The Stardew Valley Iceberg Explained (Extended Version)

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Intro 00:00
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Layer 3: 7:13
Layer 4: 14:11
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Final Layer: 30:14
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[@Waligug]

follow my Twitter I have all notifactions going to my phone might be funny to see a ton twitter.com/waligug_?s=09

[@ianmcnabb5077]

10:34 it's called a roll-over. It is probably a system that is in base 2 with seven digits. If you had seven binary numbers. You could represent 128 possible numbers. He probably shortened it to be 120 because rhat number was more round. 0000000 would be the value for floor 1 0000001 for floor 2 0000010 for floor 3 0000011 for floor 4 0000100 for floor 5 all the way to 120 where it would look like this 1111001 for floor 120 where he would add 8 to the count, and it would go to zero. It's a bit like counting upward and having the number 0 follow nine, you're basically ignoring (more like cutting off) the 1 thats in front of the 10 to make it zero? Since you only have 1 digit.

[@CalamitasCalliope]

I'd argue that at least for Penny, marriage does not ruin her life. She wants to get away from her mother and to have a big family, both of which you can help her do. Plus, she still tutors Jas and Vincent so she doesn't give up her own career as well

[@waderich9904]

Leah also clearly enjoys life on the farm. She continues sculpting and spending time in nature. I think the modern idea that you can’t be happy taking care of a family / marriage ruins your life is inaccurate.

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

Was looking for these two comments, thanks.

[@anthropos366]

Well then off I go farming melons...

[@sofiac1814]

Same with Maru. She still goes to work and visits her parents, and still often creates inventions

[@PoptartParasol]

For Harvey he still goes to the clinic, but usually only when people are expecting their check ups. In a way, I think this is good because he becomes less of a workaholic and relaxes in his little garden and reads some books. He also still messes with his radio and all. But when it comes to Shane and Sam and Sebastian, marriage really doesn't do them good. Iirc, seb wants to leave farm life, yet stays just for you. Shane is still an alcoholic, and he doesn't really interact with his family, and sam pretty much seems to give up on his band dream (I haven't married him but this is what I have been told from Sam romancers)

[@spectar5135]

There already is a vampire in stardew valley if you’re brave enough to go into robins basement you will find a vampire

[@Waligug]

*gamer

[@Lemonnitenite]

@@spectar5135 I thought he was a demon? or am i thinking of a different video?

[@spectar5135]

@@Lemonnitenite its dfs Haley is a vampire video and he says something about Sebastian

[@Lemonnitenite]

@@spectar5135 ohhh that one

[@marcelinechan]

He's my husband and I agree he's a vampire. He uh.... Doesn't leave my house much and he gives me gems or coffee a lot. I love him though. We have a frog and a toad together 💚

[@boricrook7059]

The whole lack of parents could be explained by the on-going war.

[@tommytomthms5]

it may also be a parody/homage to how parents being missing is shoehorned in as easy plot devices in hollywood/disney. sdv has a TON of hints and nods to pop culture. the flower dance is to the tune of norwegian wood by the beatles.

[@blazedeath41]

Oh… right. That war

[@hydevanhelsing5063]

I know I'm late to the party but there's another character that has PTSD other than Kent: Harvey. One of Harvey's dialogues when you get married to him says that he "has nightmares about your limp body being carted into the emergency room." There are also hints that he may have had a previous patient die on him and has never been able to accept that.

[@arianachan2908]

Yes, he also talks about how memories become heavier when you get older which hints that he's been involved in some traumatic stuff most probably related to his job

[@yourmumsluver]

this is an old comment but I also agree that Harvey may have PTSD

[@sillyman2]

Every game, TV show and movie has some outlandish theory like "All the characters are dead."

[@Waligug]

YUP

[@sefyravelvetpaw8166]

did u know everyone in ed edd n eddy is dead and the cul-de-sac is just purgatory? /s

[@catomax26jeev]

It's some sort of cliché.

[@PanzerMan332]

And then Over the Garden Wall said: "Yeah, and it's fucking TRUE"

[@Cyan_Hoodie]

@@Waligug waligugs entire video catalog is a denial of death just like Stardew valley is Waligug is a Stardew channel Stardew has dead people coincidence? İ think not We can also connect the Stardew valley lore to Eric himself in one of his videos titled Playing moonlight jellyfish on my grandpa's guitar We can assume that his grandpa is dead since he would have the guitar if he was alive So now we connecting Stardew to Eric barone We can make a theory that states that Eric is in endless loop of dying and forced to come back to life again and again and again The only way to escape is to convince people of this event whitouht actually telling it So he made Stardew The whole "İ nEddEd A jOb" thing was a lie forced to him by his grandpa The vid mentioned earlier was a hint for us to figure this out since we finally got the answer so Eric is saved from the loop. Evidence?what the hell is evidence

[@kamhidraws]

27:47 Alex's parents aren´t "missing". In his 8 heart event he tells you that his mother passed away from an illness and his dad (who wasn't a good person according to him) left him after that, that's why he lives with George and Evelyn

[@haniakuzia1919]

I think by missing they just mean they're not around anymore idk

[@kamhidraws]

@@haniakuzia1919 Oh yeah, could be that. I realise now that I sounded kind of agressive in the way I said that, didn't mean it that way

[@PoptartParasol]

Yeah, giving gifts to find that out wasn't worth it to me though bc he's really arrogant and kinda sexist 😬. But I'm too nice and I love Evelyn so I tolerate him

[@dragonqueen5786]

In their house there is a letter from Alexs mom to the grandparents and it explain some more

[@clearcasket1555]

I mean, you can have a mental illness and still commit suicide, maybe Alex just didn't want to come right out and say it like that?

