missing villagers

by ConsciouslyLazy·v0.1.0·Updated 2025-11-05

Villagers die or move away from the town over time.

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About this mod Machine translation

Villagers die or move away from the town over time.

disappearing villagers

🌅 **A mod that makes Stardew Valley more realistic**

A few years later, George and Evelyn would die, leaving Alex to live alone. Meanwhile, Sebastian will move to Zuzu City. Once Qiao's supermarket closes, Shane will find a job in the city, leaving early and returning late. Jas and Vincent started school in Zuzu City.
As time goes on, it seems that more villagers will take the time to leave the town. Haley, however, is the exact opposite—if you and she weren't close friends, she'd be in town shopping every weekend.

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🎯 Module Features

This is a simple mod designed primarily for personal use without much of a storyline. It will make some NPCs invisible, change some schedules, and add some dialogue. My goal was to create a challenge that would allow you to manage friendships with villagers before they disappear.

📅 Timetable for disappearance of villagers

👴 George

  • If you don’t have full affection with him
  • He will die on the 12th of summer in year 2 and beyond

👵 Evelyn

  • If you don’t have full affection with her
  • **AND GEORGE IS DEAD**
  • She will die on the 13th of summer in year 2 and beyond

🚬 Sebastian

  • If you've ever met Sebastian
  • but no romantic relationship with him (including divorce but no memory erasure)
  • He will move out on the 10th of Autumn in Year 2 and beyond

🍻Thank you

  • If the community center has been fixed
  • and you (or any player in co-op) haven't seen his 6-heart event
  • He will go to the bus stop at 6 am
  • Drinking in front of the salon after midnight Monday to Saturday
  • You will not be able to trigger his 6, 8 and 10 heart events
  • He will become an undateable NPC

👧 Jas & 👦 Vincent

  • If the community center has been fixed
  • From the 2nd of Autumn in Year 3 and beyond
  • They will go to the bus station at 8am
  • Go home at 3pm, Monday to Friday
  • Penny will spend more time alone

💅 Hailey

  • If your affinity with Hailey is less than 6 hearts
  • She goes shopping every Saturday
  • She will go to the bus stop at 10 am
  • Go home at 5pm

⚠️ Notes

  • This mod does not include new sprites for Vincent and Jas as they age
  • In version 0.1.0, "disappeared" villagers will still appear in festivals
  • Original heart events involving these villagers will not be triggered
  • Even if you remove this mod mid-save, these events will be marked as seen
  • **You can still see the mod events after they disappear**, if you haven't seen them before

🔧 Technical details

  • Use transparent sprites
  • Disappearing villagers will become silent and invisible obstacles
  • You may need to disable/remove mods that affect sprites or holiday dialogue
  • Make sure these files don't overwrite this mod

🎛️ Custom settings

In version 0.3.0-beta, you can now customize the time and conditions for villagers to leave! Adjust settings via the general module configuration menu.

💡 **Warm reminder**: I did not edit the original dialogue that mentioned family members or friends, just assume they were hallucinating!

Install & use Install: SMAPI mod (Stardew Valley standard)

  1. Install SMAPI first (Stardew Valley's mod loader): download it from smapi.io, run 'install on Windows.bat' and pick your game folder.
  2. Unzip the archive from playbuff and find the folder that contains manifest.json — that folder is the mod.
  3. Copy that whole folder into Stardew Valley/Mods/.
  4. Launch the game through SMAPI (run StardewModdingAPI.exe or set it as the launch option). The console before the title screen lists each mod's load result.

Cheat-style tools may not need SMAPI — unzip and run them as the readme describes. Back up your save before editing it; SMAPI lists failed mods in its console.

File & checksum

Filename
Disappearing Villagers
File size
48.7 KiB
SHA-256
f16064d36b2c5d0298b6d5b94d44ee259a860bb4434e6aa1f41ce32a8d59e113
Stored at
2026-10-10 11:57