Custom Chores
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #63 of 382 Gameplay Mechanics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
About
Custom Chores doesn't do anything on it's own unless you just want to use the console commands to perform them (which is kind of like a Cheats menu). Paired with Helpful Spouses, and your spouse may perform one or more chore each day (customizable). With Help For Hire you can subscribe to chores, and gold will be deducted each morning to perform chores for you.
The built-in chores currently available are:
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[]BirthdayGift - On an NPCs birthday, your spouse will give you a gift that they like or love.
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]FeedTheAnimals - Animals in Barns/Coops will be fed.[]LoveThePets - Your pet's water bowl will be filled.
[]MakeBreakfast - Spouse will give you a breakfast item in the morning.
[]PetTheAnimals - Animals will be loved.
[]RepairTheFences - Fences will be repaired.
[]WaterTheCrops - Hoed dirt will be watered.
[]WaterTheSlimes - Water troughs in slime hutches will be filled.
Prequisites
Depending on the chores you want to enable in your game, you'll need to add Custom Chore content packs to your Mods folder.
Needs to be used with Helpful Spouses and/or Help for Hire for chores to actually be done in the morning depending on your preference.
Configuration Options
Each Custom Chore content pack has some level of configurability in it's chore.json file. You can customize the picture that shows up in the Help For Hire UI by replacing the assets/image.png file with your own. Additionally, dialogue for HelpfulSpouses can be found in each chore's i18n file whether to customize or translate.
Mod Settings
No configuration is needed for the CustomChores mod itself, but each chore has individual settings available
Birthday Gift
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[]GiftType - "Birthday" Required for spouse to select a Birthday gift as an item if it's an NPCs birthday that day.
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]EnableUniversal - Default "false" Only applicable to Birthday. Should Universal Likes/Loves be included?[]ChanceForLove - Default "0. 1" Only applicable to Birthday. The chance that your Spouse gets an item the birthday NPC Loves.
FeedTheAnimals
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[]EnableBarns - Default "true" Should Barn animals be fed?
[]EnableCoops - Default "true" Should Coop animals be fed?
LoveThePets
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[]FillWaterBowl - Default "true" Pet's water bowl will be filled up.
[]EnablePetting - Default "true" Pet will be loved for the day.
MakeBreakfast
[]GiftType - Default "194 195 201 211" These item Id
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[]FillWaterBowl - Default "true" Pet's water bowl will be filled up.
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[]EnableBarns - Default "true" Should Barn animals be fed?
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[]GiftType - "Birthday" Required for spouse to select a Birthday gift as an item if it's an NPCs birthday that day.
Custom Chores is a framework that adds customizable chores to the game, required for the Helpful Spouses and Help For Hire mods. It allows content packs and other mods to add new chores, making it a foundational tool for expanding gameplay mechanics.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Essential for popular mods like Helpful Spouses and Help For Hire, so it's a must-have if you use those.
- Active community with 3,492 endorsements and over 261k downloads — clearly a trusted framework.
- Designed for extensibility, letting other mods add new chores easily.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in February 2020 — might be outdated for the current game version, so check compatibility.
- Does nothing on its own; it's purely a dependency, so you need other mods to see any effect.
- No documentation or examples provided in the description, so creating custom content packs requires external knowledge.
For Stardew Valley players who want to use Helpful Spouses or Help For Hire mods — this is a required dependency. Also for modders who want to create custom chore content packs. Skip if you don't plan to use those mods or create content.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install this mod first, then the mods that depend on it (Helpful Spouses, Help For Hire) to ensure they work.
- If you're using a mod manager like SMAPI, just drop the mod folder into your Mods directory and launch the game with SMAPI.
- Check the mod's page or forum for any compatibility notes with the latest Stardew Valley version, since it hasn't been updated since 2020.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- LeFauxMatt
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Downloads
- 261,018
- Endorsements
- 3,492
- Category
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Created
- 2/2/2020
- Updated
- 2/12/2020
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