Cabin Strategies

Control how player cabins are placed and managed on your farm.

Strategies

Strategy	Description
CabinStack	Cabins hidden off-map. Each player sees only their own cabin at a shared position.
FarmhouseStack	Cabins hidden off-map. All players exit at the main farmhouse's front door (shared entry point).
None	Vanilla behavior. Cabins placed at real farm positions.

CabinStack (Default)

Cabins exist but are moved off the visible map. When a player warps to "their cabin," they go to the hidden location. From the player's perspective, they have a cabin; it's just not cluttering the farm.

Benefits:

• Clean farm layout regardless of player count
• No cabin placement conflicts
• Each player still has their own private space

FarmhouseStack

Similar to CabinStack — every player still has their own hidden cabin interior, inventory, and bed — but each cabin's exit is redirected to the main farmhouse's front door on the farm, so everyone steps out at the same spot. The main farmhouse interior itself stays reserved for the server host; a player who walks into it is sent back to their own cabin.

Use this for a more communal feel where everyone congregates at one front door.

None (Vanilla)

Standard Stardew Valley behavior. Cabins are placed on the farm at specific locations. Use this if you want the traditional multiplayer experience or need cabins at specific positions.

Configuration

In server-settings.json:

{
  "Server": {
    "CabinStrategy": "CabinStack"
  }
}

Existing Cabin Behavior

When switching to a stacked strategy on a farm that already has visible cabins:

Setting	Behavior
KeepExisting	Leave existing cabins where they are. Only new cabins use the stack.
MoveToStack	Relocate all visible cabins to the hidden stack on startup.

{
  "Server": {
    "CabinStrategy": "CabinStack",
    "ExistingCabinBehavior": "MoveToStack"
  }
}

Moving Cabins

Players can reposition their cabin using the !cabin chat command on the farm. The cabin moves to the player's right side.