Why You Should Absolutely Drink Stardew Valley’s Mayo

26 Mar at 19:53

Nicole Carpenter
is an elderly press reporter concentrating on investigatory functions regarding labor concerns in the game market, along with business and society of games.

A day prior to Stardew Valley’s 1.6 upgrade launch day, designer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone posted a line from the update’s patch notes on X (previously Twitter): “You can now drink mayonnaise.” The Stardew Valley neighborhood was drunk. It’s simply… why? Once the upgrade introduced on March 19, the response ended up being clear: It’s really a respectable very early game thing many thanks to Stardew Valley’s brand-new Meadowlands Farm, which allows you begin your ranch with 2 poultries.

Those 2 poultries suggest 2 eggs daily. And 2 eggs daily implies great deals of mayo a lot previously in the game than on various other ranches. You can market it for a wonderful revenue, however it has an unpredicted advantage: Drinking mayo provides you 50 power factors and 22 wellness factors, and those statistics just increase with the mayo’s top quality. This makes it a rather large treat to take with you right into the mines.

Mining is a vital part of Stardew Valley’s development; it’s where you’ll locate a lot of the sources you require to update your devices and construct things for your ranch. However, in Stardew Valley, you obtain tired when you’re carrying out jobs like striking rocks, so palatable products like mayo are important to remaining in the mines much longer. (There are additionally adversaries in the mines, so you run the risk of draining your wellness, also.) Having a Mayonnaise Machine beforehand, coupled with the Meadowlands Farm poultries, implies you’re able to produce a great deal of power and wellness with extremely little financial investment.

Of training course, obtaining mayo calls for a Mayonnaise Machine, which does take some job — you require to be at farming degree 2, have a copper bar, an Earth Crystal, and some timber and rock. If you function promptly — like, extremely promptly — you can obtain a Mayonnaise Machine in under 20 mins. (Thank you, mayo speedrunners.) It’s worth investing the moment beforehand throughout a Meadowlands Farm run functioning in the direction of this so you’ll have the ability to invest longer time periods in the mines.

If you end up being tired of alcohol consumption mayo in the mines, you can end up being an opponent of the general public by consuming mayo before Stardew Valley people, that dislike the technique. (As they should.)