Stardew Valley Night Market: A Walkthrough of Every Stall and Activity

Stardew Valley packs most of its festivals into daytime affairs with crowds, games, and the occasional egg hunt. The Night Market is the exception. For three winter evenings, the Beach docks transform into a floating fair with paintings, deep-sea fishing, exclusive seeds, and at least one shop that politely robs you blind if you bring enough cash.

This guide walks through every stall, every timer, and every item worth saving gold for.

When the Night Market Opens

The festival runs from Winter 15 through Winter 17, opening doors at 5 PM each evening at the docks south of Pelican Town. Unlike most festivals in Stardew Valley, regular shops and houses stay open throughout the event, so you can still run daytime errands before heading to the beach.

You can stay until 2 AM, but several attractions shut down earlier. Timing matters if you want to clear everything in one night.

The Attractions

Update 1.6 lists six headline attractions, plus a couple of side vendors worth knowing about. Here is what you will find walking the pier.

Desert Trader

The Desert Trader normally keeps shop out in Calico Desert, but for these three nights they pack up and head east. Their inventory mirrors the desert location, mixing permanent items with the usual rotating offers. The bonus: chatting with the merchant during the festival hands you a free coffee each evening. Not a fortune, but a free coffee is a free coffee.

Decoration Boat

If your farm is missing a centerpiece, this is the stop. The Decoration Boat carries permanent stock, so you can revisit any of the three nights without missing a piece.

• Big Green Cane: 200g
• Green Canes: 200g
• Mixed Cane: 200g
• Red Canes: 200g
• Big Red Cane: 200g
• Plain Torch: 800g
• Stump Torch: 800g
• Clouds Banner: 1,000g
• Seasonal Décor: 500g
• Seasonal Plant (variants): 500g

Famous Painter Lupini

Lupini hangs new paintings every night of the festival, each priced at 1,200g. The catalog rotates on a three-year cycle, which means three real years can pass before the same canvas reappears. Plan your hoarding accordingly.

Years 1, 4, 7, 10, etc.

• 'Red Eagle' (Winter 15 only)
• 'Portrait of a Mermaid' (Winter 16 only)
• 'Solar Kingdom' (Winter 17 only)

Years 2, 5, 8, 11, etc.

• 'Clouds' (Winter 15 only)
• '1,000 Years From Now' (Winter 16 only)
• 'Three Trees' (Winter 17 only)

Years 3, 6, 9, 12, etc.

• 'The Serpent' (Winter 15 only)
• 'Tropical Fish #173' (Winter 16 only)
• 'Land of Clay' (Winter 17 only)

Fishing Submarine

The submarine costs 1,000g per trip and stops boarding at 11 PM. The dive itself eats 30 in-game minutes going down and another 30 coming back, so factor that into your schedule.

While the booth closes at 11 PM, anyone already inside can keep casting lines until 2 AM. Three fish are exclusive to this spot and appear nowhere else in the game:

• Blobfish
• Spook Fish
• Midnight Squid

If you are chasing 100% Perfection, the submarine is non-negotiable.

Other catches you can pull up during the dive include:

• Sea Cucumber
• Super Cucumber
• Octopus
• Pearl
• Seaweed
• Sea Jelly

Magic Shop Boat

Parked to the right of Painter Lupini, the Magic Shop Boat refreshes most of its inventory each night. A couple of permanent staples stay through all three days, notably Rarecrow #7 and Rarecrow #8. Seed selection rotates with the calendar.

Winter 15

• Grave Stone: 200g
• Stone Frog: 500g
• Cone Hat: 5,000g
• Parsnip Seeds: 20g
• Bean Starter: 60g
• Cauliflower Seeds: 80g
• Potato Seeds: 50g
• Tulip Bulb: 20g
• Kale Seeds: 70g
• Jazz Seeds: 30g
• Garlic Seeds (Year 2+): 40g
• Iridium Fireplace: 15,000g
• Rarecrow #7: 5,000g
• Rarecrow #8: 5,000g
• Crystal Chair: 2,500g
• Upright Piano: 100,000g

Winter 16

• Suit of Armor: 200g
• Stone Parrot: 500g
• Cone Hat: 2,500g
• Melon Seeds: 80g
• Tomato Seeds: 50g
• Blueberry Seeds: 80g
• Pepper Seeds: 40g
• Wheat Seeds: 10g
• Radish Seeds: 40g
• Poppy Seeds: 100g
• Spangle Seeds: 50g
• Hops Starter: 60g
• Corn Seeds: 150g
• Sunflower Seeds: 200g
• Red Cabbage Seeds (Year 2+): 100g
• Iridium Fireplace: 15,000g
• Rarecrow #7: 5,000g
• Rarecrow #8: 5,000g
• Crystal Chair: 2,500g
• Upright Piano: 100,000g

Winter 17

• Log Section: 200g
• Stone Owl: 500g
• Cone Hat: 10,000g
• Corn Seeds: 150g
• Eggplant Seeds: 20g
• Pumpkin Seeds: 100g
• Bok Choy Seeds: 50g
• Yam Seeds: 60g
• Cranberry Seeds: 240g
• Wheat Seeds: 10g
• Fairy Seeds: 200g
• Amaranth Seeds: 70g
• Grape Starter: 60g
• Sunflower Seeds: 200g
• Artichoke Seeds (Year 2+): 30g
• Iridium Fireplace: 15,000g
• Rarecrow #7: 5,000g
• Rarecrow #8: 5,000g
• Crystal Chair: 2,500g
• Upright Piano: 100,000g

Mermaid Boat

The Mermaid Boat stops accepting visitors at 12:30 AM. The catch is that the mermaid performs for 1 hour and 40 minutes before the puzzle even unlocks, and walking out mid-show resets the whole thing. Settle in.

When the puzzle appears, the correct order from left to right is 1, 5, 4, 2, 3. Solving it rewards a Pearl.

Shrouded Figure

A mysterious vendor nearby will warp you straight back to your farm for 250g per trip. Functionally identical to a Warp Totem: Farm, just with a more theatrical business model.

Traveling Cart

The Traveling Cart shows up at every Night Market, parked on a raft at the docks. Stock refreshes nightly like the Magic Shop Boat. The standout item to watch for: in multiplayer saves, the cart has a chance to offer the Wedding Ring recipe, which is otherwise tough to come by.

Quick Planning Checklist

If you only have time for the highlights, prioritize:

1. Submarine dive for the three exclusive fish, especially if chasing Perfection.
2. Mermaid puzzle before 12:30 AM for a free Pearl.
3. Lupini for any painting you might otherwise wait three real years to see again.
4. Magic Shop seeds unique to each night.

Everything else, including the Decoration Boat and Desert Trader, can wait if you are running short on hours. Three evenings sounds like plenty until you actually start hopping between stalls and watch the in-game clock vanish.