Stardew Valley fan recreates wait for Haunted Chocolatier by sleeping for 1,000 years in the farming sim, wakes up to sea of giant mushrooms and chickens that are immortal, but understandably "grumpy"

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They ran their Nintendo Switch for "over three weeks straight"

Stardew Valley grandpa sleeping
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As the seemingly eternal wait for Stardew Valley's big 1.7 update and upcoming sim Haunted Chocolatier continues, one player finds a particularly amusing way to pass the time – snoozin' away for, uh… over 1,000 years?

Reddit user "Holozard" shares their unique achievement in a post, explaining that they "slept for 1,000 years straight" in-game recently – and yes, they've attached some screenshots of the aftermath, too.

The first shows that their farm is so aptly named "Sleepwell Farm," and their character is similarly dubbed "Sleepy." As for their funds, they've only got 500 gold, because, you know, they seemingly slept from Spring, Year 1 to Spring, Year 1,000.

The second screencap from Holozard shows a downright overtaken Sleepwell Farm, with massive mushrooms, trees, meteorites, and weeds… so, so many weeds. The third highlights what the farm looks like in the wintertime, with stumps galore and a foraging lover's dream in the top left area surrounding grandpa's farm.

How are the chickens doing, you may ask? Well, understandably, they're "grumpy," as per another screenshot from the player.

Slept for 1000 years straight from r/StardewValley

How did Holozard manage this, though? "Ran my switch for over three weeks straight (aside from the nine times it crashed), just running right into bed and hitting rest," they explain in a comment.

"I used a controller with a turbo button to hit 'A' repeatedly, and a hair tie to walk right automatically. That also gave my controller horrible stick drift lol." According to them, they had the console powered "for over 25 days" – wow.

No wonder, as they put it, the load times "were so bad." Regarding their thoughts on the outcome of the 1,000-year-long sleep, Holozard says they "now have lots of cool purple rocks all over my farm, and made almost half a million in mushrooms, so I'm happy" – and honestly, what a brilliant way to kickstart your sleepy little farm.

I'm sure they could aim for another 1,000, however, and another, and we still wouldn't have Haunted Chocolatier.

Oh well, who needs a new game when we can experiment with Stardew Valley by *checks notes* sleeping for a millennium, anyway? Holozard's Switch might be begging for help, but hey, it's always fun to know that it can be done.

"I am not going to abandon Haunted Chocolatier," says Stardew Valley's Eric Barone: "I know, I shouldn't have announced the game so early"

Anna Koselke
Anna Koselke
Staff Writer

After spending years with her head in various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's spending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.

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