Feel more inspired to stop by and regularly donate to the Stardew Valley museum with Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler as Gunther!
5/23 Update: P.S. Thank you so much for making Sebastian part of Trending in NM!~ As my way of thanks, will work on this mod's compatibility on SVE and Gunther Mods immediately right after finalizing the Yandere Elliott & Seb and More Wedding Venue videos ^_^ Also updated with correct version # in manifest.json file to avoid confusion.
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I. Fun Theories About Gunther
A few theories about Gunther's true nature in Stardew Valley have cropped up.
Some speculated that he's like Peeves in Harry Potter and just a mere ghost apparition that guards the museum -- and ineffectively so.
That's why the previous curator effortlessly managed to Lupin III the treasures prior to the player's arrival in town.

Others easily debunk that with these 3 other theories:
1. Once the Community Center is restored and (spoiler) Joja Mart closes, Sam starts working in the museum. Gunther has to be a real living breathing physical creature capable of paying Sam real gold, or else, they're gonna run into this predicament.
2. Gunther or G.U.N.T.H.E.R. (General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Robot) is actually a robot created by Maru and has to be constantly in the museum to physically guard it -- poor guy can't even enjoy vacations and festivals. Either he doesn't have the AI sentience yet as MarILDA and can't "break free", or he's sentient enough to know the value of staying and that he'll be held responsible if any break-ins happen and more items get stolen.
3. And the most interesting theory of all: Gunther is actually Rasmodius The Wizard's brother.
Anyway, Stardew Valley is a fun inclusive game, so we're actually free to go for whatever headcanon fits our playthroughs. 🤗
This Sebastian as Gunther, on the other hand, is more than capable of watching over the Archeology Office, and of course -- being a demon -- has extensive knowledge about artifacts and minerals.
Aside from giving you the Rusty Key after having donated at least 60 items to the museum, Sebastian-slash-Gunther will also give you a random surprise gift.
II. Download Sebastian (Black Butler) as Gunther
Originally, I planned on making him ask the player for 3 wishes after. But I'll save that for the future and let's keep it a simple extra gift for now.
III. How to Install
Same with Elliott is Safe, just unzip the file in the Mods folder in Stardew Valley.
Also, make sure these 2 required mods either from NexusMods or their official sites are installed for this to work:
- SMAPI
- Content Patcher
Sebastian's portrait, sprite, and dialogues are enabled by default. Still, you can easily disable any of them through the Generic Mod Config Menu (highly recommended mod to download though not required).

IV. Compatibility and Limitations
This is for Gunther in the base game Stardew Valley only for now. This is NOT yet compatible with:
- Stardew Valley Expanded
- Gunther mods that make him a marriage candidate
If you have any of the above mods installed, Gunther's portrait and sprites won't work properly. The dialogue may still work fine though, but it's gonna be weird since I've written it to match Sebastian Michaelis' character in the Black Butler.

Also only tested on PC, and not tested on Android.
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I'm gonna be honest -- this is just an excuse for my character to feel inspired to drop by the museum regularly lol.

I also just want a handsome wedding presider in my More Wedding Venues mod.

The only thing that's making me visit the museum-slash-library, other than Elliott's public book reading, is the joy of unlocking Krobus and making him live on the farm with us.
But with Sebastian Michaelis here, I have another reason to stop by there.
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I've only recently started watching Black Butler as well. It's been on my "To Watch" list for a really long time already, similar to Fruits Basket.
It's mind-boggling how I let opportunities to watch it pass when it's sooo on-brand with my type of anime (i.e. Moriarty the Patriot, Witch Hunter Robin -- and probably just related because of the themes and fight scenes: Jujutsu Kaisen, HxH, and Psycho-Pass)
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*sips double-espresso shot ☕* |
Back to Stardew Valley.

I actually want a butler in-game too and play the way I do in Sims 4 lol.
But since I'm still a newbie modder, let's just make a demon curator... for now.
V. Marriageable Sebastian as Gunther
To follow! ^_~ (I knew this type of request would come!XD)
VI. Update Logs
v2.0 - (WIP) Compatibility for Gunther in Stardew Valley Expanded and other Gunther mods
v1.2 - *Official Public Release: Added custom dialogues
v1.1 - replaced Gunther's vanilla sprites with Sebastian's
v1.0 - replaced Gunther's portrait with Sebastian's (2 versions)
v1.2 - *Official Public Release: Added custom dialogues
v1.1 - replaced Gunther's vanilla sprites with Sebastian's
v1.0 - replaced Gunther's portrait with Sebastian's (2 versions)
I got a weird updating message in the console (really weird since I downloaded the unique available file), but I'll play it anyways hahah.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, I don't know if it's just me, but for some reason the console says that I can update the mod and marks it as if I were using the v1.0.0 when the file before downloading indicates that it's v1.2.0. I tried with both links and it's the same. I comment it here just in case, have a good day/night!
Oh, yup they're the same! In Nexus, first upload there I guess is officially v1.0. I just typed in v1.2 in the change log because the first one I made (but not released in the public) didn't have any dialogue changes -- I just followed my personal file saving haha my bad. So sorry for the confusion! And have a good day/night as well! ^_^
DeleteSebastian! owo welcome to the club! lol
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