After years of waiting, Stardew Valley fans have a new patch with over 500 changes, including a new farm and the chance to drink mayonnaise.
Stardew Valley, the highly acclaimed farming simulator, has just got its first update since December 2021, and it promises lots of new content for its huge fanbase.
Initially released on PC in 2016, the game is now available on every format imaginable and has sold over 30 million copies, making it more successful than most triple-A games.
The new update is out now and comes with a new farm type, new events and festivals, and expanded multiplayer features for up to eight players.
What is in the Stardew Valley 1.6 patch notes?
Earlier this year Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone said that the 1.6 update wouldn’t be as big as 1.5, which included a new area, Ginger Island, but that this time around he’ll be ‘adding more to the old stuff in the game, with a lot of little things.’
The 1.6 update is now live, since March 19, and it still packs a punch, with over 500 fixes and additions to the game.
The update is so big that it’s managed to introduce some new bugs, and Barone has said a 1.6.1 update is on its way to fix those.
Here are some of the most important new additions, including three events, thanks to the 1.6 update:
- The new Meadowlands Farm area
- A three-day Desert Festival event in spring, which can be accessed after the bus is repaired.
- Two mini fishing festivals: Annual Trout Derby and SquidFest.
- A new environmental ‘event’ in summer.
- Added many new NPC dialogues.
- Spouses now have a seven day ‘honeymoon’ period after marriage which prevents them from laying in bed all day due to being upset.
- You can now drink mayonnaise.
- You can now get multiple pets.
- Pets that love you will sometimes give you gifts.
- Fixed bug where it was faster to harvest left-to-right than right-to-left.
- Extended the area of effect of downward facing melee attacks.
- Added a world map for Ginger Island, visible when visiting the island.
- Added a prize machine in Lewis’ house. You can collect prize tickets as a reward for completing quests and special orders, and from repeated egg/ice festival wins.
- Added eight new achievements and four new cabin variants.
- You can now have up to eight players in multiplayer mode on PC.
Like we said, there are over 500 fixes and additions in the update, so we won’t list them all, but you can find everything in the link here, which includes the upcoming 1.6.1 patch.
Where can you play Stardew Valley 1.6 update?
Although Stardew Valley is available on all formats, the 1.6 update will first launch on PC, with no release date yet for console and mobile.
Barone has confirmed that the update is now available in Steam and GOG, with Game Pass imminent.
He has however confirmed that console and mobile will follow ‘as soon as possible’, after the PC launch.
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