The cozy farming sim Stardew Valley is getting one of its biggest updates to date on PC on March 19. It includes so many fixes, improvements, and updates that developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone suggests fans should start a fresh save file just "to see everything in context." But what exactly does the highly anticipated update 1.6 entail?
To drum up excitement, Barone's posting on X a patch note line every day in the week leading up to update 1.6's release, giving players an idea of the small but impactful tweaks to expect. And in the process, he's confirmed a long-running conspiracy theory about the game's harvesting mechanic, promised a fix that should make combat easier, and teased a new "honeymoon period" for Stardew Valley newlyweds. While initially announced in April 2023, update 1.6 has since ballooned in size and is now a much larger update than what was originally planned, Barone announced in January.
