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Stardew Valley's dripfeed of 1.6 patch notes reaches artistic levels of absurdity: 'You can now drink mayonnaise'

Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will arrive tomorrow, March 19, and may represent the last set of major additions to the game from creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. Barone says to expect "a lot more… than people think" and in the runup to the patch's release has become drunk with power, posting a single patch note every day...
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Here are all the Stardew Valley 1.6 patch notes teased so far

Monday, March 18 at 2am PST Barone's most recent patch notes simply state "You can now drink mayonnaise."

To mark the impending release of Stardew Valley 1.6 I'm bringing together all of Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone's patch note teases for the update. We know we'll be getting an extra big chest for storage, three new annual festivals, new items and recipes, extra dialogue, and a whole lot more with 1.6, so here's everything else Barone has teased in the patch notes so far in one handy place.

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Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will add a 1-week honeymoon period for newly-married players that will keep their spouses 'from laying in bed all day due to being upset'

The steady drip-drip-drip of Stardew Valley 1.6 patch notes continued apace today as creator Eric Barone revealed yet another change coming to the game. This one is all about wedded bliss, which will now have a "honeymoon period" that will keep everyone happy about their nuptials—for a while, anyway...
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Along with fixing a glitch that's been bugging players for 8 years, Stardew Valley's 1.6 update will also fix a glitch that's been bugging Eric Barone for 8 years

"Ever notice that swinging the sword downward put you at a big disadvantage?" Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone asked earlier this week on Twitter. "It's always bugged me, but I had tuned it that way so that the area of effect would match the visual. For 1.6, I decided that game feel is way more important than precise visual accuracy."..
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Stardew Valley 1.6 update finally confirms much-discussed fan theory

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update has been highly anticipated to say the least, and on Tuesday March 19, players will be gifted the farming sim's newest patch. Along with it, a bug fix that fans have been talking about for, well, a really long time.

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