FarmnicationThat Stardew Valley Baldur's Gate 3 crossover mod is out now, and there's even more good news: it sounds like pixel art bear sex could be coming soonForget being able to marry Astarion, I'm keen to see how the team behind Baldur's Village handles everyone's favourite druid.Image credit: Larian/The Baldur's Village team. News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on March 10, 2025 The cool mod which brings a bit of Baldur's Gate 3 to Stardew Valley has now been released, so you can find out exactly how annoying it'd be to try and grow turnips with a sassy vampire, rather than doing the obvious thing having him help you slap up a giant brain. The good news doesn't end there, either, as the Baldur's Village team has now moved on to working on letting you romance Halsin.If you're out of the loop, this fan project for Stardew was first revealed in April last year, and its lead developer XunHe1145 has been providing regular progress updates since that point.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Now, they and their team have released the initial version of the mod, 'Baldur's Village', for folks to play. When you fire it up, you'll be able to head to the titular town and meet over 20 new characters from BG3, as well as discovering plenty of other interesting stuff."A new village has recently been built north of Pelican Town, and its new residents seem... rather unusual," reads the description, "You can find the entrance to Baldur's Village at the top of the southern mountain map, right next to Linus' tent." To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Among the folks you'll be able to meet is Astarion, who's the only character boasting a full romance arc at this point, with it being made up of eight different events that I'm sure only involve like 57 different instances of him saying something sarky and you giving him a pixellated look that says 'Omg, here's my neck, pls chomp on me Twinkstarion'.When you need a break from giving a pointy-teethed lad the heart eyes, you can chat to the likes of Shadowheart, Karlach and Wyll, or chill in the tavern as Alfira shreds Van Halen solos on her lute (ok, maybe she'll just be playing normal lute stuff, but that'd be cool).That's about it for now, but the team's not done, assuming this version of the mod proves popular enough. "Our next focus will be creating Halsins romance storyline," they write, "Once completed, we will shift our attention to expanding the mods world-building, background stories, and gameplay by introducing new features and items." Will that mean full-on pixelated bear sex? We'll just have to see.Either way, Larian's Swen Vincke is pretty impressed that this project's made it over the release finish line, having tweeted "So much love went into this - amazing work!" as a congratulations to XunHe1145 and co.Have you been desperate to get it on with Astarion again, this time a game where the shagging feels less like it should be turn-based? Let us know below!