Where Are Mayor Lewis’ Purple Shorts Located in Stardew Valley?
To find Mayor Lewis’ purple shorts in Stardew Valley, head over to Marnie’s Ranch. Specifically, the shorts are located in Marnie’s bedroom, which is accessed through the door to the right of the counter where she runs her livestock store.
However, note that the door will be locked until you reach at least a two-heart relationship level with Marnie. To increase your relationship with her, talk to her daily and gift her things she loves, likes, or is neutral about at least twice a week.
Once you have achieved the required friendship level, you can visit her ranch freely, but the room remains locked during the day. Instead, return late at night, around midnight, when Marnie is still awake, and the door may be unlocked.
Additionally, some players have speculated about the shorts’ location. While they are primarily found in Marnie’s house, there was an early belief that they could be found on the island of the lake in Cindersap Forest. However, the confirmed location is Marnie’s bedroom, indicating a humorous storyline where Mayor Lewis and Marnie are portrayed as secret lovers.
Interestingly, there is also a rumor about the Mayor’s shorts being accessible through a stairway in Lewis’ bedroom, leading to a basement maze that culminates in finding the Lucky Purple Shorts.
How to Access Marnie’s Room for the Mayor’s Shorts
To access Marnie’s Room and retrieve the Mayor’s shorts, follow these steps:
- First, you need to become friends with Marnie by giving her gifts. The game allows a maximum of two gifts per week. Marnie particularly appreciates:
- Food items such as Cakes and Corn
- Valuable gems like Diamonds
- Other items like Eggs and Milk
- Once you have built enough friendship, specifically reaching at least 2 hearts, you can enter her bedroom, which is located to the right of the counter in her shop. Marnie’s Ranch is situated south of your farm, west of Pelican Town.
- Access to Marnie’s bedroom is available most days from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- After entering her room, you will find the Mayor’s purple shorts.
- Once you have retrieved the shorts, return them to Mayor Lewis at his house, the Mayor’s Manor, to earn a reward of 750 gold and one friendship heart.
- To collect your reward, open your journal and click on the reward at the bottom of the ‘Mayor’s Shorts’ quest.
Additionally, in Update 1.6, an alternative method to find the Mayor’s shorts is available:
- You can access the Mayor’s Basement through a staircase in his bedroom. This basement features a short maze, and at the end, you will find a pair of Lucky Shorts. This method can be used repeatedly to obtain multiple pairs.
What Happens After Finding the Mayor’s Purple Shorts?
After finding the Mayor’s Purple Shorts, several unique actions and outcomes are possible:
- The quest begins when you receive a letter from Mayor Lewis on the 3rd of Summer in your first year. The letter reads: ‘Hi [Player], One of the most distressing things has happened. I can’t find my lucky purple shorts! I’m telling you this in confidence because I don’t want to create a panic. Could you locate them for me? Mayor Lewis.’ This quest is marked as ‘Mayor’s Shorts’ in your journal.
- The Mayor’s shorts can be found in Marnie’s Ranch, specifically in Marnie’s Bedroom. To retrieve them, you need to become very friendly with his close “friend.”
- After retrieving the shorts, return them to Mayor Lewis by approaching him with the shorts in your inventory and interacting to complete the quest. You will receive a reward of 750 Gold, alongside 1 Friendship Heart with Mayor Lewis, thus increasing your friendship level with him. Completing this quest helps you build a relationship with Mayor Lewis, a central figure in Stardew Valley, leading to additional benefits such as new dialogue options and potential gifts in the mail.
- For 28 days, players can observe Mayor Lewis wearing his purple shorts as beach attire whenever he visits Ginger Island. This simple Easter egg allows players to gain quest-related friendship points and gold.
- Alternatively, you can place the shorts in the Grange Display at the Stardew Valley Fair. However, this will embarrass Mayor Lewis and result in a loss of points during the display judging.
- If you have access to the sewing machine at Emily’s house, you can tailor the shorts with a gold bar to create Trimmed Lucky Purple Shorts. These shorts can be worn by your character and elicit amusing reactions from Marnie and Lewis.
- Moreover, giving Lewis the Trimmed Lucky Purple Shorts to complete the ‘Mayor’s Shorts’ quest while he is on Ginger Island will cause him to wear them as beach attire for the next 28 days. However, this cannot be done with normal Lucky Purple Shorts.
- Lastly, placing a staircase in Lewis’ bedroom grants access to a secret maze room containing the original shorts. Attempting to pick them up will spawn a cursed version that slowly attacks the player and is immune to attacks, creating a repeatable process for obtaining multiple shorts.
