The Cut Content of Stardew Valley

I love seeing how games change and evolve over time. Stardew Valley was in development for over 5 years, so naturally it ended up being a completely different game than it started as. I've gathered every single piece of cut content and unused assets that I could find around the internet, hopefully you see something you've never known before!
Sections:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Early Characters and Art Style
2:08 - Hidden Dialogue
4:52 - Details from CA's Blog
7:04 - Renamed Characters
7:21 - Cut Combat Content
8:50 - Mysterious Sprites
9:51 - Unused Assets added in Updates
10:54 - Outro
Some of the sources I used:
The Cutting Room Floor - tcrf.net/Stardew_Valley_(Wind...)
ConcernedApe's Blog - www.stardewvalley.net/blog/
The Spriter's Resource - www.spriters-resource.com/pc_...
+ an interview with CA - www.vulture.com/2016/03/first...
Here's the lofi Stardew Valley music I use a lot:
djcutman.bandcamp.com/album/s...
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[@salmence100]

A few corrections offered by the lovely, lovely commenters: - 2 of these assets are in the game, the answering machine is used when you call a store when it’s closed, and the weird dancing egg thing is in Leah’s art exhibit! - The image of Robin angry on the phone is actually Leah! It’s still unused, as it’s an old design of her that looks a bit more like Robin. - The sprites at 9:35 are used in Krobus’ 14 heart cutscene. I didn’t even know he had a 14 heart cutscene lol

[@greyliances]

You should absolutely pin it to keep it at the top 😅

[@beaniebaby7725]

I think he gets a 14 heart after u invite him to be a roommate

[@choryllis6646]

@@beaniebaby7725 Correct!

[@1273s]

i thought i was crazy i swore i saw that phone sprite before lol

[@Perrigon]

9:16 This sprite is used, for when you try to call a shop that isn't currently open.

[@k_rinabeena]

think the "angry robin on the phone" sprite is actually an early version of leah! her 4 heart event is her having a heated argument over the phone with her ex

[@spencerallison3196]

I was just about to send this. Especially since the phone as an item was only added in 1.5

[@quantumdog9791]

Thought that too

[@Vmal_art]

I love Leah sm

[@megancombs6276]

Oh, good. I'm not crazy. Thanks for pointing this out!

[@spacemonkey0507]

Makes since always wondered why she was so mad 😂

[@1kkoto]

Okay I love the fact that Dick got renamed into Willy it's just so fucking amazing in this context

[@salmence100]

I didn’t even realize it until I was doing the cleanup on the editing

[@waspshower]

Basically the same

[@finalbossofschool8724]

:) he, you said "dick"

[@powerfulshammy]

​@@salmence100 so the every 3mins free coffee from the market in winter was cut cause it was too OP everyone abused it

[@Thisplaceisaprison3912]

Imagine if it were wanker

[@kaiusnyx4217]

Fun fact, in the very end at the summit, the characters are in alphabetical order except Alex. He's in the place he would be if his name was Josh

[@j-dog372]

That is actually kind of neat.

[@dustypaladin9216]

This suggests that josh was a very last minute change.

[@MnMGaming69]

Wasnt the summit cutscene added in 1.5?

[@lou1012]

That there is dialog for Pam and Penny should they see a movie together, but they never can is totally in line with their relationship dynamic overall and kinda sad

[@slwrabbits]

so true

[@Rachel98246]

They can see a movie together, but when other people go to the movies you can’t talk to them afterwards, it just says that they’re engaging in lively conversation about the movie

[@ShayBelladonna]

I'm pretty new to the game, but mobile via Apple Arcade, so what is their dynamic? I started a second farm because the first kept crashing, and I wanted to start over anyway, so I walked into Pam's house to greet her, but Penny was there washing dishes. When I returned, Pam was there and so cross with me. I'm wondering what's happening with her here. Is it the booze or what? Edited: I just heard him say they are family wow😮

[@chibigirl8545]

You see it in multiplayer if one of you takes Penny and one of you takes Pam

[@lrk54zz]

it absolutely blows my mind that one person created such a complex masterpiece. it’s literally so impressive.

