vegas, a lot of new stuff and changes but heavily customizable

[@Dasgewt1]

@@kittyshippercavegirl It's a modding style that I've come to love whenever I see it. Total overhaul focused on interlocking systems and balance improvements. Customizable to the nth degree, and thoroughly fun. I run MARGO and Balanced Valley (another mod focused on making balance changes to various item values to even out playstyles and change up how crops work) alongside various other things. It's a difficult mod list comparative to others I've seen, but the added difficulty makes things like automate feel less cheaty.

[@salmence100]

It would've felt wrong to NOT make a video on this mod after people pointed it out to me, it's genuinely impressive how much work has been done

[@highdefinition450]

​@@kittyshippercavegirlnah not essential imo lol it's cool tho

[@wavypavy4059]

The professions module is my favourite thing to keep long modded playthroughs interesting. Prestiging skills is such a satisfying system and keeps me actually fishing and gathering late game when I might otherwise just rely on farm artisan goods.

[@slwrabbits]

I'd immediately become obsessed with attaining every possible bonus ... would probably drive myself bonkers.

[@rasheedandres1000]

I remember this mod as the walk of life mod which I thought stopped updating. Good to know it expanded since it really creates a fresh gameplay experience.

[@E_2the_mma]

I thought that some of the features was the same in another mod that I used before, thank you for telling me I wasn't insane

[@jonathandoherty8594]

I have this mod and i gotta say, the offensive sword special is amazing for just shooting around town

[@salmence100]

And it scales with your speed buff too! So if you have a coffee, the special will be faster too

[@benvictim]

tbh I like the taxes module. It makes things so much more challenging. I kind of really disliked how once I became good at the game... it was super easy to basically get infinite money by summer.

[@willsmich506]

Yeah, definitely screws over the strawberry strat a little. As the moment you get a couple thousand then it just starts snowballing

[@MegaKBang]

​@@willsmich506 nah, strawberries are still crazy good. Source: I did it.

[@Arrowdodger]

I think I will turn the tax one off. If the Republic wanted my taxes, I wouldn't have to make all of the public works happen by myself while they ignore the broken bus, bridge, etc.

[@renharris6504]

I feel like the base game even implies that Lewis could have used the taxes from other shops to fix all this stuff, but embezzled the funds to build a gold statue of himself instead. >:(

[@sashuo5961]

That's an interesting way of saying tax evasion

[@juror12]

Welcome to third world countries lol

[@Chronically_ChiII]

@Arrowdodger Looks like you're justifying tax evasion just like people exactly do it in real life :D

[@rizaldiaulia7496]

Its more like Lewis than the Republic tho, IMO. 🤣

[@starshapedwings3582]

I've been considering this mod for a while now! Especially for the gemstone music theory stuff you get with the rings. When 1.6 releases, I'm def starting a new playthrough 😊 Great stuff as always!

[@tanakisoup]

For anyone wondering, the mod has been split into a couple mods by DaLion, uploaded by VonLoewe on Nexus. The main one is Walk of Life Rebirth, but that only has the profession changes, with the other changes being in the other mods

[@victoriahewitt9938]

Yup, I'm starting a new playthrough now 😁 Thanks so much for sharing this!!!

[@Chronically_ChiII]

does it work with SDV expanded?

[@AStaff-gh4vo]

I dunno why I thought it was hilarious seeing the character melee-attacking with a slingshot, because I'm picturing the character going "shitshitshitshit--" while frantically hitting the enemy

[@salmence100]

I just remembered that I meant to edit in bonk noises there lol

[@DqwertyC]

I've been playing with MARGO for a bit. I like that upgrading weapons is a bit more of a challenge now, but also much more satisfying in the end. My main weapon is an infinity dagger with four garnets for cooldown reduction. I have an infinity ring with a bunch of different gems that form a "chord" and cause the gems in the dagger to "resonate" as well, bringing the overall cooldown reduction to 100%. My other ring is a combined napalm/slime charmer ring, which still works like vanilla. I have a buff from the "demolitionist" profession that gives a small speed boost after being in an explosion. All this together means that, while I don't have a large area for attacks, I can one hit most enemies with the dagger's special, get a speed boost from the napalm-ring explosion, quickly dash to the next enemy, and repeat.

