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Witch

A literal non-character who I absolutely could have cut, and maybe I should have. So a little bit of information about me. I love witches. It's probably one of my favorite stock fantasy/monster tropes, and I usually like their inclusion in games no matter how they are handled. Harvest Moon has plenty of great examples of Witches, so I would say my expectations for a decent Witch in Stardew Valley are relatively warranted.

The Witch we got it... eh. Biggest thing is she never really appears in a way where you can talk or interact with her. You can gain access to her magic altars, but unlike the Wizard you don't need to befriend her. You just... bribe her henchman and then go there at times when she's never there. For reasons.

I do find it amusing whenever she flies by and cackles, but these appearances are brief and rare.

Also I'm currently annoyed with her because in my most recent playthrough I decided to bite the bullet and buy a Void Egg from my dude Krobus for 5,000 Gold. Before the current egg in my incubator had time to hatch, the god damn Witch appeared and Cursed my chicken hut like 2 days later -- after my game had already saved of course. Not that I'm really one for resetting anyway, but still worth mentioning. That was 5,000 Gold well wasted.

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Dwarf

Of the secondary "hidden" vendors this guy is by far the least useful, and also the most obnoxious to gain access to. This combination of facts can almost solely be credited for his pretty low placement. Aside from that I think he has a pretty interesting design. The lore of the dwarves in Stardew Valley is intriguing, and fun to explore through the discovery of artifacts. I don't think the actual Dwarf you meet really lives up to the legend you should have built up in your head before this. I always pictured the Dwarves in Stardew Valley as like aliens who crash landed on our planet a few thousand years ago. What you meet is like... some guy who lives in a cave.

Absolutely FUCK grinding for all four dwarf scrolls just to be able to talk to this guy. Dwarf Scroll 2 in particular is pretty notorious for being a biblical pain to track down. Normally if I search Google for any of the Dwarf Scrolls (1, 3, or 4, for example) some kind of thread about how 'Dwarf Scroll 2? Does it Exist?' will still show up within the top 10 results. On my current file I have 10 of Dwarf Scrolls 1 and 3, and I spent 2 real life days of grinding to obtain Dwarf Scroll 2. Then I found Scroll 4 in about five minutes once I started looking for it.

Is this guy worth all of that effort? Hell no. He's barely a top 30 NPC in this game, and that's really arguable based on the fact that I could have ranked the likes of Jas and Vince higher.

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Mr. Qi

A little bit more of a character than the Witch. I find him more amusing cause he asks you to do funny shit like pull a prank on lewis and fill the mayors fridge up with beets. He also challenges the player in a way that will make you somewhat interested and feel like there are things to do even after you have "beaten" the game.


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now I only see your dull imposter
https://imgur.com/BYYr6fn