Automate

Put a chest next to any number of machines (like furnaces or crystalariums), and they'll take raw items from the chest and push their finished items into it. Press U (configurable) to show an automation overlay:

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• Install the latest version of SMAPI.

• Unzip the mod folder into Stardew Valley/Mods.

• Run the game using SMAPI.

Careful: the shipping bin is automated by default. Make sure to move chests away from the shipping bin (or disable shipping bin automation) if you don't want to ship their contents!

• Compatible with...

• Stardew Valley 1.5.5 or later;

• Linux, macOS, and Windows;

• single-player;

• split-screen and multiplayer. Note: Automate must be installed by the main player, and is optional for farmhands. See *In multiplayer, who gets XP and whose professions apply?* in the FAQs.

• No known mod conflicts.

Pairs well with...

• Better Junimos adds more crop automation (like replanting) and other improvements.

• Better Workbenches lets you chain chests to workbenches for manual crafting.

• Deluxe Grabber Redux makes auto-grabbers collect nearby animal products, forage, crops, and indoor pot crops too.

• Non-Destructive NPCs prevents NPCs from destroying chests and machines.

• Super Hopper for advanced machine pipelines.

Mod interactions:

• Expanded Storage works fine with Automate, but it'll change Auto-Grabbers to store items output by machines too.

• Qi Chests works fine with Automate, except that Automate will currently treat all Qi chests as part of the single Junimo chest network.

Basic automation Place a chest next to a crafting machine (in any direction including diagonal) to connect it. Machines connected to a chest will push their output into it, and pull ingredients to process out of it.

By default, Automate supports these machines:

• custom machines using the Stardew Valley 1.6+ format;

• auto-grabbers;

• bee houses;

• bone mills;

• bushes (including blackberry, salmonberry, and tea bushes);

• casks;

• charcoal kilns;

• cheese presses;

• coffee makers;

• crab pots (tip: see how to connect crab pots at the beach);

• crystalariums (once started with the gem/mineral you want);

• deconstructors;

• fish ponds (for output only);

• fruit trees;

• furnaces (don't forget they also need coal);

• garbage cans;

• geode crushers (don't forget they also need coal);

• hay hoppers;

• incubators (for eggs);

• Junimo huts;

• kegs;

• lightning rods;

• looms;

• mayonnaise machines;

• mills;

• mini-shipping bins;

• mushroom boxes;

• oil makers;

• preserves jars;

• recycling machines;

• seed makers;

• shipping bin (configurable);

• silos;

• slime egg-presses;

• slime incubators;

• soda machines;

• solar panels;

• statues of endless fortune;

• statues of perfection;

• statues of true perfection;

• tappers;

• trees;

• wood chippers;

• and worm bins.

And these containers:

• chests and stone chests;

• farmhouse/cabin fridges;

• hoppers (these act just like chests, except they're output-only);

• Junimo chests;

• mini-fridges;

• and mini-shipping bins.

Automated machines will give you the same XP, achievements, and items you'd get for using th