Stardew Valley: Detailed guide to the Desert Festival, including all FAQs

The much anticipated new event in Stardew Valley the much anticipated 1.6 update is referred to as the Desert Festival. Once you've repaired the bus and gained entrance to the Calico Desert, you'll be able to reach it. There is plenty to enjoy at the event, so let's explore around.

You may explore Skull Cavern, play minigames, and socialize with Villagers in ways that aren't typical during the Desert Festival. There are plenty of exciting things to explore and find, and Calico Eggs, the event currency, may be used to win some very wonderful and unusual stuff.

When does the Desert Festival take place?

Every year, on the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth days of spring, the Calico Desert hosts the Desert Festival. You must finish the Vault Bundle in order to enter the Desert Festival. Fortunately, this Bundle only requires payment to be completed—it doesn't need turning in any stuff. The Bundle will need 43,500 Gold in total payments to be completed.If you choose to go the Joja way instead, you may pay 40,000 Gold for the Joja Community Development Form. If you decide to go this way, however, I have my doubts about your morals. I'll let you off if you're not doing it for the accomplishment.In either case, Pam will take over as the driver and transport you to the Calico Desert for 500 Gold when you've mended the bus.

At the Desert Festival: Things to Do

You may play minigames and converse with locals in the Calico Desert all day long during the Desert Festival. It's a great method to strengthen your bonds with others since you can still provide gifts. every day, and you may also use the festival money, Calico Eggs, to buy special goodies.

Getting Eggs from Calicos

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Everything during the Desert Festival costs Calico Eggs instead of Gold. These eggs may be acquired by playing minigames, doing daily tasks in Skull Caverns, or even by responding correctly to a pop quiz with questions on Stardew Valley. itself.Not only that, but if you dig into the trash can next to the Calico Merchant's shop, you may find a random number of Calico Eggs once a day. Just make sure you stay hidden from the other Villagers, maybe even Linus.

The Races

On the three days of the Festival, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., you may wager on races with racers like the King Sting, Speed Rooster, and Escar-go. You will be given twenty Calico Eggs if you choose the winner.Giving one Calico Egg to the Suspicious Man will enable you to rig the race in your favor. This is another way to cheat in this race.

Cave of the Skull

Gil and Marlon are at the Desert Festival and are giving out one-day tasks that, if completed, would provide Calico Eggs. You may get Calico Eggs in the Skull Cavern by defeating monsters, cracking open Calico Egg mining nodes, and finishing the daily quest's objective.During the Desert Festival, you may enter Skull Cavern without having to be a regular visitor. You'll also get a "Egg Level" every five floors and if you trigger a Calico Statue, which may appear at random on any level.In the event that you pass out while exploring Skull Cavern, Harvey's Medical Station, which is next door, is where you will awaken. You will lose two Calico Eggs and be resurrected with just 10 health when this occurs, but you won't lose any energy, equipment, or gold.

The Scholar

One minigame of questions is provided by the NPC The Scholar during a Desert Festival. This quiz consists of four questions that will assess your general knowledge of The Stardew Valley. You'll get 20 Calico Eggs if you successfully answer each of the four questions.Every time you speak with the Scholar, you might be asked a variety of questions, each of which is selected at random.The complete set of queries and responses for the Scholar in the Desert Festival inStardew Valley

Eating FishWithout a Fishing, of course, no Festival would be complete. Despite being in the desert, this minigame is worth trying your luck at. Willy is present in the Desert Festival, where you may perform daily fishing missions to earn Calico Eggs.

Retail

Throughout the three days of the Desert Festival, a wide variety of merchants and sellers are present, including Villagers who have set up their own storefronts.During this occasion, one of the most interesting items to buy is the Bachelor and Bachelorettes weapons. These were added in the 1.1 update in 2016, but players could not access them until recently.It's important to keep in mind that after the Festival ends, your Calico Eggs will vanish from your inventory and cannot be transferred over to the next year.<

Unrestricted Cactus

See the Cactus Salesman at the bottom of the map to get a random free cactus once per Desert Festival. Each cactus has a unique color, face, and design, and you are not able to choose which one you get.

