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 stardrop

[ 2024-12-20 18:14:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Stardew Valley is up for nomination in the Steam Awards, in the category "Labor of Love". This is for games that continue to provide updates and content well after their release date. If you feel like this is appropriate for Stardew Valley, It would be an honor if you gave it a vote. I've always hoped that Stardew Valley could win this award some day. Thank you for your continued support of Stardew Valley through the years. -Ape :stardrop:

[ 2024-12-20 00:42:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Stardew Valley is up for nomination in the Steam Awards, in the category "Labor of Love". This is for games that continue to provide updates and content well after their release date. If you feel like this is appropriate for Stardew Valley, It would be an honor if you gave it a vote. I've always hoped that Stardew Valley could win this award some day. Thank you for your continued support of Stardew Valley through the years. -Ape :stardrop:

[ 2024-11-27 21:35:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, I hope you are having fun playing Stardew Valley. I just wanted to share a special opportunity, if you are interested in Stardew Valley merchandise. Fangamer has a special holiday promotion from now until December 3rd. You can get free or discounted shipping on their large selection of Stardew Valley items. Check it out! US: [url=https://fanga.me/r/stardew-valley-holidays-2024-us]https://fanga.me/r/stardew-valley-holidays-2024-us EU: https://fanga.me/r/stardew-valley-holidays-2024-eu

[ 2024-11-19 01:16:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changes for vanilla players: - Added a few extra spouse reactions when interacting with them without dialogue - You no longer lose a fish if you pass out while holding it, or pass out while fishing into a fish pond - Fixed animal products always harvesting with 0 quality - Improved efficiency of playing sound effects. - Fixed spouses being warped to 0,0 for farmhands. - Fixed some cases where spouses would point the wrong direction after interactions - Prevent rare crash when updating Robin's construction animation. - Prevent rare crash when obtaining Stardrops with stowed tools. - Fix chimney duplication when creating a new 1.6.9+ save. - Fix crash when homeless farmhands remain after deleting cabins. - Fix players inside farm buildings mis-positioned on world map - Made geode menu more stable if you resize the window during geode opening - Fixed roommates requiring 2 house upgrades instead of 1 like marriage candidates - Improvements to Russian translation Changes for modded players: - Fix crash when mods add too many streamed .ogg sound effects. Changes for mod authors: - Allow for multiple instances of the same streamed .ogg sound effect.

[ 2024-11-12 08:07:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

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.

[ 2024-11-08 07:04:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

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)

[ 2024-11-07 08:25:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minor bug fix patch: Bug fixes

• Potentially fixed farm animals disappearing in rare cases.
• Fixed NPCs not responding the first time you talk to them.
• Fixed being unable to grab furniture from walls with a controller.
• Updated OpenAL to the latest version to fix a rare crash.

Changes for modded players

• When you enter the /unlinkPlayer chat command, it'll now write technical info to the log.
• Disabled 'light source ... already exists' warnings.

[ 2024-11-06 06:46:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

This patch fixes a few bugs from today's earlier 1.6.9 patch. Bug fixess & Changes:

• Improved some French and Russian translations.
• Fixed crash when the lost items shop sells Penny's 14-heart event items.
• Fixed chickens disappearing on newly created Meadowlands farms in 1.6.9.
• Fixed rare crash when transitioning between mine locations in multiplayer.

Fixes for mod authors:

• Reverted changes to how map tilesheets are loaded in 1.6.9 to resolve mod issues.
• Fixed crash in some cases when creating furniture from an invalid item ID.

