And Barone wasn’t exaggerating when he mentioned it was hidden. To entry it from the cellular model of the sport’s title display, gamers should carry out a sequence of faucets to particular leaves on the Stardew Valley brand, then push a unique button. (Yow will discover the detailed steps on the sport’s web site or pasted beneath.) Doing this appropriately will add a co-op button to the title display. Barone mentioned the cellular multiplayer characteristic works “just about the identical as on different platforms,” besides that there’s no method to “uncover” different folks’s farms. You may solely join by way of IP addresses, he mentioned — so that you’ve received to make use of the identical native community or create a hotspot.
Barone mentioned the best approach to make use of the multiplayer cellular mode is to host a farm on a Home windows PC, then entry that farm via cellular utilizing the identical IP tackle, by way of Wi-Fi. Barone mentioned the worst case situation is probably going connecting to a farm hosted by somebody utilizing a hotspot for everybody to connect with; the app could be “interrupted repeatedly” by misplaced service spots or calls, making the expertise irritating.
“Nevertheless, if you wish to strive this stuff out, there’s nothing stopping you,” Barone wrote. “Simply remember that there are inherent connectivity points that may come up when trying to host a multiplayer sport from a cellular machine.”
If you happen to’re seeking to entry multiplayer on cellular, right here’s how you can do it — straight from Stardew Valley’s web site:
For iOS: Settings -> Wi-Fi -> Click on the (i) subsequent to your Wi-Fi identify -> Search for “IP Tackle”
For Android: Settings -> Community & web -> Web -> Click on the cog subsequent to your Wi-Fi identify -> Search for “IP tackle”