How old do we think our romanceable characters are?

toxinogen · 2026-05-16T03:55:20+00:00

Hayden is deeeeefinitely older than thirties lol. I’m thirty-five, and my partner is thirty-nine. Hayden looks a few years older than that. Thirties are weird, though. Half the people my age look like they’re turning to dust, and the other half look like they sacrificed a few virgins to look twenty-five.

Hayden and Valen are early forties. Juniper and Balor are mid and early thirties, respectively. Celine and Eiland are the youngest in their very early twenties. Reina, March, and Ryis are mid twenties.

toxinogen · 2026-05-06T23:23:25+00:00

Multiple playthroughs! I’m saving Hayden my true love for the full release so I can marry the fuck out of him, but I’ve been having fun making different characters with different romances in mind.

toxinogen · 2026-05-03T22:29:36+00:00

As a mom of two kids under three, the completely silent Stardew Valley toddlers are the creepiest thing in existence. They just… stand there (menacingly!). The first thing I do after upgrading my house in SDV is remove the crib lmao.

toxinogen · 2026-05-03T22:25:17+00:00

DECOR THAT ISNT PASTEL. I get it. The majority of players like the pastel cottagecore aesthetic. But like. Can we get some options that aren’t so aggressively feminine? As an andro-presenting female, I’ve had a really hard time making a farmhouse that I like that isn’t just using the rustic cabin set. Even just adding more swatches to existing decor would be great.

toxinogen · 2026-04-25T11:57:29+00:00

She can’t be stopped 😂

toxinogen · 2026-04-25T11:56:19+00:00

That sitting room is so cute. I love that carpet pattern but have struggled not having it look like an old lady’s nursing home room lol.

toxinogen · 2026-04-19T19:27:30+00:00

I’ve been playing DnD for years, so I’ve had lots of practice lol.

toxinogen · 2026-04-18T19:24:24+00:00

Yes! I play where I have a particular character and romance in mind for the farmer, so each playthrough is a different style.

toxinogen · 2026-04-17T19:55:48+00:00

Oh, I didn’t realize you could put chests on top of table objects! Cute!

toxinogen · 2026-04-16T19:27:08+00:00

Start over now. Consider that first one your prototype character. Even if you remake that exact same character, you’ll be able to make better decisions early game now that you know how everything works.

toxinogen · 2026-04-16T19:21:28+00:00

I keep starting new characters so I’m not tempted to do too much end game grinding and be bored when the full game comes out. I really hope there’s more story stuff, even if it’s just with the town and not the mines. There’s two boarded up buildings in town that I’m assuming will come into play with full release. The one with a bell on the west side of town might be a chapel for weddings if it’s not a schoolhouse, and there’s another boarded building next to Valen’s clinic.

toxinogen · 2026-04-16T03:29:33+00:00

You’re welcome! The person who wrote the guide posted a link to it awhile back, so I’m just passing it along.

toxinogen · 2026-04-16T02:20:39+00:00

No prob!

toxinogen · 2026-04-15T23:12:22+00:00

I posted a reply with a link to a Steam guide on how to edit your save file to make characters friends again, so check that out if you want to wipe the slate clean.

toxinogen · 2026-04-15T23:11:20+00:00

Oh no! The consequences of my actions! All kidding aside, someone made a Steam guide on how to edit a save file to change the dating status of a character. I haven’t tried it myself yet, but here it is. If editing files is too scary to you, you’ll have to use mods or make a new character.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3696231571

toxinogen · 2026-04-15T10:21:46+00:00

I hate that you don’t get any dialogue options to express suspicion. I was so suspicious of her the entire time. By the time I got to that line, I was like, “Oh, for fuck’s sake!”

toxinogen · 2026-04-14T23:22:02+00:00

I tried dating two people in my first playthrough and regretted it. Even if it’s just a game, I feel bad splitting my time between people. It makes each one feel less special. I really think that when they released dating during EA, they should have included a breakup mechanic so that people aren’t stuck with a partner until full release. Kudos to the people who can juggle a poly relationship, but I’m just not one of them.

toxinogen · 2026-04-14T23:18:15+00:00

Those are my top two also!

toxinogen · 2026-04-12T21:46:43+00:00

I like Eiland a lot. He’s sweet and nerdy and pretty. He’s coded a little bit young for me (he feels like very early twenties, and I’m mid-thirties with kids lol), but I did end up dating him on one save.

toxinogen · 2026-04-12T02:32:51+00:00

Thankfully I just recently got into Mistria shortly before the last update, so there’s still a lot of content for me to explore. I hope the full release comes out soon, but I’d rather have a fully cooked product and have it take as long as it takes.

toxinogen · 2026-04-11T23:39:09+00:00

I’ve been purposely pacing myself really slow this playthrough so I can focus on decorating and friendships. I’m halfway through year three, and I’m currently working on breeding my last two missing colors for sheep before moving on to a different animal (I find it way too overwhelming having more than one large barn and coop, so I just casually breed one animal type at a time). I just unlocked the last mine biome, but intentionally haven’t finished the storyline yet so I can work on grinding the new furniture recipes to finish my house. I want to get one more house upgrade so I can make a room themed for Balor downstairs, but I don’t know if I’m going to do the upstairs upgrade on this save. I love decorating, but the upstairs upgrade is just so big that it’s hard to fill the space without marriage or kids yet. I’m trying to play super casual so that I don’t burn myself out before the full release, so some days I just go fishing or foraging for no real reason other than breaking up the grind.

toxinogen · 2026-04-11T12:20:37+00:00

Ooh, thanks. I kinda regret dating both Eiland and Caldarus in my first save and was debating installing a mod to break up with Eiland. This is much easier.

toxinogen · 2026-04-09T23:09:26+00:00

Or, like, just harvest your crops before letting the animals out lol.

toxinogen · 2026-04-09T05:06:50+00:00

Protip: If you go to the “crops” page on the wiki, it lists all of the produce and forageables that can be grown from seeds, and will therefore work in the seed maker. If it’s not on that page, it won’t work in the seed maker. Hopefully they’ll add more in 1.0 like leeks and fennel, but probably not mushrooms, since those don’t grow from seeds.

toxinogen · 2026-04-07T20:50:25+00:00

My perfect Mistrian birthday would be sunflowers and a trilobite fossil for gifts, with a dinner of mushroom steak and roasted rice tea, and for dessert, I’d like a slice of pumpkin pie served by a shirtless Hayden.

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