Item research and generation

As long as you research the items, you can get as many as you want!

Item Research 'n' Spawn

🎮 **Hey, a new version is here! ** 🎉

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✨ Module Features

This mod introduces a mechanic similar to Terraria's Journey Mode and Minecraft's ProjectE mod, where you can "research" items and then create more items for free or for the cost of some currency. There are multiple modes and settings to choose from, allowing you to play the way you like, whether that's progression-friendly or straight-up cheating 😉

🎥 Demonstration video

My Stardew Valley version 1.6 play demo:

🎯 How to use

• Press the **[ R ]** key (or the key you configured) to open the menu
• Place the item into the research area (a small animated hunger book)
• Press the research button (under the research area) until the item disappears from the research area
• Check the menu, if the number of items is sufficient, the researched items will appear in the menu and the remaining items will be returned to your inventory

⚡ Shortcut keys

• **Left Shift + Left Click** - Take the entire stack of items from the menu
• **Left Shift + Right Click** - Remove half a stack of items from the menu
• **Left Ctrl + Right Click** - Take 10 items from the menu
• **Left Alt + Left Click** - Mark/unmark items as favorites
• **Left Ctrl + Left Click** - Quickly move items to the research area and back

For items that have additional status information (**metadata**), such as watering can level and clothing color, you can change it by researching the item again.

🔧 Installation instructions

• Install the latest version of SMAPI
• Download this mod and extract it to the Stardew Valley/Mods/ directory
• You also need the general module configuration menu module to configure this module
• Launch the game using SMAPI

🎮 Game Mode

**7 different modes to choose from:**

• **🔴 Research Mode** - Each item has its required amount of research, and after the research is completed, you can generate any number of items for free
• **🟡 Buy/Sell Mode** - Each item only requires 1 to research, giving items costs in-game money, you can also sell items
• **🟠 Combo Mode** - Research like in research mode and once research is done like buy/sell mode
• **🟣 Mr. Qi Mode** - Research mode but with all items researched/unlocked, basically the functionality of the **CJB Item Generator**
• **🔵 JojaMart Mode** - Buy/Sell mode but all items are researched/unlocked, items are expensive and sold for 1
• **🟢Junimo Magic Trading Mode** - buy/sell mode but use your own currency
• **🟢 JMT Combo Mode** - Combo mode, but with your own currency

⚙️ Configuration Settings

**Main Settings:**

• **Mod Mode** - Activity Mode (Research Mode, Buy/Sell Mode, etc.)
• **OPEN KEY** - Keyboard key to open the menu

**Balance Settings:**

• **Research Quantity Multiplier** - Increases/decreases the required research quantity for all items
• **Purchase Price Multiplier** - Increases/decreases the purchase/generation price of all items
• **Selling Price Multiplier** - Increases/decreases the selling price of all items

**Miscellaneous Settings:**

• **Enable menu sound effects** - Enable or disable menu sound effects
• **Show Missing Items** - Show each "Missing Item" in the menu
• **Research Time** - determines how long you need to press the research button (in seconds)
• **AUTO RESEARCH** - Designed for those who don't want to hold down buttons

💬 Chat command

Each command must start with **"!rns_"**:

• **!rns_help** - prints all commands and their descriptions
• **!rns_get_key** - Print the "unique key" of the active hotbar item
• **!rns_unlock_active** - Complete research on active hotbar items
• **!rns_unlock_all** - Complete research on all items
• **!rns_jmt_rich** - Add 10k to your JMT balance
• **!rns_jmt_broke** - clear your JMT balance

🔗 Related links

• source code
• Release Notes
• Contribution page