Stardew Valley News

In March of 2020, we learned about a pair of students in the Netherlands who made their own board game based on Stardew Valley. Now, fans of the tranquil farming sim can get their hands on a fully official version. Creator Eric Barone announced today that after more than two years of work, Stardew Valley: The Board Game is a thing that actually exists, and is available for purchase...
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Hi everyone,
The 1.5.4 patch is now available. It fixes some more lingering issues from the 1.5 update, and makes some slight adjustments to the game. Hopefully this is the last bug fix patch necessary for 1.5.

Below is a changelog:

- Adjusted the logic for checking for Perfection so that it accounts for games where the farm switched to the Joja route partway through a Community Center playthrough.
- Lucky Rings no longer lose their luck bonus overnight.
- Fixed an issue where fishing with multiple rods in your inventory after catching a treasure could cause strange animations and softlocks when casting from a different rod. This was the cause of the infamous "fishing rod in head" bug that has existed in Stardew Valley since day 1.
- Pam no longer visits the Island Resort on Sandy's birthday.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when watching an event in multiplayer as the clock hits midnight/1:00 AM.
- The sound of fiber crops being harvested can no longer be heard if you are in another area.
- The Stardew Valley Fair shop no longer sells multiples of the randomly chosen items. Tea Sapling has also been replaced by Triple Shot Espresso.
- Qi Challenge and Special Order related items are now properly removed from both Marlon's Item Recovery Service, and items requested to be recovered are now removed from the mailbox once the quest expires.
- Fixed an exploit where entering the Skull Caves would immediately unlock all 120 floors on the elevator.
- Fixed a rare instance where a charged Hoe could dislodge a non-empty chest and destroying its contents if it was placed in a specific configuration next to other chests.
- Fixed an issue where the buttons in the Calico Jack and Calico Spin minigames wouldn't respond to controller input if the UI Scale setting didn't match Zoom Level setting.
- Bombing certain floor tiles in the Quarry mine area no longer spawns items.
- You can no longer collect Golden Coconuts from Palm Trees in the Desert.
- You can no longer interact with objects while warping using the Scepter of Return.
- You can no longer place and retrieve certain wallpapers in chests to obtain a Lost Book.
- Trees no longer grow on top of placed furniture items.
- Fixed a minor graphical inconsistency with the quality indicator on procedurally-colored objects such as flowers.
- Fixed a formatting issue with Leo's first event in the Korean localization, preventing the event from completing.
- The Special Order board is no longer invisible during summer in the Korean localization.
- Various localization corrections.

-Ape ːstardropː

Hi everyone,
The 1.5.3 patch is now available. It fixes some more lingering issues from the 1.5 update, makes some slight adjustments to the game, and adds better support for high-res displays. Below is a changelog:

- Added an experimental change to allow the game to render correctly on ultra-wide displays.
- Fix for various cases where the player could get stuck/soft-locked in an animation after using a tool.
- If the player is flagged as having seen the Summit event but does not have its music marked as heard, they can re-trigger the event. The music will be marked as "heard" immediately.
- The Summit event now properly triggers if the player is married to another player character.
- Fixed rare issue where you could spawn onto the cliffs on the northwest corner of the map near the Ginger Island docks.
- Fix for post-6 heart Leo using the wrong schedule on Wednesdays.
- Slight adjustments to Leo's gift tastes.
- Crab Pots are now affected by the crab pot related professions of the farmer who refills the bait. This fixes a case in multiplayer where a player's profession (such as Mariner) would appear to not work because the Crab Pot was originally placed in the water by someone else.
- Fixed an issue where the Quality Bobber was not applying its bonus.
- You can now catch Night Market fish using Magic Bait in the southwest corner of the Beach.
- Fixed an issue where you could get soft-locked if you hooked a fish right as the Pirate cave event begins.
- Fixed some minor data entry issues on Normal Bundles that also appear in Remixed Bundles (Animal Bundle requiring a Small Brown Egg instead of a Large White Egg, and normal Cheese not being an option in the Artisan bundle)
- Made Prismatic Slimes a little more common (1/125 chance to 1/83 chance) and also made daily luck slightly modify the chances of encountering it.
- Fixed bug preventing Prismatic Slimes from not dropping Prismatic Jelly in rare cases.
- The Strange Capsule now only spawns once per game.
- Made Stone Owl rarer and touched up the sprite.
- Fixed bug where the Strange Capsule would leave a residual light glow.
- The overnight Lost & Found tool check now also checks the Island Farmhouse fridge.
- Penny's 14 heart event now places your existing bed in a chest rather than replacing it.
- Qi Beans/Fruit are now properly removed from any machines/craftables after the Qi Challenge expires.
- You can no longer catch Qi Beans when fishing during festivals.
- Fixed a crash that could occur if a Dust Spirit's stone-breaking move would cause a Qi Bean to spawn.
- Removed a long delay after talking to the Gourmand when you've got the crop he's requested growing, but not yet fully grown.
- Furniture is no longer visible/can no longer block movement during events that take place outside of the Farm.
- The daytime music from Ginger Island can now properly be played on the Saloon jukebox.
- Fix for a crash using a Warp Totem while the Mermaid Show is playing.
- You can now properly go back to sleep immediately after waking up after passing out.
- Fixed various item duplication glitches related to moving Rings around in certain menus.
- Fixed certain gemstones appearing on the Daily Quest board before they are actually accessible ingame.
- Fixed the menu backgrounds option displaying incorrectly when playing on splitscreen on a rainy day.
- The Farmer no longer blinks while charging a tool. This was causing a minor visual issue.
- Fixed incorrect button mapping shown on Local Coop Join screen.
- Various localization fixes.
- (Modding) Added an exception when specifying invalid items in randomized bundles.
- (Modding) Fixed big craftables losing mod data when removed.
- (Modding) Fixed an issue where going from one floor to another on horseback inside the Volcano could cause the player to be positioned incorrectly on the next floor.

