Stardew Valley News

fter years of content patches and tens of millions of copies sold, Stardew Valley finally has an official, mod-free approach to using cheat codes—akin to those in The Sims. As part of the farming sim’s beefy 1.6 update creator Eric Barone added support for Console Commands, so if you’re only modding for the easy money and item dupes, the process just got easier...
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t some point, the Stardew Valley updates have to end, right? Creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been working on it since 2011, and continually updating it since it launched in 2016. He's also working on a new game, Haunted Chocolatier. So surely the end is in sight. Except, it doesn't look like it is...
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A small update that fixes some bugs and adjusts a few things.

Balance changes:

• Fixed legendary fish in fish ponds being more profitable than intended.
  

Visual Changes:

• Signs placed on legendary fish ponds no longer show a "1" under the fish
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed NPC's not being able to walk over beach bridge
  
• Fixed controller rumble being disabled after 1.6.9
  
• Added support for more controller types
  
• Fixed all phone calls being redirected to Robin after 1.6.9.12
  

Technical changes

• Updated SDL from 2.30.4 to 2.30.9 (used for input and windowing)
  

Changes for mod authors:

• Added tool.PlayUseSounds field, which allows disabling sound effects for a particular tool.
  

A small update which adjusts a few things and fixes some bugs.

Gameplay Changes

• Digging up special dirt spots, panning, harvesting ginger, and chopping twigs now grant foraging experience
  
• Chopping trees and stumps grant a little more foraging experience
  
• Sandy now sells basic pants in her shop
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug where you could harvest unusual quantities of items from crab pots
  
• Fixed secret gift recipient hint no longer showing up on Skills Tab
  
• Fixed rare crash when making a call using the telephone
  
• Fixed sound effects sounding different when using headphones after 1.6.11
  
• Fixed crash when trying to connect to an improperly formatted IP address
  
• Fixed rare crash in LAN multiplayer when not connected to a server
  
• Fixed some minor visual issues with Cyrillic characters.
  

Changes for modded players

• Fixed rare crash when streaming .ogg Vorbis sounds
  

NOTE: If you use mods that are not yet compatible with 1.6.9+, you can roll back to 1.6.8 by switching to "Legacy_1.6.8" in the betas tab. (Right click Stardew Valley in library > Properties > Betas)

Stardew Valley's major 1.6 update is now live on all platforms and, as so often happens with these things, there are a few problems cropping up. None of them seem too major, which is good news, but there does appear to be some performance issues cropping up for some players. Luckily, there is a workaround, and it may be the purest, most Stardew-like fix of all time...
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