Top 10 Stardew Valley Best UI Mods For A Better Experience
All the crucial information you need to keep track of is provided by the subtle Stardew Valley User Interface (UI) HUD, with simple-to-use menus. The whole thing is rather impressive, especially considering that the game was made by a one-man team. Nevertheless, the game might benefit from additions like UI mods, some of which we have included below for your amusement and the enhancement of your quality of life.
10-Stardew Notifications
Stardew Notification is a mod that provides useful notification messages for different events, harvesting, and production tasks that occur throughout the game. No matter how you choose to play the game, life as a Stardew Valley farmer is a busy one and it can be easy to forget about things you have to do. This mod takes care of the little things by reminding you all about them.
What's Useful About Stardew Notifications:
- When produce in sheds is ready to be harvested and when objects spawn in the farm cave are two examples of the small things the mod provides information about that you ordinarily wouldn't know about unless you went to check.
- You'll receive notifications of the Villagers' birthdays and a reminder to share your own by a specific time, if you haven't done so previously.
- You will be alerted when the spawning rates of seashells, blackberries, and salmon berries increase.
Mod features:
- The mod works with the Base Game
- Available translated into Spanish and German
Get this mod here.
9-Farm Animal Choices
When you purchase farm animals from Marnie’s shop you can’t choose the color of your cow or chicken as it’s randomized. Sometimes you just want to have brown chickens to get brown eggs or white chickens to get white eggs.
With the help of the Farm Animals Choices mod, all the Vanilla farm animals are now available. Now that you don't have to hope the chicken you buy will be the one you need, you may be certain to collect both brown and white chicken eggs to finish the Community Center bundle with this mod.
What's Useful About Farm Animal Choices:
- The mod makes the randomizer purchasing feature disabled and an optional Progression Mode is included.
- You can purchase Void, Golden, and Blue chickens after seeing the Blue chicken event.
- The chicken price can be adjusted in the config so you can set the price you want to pay for Golden, Void, and Blue chickens.
Mod features:
- The mod works with the Base Game
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Compatible with Bulk Animal Purchase
Get this mod here.
8-Character Wiki Linker
Stardew Valley, like the majority of games, includes a wiki page that is crammed with in-depth information about the game, including the NPC villagers. To increase friendship levels, players typically try to learn the schedules of NPCs and what kinds of gifts they enjoy and enjoy receiving, but there are so many villagers that it can be challenging to keep track of them all.
By introducing a new toggleable window that displays the faces of all the villagers and instantly opens to each one's own wiki page, this mod eliminates the trouble of having to minimize your game or use your phone to search up the wiki page. The Stardew Valley Wiki page is the best source of knowledge when you forget or are unsure of something about a villager. Even though it could take a few extra steps to look up a specific villager, we all appreciate things like this mod that make our lives simpler.
What's Useful About Character Wiki Linker:
- There are two ways to configure things. The button(s) you press to open/close the menu can be changed to any key(s) of your choosing. Additionally, you can prevent any villagers you haven't yet met from appearing on the window.
- Because the game is compatible with multiplayer, if you're playing with friends and one of you wants to research a villager, they can do so while the other is working on a different task.
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
Get this mod here.
7-Animated Deluxe UI
This entertaining mod adds animated icons to your base game's UI to make it less static. The health and energy bars and the clock are the only animated UI elements in the vanilla version of the game, but adding this mod will add some motion to the otherwise still icons. This mod's addition somehow makes the game appear more engaging and exciting, which is something desired in a game.
What's Useful About Animated Deluxe UI:
- The inventory tabs, Skills, the Buffs that appear on non-edible goods, and more icons are now animated! They're all also programmable.
- When you hover over wallet objects, descriptions are added to them.
- The dynamic shop status, which is displayed in the top right corner, lets you know whether a certain store is open or closed at the specific time and day.
Mod features:
- Required: Content Patcher, Content Patcher Animations, Expanded Preconditions Utility, SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Compatible with Single-player and Multi-Player
Get this mod here.
6-Customisable Heart Relationship Icon
Using a customizable color scheme made up of 22 pre-set color combinations, this mod transforms the circular heart level indicator next to a character's image into a heart shape! This is a tiny mod but little details matter! Pick a theme and have fun with these heart colors.
What's Useful About Customisable Heart Relationship Icon:
- The preset combinations each consist of 5 colors for 0-1 hearts, 2-3 hearts, 4-5 hearts, 6-7 hearts, and 8-9 hearts. You can also customize each heart individually totally up to 30 color options.
- The combinations consist of sets such as Ocean, Rainforest, and Magic themes and include colors from different LGBTQ+ flags.
- Also choose from the following colors: Blue, Black, Cherry Blossom, Green, Lavender, and others including my favorite Azure and Turquoise.