[ 2024-11-05 00:04:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Here is the latest Stardew Valley update for you. I hope you have been enjoying everything new in 1.6. Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape stardrop 1.6.9 Changelog: ### New content & features * If you lost an item that can't be found again, a new friend appears in the secret woods who can get it back (for a price). * You can now put legendary fish in fish ponds. These are limited to one per pond and produce legendary fish roe. Each fish has a unique water color. * You can now place beds and sleep inside any constructed buildings that allow furniture. * Items dropped in water now float for a short time, so you can collect them if you're quick or have a magnet ring. * Sam and Shane now have work portraits while working at JojaMart. * Slightly tweaked some dialogues. * Added new Easter eggs. * Added hidden cheat commands ### Balance changes * Blue grass no longer grows slower than normal grass. * Fruit tree growth is no longer blocked by grass and seed spots. * Pine trees now drop one extra wood when chopped down. * The initiation quest now counts wild slimes killed on the farm. * Thorns ring damage now stacks if you equip two of them, and monsters killed by a thorns ring now drop loot like regular kills. * With the Gatherer skill, the chance to double harvested forage now applies when using an iridium scythe too. * Son of Crimsonfish can now be caught during the night market. * Robin no longer constructs buildings during green rain in year 1. * Placing a bomb and then switching to a weapon no longer applies its enchantments to the bomb damage. * Added some items to shops: * Adventurer's Guild: Rusty Sword, Femur, Elf Blade, Steel Smallsword, Crystal Dagger, Obsidian Edge, and Work Boots. These unlock after you reach a certain mine level, regardless of whether you found them in a mine chest. * Marnie's shop: Cow Decal. * Hat mouse: Sports Cap. * Willy's shop: Advanced Iridium Rod. * Passing trains are now more likely to happen multiple times in the same session, but can no longer appear on consecutive days. * Willy's shop now opens on spring 2 in the first year even if you didn't read his letter. * Fixed Queen of Sauce reruns being affected by the recipes needed by unclaimed farmhands in empty cabins. * Fixed being able to receive monster damage while jumping down a mine shaft before the screen fades to black. * Fixed spa not fully recovering energy when a max-energy buff is active. * Fixed sleeping late while exhausted not reducing stamina as intended. * Fixed the catalogue and Furniture Catalogue selling items from themed catalogues like Retro Catalogue. * Fixed exploit where a fish pond with a golden cracker could produce unlimited output. Fish pond output bonuses are now applied once when the output is created. * Fixed exploit where you could cancel cow milking and still get the friendship boost. * Fixed unintended extra chance of spontaneous green rain trees when loading a save in fall. * Fixed skill buffs affecting shop item requirements in 1.6. * Fixed sturdy ring no longer halving debuff times in 1.6. * Fixed lower chance of catching lava eels in caldera after 1.6. * Fixed forage crops harvested from garden pots always being low-quality and providing no XP. * Fixed iridium scythe with forage crops not giving XP or applying the forage level quality boost. * Fixed some weapons never dropping from crates when legacy randomization is enabled. ### Quality of life changes * The game now recovers most saves automatically if they're broken, corrupted, or missing the `SaveGameInfo` file. * The game now resends most achievements, recipes, and important mail if you somehow missed them. For PlayStation/Xbox players, [missed trophies are readded when perform a specific action instead](https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Achievements#Retroactive_achievements). * Fish ponds now show the number of roe or other output items to collect. * The wedding event now replays if you exit & reload the day. * The tailoring UI is now a bit more intuitive: slots that can't accept the held item are now disabled, and you can no longer pick up some items that can't be tailored. * Colored items like flowers now also sort by color. That avoids items being reordered randomly each time you sort your inventory. * You can now only sell books to the bookseller via the book purchase menu, not the trade-in menu. This reduces the chance of accidentally selling a book when trying to trade it in. * The collections tab now shows artifacts, gems, and minerals once they're donated to the museum (not as soon as you find it). * Clint now refills your watering can when upgrading it. * Tweaked save process to reduce the chance of corruption. * Anvils no longer accept parrot eggs if you can't re-roll their level yet. * Improved chatbox commands: * Chat commands are now case-insensitive. * Changed `/help` format to make room for more commands. * Added `/help` descriptions for `/emote`, `/mapScreenshot`, and `/unbanAll`. * Added consistent messages when you can't use a multiplayer-only or host-only command. * Performance optimizations. ### Technical changes * Migrated from FAudio to OpenAL, which should improve performance when playing audio. * Updated SDL from 2.0.x to 2.30.4 (used for input and windowing). * Fixed compatibility with newer Windows systems when using some older