Modding:Items

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This page explains how the game stores and parses item data. This is an advanced guide for mod developers.

Introduction

Overview

Items are divided into several types:

type	summary
objects	The default type for items in inventories or placed in the world.
big craftables	Craftable items which can be placed in the world and are two tiles tall.
boots	Items that can be equipped in the player's footwear slot.
clothing	Cosmetic items that can be equipped in the player's pants and shirt slots.
furniture	Decorative items which can be placed in the world, including chairs which the player can sit on.
hats	Items that can be equipped in the player's hat slot.
tools	Items that can be swung or used by the player to perform some effect.
weapons	Tools that can be used by the player to damage monsters.

For each item type, the game has two files in its Content folder (which can be unpacked for editing):

• a data asset for the text data for its items (names, descriptions, prices, etc);
• and a spritesheet for the in-game item icons.

Each item has a ParentSheetIndex field which is its position in the item type's spritesheet, starting at 0 in the top-left and incrementing by one as you move across and then down. For example, hat #0 is the first sprite in Characters/Farmer/hats. The ParentSheetIndex is also used to identify the item itself; since spritesheet indexes aren't unique (e.g., there's both a hat #10 and object #10), code needs to check the type too like item is Weapon weapon && weapon.ParentSheetIndex == 4.

Flooring and wallpaper are not in any of these types and are not currently documented in this wiki.

See the sections below for details on each item type.

Get a list of items

With SMAPI installed, you can run the list_items console command in-game to view/search items and their IDs.

Define a custom item

Every item must be assigned a unique ParentSheetIndex within its type, and that index must fit within the item type's spritesheet.

Adding custom items to the data assets and spritesheets directly is not recommended, since it's very easy to conflict with other mods or cause game errors. Instead you should create a content pack for Json Assets, which coordinates dynamic item ID assignment so multiple custom item mods can work together.

Common data

Categories

Each item also has a category (represented by a negative integer). In code, you can get an item's category value from item.Category, and its translated name from item.getCategoryName(). Here are the valid categories:

value	internal constant	context tag	English translation
-2	Object.GemCategory	category_gem	Mineral
-4	Object.FishCategory	category_fish	Fish
-5	Object.EggCategory	category_egg	Animal Product
-6	Object.MilkCategory	category_milk	Animal Product
-7	Object.CookingCategory	category_cooking	Cooking
-8	Object.CraftingCategory	category_crafting	Crafting
-9	Object.BigCraftableCategory	category_big_craftable
-12	Object.mineralsCategory	category_minerals	Mineral
-14	Object.meatCategory	category_meat	Animal Product
-15	Object.metalResources	category_metal_resources	Resource
-16	Object.buildingResources	category_building_resources	Resource
-17	Object.sellAtPierres	category_sell_at_pierres
-18	Object.sellAtPierresAndMarnies	category_sell_at_pierres_and_marnies	Animal Product
-19	Object.fertilizerCategory	category_fertilizer	Fertilizer
-20	Object.junkCategory	category_junk	Trash
-21	Object.baitCategory	category_bait	Bait
-22	Object.tackleCategory	category_tackle	Fishing Tackle
-23	sellAtFishShopCategory	category_sell_at_fish_shop
-24	Object.furnitureCategory	category_furniture	Decor
-25	Object.ingredientsCategory	category_ingredients	Cooking
-26	Object.artisanGoodsCategory	category_artisan_goods	Artisan Goods
-27	Object.syrupCategory	category_syrup	Artisan Goods
-28	Object.monsterLootCategory	category_monster_loot	Monster Loot
-29	Object.equipmentCategory	category_equipment
-74	Object.SeedsCategory	category_seeds	Seed
-75	Object.VegetableCategory	category_vegetable	Vegetable
-79	Object.FruitsCategory	category_fruits	Fruit
-80	Object.flowersCategory	category_flowers	Flower
-81	Object.GreensCategory	category_greens	Forage
-95	Object.hatCategory	category_hat
-96	Object.ringCategory	category_ring
-98	Object.weaponCategory	category_weapon
-99	Object.toolCategory	category_tool

Console commands
With the Console Code mod installed, you can run this command in the SMAPI console to see a list of objects by category: cs return string.Join(`\n`, Game1.objectInformation.Keys.Select(key => new StardewValley.Object(key, 1)).GroupBy(item => item.Category, item => item.Name).OrderByDescending(p => p.Key).Select(p => $`{p.Key}: {string.Join(`, `, p.OrderBy(name => name))}`));

Context tags

A context tag is an arbitrary data label attached to items. These can produce various effects in-game, or may be informational only.

