Another low-key mind-blowing Stardew Valley tip
What’s in your memory palace? If we’re talking games, mine has an entire wing dedicated tosmallbut surprisingStardew Valleytidbits that make this game feel thoughtful — like every facet mattered to the designer. Here’s another find that I just had to try as soon as I heard about it: you can curve your cast to one side or the other while fishing, and while it’s super optional, the technique does have its uses in certain situations inStardew Valley.
The fishing tip resurfaced on Reddit this week with a “fun fact” from userNo_Employ261, who demonstrated how you can use the directional inputs to angle your cast.
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So yeah, all you need to do is charge up the fishing pole’s cast meter, and as soon as you activate it (while the hook is still mid-air), you can hold left or right (if you’re fishing north or south) or up or down (if you’re fishing east or west) to alter your trajectory a smidge.
As other players in theStardew Valleycommunity have noted, you may want to curve your cast to more land on a tricky bubble spot, which is something I have tended to ignore outside of mycritical-pathfishing career. There’s also a secret use for angled casting: you can fish in the Calico Desert’s southern pond. You might even score aPyramid Decal.
I had to try that trick too, hence the screenshot up top. Ultimately, does any of this really matter? Maybe not. But certain video game fandoms love rallying around interesting tips, tricks, and trivia, andStardew Valleyunquestionably lives in that “today I learned” zone.
Every time I discover a small detail that’s been overlooked bya lot of players— even some die-hard fans — my adoration forStardewgrows stronger. That said, jeez, it was hiding inplain sightall along! In a wiki-dominated world, there’s a joy to self-discovery.