GPUs. ### Gameplay fixes * You can no longer swap a chest's type if the new type is too small to store its current items. * Fixed NPC issues: * NPCs no longer avoid passable terrain features like flooring and grass when pathfinding. * Fixed kicking Krobus out of the house triggering divorce dialogues. * Fixed Leo following his island schedule after moving to the mainland. * Fixed a Lewis schedule where he would overlap Marnie. * Fixed a Penny resort dialogue when married that was never shown. * Fixed Pierre sometimes showing a closed-on-Wednesday dialogue after his shop hours are extended. * Fixed mom or dad sending duplicate mail if you change gender later. * Fixed some dialogue based on location + heart level only being shown if you have 10 or more hearts with the NPC. * Fixed special NPC gift reaction dialogue sometimes not matching their gift taste (e.g. Willy giving a positive dialogue for triple shot espresso). * Fixed unable to talk to Robin after accepting a house upgrade. * Fixed incorrectly split dialogue in Linus' first heart event. * Fixed NPCs unable to pathfind through tiles that had a tent at the start of the day. * Fixed NPCs not loading their green rain dialogue if you started the day on the island. * Fixed NPCs saying "..." in 1.6 if they bought an item you sold to a shop but they don't have a relevant dialogue for it. * Fixed your spouse sometimes saying "..." instead of the intended neutral dialogue. * Fixed your fiance/spouse reacting to a mermaid's pendant as if you're engaged/married to someone else. * Fixed UI issues: * Fixed world map not always showing players at the right spot when they're inside a constructed building. * Fixed links in credits no longer opening a browser page. * Fixed able to interact with HUD elements like the toolbar when they're hidden (e.g. when the game is paused). * Fixed issues when resizing the game window: * advanced game options layout being messed up; * collections page losing its selected tab and page; * social page losing its scroll position. * Fixed themed catalogues not having category tabs. * Fixed forge UI destroying any item held by the cursor after unforging. * Fixed museum menu clicks on the OK button sometimes grabbing the artifact behind it instead. * Fixed tailoring menu letting you trash some non-trashable items. * Fixed organize button in inventory UIs letting you put any item in special chests like enrichers. * Fixed issue where phoning Robin to get building prices and then resizing the window would enable the build/demolish/etc options as if you'd visited the shop directly. * Fixed specific items and machines: * Fixed chest color getting reset when you swap chest type. * Fixed crab pots not producing double catches correctly with wild bait. * Fixed crab pots duplicating bait when loaded by a hopper. * Fixed crab pots not applying deluxe bait and wild bait bonuses in some cases. * Fixed fences destroyed on click when surrounded by impassable objects on three sides (above + left + right) instead of four as intended. * Fixed geode crushers incrementing the 'geodes crushed' stat when hovering, which allowed unintended RNG manipulation. * Fixed magic quiver trinket sometimes doing nothing if both a valid and invalid target are in range. * Fixed mannequins losing their clothes if they're moved into storage to make space (e.g. for an event). They now re-equip their previous clothes when they're put back down. * Fixed tents not blocking item placement. * Fixed watering cans with bottomless enchantment sometimes shown with a half-empty meter. Bottomless watering cans are now always full. * Fixed building upgrades not placing interior items (like the coop incubator) if... * furniture is in the way. The furniture is now moved just like other objects. * an item blocking placement can't be moved. It's now moved into the lost & found in that case. * Fixed cases where the Pirate's Wife quest chain could lock you out: * If you have the quest but lost the required item, you now get a new War Memento overnight. * If the quest was cancelled, you can now talk to Birdie to restart it. * NPCs can no longer mistakenly accept the quest items as gifts or refuse to accept their quest item. * Fixed location/map issues: * Fixed screen viewport at wrong position right after warping on horseback in some cases. * Fixed wilderness farm not pre-building the first cabin in separate-cabins mode. * Fixed grass in Marnie's cow field never regrowing. * Fixed Willy's bait barrel missing during night market. * Fixed some missing map tiles which let you walk off-screen. * Fixed able to leave Stardew Valley Fair's festival area in odd years. * Fixed weed/stone debris spawning on top of placed paths in some cases. * Fixed able to dig up buried treasure from non-diggable tiles in some cases. * Fixed forest fish no longer catchable on the four corners farm. * Fixed bug where using the standard farm's wallpaper/flooring in farmhouses of another farm type would reset them to that farm's themed defaults. * Fixed pre-1.6 saves sometimes losing the Dwarvish Translation Guide. The fix is retroactive for affected players. * Fixed pre-1.6 farmhand stats not migrated correctly. The fix is retroactive for affected farmhands. * Fixed pre-1.6 tubs o' flowers never blooming again if their first day in 1.6 was in fall or winter. * Fixed raccoon bundle accepting anything for preserve items. * Fixed level requirement for farmer titles lowered by