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Mallory's Challenge Run Catalogue
A collection of Stardew Valley challenge runs from silly to impossible!
The backstory
Mallory began playing Stardew Valley casually and as a streamer in March 2021. After being frustrated by the fishing mechanic, the game was temporarily set aside. Although Mallory did return to the game shortly after (and learned how to fish), it wasn't until April 2022 that challenge runs began to pique her interest.
Mallory's first challenge run was originally developed by another creator, but Mallory began to build upon challenges like this and later create her own challenges to complete in Stardew Valley. Her first perfection file was completed on stream in July 2022, and it was at this point she began fully creating her own challenges to complete.
Along the way, Mallory and their Twitch viewers became very
invested in hats in Stardew Valley. During streams, they all
enjoy the original gambling game of "Hat or No Hat," and
regular viewers in
streams will be quick to inform
anyone interested on their position
regarding Treasure Room hats.
How it works
Most challenges found on this website were first created for Mallory to complete live on stream, but over time have become requested by other streamers, viewers, and players of Stardew. In an effort to help players of all skill levels and interest get a feel for what challenges they may want to play or are capable of taking on, each challenge contains an informational metric to clarify difficulty, console compatibility (specifically related to mods), and anticipated time commitments.
Players should not feel as if they are not welcomed to play more difficult challenges, just to be aware of the difficulty they may be selecting. For challenges marked “compatible with some modifications,” modifications will be designated in the challenge’s FAQ.
Difficulty
Challenge difficulty ranking is intended to help players estimate skill/experience needed to most likely succeed each challenge. Lower (green) gauges indicate a challenge easy to complete with minimal experience while higher gauges indicate more recommended experience and understanding.
Console Compatibility
As some challenges require mods, compatibility with console gameplay is measured as “compatible,” (green) “compatible with some modifications” (yellow) and “not compatible” (red).
Time commitment
Time commitment is intended to help the player know about how long a challenge may take, with green being the shortest and red being the longest.
Challenges
All or Nothing
Challenge
Not your grandfather's perfection run. In three years.
Updated for 1.6
This is a timed perfection run that adds both annual challenge requirements as well as seasonal challenge requirements. Challenges can be completed early and there is no specific marriage candidate or farm required. This challenge was partially inspired by KickthePJ.
Year 1: Complete the
Community Center
Seasonal Challenges:
Spring: Dance with Someone at the Flower Dance
Summer: Earn a cumulative 100k
Fall: Win the SDV Fair Grange
Winter: Get Married
Year 2: Get all Obelisks & the Return Scepter
Seasonal Challenges:
Spring: Complete the Missing Bundle
Summer: Fully Upgrade Every Tool & Farmhouse
Fall: Collect all Special Items & Powers
Winter: Collect Every Golden Walnut
Year 3: Perfection
Seasonal Challenges:
Spring: Grow a Giant Crop
Summer: Complete the Giant Stump Questline
Fall: Complete all the Community Upgrades
Winter: Complete Junimo Kart OR JotPK
This challenge was first completed on July 8, 2022 by Mallory.
The Archaeologist's Pursuit Challenge focuses primarily on completing the Museum in one year's time, as well as unlocking the mysteries surrounding the Shadow People, specifically Krobus. Invite them to move in and join you in your life's adventures by the end of the first year to achieve your archaeologist's desires to learn all about the curious things to be found both around and below Stardew Valley.
This challenge was first completed on August 17, 2022 by Mallory.
Unearth the mysteries found around (and below) Stardew Valley...
*all in one year*
Challenge Details
- Complete the Museum Collection
- Have Krobus Move In with you
- Reach Mining Level 10
- Collect the 3 Secret Statues
- Build your own personal museum
The objective of this run is simple: destroy Pierre and fully embrace JojaMart & Capitalism.
Join us. Thrive.
Updated for 1.6
The Ultimate Meme Capitalism Run is a one-year Stardew Valley Challenge Run that focuses not only on completing the Joja Community Development Projects, but creating a "capitalistic" experience that prioritizes money, individualism, and the capitalism experience. Don't forget to build your tribute to JojaMart and all its glory by the end! Join us! Thrive!
