Once you’ve unlocked Ginger Island in Stardew Valley and you’ve amassed a pretty generous hoard of 100 Golden Walnuts, you’ll be able to unlock a special room — Qi’s Walnut Room. In this room, there are three machines, each with a unique function.
Inside Qi’s Walnut Room, you can accept special challenges, track your progress towards Perfection, and unlock the ability to earn and spend Qi Gems. Those gems come in handy for the Stardew completionist, allowing you to get exclusive items that aren’t available elsewhere in the game.
How to unlock Qi’s Walnut Room in Stardew Valley
Because Qi’s Walnut Room is located on the Western side of Ginger Island, you’ll need to unlock Ginger Island West first by using 10 Golden Walnuts. Once you’ve done this, head to the Western edge of the map and continue until encountering a blue door with a Golden Walnut.
This is Qi’s Walnut Room, and once you’ve handed over 100 Golden Walnuts, you’re allowed to enter.
What’s inside Qi’s Walnut Room?
There are three machines inside Qi’s Walnut Room, each of which serves a unique purpose
Perfection Tracker
This machine allows you to see what you need to complete in order to achieve Perfection. Each thing counts as a certain percentage, with Perfection obviously being reached at 100% completion. There are 11 things that need to be completed. To check your progress towards Perfection, interact with the statue in front of the Vending Machine on the Right of the room.
| Name | How to complete | % |
| Produce & Forage Shipped | Ship one of every item (155 in total) in the ‘Items Shipped (Farm and Forage)’ tab in the collections menu | 15% |
| Obelisks on Farm | Build each of the following obelisks on the farm: – Earth Obelisk – Water Obelisk – Desert Obelisk – Island Obelisk | 4% |
| Golden Clock on Farm | Build the Gold Clock on the farm | 10% |
| Monster Slayer Hero | Complete all of the monster eradication goals at the Adventurer’s Guild | 10% |
| Great Friends | Reach maximum heart friendship with every villager (34 in total), including Kent | 11% |
| Farmer Level | Reach level 10 in every skill | 5% |
| Found all Stardrops | Find all 7 Stardrops | 10% |
| Cooking Recipes Made | Cook all 81 recipes | 10% |
| Crafting Recipes Made | Craft all items (149 in single-player, 150 in multiplayer) | 10% |
| Fish Caught | Catch every fish in the ‘Fish’ tab in the collections menu (72 in total) | 10% |
| Golden Walnuts Found | Find all 130 Golden Walnuts | 5% |
Special Orders Board
These challenges are set out by Mr. Qi and are pretty challenging to complete. While these may take a few tries, they reward a large number of Qi Gems which will come in handy once you visit the Vending Machine.
| Quest name | How to complete | Time limit | Qi Gem reward |
| Qi’s Crop | Ship 500 Qi Fruit within the time limit | 28 days | 100 |
| Let’s Play A Game | Score 50,000 points in Junimo Kart endless mode within the time limit | 7 days | 20 |
| Four Precious Stones | Collect four Prismatic Shards within the time limit | 28 days | 40 |
| Qi’s Hungry Challenge | Within the time limit, travel from floor one to floor 100 of Skull Cavern without consuming any food or drink | 7 days | 25 |
| Qi’s Cuisine | Cook and ship 100,000g worth of freshly cooked items within the time limit | 14 days | 25 |
| Qi’s Kindness | Give 50 loved gifts to villagers within the time limit | 7 days | 40 |
| Extended Family | Catch all of the following fish within the time limit: – Ms. Angler – Glacierfish Jr. – Son of Crimsonfish – Radioactive Carp – Legend II | 3 days | 20 |
| Danger in the Deep | Within the time limit, travel from floor one to floor 100 of the Mines | 7 days | 50 |
| Skull Cavern Invasion | Make it to floor 100 of Skull Cavern within the time limit | 7 days | 40 |
| Qi’s Prismatic Grange | Place 100 items of each of the following colors into Qi’s Collection Box: – Red – Orange – Yellow – Green – Blue – Purple | 14 days | 35 |
Vending Machine
Qi’s Vending Machine contains a myriad of items which cannot be purchased or obtained anywhere else in Stardew Valley. While some of these can only be purchased once (such as Pierre’s Missing Stocklist and the Key to the Town), most can be purchased as many times as you like.
| Item | Price (in Qi Gems) |
| Junimo chest | 15 |
| Horse Flute | 50 |
| Pierre’s Missing Stocklist | 50 |
| Hopper | 10 |
| Enricher (4) | 20 |
| Pressure Nozzle (4) | 20 |
| Deconstructor | 20 |
| Key to the Town | 20 |
| Galaxy Soul | 40 |
| Mushroom Tree Seed | 5 |
| Magic Bait (20) | 5 |
| Qi Seasoning (10) | 10 |
| Mr. Qi’s Hat | 5 |
| Aquatic Sanctuary | 20 |
| Heavy Tapper Recipe | 20 |
| Hyper Speed-Gro Recipe | 30 |
| Deluxe Fertilizer Recipe | 20 |
| Hopper Recipe | 50 |
| Magic Bait Recipe | 20 |
| Exotic Double Bed | 50 |
| Blue Grass Starter Recipe | 40 |
| Fireworks (Various colors) | 1 |
| Qi Gem (2) | 1 Golden Walnut |
| Golden Egg* | 100 |
*The Golden Egg can only be obtained once the player has reached Perfection.