[@maif.7055]

Regarding the theory that Abigail is the wizard's daughter, I feel like Caroline might actually be his daughter instead? So the wizard is Abigail's grandfather. That would explain her purple hair and the wizard saying he has a child who lives in town, AND the wizard's ex-wife is a green witch, which is why Caroline has green hair. Caroline is also the only other character in the game except for Abby and the wizard to have unnaturally colored hair (except for Emily, but I have a feeling she dyes it).

[@eeeithan6588]

Ok (Ok) Ok Ok

[@kamhidraws]

Yo that's actually a pretty solid theory

[@pison1000]

Except that sometimes when you talk to Caroline, she mentions Abigail dyes her hair purple and wishes she would let it go back to it's natural color (which I think is brown iirc?)

[@LiteDisc]

@@pison1000 This is a known weird conflict in dialogue because Abigail also has dialogue that states whenever she dyes her hair away from purple it always ends up fading back to purple, meaning that purple is her natural colour.

[@sterthester736]

Abi specifically states that when she dyes it purple it DOESNT fade. It just sticks around. Her natural hair color that she was born with was very similar to Pierre's hair. Part of me likes to believe that Caroline is the daughter, and Abigail inherited just a tad bit of appearance altering magic she can't quite control well which keeps the purple from fading as it's quite likely her favorite

[@Kim-dl2uk]

I agree with the theory that you ruin your spouse's life but there are some exceptions. I think Harvey's life definitely improves, he still has his clinic but he's also just chilling at the farm and he seems very content with it.

[@kariissmol9172]

and shane, because he, iirc, quits drinking alcohol. or powers it down a few pegs.

[@thatsnotmoon808]

I think the same thing goes for Maru as well, she still works at the clinic as she would normally, and even visits her parents from time to time, I cant say about the other spouses though because I only married Maru lmao

[@clorby22]

Penny, too. She gets out of Pam’s trailer and often talks about how she’s glad she doesn’t have to essentially babysit her mother anymore. She still teaches the kids, but at the end of the day comes back to a nice big house with a loving partner and a little dog. She even has her own library. I haven’t had Robin build Pam a house yet, but I’ll get round to it soon because I like her and I can tell she cares about Penny. Maybe she’ll stop drinking as much too?

[@Kim-dl2uk]

@@thatsnotmoon808 true, it's not like maru and penny are only wandering around the farm but it still feels like they are not going where they are supposed to go. They're still stuck in stardew valley when in theory, they could've done much more with their lives. I guess it's mostly because they are portrayed as young adults who are not necessarily ready to settle down, whereas Harvey has everything figured out except for his family life.

[@Kim-dl2uk]

@@kariissmol9172 Shane too, I agree. I think it's because both Shane and Harvey are older so it feels more logical to be married to them. With the younger marriage candidates it just feels like you're taking away their potential

[@salt7767]

The real iceberg is the friends we made along the way

[@ThePenguinCorporation]

true story

[@lukeya0139]

Inspirational salt

[@someweirdo8380]

👏🏽👏🏽

[@Ohwell900]

thats not an iceberg

[@eggplayz5235]

Chef Kiss*

[@imarg7961]

Gunther is actually in the cutscene when you complete community center when pierre beats morris

[@MsOblivion]

He's also in the movie theater sometimes

[@someweirdo8380]

Gunter is scary

[@ballsdeep7056]

The fight is like a jojo fight

[@unknownspeaker4815]

You say you don't trust grandpa because the farm was in disrepair when you got there, but I want to remind you that 1. He's dead 2. The time between his passing and you opening the letter isn't stated Your character could have been a teen when grandpa died, so that could mean the farm has been unused for about 10 years.

[@Felix-on9dr]

I think 20 years is the time between opening the letter and meeting grandpa. He says in his evaluation that when he last met the Farmer they were very young (Maybe like 5).

[@kattemos8801]

Yeah, I always imagined the farmer being a young child when grandpa died based on how he talks to them (also when it cuts to joja it says XX years later, so presumably at least ten)

[@sketchingingreen]

22:08 Penny also acknowledges Gunther's existence. In some of her dialogue after you marry her she says something about getting a book from the library and how Gunther asked her to say hi to the player for him.

[@evan2033]

I was just about to comment this lol

[@pip4773]

in normal dialog she talks about how u can give artifacts to Gunther in the museum too. its interesting tho, ive noticed she has a big love for artifacts and other things.

[@tentrix8505]

Perhaps she can see Gunther because she spends so much time with Vincent and Jas (because she tutors them)

[@sapphireclawe]

Benevolent ghosts probably try to comfort the hurt and lonely, making it likely that Penny can see him.