[@Aboni-rw7uy]

The game developed over Concerned Ape's skills improving in every aspect. As an artist I can literally feel the nostalgia specially when watching the design development 😍

[@theofthe2299]

@{The Autumn Wind} cannot believe we were robbed of twink with silver earrings Elliott though … 😕💔💔

[@rb.v]

@@theofthe2299umm, they’re all female

[@rb.v]

@@theofthe2299 all of Emily’s are females

[@colin5227]

​​@@rb.vat 0:29 look at Elliott's 3rd 4th and 5th small portraits, the earrings are right there

[@Visperrapa]

They were talking about ELLIOTT​@@rb.v

[@alessandrofavaro7722]

7:00 is actually in the game! You can see it in Leah's art exhibition

[@salmence100]

AHHH SWEET

[@MrAkaidu]

Ah good, I didn't imagine it!

[@xxselenaxx2142]

Had me thinking it must have been stardew expanded when he said that

[@patrickbennett607]

Yeah, I just got that yesterday. Didn’t realize it was a rarity because I think I’ve seen it in a previous play through too. I wonder what triggers it…?

[@kimbahrlee]

@@patrickbennett607 It's Leah's 8-heart event.

[@AshlynLeeThatsMe]

Goblin Theme sounds soooooooo good. I wish it was actually in the game.

[@lemurkat]

I wish it was still in the code so i could absolutely use it in one of my many mods.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

​​@@lemurkatThere should be some mod out there to allow you to use custom soundtracks I would think

[@i_shoot_stuff]

Pierre also has dialogue, if you get behind his stand (at the flower dance I think) he tells you that you shouldn't be back there and not to touch anything

[@Ilivepuppys]

egg festival but its possible without cheats.

[@magmamusic2348]

​@@Ilivepuppys How?

[@Ilivepuppys]

@@magmamusic2348 just walk behind the the shops towards him, I do it first year when i normally accidentally forget to talk to him and hes still a stranger to me who sells me my seeds

[@JustAnAcorn]

​@@magmamusic2348 Go behind his shop and walk around. You can also find some eggs ghere as long as it isn't an even-numbered year with 1.6

[@TheAlexandrine]

we were robbed of a twinklicious Elliott portrait and I'll never forget it

[@but_heres_the_homestuck]

twinkilicious definition..... makes the fujoshis go loco.......

[@ratboygirl]

@@but_heres_the_homestuck getting this tattooed rn

[@kittehpops]

Fr he's so cute

[@KatJustice97]

@@but_heres_the_homestuck username checks out (/lh)

[@MintyArisato]

I like that he looks like he’s in his mid-older 30s, but that’s probably because I’m almost 30 LOL. My tastes shifted as I got older, though I still appreciate a good twink 👍🏼

[@bonkersbusy]

Pam and Penny dialog is absolutely possible if you play multi player and one player invites Penny and another invites Pam. The potato bouncy GIF is one of Leah's sculptures from her art show in town. A heart scene event.

[@yakobsoulstorm5187]

I KNEW that GIF was familiar!

[@leonardowesselka4124]

Seeing this video I just realized that Stardew Valley Expanded actually used a lot of concepts from early versions of the game (Elliot's sprite, Linus's backstory, Martin's character and sprite), that's cool

[@Ilivepuppys]

easy way to get more into the game from stuff that was cut and still in the files. I do wish someone would bring Linus backstory with the sprite (last I saw it, Linus just speaks it no new sprites)

[@silverbane8065]

More than just that. I'm playing it now and they used the cursed prairie king machines sprite as part of the stardrop inn (its not useable, far as I can tell) I got a 'yeti tooth' weapon dropped in the mines too. If you have the additional mod 'East Scarp' installed, you can even meet one of the mer folk (the sea monster' you see in Krobus's 14th heart event, if you ask him to move in with you.

[@rachelk4805]

Wow, watching the evolution you can tell that Concerned Ape worked so hard on this and really poured his heart and soul into it. I can't wait for Haunted Chocolatier! It's gonna be epic. Also, if you want to see the Penny dialogue, it is really easy to invite Pam and Penny in multiplayer.

[@kaydwessie296]

As someone who likes making NPCs, I am so tempted to tweak old portraits and make them into relatives

[@kittehpops]

Old Elliott sprite looks like a little brother

[@_Unoffical_Norahhh_]

Do it

[@spotlightanimation6719]

I would LOVE to see one of Abigail's old teal-haired sprites repurposed into a younger sister.

