Mister Qi will do more than stab you for cheating, he’ll also dole out random gifts in the form of mystery boxes. These contain random items that can be quite useful and often have a lot of utility as well. Here’s how to get mystery boxes inStardew Valley, and what possible items you may obtain by opening them.
How to Get Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley and Complete Loot Table
As you’re playing Stardew Valley, you may hear tales of people finding “Mystery Boxes” all over the town. These boxes will only appear in your game if you see a cutscene ofMister Qiflying overPelican Townand carpet-bombing the town with blue boxes. These are Mystery Boxes and can be found by doing, pretty much anything.
You can get Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley by doing the following activities:
Interestingly, we’ve found the most Mystery Boxes by simply chopping trees around the farm. This may make chopping trees the mostfarmable optionif you’ll forgive the pun.
How To Open a Mystery Box in Stardew Valley
Once you have a Mystery Box, you’ll need to go toClintthe Blacksmithon the far east side of town, just above the museum. Speak to him and select the “Process Geode” option to crack open the Mystery Box.
You’ll have to pay25 Goldtoopen each Mystery Boxin Stardew Valley.
Mystery Box Possible Items
And there are quite a few possible items you can find within.
Mystery Boxes aren’t the only thing that requires a bit of luck. The same can be said forcarrots, which only appear in the spring (or under unique circumstances), andbroccoli, which only appears in the fall.
Daphne Fama
A Staff Writer at Prima Games since 2022, Daphne Fama spends an inordinate amount playing games of all stripes but has a soft spot for horror, FPS, and RPGs. When she’s not gaming, she’s an author and member of the Horror Writers Association with a debut novel coming out in 2025. In a previous life, she was an attorney but found she preferred fiction to contracts and forms
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