Once you’ve started planting crops in Stardew Valley, you’re going to need to protect them from the birds, lest you lose your crops to thei🎉r beaks. Thankfully, Scarecrows exist for just this purpose.
There are, technically, three kinds of Scarecrows in Stardew Valley
- Scarecrows
- Rarecrows
- Deluxe Scarecrows
This guide will take you through how much land each type will cover, and how to get the recipes to make them. To place a Scarecro🌞w, just select it from your inventory and place it down in your chosen spot.
How to get and use Scarecrows in Stardew Valley
Basic Scarecrows cover a circle which stretches out eight squares from where you place them, protecting a total of 249 spaces. Th♋ese are the first type of Scarecrow you’ll be able to unlock,🐼 and you get the crafting recipe once you hit Farming level 1.
The recipe for regular scarecrows is as follows:
- 50 Wood
- 1 Coal
- 20 Fiber
Rarecrows work in exactly the same way as normal Scarecrows, but they cannot be crafted. There are a 🦩total of eight R♌arecrows with a corresponding number for each, and they can be purchased or earned in various ways:
# | Appearance | How to get |
1 | Like the Scarecrow in Howl’s Moving Castle | Purchased at the Stardew Valley Fair for 800 Star Tokens |
2 | Witch | Purchased at the Spirit’s Eve festival for 5,000 Gold |
3 | Alien | Purchased at the Casino for 10,000 Qi Coins |
4 | Snowman | Appears at the Traveling Cart for 4,000 Gold in Fall or Winter OR Purchased at the Festival of Ice for 5,000 Gold |
5 | Female scarecrow | Purchased at the Flower Dance for 2,500 Gold |
6 | Dwarf | Purchased from the Dwarf for 2,500 Gold |
7 | Raccoon | Earned by donating 40 Artifacts to the Museum |
8 | Tribal mask | Earned by donating 40 overall items to the Museum |
How to get and use Deluxe Scarecrows in Stardew Valley
Deluxe Scarecrows have double the radius of regular Scarecrows, covering an are🦋a that stretches 16 squares from where you put it, protecting a total of 888 Tiles.
You’ll unlock the recipe for Delu🃏xe Scarecrows once you’ve collected all eight Rarecrows. After doing that, you’ll receive a letter at some point in the mail with the recipe attached. There is a 90.5% chance of the letter appearing on any night following𓃲 the day in which you completed the collection.
The recipe for a Deluxe Scarecrow is as follows:
- 50 Wood
- 1 Iridium Ore
- 40 Fiber
Published: Sep 22, 2024 08:54 am