[@sketchingingreen]

@@sapphireclawe That's both cute and sad at the same time. But could work because of Penny's home life and her tendency to be by herself and how shy she seems. But she still acknowledges him after you marry her and she seems pretty happy to be on the farm. Maybe the ghost became attached to her and decided not to leave.

[@thehoneygrabberz]

6:14, we were playing in multiplayer trying to complete a bundle in multiplayer, we were reaching fall and were happy we could finally get the apples, when a fucking meteorite fell on the tree and destroyed it, needless to say we were pissed

[@CastleMiser]

You got screwed over with the meteorite

[@TheDouble094]

:)

[@EthanMeatan]

BRO- 😭

[@quinngobrr]

SAME HERE, I BOUGHT A FANCY-ASS APRICOT SAPLING AND THE D A Y A F T E R I B O U G H T I T A METEORITE HIT IT *THAT WAS THE SECOND METEORITE IN THAT PLAYTHROUGH*

[@thehoneygrabberz]

@@quinngobrr god hates our tree's drip

[@carlosr8359]

"Kent is trying to kill you" This here caught me completely unprepared, but right away I saw that it makes ALL sense

[@clorby22]

Tell me why, this entire time, I thought that the Travelling Merchant and Caroline were the same person. When I read their line about smuggling goods from the Empire I was like wow ok girlboss but it turns out THAT’S NOT CAROLINE? I mean that makes more sense because I always wondered where she kept the pig and how she could be in two places at once, but assumed it was a bit of a fault with game mechanics. Wow I’m dumb.

[@_benn]

Caroline goes on private vacays to gotoro empire, that’s my new head cannon.

[@suprafatadecontact]

@@_benn i love this, ill also make it canon

[@pinkpugginz]

uhhh

[@pip4773]

thats hilarious i love that

[@cutedarkarts]

Maybe the traveling merchant is Caroline’s secret twin 🤔

[@macrosis1674]

My immediate explanation for what Pierre’s “secret stash” is one I never expected so few people to know about. There’s a concept popularized by eastern Asian media with domestic themes called “Black Funds”. Basically, in a traditional household of a salaryman, the wife acts as a treasurer for the family, and any money the husband brings home must be given to the wife for safekeeping and management. Some salarymen, as a pushback against this traditional household rule, keep a bit of his earnings for himself in a secret stash, unbeknownst to his wife, so that he may spend it on anything that he wants without anyone knowing. Hence, “Black Funds”. It’s a very common gag for lighthearted comedy shows to show salarymen hiding their “Black Funds” in innocuous places like under the carpet or behind the bookshelf. It’s really not anything dark like drugs or porn, it’s just money.

[@chungboislim2061]

If you don't want anybody knowing what you are buying, drugs and porn sound like likely candidates. Whatever it is, it's shameful enough to not want anybody to know.

[@Sottoth]

I don't know about 'ruining the spouse's life' I mean, at the very least, Penny fulfills her dream to have a family on her own, Sean could overcome his problems and improve, Haley literally improves as a person, the only ones I can think off that they may had their dreams ruined may be Sam, Sebastian and Alex

[@yumeyumedi]

i dont think you can ruin sebas dream because his "dream" was escaping from the town, people can change their ideas and feel better with new people around so idk but sams one maybe could be true

[@filiaaut]

@@syndicate_ash I don't think he hates Maru, he is jealous of her special treatment and they don't seem super close, but I don't remember him talking about her like he does about Demetrius.

[@miaalmeida4787]

@@yumeyumedi yeah, seb wanted to escape the life that he was having at the moment. he isnt the favorite kid in the family, tried to find a way to cope with having a stepdad that ignores him, but he cant because the town is too small. thats why he wants to move to the city. but i believe that after moving in with the player, having someone that he loves and finally running away from his family, then everythings alright.

[@Justanotherpot]

Wait a minute, are y'all telling me Gus dresses up in drag and does a cooking show called The Queen of Sauce??? I adore that

[@miunya]

Nah its someone from the city as Haley wants to try the pink cake and the chef said to come visit the city to get some

[@shdwbnndbyyt]

Linus used to be the owner of a small but profitable company known for its honest dealings and good treatment of customers and employees. He got forced out and the new owners renamed the company to Joja. The rest is history. The bed is creaky not because your grandfather left it that way, but because Lewis used it for 20 years for his affairs... That is also the reason Lewis would not allow Robin in the house during the "cleanup"... too many "lucky shorts" left there over the decades.

[@bi_beans9011]

Him: Shane could be sebastians father because there is only a ten year age difference Me: .... Sir what the fuck

[@tmck4138]

I have an Easter egg I haven’t heard anyone talk about. During one of Harvey’s events, he’s trying to connect to an airline radio. He states Stardew Valley’s coordinates. I decided to look them up a long time ago and it’s somewhere in Russia in the real world. I did this a long time ago so you might need to check again on the coordinates

[@alexofalexyel]

Stardew has its own world map, though. It might make more sense to compare to that one, though that was done a while back already by someone else.

[@galloviking4766]

29:06 While I agree for most spouses, I'm not sure if marrying Abigaïl "ruins her life", though. She says she likes the farm, and that allows her to go adventuring, as well. If anything, you make Pierre mad, but that's it?

[@nevergivingup3434]

If Shane is 10 years older than Sebby and Shane's Sebby's father Sebby was born when Shane was 10. The math doesn't work.

