An In-Depth Look At The Community Center

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This week I am going to be talking about The Community Center within the game of Stardew Valley. This topic within the game is one of my favorites! This aspect of the game makes me determined to explore the game more and unlock new things within the game. I will be going over what The Community Center is, the different tasks to perform within it, and the different items and areas you can unlock within the game by completing the tasks.

What is The Community Center?

In the north part of Pelican Town, you can find an old run-down building. This building is what is known as The Community Center. It used to be a lively building where the community would gather, but when you first start the game, it’s just an abandoned building.

You will first gain access to the Community Center after the 5th day of spring. You must enter Pelican Town from the bus stop between 8AM and 1PM on a day it is not raining. When you do you will get a cut scene that shows you and Lewis in front of the abandoned building. Lewis unlocks the Community Center and the two of you enter. When you are looking around the building you spot these strange creatures. These little guys are called Junimos! They are forest spirits that have made the broken-down Community Center their home. Even though you see these little guys, they disappear before Lewis can see them. He says it is probably just rats and he leaves the Community Center unlocked for you to solve the “rat problem” (this will appear as a quest for you).

After your first time within the Community Center, when you re-enter, you will find a golden scroll (which is in the left lower room). When you read the scroll you cannot comprehend the language that is on it. The next day, you will receive a letter from the wizard that tells you to visit him. Once arriving at his place, he will give you a potion that allows you to read the mysterious language of the Junimos on the scroll. Now that you are able to read the scrolls within the Community Center, you find the scrolls ask for specific offerings in the form of bundles.

The Task At Hand: Completing Bundles

Completing bundles for these little spirits might seem silly, but you get great rewards from them. When you finish small segments of bundles, the Junimos will give you items as gifts. However, when you finish a full bundle, that night the Junimos will go out and fix something within the community that either helps you within the game or lets you advance to different locations within the game.

The Different Bundles

Within the Community Center, there are 6 different rooms containing 6 different scrolls that request offerings for bundles. The six different rooms/bundles available are the crafts room, pantry, fish tank, boiler room, bulletin board, and vault. Each bundle requests certain items that are unique for that room. For example, the pantry requests different produce/food items for different seasons. Now I will go through the different bundles and what is requested.

The Crafts Room

The Crafts Room requests foraging items for four different season bundles (spring, summer, fall, and winter) and an additional construction and exotic foraging bundle. The spring bundle asks for four forageable items that can be found in the spring. These items are wild horseradish, daffodil, leek, and dandelion. Once adding all of these items to the bundle, you will be rewarded 30 spring seeds. These seeds grow these forageable items when planted.

The next bundle is the Summer bundle. This bundle asks for 3 forageable items that can be found during the summer. The three items are grape, spice berry, and sweet pea. Once adding all these items to the bundle, you will be gifted 30 summer seeds, which grow the summer forage items.

The third bundle out of the four is the fall bundle. The bundle asks you for four different forageable items, the common mushroom, wild plum, hazelnut, and blackberry. Once completing the bundle you will be gifted fall seeds.

The last season bundle is the winter bundle. This bundle asks you for the four forageable items within the season which are winter root, crystal fruit, snow yam, and crocus. Like all of the other bundles, you will receive 30 winter seeds once you complete the bundle.

The construction bundle requests items that can be found in nature that are used to construct buildings and other items. The three items you need are wood (198 pieces), stone (99 pieces), and hardwood 910 pieces). Once you complete the bundle you will be given a charcoal kiln, which turns wood into charcoal.

Last but not least is the exotic bundle. For this bundle, you need to collect five items, but there are 9 items that you can choose from to give for the bundle. Below is a list of all of those items. The items can be found all year round and in places like the desert, the mines, and from trees. Once completing this bundle you will be gifted with five things o autumn’s bounty, which gives you buffs for foraging and defense.

Once you have completed all of these bundles, you will be rewarded with another gift. After completing a bundle, that same night Junimos will go out and repair the broken bridge that is located in the mountain region (in the east part). This bridge gives you access to the quarry!

The Pantry

The next set of bundles come from the pantry room. The different bundles within this room are crop bundles for each season (except winter), the quality crop bundle, the animal bundle, and the artisan bundle.

