Stardew Valley players tired of their inventory quickly filling with stacks of items they don't need should check out this incredibly helpful mod. When it comes to gathering resources in ConcernedApe's farming RPG, finding enough space to carry everything back home can frustrate even the most practiced spelunker. Thanks to items automatically being scooped up whenever the Farmer enters their vicinity, players often need to micromanage their inventory to ensure they have open slots to pick up the things they want to keep.
Over on Nexus Mods, creator Darkmushu1 shared their handy "Loot Filter Item Pickup Filter" mod which adds a mechanic that allows players to specify which items they don't want to automatically pick up. Once the mod is installed, any item that's been "blocked" by the filter won't be added to one's inventory but rather placed back into the environment further away to prevent it from being picked up again. Players who want even more control over their game can even assign the mod to a hotkey so it can be toggled on or off depending on the situation.
The creation of an Item Filter solves one of the Stardew Valley community's biggest complaints about the game:...