[@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143]

imagine giving someone up and letting them down and running around and deserting them, can't be me

[@Ingeb91]

@@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 Rick Astly intensifies

[@eeeithan6588]

@@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 g

[@eeeithan6588]

@@Ingeb91 h

[@Extramrdo]

The math works with some horrific implications, which would help explain Shane's depression and whatnot.

[@ringbadingbingrading1181]

Ruining your Spouse's life because you take away their aspirations and routine is exactly why Krobus is the best. My man *loves* sticking in the same spot and loves you man. Best housemate.

[@MarxSoul2001]

Harvey has the same advantages. He still has his job and hobbies, he didn't have any big plans like moving or anything, you bring financial stability with the farm (his clinic was somewhat struggling) and he even faces his fear of heights for you! If anything, his life is better when married to the player.

[@lilyc8377]

@@MarxSoul2001 exactly!! more reasons why harvey is supreme

[@horrorhistory7342]

I’m married to Sebastian in game and his life improved a lot especially being able to get away from Demetrius.

[@starryeyedprincess5456]

I don't know about the other bachelors and I've seen good mentions about some bachelorettes, but Elliott seems like his life improves when he moves to the farm. He mentions taking better care of himself, he doesn't have the dialog from when he was living on the beach about being afraid of dying alone as a hermit on the beach, the farmer helps him finish his first book and go on his first book tour, and he regularly talks about enjoying life on the farm.

[@ShooneyToons]

ikr i was just thinking that lol he seems so much happier as a stay at home husband, who am i to deny it

[@joaogomes9405]

Penny goes from sharing a poor run-down trailer with her abusive alcoholic mother to raising a family in a massive house on a farm, while still being able to teach Jas and Vicent every day. If that's not an improvement, I don't know what is.

[@silverhawk2291]

queen of sauce isn't gus. the episode that teaches pink cake explicitly references Haley trying her pink cake while out of town and requesting that she share the recipe on the show. "A viewer from Pelican Town wrote to me recently... let's see... Her name's Haley. She wrote, 'I tried your pink cake last time I was in Zuzu City and I fell in love with it. Could you share the recipe on your next episode?'. Well, why not? It's a marvelous cake. And you'll never guess the secret ingredient... melon! " why would she have first tried the queen's cake in zuzu city if it was actually Gus in pelican town.

[@megapeebs2631]

You can only get the fall 26 phone call if you turned you're kids into doves also a floating ancient doll attacks you in witches hut sometimes

[@michaelbarrick4813]

Pretty sure it's canon that Alex's mother died and left him in his grandparents care cause his father was abusive

[@Krlytz]

21:02 Lewis and Marnie's bush scene is not a random event. You can only see it after finding a secret note that gives you clues to when and where it happens. Then you must shake a specific bush at the correct time of day, and only then will they jump out and run away

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

13:57 he lost the Josh fight and had to change his name to Alex. Alex is still salty to this day.

[@yuliy-chi3185]

My only flex in my life is that I completed the pirate king journey without dying (It took me about 100 hours lol) I really sold my soul to this f'king mini-game :') I touched the mini-game after that not a single time and I don't think I will ever will again.

[@theblockchainbastard9117]

Any tips?

[@tommytomthms5]

@@theblockchainbastard9117 hit without being hit. /s

[@dylanb2990]

@@theblockchainbastard9117 journey king god mode mod if you want to save yourself 100 hours

[@LimeLoaf]

Its so much easier on switch

[@legoawsomeness]

The marnie and Lewis bush scene is not random chance, there’s a note telling you what time to do it and I believe it’s like 12:40 am? Very late.

[@benblaster8450]

I’m sorry, did you just say that with a 10 year age difference, Shane could be Sebastions dad

[@Sfoof]

The theory is that Shane got someone pregnant at the age of 10, likely ruining her life and he becomes so overwhelmed with guilt and depression that he turns to alcohol, which suggests that Shane is adopted which would make sense if Mary was older than him because his room is in the basement and some of the upstairs rooms are unnecessarily taken.

[@benblaster8450]

@@Sfoof I understood the first half, about why Shane turned to alcohol, but I couldn’t understand a thing past that

[@clorby22]

@@benblaster8450 where they say “Shane is adopted” I think they meant Sebastian. But yeah I struggled to understand what they were saying too lol

[@NaughtiusMaximmus]

@@Sfoof that sounds too streched out tbh

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

@@Sfoof shouldn’t she be the one guilty? If she assaulted a ten year old boy? Also, is it possible for ten year old boy to “father” a child? I’m curious but too afraid to have that in my search history.

[@cipherthedisaster]

I don't really think you ruin your spouse's life by marrying them, of course in some cases it kinda feels like it (ex. sam or sebastian) but with characters like shane it's just not really the case, since obviously he seems a lot happier and thanks to the fact that you have a farm, you help him with his dream of having a chicken farm (plus, he already hated his job at joja, and when he marries you he still visits marnie and jas pretty often). i mean, he does mention stuff about moving out of pelican town so maybe that would be the only thing where you do kinda ruin his plans :c EDIT: plus, on shane's case- marrying the farmer and getting to the 14 heart event it is shown that shame gives up on alcohol almost completely (almost, because he still has dialogue abt beer and stuff) and is in a much better place

[@Rikrobat]

I don't know that it's "ruining their life" given that the character dialogue includes them indicating they've been thinking about other goals or "pondering a life on a farm." Sebastian's 8-heart event is him driving the player to a clifftop that he hasn't brought anyone else to, and he tells the player that "he had wanted to move to the city, but he's realized he doesn't feel the same way anymore." So, his goals change before marriage is even an option.