First, we got the spring crop bundle. This requests the four main crops that you can grow within the spring season. These crops are parsnip, green bean, cauliflower, and potato. When you complete this bundle the Junimos will give you speed-gro fertilizer (20 pieces). As you can probably guess, this fertilizer helps your plants grow faster.

Next, we got the summer crop bundles. This asks you for the main summer crops including tomato, hot pepper, blueberry, and melon. When you complete this bundle you will be gifted a quality sprinkler that waters 8 adjacent tiles from where it is placed.

The third seasonal bundle is the fall bundle. This bundle asks for the four main crops including corn, eggplant, pumpkin, and yam. Once you complete this bundle you will be gifted with a bee house that will let you collect honey on your farm.

Instead of having a winter crop bundle (since there are no crops within the winter season) we have the quality bundle. This bundle asks you for gold star quality crops. For the bundle, you need to collect a certain crop for each season. For spring, you get five parsnips with gold star quality. For summer, you get five melons with gold star quality. For fall, you get five pumpkins with gold star quality. There is a fourth crop, which is grown in both summer and fall, and that is corn. However, out of these crops, you only need to gather three of them. Once you get all these crops, you will get a preserves jar that makes jams and pickled veggies.

The next bundle is the animal bundle. This bundle asks for items that you obtain from your animals, like milk and eggs. You need to collect five different items, but there is a selection of 6 items to choose from (the items are listed below).

Last but not least is the artisan bundle. For this bundle, you will be collecting things like fruits, jelly, honey, cheese, cloth, and oil. You will need to collect 6 different items for the bundle, but there is a list of 12 items to choose from (listed below). When you complete this bundle you will get a keg that can make wines out of fruit, beer, and ale.

Once you have finished all of these bundles, the Junimos will rebuild the greenhouse for you. This is a great addition to your farm because then you are able to grow crops in the winter and in general just have more rooms for crops or trees.

The Fish Tank

As you can probably guess, the bundles for this room will revolve around fish. The 6 bundles available ask for fish from different locations.

First, you got the river fish bundle. This asks for four main fish that can be found within the rivers of Stardew Valley. The four fish you need to obtain is sunfish, catfish, shad, and tiger trout. Once you have caught all of those fish, you will get 30 bait to help you catch more fish!

Next, you got the lake fish bundle. This bundle asks for the four main lake fish from within the game. These fish are the largemouth bass, carp, bullhead, and sturgeon. once you got all these fishes, you will be given a dressed spinner that attracts fish to you!

The ocean bundle is the next bundle within the room. For this bundle, you need to find common ocean fish like sardine, tuna, red snapper, and tilapia. Once you finish this bundle you will receive five warp totems for the beach. These totems will teleport you to the beach so you don’t have to walk there.

Next, we have the night fishing bundle. This requests common fish that you can find at night at different locations. The three fish you need to collect are the walleye, bream, and eel. Once you finish the bundle you will be given a ring that emits a small glow that helps you see at night

The fifth bundle available is the crab pot bundle. This asks for water creatures that can be caught with a crab pot. You need to collect 5 of these creatures but there is a list of 10 to choose from (listed below). Once you collect five you will be gifted with three crab pots.

The last bundle we got for the fish tank is the specialty fish bundle. This bundle asks for unique fish that can be found at different locations within Stardew. The four fish you must obtain are pufferfish, ghostfish, sandfish, and woodskip. Once completing this bundle, you get five dishes of dish o’ the sea, which gives you fishing buffs.

Once you got all of these bundles completed, the Juminos will remove the boulder that is located next to the mine entrance. This causes a stream from deep within the mountain to flow into the lake. This also causes quality ore to flow to the lake. Willy gives you a copper pan so you are able to collect some of these ores.

The Boiler Room

The Boiler Room only has three bundles to complete. These bundles are the blacksmith’s, geologist’s, and adventurer’s bundle

The blacksmith’s bundle requests three different types of ore bars: copper, iron, and gold. You only need one of each and once you get all three you will be rewarded with a furnace so you can cook more ores

Next, the geologist’s bundle asks for different gems/crystals that can be found in mines. You need to collect four different types of gems/crystals: quartz, fire quartz, earth crystal, and a frozen tear. Once you find these four items you are gifted five omni geodes that obtain minerals, artifacts, ores, or basic resources. You need to take them to the blacksmith (Clint) to get them broken open.