- Pick whether to keep the default 10 hearts Iridium star icon or to replace it with either a differently colored star or heart.
Mod features:
- The mod doesn’t have any requirements.
- It is compatible with other recolor mods and UI mods
Get this mod here.
5-Monster Log Anywhere
The addition of Monster Log Anywhere adds a keybind that allows you to access the Adventure Guild's Monster Kill Log from anywhere in a simplified format with everything showing up on one page.
Now you only have to make that extra trip to the Adventurer’s Guild to collect your monster eradication rewards. You don't need to remember how many monsters to kill each time you go mining. When you need a refresher, simply toggle the Log to learn how to eliminate as many enemies as you can at once.
What's Useful About Monster Log Anywhere:
- If you’re trying to get the Burglar’s Ring you can now keep better track of how many Dust Sprites you’ve eradicated.
- Choose to either keep the default keybind or change it to a number of options.
- The Log also allows some simple customization of the header and footer
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Compatible with Custom Adventure Guild Challenges
Get this mod here.
4-Data Layers
The world is overlaid with visual data from this mod, such as bee, Junimo, Scarecrow, and Sprinkler coverage, hidden paths, and warps, as well as automatically incorporating data from other modules when appropriate. You can use the information from this mod to test custom maps or to better plan the layout of your farm. Use this mod to create farms that are both attractive and useful!
What's Useful About Data Layers:
- Obtain information on the crops that have been fertilized, irrigated, and are ready for harvest or even if they won't be before the change of the season.
- Find out where you can go and discover secret pathways and nooks, where you can build buildings on your farm, where bees look for flowers so you know where to put bee hives, and scarecrow coverage, which can draw attention to unprotected crops.
- Whether your machines are empty, processing, or finished is indicated by their state during processing.
- You can optionally customize the options (including keyboard/controller bindings).
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Recommended mod: Color Valley lets you see which tiles are passable/which tiles are warps and more!
- Available translated into Ukranian: Data Layers - Ukrainian (Ukrainizacija)
- Compatible with multiplayer.
Get this mod here.
3-NPC Map Locations
NPC Map Locations displays the locations of every player and NPC on the map with the locations of the buildings. Additionally, the map has been redone to better reflect the game, which is also shown on an optional minimap.
Finding each character you need to speak to in the game can take a lot of time. You can learn their timetables by heart, but that takes a lot of effort. You'll always be aware of where each character is at all times thanks to the map's updated, more precise design that supports real-time tracking.
What's Useful About NPC Map Locations:
- The map automatically adjusts tracking for larger custom map sizes and changes for each season.
- The ideal addition is the optional minimap, which may be positioned as you like.
- Custom NPC attire is supported by the map automatically.
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Available translations are included in the base mod: French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Compatible with single-player and multiplayer (must be installed by the host player).
- The mod has compatibility patches included for most of the popular recolors.
Get this mod here.
2-Deluxe Journal
This mod upgrades the vanilla journal or quest log by replacing it with new features that help players keep track of daily activities. Players can either write down what they need on the notes page or choose from a choice of various auto-completion conditions. With this mod you can keep a better record of any and all tasks that you assign to yourself or that are assigned to you as a result of quests and challenges from villager NPCs.
What's Useful About Deluxe Journal:
- The mod includes a task page that offers a list of your daily duties. These tasks expire at the end of each day unless they are given a renewal duration of one day, one month, or one year.
- Add task categories like simple manual activities, gather and craft tasks with a count option, gift tasks with a choice of what to give, and buying and selling tasks.
- There is a place on the notes page where you can record anything that is unrelated to a task so add anything like your random ideas.
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Translated versions of the mod are available in Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese
- This mod is NOT compatible with other mods that replace the vanilla journal.
Get this mod here.
1-Almanac
The in-game book Almanac offers helpful details on a variety of topics, such as a long-term weather forecast and when to grow crops, local notices like birthdays and festivals, and even updates from the Adventurer's Guild. After performing specific tasks, you will receive copies of the Almanac from Pierre, the Wizard, and Willy.
One of the best parts about this mod is the information given on crops, such as how long they take to grow and when it’s best to plant them. Sometimes it is hard to figure out how many harvests you can get out of a crop.
What's Useful About Almanac:
- There are 3 versions of the Almanac that unlock different pages: The basic Ferngill Farmer's Almanac from Pierre, the Magical Almanac from the Wizard, and the Fern Islands Almanac from Willy.
- The first two versions won’t take long to unlock, as it can take a few in-game weeks to around a month or two if you make it your focus. The third version will take a little longer.
- Complete events and tasks such as earning at least a thousand gold, having two friendship hearts with the Wizard, and fixing Willy’s boat.
Mod features:
- Required: SMAPI - Stardew Modding API
- Compatible with Generic Mod Config Menu
- Works for multiplayer
Get this mod here.
