Looking for the best Stardew Valley baby mod? Babies in Stardew Valley look nothing like an actual baby. They are too boring, meh, and lack personality. In this article, we will share the best Stardew Valley baby mod options so you can massively improve the way babies look and act in the game.
In Stardew Valley, the player is able to have children once they have upgraded the Farmhouse for the 2nd time and are married. You are only allowed to have two children, a male and a female. You can even adopt a baby if you are a same-gender couple.
However, whether you adopt a baby or have biological children, the vanilla babies in the game are not as cute as one would expect. In fact, they are pretty meh. But thanks to the game’s modding community, there are many baby mods that let you change everything about your baby, from their gender and mechanics to how they look and act.
In this article, we will share some of the best Stardew Valley baby mods that will make you love having children in the game. These mods will transform the vanilla babies into super adorable and cute little children who you’ll adore!
So without further ado, let’s take a look at our list and help you find your ideal Stardew Valley baby mod, shall we?
The Best Stardew Valley Baby Mod — Our Top 21 Picks
21. Generic Baby Replacer
The Generic Baby Replacer mod for Varied Toddlers that adds a generic version of a baby to Stardew Valley. This baby is very close to real-life babies in the sense that babies who will be born with lighter hair and blue eyes will grow up to have a different eye color and darker hair.
The modder has also added a little blush for their faces as real babies have pinkish cheeks. The aim of the mod is to make the babies grow up to resemble the spouse toddlers from the Babies Take After Spouse mod. It is also to add some variety to the toddlers.
To install the mod, backup the Baby.xnb file first in the Stardew Valley/Content/Characters folder. Once done, copy the new Baby.xnb file from the downloaded folder and place it in the above-mentioned folder.
20. Solip’s Pink and Blue Baby
The Pink and Blue Baby mod is a cute retexture of the Farmer Babies in Stardew Valley. It adds really adorable baby retextures for the babies and toddlers. The mod creator has created two versions for the toddler girl, one with a cute ribbon and the other without it.
19. Leah’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Leah’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Leah herself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Leah’s kid to look like their mother, get your hands on this mod now!
18. Harvey’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Harvey’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Harvey himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Harvey’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
17. Elliott’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Elliott’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Elliott himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Elliott’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
16. Penny’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Penny’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Penny herself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Penny’s kid to look like their mother, get your hands on this mod now!
15. Sam’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Sam’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Sam himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Sam’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
14. Haley’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Haley’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Haley herself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Haley’s kid to look like their mother, get your hands on this mod now!
13. Alex’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Alex’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Alex himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Alex’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
12. Abigail’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Abigail’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Abigail herself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. Once you have installed these tools, download this mod and unzip it in the Mods folder.
So if you want Abigail’s kid to look like their mother, get your hands on this mod now!
11. Shane’s Baby-Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Shane’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Shane himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. So if you want Shane’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
10. Arhen’s Baby reskin
This is a simple baby reskin mod that replaces the vanilla baby texture with a cuter one. All the babies in Stardew Valley will now look super adorable, just like they are supposed to be.
9. Repaint Baby
The Repaint Baby mod is a simple mod that replaces the PNG file of the baby for all stages, except for the last one. To install this mod, you will need to install the Babies Take After Spouse Plus New Toddler Hair and Clothes mod first.
Once done, replace the original file with the mod file. It replaces the SebastianBabyDark file by default, but you can pick any version by renaming it.
8. Mandalorian and Baby Yoda NPCs
If you are a huge Star Wars fan like me, you will definitely fall in love with this mod at first sight! This mod adds Grogu and the Mandalorian as NPCs in Stardew Valley. Your favorite space father and son duo are now in Pelican Town, arriving by the Razor crest which is parked somewhere within the town.
Both the father and son live in the Razor Crest, which you can find (spoiler alert) near the Bus Stop. Here’s what this awesome Star Wars mod adds to Stardew Valley:
Two new NPCs, Grogu and the Mandalorian
- A new spouse room
- Two new locations
- Repeatable marriage events
- New Heart events
- And some surprise Mandalorian items.
