Where to Find Jodi in Stardew Valley: Home, Schedule, and Gifts
Jodi lives at 1 Willow Lane in Pelican Town, just beside the town’s southwest passage. Her house opens from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Most days, the easiest time to catch her at home is in the morning; on her regular route she heads into town at 1:30 p.m. If you want to build friendship, her birthday is Fall 11, and her loved gifts include Chocolate Cake, Diamond, Pancakes, and four other special items.
Jodi is a non-romanceable villager with a 10-heart friendship cap. She lives with her sons Sam and Vincent; her husband Kent is away during Year 1 and returns at the start of Year 2. Below is the practical route to her home, the times she is most likely to be there, and the friendship details that are useful once you find her.
Where Jodi’s house is in Pelican Town
Look for the blue family home at 1 Willow Lane, beside Pelican Town’s southwest passage. It is close to the southern part of town, and the neighboring home at 2 Willow Lane belongs to Emily and Haley. If you are searching the map, use the southwest exit as your reference point rather than heading toward Pierre’s shop or the Community Center.
The front door is open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can talk to Jodi in the shared household rooms while the house is open. Her bedroom is a separate friendship unlock: reach two hearts with Jodi to enter her room. The same two-heart bedroom rule applies to the other members of the household individually. The Stardew Valley Wiki entry for 1 Willow Lane lists the hours, occupants, and room-access rule.
When to find Jodi: her daily schedule
Jodi’s schedule depends on the day, weather, and whether you have restored the Community Center. On her regular route, she starts at home and stays nearby for much of the day, but several weekly outings can take her elsewhere. These are the most useful patterns to remember:
| Day or condition | Where to look | Useful timing |
|---|---|---|
| Regular route (usually Monday, Thursday, and Saturday before Community Center changes) | Kitchen at home, then living room; later Town Square | Home at 9:00 a.m.; leaves at 1:30 p.m.; returns around 4:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Home in the morning, then Pierre’s General Store for the exercise group | She leaves home at 10:10 a.m. and returns in the evening. |
| Wednesday and Friday | JojaMart before the Community Center is restored; Pierre’s General Store after it is restored | She leaves around 11:00 a.m. and is usually back by 5:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | Pierre’s General Store, in the Chapel at the back | Leaves at 10:00 a.m.; heads home around 4:00 p.m. |
| Saturday after the Community Center is restored | Community Center | Leaves home at 11:00 a.m. and returns at about 5:00 p.m. |
| Rainy day | Inside 1 Willow Lane | She stays indoors through the day. |
On a regular day, Jodi is in her kitchen at 9:00 a.m., moves to the living room at 11:30 a.m., and leaves for Town Square at 1:30 p.m. She returns around 4:00 p.m., is back in the kitchen at 4:30 p.m., and spends the evening in the living room before going to bed at 10:00 p.m. If your aim is simply to speak with her or deliver a gift, visiting between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. is a dependable first try.
Schedule exceptions to keep in mind
Her special-day schedule takes priority over the routine above. Jodi has appointments at Harvey’s Clinic on Spring 11 and Spring 18. Festivals can also move her, and after you unlock the Beach Resort on Ginger Island she may randomly spend a day there. If she is not at home, check the calendar first, then the likely weekday destination in the table.
The schedule details can change with town progress, so use the Stardew Valley Wiki’s Jodi schedule if you need a precise route for a particular season or special date.
Jodi’s loved gifts and birthday
You can give Jodi up to two gifts each week, plus a birthday gift. Her birthday is Fall 11. A loved gift normally adds 80 friendship points before item-quality adjustments; birthday gifts use an 8× friendship multiplier, making the date especially valuable. The game’s friendship guide explains how gift quality and special dates affect points.
Jodi’s specific loved gifts are:
- Chocolate Cake
- Crispy Bass
- Diamond
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Fried Eel
- Pancakes
- Rhubarb Pie
- Vegetable Medley
She also loves universal-love items. If you do not have one of the eight items above, several everyday gifts are still safe: Jodi likes most eggs (except Void Eggs), most fruit (except Spice Berries), milk, and most universal likes. Her preferences are more specific than “likes cooked food” or “dislikes foraged items,” so check the item before gifting. For example, she hates Daffodils, Dandelions, and Spice Berries, and dislikes items including Quartz, Purple Mushrooms, Snow Yams, Wild Horseradish, and Winter Roots.
If you are choosing between a gem and a meal, save the Diamond for Jodi’s birthday or another villager who also loves it if resources are scarce. Chocolate Cake and Pancakes can be made after you learn their recipes, while Vegetable Medley and Eggplant Parmesan require their own recipes and ingredients. A liked gift is still worthwhile when it is convenient; a daily conversation also builds friendship, so you do not need to spend a valuable item every visit.
Jodi’s friendship milestones and rewards
Raising friendship with Jodi reveals small family details as well as recipes. The important milestones are easy to mix up, so here is what each one actually does:
| Friendship | What unlocks | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 2 hearts | Access to Jodi’s bedroom, where you can find a letter from Kent in a drawer. | Enter her room after reaching the friendship requirement and inspect the drawer. |
| 3 hearts | Jodi mails you the Fried Calamari recipe. | Check your mailbox after the friendship milestone. |
| 4 hearts | A family dinner event and invitation. | Leave your farmhouse on Monday between 6:00 and 9:30 a.m. to receive the invitation. Bring a Largemouth Bass to her house for dinner at about 7:00 p.m. If needed, you can trigger the dinner on a later eligible day after the invitation; it is unavailable on festival days except Spirit’s Eve and the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies. |
| 7 hearts | Jodi mails you the Ice Cream recipe. | Check your mailbox after reaching the milestone. |
| 10 hearts | Jodi’s friendship meter reaches its cap. | She is not a marriage candidate, so there is no romance or 14-heart spouse content. |
Kent’s return at the start of Year 2 changes the family’s everyday dialogue, but it does not create the 7- or 9-heart Jodi events described in some older guides. Jodi’s recipe-mail milestones are Fried Calamari at three hearts and Ice Cream at seven hearts; the four-heart dinner is her main scheduled family scene. The current Jodi reference page covers her schedule, gift reactions, and event conditions.
A quick route for finding Jodi
- Go to Pelican Town and head for the southwest passage.
- Enter the house beside that passage: 1 Willow Lane.
- Visit between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; morning is the best bet on an ordinary day.
- If she is away, check whether it is Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, a clinic date, a festival, or a rainy day.
- Bring a loved gift on Fall 11 if you have one, and raise friendship to unlock her room, recipes, and dinner event.
For a standard visit, you do not need to chase Jodi across town: start at her house in the morning, then check Pierre’s, JojaMart, or the Community Center only if her weekday route takes her out. That is the simplest way to find Jodi in Stardew Valley and keep her friendship progress moving.
