Controls

Getting Started

The Player

Options

Controls

Mobile Controls

Health

Energy

Skills

Day Cycle

All hotkeys can be reassigned by opening the menu and choosing the Options tab

Keyboard & Mouse

Key	Description
W A S D	W Move Up A Move Left S Move Down D Move Right
, C	Use tool or place item
, X	Check/Do Action
Escape, E	Open Menu
F	Open Journal
M	Open Map window
Y	Open Emote Menu
	Switch Item
Tab	Shift Toolbar
Left Shift	Run
?, T	Open Chat Box
1 - 0,  - ,  =	Inventory hotkeys
F4	Screenshot mode

Emotes

See also: Multiplayer/Emotes

The following emotes are available by pressing Y:

• Emote Angry.png
• Emote Exclamation.png
• Emote Game.png
• Emote Happy.png
• Emote Heart.png
• Emote Hi!.gif
• Emote Laugh.gif
• Emote No.gif
• Emote Note.png
• Emote Pause.png
• Emote Question.png
• Emote Sad.png
• Emote Sick.gif
• Emote Sleep.png
• Emote Surprised.gif
• Emote Uh.gif
• Emote X.png
• Emote Yes.gif

Tips

• Shift + left-click an inventory item/stack to move it to the top row.
• Shift + left-click to continuously purchase items inside a shop/merchant's inventory window.
• Shift + left-click to craft 5 items at a time inside the crafting menu.
  • Hold Ctrl + Shift to craft stacks of 25 items at a time.
• Shift + right-click to purchase 5 items. Hold Shift + right-click to keep purchasing items 5 at a time.
  • Hold Ctrl + Shift to purchase stacks of 25 items at a time.
  • Hold Ctrl + Shift + 1 to purchase stacks of 999 items at a time.
• Right-click a stack of inventory/chest items to single out one of them.
• Shift + right-click to select half a stack of inventory/chest items.
• Hold right-click or left-click while moving the mouse over a group of equipment (e.g., Kegs, Preserves Jars, Casks, Bee Houses) to collect items quickly.
  • Have another item selected in inventory to refill equipment automatically.
  • If the item is edible, you must use left-click, or the game will ask if you want to consume the item.
• Delete to permanently delete a selected item in the inventory window. (Use E/Escape to open inventory, then Left-click on an item/stack to select it, then press the delete key.)
• Pressing the Esc key while on the opening splash screen takes you directly to the main menu select screen.
• When viewing a dialogue box with a "yes/no" answer, pressing E/Escape or N indicates "no", and pressing the Y key indicates "yes".
• Shift + left-click on an item in the Catalogue or Furniture Catalogue to add it directly to inventory, instead of attaching it to the mouse cursor. This also works when removing items from the Grange Display at the Stardew Valley Fair.
• Rebind the chat box key to avoid opening it accidentally, or temporarily enter screenshot mode with F4 to place objects at the bottom left of the screen.

Xbox One / Xbox 360 Controller

Controller buttons can not be reassigned.

In Overworld

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Walk; Run
POV	Walk
Right Joystick	Move Cursor; Open In-game Chat (Click in); Emote menu (Hold down)
Start (X360) Menu (XONE)	Open Menu
Back (X360) View (XONE)	Open Journal
A	Check / Do Action / Use Cursor
X	Use Tool
B	Open Menu
Y	Open Crafting Menu
LT RT	Switch Item
LB RB	Shift Toolbar

In Menu

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Move Cursor
Right Joystick	Scroll
A	Select
B Y   Start Menu	Exit Menu
LT RT	Switch Menu Tab
X	Move One Item / Use Item (bait, etc.)

Playstation Controller

Controller buttons can be reassigned systemwide in Settings > Accessibility > Button Assignments.