[@Miss_Palindrome]

I actually have never been SO convinced to get a SDV mod before to try out. I typically play vanilla and watch these mod videos for fun, but this overhaul is INSANE! The prestige part has me incredibly curious. It makes me want to create a copy of my most played save file and mess around with it to see how quickly I could get to level 10 from 1 with my current setup.

[@Ygoti]

One of my favorit mods, I tend to use this in every new playthrough! So glad you bring more attention to it! (And also nice to see how many people already know of this mod!)

[@bear_trap107]

Wow, could you imagine having both this AND the expanded mod, it'd feel like an entirely new game.

[@UltimateSpinDash]

Oh wow, that change to Artisan was exactly what I was thinking about a few weeks ago. The prestige mechanic also gives a way to use all the XP you get after level 10.

[@Xylix_x]

Finally some recognition for MARGO, I accidentally installed it once and haven't been able to play without it since

[@WoofiePup]

Accidentaly? How? Lol you need so much step to instal a mod you cant accidentaly instal it or i mean if you got multiple mod tab and instal 1 by 1 and instal this one by mistake sure then but need requirement probably

[@jessicak7965]

​@woofiehusky6630 i mean i guess if you thought it was something else when you installed it that could be considered accidental?

[@Xylix_x]

​@WoofiePup i was just installing mods that I saw on a video. I didn't check to see what I was installing I was just installing stuff so I didn't really read anything and just installed everything

[@gferrol118]

Im glad Ive only put a couple hours into my new save, since this looks like a great thing to add to my modded playthrough

[@emileeasaurasrex1428]

I had like 300 mods and it took like 40 minutes to load my world like everytime but after I added this mod it only took me like 10-15 minutes to load up a world which is pretty nice

[@eldritchskye2608]

bro thinks he playing modded 1.12 minecraft

[@Cressxlia]

This is my first time hearing of this mod, and I'm so glad you shed light on it! ✨ I'm very impressed about how much work was put into this mod and I'm super excited to try it out! Thank you so much for making a video on it! :)

[@precisamesmo]

I love this mod, it rebalances the game so well, I'm glad to see you highlighting it ☺️

[@Chronically_ChiII]

Does it work with SDV expanded?

[@precisamesmo]

​@@Chronically_ChiIIBeautifully so

[@Arrowdodger]

Honestly, I dig this, very nice. I'll have to check this out, like especially the professions.

[@natnat444]

i am so tired and just down in general but your videos always make me so happy!

[@huellas8117]

hope you are doing better!

[@Asapps]

Been running the Tax part of the mod on my modded series. I like it. Adds more challenge to the game.

[@Mr.Smudge]

Thanks for such a helpful video I will definitely use this

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Started playing again SV during the holidays as a coping mechanism, going as far as using almost 100 mods (thanks Poxial) to spice up my game, adding SVE and Ridgeside village to the mix, and now with a fully fledged and working powerstation of a farm I'm a little bit bored by everything going smooth and fine even before Year 2 winter KZbin suggestions brought me here and I gotta say I'm quite tempted to start over with a bit more challenging playthrough

[@MrGoromous]

What made your playthrough so fast/efficient and boring? I'm getting my first modded play through together and I definitely don't want to find myself in the same boat. Are there any mods that are too OP, etc? Any mods you wish you hadn't used? Thanks for your time

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

@@MrGoromous most definitely two mods did the trick, time speed and a specific feature of Stardew Valley Expanded I nodded my days to be a little bit longer in the beginning of the playthrough because I felt days were too short for everything (though disabling it a few seasons later, after getting the sprinklers) and the fact that in a new map, right to the blacksmith, there is a bridge where from the beginning some very valuable fishes are present, which made available for me some useful upgrades very fast I wouldn't say I was "bored" but it's just that I liked doing the first 100 days this much that I'm willing to do it again with a strict progression set of rules 😂 having to pay taxes will definitely be something to make peace with

[@BlindmanDru]

This is really interesting. I will have to try it out. I love finding mods for stardew that keep the game interesting. I have found that stardew captivates me in way no other similar game does.