[@pluv1e]

New theory: Linus is a druid. It explains why he was in the adventuring party, why he's friends with the wizard, and why he elects to live in a tent close to nature.

[@drascia]

Three pillars in the desert is referring to the three pillars in the desert. Very informative.

[@yeasty_shoes0666]

About the cursed call i believe it haf something to do about turning kids into doves. Kinda like what happens with the cursed channel on TV. As for the secret note 11. Jas moved in with Shane a few months before the farmer and even if Jas and Marnie are related... Jas revealed that Shane is her godfather. Shane technically is his cousin if they Jas and Marnie are related maternally.

[@pinkpugginz]

Marnie is taking care of Jas who is someone else's kid not related to her

[@dimmk5096]

It indeed happened when you turn your kids into dove, they would just haunt you.

[@dupi224]

i never turned my kids to doves, but i would love to see that when people turn their kids to doves, the try to ruin the garden like crows do. And scarecrows wouldn't work, as a sort of punishment i guess. assuming that when people actually get kids in the games and get enough to sacrifice a prismatic shard, that a couple of crops gone per season isn't that devastating

[@nirvage2749]

To me Linus is more akin to a druid then a wizard.

[@jennifercavenee7572]

Then Marlin must have been the party's Fighter. Which then begs the question, which class was M. Jasper?

[@purgatoryproductions310]

to add to the abigail theory, the wizard mentions that he divorced the witch after he "made a mistake". my theory is that his mistake was having an affair with caroline which resulted in abigail.

[@beanceline]

29:52 "it could be argued that shane is actually sebastians biological father since there is only a 10 year age difference between the two" HOLD UP-

[@guydude439]

*hello yes is this the police? i'd like to report a crime*

[@basilbat273]

that's to big of a bomb to drop JEEZ

[@Doodlinka]

"you have forsaken us" appears fter turning your children to doves according to the wiki

[@tubedude9423]

i think after you turn your children and then open the tv the day after, you will also get a doll

[@mre6173]

@@tubedude9423 i thought that was going to the witches hut where the doll attacks you?

[@tubedude9423]

@@mre6173 yeah you will only get attacked when u go to the witches hut

[@mre6173]

i sacrificed before and when i checked the tv i didnt get it

[@tubedude9423]

@@mre6173 maybe there is a chance of it happening idk, i never had children in this game lmao

[@CobraCreates]

Ah yeah, I remember when I first found out that Dave was a guinea pig. I assumed he was a hamster because of the wheel. Made me squint a bit in concern lol. Also since we're on the subject can we talk about how Marnie tells you not to leave your animals in the rain but then she's always leaving her baby cows in the rain?

[@anoniemonbekenden8159]

Her lust for Lewis makes her forget the other important values in her life.

[@basilbat273]

honestly Abigails setup for a hamsters is like bad too

[@CandyJedi]

Did...did you say Shane could be Sebastian's father because there's a ten year difference in their ages? Like...meaning Shane was 10 when Sebastian was conceived? ...like...

[@kamilerazanskaite5274]

Maybe that's why Shane is an alcoholic... I mean that would be a VERY dark theory and I don't believe it but I think it could be technically possible?

[@kojicuxt]

what the hell..

[@MrBrezelwurst]

it also doesn't make much sense, seeing that both of them don't even acknowledge each other in the saloon, or during your wedding, or during other festivals...

[@digdigdigo]

i got the crop fairy on the 28th of summer... so next day the crop she "helped with" wasn't even useful anymore

[@mystrallsnowlight]

Nobody comment about how Male player gets cake while Female player get literal rock from their parent's message?

[@Yubedia]

Dad give you precious stone,it's great lol

[@MiuXiu]

Doesn’t the female player get money and the male player get cookies as well?

[@Yubedia]

@@MiuXiu i prefer cookie,it just shows how ya mom love us-

[@aswertyuiol]

What the hell don't slander grandpa. The farm was in disrepair because he was elderly and sick and probably too proud to ask for help

[@Burscutum]

And you probably don't go there immediately, so it falls into disrepair during that time. In my eyes, it feels like years pass between his passing and the farmer showing up- but I never dug too far into the lore hahah

[@eldritchcatgirl]

and he was at least ten years dead when you opened the letter because of the "XX years later" thing

[@PossibleBat]

He wanted to give it to you trashed, so you could build it up, like he did. Grandpa wanted that adventure for you. I feel the time-gap is essential (for it to make sense that the farm is literally abandoned)

[@MichaelTE]

Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but the creepy phone call from the final layer can happen after you've turned at least one of your kids into doves. So it's your own transformed children calling you to ask why you've forsaken them.