Challenge Details
- Complete the Joja Community Development Projects
- Have to choose Hill-Top Farm
- Cannot purchase anything from Pierre or his Shop
- Cannot Accept Any Pet
- Marry your least favorite Marriage Candidate
- No other friends in Pelican Town
- Absolutely NO Junimo Propaganda
- Have to win the Grange Display
- Acquire a Joja Catalogue and build a Joja Shrine
This challenge was first completed on August 1, 2022 by Mallory.
Pelican Town deserves so much more than capitalism.
While the wickedness of JojaMart is well known in Pelican Town, many often excuse the practices of Pierre and his shop. Prove that neither one is needed by completing the remixed community center avoiding these capitalist institutions and only supporting the worker-owned businesses who don't engage in such practices. This challenge was partly inspired by CharlieBarley and others.
Challenge Details
- Complete the Remixed Community Center in One Year
- Cannot buy anything from Pierre OR Joja
- Win the Grange Display at the SDV Fair
- Reach Farming 10
- Enhance Pelican Town with decor
Additional Notes
No marriage candidate is required, but recommended options for consideration are: Shane (post-Joja), Abigail (getting out of Pierre's house), Leah, Penny, or Elliott.
This challenge was first completed on October 21, 2022 by Mallory.
It's simple. Collect every hat in the game. In three years.
Challenge Details
- Acquire every available hat in-game.
- Marry Emily & Complete her 14-heart event
Bonus Options
- Select the Wilderness Farm
- Choose Remix Bundles for
Community Center
Emily's Extravagant Hat Challenge is, in part, a perfection challenge run that focuses on collecting every available in-game hat within three years. As many hats are locked behind achievements, this challenge will require going above and beyond perfection within the game.
The most intense Community Center Challenge you've ever seen.
(probably)
Elliott, arguably the most pretentious of all marriage candidates, makes his life upon the shores of Pelican Town. And now Elliott's influence on the community has elevated the difficulty of restoring the
Challenge Details
the community center...significantly. Is it possible to complete such a challenge before Grandpa's assessment?
- Complete the Challenging Community Center in Two Years
- Must Select the Beach Farm (NO sprinklers)
- Marry Elliott by the end of Y1
- Achieve Monoculture & Polyculture
- Collect all of the Lost Books
*This challenge requires the usage of the following mods:*
This challenge was first completed on December 6, 2022 by Mallory.
Sprinklers are out.
This challenge is an extension of Elliott's Elaborate Community Center challenge, but can also be completed independently. The main rule for this challenge is simple: no use of ANY sprinklers whether on the farm, or elsewhere, all in three in-game years.
Challenge Objective
Complete Perfection within three in-game years without the use of *any* sprinklers.
FAQ and Full Challenge Info Coming Soon!
Additional Notes
A core element to this challenge is enhanced by choosing the beach farm as it prevents the use of sprinklers across most of the map.
Sprinkler-free also excludes the use of sprinklers in places like Ginger Island or a slime hutch.
This challenge was first completed on January 10, 2023 by Mallory.
Grow your love, and a profit
Sandy is very vocal about her love of "flowers from the valley," so what better way to show love for *her* than by bringing her to the Valley's own Flower Farm! There's one catch: you can only sell flowers and plant-based items to turn a profit on this farm. The Skull Caverns will also be a high priority, but you'll be spending plenty of time in the desert anyways.
*This challenge requires the usage of the following mods:*
Challenge Details
- Complete the Botanist Community Center
- The only "crops" that can be sold for profit must be plant-based or related to flowers. (learn more)
- Marry Sandy by the end of Y1
- Achieve Foraging 10
This challenge was first completed on February 3, 2023 by Mallory.
Take back the Valley!
Challenge Details
- Complete all monster eradication goals in one in-game year.
- Marry Abigail & witness her 14 heart event
- Defeat Journey of the Prairie King
Additional Details
- Must take the Community Center Route
- Choose the Wilderness Farm
Certain areas of Stardew Valley are known to be inhabited by terrifying creature and it's your job to help keep the valley safe! Tackle the adventure guild's monster eradication goals all in one year with Abigail
at your side. And speaking of
Abigail--do you think she'd
encourage you to support
JojaMart? No way! You'll
need to complete the
Community Center in this
run.
FAQ and Full Challenge Info
Coming Soon!
This challenge was first completed on May 9, 2023 by Mallory.
Gotta Grow ‘Em All!
Challenge Details
Its quite easy to focus on just about everything *except* for growing crops in Stardew Valley, but a Vegan Community Center and a chance to grow and ship all crops in just the first year may help refocus our farmer's goals in life. And besides, how else would we expect to impress Leah? And how hard could growing all three giant
crops really be...?
