The Stardew Va is a new vendor who comes to town in version 1.6 and gives you a chance to swap your unwanted reads for something a bit better. He also sells books himself. It’s in the name, after all.
We’ve explained where to find the Stardew Valley bookseller location below and outlined what he has to offer.
Stardew Valley bookseller location
The bookseller visits the valley on two random days each season, and you’ll find the days marked with a balloon on the town calendar outside Pierre’s shop. When the seller does arrive, he’ll set up his shop in the little clearing behind JojaMart on the east side of town. Walk behind the store, and you’ll see a small flight of steps that lead up to the clearing.
It’s just an empty space on days when the bookseller isn’t in town, so there’s no real reason to check it out otherwise.
There’s nothing specific you need to do for the bookseller to come around. He’ll start showing up in your first year, though you may not have some of the books he wants to trade for rare items yet.
What does the Stardew Valley bookseller do?
He sells books, which you probably guessed from the name, but there’s a bit more to it than that. Stardew Valley’s books grant some useful buffs when you read them, but if you’ve maxed out your mining or don’t need a woodcutting boost, they’re a bit useless. Or, they were until Stardew Valley 1.6.
The bookseller takes a selection of books and gives you some pretty useful rewards in return. We’re not sure yet whether the rewards on offer change each month, but so far, the bookseller has offered:
- Fairy Dust in exchange for a Book of Stars
- 100 wood in exchange for Woodcutter’s Weekly
- 20 hard wood in exchange for Woody’s Secret
- Monster Mask in exchange for Combat Quarterly
- 30 Deluxe Bait in exchange for Bait and Bobber
- 1 Slime Incubator in exchange for 2 Monster Compendium
Fairy Dust and the Slime Incubator are the clear winners here, though the other items are useful if you have a sudden need for them while crafting something. If you sprinkle Fairy Dust on a piece of refining equipment, you instantly get the item cooking inside it instead of having to wait several hours or days. Getting a free Slime Incubator means you can take the Iridium Bars you would’ve needed to craft one and spend them elsewhere.
The bookseller also has a collection of books chosen at random every time he visits. You can buy these for your own use or to trade back to him for something better. The bookseller is just one of many new features in Stardew Valley 1.6. Be sure to catch up on all the new crafting recipes, too.
