Stone Owl: What it Does, Event It Unlocks – Stardew Valley

ConcernedApe has hidden numerous secrets in Stardew Valley, and among these is the rare Stone Owl statue. This unique event can happen by chance and adds a touch of mystery to your farm. Read on to discover everything you need to know about the Stone Owl.

How to Trigger the Stone Owl Event

Image showing the item description of the Stone Owl in Stardew Valley, detailing its appearance and in-game information.
The Stone Owl description.

The Stone Owl can appear on your farm after completing your first year. The event is quite rare, with a less than 1% chance of occurring each night, similar to the other random daily event the Strange Capsule.

To increase your chances of seeing the Stone Owl, make sure you have an open tile on your farm where the statue can spawn. Simply continue advancing through days in the game, and listen for an owl sound while you’re sleeping. If you hear this sound, the following day you’ll find the statue on one of your farm tiles.

Does the Stone Owl Do Anything?

The Stone Owl is a decorative item that appears randomly. Once it shows up, you can move and place the statue wherever you like on your farm. Its in-game description reads: “It’s not clear where this came from, but it looks very fine.” Note that this statue is different from the statue you can obtain from the Night Market.

That’s everything you need to know about the Stone Owl and its rare appearance on your farm. This is just one of many hidden secrets in Stardew Valley.

We’ve explored other intriguing secrets as well, including the Locked Boxes scattered around town, the Pirate event on Ginger Island, and how to get the elusive Squirrel Statue.

There are a ton of secrets in the game that many players have no idea about. A good place to see them all is the official Stardew Valley wiki. This page features all secrets that have been found so far.

Explore more guides like this in our Stardew Valley guide and walkthrough hub, where you’ll find a wealth of information on the game.

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  1. Alison Reid-Snell

    I’ve just got 3rd on 4 corners farm number 2 arrived 2 nights ago, 3rd arrived last night!

    1. enricofairme Author

      Awesome. That’s super lucky!

  2. 1nsyte

    My second time generating a map to solo play (first serious play through) and I already discovered 2 on my land before the end of Fall the first year.

    I didn’t realize they were so cool, elusive, and sought after!
    I’ll probably make them into like a Tori gate entering the farm from the south or West since I have 2.

    1. enricofairme Author

      Awesome! They are definitely a rare item to get to spawn on your farm. Like the Tori gate idea.

  3. Betsy

    I am 7yrs along in-game & have a total of 4 Owl Statues that have randomly generated…what I find interesting, is that I randomly found my first while clearing my land, & then the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th all seemed to appear as I added family to my land…my husband, & then each of my children.

  4. Sasha

    replaying stardew valley for the third time, i’ve never seen it before so i just googled it. found it on my first night in the game, year 1 night 1. wow!

  5. Scott

    I had one appear on day 14 of a new file i was like where did this come from what? And read the description when i picked it up ????

  6. Jace

    I got 2 in one year ????

  7. hi me hi

    I got mine within the first three real days of ever playing stardew vally sometime in spring year 2

  8. what

    i never noticed until a youtuber said that it did not exist

  9. Astra

    I got mine 23rd spring year 1 im so confused

    1. Aliks

      I got mine on literally the 4th day of a new save !! ????

      1. enricofairme Author

        Awesome! That’s pretty lucky.

  10. Justin Haynes

    i got mine spring 24 year 1

    1. australium

      i got mine summer 1 year 1

  11. Liza

    Mine appeared winter 2 year 3

    1. Jo$i3

      I’ve played this game for 500 hours and I literally just got it on day 12 of spring on year one! I’ve never noticed it until now, tbh.

  12. Icy

    I got mine the fall of the first year? A year hasn’t passed yet.

