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Stardew Valley has added a lot of new things to do for both newcomers to the series and the veteran players. While the island farm will be a major attraction for most players, long-term fans of the game will be happy to know that a new Qi-related room is available on Ginger Island. The room contains a shop, a statue to help make the game harder, and a special orders board.

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The special orders board has ten challenges for you to complete that will truly test your skills at the game. In return for finishing a challenge, a reward of Qi gems will be given that allows you to buy some of the most powerful items in the game.

Updated June 13th, by Jacqueline Zalace: Stardew Valley continues to grow in popularity, with new players picking up this cozy farming sim every day. We've updated this guide to help you better complete the Qi Challenges that are available.

Accessing Qi's Walnut Room

Prior to completing a Qi Challenge, you will need to unlock the Walnut Room on Ginger Island. The door to the room is located on the west side of Ginger Island near the pirate's wife. It is on the side of a cliff and is easy to identify since the door is a bright purple shown in the image above.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to get into the room until you have found at least 100 golden walnuts; this is thirty fewer golden walnuts than are available in the game. Once inside the room, you can take on Qi's Challenge in Stardew Valley.

Accepting A Qi Challenge

Qi's Special Order Board

Like with the original special orders board in Pelican town, only two quests will be available to choose from each week. You can only take one quest per week, and the board will refresh on Monday, regardless of whether the player is still doing the previous week's quest or not.

It is possible to take on multiple Qi quests at the same time, but we don't recommend doing this.

Qi's Crop

Qi's Crop
  • Reward: 100 Gems
  • Time Limit: 28 Days

Qi's Crop is a quest that tasks you with growing and shipping 100 Qi Fruit. The Qi Fruit is only worth a single gold, but it can be grown at any time of year. In addition, the plant takes three days to grow and is a single harvest crop.

Qi Fruit can be grown from Qi Beans, but these can be a bit hard to obtain. Qi Bean can be found through the following methods.

One of the best ways to quickly multiply the number of seeds you have is to use a seed maker on the first few pieces of fruit.

Let's Play a Game

Jumino Cart Endless Mode
  • Reward: 10 Gems
  • Time Limit: 7 days

Let's Play a Game is among one of the hardest challenges on the board. The request centers around the endless mode of Junimo Kart; this is a game that can be found in the saloon after you receive the Skull Key. The endless mode gives you a single life and tasks you with collecting 50,000 points in one go.

The best way to go about this challenge is by practicing the game in the regular mode and familiarizing yourself with the eight different tracks the mode runs through.

Four Precious Stones

Prismatic Shards
  • Reward: 40 Gems
  • Time Limit: 28 Days

Four Precious Stones is a quest that can quickly be completed if you have four prismatic shards in your inventory. The quest simply requires four prismatic shards to be shipped out at once.

Prismatic shards can be found the easiest by looking for mystic nodes in the mines, fighting monsters, or mining iridium.

Qi's Hungry Challenge

Qi's Hungry Challenge
  • Reward: 25 Gems
  • Time Limit: 7 Days

This challenge involves taking on the skull cavern while not being able to heal yourself. Qi tasks you with making it to floor 100 in a single run without having to heal. You will only be given seven days to complete the challenge, so going into the mines on a good luck day is highly recommended.

The easiest way to complete this challenge is by using staircases to quickly move through the floor. This is especially expensive as it takes 99 stone per staircase, and you will need 99 staircases to complete the challenge. Stone can be gathered, but the fastest method is buying it all from Robin for a grand total of 980,010 gold.

Qi's Cuisine

Qi's Cuisine
  • Reward: 25 Gems
  • Time Limit: 14 Days

Qi's Cuisine tasks you with cooking and shipping 100,000 gold worth of recipes. Only items that are fresh and cooked after the start of the challenge will count towards the total.

