You can pay parrots in Stardew Valley a unique currency called Golden Walnuts for rewards, but every one of these items are in hard-to-find locations.
Every parrot that resides around Ginger Island in Stardew Valley only accepts Golden Walnuts as their currency, but the locations of each item can be difficult to find. This unique type of money can lead your character to many rewards across the island. Paying a parrot some Walnuts can unlock new areas on your map, build new structures, and even lead you to a few hidden secrets.
You only need 116 out of the 130 Golden Walnuts found in Stardew Valley to unlock every reward offered by the parrots in the game. Those who aren’t sure how many Walnuts they’ve already collected can visit the parrot in Leo’s house, which gives hints depending on how many Walnuts are left in an area. These changing clues should give you a good idea about how many items are yet to be found.
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Every Golden Walnut Location on Ginger Island East
There are 11 Golden Walnuts in the east part of Ginger Island, but you may need special tools to access a few items. You can find each Walnut in these locations:
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Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
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Leo’s Hut (Outside) |
1 |
Look in the bush found in the jungle on the path leading to Leo’s Hut. |
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Altar Near Leo’s Hut |
3 |
Place a banana on the Altar on the staircase to Leo’s Hut to get three Golden Walnuts. |
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Leo’s Hut (Inside) |
1 |
Hit the tree inside Leo’s Hut with an Axe to make a Walnut drop. |
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South of the Shrine |
1 |
Follow the hidden path from the foot of Leo’s Hut south to reach the Shrine with the Walnut. |
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The Bird Shrine |
5 |
Solve the Bird Shrine puzzle by placing the right gems on each pedestal to receive five Walnuts. |
Every Golden Walnut Location on Ginger Island West
Not every Golden Walnut is found naturally on a random path or through interaction with the environment in Stardew Valley. A few will come from doing normal tasks in the game, like farming and harvesting various crops around the island. The 62 Golden Walnuts on West Ginger Island are found in these locations:
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Harvest Crops |
5 |
Harvest random crops on this part of the island to occasionally find Walnuts. |
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Gourmand Frog Requests |
15 |
These Walnuts are given as a reward for planting crops in the order that Gourmand Frog requests after repairing the Farmhouse. Speak to the Frog again to receive the Walnuts after you finish sowing. |
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Northern Cliffs |
1 |
Dig up a part of the sand next to the northern cliff located south of the Farm in the southeast corner of the beach with the curved palm tree. |
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Mining Mussel Nodes |
5 |
Mine Mussel Nodes to receive a Walnut sporadically. |
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Southwest Shipwreck |
1 |
Follow a hidden path on the southwest side of the beach to find a Walnut within a plant south of the Farm. |
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Wack-A-Mole |
1 |
Hit the mole on the southeast side of the beach to earn a Walnut. |
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Three Blue Starfish |
1 |
Dig up sand near three blue starfish on the south section of the beach. |
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Tide Pools |
1 |
Go to the blue and yellow starfish in a diamond shape along the beach’s tide pools, then dig up sand between both creatures. |
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Beach “X” |
1 |
Dig where an X in the sand marks the spot of another Walnut near the tide pools |
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Tide Pools |
1 |
Dig near the center of the diamond-shaped indents in the sand near the bottom left of the tide pools. |
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Coconut Tree |
1 |
Use a shovel to dig behind a Coconut tree by the pond west of the Farm. |
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Quest Reward |
5 |
Complete “The Pirate’s Wife” quest to receive five Walnuts as a reward. |
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Birdie’s Hut |
1 |
Dig up sand near the north of Birdie’s Hut. |
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Western Coast Cliff |
1 |
You can find this Walnut in a bush toward the bottom-right of a cliff at the top of the western coast. |
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Qi’s Walnut Room |
1 |
Go past Qi’s Walnut Room through ocean water to a bush that contains a Walnut. |
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Tiger Slime Grove |
1 |
Kill all the slimes in the Tiger Slime Grove to get a Walnut as a reward. |
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1 |
Look behind the Mahogany Tree in the Grove to find a Walnut. |
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|
1 |
Dig up some grass in the center of the Grove behind the Mahogany Tree mentioned before. |
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1 |
Go to the path east of the Grove to find a Walnut along a cliff edge at the end of the road. |
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Southern Wall |
1 |
Travel west across the Bridge until you find a bush near the southern wall that contains a Walnut. |
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Quest Reward |
3 |
Complete the “Simon Says” puzzle quest in the cave north of Tiger Slime Grove to get a Walnut as a reward. |
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Parrot Express Station |
