Cosy players rejoice! Stardew Valley‘s extremely anticipated 1.6 replace lastly arrived on PC this Tuesday, including a laundry listing of latest content material for followers of the beloved farming simulator. These embody pets in hats, huge chests, and the chance to crit a child.
Developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone had been teasing Stardew Valley‘s new replace for some time, saying in January that it has change into “slightly bigger in scope than initially deliberate.” This month he posted a number of traces from the patch notes on Twitter/X within the days main as much as the discharge, starting from the introduction of the brand new livestock-focused Meadowlands Farm, to granting farmers the power to drink mayonnaise.
‘Stardew Valley’ is getting an replace with ‘new recreation content material’
As befitting Stardew Valley‘s calming status, Barone appeared to take a relaxed strategy to the replace’s launch. Although its Mar. 19 arrival was anticipated, no particular time was given, with Barone merely stating, “as quickly as a [sic] i get up, drink a espresso, and there is not any final minute drawback, I’ll push the button.”
As such, his Twitter/X submit stating that he was making espresso on Tuesday morning obtained a deluge of excited replies.
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Stardew Valley‘s new replace is at the moment dwell on PC, with consoles and cellular to comply with “as quickly as they’re prepared.” Although they’re actively in improvement, precisely after they’ll arrive is anybody’s guess.
What’s within the new Stardew Valley replace?
The choice to chug mayo might not have been one gamers had been anticipating, however quite a few Stardew Valley farmers have eagerly embraced their newfound freedom nonetheless. Taking a wholesome swig of egg emulsion is not the one new thrill Stardew Valley‘s farmers can count on, both.
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Among the many addition of latest festivals, occasions, and a “mastery” system, a number of the extra attention-grabbing adjustments listed within the full patch notes embody:
“Added an enormous tree, with a quest line which finally provides you some new neighbors.”
“Added 4 new crops (carrots, summer season squash, broccoli, and powdermelon).”
“Added a jingling sound when operating with the cinderclown footwear on.”
“Spouses now have a seven-day ‘honeymoon’ interval after marriage which prevents them from laying in mattress all day resulting from being upset.”
“Fastened invisible spouses asking to have kids.”
Quite a few new objects have additionally been added, akin to:
“Massive Chest, which has virtually double the scale of an everyday chest.”
“Dehydrator, which turns fruit into dried fruit and mushroom into dried mushrooms.”
“Mushroom Log, which produces mushrooms and interacts with close by timber.”
“Fish Smoker, which produces smoked fish, doubling the worth of the fish.”
“19 distinctive Books Of Energy, which grant particular perks.”
“Raisins, which have a particular use.”
“Butterfly Powder, which lets you take away pets…”
Barone hasn’t supplied any additional element relating to precisely what “particular use” raisins have, nor precisely how butterfly powder will “take away pets.” However that ellipsis does not precisely look not-sinister.
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Stardew Valley has a number of much less regarding pet-related updates as properly, akin to the power to get extra as soon as you’ve got maxed out affection along with your first. Pets that love additionally, you will often offer you presents, which is able to hopefully be extra helpful than the useless mice your actual cat brings you. Now you can get turtles as pets as properly, if cats and canine aren’t sufficient to sate you.
Sadly for reptile lovers, pet turtles do seem to return with a slight drawback. Whereas Stardew Valley‘s 1.6 replace now permits gamers to put hats on cats and canine, turtles appear to be excluded from this brilliant new world of sartorial experimentation. What’s worse is that 25 new hats have additionally been added to the sport, growing the variety of hats that turtles can not put on.
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One other patch notice that has gained vital consideration issues parenting. Particularly, “Child toss now has an opportunity to crit.”
In video video games, “crit” is usually used as an abbreviation for “important hit,” and refers to when an assault does elevated injury past what’s typical. In Stardew Valley, gamers can additional their relationship with their baby by throwing the toddler into the air and catching them — a child toss. As such, it will be affordable to imagine {that a} “crit” on this context would possibly merely give an additional enhance to the budding parent-child relationship.
Nevertheless, the phrasing used has led to many jokes about Stardew Valley letting folks suplex toddlers.
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Although Replace 1.6’s patch notes are fairly prolonged, they are not complete. Barone acknowledged on Twitter/X that “there are a number of issues that are not explicitly talked about within the patch notes,” that means there are much more surprises for followers to uncover themselves. He does not appear too inclined to spoil them, although.
You may learn the total patch notes on the official Stardew Valley web site.