[@cloud1973]

Waitwaitwait, you can turn a kid into a dove? Why- how-

[@harambeh6302]

@@cloud1973 after doing some reading online you got to the dark shrine of selfishness in the witch hut with a prismatic shard to turn your kid into doves

[@egguca]

the wiki is on there because you'll end up having 3 tabs of it open every time you play the game haha there's just *that* much in the game

[@soirema]

Rofl! the story of my life 😂

[@pip4773]

i think sebastian is also suffering from depression but its moreso the because hes in a place that he doesn’t belong!

[@moshu9952]

For Haley, marriage actually changes her for the better! She still takes photographs, but she talks about how she actually likes nature and she does charity and stuff!

[@julysses1355]

One of the biggest mysteries I've always wanted to know. Is what that monster/creature whatever it is calls out during rainy days. It sound like a mysterious dragon like cry. It was so eerie the first time I heard it and wondered where it came from.

[@waterlily9455]

I honestly don't think anyone knows, my theory was that it was just regular sounds in Stardew just slowed down

[@Dea_Ex_Machina]

The reason so many kids have "missing" parents is the current war

[@cbgaming7209]

that makes a lot more sense

[@chellethulhu]

I thought I heard or read somewhere that the strange noises during a rainy day is a sky whale shooting out water. I honestly cannot remember where I saw this

[@revolutionary_firebrand]

One of the noises is a frog; you get the same noise every day if you marry Sebastian and decide to nurse the frog back to health

[@HexManiacLeilah]

I've definitely got some pretty good luck when it comes to seeing rare stuff in Stardew. I saw the sea monster once, got the living hat, the tea set, and Robin's super rare "Lew...oh." dialogue (all on different saves). The sea monster was so cool! Also, I'm surprised the dwarves actually being aliens wasn't mentioned on the original iceberg, as well as the Yoba creation myth from the Book of Yoba. It also would have been cool if they included other lesser known non-accessible locations in the world of SD, like Prairie island. Btw loved the vid as well your last SD iceberg vid! They were both so fascinating!

[@lemurkat]

I have some quite involved theories about the dwarf and shadow folk war but I haven't had the courage to make it public yet. I may hide it in my Jasper mod. Is M. Jasper mentioned anywhere on here? I took his references and turned him into an NPC.

[@KenshiImmortalWolf]

I don't agree with the ruin your spouses life thing as stardew kind of exists in that video game limbo that is common in these kind of small team titles. (a single person is still a small team) Off hand only a few characters even express a desire to do something outside of the town, big ones that come to mind are Sebastion, Alex, and Haley i think. Most of the others seem quite content to life in town and do their thing. Elliot and leah are a writer and painter so living on the farm with you seems to have no major impact on how they live their lives. Penny, Emily, Harvey, also all seem quite content to live in the town and continue their usual routines even once they live with you. Maru, my personal pick for go to wife seems quite happy to work on her equipment on the farm vs working on it at her parents house, but she will still hang out with penny and her parents on regular days. Sure her father has high hopes for his daughter's future, she has no stated concerns about doing her work in the big city. Shane straight up benefits from marrying you and seems quite happy to live on the farm with purpose.

[@friedrice4015]

Elliot’s 14 heart cutscene is about his career so in a way marrying him is the only way for him to achieve his goals

[@CalSuperman]

That creepy phone call in Fall only happens if you give up your children in the witches hut thingy. Just a heads up.

[@boorah12]

@26:21 Grandpa's farm was in disrepair because he was dead for like 10 years. Lol

[@eldritchcatgirl]

ok but queen of sauce is hosted in zuzu city? the pink cake recipe episode was requested by haley, and when you talk to her that day she confirms she went to zuzu city for the cake. so it can't be gus. also 26:27 NO THE FARM WAS IN DISREPAIR BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY BEEN DEAD FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS WHEN WE OPENED THE LETTER

[@yadma58]

Oh yeah, I think everyone just forgot that grandpa actually died when the player was young and specifically said that to only open the letter when he's tired and looking for something else

[@NunchuckOmega]

Thank you for covering the iceberg, you did an amazing job dude!

[@Waligug]

Thanks for making it!

[@sadienewell619]

You did a amazing job on the iceberg!! :)

[@AlexPies1]

30:16 the Fall 26th curse entry actually refers to a TV channel "???" only found the day before Spirit's Eve. if you turned your kids into doves before, the channel will be there. clicking it will show an Ancient Doll on the TV and say ""You've brought this upon yourself... now I'm free... Hee hee hee!" from then on, an Ancient Doll will attack you at the Shrine of Selfishness. neat stuff

[@scarletterose1303]

What he referred to is the strange phone call you can get any time after turning a child into a Dove.

[@TheCFKane1982]

Penny regularly mentions that Gunther says "Hi" when you're married to her.

[@Borgerful]

2:06 I don't know if anybody has pointed it out yet, but there is actually a fourth easter egg on the boot up screen. You press the bottom right nail on the "W" in "Stardew Valley" 10 times, causing butterflies to show up. The leaf is not set to any specific leaf, just click the leaf 10 times or so, and Junimos show up, not butterflies.

[@p1krr]

12:14 this sound affect plays when one or multiple of your animals are left outside over night. there is a small chance that this sound will play indicating that one of the animals outside were eaten by a fox or another creature. you will also end up losing that animal of course.

