Ridgeside Village for Stardew Valley
An expansion with a new town and more than 50 NPCs, romances, shops, festivals, quests and original music. Version 2.5.17 for Stardew Valley 1.6.9 or later.
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What this mod does
Ridgeside Village (RSV) adds a new town with more than 50 NPCs, marriage candidates with their heart events and spouse content, items, shops, festivals, quests and original music. It’s made by Rafseazz and mamaesh with the RSV Council team, and it’s one of the game’s biggest expansions alongside Stardew Valley Expanded.
Requirements
- SMAPI and Stardew Valley 1.6.9 or later.
- Content Patcher, Custom Companions, Farm Type Manager and SpaceCore.
Installation and saves
Version 2.5.17 (53.1 MB, November 2024) is the main file for 1.6; the version for 1.5.6 is a different file with different requirements, so don’t mix them. Since 2.2.5 it has a progressive mode for adding RSV to a save you’ve already started. The authors advise against installing it with Vortex or other managers: do it by hand instead. Since 2.5.2 mobile support is built into the main mod, and it carries the Android-compatible tag.
Known issues
RSV’s world map is in beta and some areas are still missing, and the Mountain Mistblade feature is temporarily disabled. Its history includes fixes for coexisting with SVE and East Scarp. In multiplayer, everyone must have it. Spanish isn’t included: Nexus links separate translations by mardrest and by Kerub.
Ridgeside or SVE? We compare them in Stardew Valley Expanded vs Ridgeside.
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- A huge number of NPCs and content
- Progressive mode for existing saves
- Built-in mobile support
- Compatible with SVE and East Scarp according to its history
- Four required frameworks besides SMAPI
- World map in beta and Mountain Mistblade disabled
- No updates since November 2024
- Spanish requires a separate translation
Requirements
- Stardew Valley 1.6.9 or later (PC; tagged as Android-compatible)
- SMAPI 4.x
- Content Patcher
- Custom Companions
- Farm Type Manager
- SpaceCore
- In multiplayer, all players with RSV
How to install it
- Install SMAPI first (see its mod page) and launch the game once with it to make sure it works.
- Install its four requirements: Content Patcher, Custom Companions, Farm Type Manager and SpaceCore.
- Open the Ridgeside Village page on Nexus Mods, go to the Files tab and click Manual download on the main file (Ridgeside Village 2.5.17). You need a free Nexus account to download.
- Unzip the .zip outside the game folder and move the resulting folder into Mods, inside the game folder (on Steam for Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods).
- Install it by hand: the authors advise against Vortex and other mod managers for this game. Don't download the files marked 'for SDV 1.5.6'.
- Launch the game with SMAPI and check the console: if any requirement is missing, SMAPI will tell you which one.
Version history
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2.5.1712 Nov 2024Current
Current main file (requires Stardew Valley 1.6.9+)
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2.5.313 Sep 2023
Last version for Stardew Valley 1.5.6 (separate file)
Common problems
Can I add it to a save I've already started?
Yes: since 2.2.5 it has a progressive mode designed for installing RSV on existing saves.
Should I install it with Vortex?
The authors advise against it; they recommend installing it manually in the Mods folder.
Is it available in Spanish?
Not in the main file. Nexus links separate Spain Spanish translations, by mardrest and by Kerub.
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