I FOUND THE OWL statue ON MY FARM

[Robert]

I know this the rarest event in stardew, thought I should tell some people I found it. In case this is import here you go, In game its the first year tuesday, 23 fall and I have almost completed the Joja community center. and thats pretty much it.

[aquarioustar]

I found it too. I am in the first year and my community center is not yet complete. I also found it in the fall.

[Mich]

I believe it became more common after the 1.5, still rare tho!

[Bobywan]

I got 2 in under 3 years, I think it's not that rare.
No meteorite though...
1 fairy event.
2 witch events.

[TheGrayAgenda]

I got one! It was sometime in either fall or winter of year 2. I didn't know what was up with that, lol.

[lizardmang]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

I got 2 in under 3 years, I think it's not that rare.
No meteorite though...
1 fairy event.
2 witch events.

I've had a pretty similar experience to this. My girlfriend and I have spent a combined ~4 years in-game and have encountered a total of 3 stone owls, 2 fairies, 2 witches, 1 meteorite, and 1 strange capsule, and we both got a stone owl before any other event.

According to the wiki, the stone owl event has the lowest chance of being chosen, but this seems to be offset by more restrictive spawn conditions on the other events which can more frequently cause them to have no effect when they're chosen. For example, the stone owl requires a smaller suitable area to spawn than the meteorite (1 tile vs 2x2), and the strange capsule can only spawn once per save file.

I have a feeling the stone owl is actually the most common event after factoring in spawn conditions, at least in most cases.

[flumgus]

yea i got it too the other day not that rare anymore lol

[Maya-Neko]

I've got it twice within the first 2-3 month into the game while playing with my brother, but the next 3 years it didn't spawn again yet.

[Bobywan]

You can see when it will spawn using a predictor.
Still, it predicted a meteor on my farm and I didn't get any, maybe because the area must be cleared and I have a lot of trees on some parts of my farm.
https://mouseypounds.github.io/stardew-predictor/

[中国男足]

First of all, empty your farm and keep only open space (no plants or animals), then the probability of occurrence will increase

[tevrarain]

Can confirm this was made more common in 1.5 along with the strange capsule.

[Pink Lady Jade]

Ive gotten 2 owls, 2 meteorites and the space capsule so far.. I dont know what is rare but.. Ill be googling now :)