Be right back. Gotta download this cool mod like RIGHT NOW!
7. Customizable Baby and Children – Alternative Textures and Content Patcher
This mod is a Content Patcher or Alternative Textures version of the Customizable Baby and Children mod (mentioned below) that lets you change the appearance of your children, toddlers, and baby to look like your spouse.
In this version of the mod, only the children who are from the marriageable candidates are available. You cannot alter their clothing, hairstyle, and other things. The Content Patcher version of this mod automatically selects the sprite matching your spouse. Whereas the Alternative Textures version will require you to change it manually.
To install the mod, you will need Content Patcher/Alternative Textures and SMAPI.
6. Sebastian’s Baby – Toddler and Child Recolor
This mod transforms Sebastian’s baby, child, and toddler to a cuter version of Sebastian himself. This is a recolor mod that requires SMAPI and Content Patcher to work. So if you want Sebastian’s kid to look like their father, get your hands on this mod now!
5. Not Far From The Tree – Dynamic Children and Baby Textures
This mod takes the “Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” to the next level by replacing the textures of vanilla children so that they match your spouse in the appearance. The mod even works in multiplayer and allows you to change the appearance of your baby by using a command. You can make your children look like NPCs. How cool, right?
It is a SMAPI mod, which means you will be needing SMAPI for this to work. It is just a dynamic texture replacer mod that replaces the vanilla Sprite Sheet of your children by Character/Emily/Toddler or any other NPC so that your children look like them.
You can even make them appear like a random NPC who is not even marriable. What’s more, you can change the appearance of adopted children by using the genetics command. This can also be done to make your child look like an ex-spouse. However, do note that the commands have to be run using SMAPI.
4. Choose Baby Gender
Ever wanted to be in control of your baby’s gender? Well, this mod lets you choose the gender of your baby by adding a gender selection button in the baby naming screen. The mod adds two clickable female and male buttons on the screen, letting you choose your baby-to-be’s gender. How cool, right?
So if you don’t like to leave the gender of your baby up to the fate, get your hands on this mod now!
3. Customizable Baby and Children
The Customizable Baby and Children mod is one of the best Stardew Valley mods that lets you completely customize your children, babies, and toddlers according to your preferences. You can completely change how your child looks using configurable options.
So if you don’t like the way that your vanilla babies, children, and toddlers look, you can change their appearances. Check out the downloaded mod folder for the config options.
You will need the Generic Mod Config Menu, SMAPI, and Content Patcher mods for this to work. Once you have downloaded the mod, place it in the mods folder.
2. Adjust Baby Chance
The Adjust Baby Chance mod does exactly what it sounds like. It lets you adjust the question chance of wanting a baby. By making tweaks in the config, you can adjust this setting according to your preferences.
The mod requires SMAPI to work. Once downloaded, extract the mod and place it in the Stardew Valley/Mods folder. Check out the mod page for console commands.
1. Babysitter (Child schedules and dialogue)
The Babysitter mod adds to the personality of your children by giving them dialogues, a default schedule, likes, and the option to choose ten babysitters, including Maru, Abigail, Sebastian, Alex, Shane, Linus, Emily, Leah, Sam, and Elliot to take care of each child.
This mod pack adds 11 different schedule options, each of which comes with various dialogue lines related to its activities. The mod uses ChildToNPC mod to make your children more distinct and interesting.
Some of the activities in their schedules include playing with Jas and Vincent on Saturdays, following the babysitters, attending the school, and spending time in the Community Center. You can even replace the sprites for each child by choose portraits and toddler sprites from anywhere.
The mod requires SMAPI, Content Patcher, Child to NPC and CustomNPCFixes mods to work. Make sure to get the latest versions of these mods. Once done, install this mod and place it in the Stardew Valley/Mods folder.
Conclusion
So that’s all, folks! This list sums up the best new mods and content packs for Stardew Valley babies. If you are looking for an ideal Stardew Valley baby mod that overhauls the baby system in the game and also changes the way that vanilla babies look by adding a new sprite, this list would suffice.
Happy farming!
