I will admit, I by no means acquired swept up within the Stardew Valley hype. Do not get me improper: I actually loved the sport, however I wasn’t initially obsessive about it the way in which I used to be with Animal Crossing or Breath of the Wild. Nonetheless, multiplayer assist reignited my curiosity within the recreation: Rapidly, I might begin a farm with my associates, and we might all take turns sustaining the crops and cattle and managing the varied duties round city. (Personally, I simply favored going fishing all day.)
As enjoyable as Stardew’s multiplayer is, it seems a big fraction of the fan base by no means acquired to strive it out. Till this week, I had no concept the cellular model of Stardew Valley did not assist co-op. Though enjoying on my Change feels like cellular gaming, it counts as a console, which means my little underpowered Nintendo pill from 2017 might join with associates over the web, however my overpowered iPhone from 2023 could not.
That has modified with the app’s massive 1.6 replace on cellular. The replace dropped on PC in March of this 12 months, and at last shipped to cellular customers earlier this month. Model 1.6 provides a ton of recent options and bug fixes to the sport throughout platforms, and even provides the choice to play with as much as eight different gamers on PC. And eventually, cellular customers now have entry to a model of co-op multiplayer, albeit a restricted one.
You will not comprehend it from booting up the app as regular, nonetheless. Nor will you see it talked about in the discharge notes. As a substitute, you may want to make use of a secret backdoor to entry multiplayer on cellular, as outlined by Android Authority.
Learn how to play Stardew Valley co-op on cellular
First, you may want the paid model of the Stardew Valley app on iOS or Android. (Stardew Valley+, the Apple Arcade model of the sport, does not assist co-op in any respect.) You will additionally have to ensure you’ve up to date your recreation to model 1.6 by way of the App Retailer (iOS) or Play Retailer (Android).
When you launch the sport, you may have to entry a hidden settings menu. As soon as the Stardew Valley emblem seems, faucet the corners of the signal within the right order, then faucet the ? within the backside proper, like so:
Prime proper, high proper, backside left, backside left, high left, backside proper, high left, backside proper, ?. (Astute players could acknowledge the patterns as a partial Konami code.) Again out of the assistance menu, and it’s best to now see the Co-op choice in the primary menu.
Sadly, that is not the tip of it. Along with truly accessing this hidden choice, you additionally have to be on the identical recreation model as the opposite gamers. Proper now, every thing’s on the identical model, in order that should not be an issue (as long as everybody’s up to date), however that might grow to be an issue if, say, Stardew points a serious replace on PC earlier than it drops for different units.
As well as, you may want to be on the identical native community as different gamers so as to play collectively. That may require discovering the IP handle of the participant internet hosting the sport, since Stardew Valley will ask you for it when attempting to affix. Fortunately, it will work for many units the host it utilizing, whether or not that be Mac, PC, Android, or iOS. (Take a look at this earlier article to learn to discover the IP handle to your explicit machine.)
Upon getting the IP handle, faucet Co-op, then select Be a part of > Be a part of LAN Sport… and enter the IP handle when prompted. Faucet the inexperienced tick icon, then select the lively recreation from the checklist. Congratulations! You are now enjoying multiplayer Stardew in your iPhone or Android.