[@binlynbin]

honestly the characters sprites before and after looks like them as kids who slowly grew up with the new sprites :o

[@aeo1195]

the krobus and sea monster sprite actually is in the game! you get it during his 14 heart cutscene :)

[@bygonesz]

he said that haha

[@Ilivepuppys]

it was cut but krobus became room matable in 1.5 update where CA put it back in

[@rachelross4570]

I find it so funny how 1.6 added the lost weapons

[@Parrotlad]

9:20 The answering machine sprite, or a similar one is in the game. If you call a shop before its open or after it closes it has an answering machine. I mainly remember seeing it with Robins shop when looking for what building costs were.

[@salmence100]

Sure enough, I am cringe

[@Khilo_Oh]

the extended Intro with the bus interior always feels like some weird fever dream, because everytime I start a new save I'd bet the scene is still there.

[@yamakovsky]

yeah why do i have a deja vu where i feel like ive played this scene and interacted with the npcs

[@MisterVercetti]

Something else that wasn't mentioned: weapons originally had a "Precision" stat, which would determine how often an attack with that weapon would outright miss (low Precision = more misses). There are actually a couple of remnants of this in the final game: there's the "Miss" graphic when you attack a downed mummy, and there's the Topaz Ring which is supposed to boost Precision, but ends up being 100% worthless because of the stat being taken out.

[@Dan55888]

Shane looks like he should be on King of the Hill in his old art style

[@SnowyBoi64]

i wonder if the cursed prairie king arcade system would like put you inside of the game and you'd have to fight the enemies off with your weapons like in the mines

[@szupertntakos5000]

The gif at 6:55 is one of leah's 'sculptures'. It appears in her 8 hearth event if you chose the 'why don't you have an art show in town?' dialouge in the 2nd part of her 2 hearth event. You can only trigger the 2nd part of her 2 hearth event if you've chosen anything but '(creepy) can I have a kiss?' In the 1st part of her 2 heartn event. So you really have to 'play your cards correctly'.

[@RevanReborn3950BBY]

Really hard to pick the right choice

[@albatross1688]

I think Stardew Valley ended up with a perfect art style that acts as enough of a throwback to the old Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games, but with its own, Western cartoon inspired flavour. It is neat to see what past prototype art looked like though.

[@Plz_Help_Me]

There's actually a lot of other unobtainable things like spirit torches and all of the fiber and rock variants, and you can eat the rocks for some reason.

[@randomcatname7792]

That's just in there for Abigail obviously

[@YourActualChild]

Every few months I get REALLY into this game again and I’m so happy I’ve stumbled upon your videos this time around

[@XxGloomyGuillotinexX]

as an artist myself, i understand why CA made the changes that he did to the character designs. however on that same note, SEBASTIAN'S FIRST DESIGN WAS PERFECT HE WAS PERFECT

[@bjorkirl]

it looked like shit tbh

[@exceptionallyriso]

That's not in the video

[@Kaikaiiiiii]

@@exceptionallyrisook cool so go look it up

[@candylide]

His first design fits more with his sprite imo, mostly because of the hair

[@RelicAmbergris]

9:35 is in the game! It's Krobus' 14 heart event (I got it yesterday and cried it was so cute)

[@matthewgladback8905]

The luck skill is still technically in the game! It's not displayed in the UI anywhere, and any time you would otherwise gain experience toward leveling it up, that gain is zeroed out. Food (and equipment, etc.) that buffs luck actually adds to that skill, mechanically. So, you can imagine what it might be like to have a "luck skill" you could level up. It's like having a huge, full-time luck buff. The nature of it made reimplementing it as a mod (e.g. spachechase0's luck skill mod) easier than it would otherwise have been.

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

Since Haunted Chocolatier will habe bosses, maybe it'll bring back the Shadow King? It could get you in the good graces of the shadow people and dwarves and get you access to some primo ingredients.

[@Skalatsosse]

I could swear the cowboy boots or at least their appearance were in the game. Not as an equippable item but as a sprite change when tailoring other boots or something.

[@beaniebaby7725]

I could've swore I saw it on the stardew wiki tailoring page. I was trying to look up how to craft a veil and I thought I saw it when trying to pick shoes to match.

