Stardew Valley Luau, including the potluck soup explained Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Stardew Valley Luau, including the potluck soup explained Everything you need to know about the Luau in Stardew Valley. Guide by Lottie Lynn Guides Editor Updated on 5 Jan 2021 The Luau is a summer festival in Stardew Valley, which involves adding an ingredient to a potluck soup. Like the Flower Dance before it, the Luau offers you the chance to raise your friendship levels with the people of Pelican Town. Rather than focusing on one villager in particular, however, you can increase your relations with the entire village in one single action. Whether or not you succeed in increasing your friendship levels depends on what you contribute to the potluck; choose something awful and you'll find yourself becoming rather unpopular. On this page: Luau date and time in Stardew Valley explained Luau and the potluck soup in Stardew Valley explained Luau shopping booth in Stardew Valley Luau date and time in Stardew Valley explained Below you'll find everything you need to know about the Luau and its place on the Stardew Valley festival calendar: Date - 11th Summer Time - 9am to 2pm Location - The Beach Return to Farm at - 10pm One of the main goals in Stardew Valley is to complete the Community Center bundles or, if you're corporate minded, you can buy a JojaMart Membership. Fishing is a great way to earn money in Stardew Valley, especially if you decide to use crab pots and ponds. Throughout the year you'll also be able to take in a variety of festivals, including the Egg Festival, Stardew Valley Fair and the Night Market. Luau and the potluck soup in Stardew Valley explained During the Luau all of Stardew Valley comes together to cook a potluck soup, which they share with the visiting Governor. You can add something to this potluck and, depending on what you pick, your relationships with the other townsfolk will be affected. To add your ingredient simply walk up to the cooking pot, select it and then pick your chosen ingredient from your bag. You'll be able to judge the result of your contribution by the reaction of the Governor. If he loves or enjoys the soup, then your relations will improve with the other villagers. If he finds the soup advantage and unexciting, then all of your relationships will stay the same. If he hates the soup, however, then you'll friendship points with all of the villagers. The items you'll want to avoid putting in the soup are: Anchovy Blackberry Carp Crocus Daffodil Field Snack Green Algae Herring Holly Joja Cola Pufferfish Red Mushroom Salmonberry Sap Scorpion Carp Sea Cucumber Seaweed Spring Onion Sunfish Sweet Pea Unmilled Rice Void Mayonnaise White Algae The aim is to make a delicious soup. If you place a certain pair of shorts in the potluck, then you'll see a unique little cutscene, which won't affect any of your friendships. Luau shopping booth in Stardew Valley During the Luau in Stardew Valley, you'll be able to purchase the following items from the shopping booth: ItemPrice Ceiling Leaves (1)400g Ceiling Leaves (2)400g Ceiling Leaves (3)400g Jungle Decal (1)800g Jungle Decal (2)800g Jungle Decal (3)800g Jungle Decal (4)800g Plain Torch700g Starfruit3,000g Totem Pole1,000g Wall Palm1,000g The summer in Stardew Valley continues with the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies. More On Stardew Valley The Nintendo Direct gave us a fresh bounty of forthcoming farming sims The X Tractor. 5 Steam Deck's most played game in August was Vampire Survivors As the console reaches 5000 verified and playable games. 9 Stardew Valley patch 1.6 is on the way It'll chiefly focus on modding support, though. 5 Stardew Valley next Switch Online free game trial In Europe, Australia, and Japan. Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store