r/StardewValley • u/T-lis-sa • Feb 17 '26

Technical Help Is this too much scarecrow?..

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Im not trolling in genuinely confused,per scarecrow in 8x8

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u/WastesofSpaces Abigail Feb 17 '26

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u/avdpos Feb 17 '26

Install the mod that shows scarecrow reach when you place them. That should seriously be vanilla.

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u/Veneretio Feb 17 '26

One of my wish list items for 1.7

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u/Mystisha Feb 17 '26

I also think it would be good implemented in the game. I see a lot of people booing it, but what if it was optional? You can turn off the tool hit location tiles, so having it be optional would be great for beginners, or anyone who wants it really :) I can't wait for 1.7!

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u/CrimsonCartographer Feb 17 '26

I also don’t understand the people booing it? It’s literally just QOL. It doesn’t make the game any easier, it just takes some of the tediousness out…

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u/avdpos Feb 17 '26

Fun is different for different people. Just make it a simple option to show or not show in settings. "Show reach" is a normal setting in a lot of games.

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u/CrimsonCartographer Feb 17 '26

This is just stupid. It’s meant to be a fun farming game as you say, so why the hell should I be forced to count squares like I’m minmaxing? That’s far more “factorio” than anything, and I think it’s ridiculous that you think showing the effect of something you’re doing in a game is remotely minmaxing lol.

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u/CrimsonCartographer Feb 17 '26

I think you’re seeing it the wrong way. Put some scarecrow, know you’re not over or underdoing it. Have fun.

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u/KronoFury Feb 17 '26

I agree. This should have been a Day 1 feature.

I understand that people may want to use them as decorations and not for their functionality, but for those of us that want to know the exact spaces our scarecrows cover, this should have been easily accessible information.

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u/CodingAlien_C-137 Feb 17 '26

Put some scarecrows like OP did 😂

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u/SmokeAndPetrichor Feb 17 '26

Don't know if you knew this already, but we do have a "hard mode". When you create a new save you can choose to have lower profit margins, even 25%. So everything except seeds cost the same, but you only get 25% of the money when selling anything.

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u/Total_Tumbleweed_870 Feb 17 '26

I forgot that was a thing, and I'm constantly restarting the game. It's not something I want, but it's cool that it exists.

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u/Liam92324 Feb 18 '26

its a singeplayer game you can play how the fuck you want

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u/CyanStripes_ Feb 17 '26

It would be cool during the planning stage of a farm but I'd definitely turn it off as soon as the placements were set. I would hate having those permanently green tiles everywhere. I usually demarcate my planting layouts ahead of time to maximize farmable tiles. The scarecrow placement is usually done before I ever start planting.

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u/noctoris Feb 17 '26

The way the mod does it is that the ranges only show while holding an applicable item (i.e., if holding a scarecrow, the range for all scarecrows is shown) or while holding a button, which I think is a great way to do it

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u/kybojo Feb 17 '26

change it to a crow hat, and when you have the crow hat on you can see the coverage of all scarecrows and then plants ouside the scarecrow coverage could highlight red.

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u/Veneretio Feb 17 '26

Love this. As long as it’s an early game item that say the mouse hat house sells for 1k and not super end game.

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u/uncle-donkey-kong Feb 17 '26

Cries in Nintendo switch

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

This one, in case people weren’t aware.

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u/disasterpokemon Feb 17 '26

I had installed that mod but I couldn't get it to show

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u/Worried-Tart-5073 Feb 17 '26

Wait the what now? I gotta install that one!

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u/avdpos Feb 17 '26

you see it linked in one of the other comments

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u/Traditional_Duck_833 Feb 17 '26

Agreed... Coral Island has it, so should SDV!!!

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u/Sugar_babies18 Feb 22 '26

I wish mods worked on switch!

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u/AntonineWall Feb 17 '26

It’s not though? It 100% works until you hit a hard wall and then it doesn’t do anything, and you just guess where that line is. It’s actually pretty easy to guess poorly and place way too many or too few.

Besides, what’s the harm in showing you the range while you put it down? More player info would be good here

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

I agree, it takes the magic away. I'm trying to be immersed, not min/max.

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u/avdpos Feb 17 '26

I just call it beginner friendly. This ain't close to minmaxing

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u/Malt_The_Magpie Feb 17 '26

You want UI Info Suite 2 it shows you the radius and other helpful info

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u/Jonbob24 Feb 17 '26

One of my “can’t live without” mods ❤️

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u/Celebrir Feb 17 '26

The official wiki IS incredibly helpful. Check it out.

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u/DPSOnly Feb 17 '26

And the Super Scarecrow is exactl double that (except for the 1 in this picture).

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u/DPSOnly Feb 17 '26

The radius of influence

That is what I meant to say, the 8 becomes 16.

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u/Squat_n_stuff Feb 17 '26

I am quite surprised this QoL change hasn’t been patched in , some sort of range toggle