Any way to edit save to get bat cave?

[AmazingChocobo]

I made a mistake of choosing mushroom instead of bat for fruits.

[nike276]

IMO, unless you use fruit for gifts, mushrooms are better. With botanist (I think) they will always be iridium quality and make su tons of cash

[Zalym]

From Reddit by user Winterplatypus about a 1 year ago.

(I've never tried this, use it at your own risk....I'll reiterate the headline: BACK UP YOUR SAVE. :D )

Good luck!
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If you make a mistake when save editing, it can break your savegame. Make sure you backup your savegame before doing anything (Step 2). It's very easy to make a simple mistake and lose everything.

1) Go to your cave and remove all the items you want to keep, then sleep to save your game.

2) Go here and make a back up of the whole save folder: \users\ [name] \AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves\YourName_1234567890.

3) In that folder will be a file that has the same name as the folder. Open that file in a text editor (I use notepad++ and set the language to XML).

4) In your save file, search for <eventsSeen>. Between <eventsSeen> and </eventsSeen>, find and delete <int>65</int> only delete it in that section and leave everything else. This will reset the event so Demetrius visits us again.

5) Deleting mushroom boxes (you can skip this step if you are changing from bat->mushroom).
Search for <GameLocation xsi:type="FarmCave"> in the save file. You need to delete the entire <objects> section (from <objects> to </objects>) and replace it with <objects />. It's about 3 pages of code about mushrooms and mushroom boxes.
The "FarmCave" section should look like this when you are done:
<GameLocation xsi:type="FarmCave"><characters /><objects /><terrainFeatures /><debris /><name>FarmCave</name><waterColor><R>60</R><G>100</G><B>127</B><A>127</A><PackedValue>2139055164</PackedValue></waterColor><isFarm>true</isFarm><isOutdoors>false</isOutdoors><isStructure>false</isStructure><ignoreDebrisWeather>false</ignoreDebrisWeather><ignoreOutdoorLighting>false</ignoreOutdoorLighting><ignoreLights>false</ignoreLights><numberOfSpawnedObjectsOnMap>0</numberOfSpawnedObjectsOnMap></GameLocation>​

6) Then just save the file and load your game, Demetrius should visit you the moment you leave your house and let you choose your cave again.

Edit: Edited it to be a little more clear that when I talk about a section, I mean from <something> to </something>.

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by nike276:

IMO, unless you use fruit for gifts, mushrooms are better. With botanist (I think) they will always be iridium quality and make su tons of cash

Unfortunately those mushrooms do not benefit from botanist. You'll only ever pick normal quality mushrooms from the cave.

[Rex]

Considering you get the greenhouse, I feel mushrooms are far more important than fruit mid to late game.

[AmazingChocobo]

Originally posted by Zalym:

From Reddit by user Winterplatypus about a 1 year ago.

(I've never tried this, use it at your own risk....I'll reiterate the headline: BACK UP YOUR SAVE. :D )

Good luck!
___________________________

If you make a mistake when save editing, it can break your savegame. Make sure you backup your savegame before doing anything (Step 2). It's very easy to make a simple mistake and lose everything.

1) Go to your cave and remove all the items you want to keep, then sleep to save your game.

2) Go here and make a back up of the whole save folder: \users\ [name] \AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves\YourName_1234567890.

3) In that folder will be a file that has the same name as the folder. Open that file in a text editor (I use notepad++ and set the language to XML).

4) In your save file, search for <eventsSeen>. Between <eventsSeen> and </eventsSeen>, find and delete <int>65</int> only delete it in that section and leave everything else. This will reset the event so Demetrius visits us again.

5) Deleting mushroom boxes (you can skip this step if you are changing from bat->mushroom).
Search for <GameLocation xsi:type="FarmCave"> in the save file. You need to delete the entire <objects> section (from <objects> to </objects>) and replace it with <objects />. It's about 3 pages of code about mushrooms and mushroom boxes.
The "FarmCave" section should look like this when you are done:
<GameLocation xsi:type="FarmCave"><characters /><objects /><terrainFeatures /><debris /><name>FarmCave</name><waterColor><R>60</R><G>100</G><B>127</B><A>127</A><PackedValue>2139055164</PackedValue></waterColor><isFarm>true</isFarm><isOutdoors>false</isOutdoors><isStructure>false</isStructure><ignoreDebrisWeather>false</ignoreDebrisWeather><ignoreOutdoorLighting>false</ignoreOutdoorLighting><ignoreLights>false</ignoreLights><numberOfSpawnedObjectsOnMap>0</numberOfSpawnedObjectsOnMap></GameLocation>​

6) Then just save the file and load your game, Demetrius should visit you the moment you leave your house and let you choose your cave again.

Edit: Edited it to be a little more clear that when I talk about a section, I mean from <something> to </something>.

Thanks so much for taking your time to type this out zalym. I will give it a try when I get home tonight. Hopefully I wont mess it up.