New Stardew Valley mod turns NPCs into useful companions

There is a lot to do in Stardew Valley, and you have to do everything alone. But a modder named ThaliaFawnheart decided to make things easier — she released The Stardew Squad modification, which allows turning town residents into active companions.

The mod allows you to invite NPCs to your team and assign them simple tasks. It is currently in an early stage, so the choice of commands is limited. However, companions can already:

  • chop trees;
  • water crops;
  • fight monsters.

In future updates, the author promises to add:

  • recruiting multiple NPCs at once;
  • resource mining;
  • fishing;
  • foraging;
  • healing the player;
  • recruiting animals;
  • giving items to companions.

In other words, the residents of Pelican Town are now actually useful rather than just wandering around on a schedule. 

Users are comparing The Stardew Squad to another older mod — NPC Adventures, which allowed taking companions into battle. However, that project has not been updated in a long time, and the new modification clearly wins in terms of features.

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Cover art author: ThaliaFawnheart. Cover art source: NexusMods