    1. Magggy

      me too!!!! fall 9 on year 1 for me

  13. Daya

    I got mine on year 15 day 17 of fall imao

    1. Tina Meissinger

      I now have 2 of them. Different parts of my farm too

  14. CoolJguy

    I got mine like some day in year 1 spring my first playthrough

  15. Winston

    I got mine on the 2nd of spring year 1
    out of nowhere

  16. Julia

    I found mine close to winter, year 3. I say “found” because it was hidden in the bushes i don’t know for long long

  17. Matt

    huh I just bought the game for my laptop and this is the first account for the file. I havent finished a year yet and I got it during the fall of my first year randomly.

  18. Finn

    I got mine on day 8 of playing lmao

  19. GameKnight

    They are quite common if you play on Nintendo Switch, so you’ll get a lot, but Xbox and PS are more uncommon.

  20. Luc

    I just got the owl by day 12 of the first year and first season, so I think it is possible to get in year one.

  21. Dakota

    I had my owl statue appear in my first year, 18th of spring on my latest playthrough on switch.

  22. Funny monkey

    I got it on the 23 of summer in my first year and saw a huge owl while fishing.

  23. Kazeko

    I like got three minimum of these random Stone owls through year 1 – starting only a few days in the game… like what do I do with them?!

    And I like how “rare” they’re supposed to be, but in most of my safe files I’ve gotten at least one in the beginning of year one, and often I even get multiple…. It’s not as rare to me as the database says….

    1. ECXLOONY

      I got mine 16th Winter year 3.

  24. sam

    i got an owl statue in like spring year 1 ._.

    1. pluto

      Me too!!

  25. infiniteNova

    i got mine in my first year in summer and the alien capsule a few days before i got both within a week!

  26. Lucy

    My husband’s owl statue (random event, not Night Mrkt). It moves to different places on the farm from time to time. Has anyone ever had that happen? I can’t seem to find anything on the web that tells if the stone owl unlocks or does something else.

  27. Bryan

    I had my audio off, but had a pause loading my profits of the day, so i thought something happened. Oddly, i had a mushroom tree sprout the same night! What the chances!

  28. Fawn

    Yeah I also just got mine in my first year on day 14 of Fall. I didn’t notice the owl sound but I mightve just not been paying attention.

  29. Alyssa

    Wow I got mine literally on my 4th day of my first year. Just started a new game and already got this rare item!!

  30. Juliet

    Y’all srsly are so early I got it fall 8th year 4

  31. wolfy

    I got mine in the first month I think tbh I forgot but the little light ( I think it had a light ) went out in winter and I wanted to know if some thing was gonna happen lol

  32. kait

    i actually got mine in my first year of farming, during fall. heard the owl noise and found it in a very obscure location

  33. Kettle

    Got mine day two of Spring Year One. Had no idea this existed in the game and was surprised to see it on my lawn the next day.

  34. Sky

    Im on a monster farm and got it in the first week of year 1

  35. wrryyydiculous

    I got it on the 15th of Spring on the 1st year lmao

  36. Arson

    I got it spring 4 of year one.

  37. Sadmilk43

    I got I day 10 spring year one

    1. Lulu

      Me too lol

  38. stardewvalleylover

    i also found it on spirits eve *before it started* but it came long before i came back to da farm

  39. stardewvalleylover

    oh my *censored* god guys i got this after a year long vacation to ginger island 😀

  40. Victoria

    I’ve gotten 5 of these things and I’m only on year 3.

  41. Emelia Fixter

    is it wierd that i have a huge room of rare owl statues in my farmhouse…. i feel like it isn’t supposed to happen

  42. Gryffin Williams

    I got it summer 24 of year 1

  43. MinniGnar

    I have 3 of them in a co-op game (all of them between years 1 and 2)

  44. Thatcher

    I got two, one yesterday and one today

  45. ScarEyedCharizard

    I got it Spring 8 year 1…

  46. Fion

    I’m on a riverside farm, got it on Winter 12 of Year 1.

  47. Megan Russo

    Yeah I wonder if the activation chance is raised, I was trying the four corners farm and got it in the 23 of spring year 1

  48. ReaperScythe

    I started a new farm to try out the beach farm and I got the owl on the 16th of Spring year 1