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

[@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

[@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

[@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)"

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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. 🤣

[@axdonat]

there was obviously so much love put into this, the stardew moddi g community is truly amazing

[@0oMichiko0]

so weird that I have never heard of this before even though I've been using mods for quite some time now and watched dozens of videos. Seems very very interesting, definitely gonna give that a look for the next playthrough. Thanks so much!

[@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

[@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.

[@victoriahewitt9938]

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

[@Chronically_ChiII]

does it work with SDV expanded?

[@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.

[@pelahnar4]

The combat stuff overwhelms me unreasonably - literally just listening to you talk about it for five minutes was stressing me out. My combat style is "hit it until it dies, while tanking damage and eating in between fights." However, since all that is configurable, the ability to get quality artisan goods and several of the other features...very tempting...

[@salmence100]

I agree with this quite a bit, honestly if I were to use this myself, the only combat things I'd use would be the Slingshot and Ring modules. I do wish there was a bit more love spread out to things like farming and fishing.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@MissJenniJinx]

I sometimes wish these modders who have come out with content like this and other top mods for SDV would all just get together and casually create their own farming game

[@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

[@just_some_rando6927]

Love the Wabbajack reference to Skyrim and even how it has random effects

[@salmence100]

Ah, the nexusmods page said it had a lot of inspiration from Skyrim mods, that mist've been one of them!

[@blackmoon8459]

@@salmence100 That's the best part, the Wabbajack is in vanilla Skyrim. It's just so weird and chaotic that it *must* be something modded in, nope. It's the Daedric artifact from Sheogorath, effectively the trickster "evil" deity in the ES universe. Not sure how familiar you are with Skyrim and Elder Scrolls, so if you already knew this, my apologies. Also, thank you for your videos on SV Mods. I started a playthrough of SVE and selected the accompanying mods based almost solely on 2 vids you did. MARGO was one of them, because Walk of Life or whatever professions was when it was solo, was on the list. I now have a good reason to add in all the other parts of MARGO. Except maybe Taxes. Not sure I want that level of realism just yet.

[@salmence100]

@@blackmoon8459 Ah okay, I've played proabably a dozen hours into Skyrim, never beat it though

[@daracaex]

I first found this mod when it was just a few individual mods. Mostly wanted it for the professions prestiging, but everything else is great too!

[@Arrowdodger]

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

[@Mr.Smudge]

Thanks for such a helpful video I will definitely use this

[@Asapps]

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

[@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! :)

[@theshield5255]

Finally someone is doing something about this fantastic mod. Now I will wait until someone does a play through with it and Raffadax or the full Wildflour mods.

[@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

[@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

[@Hea-ther]

Thanks for this! I’ve been overwhelmed by this mod but your video helped a lot.

[@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.

[@samstark568]

Taxes help balance out the more op parts of the mod. I've been having trouble getting it to work though.

[@samschofield9452]

ive now found two other sams on this platform

[@hisen3.146]

If I had a nickel for every sams in this comment thread, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

[@PeterTeal77]

@@hisen3.146 it's not weird it happened twice. It's an extremely common name.

[@natnat444]

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

[@huellas8117]

hope you are doing better!

[@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.

[@TheKelliestKelly]

Aw yeah, I have good tining today

[@TheKelliestKelly]

Ah, but I don't have good spelling.

[@CrazYTactiC]

XD

[@GAMER_ORANGEPJ]

😅

[@Soso_sisi]

THATS what im expecting for the 1.6, immersion!! im tired of every category of item/profession having a best thing that, if you dont choose, you're stupid. The game needs balance, like, you can choose what suits you better! i have huge expectations for 1.6!! Concerned ape, take a look at this mod!!

[@slwrabbits]

Nothing says you have to choose the best profession. I have coopmaster so I can befriend my bunnies. Who needs artisan? It is literally boring.

[@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

[@WilliamBennettYoutube]

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

[@x3whatsernamex318]

I’d love to see a playthrough of this mod! 🥰

[@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

[@buggydust]

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

[@EternalGamingNet]

This mod looks pretty cool, I might have to give it a try.

[@tallytart9831]

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

[@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.

[@mirjanbouma]

That's a very interesting mod indeed! My head is kind of spinning from everything in it.

