How to complete Pirate's Wife quest in Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley features various heartwarming NPC quests that unravel much about the world and its inhabitants. One such notable quest takes place on Ginger Island where you meet a pirate’s wife, Birdie, who wishes to remember her deceased husband. The quest involves talking to various characters to help locate the Pirate’s Locket and return it to Birdie.

What makes the quest challenging is figuring out who you need to talk to and what items you must exchange to obtain the locket. This guide will provide you with all the information for completing the Pirate’s Wife quest in Stardew Valley

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How to start Pirate’s Wife quest in Stardew Valley

Meet Pirate's Wife on Ginger Island to start the quest (Image via ConcernedApe || YouTube@MrJuicebags)

Head to the western part of Ginger Island and talk to Birdie to trigger the Pirate’s Wife quest in Stardew Valley. If you don’t have access to this area, you must first complete the Community Center bundles and help Willy repair the boat in the Fishing Hut.

After you repair the boat, you can visit Ginger Island at any time as long as the Fishing Hut is open. However, to meet Birdie and start the quest, you must first unlock the west side of Ginger Island by donating ten Golden Walnuts to a parrot next to a giant sleeping turtle.

After donating the walnuts, head to the far left side of the island. You will find a small hut and Birdie fishing outside. Talk to her and she will explain that she is looking for a locket that her husband used to wear.

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How to complete Birdie's quest in Stardew Valley

You need to give the War Memento to Kent (Image via ConcernedApe || YouTube@MrJuicebags)

Birdie will give you a War Memento after you exhaust all her dialogues. Afterward, you need to return to Pelican Town and trade the War Memento with different town residents to obtain the Pirate’s Locket.

Here are the characters you need to trade with to complete the Pirate’s Wife quest in Stardew Valley:

• Start by locating Kent and give him the War memento. He will give you a Gourmet Tomato Salt.
• Then. go to Gus and give him the Gourmet Tomato Salt to receive Stardew Valley Rose.
• Give the Stardew Valley Rose to Sandy and she will trade an Advanced TV Remote with you.
• The next person we need to visit is George who is looking for the Advanced TV Remote which you can give him to obtain the Arctic Shard.
• Next, visit the Wizard and give him Arctic Shard. He will trade a Wigging Worm in exchange.
• Finally, take the Wiggling Worm and give it to Willy. He will provide you with the Pirate’s Locket.

You must complete the trades in the mentioned order to finish the quest. Once you have acquired the Pirate’s Locket, make your way to Ginger Island and give it to Birdie. She will thank you and reward you with five Golden Walnuts and a Fairy Dust Recipe.

Fairy Dust is a unique item that can be used to skip the production time of machinery. You can craft it by using one Diamond and one Fairy Rose.

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Giving Birdie will end the quest, you can talk to her at any time after that but she won’t accept any gifts or have a friendship level with you.

Check out more game-related guides here:

• Linus' Basket quest guide
• All secret notes locations
• Giant Stump quest guide