Stardew Valley LEGO Build Recreates the Entire Pelican Town

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A Stardew Valley fan has recreated the entire Pelican Town using LEGO in a 75,000 piece build that even brought out developer ConcernedApe.

The build premiered at BrickCon 2024 and includes every iconic building such as the Wizard's Tower, Community Center, JojaMart, and, of course, the player's farm. An enormous version of the Stardew Valley title screen was built from LEGO and placed behind the model too.

Creator Steve Jensen told PC Gamer the build took around two years to complete, and his favorite elements include the Hat Shop, "because I was able to make [it] almost entirely hollow, so you can look through the cracks and broken parts and see through to more such openings on the other side, just as a rundown, abandoned structure would be," Jensen said.

"Another fave is the Wizard's Tower. I was able to get the shape I wanted, including a peaked door, and vines growing up the sides, the cone-shaped roof in blue, everything."

The effort certainly impressed the LEGO community as the Stardew Valley build earned the People's Choice award at BrickCon, and it even attracted the game's creator. Eric Barone, the one man developer behind ConcernedApe, turned up to admire the recreation of his own work, something Jensen said was "even bigger news than an award."

Stardew Valley is a beloved farming simulator blended with role-playing game elements that was dubbed a masterpiece in IGN's updated 10/10 review for 2024. "More than just a cozy farming sim, eight years of updates have grown Stardew Valley into a modern classic with an endless list of enticing activities to complete and a deeply satisfying time management challenge to take on," we said.

These updates have slowed down progress on ConcernedApe's next game Haunted Chocolatier though, as Barone said in August he hasn't worked on it "in a long time" due to the grandiose version 1.6 update.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.