Merchant of Calico

For a total of Stardew Valley, the Calico Merchant offers a variety of goods in return for Calico Eggs over the three days of the Desert Festival. The products available change every day.

#	Possible questions	Answers
1	Who runs the Blacksmith in Pelican Town? Who runs the Museum in Pelican Town? Who runs the Saloon in Pelican Town? Who runs the Fish Shop in Pelican Town? Who runs the Animal Shop in Pelican Town? Who Runs the General Store in Pelican Town? What is the date of the season’s end? Where are we?	Clint Gunther Gus Willy Marnie Pierre 28th Calico Desert
2	What season does Garlic grow in? What season does Red Cabbage grow in? What season does Artichoke grow in? When does the Apricot Tree bear fruit? When does the Peach Tree bear fruit? When does the Pomegranate Tree bear fruit? When is Pierre’s Shop normally closed?	Spring Summer Fall Spring Summer Fall Wednesday
3	In what season can you catch Carp? In what season can you catch Pufferfish? In what season can you catch Salmon? In what season can you catch Squid? How many steps have you taken? How much does a Chicken cost? How much does a Cow cost? How much does a Pig cost? How much does a Rabbit cost? How much does a Duck cost?	Any season Summer Fall Winter – 800 Gold 1,500 Gold 16,000 Gold 8,000 Gold 1,200 Gold
4	Where might you catch the Stonefish? Where might you catch the Ice Pip? Where might you catch the Lava Eel? What is George’s last name? How many garbage cans are there in Pelican Town?	Mine level 20 Mine level 60 Mine level 100 Mullner 8

Item	Price (in Calico Eggs)
10 Mystery Boxes	20
Mummy Mask	120
Blue Bow	50
Dark Velvet Bow	75
Mega Bomb	15
3 Mixed Seeds	5
Magic Rock Candy	250
Lucky Lunch	10
5 Eggplant Parmesan	10
Sun Dunes (Painting)	30
Desert Table	25
Desert End Table	20
Desert Chair	20
Calico Statue	25
Desert Fireplace	20
Desert Flags	10
Sandy Rug	20
Desert Rug	25
Woodcutter’s Weekly	100

Village ShopsEvery Villager may have a shop where you may swap goods for Calico Eggs and make purchases. Only two Villagers will be present on one day of the Festival each year, and only six Villagers will have booths. That being stated, you may need to wait a few years to get all you want.Although most of these items may be obtained in other ways, the attention is mostly on the weaponry owned by the Bachelors and Bachelorettes (Emmy and Shane excluded for some reason), each of which costs 70 Calico Eggs.When these weapons were first developed, ConcernedApe intended to let your chosen spouse go into the Mines with you. However, that never materialized, and as a result, these weapons have never been used. That is, until today.If the corresponding villager has opened a shop, these are all the weapons you can buy during the Desert Festival:

• Abby’s Planchette
• Alex’s Bat
• Elliott’s Pencil
• Haley’s Iron
• Harvey’s Mallet
• Leah’s Whittler
• Maru’s Wrench
• Penny’s Fryer
• Sam’s Old Guitar
• Seb’s Lost Mace

Other points of interest while attending the Desert Festival

The Outfit Services of Emily

You may visit Emily in her tent every day of the Desert Festival to get a brand-new costume (which includes a hat, body piece, and legs piece). You will now have your original clothing in your inventory.

Cook

During the Desert Festival, you may visit Chef as much as you'd like to prepare meals by choosing from the choices he provides.Then, according on the selections made, these foods provide benefits. Any choice one and any choice two may be combined to create a final dish that combines the boosts from both choices. All of the final dishes will fully replenish your Health and Energy.The following is a list of every dish you may make at the Desert Festival with Chef:

Choice 1	Choice 2
Hearty Beans (+3 Defense)	Rich Marinara (+1 Defense)
Cave Loaf (+3 Mining)	Mushroom Creme (+1 Mining)
Rare Fruit (+3 Luck)	Cherry Syrup (+1 Luck)
Extremely Sharp Cheddar (+3 Attack)	Pungent Garlic (+1 Attack)
Shrimp (+3 Fishing)	Uncomfortable Hot Sauce (+1 Speed)