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Stardew Valley’s huge update 1.6 brings new items, pets, and progression, and more players in co-opLive now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet
Live now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet
Image credit:ConcernedApe
Image credit:ConcernedApe
Eight years after launching,Stardew Valleyjust keeps getting bigger and bigger. Update 1.6 arrived yesterday, with enough changes that the patch notes are 7308 words long. It bumps the farm-o-life sim’s co-op player limit to eight, adds hundreds of new items, opens up a new progression system for “powerful perks and items”, adds new events, lets you drink mayonnaise, and so much more that. Best of all, it lets you have more pets. New pets. Pets wearing hats.
Update 1.6 is out now for Windows, Mac, and Linux editions of Stardew Valley, and is just “waiting for a new build to go through” before it goes live on Game Pass. If you don’t yet have time to settle down with a cup of cocoa to read the full 7308 words of theStardew Valley update 1.6 changelog, here, let’s pick out some points. Farmers, fighters, explorers, and lovers might point to changes like this as highlights:
Me, I know these are the best changes:
And after that,patch 1.6.1 brings a few tiny quick fixes. All this and creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone still has a whole new game in the works,Haunted Chocolatier.
ConcernedApe noted thatloads of mods are already updated for 1.6, though he hasrecommendedgiving the new update a try without mods first. Get a good sense of what the game is now, yeah? If you’d rather stick with the old version or mods that aren’t updated yet, v1.5.6 is still available archived as a public Steam branch.
