Cozybug Mod Recs: Trees and Such
Ever since I built my first outdoor orchard in Stardew, I have fallen in love with the concept. I just think it’s so darn pretty to have a nice lil area full of trees, watching the leaves change color with the seasons and collecting all the delicious fruit! This also means I’m a sucker for mods that add new trees to the game, and today I have a few that I think will be a fantastic addition to any game.
All mods are 1.6 compatible, on Nexusmods, and compatible with each other, as I was using them all at the same time
Kalash’s More Fruit Trees
As the name implies, this mod adds a huge variety of fruit trees to the game. But it doesn’t stop there! There are also two new crops, new machines and processing methods, and tons of recipes to use your new fruit in! Collecting the saplings is part of the fun too, as even though a majority of them are sold by Pierre for straight up cash, you’ll have to explore a little more to find the rest of them. You might even have to barter with a few familiar friends to complete your orchard ;)
I have been absolutely loving this mod since I installed it, as the amount of content and the quality of it all is just superb. The mod author is still actively providing support and updates, which is awesome, and the mod page has a pretty robust description of all the content included in the mod. I especially enjoy the fact that a majority of the trees are based on real ones, so I get to learn about cool new fruits!
Dee’s Nuts a Chestnut Expansion
This mod is short and sweet and does exactly what it says on the tin! It adds a chestnut sapling that you can purchase from Pierre, alongside 3 ways to process the nuts. You’ll receive mail from certain villagers about the new additions so you won’t have to guess or go blindly searching, and several villagers will be thrilled to receive those new items!
I’m just a sucker for a mod that’s clearly a labor of love. This is just a fun little mod that adds another cool tree to the valley and has a silly lil name. What’s not to enjoy? I especially enjoy having another loved gift for Linus, as he’s always one of my first friends.
Appleseed’s Extra Forage and Fermentation
From the creator of the Baubles mod, among other fantastic things, comes a fun little addition to the wild food of the Valley. This mod adds one new tree, one new berry (and plantable bush), a new machine, and a handful of new artisan goods and recipes. As expected from this creator, the pixel art is absolutely gorgeous!
Even though it’s not exclusively tree focused, I still wanted to include this mod because the pixel art is just too good! I really love how the new tree looks, and I think it’s such a fun mechanic to have to grow and then chop down the trees in order to harvest their unique resources. The mod author recommends Vanilla Tweaks alongside this mod, and I very much agree as the styles just blend seamlessly.
Honorable Mention: Cornucopia More Crops
I really hope that anyone reading this has already heard of the Cornucopia mods, but I couldn’t make a list of tree mods and not shout out the one that fueled my very first orchard! Aside from the huge amount of incredible crops this mod adds, it also adds up to 25 new trees! Each one is done in absolutely gorgeous pixel art that you’d come to expect from the Cornucopia team, and the fruits can all be used in a variety of crossovers with other Cornucopia mods. More Flowers even adds 5 more trees if you’re still not satisfied!
A small caveat here: I have not used Cornucopia More Crops with the other mods on this list, but from what I’ve seen in the descriptions they shouldn’t cause any problems together. At worst, there might be a few duplicate trees in your orchard with unique internal IDs!