[@tallytart9831]

the combat changes are wild holy shit im gonna have to get this just for that

[@victornguyen1175]

Now THIS is a mod worth installing for 1.6

[@ew2dr]

thanks for the video! its so funny to me how you basically have a whole different game if you install enough mods.

[@ew2dr]

i genuinely have like a 100 of them already, most are cosmetics (recolors, new sprites, seasonal outfits etc), a couple are character \ location expansions (SVE + ridgeside because i wanted to romance jio) and .. now this one is here too

[@jonaton7910]

Man this looks like such a cool mod! I love the offensive sword special and the little improvements

[@michaelmalone7789]

As a Switch player, this is getting me closer & closer to downloading on PC!

[@blackmoon8459]

Best part, if you want the familiarity of switch controllers, they're all Bluetooth, so you can hook either the Pro controller, or two JoyCons up to your computer via Bluetooth. Or you can transition over to mouse and keyboard.

[@dem_stupidz]

Honestly its pretty weird we dont get taxes in the normal game.

[@andrehashimoto8056]

tbh SV is a GAME, Realism should only go to the level where it won't sour the experience excessively, and tbh, Taxes are a chore NO ONE likes to hear about (Also tbh the US until the WWs did not do taxation like the rest of the world, in the federal scale at least) unless it's an obligation, of which it enters the opposite of fun for most things.

[@Trueberryboi]

It’s good that they aren’t

[@placeholderdoe]

@@andrehashimoto8056what do you mean I look forward to paying my taxes

[@EroticInferno]

@@Trueberryboiin a “well run society” taxes are just pooling our resources to do things and individual cannot accomplish. It’s just our government is totally captured by private interests that funnel public money into the hands of a small minority of largely WASP capital owners that attained their wealth from duplicitous means (historically: slavery). TLDR: taxes aren’t automatically bad, they’re only bad because they don’t actually go toward services for the people but towards servicing select people.

[@EroticInferno]

@@andrehashimoto8056yeah but in this game mayor Lewis collects taxes from the other businesses… you can see him doing rounds and when you talk to him he’ll say he’s there to “collect taxes.” So idk, seems like he should come knocking on our door too

[@Hill-py6gm]

So I saw this video and downloaded the mod yesterday and I just went to update some other mods today to see that this mod is now deleted can anyone confirm if it's gone or if it's just on my end

[@icecp6532]

Gone for me too

[@killerop1116]

yes the mod is gone

[@CelestialMoon10]

It's not just you

[@CommandantLennon]

Taxes or even just crop prices varying season-to-season would keep things fresh for me personally. I'm not big on having a farm full of nothing but corn, so if the best choice crop changes slightly every time I play, I'd love that.

[@buggydust]

i just started a new playthrough using this mod a couple weeks ago! the scavenger hunt mini game is very cute

[@rubyblack7240]

this has been my fav mod for a while now:D

[@WilliamBennettYoutube]

I'm absolutely using this mod. Thanks so much for making this video.🔥

[@annam.6494]

I love these mod videos you do. Every time I think I’ve found all the interesting mods you come out with something I haven’t found yet! 😊

[@alphamale7388]

Hello Sal thanks for the recommendation, I just started another playthrough with MARGO on :D I'd be awesome if you made a video showcasing/explaining how this mod changes professions and what the changes do (if you feel so inclined if not thank you anyway, your vids are awesome)

