Help Wanted
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #168 of 382 Gameplay Mechanics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod enhances the Help Wanted board in front of the Seed Shop.
Its main functionality is to replace the single "quest of the day" with a list of quest notes stuck to the billboard.
Other features include:
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[]Require people to actually like (or even love) the items they request (optional)
[
]Ignore the game's restrictions on items to request (only one of the above is set)[]Set a max price for item requests (default -1 means disabled)
[]Toggle allowing requests for artisan goods (default true)
[]Toggle avoiding posting quests from NPCs with max hearts (default true) - only activates in single player mode
[]Set a custom number of days allowed to complete help wanted quests (default 2)
[]Set the max number of quests per day (default 10)
[]Change the relative chance of receiving any type of quest
[]Customize the default quest notes
[]Add quests via a SMAPI API
Relative quest type chances are relative to each other. Slay monster quests are only available if one has unlocked the mine and played for at least 6 days.
Max number of quests per day is limited by the number of notes that can fit on the board within the configurable overlap parameters.
Custom Quest Notes
To replace the default notepad icon and / or pin (drawn by Lumisteria) target the following paths using Content Patcher:
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pin
An example of a mod that does this is (CP) Help Wanted Pad and Pin Retexture.
Specific Quest Notes
You can also make icons specific to npcs, quest types, or even quest types per NPC by targeting subpaths as follows:
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/NPCNAME
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/QUESTTYPE
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/NPCNAME/QUESTTYPE
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pin/NPCNAME
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pin/QUESTTYPE
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pin/NPCNAME/QUESTTYPE
Replace NPCNAME with the codename of the NPC, e.g.
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/Emily
Replace QUESTTYPE with the quest type, e.g.
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/ItemDelivery
Valid quest types are:
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[]ItemDelivery
[
]ResourceCollection[]Fishing
[]SlayMonster
Random Quest Notes
Any of the above paths can be used to provide multiple textures to be chosen at random, by adding a suffix /NUMBER, e.g.:
aedenthorn. HelpWanted/pad/1
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[]ItemDelivery
Help Wanted overhauls the Help Wanted board to show multiple quests at once, lets you extend quest deadlines, and can require requesters to genuinely like or love the items they ask for. A solid quality-of-life and difficulty tweak for players who want more control over quest generation.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 1,665 endorsements and over 78k downloads.
- Gives you real control over quest pacing and item requirements.
- Active development—last updated June 2026, so it's fresh.
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit compatibility notes for other quest mods—could conflict.
- Requires configuration to get the exact experience you want.
- Only affects the Help Wanted board, not other quest sources.
For Stardew Valley players who find the base Help Wanted board too limiting or too easy. If you want more quests, longer deadlines, and stricter item requirements, this is for you. Skip if you prefer the vanilla simplicity.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or SMAPI's mod folder to install—just drop the unzipped folder into your Mods directory.
- Check the mod's config file after first launch to tweak quest count and deadline multipliers to your liking.
- If you use other quest-related mods, test them together to ensure no overlapping changes.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- aedenthorn
- Version
- 0.9.3
- Downloads
- 78,735
- Endorsements
- 1,665
- Category
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Created
- 11/30/2022
- Updated
- 6/29/2026
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