One Valley of the Stars The player discovered while speedrunning in a cave that he should always be prepared for the unexpected. Valley of the Stars has many secrets and surprises to discover, which is why many players dedicate their time exploring and discovering them. When a fan tried to run through one of the game’s caves, he realized too late that he should have left room in his inventory for potential treasure.
Reddit user TueboEmu315 discovered at the worst time that they “You may have made a serious mistake trying to speed up this cave.“The cave in question was Mina Pedreira, a cave that holds a secret in its depths. At the end of the cave there is a statue of the Grim Reaper holding a Golden Scythe
which players can obtain by interacting with the statue. That is, unless their inventory is full, which, unfortunately for the Redditor, it was.
To make matters worse, the screenshot shared by the Redditor shows them with a health bar almost depleted and half a dozen haunted skulls approaching menacingly. TueboEmu315 was forced to think quickly, turning what would normally be a regular interaction into a quick event-like moment.
Stardew Valley Fans’ Ill-fated Speedrun Attempt Was Saved by Quick Thinking
Some sap had to be sacrificed
Anyone caught in this sticky situation could panic, like Reddit user and colleagues Valley of the Stars player Alarmed Stage-7066who first ventured into a cave after shopping at Marnie’s house. They write: “I was immediately surrounded by skulls, panicked, and accidentally threw the heater I just bought at Marnie’s house onto the floor.“They managed to escape safely and hope that”the skulls spent the winter very warm.“
Fortunately, TueboEmu315 has some quick reflexes. They managed to open their inventory, throw out some sap, and get the scythe. They then used a trick that some players are unaware of: Interacting with the reaper after picking up the scythe sends the player back to the beginning of the cave. They didn’t come out unscathed, but they barely made it out alive: “I had a little bit of health with a health bar bleeding and I managed to get out, with the scythe in my hand bleeding!“
Our opinion: the golden sickle is definitely worth more than a sap
Although it may be difficult to let go of materials
I am a collector in the gameso it can be hard for me to let go of materials and ingredients thanks to the “I might need this later” mentality. I can definitely relate to the comment left by recluse owl: “Me, looking at my three stacks of 999 sap. Oh, nooooo.“The golden scythe is not the most powerful scythe in the game, but it has a higher chance of getting better grass yield and hay harvest, better range, and more damage than the regular scythe.
But for Redditor TueboEmu315 the question was never what they should get rid of, but whether they could do it fast enough. They only had a brief window of opportunity between closing the inventory (the game is paused while the inventory is open) and double-clicking the Reaper, once to get the scythe and once to get out of the cave alive. They also came away a little wiser, knowing now that when playing Valley of the Stars, It’s always worth keeping at least one inventory slot open.
Source: TueboEmu315/Reddit, Alarmed Stage-7066/Reddit, recluse owl/Reddit