1 |
Dig up the sand in the center of pebbles creating a diamond shape east of the Parrot Express Station. |
|
1 |
Follow a hidden path east of the Station until you find a Walnut at the end. |
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1 |
Look in a bush east of the cliff overlooking the Farmhouse south of the Station along the cliff. |
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Every Golden Walnut Location on Ginger Island North
Another 48 Golden Walnuts are scattered across the northern regions of Ginger Island in Stardew Valley and can be found in these locations:
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Island North Entrance |
1 |
Dig up the spot in the center of pebbles on the top of the stairs at the entrance to Island North. |
|
1 |
Find the buried Walnut in the center of the diamond of flowers northeast of the entrance. |
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Hidden Passage |
1 |
Enter a secret path west from the top of the stairs close to the Island North entrance to find this Walnut. |
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Island Field Office |
1 |
Dig up the patch of sand with a strange texture southeast of the Island Field Office. |
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Dig Site |
1 |
Unearth the rocks at the middle of the stone circle at the Dig Site to uncover a Walnut. |
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1 |
Go to the bush across the bridge right above the Site to find another Walnut. |
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|
2 |
Travel over the bridge to a hidden passage along the cliff past the stairs from the Site to discover more Walnuts. |
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Ginger Island Field Office |
6 |
Complete the Large Animal collection at the Field Office to get Walnuts as a reward. |
|
3 |
Complete the Snake collection at the Field Office. |
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|
1 |
Donate a Mummified Frog to the Field Office. |
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|
1 |
Donate a Mummified Bat to the Field Office. |
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|
1 |
Finish the Purple Flowers Island Survey at the Field Office. |
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Volcano Entrance |
1 |
Go to the circle of pebbles in the sand east of the Volcano’s entrance to find a Walnut. |
|
1 |
Head to a curved tree northeast of the Volcano entrance, then shoot it with a slingshot to drop a Walnut onto the ground. |
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|
1 |
Dig up the sand in the space near the curved palm tree south of the Volcano entrance. |
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Circle of Stones |
1 |
Travel to the very tip of the northwest corner of the map, then dig up sand in the center of a circle of stones for a Walnut. |
|
1 |
Head west from the circle of stones to find a hidden passage in a bush that leads to another Walnut. |
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River of Lava |
2 |
Find a river of lava that you can use the Watering Can on to create a long path leading west toward an opening with two bushes where some Walnuts can be found. |
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Volcano |
17 |
You can get Walnuts for killing monsters, mining blocks, or opening various chests within the Volcano. |
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The Forge |
2 |
Check the bushes within the Forge to find a few extra Walnuts. |
Every Golden Walnut Location on Ginger Island South
Only 12 more Golden Walnuts reside in Island South, but these locations in Stardew Valley are a bit trickier to understand without some hints. You should be able to find each item in these spots:
|
Golden Walnut Location |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Island North Stairs |
1 |
Go behind a tree east of the Island North stairs to discover a hidden path with a Walnut. |
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Starfish Tide Pool |
1 |
Fish within the starfish tide pool to get a Walnut as a reward. |
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Beach |
1 |
Dig up the sand at the center of the diamond of yellow starfish on the beach, but only after the Resort has been built. |
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5 |
Solve the mermaid Flute Block puzzle on a rainy day in the southeast section of the beach to get Walnuts as a reward. |
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Pirate Cove |
3 |
Win three rounds of darts at Pirate Cove on clear nights after 8 p.m. to win some Walnuts, but only on an even-numbered day. |
|
1 |
Dig up a patch of exposed sand in the Cove after the Resort has been constructed. |
Every Golden Walnut Location in Other Parts of Ginger Island
A couple of smaller tasks in Stardew Valley will yield Golden Walnuts in places that are less specific than the other locations of these items on Ginger Island. The last few Walnuts are located through these tasks:
|
Golden Walnut Task |
# of Walnuts Available |
How to Get |
|---|---|---|
|
Fishing |
5 |
Fish anywhere on Ginger Island to randomly get up to a five-total Walnuts max yield. |
|
Break Open a Golden Coconut |
1 |
Cracking open the first Golden Coconut at the Blacksmith’s will give you one Walnut. |
For those who want a more visual guide for finding every Golden Walnut in the game, check out the above video by YouTube creator Salmence that shows you exactly where each item can be found. Those who discover all the Golden Walnuts in Stardew Valley can be proud to have worked so hard to track down every item’s location and reap the rewards gained from parrots for these resplendent fruits.
Source: YouTube/Salmence
Stardew Valley
- Released
- February 26, 2016
- Developer(s)
- ConcernedApe
- Publisher(s)
- Chucklefish
- Genre(s)
- Simulation , RPG
- Multiplayer
- Local Co-Op
- ESRB
- E10+
