Stardew Valley Update 1.6 Out Now, Includes 8-Player Multiplayer, New Festival, and More

Stardew Valley creator Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone recently gave fans a brief update on the console and mobile versions of the 1.6 update. Stardew Valley was released a whopping eight years ago, but the game is still receiving significant new updates. Just recently, Stardew Valley released Update 1.6, one of the game's biggest post-launch updates ever, but it's so far only available to PC gamers.

has a large variety of crops to grow for the authentic farm simulation experience, but the 1.6 update puts the spotlight on one choice in particular that can yield higher profits than ever before. With fruits, vegetables, flowers and more, there's plenty to grow all year round, and deciding how to optimize a high-performing farm can be difficult. As the game has grown in complexity over the years, the sense of overwhelming options has only increased, making knowing a few tips and tricks more essential than ever.

With the release of Update 1.6, Stardew Valley has once again seen an increase in the number of fan-made player guides, including an incredibly helpful fishing chart. Stardew Valley has broken player count records with the content additions and gameplay changes of Update 1.6, and many fans are taking the opportunity to help new and returning players with useful community tools.

In, Mannequins allow players to display their favorite items of clothing and provide a fun space for showing off outfits. Unlike many other items, Mannequins can’t actually be crafted and instead have to be bought using hard-earned Gold. However, players should also watch out for a more sinister version of the Mannequin that causes all kinds of strange occurrences during the night.

For as sweet as Stardew Valley's Penny may seem, she has heartlessly stopped a player's rise to financial success by squandering $200,000 worth of Starfruit Wine. In a rather comical anticlimax, the Stardew Valley player has learned the hard way to not put all their eggs in one basket or, precisely, to not put all their Starfruit Wine in one room.

Players have been enjoying all the new content of Stardew Valley Update 1.6, including one fan who has been experimenting with the new furniture placement mechanics by vandalizing Pierre's General Store with JojaMart merchandise. A number of key gameplay changes and quality of life improvements in Stardew Valley Update 1.6 have drawn in a record numbers of players, with many sharing highlights of their new discoveries.

may be a generally uplifting game about finding purpose and peace through hard work and nature, but one player has discovered an incredibly sad moment that no one expected. As players journey through Pelican Town and make friends with all the locals, they'll slowly come to understand the community's dynamics and the relationships that connect everyone. While most of these are very wholesome, sometimes the game can be unexpectedly dark by dropping a shockingly heavy narrative moment without any kind of warning.

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has released patch 1.6.3 for PC that implements a variety of improvements and bug fixes for the popular indie game. Some of the issues fixed in this update were introduced with Stardew Valley's major patch earlier in March.

The 1.6 Update for may still be fresh on the community's minds but that hasn't stopped developer ConcernedApe from pushing out yet another patch to fix some known issues and add in some small extra features. Despite being nearly a decade old, the beloved farming RPG is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made in no small part due to the impressive amount of post-launch content it's received over the years. The latest hotfix isn't intended as a full expansion but rather shepherds in some much-needed tweaks and balances.

Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update has reportedly added a new way to complete the Mayor Lewis quest and unlock the Lucky Purple Shorts item. In a recent update, developer Eric Barone has teased Stardew Valley players by introducing a certain twist to this quest that references an old in-game bug.

A Stardew Valley player has reportedly uncovered a ton of cut content from the game's massive 1.6 update. Following the release of one of Stardew Valley's most important and feature-rich updates, a player has investigated the contents of the game, discovering a lot of content was reportedly left out of the update.

Developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has revealed that he will be getting back to work on developing his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, once he can be sure that work on the recently-released major update for Stardew Valley has been completed.