[@FaerieDust]

I'm really enjoying MARGO right now - it's fun to switch things up a bit, and I love the prestige system for professions. Crab pots are EXTREMELY powerful, especially combined with Automate. I've actually had to place double chests by each set of pots, just so I don't have to check them so frequently. I don't get the detailed config menu shown at 4:01 though, I just get a checklist to toggle each module on/off. I have Professions, Combat, Tools, Ponds, Taxes, and Tweex, and a checkbox next to each. I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong (not unlikely, I'm very new to all of this), if it's a Linux/Steam Deck compatibility issue, or if something is just straight up bugged. It's not the end of the world, just a bit annoying - I'd love to check out the detailed settings!

[@ImJustBag]

Holy carp! I followed this mod before it was called Margo! It was called Walks of Life, and was super fun with Da Leo's other mods like the fishing pond overhaul!!

[@lauraduarte3845]

That's my husband job! So proud! ❤❤❤❤

[@DaisyCloverbee]

Perfect timing. I just found this mod the other day.

[@nickpeck4561]

I sure wanna try this mod out for my next playthrough. Hope i will get used to the tons of changes it does to the game!

[@benvictim]

Video on an overview of the extra skill mods? Like over magic, cooking, love of magic, traveling, binning, socializing, and Archaeology? With what one being your favorite or most well put together at the end?

[@than_487]

Since people are still commenting as of today... I went to get the mod but smapi skips it cause "its missing the .dll". I found one more person to report this, but they have no answer either... can anyone help?

[@Th3RealPascal02]

The mod pack isnt available anymore

[@vivian8977]

This came out earlier then i expected

[@joeman123964]

if you think about it. 10% crit damage is different than 10% attack bonus. if crit is 4x damage, then consider how often you crit. if your damage is 200 per hit, then a crit is 800 dmg. 10% is plus 80. while 10% attack is plus 20. so i guess if you crit every 1-4 attacks, then the 10% crit is good. but if it takes more than 4 attacks then i get what you mean. i havent played since 1.5 release so i forgot the max damage in the game. probably much lower than 200 lol.

[@grace-4072]

this mod is so cool!!! i like the taxes tbh it’s kinda cool and makes it so much easier tbh ,,,

[@christopherstiltner556]

Idk why its weird but seems like it’s been deleted from Nexus. Was there less then five hours ago.

[@Doortodoorgeek]

wow soo much info, thank you!

[@destidrawings]

that mod seems really nice

[@bertsiimon2879]

A minute into the video and i already need this mod :D

[@cupOteaaa]

Been waiting for this!!!

[@thedocblock6421]

Turning off my tax module to simulate REAL tax evasion gameplay

[@TaylerBootz]

Plasma ability - me as a child rubbing my feet on the carpet as I run around to build up static electricity to zap my brother or friend.

[@Anonymous3152]

looks like the git lab and git hub links to this mod return with a 404 error is this mod just gone from the internet?

[@salmence100]

It seems like he may have delisted it since it's not updated for 1.6 yet. Sooo looks like there's no link for it anywhere for now.

[@_RRHH]

Finally... Taxes Update

[@DrunkieCat]

Finally… someone make a video about it

[@rf8964]

0:16 PAIN

[@TrainerShyGuy]

I was today years old when I learned I have been using Plasma Kirby completely wrong.

[@arimantine]

the new combat system reminds me alot of south park the fractured but whole with the knockback damage and status effects

[@Kakarot-go5eb]

does this mod work with stardew valley expanded?

[@Ylurple]

this looks really fun! but the taxes and tweeks aren't my vibe. i might try it and turn those off. i really like the combat stuff. The combat system is pretty barebones, so this will make it less "swing and kill things" and more actual strategy.

[@princeasiedu6495]

thanks for sharing this I hope I can enjoy it on mobile

[@ChristopherWanha]

This plus expanded would be great for a second play through.