The game generates some tags based on the game data (like the item quality), and others are defined in the Data/ObjectContextTags data asset (which consists of a string→string dictionary, where the key is the item's internal name or the alternative ID matching the id_<type>_<identifier> tag, and the value is a comma-delimited list of tags to add).

Here's an incomplete list of context tags added or used in the base game. Mods can add custom context tags, which aren't listed here.

Added automatically for all items:

context tag	effect
category_<category>	Added automatically based on the item category. See the 'context tag' column in the item category list for possible values.
fish_<metadata>	Added automatically for a fish item based on its metadata in Data/Fish. For crab pot fish (i.e. those with type trap): context tag notes fish_trap_location_<water type> Based on field 2 ('darting randomness'). For example, fish_trap_location_ocean. For fishing rod fish (i.e. those whose type is not trap): context tag notes fish_difficulty_<difficulty> Based on field 1 ('chance to dart'), where <difficulty> is one of easy (0–33), medium (34–66), hard (67–100), or extremely_hard (101+). For example, fish_difficulty_hard. fish_motion_<motion> Based on field 4 ('location'). For example, fish_motion_floater. fish_favor_weather_<weather> Based on field 7 ('weather'). For example, fish_favor_weather_sunny.
id_<type>_<identifier>	Added automatically as an alternative ID. The <type> is one of B (boots), BBL (big craftable recipe), BL (object recipe), BO (big craftable), C (clothing), F (furniture), H (hat), O (object), R (ring), W (melee weapon), else blank. The <identifier> is the item's parent sheet index. For example, pufferfish has value id_o_128 (object #128).
item_<name>	Added automatically based on the item name. The name is trimmed, lowercase, with spaces replaced with underscores, and with single quotes removed. For example, '1000 Years From Now' has context tag item_1000_years_from_now.

Added automatically for object-type items:

context tag	effect
jelly_item juice_item pickle_item wine_item	For items produced by the keg or preserves jar, the preserved item type.
preserve_sheet_index_<id>	For items produced by the keg or preserves jar, the parent sheet index for the original item that was produced. For example, blueberry wine has preserve_sheet_index_258, where 258 is the blueberry item's index.
quality_none quality_silver quality_gold quality_iridium	Added automatically based on the item quality.
quality_qi	Added automatically for items cooked while the Qi's Cuisine special order is active.

Context tags from Data/ObjectContextTags:

context tag

effect

color_*

The color produced by this item when the player dyes clothing at Emily's house. The context tag only affects which of the six color dye pots it can be placed in; for example, color_red and color_dark_red are both placed in the red pot, but they don't produce different colors. dye pot context tags red color_red, color_salmon, color_dark_red, color_pink orange color_orange, color_dark_orange, color_dark_brown, color_brown, color_copper yellow color_yellow, color_dark_yellow, color_gold, color_sand green color_green, color_dark_green, color_lime, color_yellow_green, color_jade blue color_blue, color_dark_blue, color_dark_cyan, color_light_cyan, color_cyan, color_aquamarine purple color_purple, color_dark_purple, color_dark_pink, color_pale_violet_red, color_poppyseed, color_iridium

Some game data also references context tags in a generic way. For example, you can add custom tags for an item to Data/ObjectContextTags, then reference them in the fish pond data. Specifically:

game data	effects
fish ponds	In Data/FishPondData, used to match fish that can be placed in the pond (see RequiredTags in the fish pond data).
special orders	In Data/SpecialOrders, used to match items that meet the quest objectives (see AcceptedContextTags in the special order data).
tailoring	In Data/TailoringRecipes, used to match items that are needed for a recipe.
gift tastes	In Data/NPCGiftTastes, used to set character likes and dislike for every item using the context tag.

The debug listtags console command lists all the tags of the item being held.

