How Many NPCs Are In Stardew Valley?

Stardew Valley's Pelican Town is far from a bustling city, but you can still find several NPCs populating the little town. On top of that, there are many NPCs found in other locations as well, such as the desert or Ginger Island. Just how many NPCs exist in the game though?

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Here, we are going to take a look at this. We are going to cover every NPC that you can form a relationship with, as well as other NPCs in the game that have smaller roles. This includes characters such as Marlon in the Adventurer's Guild and Birdie on Ginger Island.

How Many NPCs Can You Be Friends With?

In total, there are 12 marriage candidates for you to cozy up with, but there are far more than that available for friendship. Below, you can check out all NPCs that you can befriend in Stardew Valley.

Marriage Candidates

Non-Marriage Candidates

Alex

Elliot

Harvey

Sam

Sebastian

Shane

Abigail

Emily

Haley

Leah

Maru

Penny

Caroline

Clint

Demetrius

Dwarf

Evelyn

George

Gus

Jas

Jodi

Kent

Krobus

Leo

Lewis

Linus

Marnie

Pam

Pierre

Robin

Sandy

Vincent

Willy

Wizard

In total, this makes 34 NPCs that you can form relationships with.

NPCs That You Can't Gift/Be Friends With

In addition to these NPCs above, there are several that you can interact with without forming a friendship. You can find these listed below, as well as their main location.

NPC

Main Location

Birdie

Island West (Ginger Island)

Bouncer

The Oasis Desert shop

Fizz

Mushroom Cave (Ginger Island)

Gil

Adventurer's Guild

Marlon

Adventurer's Guild

Grandpa

Shrine on Farm

Gunther

Museum

Governor

Luau Festival

Henchman

Witch's Swamp

Morris

Joja Mart

Mr. Qi

Walnut Room (Ginger Island)

Professor Snail

Field Office (Ginger Island)

In total, this makes 12 NPCs that you can't befriend.

Other NPCs In Stardew Valley

There are other NPCs present in the game, but where are they? For the sake of this, we aren't going to include NPCs that serve no purpose besides making an area feel more alive. For example, during the Trout Derby, there are several fishermen that fish during the event.

These people don't live in the valley, but you can't interact with them in a meaningful way. This also includes patrons of the Casino in the desert. With this in mind, you can find all miscellaneous NPCs in Stardew Valley below.

NPC

Location

Wandering Trader

Cindersap Forrest/Night Market

Bookseller

North of Joja Mart

Volcano Dungeon Dwarf

Volcano Dungeon (Ginger Island)

Island Trader

Island North (Ginger Island)

Desert Trader

Desert/Night Market

Famous Painter Lupini

Night Market

Decoration Vendor

Night Market

Submarine Captain

Night Market

Shrouded Figure

Night Market

Magic Shop Boat Vendor

Night Market

Hat Mouse

Cindersap Forest

Trash Bear

Cindersap Forest

Witch

Not actually present, but she causes random events at night, and you can enter her hut

Mermaid

Night Market/Pirate Cove

This is 14 more NPCs to add to the total.

Total Number Of NPCs In Stardew Valley

What's the grand total of NPCs in Stardew Valley? According to our count, there are 60 unique NPCs in Stardew Valley. Remember, this does not include NPCs such as background characters during events.

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