The last bundle within this room is the Adventurer’s bundle. This bundle asks for items that can be obtained fighting monsters. You will need to collect two different items, but there is a list of four items you can choose from: slime (99 pieces), bat wings (10 pieces), solar essence, and void essence. Once completing this bundle you will be gifted a magnet ring. This ring makes items that are near attract to you so you don’t miss any items while exploring.

Once all three bundles are done, the minecart will be repaired. This minecart can be found at the bus spot, the blacksmith shop, the mines, and the quarry. At any time you can get on the minecart at any location listed and go to any of those locations.

The Bulletin Board

The bulletin board has five different bundles that range in different types of items

First, you got the chef’s bundle. For this bundle, you will need to collect 6 different items that either are used to create food or that are dishes themself. The six items are maple syrup, fiddlehead fern, struggle, poppy, maki roll, and fried egg. Once you get all of these food items you will be given three pink cakes, which is a popular gift for some villagers.

Next, you got the dye bundle. This bundle asks for items that are used to create the different colors of dyes. You will need to collect six different items: red mushroom, sea urchin, sunflower, duck feather, aquamarine, and red cabbage. When you get all of these items, you will receive a seed maker. This creates seeds for your farm when you put different products in it.

The third bundle is the field research bundle. These bundle requests items that can be seen as artifacts. The four items you need to get are a purple mushroom, nautilus shell, chub, and a frozen geode. Once you get these items, you will receive a recycling machine. You can put items that are seen as trash in this machine and it will turn them into useful items.

Next, you got the Fodder bundle. In this bundle, you collect three resources that contribute to cattle or over livestock on farms. The three items you need are wheat (10 pieces), hay (10 pieces), and apple (3 pieces). Once you complete this bundle you will receive a heater which you can put in your barn or coop to keep your animals warm during the winter.

The final bundle is the enchanter’s bundle. For his bundle, you will be looking for items that are considered to be used in enchanting. The four items you need to complete the bundle are oak resin, wine, rabbit’s foot, and pomegranate. Once you complete this bundle you will receive five gold bars.

When you finish all of the bundles for the bulletin board, your friendship levels with non-datable villagers will improve by two hearts.

The Valut

The final room within the community center is the vault. This room has 4 different bundles, but they all involve just donating a certain amount of gold. The first bundle is to donate 2,500 gold. When you donate this amount you will receive three chocolate cakes. The next bundle is donating 5,000 gold. After this donation, you receive 30 quality fertilizers. This fertilizer will make the quality of your crops better! The third bundle is donating 10,000 gold and you then receive a lightning rod. The lightning rod collects lighting during storms and creates batteries out of the power collected. The final bundle is donating 25,000 gold and you will receive a crystalarium. after the donation. The Crystalarium will replicate any gem, crystal, or mineral you place in it (except prismatic shards).

Once you have made all of your donations, the Junimos will repair the bus at the bus stop near your farm. When the bus is fixed, you will be able to travel to the desert.

What Happens When you Complete All Bundles?

These next two sections have spoilers related to some of the storylines of the game. If you are truly curious about what happens continue reading. However, if you want to experience the completion of the bundles your self I suggest you skip the next two paragraphs

You may be wondering, what happens when I finish all these bundles. Well, there are a couple of things that happen. First, the community center is completely restored. You will also say good buy to the Junimos as they return to the spirit world. As the villagers come back to the new community center, you are also granted the Stardew hero award as a thank you. The rise of the Community Center also results in the fall of Joja mart. After the restoration of the Community Center, if you go to Joja Mart you will see that it is closed for good. However, there is still a reason to go back to the mart

The Missing Bundle

After the Community Center is fully refurbished, the first night before a stormy day you will get a cut scene. In this cut scene you are taken to Joja Mart and you see a bolt of lightning strike the building, causing the doors to open. After the cut scene, you can go inside and you will find a new bundle. This bundle is what is known as the Missing Bundle. Also within the building, you will see alone Junimo that wasn’t able to go back to the spirit world. Below is a list of the items needed for the missing bundle. There are a couple of things that happen when completing the bundle. First, the Junimo that got left behind is able to go home, and also the abandoned Joja Mart turns into a movie theater

That is all I have for this week’s topic. If you have any questions about this topic or anything about the game, don’t be afraid to ask. Also, don’t forget to check out the next Getting to Know the Community post for this week.

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