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

Image showing the Stone Owl statue in Stardew Valley, a decorative feature found on the player's farm.

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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53 responses

  1. Betsy says:

    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.

  2. Sasha says:

    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!

  3. Scott says:

    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 😆

  4. Jace says:

    I got 2 in one year 🧍

  5. hi me hi says:

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

  6. what says:

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

  7. Astra says:

    I got mine 23rd spring year 1 im so confused

  8. Justin Haynes says:

    i got mine spring 24 year 1

  9. Liza says:

    Mine appeared winter 2 year 3

    • Jo$i3 says:

      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.

  10. Icy says:

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

  11. Daya says:

    I got mine on year 15 day 17 of fall imao

  12. CoolJguy says:

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

  13. Winston says:

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

  14. Julia says:

    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

  15. Matt says:

    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.

  16. Finn says:

    I got mine on day 8 of playing lmao

  17. GameKnight says:

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

  18. Luc says:

    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.

  19. Dakota says:

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

  20. Funny monkey says:

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

  21. Kazeko says:

    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….

  22. sam says:

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

  23. infiniteNova says:

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

  24. Lucy says:

    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.

  25. Bryan says:

    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!

  26. Fawn says:

    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.

  27. Alyssa says:

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

  28. Juliet says:

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

  29. wolfy says:

    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

  30. kait says:

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

  31. Kettle says:

    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.

  32. Sky says:

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

  33. wrryyydiculous says:

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

  34. Arson says:

    I got it spring 4 of year one.

  35. Sadmilk43 says:

    I got I day 10 spring year one

  36. stardewvalleylover says:

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

  37. stardewvalleylover says:

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

  38. Victoria says:

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

  39. Emelia Fixter says:

    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

  40. Gryffin Williams says:

    I got it summer 24 of year 1

  41. MinniGnar says:

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

  42. Thatcher says:

    I got two, one yesterday and one today

  43. ScarEyedCharizard says:

    I got it Spring 8 year 1…

  44. Fion says:

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

  45. Megan Russo says:

    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

  46. ReaperScythe says:

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

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