The Luau takes place on Summer 11 every year in Stardew Valley, with the main event being the community potluck soup. You need to add an ingredient to the soup, which will have a drastic effect on the outcome of the Luau, depending on what you add to it. Of course, you can cause the soup to taste bad by adding a bad ingredient as well. Here’s what you should know about the Stardew Valey Luau.
The Luau potluck soup
You are required to add one ingredient to the soup, which has to be an edible item. There are five possible outcomes: great, good, neutral, bad, awful. The two positive responses will net you friendship points with the entire village, the neutral will have no impact, and the negative responses will lose you friendship points, making it very important not to mess up. You can tell what outcome you got by the Governor’s response to the soup. The Luau will automatically end after the Governor tries the soup.
The potluck soup is the main event of the Luau.
The easiest item to acquire in Summer for the best response is a Sturgeon, since it can be caught almost all day during Summer from the Mountain Lake. A smoked Sturgeon of Silver or higher quality or a regular Sturgeon of Gold or higher will get you the best possible response. If you arrive at the Luau without an item, the festival shop sells a normal quality Starfruit for 3,000G, which will net you a good response.
Great Response Items (must be Silver quality or higher)
Wine made from tree fruits (Apple, Banana, Orange, etc.Smoked Fish that are somewhat rare (Sturgeon, Tiger Trout, Squid, etc.)Some Animal Products (Goat Cheese, Goat Milk, Large Milk)
Governor’s response: “Oh my… that’s the best soup I’ve ever tasted!”
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Good Response Items
Juice of any kindMost Gold or higher Crops (the exceptions are listed in the negative responses)Any pickled vegetable (except Pickled Spring Onion)Rare Smoked fish of normal qualityMost Smoked Fish of Silver or higher qualityTree Fruit of Gold or higher qualityRare Fish of Gold or higher quality
Governor’s response: “Ah… that’s a very pleasant soup. The produce from this valley never disappoints!”
Neutral Response Items
Certain Crops (Blueberry, Bok Choy, Cranberry, Corn, Garlic, Grape, Green Bean, Hops, Hot Pepper, Parsnip, Potato, Radish, Tomato)Wild Fruit (Plum, Horseradish, Leek, etc.)Certain Fish and the Smoked version (Bream, Bullhead)Not adding an item will cause a neutral response
Governor’s Response: “Hmm… I don’t have much to say about this. It’s an average soup.”
Bad Response
Fish: Anchovy, Carp, Green Algae, Herring, Sunfish, White Algae, SeaweedForaged foods: Blackberry, Crocus, Daffodil, Salmonberries (and wine), Spring Onion (and juice), Sweet Pea, Unmilled Rice (and juice)Other items: Field Snack, Joja Cola
Governor’s Response: “Um… It’s actually kind of disgusting. I think I’ll pass on the soup this year.”
Worst Response:
Goby (regular and smoked)HollyPufferfish (regular and smoked)Red MushroomSapScorpion Carp (regular and smoked)Sea Cucumber (regular and smoked)Void EggVoid Mayonnaise
Governor’s Response: “Blech! This is vile! I think I’m going to be sick… I need to lie down…”
Luau Shop
Outside of speaking to every villager for unique dialogue and some Friendship points, you can purchase some unique items from the festival shop, most of which are decorations.
The festival shop sells:
Wall Palm – 1,000GJungle Decal – 800GCeiling Leaves – 400GTotem Pole – 1,000GStarfruit – 3,000GPlain Torch – 700G
