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Stardew Valley hits over 41 million sales with millions sold during 2024

Developer Eric Barone "ConcernedApe", has updated the Stardew Valley website with some new figures showing the pixel-art farming life-sim has only continued to grow.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/stardew-valley-hits-over-41-million-sales-with-millions-sold-during-2024

I want Eric Barone to make his new game, but I get why he's still fixing Stardew bugs




Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone acknowledged earlier this year that his long-awaited next game, Haunted Chocolatier, started "getting dusty on the shelf" while he worked on Stardew Valley's 1.6 patch. As much as I'm looking forward to his ghosts and ganache life sim, I don't think there are many among us who'd fault Barone for continuing to tinker with the beloved farm sim that made him famous...
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Stardew Valley patch fixes swears but you still can't get divorced




Stardew Valley patch 1.6.15 has rolled out on PC, Android, and iOS, fixing a variety of little bugs but most importantly the one I know that both you and I were annoyed by: "Fixed bad-word filtering added to some extra text boxes in 1.6," says the note, "Those are now only filtered on platforms that require it, as originally intended." Which means that you can have all the swears you want in your own personal Stardew Valley on your own personal computer, as God intended...
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Stardew Valley 1.6.15 Patch now available

Hello everyone,

The 1.6.15 patch is now available. This fixes a few lingering issues in Stardew Valley, balances some things, and adds some quality of life improvements. To new and seasoned players alike, I hope you are enjoying Stardew Valley.

(for people with mods, please be aware there are several "beta" branches available which can help you ease into the new update. For example, there is a previous_version branch which is set to 1.6.14, as well as a few other version targets.)

1.6.15 Patch Notes:

## Balance changes
- Legendary fish ponds now produce roe much more often and have a higher average daily value.

## Quality of life changes
- Performance optimizations.
- Added the Junimo bundle button to fridge and mini-fridge UIs.
- Fixed debris able to spread under giant crops.
- Fixed bad-word filtering added to some extra text boxes in 1.6. Those are now only filtered on platforms that require it, as originally intended.

## Gameplay fixes
- Fixed Krobus' shop not accessible on Fridays for Japanese players.
- Fixed some achievements not unlocked retroactively in some cases.
- Fixed some things being less random than intended.
- Fixed new-game data corruption issue, where viewing the load screen before creating a new save in rare cases would incorrectly copy data from one of the load slots into the new save.
- Fixed some older items in the lost & found not correctly retrieveable.
- Fixed crash when collecting empty crab pots.
- Fixed crash when farm animals somehow end up in multiple locations.
- Fixed crash when failing to play/resume/pause/stop sound effects.
- Fixed crash in raccoon menu if you have a base flavored item in your inventory.
- Fixed crash if a shop somehow has a null item from a player to sell.
- Fixed rare crash in Calico Jack minigame.
- Fixed error loading pre-1.6 saves with case-sensitive stat key conflicts; conflicting stats are now merged.
- Fixed selected tool lost in some cases when obtaining a stardrop.

## Multiplayer fixes
- Fixed some mail getting re-sent to farmhands every day.
- Fixed unable to join a server whose invite code contains a bad word.
- Fixed issue where the host's mine levels could be frozen in time.
- Fixed crash in WeGame version.
- Fixed crash when a farmhand passes out while warping between locations.
- Fixed `/unlinkPlayer` and other multiplayer chat commands sometimes using the first player instead of the intended one.
- Fixed co-op menu scroll not reset when switching tab.

## Display text and localization fixes
- Improved Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian translations.
- Fixed a missing period in the shears description.
- Fixed some item tooltips on the collection tab in some languages showing a raw `{1}` token.
- Fixed gray box behind Russian railroad sign.
- Fixed Robin's start-construction message showing the general building name inconsistently.
- Fixed a few translated dialogues with broken dialogue commands.

## Cosmetic fixes
- Fixed Alex's hand in one of his portraits.
- Fixed butterflies spawned by statue of blessings glitching out in summer.

## Changes for modded players
- Fixed support for fridges with a larger capacity.
- Fixed buildings visually matching the calendar season even if their location has a different season.
- Fixed interior doors not working if you wake up in their location.
- Fixed crash on powers tab hover if a mod added an entry with no display name.
- Added logs to track game load timing.

## Changes for mod authors
See mod author notes on the wiki




Thanks for playing Stardew Valley!
-Ape ːstardropː

Stardew Valley up for "Labor of Love" Steam Award

Hello everyone,

Stardew Valley was successfully nominated for the Steam Awards, in the category "Labor of Love". Now it is in the final selection.
Please consider voting for Stardew Valley in the final Steam Award vote!

Thank you for your continued support of Stardew Valley through the years.
-Ape ːstardropː