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Installing Mods

The primary function of the Stardew Valley Mod Manager is to enhance and humanise the experience of managing mods for Stardew Valley. This starts with the process of adding mods.

The Stardew Valley Mod Manager is designed to make it easier to install mods, no longer requiring users to deal with heavy mod loaders designed for heavier games or browsing through folder hierarchies.

Download a Mod

The Stardew Valley Mod Manager is designed for mods downloaded from NexusMods - which has a large repository of Stardew Valley Mods available for download, including the Stardew Modding API (SMAPI) itself. That being said, if you have a mod downloaded elsewhere, it should still work.

Once you have the mod downloaded in ZIP format, you can continue to install the mod with the Stardew Mod Manager. All you'll need is the location that your mod is saved to.

Installing the Mod

Once you have a mod in ZIP format, open the Stardew Valley Mod Manager until you are on the Main Dashboard.

To use the mod in game, you'll need to enable it first. We'll explain how to enable mods in the next step.

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