[@brettdomenick]

Regarding the tax fraud section. In the United States there are a ton of agriculture tax breaks and exemptions for farms as farms are critical for food production and sustaining life.

[@flyinggrass]

28:55 Alex's 2 heart event shows her mother got sick after his father left didn't suicide.

[@kayniee]

depression is an illness too - commonly brought on by grief.

[@gamerl2220]

Maybe castle village is where haunted chocolatier takes place

[@ghostofyaz]

Was about to comment this!

[@laurieb3703]

Yes!!!!!!!!

[@maebholeary2734]

7:17 Now we know about one of them! For those who haven't heard Haunted Chocolatier is one of those games (I'm pretty sure) :).

[@bkPaladin80]

and it looks F I R E

[@DrZalmat]

I would say "Alien theory" refers more to the hints that Dwarves actually are aliens of some sort. They call themself "sky people" and the helmets are a reference to old style alien astronaut helmets from movies. There are a few other hints as well, can't remember all of them, though...

[@Qu33nOfN3rds]

I feel like for Layer 6, if Qi really was controlling the "simulation" I feel like it would be Qi and Lewis, as Lewis is mayor for YEAAAARS, and that no one ages even in year 200

[@send_nudibranchs]

i think the "fall 26 curse" might be inspired by tbe creepy prank calls of the sims 1

[@peanuts7324]

The marnie Lewis bush thing isn’t a random event. One of the secret notes tells you about it and you can only activate it at 12:40 am

[@leonora4369]

I've played over 600h in stardew. I did not know queen of sauce aired on wednesdays and sundays

[@8-bitfin768]

When I found out you could marry someone in stardew valley I immediately looked for the most miserable single npc in the game which I originally thought was Sebastian, but then I found out Shane was some depressed drunken middle aged man and was like: Yep, this is the man for me. Also the first time he said I was "nibbling" on pizza roles that really made me uncomfortable and caught me off guard XD

[@horrorhistory7342]

They’re both miserable but in different ways.

[@fence7446]

Grandpa's farm was all a mess when you got there... he died... like years before you go there.

[@Maxinescroggs]

If you marry Emily she still goes to work and helps around town and sees friends. She’s like super happy lol

[@oOYoungy93Oo]

On the subject of Gunther being a ghost and not being seen outside of the library, I saw Gunther in the cinema one early morning. When you try to engage in dialogue, he says something along the lines of "I must get to the library for opening".

[@FumpyDuck]

He also shows up at the farm for a cutscene at some point

[@mahwiiiife408]

Hate to butt in so late, as many item spawning friendly players would confirm, spawned rings do not give their status effects or do anything. They become a blank item in the code that just clogs inventory. I have yet to test if you can combine them with a different ring to make them useable again, but until then do not spawn in rings.

[@syl3r]

In SV expanded the wandering merchant is a good friend of one of the new npc's and is technically an informant for stuff that's going on on the empire, she's also a smuggler for gotoro goods in the mod. (this is probably the case because mature events is on on my save file)

[@elistachnick2949]

I'm pretty sure robin has a small chance to say "Lew... Oh" when the player walks in, so Lewis might be the unholy mayor and could be Sebastian's Father.

[@Kim-dl2uk]

Wasn't it marnie who said that?

[@elistachnick2949]

@@Kim-dl2uk yes but so did robin

[@HexManiacLeilah]

That dialogue is definitely real, it actually happened to me once! I was so surprised lol

[@danielab4504]

I saw this dialogue a couple times and i always assumed it was because she is kinda paranoid of Lewis's arrival to collect taxes lol

[@elizabethb4168]

It might be a bug where Robin says Marnie's dialogue?

[@starz4jxey]

Sebastion and Abigail being siblings would be a little unsettling because when you marry Maru, you can get a dialogue from her that basically indicated that Sebastian like Abigail in a romantic way..

[@charlyyyyyyyyyy]

sam says he thinks sebastian has a crush on abigail too

[@xAhsoka]

Ain't there that theory that long-lost relatives are more likely to be attracted to each other?

[@PossibleBat]

Well, obviously all bachelors and bachelorette are counterparts to each other. Alex-Haley, Abigail-Sebastian, Sam-Penny, Elliot-Leah, Emily-Harvey, etc, meaning that if you don’t marry none of them it could be interpreted that with time, those pairs will eventually happen.

[@japanpanda2179]

@@PossibleBat Maru with Harvey and Emily with Shane, otherwise yeah.

[@japanpanda2179]

Yeah it doesn't even make sense! Sebastian was born in the city before Robin moved.

[@crepequeen643]

I became good friends with a close friend of the developer (who just so happens to be the inspiration for a character in the game 👀) when I got more involved with the community. Through this they actually got to give me some of these Easter eggs before they were widely known, and ConcernedApe even personally fixed my copy of the game one time when my file got corrupted. Those two made my experience with this game the most special I’ve ever had ❤️

[@obtuse_cupcake6751]

Lol, which character?

[@TheKoriKasai]

27:46 We learn in one of alexs cutscenes that his mother died from skme illness and his dad left them i believe. Also pennys dad is missing but she says he keft them because he felt trapped. So Jas' parents and Sebastian's dad are just completely unaccounted for from what i know.

