I feel I’ve used the Reese’s peanut butter cup analogy approach too many instances for mod tales, so let’s simply say Baldur’s Village, an expansive Stardew Valley mod uploaded to NexusMods on March 8, seems to be the proper mixture for folk who love each Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone’s seemingly infinite farming sim and Baldur’s Gate 3.
“A brand new village has lately been constructed north of Pelican City, and its new residents appear… reasonably uncommon,” the mod’s description reads. “You’ll find the doorway to Baldur’s Village on the prime of the southern mountain map, proper subsequent to Linus’ tent.”
Because the title implies, Baldur’s Village provides a completely new city to Stardew Valley teeming with characters, places, and occasions primarily based on the Baldur’s Gate 3 setting. Not solely does the mod enable your Stardew Valley farmer to work together with individuals like Karlach, Wyll, and Alfira, however it additionally features a full romance storyline with Astarion that culminates in marriage. In response to the mountain of Astarion fanfiction on the market, that ought to be an enormous promoting level for lots of gamers.
Deliberate updates to Baldur’s Village embrace a romanceable Halsin in addition to further world-building and background tales. The creators do say, nonetheless, that a variety of this depends upon components like downloads, endorsements, and crowdfunding assist, so let’s hope the mod is fashionable sufficient for additional improvement.
Since launch, Baldur’s Village has acquired ringing endorsements, not solely from followers but additionally from Swen Vincke, co-founder and CEO of Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios. “A lot love went into this,” Vincke mentioned on X (previously Twitter), “superb work!”
