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Community Center

Restoring the dilapidated Community Center is the primary narrative goal of Stardew Valley. By completing "Bundles" of specific items, you repair the town's infrastructure, unlocking greenhouses, minecarts, and the desert bus.

Alternatively, you can purchase a JojaMart membership from Morris for 5,000g, turning the Community Center into a Joja Warehouse. This path allows you to buy the town upgrades with gold instead of items. This guide focuses on the traditional Community Center restoration route.

Unlocking the Community Center​

From Spring 5 onward, enter Pelican Town from the bus stop on a sunny day between 8:00 AM and 1:00 PM. This triggers a cutscene with Mayor Lewis. Inside the center, examine the glowing golden scroll in the lower-left room. The next morning, you receive a letter from the Wizard. Visit his tower in the Cindersap Forest to gain the ability to read the Junimo scrolls.

You can now track your bundle progress from anywhere by opening your inventory and clicking the Golden Scroll icon on the right side of the menu.

Bundle Strategies​

The Community Center requires items spanning every skill and season. Planning ahead is non-negotiable. If you miss a seasonal crop or fish, you must wait a full in-game year for it to return (or hope the Traveling Cart sells it).

1. The Crafts Room (Foraging)​

This room requires seasonal forageables, wood, stone, and exotic items. Completing it repairs the bridge to the Quarry.

  • Check daily: Gather the standard Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter forage bundles as soon as the season starts.
  • The Construction Bundle: Requires 99 Wood, 99 Stone, and 10 Hardwood. Upgrade your axe to Copper as soon as possible to break the large stumps on your farm for Hardwood.
  • The Exotic Foraging Bundle: You only need 5 of the 9 options. Tap an Oak, Maple, and Pine tree immediately. Combine those syrups with a Cave Carrot and a Red Mushroom (found in the Mines) to easily clear this bundle.

2. The Pantry (Farming)​

This room requires crops, artisan goods, and animal products. Completing it repairs the Greenhouse on your farm, allowing you to grow crops in any season.

  • The Quality Crops Bundle: Requires 5 Gold-quality Parsnips, Melons, Pumpkins, and Corn (you only need 3 of the 4). Use Basic Fertilizer on these crops to get enough Gold-quality yields.
  • The Animal Bundle: You need a Barn (for Cows) and a Coop (for Chickens) to gather milk and eggs. Do not delay building these structures.
  • The Artisan Bundle: Save your first Truffle, Cloth, and Cheese. Plant an Apple and Pomegranate sapling in Summer so they produce fruit in Fall to finish this bundle.

3. The Fish Tank (Fishing)​

This room requires specific fish caught in various seasons, weathers, and locations. Completing it removes the glittering boulder next to the mine entrance, allowing you to pan for ores.

  • Check the Weather: Some fish, like the Walleye (Fall) or Catfish (Spring/Fall), only appear when it rains. Check the TV daily.
  • The Specialty Fish Bundle: Catch a Sandfish in the Desert (requires the Vault completed), a Ghostfish in the Mines, a Woodskip in the Secret Woods (requires an Iron Axe), and a Pufferfish in the Ocean (Summer afternoons).

4. The Boiler Room (Mining)​

This room requires ore bars, gems, and monster loot. Completing it repairs the Minecarts, providing fast travel around the map. Prioritize this room immediately.

  • You only need to reach Floor 80 in the Mines to gather the Copper, Iron, and Gold ore required.
  • The Adventurer's Bundle requires 99 Slime and 10 Bat Wings. Do not sell your monster loot.

5. The Bulletin Board (Friendship)​

This room requires obscure items from all aspects of the game. Completing it raises your friendship with every non-marriageable villager by two full hearts.

  • The Chef's Bundle: Requires Fiddlehead Fern (foraged in the Secret Woods during Summer), a Truffle (from Pigs), a Poppy, a Maki Roll, and a Fried Egg.
  • The Dye Bundle: Save a Red Cabbage (only available in Year 2, unless enabled in the advanced game options), Sea Urchin (foraged at the beach), Sunflower, Duck Feather, Aquamarine, and Red Mushroom.

6. The Vault (Gold)​

This room does not require items. It requires cold, hard cash. You must pay a total of 42,500g to unlock all bundles in this room. Completing it repairs the Bus, granting access to the Calico Desert and the Skull Cavern.