Unlike crops, recipes don't have a quality level to boost their value, and the most profitable recipes only sell for 500 gold. Even with the most expensive recipes, you would have to ship 200 dishes. Making triple-shot espressos is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to complete the challenge.

Qi's Kindness

Qi's Kindness
  • Reward: 40 Gems
  • Time Limit: 7 Days

Qi's Kindness requires you to give out 50 loved gifts in seven days. There are a total of 29 villagers in the game, including Leo, who can accept two gifts a week. One of the easiest ways to go about this is by using a combination of gifts and the following universal loves:

  • Rabbit's Foot
  • Prismatic Shard
  • Rock Candy
  • Pearl
  • Gold Pumpkin

Out of the universal loves, rabbit's foot is the easiest to harvest with the right coop set-up. For those of you who possess a lot of gems and cooked dishes, the challenge can turn out to be pretty easy. Below, you can also check out some guides to help you complete this challenge.

Extended Family

Ms.Angler Stardew Valley
  • Reward: 20 Gems
  • Time Limit: 3 Days

Extended Family is a fishing-focused quest that requires you to capture the harder versions of the five legendary fish. These five fish will be located in the spots of the regular legendaries. Below, you can learn about each fish, as well as where to find it.

Fish Name

Location

Notes

Legend II

Mountain Lake

To catch Legend II, fish from the center island toward the deepest parts of the lake.

Son of a Crimsonfish

Secret Beach Pier

This area is located to the right of the main beach; to get here, you will first need to repair the small wooden bridge with 300 wood.

Radioactive Carp

Pelican Town Sewers

N/A

Glacierfish Jr.

Cindersap Forest Lake

Within the Cindersap Forest, you can cross over several wooden bridges until you come to a large island with a pointed bottom tip. Glacierfish Jr. can be fished from this tip, in the deep waters.

Ms. Angler

Pelican Town River (Northeast)

This area is located just above Joja Mart. In this river section, you will see a wooden plank bridge crossing over the water; fish from this bridge to catch Ms. Angler.

To increase the chance of catching these fish, use an iridium rod paired with wild bait.

Danger in The Deep

Danger in The Deep
  • Reward: 50 Gems
  • Time Limit: 7 Days

Danger in The Deep is a Qi challenge that introduces tougher monsters to the mine and tasks you with once again reaching the bottom floor with a reset elevator.

To quickly make your way down, use a combination of bombs and staircases. Also, be sure to go on a good luck day and bring a strong weapon.

Completing this challenge will unlock the Shrine of Challenge.

Skull Cavern Invasion

Skull Cavern Invasion
  • Reward: 40 Gems
  • Time Limit: 7 Days

Skull Cavern Invasion follows the same logic as Danger in The Deep. The cavern's monsters are now more powerful, and you will need to make it to level 100. This needs to be done in seven days, but the increased difficulty allows you to get a chance to get some of the rare items.

Skull Cavern has tougher monsters, so you should bring even more food with you and plenty of staircases. It's important to keep in mind that, unlike the Mines, you will need to start from the first floor each time you enter Skull Cavern.

Qi's Prismatic Grange

Qi's Prismatic Grange
  • Reward: 35 Gems
  • Time Limit: 14 Days

In order to complete Qi's Prismatic Grange, you will need to place 100 items of each required color in Qi's collection box. The colors required are red, orange, blue, green, purple, and yellow.

Items that you place will not be returned!

Below, you can check out the easiest items of each color to obtain.

Color

Items

Red

  • Fire Quartz
  • Salmonberry

Orange

  • Copper Ore

Blue

  • Joja Cola
  • Blackberry

Green

  • Fiber

Purple

  • Refined Quartz
  • Bug Meat

Yellow

  • Sap

What To Do With Qi Gems

Qi Shop in Walnut Room

Now that you have Qi Gems, let's take a quick look at what you can do with them. Below, you can check out every item that you can purchase with these gems. All of these items can be obtained from the vending machine in the Walnut Room.

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