If you choose to invite friends to one of your existing saves, they will create a new character and begin with a basic set of tools, no skill levels, and only the starting amount of daily energy. You can pilfer what they held out on you by checking what looks like a dresser inside their cabin. Inevitably, a friend will log off with something in their inventory that you needed. If you absolutely must pause, the host player can press the default key T to open the text chat window and type "/pause" to force freeze the game. The pressure to perform quickly isn’t a defect with the multiplayer design, but it’s a new way of thinking about playing that I had to consciously adjust to. The sun is always setting hours before I feel like I’ve gotten done what I had hoped to accomplish-terribly realistic.
In multiplayer, the clock stops for no farmhand and the days fly by at a breakneck pace.
I may well have spent equally as much of my days in some kind of menu, causing the game’s clock to pause, as I did actually running about. What I forgot is just how much time I spent doing those things while playing alone. It makes complete sense that in a shared game the clock would march on regardless of who happens to be organizing their inventory or perusing Pierre’s store.
Nearby cabins will be build close to the main farmhouse while the separate layout makes it feel like you have your own space. These cabins will come pre-built on your farm, one for each co-op farmer you plan to invite. Here are the options you'll have access to while in multiplayer and what they mean. Since multiplayer has been added to Stardew, other updates have added additional options and farms to make playing together easier. Once it's plopped down, you can now invite another farmer by starting up split-screen co-op, a LAN session, or sending your invite code. Robin will build cabins instantly, so you won't need to wait any in-game days for your friend to join you. They're quite cheap, so even if you've just started a new farm you should be able to create a spot for your friend quickly by bringing her 100 gold and 10 stones or 10 wood. Visit Robin's shop to build up to three cabins for anyone you want to invite. If you want to turn your solo farm into a co-op farm, don't worry.