One lucky Stardew Valley player found a very useful glitch that gives them infinite hardwood in one of their saves. Stardew Valley is a cozy game that has remained consistently popular since its release in 2016. The different routes fans can choose throughout their time in Stardew Valley gives players a lot of replayability and keeps them coming back time after time.
Stardew Valley's gameplay revolves quite heavily around item collecting. Assuring that there is enough collected to not only keep animals happy during the winter but also have opportunities to upgrade a player's farm is an important factor that all players must consider. Throughout the game residents also ask players to help them out for various rewards, including ever-important friendship bonuses. It can be a fine balance between wanting to build items, upgrade the farm, and make villagers happy, and sometimes players will use their resources frivolously early in the game, only to find it difficult to grow trees or grass fast enough. In Stardew Valley winter is usually the toughest time for resources as nothing grows outside and everything players plant in spring dies.
Reddit user PrincessOctavia found a remarkable glitch that helps resolve some resource collection woes. In their game, they were able to hit a tree stump with their axe and collect a seemingly infinite amount of hardwood. Hardwood is one of the more difficult items to get earlier in the game, as it takes a specific axe strength level to hit the stump, so having this glitch would really help a newer player given they have that axe already. Hardwood is often used to build items in-game, like the ever-important Stardew Valley cask, that is used to make wine, beer, or cheese.
In the comments, Redditors did note that though PrincessOctavia said it was a glitch, it might have been a mod that was added to their game. The post did have the mod tag included, which means that this hardwood glitch might have been something that was created specifically for the purpose of infinite farming, though it also could have been a legitimate glitch caused by the mod itself. Add-ons like these can cause some issues within games such as lagging and glitches, and that easily could have happened here. Regardless, the infinite hardwood tree stump would be something that any Stardew Valley player, mods or not, would wish to have in their own game.
There are so many different ways that players can enjoy Stardew Valley and play the game. From building relationships to making the most impressive farm around, the amount of time and love that goes into the game is clear. Bizarre glitches like these can't stop the beloved farming title from maintaining a soft spot in the hearts of fans worldwide.
Source: PrincessOctavia/Reddit