-Ape ːstardropː

Hotfix #1 (1/16/2021 2:00AM PST):
- Fixed an issue where you could get stuck from pulling in fish after getting a nibble on fishing rod in multiplayer.
- Fixed items lost from being knocked not being considered for checks that check all items ingame.

Hi everyone,
Hope you're having fun playing Stardew Valley. The 1.5.2 patch is now available. It fixes some lingering issues from the 1.5 update. Below is a changelog:

- Qi Fruit can now be grown on the Farm during Winter.
- Tools now track the previous two enchantments that were added to them and prevents those enchantments from being randomly selected.
- Adjusted one of the Journal Scrap treasure map images to more accurately represent the in-game location.
- Junimos will now harvest crops on the farm even if you spent the night on the Island. They will also properly harvest crops even if you are not physically present on the farm.
- You can now place Mini-Fridges inside the Island Farmhouse.
- You can now collect Honey from Beehouses on the Island farm in Winter.
- Garden Pots on the Island farm no longer become watered on days it is raining in Stardew Valley.
- Forage crops no longer disappear overnight on the Island farm on Saturdays/Sundays.
- Added a failsafe preventing players from warping to the upper left corner of the southern Island map.
- Fixed an issue preventing Perfection in the Joja route.
- Fixed graphical issues with the post-Perfection event.
- Coral and other aquatic forage items are now included for the "Botanist" profession.
- Coral is now classified as a considered a "red" item.
- Added Dark Cowboy Hat to Skull Cave chest loot table.
- Hearts that are dropped during Qi's Hungry Challenge can always be collected in even if inventory is full.
- Qi Seasoning will no longer increase speed buffs. The duration of buffs granted by Qi Seasoned food/drinks has been increased by 50%.
- The "Level Up" screen's "Ok" button will never be positioned offscreen. You can also dismiss the menu by pressing the ESC key.
- The Key to the City now allows you to go into Pierre's Seed Shop, even if you completed the game through the Joja route.
- Fixed an issue where large amounts of Beets placed in a Mill would not produce the proper amount of Sugar.
- Fixed gifting related Special Order objectives not correctly checking the minimum liked value of items gifted.
- You can no longer complete the "Danger In The Deep" Qi Challenge by visiting the Skull Caves.
- Special Order related items that are stashed in Junimo Chests are now properly removed once the Special Order expires.
- Fruit tree saplings and seeds sold at Festivals now properly reduce their price according to the profit margins setting.
- Fixed an issue where most minigames would appear misaligned in split screen.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Mermaid Show in split screen.
- When two split screen players select the same farmhand, one of them will no longer get stuck on a Loading screen.
- Passing out in Qi's secret room no longer causes you to wake up on the mainland.
- Fixed Sign items no longer showing their placement indicator once a Fish Pond had been built on the farm.
- Combined Rings now properly display the stat buffs of all of their component rings instead of just the first.
- Combined Rings now properly uses their localized name.
- Fixed a Ring duplication glitch in the Dye Pot menu.
- Fixed a crash and other issues related to obtaining the Iridium Krobus item.
- Potential fix for a random crash that occurs when going to bed.
- Potential fix for a crash in the mines.
- Fishing from the pond on your farm using Magic Bait no longer crashes the game.
- Fixed a crash when Crabpots are removed by a farmhand.
- Ducks now sell for the appropriate price.
- Reduced the sell price of Cookout Kits from 3000g to 80g.
- Fixed a bug causing Cheese Cauliflower to not display in Collections tab.
- Breaking open Geodes and Artifact Troves no longer erroneously count as 2 item collects on the Collections tab.
- You can no longer sit on chairs if the game is currently pausing your character due to an animation (such as using a tool or kissing your spouse).
- Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking in the scrollbar region of a shop menu when there are less than 4 items available.
- Bomb fuse sounds are now forcibly silenced overnight, fixing an issue where placing a bomb and sleeping could cause the fuse sound to play indefinitely.
- You can no longer instantly kill Fector as a Zombie in Journey of the Prairie King.
- Adjusted the rendering of very wide furniture items so that they do not extend too far past an inventory slot.
- Fixed an issue where weeds could appear as Batteries.
- Weapon cooldown timers no longer display on weapons in the Shop menu.
- Fixed a missing event in Willy's shop from the Hungarian localization.
- Fixed an issue with Leo's 6-Heart event in the German localization. This fix is applied retroactively .
- Fixed an issue where some weapons added in 1.5 would display an incorrect weapon name in the German localization.
- Fixed crashes related to Lewis's phone call in various localizations.
- Various minor typo fixes.
- Various localization fixes.
- (Modding) Made the order and naming of tilesheets on the Beach Farm more consistent with the other farm types.

Also of note, Stardew Valley broke it's all time in-game player record on Steam recently (almost 5 years after release!), with 94,879 players in-game at the same time. Pretty cool.

-Ape ːstardropː

Hotfix at 8:00PM PST 1/8/2021: Fixes a graphical issue with spouse outdoor areas.