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• ✅ This is a complete guide to the 27 Secret Notes that can be found in Stardew Valley.
• ✅ Explains in detail how to find and solve each note.

Timestamps for each note are provided in the description for easy navigation to specific notes.

• ✅ To find Secret Notes, you must first see the 'Winter Mystery' cutscene.
• ✅ Activate the cutscene by encountering a shadow person on the way from the bus stop to the farm between 6 AM and 4 PM in winter.
• ✅ After the cutscene, follow the shadow person's footprints near the bus stop in town.
• ✅ The footprints lead to a bush in the playground near the Community Center.
• ✅ Interacting with the bush will cause the shadow person to appear, apologize, and give you a magnifying glass.
• ✅ Once you obtain the magnifying glass, you can find Secret Notes.

When you find a Secret Note, you can select it from your inventory to read it, and it will be added to your collection.

• ✅ Secret Notes can be discovered through various random activities in the game.
• ✅ These include removing weeds, defeating monsters in the mines, chopping trees, fishing, digging up artifact spots, mining stones, and harvesting giant crops.
• ✅ The fewer notes you have discovered, the higher the chance of finding a note.

You can check the Stardew Valley Wiki page for the probability of discovering Secret Notes based on activity.

• ✅ Secret Notes 1 through 9 reveal the favorite items of Stardew Valley residents.
• ✅ Giving the right gifts to each resident can increase your friendship with them.

• ✅ Secret Note 10 contains a message that someone is waiting on the 100th floor of the Skull Cavern.
• ✅ Discovering this note starts the 'Cryptic Note' quest.
• ✅ Reaching the 100th floor of the Skull Cavern will trigger a cutscene with a special character, and you will receive a reward.

• ✅ Secret Note 12 provides information that you can find good items in trash cans on lucky days.
• ✅ You can find the dish of the day in the trash can behind the saloon, and cookies in Molner's trash can.
• ✅ You can find treasures in the trash cans next to the blacksmith and the museum.
• ✅ Be careful not to rummage through trash cans when residents are watching.

• ✅ Secret Note 13 contains a message to check the bush above the playground next to the Community Center at noon on the 28th of each season.
• ✅ Interacting with the bush at that time will give you a special reward.

• ✅ Secret Note 14 provides information that something is hidden behind the Community Center.
• ✅ Behind the Community Center, under the roof to the right of the wooden fence, you can use a pickaxe or hoe to obtain a special item.

• ✅ Secret Note 15 presents the code 'Mermaid Show 1 5 4 2 3'.
• ✅ After watching the Mermaid Show at the Night Market on the beach in winter, click on the shells in the order presented to obtain a special item.
• ✅ This method only works once.

• ✅ Secret Note 16 has a picture of the railroad with a red X mark.
• ✅ Go to the railroad near Robin and Demetrius's house and dig the ground with a hoe at the X location shown in the picture to obtain a special item.

• ✅ Secret Note 17 has a picture of the waterfall in the river above JojaMart and the town, with an X mark.
• ✅ Go to that area and dig the ground with a hoe at the location with the X mark to obtain a special item.

• ✅ Secret Note 18 has a picture of the Calico Desert with an X mark.
• ✅ Go to the southwest end of the Calico Desert, where the bench is, and dig the ground with a hoe at the location with the X mark to obtain a special item.

• ✅ Secret Note 19 has a picture of a house and arrows drawn on it.
• ✅ Start in front of Sam, Vincent, Jodi, and Kent's house (bottom left of Pelican Town) and move in the direction of the arrows.
• ✅ Continue moving in the direction of the arrows until you can no longer move.
• ✅ Finally, arrive behind Mayor Lewis's house and interact to obtain a special item.
• ✅ If you leave this item anywhere in Pelican Town, you will receive a letter, and a withered plant will appear where you left the item.
• ✅ The special item can be found again in Mayor Lewis's or Marnie's bedroom.

• ✅ Secret Note 20 has a picture of the central area of the town with arrows drawn on it.
• ✅ Start in the center of the town square and move in the direction of the arrows.
• ✅ Continue moving in the direction of the arrows until you can no longer move.
• ✅ Finally, arrive at the JojaMart truck and interact to receive a special request from the truck driver.

• ✅ Secret Note 21 shows a drawing of the town with a clock and arrows.
• ✅ Go to town around midnight and interact with the large bush on the left side of the bridge leading to the beach at 12:40 AM to witness an amazing sight.

• ✅ Secret Note 22 contains a message about a 'secret in the dark tunnel'.
• ✅ Take a Battery Pack and go to the tunnel to the left of the bus stop, and put the Battery Pack in the box on the wall to start the 'Mysterious Mr. Qi' quest.

• ✅ Secret Note 23 contains a message to bring Maple Syrup to the Secret Woods.
• ✅ If you bring Maple Syrup to the Secret Woods between 6 AM and 7 PM, a cutscene with a bear will occur.
• ✅ The bear will share special knowledge, and the selling price of Blackberries and Salmonberries will permanently increase by 3x.

• ✅ Secret Note 24 is an excerpt from M. Jasper's book, providing information about the relationship between Junimos and gems.
• ✅ Putting gems in the Junimo Hut will change the color of the Junimos, and putting in a Prismatic Shard will change them to rainbow colors.
• ✅ Giving Dried Fruit to the Junimos makes them happy.

• ✅ Secret Note 25 is about losing a mother's necklace.
• ✅ If you fish in the water outside the spa in spring, summer, or fall, you can find a fancy necklace.
• ✅ Talking to Abigail or Caroline with the necklace will earn you friendship points. (Caroline: 50 points, Abigail: 100 points)

• ✅ Secret Note 26 provides information that Junimos fed with Dried Fruit help increase the harvest yield.
• ✅ Putting Dried Fruit in the Junimo Hut makes the Junimos happy and increases the chance of harvesting double crops.
• ✅ Junimos consume one bag of Dried Fruit per week, so only 4 are needed per season per Junimo Hut.

• ✅ Secret Note 27 contains a message about a special secret hidden by Grandpa.
• ✅ This note refers to the Cave of Mastery added in the 1.6 update.
• ✅ The Cave of Mastery is located at the southern end of the Cindersap Forest, next to the sewer pipe.
• ✅ The cave is unlocked when you reach level 10 in all skill levels.