Journey of the King Prairie - Complete Guide

This guide is for those who want to get the secret achievement "Fector's Challenge" and the achievement "King of the Prairie" in the game Stardew Valley.
It consists of winning without dying in the minigame.

Journey of the Prairie King minigame:

"King of the Prairie" is a "Twin-Stick" style shooter minigame, where there are 2 JoySticks - or in the case of the keyboard, 8 keys - that are responsible for the player's movement and shooting.
Note: The player can shoot and move by pressing two keys at the same time on the computer, as in the example below:


You start with three lives - "x3" in the left corner - , and your character is killed if touched by an enemy or shot. Losing your last life results in a Game Over. In each level, waves of enemies appear from the four central corners and move towards you. The level is completed when all enemies are defeated.

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Locations

It can be found and played in the Sallon or in Abigail's room.

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Items

Each enemy defeated can drop an item, which is not affected by the luck of the day.
The items are stored in the upper left corner of the screen and can be used with the "Space" key. If you pick up an item with the space stored, the item picked up is used automatically.
Item Table:

Image	Name	Description	Permanence
	Coin(1)	Increases your coin count by 1	Permanent
	Coin(5)	Increases your coin count by 5	Permanent
	Coffee	Increases character speed	No permanent
	Life	Adds one life to your counter	Permanent
	Shotgun	Increases the number of shots to 3	No permanent
	Machine Gun	Makes shots very fast	Not permanent
	Smoke Bomb	Throws smoke that distracts enemies	No permanent
	Wheel	Makes your character shoot in 8 directions	Not permanent
	Tombstone	Strikes the character with a ray that turns them into a zombie, gives increased speed and rapid fire, and defeats them on touch	No permanent
	Nuke	Defeats all visible enemies on screen, but they drop nothing	Permanent
	Sheriff's Star	Adds all non-permanent effects to your character	Non-permanent

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Evolutionary items

After each 2 stages are completed, the vendor appears offering some items for the coins found during the minigame:

Image	Name	Prices	Description	Stages
	Boots	8 (1st), 20 (2nd)	Increases the character's speed	2 stages
	Gun	10 (1st), 20 (2nd), 30 (3rd)	Increases firing speed	4 stages
	Gun(4th stage)	99 (4th)	You will get the Shotgun permanently spread without the fire rate drop. It will also be shown as a 4th icon on the left, in addition to the other 3	4 stages
	Ammunition	15 (1st), 30 (2nd), 45 (3rd)	Increases bullet damage to 2,3 and 4 - respectively. If a bullet destroys an enemy with damage remaining, it will continue until the damage is exhausted, allowing you to kill at least two weak enemies with one bullet.	3 stages

Extra health and Sheriff's Star are also sold - for the price of 10 coins - with the same item effects.
Table pricing model: {Price(Stage)}

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Enemies

Image	Name	Health	Description
	Smallest Ogre	1	Weakest enemy of all, slow and often appears in large quantities.
	Ball of spikes	2, 6 transformed	Walks randomly. Turns into a ball of spikes and hinders everyone's movement
	Largest Ogre	3	Walks slowly. Defeat Spike Balls along the way
	Mushroom Head	2	Moves at the same speed as the character with no speed boost
	Butterfly/Fairy	1	Flies to the player from anywhere on the map. Very annoying
	Mummy	6	Slow. A larger leveled Ogre
	Gargoyle/Imp	3	An indirect "evolution" of Butterfly. Cannot be defeated by the tombstone or distracted by the helper

Bosses

Image	Name	Behavior and Description
	Sheriff/CowBoy	The Sheriff appears as a boss 2 times. He shoots like the player with the Machine Gun item. His behavior is to shoot the player and pause, which can be behind his protection or in an open place.
	Vector	He is the last boss of the minigame, after defeating him the game is completed/reset. He shoots in 8 directions, like the player with the Wheel item.

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Helper

He is usually called Gopher, he has infinite life. He distracts enemies in order to defeat them. He appears randomly for a limited time. He cannot be killed by the player. Image of Gopher (helper):

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Stages/Levels

Click on the image to view:

Stage	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
One
Two					No available
Three					Not available

How to beat King of the Prairie (without dying)

At the beginning, play until you reach the second level without dying, exit ("esc") and save the game while sleeping in your bed. The next day, if you die (lose life), go back to the Stardew Valley home screen and load the save again, do this until you move on to the next level.
Keep doing this until you finish the game. For better results and faster progress, use the Key to the Town, which can be purchased in Mr. IQ's cave (click if you already have the amount of nuts to enter Mr. IQ's cave).

New tip: If you beat King of the Prairie (whether you die or not), the next day you will win an arcade game that you can place in your house. Place this arcade game next to your bed and you will be able to beat the game faster without dying.

Additional tips:

• Get as many coins as possible;
  
• Don't use the Nuclear Bomb/Nuke, as the enemies don't drop coins;
  
• Use the Wheel and Gun powerups, which, if used at the same time, will shoot in 24 directions at once;
  
• Adjust the zoom level, which influences the portion of the screen that the minigame takes up;
  
• Always buy ammunition and weapons from the vendor's store;
  
• When necessary, use the Spike Ball to your advantage to hinder enemies;
  
• Play with a controller.

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v48juZ0sjU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJaePqBp3aE

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References

I used the Brazilian Stardew Wiki[pt.stardewvalleywiki.com] as a reference and took some images from it. For the study, I used this video by @wimonalee (Lee).

[StoneCold1927]

tysmmmmm!!!
great guide!! Keep up the great work!

[太阳Sunny]

You're welcome, SapienChavez. I'm glad I could help. One more tip: if you beat King of the Prairie (whether you die or not), the next day you'll get an arcade game that you can put in your house. Put this arcade game next to your bed and you'll beat the game faster without dying. You can play on it

[SapienChavez]

Wait, you can exit the game and return? so THAT is how to do this!? this seems impossible in one go! This will be a long haul, taking a day for each save... but I see light at the end of the tunnel now!

That tip alone was worth the price of admission!

Thank you!

[太阳Sunny]

Thanks, glad u liked rottensulfur

[rottensulfur]

great guide, providing really easy to understand explanation