Extremely anticipated: Stardew Valley has remained widespread since its preliminary launch in 2016, however this week’s 1.6 replace has sparked extra curiosity within the sport than ever earlier than. Its large changelog describes a number of added options, lists dozens of changes, and confirms a fan concept.
Stardew Valley model 1.6 is now obtainable on PC. The large patch – the primary since December 2021 – introduces a protracted record of adjustments and has propelled the sport’s participant rely to an all-time excessive.
SteamDB notes that 147,612 folks performed Stardew Valley on Steam within the hours following the 1.6 replace, eclipsing the earlier excessive of 94,000 in 2021 and greater than doubling the 64,000 who performed it at launch.
As of writing, Stardew Valley sits firmly among the many prime 10 best-selling and most-played video games on Steam, forward of Apex Legends and Grand Theft Auto V. The numbers do not embody gamers on GOG, the Microsoft Retailer, and Sport Move, so Stardew Valley’s actual peak participant rely may exceed 150,000. The Sport Move model hasn’t acquired the patch but however will doubtless get it quickly.
Chief among the many adjustments within the 1.6 replace is a brand new main festiva, a three-day occasion within the spring known as the Desert Competition. Moreover, two small fishing festivals and a summer time environmental occasion have been launched.
One other vital addition is a brand new kind of farm – the Meadowlands Farm – which options blue grass and begins gamers with a coop and two chickens. Moreover, gamers can now personal a couple of pet, superior gamers can entry a brand new end-game ability system, and NPCs have acquired lots of of recent traces of dialogue.
The changelog additionally contains dozens of recent crops, decorations, and different gadgets to assist gamers improve their farms. One small adjustment confirms what some gamers have lengthy suspected – that harvesting from left to proper was quicker than the other way – a quirk that the replace has mounted. The entire log contains spoilers, so new gamers ought to in all probability keep away from studying it.
Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone additionally warned gamers that model 1.6 will doubtless break many mods resulting from its vital adjustments. He suggests beginning the patched sport with out mods, however a guidelines allows gamers to search by way of over 1,000 mods that help 1.6.
ConcernedApe hasn’t indicated when Stardew Valley 1.6 will come to consoles and cellular platforms.
