Stardew Valley Controls Guide (PC, Switch, Xbox, PS5)

Stardew Valley is available for literally any device you can think of nowadays, and all of these platforms will have a few differences among them, with one of the most important being their controls. Here are all the controls for the different versions of Stardew Valley.

Stardew Valley Controls For All Platforms Listed

You can play Stardew Valley either through PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation consoles, and while some commands will be quite similar between each version, they sometimes have tiny differences to better accommodate the platform the game is running.

Stardew Valley PC Controls List

Action	Key Assigned
Check/Do Action	Right Click/X
Use Tool	Left Click/C
Access Menu	Escape/E
Access Journal	F
Access Map	M
Move Up	W
Move Down	S
Move Left	A
Move Right	D
Chat Box	Question/T
Emote Menu	Y
Run	Left Shift
Shift Toolbar	Tab
Inventory Slot 1	1
Inventory Slot 2	2
Inventory Slot 3	3
Inventory Slot 4	4
Inventory Slot 5	5
Inventory Slot 6	6
Inventory Slot 7	7
Inventory Slot 8	8
Inventory Slot 9	9
Inventory Slot 10	10
Inventory Slot 11	11
Inventory Slot 12	12

Stardew Valley Nintendo Switch Controls List

Action	Button Assigned
Check/Do Action/Move Cursor	A
Use Tool	Y
Access Menu	Plus
Access Journal	Minus
Open Crafting Menu	X
Cancel	B
Move	Left Stick, D-Pad
Move Cursor/Open In-Game Chat	Right Stick
Switch Item	ZL, ZR
Shift Toolbar	L, R

Stardew Valley Xbox Controls List

Action	Button Assigned
Check/Do Action/Move Cursor	A
Use Tool	X
Access Menu	Menu, B
Access Journal	View
Open Crafting Menu	Y
Move	Left Stick, D-Pad
Move Cursor/Open In-Game Chat	Right Stick
Switch Item	LT, RT
Shift Toolbar	LB, RB

Stardew Valley PlayStation Controls List

Action	Button Assigned
Check/Do Action/Move Cursor	Cross
Use Tool	Square
Access Menu	Options, Circle
Access Journal	Touchpad
Open Crafting Menu	Triangle
Move	Left Stick, D-Pad
Move Cursor/Open In-Game Chat	Right Stick
Switch Item	L2, R2
Shift Toolbar	L1, R1

If you ever feel uncomfortable with any of these commands, you’re free to customize them as you want. Although this might not be necessary, it’s always a good feature to have just in case you feel like changing something here or there. If you’re looking to have a blast with the Stardew Valley 1.6 update, this will definitely come in handy.