raw tag dump

Here's a list of context tags extracted from Data/ObjectContextTags that aren't listed above yet: alcohol_item, algae_item, ancient_item, beach_item, bomb_item, bone_item, book_item, ceramic_item, chicken_item, color_black, color_dark_gray, color_gray, color_iron, color_prismatic, color_white, cooking_item, cow_milk_item, cowboy_item, crop_year_2, dinosaur_item, doll_item, drink_item, dwarvish_item, dye_medium, dye_strong, egg_item, elvish_item, fertilizer_item, fish_bug_lair, fish_carnivorous, fish_crab_pot, fish_desert, fish_freshwater, fish_lake, fish_legendary, fish_mines, fish_night_market, fish_nonfish, fish_ocean, fish_pond, fish_river, fish_secret_pond, fish_semi_rare, fish_sewers, fish_swamp, fish_talk_demanding, fish_talk_rude, fish_talk_stiff, fish_upright, flower_item, food_bakery, food_breakfast, food_cake, food_party, food_pasta, food_salad, food_sauce, food_seafood, food_soup, food_spicy, food_sushi, food_sweet, forage_item, forage_item_beach, forage_item_cave, forage_item_desert, forage_item_mines, forage_item_secret, fossil_item, fruit_item, fruit_tree_item, furnace_item, ginger_item, goat_milk_item, golden_relic_item, honey_item, hunting_item, instrument_item, jelly_item, juice_item, large_egg_item, large_milk_item, light_source, machine_item, marine_item, mayo_item, medicine_item, milk_item, noble_item, ore_item, pickle_item, potion_item, prehistoric_item, quality_fertilizer_item, scroll_item, season_all, season_fall, season_spring, season_summer, season_winter, slime_egg_item, slime_item, statue_item, strange_doll_1, strange_doll_2, syrup_item, totem_item, toy_item, trash_item, tree_seed_item, wood_item.

Objects

Objects are the default type for items in inventories or placed in the world.

They have their data in Data/ObjectInformation, their icon sprites in Maps/springobjects, and their code in StardewValley.Object. See a table of sprites and their corresponding indexes.

Data format

The object data in Data/ObjectInformation consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "18": "Daffodil/30/0/Basic -81/Daffodil/A traditional spring flower that makes a nice gift."

For each entry in the data asset:

• The key (before the colon) is the item ID and its sprite index within the object spritesheet (saved as ParentSheetIndex in-code).
• The value (after the colon) is a slash-delimited string with the fields listed below. Fields 0–5 are used by rings and most other objects; fields 6–11 are only used for food buffs. The objects with keys 516–534 (Ring.ringLowerIndexRange through Ring.ringUpperIndexRange) and 801 (wedding ring) are hardcoded as rings.

index	field	effect
all objects
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	price	The gold price of the item when sold by the player. This is not the price when bought from a shop.
2	edibility	A numeric value that determines how much health (edibility × 2.5) and energy (edibility × 1.125) is restored. An item with an edibility of -300 can't be eaten, values from -299 to -1 reduce health & energy, and zero can be eaten but doesn't change health/energy. This is ignored for rings.
3	type and category	For a ring: the value Ring. Rings have a hardcoded category of -96 (Object.ringCategory). For other objects: the item's type (string) and category (negative integer), separated by a space like Fish -4. See the list of categories and their numeric values. The types aren't currently documented. The values used in Data/ObjectInformation are Ring, Fish, Arch, asdf, Seeds, Crafting, Quest, Basic, Cooking, and Minerals.
4	display name	The translated item name (not used when playing in English).
5	description	The translated item description.
food & drink only
6	miscellaneous	For a food or drink item, set this to food or drink respectively. This enables the remaining fields, and changes which animation/sound is played when the player consumes the item. Any other value is ignored. For a geode item (535, 536, 537, or 749) is broken, a space-delimited list of object IDs. There's a roughly 50% chance that the geode item will drop one of these items (the other drops are hardcoded).
7	buffs	The bonuses to apply to the player's attribute when the item is consumed. This consists of a space-delimited list of these numbers: index buff 0 farming 1 fishing 2 mining 3 unused 4 luck 5 foraging 6 unused 7 max energy 8 magnetism 9 speed 10 defense 11 attack
8	buff duration	How long the buffs provided by the previous field last, measured in real seconds (assuming the default time speed). The buff duration number shown in-game will always be one second less than the calculated value.

Notes

• Items that have a number in index 6 (the "Crafting" field) show buggy information in-game (e.g., Bean Hotpot prior to version 1.4). Items that have a number in the "Attack" field display the Attack icon and a number, but no description. It's unclear how these buffs work (if at all).
• Named buffs (like Oil of Garlic, Life Elixir, or Tipsy) are implemented in code and can't be set in the food buff fields.
• The spritesheet and data have items that can't normally be found in the player inventory (like twigs and lumber), and some sprites have no corresponding item data. There are also multiple entries for weeds and stone corresponding to different sprites, but the player can only normally obtain one stone item (index 390) and no weeds items.

Big craftables

Big craftables are objects which can be placed in the world and are two tiles tall (instead of one like objects).

They have their data in Data/BigCraftableInformation, their in-game sprites in TileSheets/Craftables, and their code in StardewValley.Object (with the bigCraftable.Value = true flag).