[@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!

[@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?

[@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)

[@rubyblack7240]

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

[@pretzel_aksmash353]

I hope this gets updated for 1.6

[@ryanclemons1]

Lol no way that is happening.

[@jazzxd9417]

@@ryanclemons1 It *is* being worked on!, but It'll be a long time

[@riku5543]

Weird comment maybe, but I like your outro transition, outro, and outro music :3

[@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?

[@vevetwt2648]

this mod is really cool. i love playing modded stardew and i’m suprised i’ve never came across this mod

[@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.

[@gferrol118]

7:24 Imagine that with the scythe harvest mod

[@Popchip99]

The tool module has a setting for the scythe to harvest, its actually incompatible with scythe harvest mods

[@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!

[@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! 😊

[@victornguyen1175]

Now THIS is a mod worth installing for 1.6

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

As long as the mods are integrated as progression and challenges in the game I am all for it!

[@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!!

[@josephcroeniangamer3727]

i think this moder should make his own game... and i dont say it whit bad faith, looks good.

[@VaporizedKerbal]

The offensive swords literally turn you into Demoknight from tf2

[@DaisyCloverbee]

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

[@elissadeannashorts]

Another mod added to my list of crap I am getting when I have internet again.

[@grace-4072]

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

[@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

[@Doortodoorgeek]

wow soo much info, thank you!

[@Amcsae]

I'll take the taxes if there's some sort of credit system, too. Like, I walk all the way to Robin's for a barn, get there 20 minutes before she closes, and find I am 87g short, or need 20 pieces of wood. Let me buy it anyway, and have a week (or whatever time amount) to come back and pay, so I won't have wasted that time.

[@xaltyyy]

Love seeing the Skyrim inspired wabbajack in my lil farming sim

[@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.

[@bertsiimon2879]

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

[@MrGoromous]

Beautiful, thanks!

[@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.

[@megaminernoah9398]

does anyone know why I am missing 4 of the modules?

[@ziyan6066]

woah.. Might start a new save later and play with this! i’m playing with SVE and ridgeside currently and i don’t think my laptop can take another big mod😭

[@arimantine]

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

[@SnakePlays32]

nice, they added my favorite thing for my favorite game, tax evasion

[@imapopo2924]

Does anyone have a link for this mod that still works? I've tried github and gitlab links, but they just lead to dead end pages as if the mod doesnt exist anymore.

[@tanakisoup]

Unfortunately I think the creator removed it. I think that either they removed it until they can update it to 1.6 (which could take anywhere from months to years), or they don’t plan on updating it to 1.6 and don’t want to leave up an outdated mod

[@tanakisoup]

Actually I found it. In Nexus it’s essentially been split into a couple separate mods, but the main one is “walk of life - rebirth (beta)”. This is where the profession changes are, but it’s currently buggy (since essentially the entire mod needs to be redesigned and rewritten for 1.6). The other parts of the mod are in other mods by the same person

[@imapopo2924]

@@tanakisoup Awesome. Thanks for the info!

[@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.

[@luckyilyducky]

that mod seems really nice

[@DrunkieCat]

Finally… someone make a video about it

[@lauraduarte3845]

That's my husband job! So proud! ❤❤❤❤

[@vivian8977]

This came out earlier then i expected

[@cupOteaaa]

Been waiting for this!!!

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

"now you might be wondering 'is that it?' NO!!"

[@josephcroeniangamer3727]

hey, those axe and pickaxe effects come straight up from harvest moon for gba

[@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?

[@DoctorHoovy]

I really love slingshots with this mod

[@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

[@Patrick-il7wf]

Is it compatible with SVE?

[@Pirokh]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the complicated resonance thing he added with rings / infinity+ weapons. I still don't quite understand it.

[@ChristopherWanha]

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

[@TrainerShyGuy]

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

[@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

[@thedocblock6421]

Turning off my tax module to simulate REAL tax evasion gameplay

[@kelcesar]

Wow. That's certainly a lot of changes. particularly I don't like mods that make the game too easy, because what's the fun, right? But some of this mod's mechanics are very interesting. I might give it a try, although I'll be turning a lot of things off, for sure.