Pokémon Farm Co-op Setup

This button opens Steam and starts installing Stardew Valley. Pick any drive, click Install.

Button did nothing? You need Steam first — get Steam here, then come back. Don't own the game yet? buy it here (~$15).

When it finishes: open the game once from Steam, let it reach the title screen, then quit. (This makes Steam finish its setup.)

This button downloads SMAPI straight from its official source.

Then, exactly this:

1. Find the downloaded SMAPI-4.5.2-installer.zip (usually in your Downloads).
2. Right-click it → Extract All → Extract.
3. Open the folder that pops out, and double-click install on Windows.bat.
4. A black window opens. Type 1 and press Enter. When it says it's done, close it.

Windows may warn "Windows protected your PC" → click More info → Run anyway. SMAPI is safe; that warning shows for anything not sold in the Store.

For each button below: it opens the mod page in a new tab → click the gray “Manual Download” button, then the “Download” button (a free Nexus account is needed — make one, it's quick). You'll get a .zip.

Every mod zip goes into one folder. Here's its location — click Copy, then paste it into the File Explorer address bar:

For each zip: right-click → Extract All, then drag the folder that comes out into that Mods folder. One folder per mod. (If a folder has another folder inside with the same name, use the inner one.)

Required — get all four

Nice extras — optional, grab any you like

These just make the game nicer. They don't have to match between players.

1. In Steam, click Play on Stardew Valley. A little menu asks how to launch — pick “StardewModdingAPI” (NOT the plain game).
2. A black window opens first (that's the mods loading), then the game starts. Normal.
3. One person hosts: Co-op → Host → start or load a farm, set cabins.
4. Host shares the invite code (or invites friends on Steam). Everyone else: Co-op → Join → enter the code.

As long as everyone did Phase 3, you'll all land in the same Pokémon-filled valley.