Data format

The big craftables data in Data/BigCraftableInformation consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "19": "Oil Maker/50/-300/Crafting -9/Makes gourmet truffle oil./true/true/0/Oil Maker"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	price	The gold price when sold by the player.
2	edibility	See edibility for object data. Always set to -300 (inedible) for vanilla items.
3	type and category	See type and category for object data. Always set to Crafting -9 for vanilla items.
4	description	The translated item description shown in-game.
5	outdoors	Whether the item can be placed outdoors (true or false).
6	indoors	Whether the item can be placed indoors (true or false).
7	fragility	How the item is removed by tools. Possible values: fragility effect 0 Pick up with any tool. 1 Destroyed if hit with an axe, hoe, or pickaxe. Any other tool will pick it up. 2 Indestructible. The item can't be removed once placed.
8	is lamp	Whether the item is a lamp and produces light when it's dark. This can be true (mark as lamp) or any other value (ignored).
9	display name	The translated display name (in non-English assets only).

Notes

• Many of the items in the data asset aren't implemented in-game. They may be completely absent from the game, or they may be unused as craftables and instead appear in object data or furniture data.

Boots

Boots are items that can be equipped in the player's footwear slot.

They have their data in Data/Boots, their in-game sprites in Maps/springobjects (item sprite) and Characters/Farmer/shoeColors (shoe color), and their code in StardewValley.Objects.Boots.

Data format

The boots data in Data/Boots consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "511": "Dark Boots/Made from thick black leather./250/4/2/7"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	description	The translated item description shown in-game.
2	price	Unused. The actual price is calculated as (added defence × 100) + (added immunity × 100).
3	added defense	A defense bonus applied to the player while equipped.
4	added immunity	An immunity bonus applied to the player while equipped.
5	color index	The index of the boot color in the Characters/Farmer/shoeColors spritesheet.
6	display name	The translated item name shown in-game (for non-English assets only).

Clothing

Clothing consists of cosmetic items that can be equipped in the player's pants and shirt slots.

They have their data in Data/ClothingInformation, their in-game sprites in Characters/Farmer/pants & Characters/Farmer/shirts, and their code in StardewValley.Objects.Clothing.

Data format

The clothing data in Data/ClothingInformation consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "1282": "Tomato Shirt/Tomato Shirt/A shirt that answers the big question: 'Tomatoes are'... (but the rest is smudged)./282/-1/50/255 0 0/false/Shirt/Sleeveless"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex (offset by 1000 for shirts) and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	display name	The translated item name shown in-game.
2	description	The translated item description shown in-game.
3	male index	The sprite index in the clothing spritesheet for male characters.
4	female index	The sprite index in the clothing spritesheet for female characters, or -1 to use the male index.
5	price	The price when purchased from shops.
6	default color	The default color, specified in space-delimited RGB with each channel being an integer from 0 (no color) to 255 (full color). For example, 255 0 0 for full red.
7	dyeable	Whether the clothing can be dyed (true or false).
8	Type	The clothing type. One of Pants, Shirt, or Accessory (unimplemented).
9	extra data	A comma-delimited list of tags attached to the item (unrelated to context tags). The values recognized by the game are Prismatic (adds a shifting rainbow effect) and Sleeveless (disables drawing the sleeve color over the player's arms).

Furniture

Furniture are decorative items which can be placed in the world, including chairs which the player can sit on.

They have their data in Data/Furniture, their in-game sprites in TileSheets/furniture, and their code in StardewValley.Objects.Furniture.

Data format

The furniture data in Data/Furniture consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "18": "Country Chair/chair/-1/-1/4/750"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	type	The furniture type. Possible values: type meaning 0 chair 1 bench 2 couch 3 armchair 4 dresser 5 long table 6 painting 7 lamp 8 decor 9 other 10 bookcase 11 table 12 rug 13 window 14 fireplace 15 bed 16 torch 17 sconce
2	tilesheet size	The furniture sprite size on the tilesheet, measured in tiles. This can be <width> <height> (e.g. 1 2), or -1 to use the default size for the type.
3	bounding box size	The size of the hitbox when the furniture is placed in-game, measured in tiles. The bounding box will be anchored to the bottom-left corner and extend upwards and rightwards. This can be <width> <height> (e.g. 1 2), or -1 to use the default size for the type.
4	rotations	The number of rotations possible (1, 2, or 4).
5	price	The price when purchased from a shop.
6	display name	The translated furniture name (in non-English data assets only).
7	placement restriction	Where the furniture can be placed. This may not work correctly in non-English languages—it may need to be placed before the display name. value meaning -1 default (uses furniture type) 0 indoors-only 1 outdoors-only 2 indoors or outdoors

Hats

Hats are items that can be equipped in the player's hat slot.