[@virdrae]

@@beaniebaby7725 What about that artifact?

[@salmence100]

They are on the tailoring page, it just says that they’re uncraftable

[@ammicelly]

pretty sure they can be purchased from the dwarf in the volcano on ginger island

[@jamesshields8732]

7:00 that is one of Leah's sculptures. It is called "Eggheads" in the game. You see it if you tell Leah to do the art show in her 2 heart cutscene. It shows up in her 8 heart scene

[@balesshippolova]

I think i like all of Emily's sprites better than her final one 😅

[@wallamazoo01]

I agree. Her character is interesting, I just can’t see a reason why my farmer would attract to her. I also think her heart events are out of order.

[@skaibby]

@@wallamazoo01she was the first person I married I loved how wacky she is and I loved her parrot cut scene and she arguably had the best spouse room and loves crystals she’s def my girl but I married Abigail in my 2nd play through

[@impishrebel5969]

I like some of Alex's better than his final, too, esp the large portrait. He looks like a jock still but more approachable.

[@hamizannaruto]

If Emily was a little bit normal, then I think her initial design would be better, but considering Emily wacky event and story, I think the current design suits her way better.

[@balesshippolova]

​@hamizannaruto they tweaked it just so slightly in 1.6 update, she looks a lot better now. Less unhinged.

[@redknight326]

the gif at 7:01 is still in the game. It's one of Leah's sculptures that you can see if you tell her to have an art show in town

[@pumpnix7243]

goblin theme was a jam i wish they would have included that one

[@stumbling_]

Man the game really looked like a late 2000s web browser game Edit: The wizard and Linus seemingly being friends just proves that Linus is Yoba in a mortal form to view his people.

[@RoseyPup]

The unused image of Robin was repurposed into Leah in her Heart Event which is fitting since Leah is a marriageable Robin

[@DBJ851]

Wow. Emily got done dirty with her older sprites vs the current one.

[@CrimsonVioletMoon]

Kinda digging short haired Emily. Also I think that bouncing fancy potato ended up as one of Leah’s art pieces.

[@Anrd0meda]

I will forever be upset about the loss of Elliotts earring I absolutely love the man but Man It's so painful playing on switch especially when I have the mod that reverts it back on my pc

[@paganfears]

5:55 that's Leah, not Robin! You can see that by the shirt she's wearing

[@tptacos]

I remember seeing a video talking about how Linus would share his story to you at a certain amount of hearts about how he was born into a rich family but didn’t want to live like this and when was older came to Stardew Valley to live that simple life. At least, that’s what I remember; haven’t watched the video explaining this for a while so this might be somewhat inaccurate.

[@andrewwebb917]

That's a common mod

[@tptacos]

@@andrewwebb917 thank you for letting me know

[@mcluigi117]

The romanceable villager weapons were made available in 1.6! I bought Haley's curling iron from her booth at the desert festival. Turns out it's also a complete reskin of the obsidian edge, but still cool that you can get them now. I had no idea it was cut content before.

[@mrattlerxd7927]

I got one: There are extra floors in the volcano. I haven’t found the last one yet, but I know it’s over 300 Million. It likely goes up to the integer limit. To put that in perspective, skull cavern only has 77257 floors before you end up in the quarry. You can access the volcano floors by running the game with sampi and typing “debug volcano 300000000” (no quotes)

[@pedrolucasgubiani1705]

It's also a dialogue with Welwick in Stardew Valley Fair that says our charcter will fight agains a Giant Dark force, maybe it's a reference to the Dark King.

[@JellieDoesThings]

The first two “machine-like” sprites might have been the original design for the wizards seal to the witches swamp.

[@kbar4462]

Wow that's so cool, had no idea so much stuff was pulled out. Can tell a lot has inspired mods, but would love to see a future inclusion of the Shadow King somehow

[@michaelgamel5915]

8:02 fun fact! You can now get (at least some of these weapons not sure about all) from tue npc shops dureing the desert festival!

[@BeingLolaStar]

My disappointment that a sprite for Shane's Broken Bottle isn't a weapon in the game.

