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Remember that letter you get from the Stardew Valley Tribune when you've earned some amount of money? Here's an NPC who's come to write that article.

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Translations
  • Turkish
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Portuguese
  • Mandarin
Changelogs
Niki is a journalist from the Stardew Valley Tribune. After the farm has gained some profit, she arrives to interview the farmer. As she spends time in Pelican Town, she becomes increasingly drawn to the town—and to the farmer, perhaps.


This mod...
  • Adds a new romanceable character, Niki.
  • Changes some vanilla letters related to the Stardew Valley tribune.
  • Adds new letters from the Stardew Valley tribune.
  • Mentions the war between Ferngill Republic and Gotoro Empire. It might be a controversial take, but I'll go for it.[/size]
  • Contains some events(4 heart events) that will not be triggered if you have seen Shane's 6 heart event in that save, as it may be inconsistent with Shane's story arc. If you want to see the events anyway, you can adjust the settings on Generic Mod Config Menu or directly edit the config.json file("IgnoreShaneEvent")
  • Edits the Bus Stop map, adding Niki's car when she arrives. If you want to remove map edits due to compatibility with other mods or simply don't want to see her car, you can adjust the settings on GMCM mentioned above("Remove Niki's Car") or directly edit the config.json file("AlwaysByBus") to true. You can also change the car's appearance in the menu.
    If you have bus service restored, Niki will arrive by bus regardless of the settings, removing her car from the map.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

When reporting bugs, please provide a link to your SMAPI log.


Compatibility
Somewhat compatible with these mods:

Stardew Valley Expanded
East Scarp
Ridgeside Village
Downtown Zuzu

Doesn't have any extra dialogue but won't have any errors either.


Future updates
  • Add 14-heart event.
  • Minor schedule changes. Marriage schedule is a little wonky now.
  • Make Niki attend more festivals. Currently, Niki does not come to festivals other than the Egg Festival and the Flower Dance, and attends them only on odd-numbered years(1, 3, 5, 7...).
  • Expand compatibility with other mods. Planning to add SVE, ES, and DTZ dialogue.
  • Add more dialogue and articles related to the farmer's actions (e.g. Stardew Valley Fair 1st place / 2nd place)

Will be updated to 2.0.0 after April, adding a lot of content. I hope I can fix currently existing bugs then.


Gift Tastes
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(in vanilla game)

Loves: 
Radish, Radish Salad, Red Plate, Triple Shot Espresso, Horse: The Book

Likes:
Carrots, Oil of Garlic, Qi Seasoning, All Books, Some Cooking(except foods that are neutral or rejected)

Neutral:
Hay, Seaweed, Green Algae, Energy Tonic, Muscle Remedy, Sugar, White Algae, Coffee Bean, Some Cooking(Plum Pudding, Bruschetta, Fiddlehead Risotto, Poppyseed Muffin, Maple Bar, Bread, Survival Burger)

Dislikes:
All Eggs, Wine, Pale Ale, Mead, Beer, Piña Colada, Joja Cola

Hates:
none (Universal Hates apply of course)

Rejects: 
All Cheese, All Milk, All Mayonnaise, All non-vegan Cooking(Fried Egg, Omelet, Cheese Cauliflower, Baked Fish, Complete Breakfast, Fried Calamari, Lucky Lunch, Pizza, Carp Surprise, Pancakes, Salmon Dinner, Fish Taco, Crispy Bass, Pepper Poppers, Tom Kha Soup, Trout Soup, Chocolate Cake, Pink Cake, Cookie, Fried Eel, Spicy Eel, Sashimi, Maki Roll, Eggplant Parmesan, Rice Pudding, Ice Cream, Blueberry Tart, Farmer's Lunch, Dish O' The Sea, Miner's Treat, Artichoke Dip, Pumpkin Pie, Chowder, Fish Stew, Escargot, Lobster Bisque, Crab Cakes, Shrimp Cocktail, Banana Pudding, Squid Ink Ravioli)




Events

0 hearts I
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Introduction event. Affter this Niki will appear in town. To trigger, exit the farmhouse on a sunny day, 6:00~12:00, after receiving mail from SVT.


0 hearts II
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Enter Town on a sunny day. 9:00~18:00.


2 hearts
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Enter Town when Niki is there.


4 hearts I
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Enter Marnie's Ranch. 9:00~1600
Will not trigger if you've seen Shane's 6 heart event by default. If you check "IgnoreShaneEvent" to true in the config, it will be triggered no matter what.


4 hearts II
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The day after seeing 4 hearts I event, Niki sends you a mail. It contains a quest to search for Niki's lost pills. The pill container is found in Shane's room.


5 hearts
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Niki sends you a mail that she will come over to the farm. After you read the mail, exit the farmhouse on a sunny day, 6:00~12:00 to trigger next event. The day after that event, Niki will send you another mail containing an item.


6 hearts
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Go to the beach at night. 20:00~2400.


8 hearts
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Enter the Forest on a sunny day. 9:00~18:00


10 hearts
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Niki sends you a mail on Monday. After reading the mail, enter the Museum on Saturday.
Prerequisite: Player have seen 0 hearts II event. (Shouldn't be an issue in a normal playthrough)



Credits
For portraits, I edited Stardew Valley Character Portrait Maker by Poltergeister & Jazzybee.

Feel free to translate and upload your translation files on your own. Everything that needs translation is in the i18n/default.json.