Starting a new farm in Stardew Valley is a messy task, and cleaning everything up takes a lot of time and resources. As players progress through the game they can start to form some ideas of how they want their farm to look, however it's often difficult to think of some unique designs and layouts.
Luckily, inspiration for unique farm designs can be found everywhere, from various sources on the internet or real farm images on Google. Settling on a unique farm design can be a satisfying decision and these are some of the best options to help players along their journey and to provide inspiration on a design that suits them best.
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10 Mushroom Kingdom
Players can create their very own Mushroom Kingdom within their farm if they so wish. The key decoration gamers will need to obtain is the mushroom tree which can be purchased once Qi's Walnut Room is unlocked. These beautiful toadstool trees create a magical feeling and truly make your farm feel both special and different.
There's something about tall mushroom trees surrounding both sides of pathways that evokes a very warm and welcoming feeling. Whether players are wanting to completely populate their farm with tall mushrooms, or just sprinkle them around for some added decorations, these are an absolutely great choice for making one's farm stand out and add some extra character.
9 Tropical Paradise
Players can make their farm look like an exotic Hawaiian resort with this themed idea. Based on the beach farm which players can choose at the start of the game, palm trees can be sprinkled around to evoke that tropical resort surroundings. Using dark wooden decking, tables, and chairs further adds to the feeling of a tropical resort.
Tropical fruits and crops can also be sprinkled all over a player's farm to completely commit to that Hawaiian aesthetic. With the array of colorful scenery that all these trees and crops provide, and the relaxing sound of waves brushing onto the shores, there's only one other thing that players should obtain - a Hawaiian shirt!
8 Wild Forest
Gamers looking for an enchanted, mystical forest feeling can turn their farm into a deep, luscious green forest where trees and leaves cover the land. The drawback of choosing the forest farm at the start of the game is that there's less land to plant and harvest crops, or use to build buildings on. But who really cares when you can make your farm look like something out of The Legend of Zelda.
Covering farms with trees so that only the player knows where everything is located is a great way to make your farm feel unique. To create an enchanted forest feeling, gamers can decorate their forest with lights to create some magical ambiance. It's a relaxing, unique design, and it's a great one for any nature lovers out there.
7 Maze Theme
Gamers looking for a more adventurous design can create a maze pathway with their layout. A maze is almost as unique as it gets because it's only the player who designed it who knows the correct paths to take. It's a fun idea to explore as different themed mazes can be created with special themed decorations.
With the full landscape unlocked, these mazes can get pretty extensive and if they're not careful gamers can easily get lost in their own creation. Ranging from classic hedge designs to daunting cornfield mazes, the possibility to create something unique is endless. Taking the next step-up, Stardew Valley fans can also create multiple different mazes within their farm layout. It's an easy method to make your farm feel unique.
6 UFO Crop Circles
This one's for all the conspiracy theorists out there. Stardew Valley fans can integrate their own alien enthusiasm into their farm by designing some classic UFO crop circles. By filling out the entire farm with corn and leaving certain areas clear, gamers can create any pixilated shape they want - including the classic UFO circle. The above image is an excellent recreation of the Nazca Lines, a great example of a unique shape.
The fun part of the design comes in trying something different, however. By creating their own alien design, players can decorate their farm with a very specific alien crop shape unique to their very own Stardew Valley farm. Some gamers might even want to think of their very own lore behind their UFO circle, and what exactly left it there.
5 Seasonal And Event Decorations
Players can spice up their farm designs by adhering the layout to each season throughout the year. For example, fans can create a spooky layout featuring lots of pumpkins and gothic candles for a Halloween themed farm layout. When it comes to December, gamers can get in the festive spirit and use special limited items to decorate their farms with snowmen and candy canes.
The option to align farm decorations with seasonal events makes for an exciting reason to return to the game throughout the year. From Easter to Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas, there are so many different events that players can use as inspiration to make their farm look unique.
4 Islands And Bridges
The riverland farm layout offers a unique opportunity to make their farm based on separate floating islands. Fans can get creative here and decorate their riverland islands in unique ways by ensuring each island contains different decorations with unique themes. For example, one island could be a designated fruit island whereas another could be completely filled with mushrooms, with each island featuring different colored buildings.
Gamers can treat their islands like biomes and create a wonderfully diverse range of interconnected islands. One of the other parts of decorating this layout comes in the connecting bridges, which players can also experiment with decorating uniquely using different styles and materials.
3 Brewery
Gamers can turn their whole farm layout into a designated brewery setup for a choice of either producing beer or wine (or both if that's the style that suits them!), which can be a fun project to tackle. It's advised that fans use a planner to create their ideal brewery layout before building as it's important to ensure an efficient system can be set up.
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Kegs in Stardew Valley are one of many items that refine one good into another and can be used to significantly increase the value of some items.
By dedicating parts of their farms to wheat or grapes, players can use kegs to ferment some alcoholic beverages - which make for some very nice profits! It's a great idea to try just for fun but it's also one that enhances the roleplaying aspects of the game.
2 Zen Garden
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Players can opt for a more oriental aesthetic by designing a zen garden decoration within their farm. Whilst the base game doesn't support any actual zen garden, fans can create their own with stone paths and small bushes. There's also a gorgeous pink tree next to the house which can serve as a cherry blossom.
Decorations can be added to create a unique shrine by using the stone frog status and the golden clock with small potted trees. It takes a little bit of creative leeway to get the right look with these decorations, but if players can pull it off then it looks really special.
1 Use Of Mods
Players can unlock so many options for creating some unique farm decorations and layouts by exploring the vast array of Nexus Mods for Stardew Valley. There are so many different ideas that can be explored with mods, and it's definitely the best way to make a farm look unique. Curious fans can check out some of the best mods available here.
If the base game decorations aren't quite tickling your fancy, or players can't quite design their dream farm, then chances are that there'll be a mod that includes the perfect decorations on the Nexus Mods forum. From alchemy and high fantasy, to gothic decorations and steampunk aesthetics, mods truly make for a unique experience.
Stardew Valley
- Released
- February 26, 2016
