Stardew Valley followers simply discovering recreation’s ‘distressing’ hidden ending | Gaming | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Stardew Valley followers are simply studying the sport is not as cosy because it appears.

Ever since its launch in 2016, the farm life simulation recreation has develop into a cult traditional amongst avid gamers searching for one thing stress-free to whereas away the hours on. Stardew Valley has even develop into the blueprint for different video games within the style, with newer releases clearly impressed by the title that began all of it.

In Stardew Valley, gamers take up the position of a farmer who has moved to Pelican Town to take over their grandfather’s farm. You can plant crops, are likely to cattle, make pals with the colorful solid of characters, and even discover harmful mines that provide help to unravel the secrets and techniques of the mysterious valley you end up in.

The recreation is bound to maintain you entertained for a very long time, and it seems that even die-hard followers are solely simply discovering out a few of the hidden gems throughout the title – together with one quite “distressing” ending.

In a viral video posted to TikTok, one Stardew Valley fan uncovered a harrowing element hidden deep throughout the recreation that you could solely discover in the event you do one thing very particular. She claimed that below sure circumstances, the farmer – your character – may be murdered “in cold blood.”

It’s already well-known that the farmer can “die” within the mines in the event you get attacked by monsters and lose all of your well being. But in her TikTok video, the girl claimed that they may also be “pushed off a cliff” by one other character within the recreation.

The hidden ending happens at The Summit, an space of the map that’s solely uncovered when you attain “Perfection”. You can do that by finishing the sport to 100%, which includes cooking each single recipe, promoting one among each sellable merchandise, maxing out your friendship with each villager, catching each fish, and varied different duties.

In her video, streamer Millkberry mentioned: “If you somehow make it to The Summit without reaching perfection, Mr Qi will be there with some choice words for you. As the background of The Summit glitches out eerily behind you, Mr Qi will ‘congratulate’ you on reaching perfection before mocking you and calling you selfish.

“He will then name you ‘despicable’, turning in the direction of the farmer for a break up second because the display screen cuts to black and the loss of life sound may be heard. The empty Summit will flash creepily on display screen for a second earlier than you are woken up by Doctor Harvey.”

Seasoned Stardew Valley players will know all about the mysterious Mr Qi, but for those who haven’t played the game extensively, he’s a bizarre character who pops up every now and again with baffling quests for the farmer to complete.

Reaching The Summit before you’ve reached “perfection” in-game can only be done by exploiting a couple of known glitches, so if you’re playing the game as it was intended, you don’t need to worry about accidentally getting your character murdered.

Commenters on the post were baffled by the hidden scene. Many had no idea it existed despite pouring hundreds of hours into the game. Others said it was a “genius” move by the developers to add the extra scene instead of simply fixing the glitch.

One person said: “That’s loopy! I really like that that is within the recreation.”

Another added: “I really feel like this was a bug the developer did not wish to repair. He COULD’VE mounted it, however he was like, you realize what? I’ve acquired one other thought.”