Stardew Valley 1.6 added a brand new main Pageant, the Desert Pageant, and two new mini fishing based mostly Festivals, Trout Derby and SquidFest. SquidFest requires you to catch as many Squid as doable, with completely different ranges earned relying on what number of you catch. 

SquidFest won’t solely let you brush up in your Fishing talent and refill on Squid in enormous numbers, however it’s also possible to earn unique prizes should you handle to catch sufficient of those tentacled creatures. 

Squid have a problem score of 75 and might normally solely be caught between 6pm and 2am on Winter days, nevertheless throughout SquidFest this restriction is lifted and you may catch them at any time after 6:10am on each days. 

When is SquidFest in Stardew Valley?

SquidFest is a Winter pageant and takes place on the twelfth and thirteenth of the Season. Because of this you’re unlikely to have any main crops to are inclined to, making it simpler to step away from the Farm. Nevertheless, you probably have animals in your farm, you must nonetheless are inclined to them earlier than making your method to take part in SquidFest.

The remainder of the Valley stays open, with SquidFest occurring within the background whereas the Villagers go about their life as regular. You may nonetheless Store, work together with Villagers and full quests throughout SquidFest. 

The place is Squidfest in Stardew Valley?

To seek out SquidFest, head right down to the Left facet of the Seashore. Right here, you’ll not solely see a bunch of NPCs fishing within the water, however you’ll additionally discover the SquidFest Sales space. 

Interacting with this Sales space permits gamers to both obtain a proof of occasions, or to choose up prizes. 

The best way to earn prizes throughout SquidFest in Stardew Valley

The premise of SquidFest is easy: catch as many Squid as you may in a single day. Every day, the signal subsequent to the SquidFest Sales space will show the 4 completely different tiers of prizes, alongside what number of Squid you’ll have to catch with a view to attain that tier. 

The 4 tiers are:

Every tier comes with its personal prizes, which change every day of the Pageant. You’ll know what number of Squid you’ve caught through both your stock, or the counter within the top-left nook of the display, and the variety of Squid you’ve caught resets between Pageant days.

The excellent news is that you simply get to maintain your Squid and might both promote them (Squid promote for between 80 and 240 Gold, relying on their high quality and your chosen Fishing occupation) or use them to cook dinner up some scrumptious meals to maintain your power up.  

Alternatively, to extend your probabilities of catching extra Squid on day two of SquidFest, you may put the Squid caught on the primary day right into a Bait Maker with a view to make Squid Bait. It is a newly added kind of Bait within the 1.6 replace, and SquidFest is the right the time to utilize it.

SquidFest rewards in Stardew Valley

Day one

Day two