Stardew Valley: How to get blue chicks (2024)

There are many animals availableStardew Valley, and each offers a variety of items for the player to monetize.Stardew Valley's chickensis probably one of the most basic pets, and probably the type of animal that players first get when playing the game.

RELATED:Stardew Valley Beginner's Guide: Crop Quality ExplainedThere are different types of chicks to get, and this guide describes how to get the blue chicks – a relatively rare version of regular chicks that don't really have any benefits other than a different color palette.

Updated on August 3, 2023 by Erik Petrovich: There aren't many unique animal models that players can house on their ranch, but chickens actually have a few alternate looks. The Void Chicken is easy to obtain by going through the mines, but obtaining a Blue Chicken Stardew has a slightly more complicated process. After receiving a chicken coop on their farm that significantly developed Shane's friendship heart, players finally have a slim chance of getting blue chicks in Stardew – however, there is a way to 'cheat' the system. By purchasing chickens from Marnie and renaming them, players can guarantee they will get a blue chicken by simply changing its appearance over and over again. Read on to find out exactly how to get blue chicks in Stardew Valley.

Build a house and add regular chickens to the farm

Starting with the basics, players will need to purchase a chicken coop before they can own and raise chickensStardew Valley. First collect 300 pieces of wood, 100 stones and a total of 4,000 gold to spend. Talk to Robin about building a house on the farm after completing these requirements. She can be found in her house, one screen north of Pelican Town.

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She then asks the player to choose where on the farm he wants to build the chicken coop. It will take her three days to complete the construction of the farm. White and brown chickens can then be purchased from Marnie. A chicken costs 800 gold, making it the cheapest Ranch animal in the game.

Once you purchase chickens, make sure they have an outdoor area with plenty of grass to feast on. It may take some effortmanaging a chicken coop iStardew Valleysuccessful at first, especially with all the petting and feeding the players have to do every day - and the more chickens you have, the more mouths to feed and the more feathers to rustle.

Befriend Shane by reaching eight hearts

Befriend Shanemay seem largely unrelated to the idea of ​​getting a new black chick, but it is a requirement for unlocking blue chicks. Blue Chicks become available to the player after they activate Shane's 8 Hearts event. To strengthen their relationship with Shane, players can give him Loved and Liked gifts. Doing this on his birthday in the spring of 20 will give players an even bigger friendship boost.

One of the easiest ways to consistently grow your relationship with him is to go to the Stardrop Saloon in the evenings, where he comes for drinks after his shift at JojaMart. Players can buy him a beer at the barby talking to Gusfor the price of 400 gold.

Gus also sells pizza for 600 gold to players who don't mind spending some money. It's also possible to catch Shane before his JojaMart shift passes through Pelican Town, making him an easy target for friendship. It's even possible to fully befriend Shane by the end of the first year, with the right strategy, but be prepared to buy a lot of beer and pizza.

Shane's Heart Events

Shane's Heart Events are among the game's most devastating, as there's not much players can do to watch his drinking problem spiral out of control. After one of the game's saddest scenes, Shane's final heart scene feels much more hopeful.

RELATED:Stardew Valley: Tips for reaching level 100 in Skull CavernTo bring in blue chicksStardew Valleyplayers must reach the full eight hearts with Shane. These are the times and locations required to trigger Shane's cardiac events when he reaches the appropriate cardiac level:

How to get blue chicks in Stardew

Once the Shane's Eight Hearts event is activated, blue chicks will be officially available to the player. Now there are two ways to get blue chicksStardew Valley: by chopping new chickens, which have a small chance of turning blue, or by buying chickens from Marnie. There is actually a way to increase the chances of a chicken being blue by buying them from Marnie.

• Buy blue chicks from Marnie: This is the guaranteed way to get a blue chicken. When she asks the player to name the new chicken, a message will appear at the top of the screen showing the color of the chicken being named. If it's not blue, just cancel the transaction and repeat until it says the chicken is blue.
• Hatch new chickens in the garden: Each new chick hatched from a white or brown egg has a 25% chance of being blue. Players must upgrade to a Big Coop by talking to Robin to hatch through the incubator. The Big Coop needs 10,000 gold, 400 wood and 150 stone.

Blue chickens are functionally identical to white chickens, as there are no blue eggs. They simply produce white eggs like a white chicken would. Blue chickens are primarily just for looks and bragging rights, but they look much flashier compared to their white and brown counterparts. The apparent flashiness of owning a blue chicken can competeto own oneStardew Valleyostrich.

Stardew Valleyis now available on mobile, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One.

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