Stardew Valley is a beloved indie game, farming simulator, and lifestyle choice available for all video game consoles, PC, Mac, and mobile. As of 2020, Stardew Valley has sold over 20 million copies. The game's popularity has led to an extensive library of player-generated mods on the internet. Some of the most popular among them are the Pokémon mods, known to make the game into "Pokedew Valley." Players will have to purchase Stardew Valley through GOG or Steam for their Mac or PC.
These Pokémon mods come in many forms and many names. Players can turn their Horses into Rapidashes, dress their farmer in Team Rocket Gear, or turn their cows into Snorlax. However, the ability to mod the game is only available for Mac, PC, and Linux. This guide will provide the broad strokes of how to mods, and where to find Pokémon mods online.
Backing Up Data Before Installing Pokémon Mods in Stardew Valley
Regardless of your platform, players should backup their Stardew Valley files before starting to mod anything. If Stardew Valley was ed on Steam, there is an easy shortcut to do this for Mac and Windows. Find Stardew Valley in the list of games in the Steam library. Right-click Stardew Valley and find Properties. Go to Local Files, then select Backup Game Files. Players can set the drop location for a complete backup of their Stardew Valley game and saves on their desktop, in case anything crashes. The manual way to do this would be to search your machine for the Stardew Valley source folder and make a copy on your own.
ing Stardew Valley Mods
For Mac s
SMAPI at https://smapi.io/. Unzip the file, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation for a Mac. Once installed, the Terminal window will open. Follow the text prompts in Terminal to complete the installation. Find Stardew Valley on Steam again, right-click the game, and find the local files. Do not have Stardew Valley open when doing this. Steam will open a finder window, which should bring up the file path to the "Mods" folder. All Mods ed from the internet simply need to be dragged into this Mods folder. When players open Stardew Valley, the Terminal program will open along with the SMAPI launcher for the game. This program will tell players exactly which mods are loaded, and if there are any issues.
For Windows s
SMAPI at https://smapi.io/. Extract the .zip to the desktop, and follow the installation instructions. For Windows s, Steam requires specific settings to be changed to allow s to mod the game. After installation, SMAPI will show you a line of text that the Windows Steam application needs to have copied into the Stardew Valley launch options. Copy this text out of the install window and open Steam. Right-click Stardew Valley, choose Properties, General, then set launch options. Replace all text with the text from SMAPI and that is the end of it! Close and save and re-open Stardew Valley. Mods can be dragged into the new subfolder "Mods" in the Content folder of Stardew Valley.
Manual Installs for Stardew Valley Mods for Mac and Windows s
Some mods are not packaged for SMAPI and require s to manually swap out textures files in the Stardew Valley folder. This is easier than it sounds. First, as mentioned before, create a secure backup of your game files before modding anything. After ing the mods from the internet, players will have an unzipped subfolder of ".XNP" files. These will be labeled as the texture they replace, "White Chicken.XNP" for example. Put these files in the Stardew Valley/Content/ folder and overwrite the originals. Content is split depending on the type of texture, such as furniture, animals, etc. Do not have the game open when this happens.
There are several sources for Stardew Valley mods to online. Nexusmods, in particular, has a giant library, including a few takes on the Pokémon mods. Some mods require Content Patcher, which is also available on Nexusmods. Read the description of the mods and check whether they are ".XNP" files, or if they are packed to be used with SMAPI. Organize mods on your own Desktop, then copy them into the Mods folder. When Stardew Valley opens, the Pokémon mods will be applied to previous save files or a new game. It might take a few steps, but the process is very straightforward. Fifteen minutes of effort or so is worth it to turn a dog into Vaporeon.
Stardew Valley is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox, & Nintendo Switch.