They have their data in Data/Hats, their in-game sprites in Characters/Farmer/hats, and their code in StardewValley.Objects.Hat.

Data format

The hat data in Data/Hats consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "5": "Official Cap/Looks like it belonged to a postman or policeman. Either way, it's still very soft and smells okay./false/true"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal item name (and display name in English).
1	description	The translated item description shown in-game.
2	show real hair	Whether to show the player's hairstyle as-is when the hat is worn (true), or change the hairstyle to fit the hat (false).
3	skip hairstyle offset	Whether to ignore the current style when positioning the hat (one of true or false). For example, the eye patch sets true since its position isn't affected by the hair, but the butterfly bow sets false to adjust its position on top of your hair.
4	display name	The translated item name shown in-game (for non-English assets only).

Hats have a hard-coded category of -95 (Hats.cs::Load)

Tools

Tools are items that can be swung or used by the player to perform some effect (e.g. dig dirt, chop trees, etc).

They have their in-game sprites in TileSheets/Tools, and their code in StardewValley.Tool and various subclasses like StardewValley.Tools.Axe.

Data format

Tools are currently hardcoded and can't be edited by content packs.

Weapons

Weapons are tools that can be used by the player to damage monsters.

They have their data in Data/Weapons, their in-game sprites in TileSheets/weapons, and their code in StardewValley.Tools.MeleeWeapon and StardewValley.Tools.Slingshot.

Data format

The weapon data in Data/Weapons consists of an integer→string dictionary with entries like this:

  "12": "Wooden Blade/Not bad for a piece of carved wood./3/7/1/0/0/0/0/3/-1/0/.02/3"

For each entry in the data asset, the key is the item's ParentSheetIndex and the value is a slash-delimited string with these fields:

Melee weapons

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal weapon name (and display name in English).
1	description	The translated item description shown in-game.
2 3	min damage max damage	The minimum and maximum damage caused when hitting a monster with this weapon.
4	knockback	How far the target is pushed when hit, as a multiplier relative to a base weapon like the Rusty Sword (e.g. 1.5 for 150% of Rusty Sword's weight).
5	speed	How fast the player can swing the weapon. Each point of speed is worth 40ms of swing time relative to 0. This stacks with the player's weapon speed.
6	added precision	Reduces the chance that a strike will miss.
7	added defence	Reduces damage received by the player.
8	type	The weapon type. One of 0 (stabbing sword), 1 (dagger), 2 (club or hammer), or 3 (slashing sword).
9 10	base mine level min mine level	The base and minimum mine level, which affect mine container drops.
11	added area of effect	Slightly increases the area of effect.
12	critical chance	The chance of a critical hit, as a decimal value between 0 and 1.
13	critical damage	A multiplier applied to the damage for critical hit.
14	display name	The translated item name (in non-English assets only).

Slingshots

index	field	effect
0	name	The internal weapon name (and display name in English).
1	description	The translated item description shown in-game (for non-English assets only).
2–8	unused
9 10	base mine level min mine level	The base and minimum mine level, which affect mine container drops.
11–13	unused
14	display name	The translated item description shown in-game (for non-English assets only).

Weapons have a hardcoded category of -98 (Object.weaponCategory).

Slingshot notes

• The base slingshot has ParentSheetIndex 32 in the weapon data, which increases by one for each upgrade level (up to 34 in the weapon data, though only 32 and 33 are obtainable without mods).
• Slingshot damage is calculated dynamically regardless of the weapon data.

Mine container drops

When the player breaks a container in the mines, there's a chance it will drop a weapon. Here's how the weapon to drop is chosen:

1. Match weapons whose minimum mine level (field 10) is less than the current mine level.
2. From that list, match weapons with a probability check based on the gap between the base mine level (field 9) and current mine level. The probability is a bell curve centered on the base mine level:

   level difference	probability
   0	100%
   5	92%
   10	71%
   15	46%
   20	25%
   25	4%

   The difference applies in both directions; for example, two weapons whose base levels are 5 below and 5 above the current level both have a 92% chance. (The probability is calculated with a Gaussian function e-(current mine level - base mine level)2 / (2 * 122).)
3. Find the weapon with the smallest gap between the current and base mine levels, and add it to the list. (If the item was also selected in step 2, it has two chances to drop.)
4. From the remaining list of weapons, randomly choose one to drop.

See also

• Modding:Index for related content like crops, fish, gift tastes, and recipes