Most players of popular farming simulator Stardew Valley are probably quite familiar with wine. Harvesting certain fruits and turning them into wine is one of the quickest ways to make a tidy profit, with a single bottle sometimes selling for over one thousand gold. But the discoverers of a recent Stardew Valley glitch may not be as eager to taste the unique flavors of wine they have accidentally produced on their farms.
First released in 2016, Stardew Valley sees players inheriting their grandfather's farm in the titular valley and being tasked with restoring it from disrepair. Players can grow crops, raise animals, catch fish, fight monsters, and more. However, its consistent financial benefit has seen many players turn over and over again to fruit-growing and wine making. In particular, players can use rare items such as the Ancient Fruit to produce particularly exotic wines that sell for ever-increasing prices. Additionally, players can fill their farmhouse's Cellar with casks, allowing them to age wine for even greater profits.
One player, however, discovered a glitch that produced quite interesting wines. The Stardew fan, who goes by the username The_Alpha459 on Reddit, was using the fan-created mod Stardew Valley Expanded, discovered that the game could not properly name wine produced using mod-exclusive crops such as the Monster Fruit. An attempt to create Monster Fruit Wine instead led to the bizarrely named "Rusty Blade Wine," seemingly made from a sword. Despite its unappetizing name, the Rusty Blade Wine still did restore health and energy if consumed by a player.
When The_Alpha459 posted their newly crafted wine to Reddit, many other Stardew Valley community members reported similar experiences with modded wine-making. Reportedly, players had successfully created "Fiber Seed Wine," "Iron Ore Wine," and other similarly randomly named wine products. Interestingly, the Rusty Blade is an item exclusive to the Stardew Valley Expanded mod, but Iron Ore and Fiber Seeds are items available in the base game. This glitch is potentially related to another naming-focused glitch in Stardew Valley, in which a player's attempt to call their farm "Milk+Honey Farm" resulted in a bizarre emoji of a face with sunglasses to appear in their farm name instead.
Unfortunately, the player decided not to sell the Rusty Blade Wine, so it remains unclear exactly how much Stardew shopkeeper Pierre would pay for this presumably less than appetizing concoction. However, as Wine is consistently ranked as one of if not the most profitable artisan goods in Stardew Valley, it is likely that the Rusty Blade Wine would fetch a significant amount of money - probably a good bit more than the Rusty Blade itself, which fetches a mere 200 gold.
Stardew Valley is currently available for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Switch, and Xbox One.
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