Festival of Ice

The Festival of Ice takes place on the 8th of every Winter. The player attends the festival by entering Cindersap Forest between 9am and 2pm. When the festival ends, the player will be returned to The Farm at 10pm.

The festival features ice sculptures, snowmen, and igloos. There's also an Ice Fishing Contest the player can take part in along with Pam, Willy, and Elliott. The player must catch at least five fish to win the competition, or else Willy will win. The first time the player wins, their prize is two tackles (a Barbed Hook and a Dressed Spinner), a Magnet, and a Sailor's Cap. Thereafter, winning awards a Prize Ticket.

If two or more players in a Multiplayer game win the Ice Fishing Contest, all winning players receive the reward(s).

The holes in the ice are quite small, so it can be difficult to cast into them. Standing close to the hole and casting a minimal distance is the easiest way to do this. It is possible to catch fish outside of the frozen lake, in the forest pond and the forest river. Fish caught in the forest pond count towards the fishing competition, but those caught in the river do not.

The festival ends automatically after Mayor Lewis judges the fishing contest.

On the day of the Festival, every home and shop in Stardew Valley is "locked" and cannot be entered.

Shop

The Traveling Merchant has a booth from which she sells the following items.

Image	Name	Description	Price
	Rarecrow (1)	Collect them all! (4 of 8)	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	Tree of the Winter Star	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	Wallpaper	Decorates the walls of one room.	data-sort-value="500">500g
	'Frozen Dreams'	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g
	Icy Rug	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="4000">4,000g
	Winter Dining Table	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="3000">3,000g
	Icy Banner	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="800">800g
	Wall Sconce	Can be placed inside your house.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	Winter End Table	Can be placed as decoration.	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	Cranberry Sauce (1)	A festive treat.	data-sort-value="200">200g
	Stuffing (1)	Ahh... the smell of warm bread and sage.	data-sort-value="200">200g
	Pumpkin Soup (1)	A seasonal favorite.	data-sort-value="250">250g

Dialogue

Each year, unless she is married, Penny will ask what kind of snowman she and Jas should build. Three responses are possible:

• Classic Snowman (carrot nose, coal eyes, scarf) -- [She will smile and say that it is best to stick with the classics.]
• A Funky Snowman (Icicle antennae, pine cone eyes) -- [She will smile and say that it sounds like a fun idea.]
• Tell her Snowmen are boring and she should build something 'outside the box!' -- [She will say she would rather stick to something a bit more conventional.]

Willy will also ask if the player is they ready for some ice fishing. Three answers are possible:

• Yes. I'll do my best! -- [He will smile and say that's the spirit!]
• Yes, and I'm going to beat you! -- [He will simply say we'll see.]
• To be honest, no. I'm bad at fishing. -- [He will smile and say to think of this as good practice.]

Images

Mail

Trivia

• At the end of the fishing competition Lewis will say "Wow, that's a lot of fish". This may be a reference to 1998 Godzilla silly quote.
• Talking to Abigail at her snowman will result in her asking what the player thinks of her "snow goon." This may be a reference to a 1991 series of "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strips found in the Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons collection, in which Calvin builds several mutant snowmen.
• Marrying Abigail and talking to her at her snowman will result in her saying "Hey, honey... look it's you!"
• Contest fish do not register as "caught" unless the animation showing the fish flying back to the player is completed. It is possible to catch the fifth fish just as time runs out (with the bar announcing a "perfect" catch) and still lose the contest because the fifth fish did not complete its flying animation.
• Fish caught during the festival don't give fishing experience. Because of this, if the player has never fished, they'll see the fishing instructions every time they attempt to catch one.
• It is possible to speak with the villagers during the fishing competition. However, they have no unique dialogue and simply repeat what they say normally during the festival.
• While the Wizard is normally inaccessible due to Linus' igloo, he does have dialogue specified in the game's data files: "Sneaking off to visit my weird tower? You're odd for a mundane."

History

• 1.4: Fixed bug where NPCs would follow non-festival schedules after the festival. Festival winnings count towards total earnings.
• 1.5: Traveling Merchant's shop introduced. Clicking pigs at the festival now produces a pig sound. Fixed various issues relating to the map, such as being able to prematurely end the festival from certain tiles.
• 1.5.3: Can no longer catch Qi Beans when fishing during the festival.
• 1.5.4: Fixed the common fishing rod softlock during the festival.
• 1.6: Fixed unable to leave the Festival of Ice until it ends. Fixed Lewis skipping his final dialogue at the Festival of Ice on subsequent player wins. Fixed the ! fish bite icon not shown when fishing in the Festival of Ice. Adjusted variety of fish players can catch during the festival. Changed the winning prize when winning after the first win from data-sort-value="2000">2,000g to a Prize Ticket. Fixed bugs where player would get stuck in fishing pose. It is no longer possible to catch Secret Notes during the contest.