Stardew Valley has received many excellent quality-of-life updates over the years, and update 1.6.9 finally added cheat codes to the base game. Previously these codes were only possible with the help of mods, but now all you need to do is change one little piece of text in your save file.
Here’s an in-depth guide to Stardew Valley cheat codes, including all of the most impactful codes to start your farm off on the right foot. Hopefully your dear late grandpa will forgive you.
How to enable Stardew Valley cheat codes
Before you can enter any cheat codes in game, you need to modify your save file. For obvious reasons, if it’s a file you’ve been working on for a while you should keep an unmodified copy somewhere else, but the process takes just a few minutes.