Stardew Valley is full of secrets, ranging from weird items players can find through hyperspecific courses of action, to hidden mechanics that completely change how the game is played. Sometimes, though, it's the little things that make all the difference, and this latest discovery is just that.

In a Reddit post, crybabyniya details their revelation: it's actually possible to rotate furniture in Stardew Valley, even though the game never really tells you how. The original poster used this feature in order to create a little coffee corner, consisting of a small table and chair, some potted plants, and a row of kegs.

To rotate furniture in Stardew Valley, right-click while holding it. On PlayStation, the control for rotating furniture is X, and on Switch and Xbox, it's A.

By the looks of their farm, they're quite far into the game, with several Iridium Sprinklers keeping their crops watered, but they it they'd just discovered how to rotate furniture by accident immediately before making the post. And as it turns out, they're not the only one.

Rotating Furniture In Stardew Valley Leaves Some Fans In Awe

Seemingly Obvious, But Undiscovered

The comments of the original Reddit post are full of players voicing their mutual shock at the ability to rotate furniture in Stardew Valley. One such player, Lillith-1230, puts it perfectly:

So apparently, despite being pretty easy to achieve, rotating furniture is a little-known secret. It's not the only one of its type, either. Every few days, there's a new Reddit thread about how a player with 100+ hours in the game suddenly discovered they could put torches on top of sprinklers, or add clay to fish tanks to create castles, or check the bundles from the main menu without having to hike to the Community Center every time.

These things may seem like common knowledge when the player first posts about them, and frankly, in any other game, they probably would be. But that's not an issue with Stardew - it's actually one of its greatest strengths.

Our Take: It's The Little Discoveries That Matter Most

Keeping Stardew Interesting

In any other game, mechanics like rotating furniture would be covered in long tutorials, likely preventing players from doing anything else until they've mastered the basics. This is a valid approach at times, but it's not the one that Stardew Valley takes, and for good reason. After a brief introduction, players are pretty much thrown into the action, with nothing but a few basic tools and a handful of seeds. They're left to their own devices, and while they receive the occasional tip via a letter or a hidden note, most of what they learn, they learn themselves.

And honestly, with a couple hundred hours in Stardew myself, I only just recently discovered that you could rotate furniture myself, when my partner did so by accident. (I'm not much of a decorator.) A week later, I saw a video about the secret statues you could find by decoding the gibberish lost book and taking random items to hidden chests - yes, that's a thing, too. It's these discoveries that have kept me playing for years.

These little discoveries are the greatest joy of the game: not romancing NPCs, not watching my money grow, but figuring out weird little secrets like rotating furniture. Every time I think I've seen it all in Stardew Valley, something like this pops up to prove me wrong.

Sources: crybabyniya/Reddit, Lillith-1230/Reddit