In Overworld

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Walk; Run
POV	Walk
Right Joystick	Move Cursor; Open In-game Chat (Click in), Emote menu (Hold down)
Options	Open Menu
Touchpad	Open Journal
Cross	Check / Do Action / Use Cursor
Square	Use Tool
Circle	Open Menu
Triangle	Open Crafting Menu
L2 R2	Switch Item
L1 R1	Shift Toolbar

In Menu

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Move Cursor
Right Joystick	Scroll
Cross	Select
Circle Triangle Options	Exit Menu
L2 R2	Switch Menu Tab
Square	Move One Item / Use Item (bait, etc.)

Advanced Controls

• With a shop menu open:
  • Hold and to purchase items in bulk at a much faster rate and drastically speed up the buying process
• With the inventory menu open:
  • Press the Touchpad button to automatically sort the items.
  • Press after selecting an item, and the cursor will automatically hover over the trash icon.
• When interacting with a chest:
  • Press to quickly jump to the Add to Existing Stacks icon. (This will automatically pull any items from your inventory which already have a stack in the chest’s storage.)
• Placing / rotating furniture:
  • Press while facing towards and in contact with the item to select it.
  • Press to rotate a selected item.

    Note, not all items have this capability. For example, the default house has a bed which cannot be rotated, a rug which can rotate by 180°, and a chair which can rotate by 90 °.

Switch Controller

Controller buttons can be reassigned systemwide in System Settings > Controllers and Sensors > Change Button Mapping.

In Overworld

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Walk; Run
POV	Walk
Right Joystick	Move Cursor; Open In-game Chat (Click in), Emote menu (Hold down)
+ Button	Open Menu
- Button	Open Journal
A	Check / Do Action / Use Cursor
Y	Use Tool
B	Open Menu
X	Open Crafting Menu
ZL ZR	Switch Item
L R	Shift Toolbar

In Menu

Button	Description
Left Joystick	Move Cursor
Right Joystick	Scroll
A	Select
B X + Button	Exit Menu
ZL ZR	Switch Menu Tab
Y	Move One Item / Use Item (bait, etc.)

Object Placement Tips

• One of the most useful controls is the Right Stick. It can be used to exactly place furniture, rugs, windows, etc. where you want them. It's pretty sensitive but is very useful especially for placing wall furniture such as paintings and windows.
• While moving a rug into place using the Right Stick, use to Rotate the rug.

Toolbar Tips

• To "power-up" tools such as the Watering Can (i.e., act on multiple tiles at once), press and hold .
• Interacting with villagers with any item other than tools will gift that item to the villager.

Inventory Tips

• When moving inventory, the button will move one item at a time or hold to move multiple.
• Pressing after selecting an item(s) from your inventory will move it to the trash icon.
• Pressing while in your inventory will quickly organize items.
• Pressing both and while purchasing items from any shop will allow the player to purchase items twice as fast.

Weapons

• Pressing performs basic attack while pressing performs block or alternate attack.

Nintendo Switch 2 Mouse Controls

The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Stardew Valley supports optional mouse controls. When these are enabled, the right Joy Con can be used as a mouse to move the cursor around.

During gameplay, use:

• The R button to pick up furniture or use a tool
• The ZR button to rotate furniture, interact with the environment, or use other items
• The R Stick to scroll through the toolbar. By default, moving the R Stick down scrolls to the right. This can be reversed by checking the Invert Toolbar Scroll Direction box in the Options menu.

In the inventory, use:

• The R button to pick up or drop an entire stack of items
• The ZR button to pick up or drop a single item from a stack

Mouse controls can be disabled entirely in the Options menu.

History

• 1.4: Removed "new" input from button press until the button is released. This makes harvesting large numbers of kegs/preserves jars/crystalariums, etc. easier by holding the button without releasing it. Added option to shift toolbar (active inventory bar) to PC. Added emotes menu.
• 1.5.5: Holding Control + Shift now lets you purchase or craft stacks of 25 items at a time.
• 1.6: Holding Control + Shift + 1 now lets you purchase stacks of 999 items at a time.