So, a lot of people have been talking and wondering about the Stardew Valley Fair’s grange event. How items are scored, how to maximize your score, etc. I too was wondering this, and I found that some of the information on the wiki was either wrong/misleading, and that some relevant information was missing (mostly the information about item categories).
Because of this, I decided to rummage through the game’s code until I found all of the answers and post it here. Anyways, without further ado here is everything I learned about the grange display event:
Your score for the grange display starts out with 14 points. These are base points that are basically just given to you for no reason.
Then each item in the display is scored by quality. No-star item = +1 point, silver-star item = +2, gold-star = +3.
Then each item gets 1 more point for each qualification they meet below:
- Value > 20
- Value > 90
- Value > 200
- Value > 300 AND Quality < Gold (Meaning gold-star items can’t receive this point.)
- Value > 400 AND Quality < Silver (Meaning only items with NO QUALITY can receive this point.)
This means gold star items worth more than 200 get a total of 6 points. Silver star items worth over 300 get 6 points. No-star items worth over 400 also get 6 points. This makes MANY items functionally IDENTICAL (either get a gold star item over 200, a silver star item over 300, or ANY item over 400).
After that, the game checks the following item categories and for each category you’ve met, you get 5 more points.
Animal Products
- Large Egg
- Egg
- Egg
- Large Egg
- Void Egg
- Duck Egg
- Milk
- Large Milk
- Goat Milk
- L. Goat Milk
- Wool
- Duck Feather
- Rabbit’s Foot
Minerals
- Emerald
- Aquamarine
- Ruby
- Amethyst
- Topaz
- Jade
- Diamond
- Prismatic Shard
- Quartz
- Fire Quartz
- Frozen Tear
- Earth Crystal
- Alamite
- Bixite
- Baryte
- Aerinite
- Calcite
- Dolomite
- Esperite
- Fluorapatite
- Geminite
- Helvite
- Jamborite
- Jagoite
- Kyanite
- Lunarite
- Malachite
- Neptunite
- Lemon Stone
- Nekoite
- Orpiment
- Petrified Slime
- Thunder Egg
- Pyrite
- Ocean Stone
- Ghost Crystal
- Tigerseye
- Jasper
- Opal
- Fire Opal
- Celestine
- Marble
- Sandstone
- Granite
- Basalt
- Limestone
- Soapstone
- Hematite
- Mudstone
- Obsidian
- Slate
- Fairy Stone
- Star Shards
Cooking
- Fried Egg
- Omelet
- Salad
- Cheese Cauliflower
- Baked Fish
- Parsnip Soup
- Vegetable Medley
- Complete Breakfast
- Fried Calamari
- Strange Bun
- Lucky Lunch
- Fried Mushroom
- Pizza
- Bean Hotpot
- Glazed Yams
- Carp Surprise
- Hashbrowns
- Pancakes
- Salmon Dinner
- Fish Taco
- Crispy Bass
- Pepper Poppers
- Bread
- Tom Kha Soup
- Trout Soup
- Chocolate Cake
- Pink Cake
- Rhubarb Pie
- Cookie
- Spaghetti
- Fried Eel
- Spicy Eel
- Sashimi
- Maki Roll
- Tortilla
- Red Plate
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Rice Pudding
- Ice Cream
- Blueberry Tart
- Autumn’s Bounty
- Pumpkin Soup
- Super Meal
- Cranberry Sauce
- Stuffing
- Farmer’s Lunch
- Survival Burger
- Dish O’ The Sea
- Miner’s Treat
- Roots Platter
- Algae Soup
- Pale Broth
- Plum Pudding
- Artichoke Dip
- Stir Fry
- Roasted Hazelnuts
- Pumpkin Pie
- Radish Salad
- Fruit Salad
- Blackberry Cobbler
- Cranberry Candy
- Bruschetta
- Coleslaw
- Fiddlehead Risotto
- Poppyseed Muffin
- Chowder
- Fish Stew
- Escargot
- Lobster Bisque
- Maple Bar
- Crab Cakes
- Oil of Garlic
- Life Elixir
Fish
- Albacore
- Anchovy
- Angler