- Complete the Vegan Community Center
- Marry Leah & Witness her 14-heart event
- Grow & Ship one of every crop in one in-game year
- Grow all three giant crops in Year 1
*This challenge requires the usage of the following mods:*
This challenge was first completed on August 11, 2023 by Mallory.
Super perfection, but make it EXPANDED!
This challenge was first completed on July 25, 2023 by Mallory.
How to Catch Willy's Heart: A Step-by-Step Guide
Who doesn't love fishing in Stardew Valley?
Set sail on a journey to collect every fish in and around the Valley, making sure to construct them their own fish pond homes along the way. It looks like Pelican Town has also refocused it's efforts on a Community Center that requires some new items that might better appease our fishy friends! Embrace a new life on your beach farm with everyone's favorite pirate fisherman, Willy! What other secrets will you fish up together?
Challenge Details
- Catch every fish & construct a fish pond for each one in two in-game years
- Marry Willy & Achieve 14 Hearts
- Choose the Beach Farm
- Complete the Fisherman's Community Center Bundles
- Collect all the fishing secret items
- Achieve Fishing 10 & Master Angler
- Win the Ice Fishing Contest
*This challenge requires the usage of the following mods:*
FAQ and Full Challenge Info Coming Soon!
This challenge was first completed on September 22, 2023 by Mallory.
As if Two-Year Perfection wasn’t hard enough....
Challenge Details
In addition to the completion of perfection in two in-game years, this challenge requires the following:
- Fully upgrade & enchant all tools
- Grow at least one giant crop
- Build 5 fish ponds
- Obtain the furniture catalogue
- Complete the wallet
- Acquire a butterfly hutch
- Beat an arcade game
Two-year perfection is in many ways the quintessential challenge for Stardew players. But what if you decided to make it a little *more* challenging? This challenge, originally “Two Year Perfection (Mallory’s Version)” is a celebration of not only the two-year perfection pursuit, but the experiences of a challenge runner as a whole. Tackle the ultimate challenge where it’s not just about perfecting a farm as fast as possible, but celebrating other challenges and special elements of the game along the way!
FAQ and Full Challenge Info Coming Soon!
This challenge was first completed on November 10, 2023 by Mallory.
Only a roll of the dice may actually decide your fate....
Updated for 1.6
Challenge Details
Additional Rules
- Obtain one of every frog variant in 2 in-game years
- Marry Sebastian and Witness his 14-heart event
- Complete the Community Center
- Complete all fixed storyline quests
- Complete the Mastery Cave
- Must roll for all Skill Trees
- Cannot let the Journal exceed one page of tasks
*This challenge includes the optional usage of the following mods:*
Enter into a new chapter of roleplaying adventure as a farmer in pursuit of two things: Sebastian’s heart and frogs. In this two-year farm, attempt to not only complete the (optional custom) Community Center and Mastery Cave, but stay up-to-date on your “quests” and complete the collection challenge surrounding the new frog egg trinkets. But not everything is so black and white when sometimes rolling for outcomes determines your fate.
FAQ and Full Challenge Info Coming Soon!
About Mallory
Mallory is a streamer and content creator best known for creating and completing Stardew Valley challenge runs live on Twitch. These challenge runs include anything from being unable to purchase items from Pierre's General Store or JojaMart to collecting all museum artifacts in one in-game year. Almost all challenge runs are created and developed by Mallory and their Twitch followers.
Alongside games like Stardew Valley, Mallory has sought
to create unique, challenge-focused
experiences across a variety of games. She is
a current DareDrop DareDevil (brand
ambassador), helping to support the mission
of challenge running in general across
platforms like Twitch.
In addition to general gaming
content, Mallory is passionate
about education and
unfettered access for
individuals to learn. As an
archaeologist, she seeks to
create free, accessible, and easy-
to-digest educational content
by relating them to
contemporary media and
games like Pokémon.
contact Mallory
theamateurarchaeologist@gmail.com
Credits
Most in-game images featured on this website are by Concerned Ape for Stardew Valley: https://www.stardewvalley.net/
Additional in-game resource images by Poltergeister: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5450
Stardew Valley font by u/Cowsplay: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g1law0qmnf6pjwr/AACummg5fZJ5JIF4ReeRDxJia?dl=0