Elle's Seasonal Buildings
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 3 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
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 124 Buildings mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
- Seven color palettes:
1) My personal palette from 1. 0
2) Based on vanilla building colors
3) For with StrangelyLiteral's Starblue Valley
4) For EemieStardew and Minervamaga's Just A New Map Recolor
5) For DaisyNiko's Earthy Recolour
6) For DustBeauty's Stardew Foliage Redone
7) For Acerbicon's A Wittily Named Recolor
- Three building themes:
1) A more colorful, varied set
2) A full brick set
3) An all white set
- Eight different styles of farmhouses
3) Stained Glass
5) Greenhouse
- Multiple options for every farm building, including from the Wizard
- Configurable wall colors for your farmhouse exterior (only affects upgraded farmhouses)
- Optional holiday/festival decor for your farmhouse and cabin exteriors
- Optional fence, shipping bin, mailbox, and fish pond recolors
- Ability to disable any building retexture in the config
- Seasonal overlays (ie grass, leaves, snow) that match the map mod that corresponds to each palette
1. Install the latest version of SMAPI.
2. Install the latest version of Content Patcher.
3. Unzip/extract the Elle's Seasonal Buildings folder into your \Stardew Valley\Mods\ folder.
4. Run the game once with SMAPI to generate a config.json.
5. Open the config.json with a program like Notepad and use the images in the "References" folder to choose the textures you want. See below for a comprehensive list of options. If you can't get a config.json to generate (for example due to using a mod manager) rename the example_config.json to config.json and use it instead.
6. Run the game using SMAPI to play!
Reference images are included in a "References" folder to use with the config.json. Here are a list of all options in the config (the default of each is the first listed):
Color Palette: Elle, Vanilla, Starblue, Eemie, Earthy, Foliage, Wittily
Building Theme: Color, White, Brick
Farmhouse Holiday: True, False
Farmhouse Style: Rustic, Vanilla, Greenhouse, StainedGlass, Cabin, Manor, Cottage, Lodge, False
Farmhouse Material: Wood, Stone
Farmhouse Color: Blue, Red, Pink, Purple, Teal, Green, Yellow, White, Grey, Black
Barn: New, Old, False
Big Barn: New, Old, False
Deluxe Barn: New, Old, False
Cabin: New, Old, False
Coop: New, Old, F
Elle's Seasonal Buildings is a Content Patcher pack for Stardew Valley that replaces all farm buildings with seasonal variants, compatible with several popular map recolors. With 47,001 endorsements and 1.7 million downloads, it's a highly popular cosmetic mod for players wanting visual variety.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust (47k endorsements, 1.7M downloads)
- Makes your farm feel alive with seasonal changes
- Works with map recolor mods for a cohesive look
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Content Patcher, so you'll need to install that first
- Only affects buildings—no other seasonal changes
- Last updated March 2024, so check for compatibility with the latest game version
For Stardew Valley players who want their farm to reflect the seasons and enjoy visual polish. If you're already using map recolors, this is a must-have. Skip if you prefer vanilla looks or don't want to bother with mod dependencies.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install Content Patcher first, then drop Elle's Seasonal Buildings into your Mods folder.
- If you use a map recolor, make sure to load this mod after the recolor in your mod order.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or SMAPI's mod folder to keep things organized.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- Elle
- Version
- 1.3.5
- Downloads
- 1,689,314
- Endorsements
- 47,001
- Category
- Buildings
- Created
- 3/27/2018
- Updated
- 3/27/2024
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