[@flyinggrass]

Thank you

[@TheKoriKasai]

@@flyinggrass you're welcome

[@bigguy1164]

The spouses all have lives still off the farm. For example Emily visits her sister and works at the tavern, Penny still teaches the kids, Maru still works.

[@mariam-ch4in]

except for abigail she does nothing 😭😭

[@beththedarkmage3359]

@@mariam-ch4in She sees her friends and will tell you she's going to the mine for the day. Also visits her parents...tbh I can see her having a job, but it being like Seb's, mostly indoors and freelance work.

[@mariam-ch4in]

Beth the Dark Mage why does my abigail just stand there and occasionally play the flute LMAOOO

[@aincra6765]

@@beththedarkmage3359 I mean if I'm married and my significant other made around 100k per day, I wouldn't work either. can you blame them?

[@epicmanepicmani7106]

Man why must there always be a its a post apocalypse or you are dead and just imagine things theory in every game.

[@SweetLolita]

“They were dead all along” gotta be the lamest theory since “It was a dream all along”

[@thedecayingwatcher7177]

Probably because it's one of the easiest theories to come up with, you don't really need to get creative with a theory like that, it's does most of the work on its own.

[@lynxisepicc8611]

also have you realised that when robin is constructing something for you she doesnt stop till shes done? like during night before your about to pass out shes still there

[@sophg2181]

The player works hard, but Robin works harder🔨💪

[@wingsofsteel338]

Because she's a girlboss

[@sofiachaves7725]

Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

[@chungboislim2061]

@@sofiachaves7725 Are these the words of Karen?

[@sofiachaves7725]

@@chungboislim2061 yes 😞🤝

[@Cryospec]

If stardew valley is hell, i better start sinning

[@Broccolini42783]

Something I’ve never seen acknowledged is the fact that you actually can see Gunther outside of the museum and rusty key cutscene, there’s a chance he’ll appear in the movie theatre with legs and everything I seem to be the only person who’s ever seen this so I probably should’ve gotten a photo as proof lol

[@_not_Calysta_]

I’ve seen it too i’m not sure if it’s rare or not.

[@Jake-kt7ws]

oh speaking of stone owl i got that in the first version i just wanted to share that because i was a child who didn't know it was rare when that happened

[@onemansvoice9132]

no

[@kammieceleek5113]

I got it twice? In the same save in one year. They guard the entrance to my house

[@artemyburakh12]

By the way, you actually CAN see gunter outside of library. He appeares in a cutscene in community center when pierre knocks joja out of this plane of existence

[@misanthropewolf]

Also when you go to the movie theater, he is sometimes there

[@artemyburakh12]

@@misanthropewolf indeed but at that moment I haven’t opened it yet

[@dunodisko2217]

I can confirm that the item spawn code name thing is most certainly NOT fixed on mobile. Every time someone says my name I get a magic rock candy and a treasure chest.

[@miaalmeida4787]

in pc is not fixed either

[@joffles6516]

21:59 you actually see him in the community center after you finish it in the cutscene where Morris is beat up, I remember because I was surprised to see him out of the museum

[@miaalmeida4787]

in my first ever game i got the owl statue during spring. i had no idea that people spent years trying to get it. i almost threw the statue away after not being able to sell it

[@AerithyZacky]

Kent tried to murder me straight after I divorced his son lol. Every single day it was a different type of bomb!

[@KaiAllistar]

29:00 ish. Some people have said it as well, that their spouse does basically the same things. I’ve been married to Maru for years. She still does astronomy, works on machines, goes to work at the hospital, and visits her parents, as she’s said, although I’m not sure if she actually has, I’ve never looked.

[@FeatherFall101]

Way back when the spouse always stayed on the farm all the time but i think there was an update that fixed this? My current game Sebastian still goes to the pub to play pool with sam on Fridays, and when I talk to him on a morning sometimes he'll say hes going out for the day. Or hes out working on his bike. Even a few years ago when it seems like he'd only be on the farm Sebastian's dialogue would sometimes talk about going for a midnight drive.

[@decilence6184]

I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my life in a farm that produces millions per month.

[@pixtonuser5806]

Once you got to the final part of the iceberg, my heart legit stopped and I started wondering a lot. I'm writting this in the middle of the night 'cause I woke up because of all of these ideas. My brain doesn't want to stop thinking about these theories XD

[@pickaxechannel5807]

The reason the item id exploit was fixed on console and mobile was because it could cause crashes and I guess console and mobile companies have strict policies about intentionally leaving in bugs that can cause crashes.

[@drubioparedes5737]

Im still using it on ios so i dont think is yet patched (could be on android idk)

[@pickaxechannel5807]

@@drubioparedes5737interesting

[@MossyDoesVideos]

With the Gunther ghost thing, jas and Vincent acknowledge him, but a couple of Penny's marriage dialogue talks about how she got a new book and that Gunther said hi something along the lines of that

[@wednesday6573]

Yeah also without being married, she says something along the lines of "if you find Artifacts, Gunther will expose them in the museum"

[@cbellostudios6386]

Honestly I don’t think it’s our fault marriage ruins the spouses lives. I mean they can still go and do what they want, they aren’t being held hostage. (Plus if they want they could finally be the ones to use the divorce book)