- Bream
- Bullhead
- Carp
- Catfish
- Chub
- Cockle
- Crab
- Crayfish
- Crimsonfish
- Dorado
- Eel
- Ghostfish
- Glacierfish
- Halibut
- Herring
- Ice Pip
- Largemouth Bass
- Lava Eel
- Legend
- Lingcod
- Lobster
- Mussel
- Mutant Carp
- Octopus
- Oyster
- Perch
- Periwinkle
- Pike
- Pufferfish
- Rainbow Trout
- Red Mullet
- Red Snapper
- Salmon
- Sandfish
- Sardine
- Scorpion Carp
- Shad
- Shrimp
- Smallmouth Bass
- Snail
- Squid
- Stonefish
- Sturgeon
- Sunfish
- Super Cucumber
- Tiger Trout
- Tilapia
- Tuna
- Walleye
- Woodskip
Foraging, Flowers, Tree Saps
- Blue Jazz
- Cave Carrot
- Chanterelle
- Common Mushroom
- Crocus
- Daffodil
- Dandelion
- Fairy Rose
- Hazelnut
- Holly
- Leek
- Maple Syrup
- Morel
- Oak Resin
- Pine Tar
- Poppy
- Purple Mushroom
- Red Mushroom
- Sap
- Snow Yam
- Spring Onion
- Summer Spangle
- Sunflower
- Sweet Pea
- Tulip
- Wild Horseradish
- Wild Plum
- Winter Root
Fruit
- Ancient Fruit
- Apple
- Apricot
- Blackberry
- Blueberry
- Cactus Fruit
- Cherry
- Coconut
- Cranberries
- Crystal Fruit
- Grape
- Hot Pepper
- Melon
- Orange
- Peach
- Pomegranate
- Rhubarb
- Salmonberry
- Spice Berry
- Starfruit
- Strawberry
Vegetables
- Amaranth
- Artichoke
- Beet
- Bok Choy
- Cauliflower
- Corn
- Eggplant
- Fiddlehead Fern
- Garlic
- Green Bean
- Hops
- Kale
- Parsnip
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Red Cabbage
- Tomato
- Wheat
- Yam
Artisan Goods / Products
- Beer
- Cheese
- Cloth
- Duck Mayonnaise
- Goat Cheese
- Honey
- Jelly
- Juice
- Mayonnaise
- Pale Ale
- Pickles
- Truffle Oil
- Wine
This means, ultimately there are ONLY 8 categories. 8 categories means there is a ‘theoretical maximum’ of 40 additional points from categories (even though there is 9 display spaces), HOWEVER, the bonus from categories is CAPPED at 30 points. (Boo!) This means you really only need to fill 6 of the categories listed above, since anything more than that awards no extra points. (Bummer!) ANY item that isn’t listed above falls into no category and does not award 5 additional points.
Lastly, the game modifies your score depending on how many items you submitted, according to the formula: 9-2*(number of blank slots in display).
This gives the follow effective modifier for number of items submitted:
Items: Modifier
- 9 items: +9
- 8 items: +7
- 7 items: +5
- 6 items: +3
- 5 items: +1
- 4 items: -1
- 3 items: -3
- 2 items: -5
- 1 items: -7
Therefore, it is always best to submit 9 items, even if the items are utter trash, since submitting less than 9 items will lessen your overall score.
After all is said and done, your score it totalled. 14 points base, 54 from having 9 items worth 6 points (gold items worth over 200, silver items worth over 300, or any items worth over 400), 30 from having at least 6 categories, and 9 from having 9 items. This means the maximum score possible is 107.
- But my friend said they got a score of (number higher than 107)…
They either lied (people do tend to exaggerate when they are bragging), cheated (items with a quality higher than gold can be put into the game using the mod console; each quality step above gold would award +1 point.), or grange scoring used to be different and was changed at some point (unknown).
Anyways, that’s everything I discovered. If you have any questions or there’s something you don’t understand, feel free to comment below.
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