Stardew Valley players won't stop making increasingly unhinged Grandpa death mods

Stardew Valley mod - grandpa lies on the ground dead surrounded by flies.

(Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Croey)

As is written in the farm life sim bylaws, Stardew Valley begins the way so many do: with your character inheriting a plot of land from their dear, deceased relative. In Stardew, your kind, old grandpa gets a quick farewell scene on a rather shabby-looking deathbed where he's conveying his final wishes for you to take over the family farm.

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Enter the modders, who years ago took pity on Grandpa and gave him a better bed. Suddenly the community is instead obsessed with giving Grandpa the most inglorious death possible.

As spotted by Gamesradar, one Stardew modder on the game's subreddit rounded up several new mods in the self-declared "dying grandpa renaissance". There sure have been an influx of new Grandpa death scenes, but if I'm not sure renaissance is the artistic nomenclature I'd choose. These Grandpa sendoffs are somewhere between surrealism and postmodernism.

Here are all the dying grandpa mods, ordered chronologically and by increasing measures of depravity:

Family Guy death pose

In which Grandpa has fallen and doesn't get up.

Stardew Valley mod - Grandpa lying on the ground twisted in a pose from Family Guy. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by BeepSignal)

Slightly Worse Grandpa Bed

Grandpa's bed is nigh imperceptibly worse than the original.

Stardew Valley mod - Grandpa lying in a bed with one broken leg. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by switchswatchh)

Worse Dying Grandpa

Undeniably worse than the original, Grandpa is dead, surrounded by flies, with no bed in sight.

Stardew Valley mod - Grandpa lying on the ground dead surrounded by flies. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Croey)

Grandpa pissed himself

Are we sure Grandpa is actually dead in this one?

Stardew Valley mod - Grandpa lying in bed, wetting himself. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by seandnguyen)

Playing ping pong on Grandpa's bed

In which the cause of death was a violent backhand drive by Evelyn.

Stardew Valley mod - Evelyn and Charlie playing ping pong on top of grandpa's death bed. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by EvilInu)

Grandpa's bed is the envelope

"I've enclosed the deed to that place…" and his own body.

Stardew Valley mod - grandpa tucked into a giant envelope. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Shrimperator)

Grandpa-less bed

Grandpa isn't dead, just missing.

Stardew Valley mod - An empty cot in grandpa's room. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by switchswatchh)

Grandpa is the bed

A truly Dalí concept.

Stardew Valley mod - A green sheet with grandpa's face covering his bed. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Novamare)

Make Grandpa a Joja Cola addict

In which Joja Cola is apparently not just a soda. You know, like in the old days when they used to make it with real Joja.

Stardew Valley mod - Grandpa lying in bed surrounded by empty Joja Cola cans. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Arcane)

Robin tricked you as Grandpa to buy buildings

How dare Grandpa leave town and leave Robin without any clients?

Stardew Valley mod - Robin lying in a bed wearing a grandpa mask. — (Image credit: ConcernedApe, modded by Undare)

At least in the last one, Grandpa isn't actually dead. Presumably he's still dead in the rest of the game, with his grave being on the farm plot and all. It's but a moment's reprieve for the old man.

Modder Beepsignal (of the Family Guy death pose Grandpa) has also kindly provided a Grandpa-less intro download so that other modders can use it as a template for their own geriatric shenanigans. Get out there and make Grandpa experience even greater levels of ignominy as he shuffles into the afterlife, kids.

If you're looking for some less meme-y Stardew Valley mods, check out our list of the best of them.

Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She accepted her role as Associate Editor in 2021, now serving as self-appointed chief cozy games and farmlife sim enjoyer. Her career originally began in game development and she remains fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long fantasy books, longer RPGs, can't stop playing co-op survival crafting games, and has spent a number of hours she refuses to count building houses in The Sims games for over 20 years.