Stardew Valley’sPelican Town is far from a bustling city, but you can still find several NPCs populating the little town. On top of that, there are many NPCs found in other locations as well, such as the desert or Ginger Island. Just how many NPCs exist in the game though?
Here, we are going to take a look at this. We are going to cover every NPC that you can form a relationship with, as well as other NPCs in the game that have smaller roles. This includes characters such as Marlon in the Adventurer’s Guild and Birdie on Ginger Island.

How Many NPCs Can You Be Friends With?
In total, there are12 marriage candidates for you to cozy up with, but there are far more than that available for friendship. Below, you may check out all NPCs that you can befriend in Stardew Valley.
In total, this makes34 NPCsthat you can form relationships with.
NPCs That You Can’t Gift/Be Friends With
In addition to these NPCs above, there are several that you caninteract with without forming a friendship.you may find these listed below, as well as their main location.
In total, this makes12 NPCsthat you can’t befriend.
Other NPCs In Stardew Valley
There are other NPCs present in the game, but where are they? For the sake of this, wearen’t going to include NPCs that serve no purpose besides making an area feel more alive.For example, during the Trout Derby, there are several fishermen that fish during the event.
These people don’t live in the valley, but youcan’t interact with them in a meaningful way.This also includespatrons of the Casinoin the desert. With this in mind, you’re able to find all miscellaneous NPCs in Stardew Valley below.

Cindersap Forest
Witch
Not actually present, but she causes random events at night, and you may enter her hut
This is14 more NPCsto add to the total.
Total Number Of NPCs In Stardew Valley
What’s the grand total of NPCs in Stardew Valley? According to our count, there are60 unique NPCs in Stardew Valley.Remember, this does not include NPCs such as background characters during events.