[@lyannawinter405]

Such an interesting video, thanks for putting time and effort into this :)

[@jaredeschweiler3505]

There are Coal Goblin sprites that we're unimplemented. It seems that you may have randomly found a goblin settlement in the mines. There is also a Dwarf King, looks like he became the volcano dwarf. Marcello (from Harveys balloon event) has a full sprite sheet.

[@FaithySch]

I heard recently that the game was going to have a whole dwarf or goblin world underground and levels, bosses, shops etc. but he took it out because he thought it took away from the focus of the game. Not sure if it’s true or not, but that would have been so much fun!

[@notneean]

THE COWBOW BOOTS 😭😭 i could have fulfilled my cowboy dreams

[@xxselenaxx2142]

I love seeing how many of these have been added through mods

[@belen2948]

I believe that with the 1.6 update you can now get the special weapons for every bachelor and bachelorette. They sell them for you if they put up a shop in the desert festival, which is a new festival added in this update.

[@johnboy8685]

Woah that’s so cool about the weapons because I did the new desert festival yesterday and they’re actually back!!

[@FantasticaB]

Love this kind of stuff, thanks for doing the research and sharing!!

[@fluffylover1231]

At 1:26 the mother and son on the bus are the same ones that spearing during one of the festivals!! That’s 🥰 a

[@horazcing]

that sea monster and shadow person one is definitely in the game. It's at the beach at night for Krobus's 14 hearts

[@drewc9488]

Omg them finding the art style is my favorite thing about concept art. I love the sticky note doodles in the otgw book UGH can’t get enough !!

[@gaymerjerry]

The Special Charm was originally an unused item until 1.3 it was still a wallet item and still had the same effect if hacked in but before 1.3 it was always a blank space in your wallet you could not fill

[@spotifyacc9110]

Wait if the farmer not use the wallet to put some money in here,Then where the farmer put the money?

[@gaymerjerry]

@@spotifyacc9110 No I meant specifically that blank spot was where the special charm went if hacked into your inventroy

[@spotifyacc9110]

@@gaymerjerry Oh shot i almost forget about that😅

[@catcreepz]

the answering machine sprite is actually in the game! when you call a shop and its closed, the answering machine sprite says smthing like ”were closed right now”

[@sandymorrison2243]

I love that the combat items have since been added in from the 1.6 update!! You can now buy them during the desert festival when the appropriate bachelor/ bachelorette is at their stall!

[@clovart8552]

there's a lot of other unused content, just by looking through the wiki you can find a plethora of unused weapons- as well as with the UI info suite mod, you can see (to my knowledge) unused furniture selling prices

[@RealNinja522]

The 2 extra "Tackles" shown off are actually shown in the "Fishing Sneak Peak" Video on Concerned Ape's Channel here on KZbin. The Green orb is "Frog Egg" and shown to be a bait, but the other one isn't hovered over so I don't know what it is specifically. Based on the video though I find it fair to assume it's also a bait. Additionally there are a handful of other icons shown off in that video that I don't quite recognize myself.

[@schwarzerkater654-wq4ej]

The weapons shown at 8:00 min can actually be bought now ingame. I just saw the pencil from elliott at the new spring festival for sale when he is behind the counter.

[@magic8girl]

i think its very poetic that alex (the name of one of my exs) was gonna be named josh (the name of another one of my exs , both of them being the only long term relationship ive ever been in) Its also funny that alex was the first guy i went for in stardew.

[@shazia3237]

Wow you have a hard type

[@ShivaOO7]

Nobody gives a shit

[@SomeRandomCat205-xm5ww]

I found this thing during Leah’s art show, and she said something about her doing something with animatronics and toys. 6:57

[@SabriPlaysGames]

the three bouncing Eggheads is one of Leah's sculptures for the art festival she throws together for her 8 heart event!

[@whereisalex96]

"You might encounter it if you play your cards right" - that's actually one of leah's sculptures that she shows off during her art show heart event! Its still very much in the game

[@Decz_Drawing]

7:56 It would have been the funniest thing in the world to attack with ´´Shane's broken bottle´´ or something like that.

[@SirFalstaff44]

Maaaan, it really sucks that the bus sequence isn't in the game anymore. That looks like an awesome intro.