[@IAARPOTI]

Do I have to reset all my levels to change my professional?

[@salmence100]

Yep, there's no option to only change professions without reseting levels

[@IAARPOTI]

@@salmence100 nooo it is just back to square one.

[@gyonafra7686]

Great mod gotta try

[@StabyStaby420]

Trying to download this, it says the link isnt found and I can't find it on nexus anywhere, any help?

[@Nykarus]

It got deleted, but i don't know why.

[@StabyStaby420]

@@Nykarus damn, it sounds like an amazing mod I hope it comes back

[@salmence100]

The author seems to specifically be removing their mods from Nexus, I updated the link in the description to a site where it's still available!

[@tanakisoup]

@@salmence100they’re removing it from GitLab too…

[@gaberobison680]

I wish more game designers just sued the philosophy of anti min max by default so people didn’t have to fix it haha. But this is an awesome mod

[@zZizify]

that's really cool!

[@Ares38D]

wow this mod looks amazing I've been on the nexus A lot and downloaded tons of mods I never came across this one. Edit: Oh I see it's not on nexusmods

[@knifeturtle]

the question is, do we get a tax return?

[@Redstonetrippy1]

I actually have the galaxy slingshot on the Xbox version and it's super OP

[@v.crowley]

Whats the load up time?? I have SDVE, ES, and 40 mods and not counting the required files currently on my game and it takes like 5-7min to load the game 🤣🤣

[@salmence100]

It was extremely quick compared to my modded SVE farm, barely noticable tbh

[@scissorcorn9956]

I can’t find Margo on Nexus rn, I hope they bring it back it’s one of my favorites 😭😭😭

[@jazzxd9417]

because of the way it was coded , it has to be almost completely rewritten from start, the mod maker said that it way not even be released in this year, so yeah, its gonna be a long time...

[@horsesfake2442]

Do you plan on doing a playthrough with this mod?

[@WeAcceptEBT]

The combat system looks inspired by Path of Exile.

[@lilly.47]

is there a stand alone mod for the tools where theres an aoe with upgrades.

[@14possumsinatrenchcoat]

I like that almost this entire mod was rendered useless by 1.6

[@fgtjfbffhfbfhf8312]

Can you hotswap this mod into an existing save file well?

[@treefish2666]

totally forgot ores used to have qualities

[@Clanes_]

I saw that there were a few posts from about 4 months ago that talked about a memory leak issue, with conflicting reports about it being caused by having SDE installed simultaneously. Is there any definite word on if the two mods are compatible? Or if they'd need extra tweaking to work together?

[@5tal2du5tww4]

Did anyone got "House plant" instead of Garnet when dig the ore?

[@cooldudeinc]

Now I have to evade taxes in stardew? Luckily I already I have some experience

[@Ylurple]

this looks really fun! but the taxes and tweeks aren't my vibe. i might try it and turn those off.

[@BelligerentChicken]

Can you still get vanilla enchantments on your weapons, like Crusader to kill mummies?

[@dwightmanne]

Margo replaced a lot of my default mods

[@patitochico2]

Now I just need a tax evasion mod to add to the crimes I've commited in the game lol

[@User-ec2bh]

Can the game still be 100%ed with this mod?

[@niceleverace]

I'd download this for the combat enhancements alone, stardew combat is alright but it's pretty stale

[@mr.leogorath]

You had me at Wabbajack.

[@RuinedObelisk]

I wish we could get mods on console. I love playing stardew on my switch

[@RyuakiraX]

The combat changes seem to make you pretty overpowered, are there any extra enemies or changes to em to balance these out?

[@eldritchskye2608]

it’s brief but the video mentions a difficulty slider for enemies 4:02

[@jaz24lol]

Does this still work with other mods and expanded I have like 100 mods

[@Benjami.n567]

Looks like I'm adding a new mod

[@seepsoda]

does anybody know how to fix the issues with the dalion dll