I believe I’ve used the Reese’s peanut butter cup analogy method too many instances for mod tales, so let’s simply say Baldur’s Village, an expansive Stardew Valley mod uploaded to NexusMods on March 8, seems to be the right mixture for folk who love each Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone’s seemingly infinite farming sim and Baldur’s Gate 3.
“A brand new village has not too long ago been constructed north of Pelican City, and its new residents appear… quite uncommon,” the mod’s description reads. “You will discover the doorway to Baldur’s Village on the prime of the southern mountain map, proper subsequent to Linus’ tent.”
Because the title implies, Baldur’s Village provides a completely new city to Stardew Valley teeming with characters, places, and occasions based mostly on the Baldur’s Gate 3 setting. Not solely does the mod enable your Stardew Valley farmer to work together with individuals like Karlach, Wyll, and Alfira, nevertheless it additionally features a full romance storyline with Astarion that culminates in marriage. In line with the mountain of Astarion fanfiction on the market, that needs to be an enormous promoting level for lots of gamers.
Deliberate updates to Baldur’s Village embrace a romanceable Halsin in addition to further world-building and background tales. The creators do say, nevertheless, that a variety of this relies on components like downloads, endorsements, and crowdfunding help, so let’s hope the mod is common sufficient for additional growth.
Since launch, Baldur’s Village has acquired ringing endorsements, not solely from followers but additionally from Swen Vincke, co-founder and CEO of Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios. “A lot love went into this,” Vincke mentioned on X (previously Twitter), “wonderful work!”