[@Atwtmvtvsgavftvralps]

The little dancing wood thing “if you play your cards right” is from Leah’s 8 heart town art meuseum event

[@guaage]

at 7:00 it’s actually one of leah’s art pieces that you’ll only end up seeing if you unlock a special cutscene with her! if you encourage her to have an art show in town, sometime in spring (not sure when exactly or if its even spring exclusive, im going off the top of my head lol). anyways, that funny little animation is in fact in the game! i just recently encountered it when i played a couple days ago! :)

[@Worzx]

Huh, watching your videos i had no idea how much i didn't know about this game. Thanks!

[@Utaunei]

8:09 So, as of 1.6 these weapons are now in the game! They can be purchased during the Desert Festival from the bachelors/bachelorettes in a little market thing!

[@quantumdog9791]

The statue of the eggs bouncing is seen at Leah’s art show. I think they are saying you might encounter it if you play your cards right by reaching eight hearts with her

[@Zer-cr2yv]

The goblin theme cover art is probably a reference to undertale's first part at snowdin

[@RMills646]

I love that the weapons have now been officially added back into the game

[@YourPalRal]

Interesting to see how this game has changed while in development. Things like this are always interesting!

[@nala1113]

6:58 you can actually see this guy if you encourage Leah to do an Art Exhibition in town! It's one of her sculptures

[@charliegreen7988]

Imagine if after getting Krobus as a roommate there was a chance he’d ask you if you’d mind helping a friend of his and the shadow person with the bow would move in if you said yes. That would be so cute🥺❤

[@Rubyfir3]

7:56 Noting that the cut weapons based on the marriage candidates are now in game as of 1.6 update. They need to be bought from the new festival if they're manning the shops.

[@Nopalmtreez]

The statue @6:57 is actually in Leahs art show event! It's a sculpture she made!

[@moonj0ck]

Great video! I didn't know about any of this!

[@aidanwarren4980]

And now we have those spouse-specific weapons available through the Desert festival in 1.6!

[@RainierFajardoProduction]

The wooden Animatronic is used on Cutscene event where leah show her art on the town

[@lillyflower7834]

6:56 what if that is the final easter egg, and with the description "you might encounter this if you play your cards right" makes me think it has something to do with blackjack in the casino

[@thelittlemanian3027]

okay so hear me out CA said that there's some eastereggs that weren't discovered yet What if The cursed PK machine IS in the game And there's like a random chance that if you play and win the PK in the Saloon instead of getting a functioning machine you get this one And that hasn't happened yet because most people just don't bother with the game machines in the saloon because they are too hard That wow That'd be cool but also kinda infuriating

[@lemurkat]

There are three songs in the game still that havent been implemented (outside of mods). They are archaeo, starshoot and sappypiano. I love the latter two.

[@regenbogen5675]

You will see the three egg man jump statue in a cutscene with Lea, it is one of her artpieces.

[@Sienna1919]

Okay but the spouse weapons would have been pretty cute

[@nathancarver7179]

9:36-ish That is (according to the wiki) Krobus' 14-heart cutscene (spoilers); When the player enters the beach between 8pm and 1am on a non-rainy day... "Krobus sits on the docks at the beach watching Moonlight Jellies swim, when a sea monster appears. The sea monster raises its tentacles, and Krobus hops on for a ride. A heart dialogue bubble appears over Krobus' head, indicating he enjoyed the ride." See also: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXvNmKaJqq57eZI

[@silversugar2140]

Whoa so much of this is new to me. I wish CA would bring back some of this stuff--especially the music!

[@N1GHTSTRIKER-45]

NGL It's Cool To See These Unused Assets And Cut Content In A Future Game To Show That They're Truly Not Lost Forgotten Media

[@Threebuges]

7:00 I think it's in reference to leahs art show! He probably means that if you choose to befriend her, you'll see the piece. I don't remember if it actually moves or not, but it looks just like that

[@tayu1994]

I love that even though ConcernedApe took uot a lot, I still was bewildered and amazed about akk the content in the game...Love stardew valley

[@JelliesStar]

Man this game brings me such joy and serenity. Like I got off it not too long ago. And now seeing videos of it-I yearn for the farms.

[@SCSlime99]

I love the similarities to early harvest moon with earlier versions of the game

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

I like that the wizard of all characters appears when you boundary break during events.