Stardew Valley Feast of the Winter Star festival Guide: Schedule, events, and more

Just like the real world, Stardew Valley also celebrates Christmas, but in the form of the Feast of Winter Star festival. The Pelican Town is decorated with Christmas lights, candy canes, and a giant Christmas tree at the center of the town. The main highlight of this festival is a secret gift-giving event where you have to exchange a gift with a random villager.

Just like the Luau festival, the Feast of Winter Star provides an opportunity to raise the friendship level with a specific citizen of the town. However, unlike the former, the friendship boost is restricted to only one citizen.

This guide includes all the gifts you can receive and everything else you need to know about the Winter Star festival in Stardew Valley.

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Feast of the Winter Star festival date and time in Stardew Valley

Mayor Lewis sends a mail containing information about the festival (Image via ConceredApe)

The Feast of Winter Star is held every year on the 25th day of every Winter in Pelican Town. You will receive mail from Mayor Lewis on Winter 18th informing you about the date, time, and venue for the event.

You can participate in the event by heading to town between 9 AM and 2 PM. If you enter the town after festival timings, you will miss the entire Feast of the Winter Star and must wait until the next year to participate again.

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Secret gift-giving in Feast of the Winter Star, explained

Gifting the secret friend will reward five times the usual friendship points (Image via ConcernedApe)

In the mail you receive on Winter 18, the Mayor will mention the name of the resident for whom you’ll be finding a gift during the Winter Star. This means you get a whole in-game week to prepare a gift that the character loves.

Whatever you decide to gift during the event will reward you with five times the normal amount of friendship points. So, it’s always worth going the extra mile to search for a gift they will love and appreciate. You can expect a tremendous boost to friendship by giving an item loved by the NPC, especially if they are one of the romance options in Stardew Valley.

To give your gift, simply head to the town square and search for the NPC mentioned in your mail. Upon interacting with them, you will get an option to select a gift from your inventory.

Once you’ve given your gift, a cutscene will trigger where your secret friend will approach and give their gift to you. If you don’t like your gift, you can restart the game to receive a different one but the NPC assigned to you will not change.

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All gifts during the Feast of the Winter Star festival

You can receive some rare items as gifts during this Stardew Valley festival (Image via ConcernedApe)

The gifts you receive depend on which resident was chosen to give a gift to you. There is no way to know who will be your secret friend during the gift exchange, but the gifts you can receive from different residents are as follows:

Item	Quantity	Stardew Valley Resident
Ancient Doll	1	Jas, Vincent
Beach Warp Totem	25	Willy
Beer	1	All adults except Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Blackberry Cobbler	1	All adults expect Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Clay	1	Jas, Vincent
Cookie	1	Evelyn
Deluxe Speed-Go	10	All adults expect Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Dressed Spinner	1	Willy
Egg	12	Marnie
Emerald	1	All adults except Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Frozen Geode	5 (Clint) 1 (Jas or Vincent)	Clint, Jas, or Vincent
Geode	5 (Clint) 1 (Jas or Vincent)	Clint, Jas, or Vincent
Glow Ring	1	All adults except Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Gold Bar	5	Clint
Hardwood	25	Robin
Iridium Bar	1	Clint
Jade	1	All adults except Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Magma Geode	5 (Clint) 1 (Jas or Vincent)	Clint, Jas, or Vincent
Magnet	1	Willy
Nautilus Shell	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Pink Cake	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Poppyseed Muffin	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Pumpkin Pie	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Purple Mushroom	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Rainbow Shell	1	Jas, Vincent
Ruby	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Stone	50	Robin
Tea Set	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Wine	1	All adults except for Clint, Evelyn, Marine, Robin, or Willy
Wood	99	Robin

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Pierre’s limited-time booth during the festival

Pierre sells some limited-edition decoration items during the event (Image via ConcernedApe || YouTube@Cozy Bird Gaming)

Pierre opens up a limited-time stall during the event where you can purchase some exclusive items. Here’s a list of all the items sold at Pierre’s booth:

Item	Price
Decorative Axe	1,000 g
Festive Dining Table	3,000 g
House Plant	700 g
L. Light String	800 g
Large Red Rug	1,000 g
Log Panel (1)	500 g
Log Panel (2)	700 g
Manicured Pine	800 g
Ornate Window	1,000 g
S. Pine	500 g
Tree of the Winter Star	5,000 g
Winter Banner	1,000 g
Wood Panel	500 g

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This concludes our guide for the Feast of the Winter Star festival in Stardew Valley. For more festival guides, check out the following articles:

• Festival of Ice guide
• Spirit Eve festival
• Flower Dance guide