one in 1.6. * Fixed fish ponds accepting multiple golden crackers before the first one lands in the water. They now register the first golden cracker immediately (but still delay the visual change until it lands). * Fixed two Desert Festival makeover outfits that applied male shirts to female players. * Fixed strange behavior of shop items with both a stock limit and stack size (e.g. items in several desert festival shops). * Fixed edge cases where viewing a previous year's secret santa letter in the collections tab would show the current year's secret santa in the game menu during the Feast of the Winter Star week. * Fixed the throw-item-into-shipping-bin animation drawing the base uncolored sprite for colored items like roe. * Fixed error loading mobile saves on other platforms. * Fixed crash when loading a save file in some rare cases. * Fixed crash when using a tent on Ginger Island during a night event. * Fixed some cat gifts applying fishing bonuses from the main player's equipped fishing rod. * Fixed movie theater scene failing in some cases when players have previously unequipped trinkets. * Fixed Junimo harvesters losing the item color when dropping a crop on the ground due to their hut being full. * Fixed rare edge case where a Junimo hut output chest has too many item slots. ### Multiplayer fixes * Added an `/unlinkPlayer [name]` chat command, which lets the host player release a farmhand so it can be reclaimed by the next person who connects. * Fixed being able to steal another player's roommate. * Fixed farmhands able to claim multiple Desert Festival fishing quests per day. * Fixed crash when reconnecting later in the day after leaving a festival. * Fixed host crash if a farmhand disconnects while they're between locations. * Fixed NPC duplication in multiplayer fish derbies. * Fixed crab pots & farm animals owned by an offline farmhand checking the main player's professions instead. * Fixed crab pots with no owner checking professions from the main player instead of the player adding bait. * Fixed farmhands sometimes not seing the message when they can't enter an NPC's bedroom. * Fixed Marlon's desert festival quests not displaying the Calico Egg reward to farmhands. * Fixed some multiplayer logic not handling an offline/invalid player correctly. * Fixed some potential 'null reference exception' crashes in multiplayer code. * Fixed crab pots with no owner checking the Mariner profession instead of Luremaster for the bait requirement in some cases. * Fixed Willy not sending fishing rod mail to farmhands who join after spring 2. * Fixed 'waiting for players' check including disconnecting players. * Fixed trains not playing chugga chugga sounds for farmhands. ### Display text and localization fixes * In the credits, replaced the Reddit/Twitter links with a "News & Community" link. * Fixed a huge number of translation issues for non-English players, and added automated tests to keep translations more in sync going forward. For example, this fixes... * dialogue/event changes in 1.6 which weren't applied in some languages; * missing dialogues and event actions; * missing, outdated, or incorrect translations; * missing event preconditions (e.g. Leah's 10-heart event could play on a rainy day in some languages); * events playing the wrong music, not being skippable, or placing players or NPCs at the wrong spot; * translations having different dialogue portraits/breaks/etc; * conversation topics not started when something happens; * text being shown with one word per dialogue box; * improved grammar (e.g. gender conjugation); * various errors and typos; * and many other issues. * Many improvements and fixes to translations and sprites, including some re-translated item names. * Renamed "cranberries jelly/juice/wine" to "cranberry jelly/juice/wine". * Fixed some bad words being produced by the random name generator. * Fixed NPC text signs and some chat/UI messages in multiplayer not always shown in your language. * Fixed flavored items in some chat/UI messages not shown correctly (like "Player put 'Smoked' into the potluck soup"). * Fixed various typos in English text. * Fixed special order objectives not re-translated when the language changes. (This fix only applies to new special orders going forward.) * Fixed Robin showing the wrong number of hardwood required for a house upgrade in some languages. * Fixed some languages showing Willy's back room invite mail as "???" in the collections tab. * Fixed some languages having inconsistent hat hair behavior. * Fixed some languages producing items with a different internal name. * Fixed French players not seeing prismatic effect for Magic Cowboy Hat and Magic Turban. * Fixed French and Japanese showing a 'needs 5 coal' message for the dehydrator. * Fixed Russian club coin and slots offset issues. * Fixed Russian Joja movie theater tilesheet not showing up. * Fixed Russian tool tooltips having overlapped names. * Fixed Spanish jukebox showing blank name for 'Ginger Island' song. * Fixed buy-ticket messages showing an unformatted price (like 1000g instead of 1,000g). ### Cosmetic fixes * Added lights to Marcello's book stand. * Sam now changes uniform when he enters JojaMart, instead of only when he reaches his work tile. * Fixed many bugs related to light sources (e.g. lights stuck on screen, shown in the wrong location, removed before they should be, etc). * Fixed issues with the golden walnut & Qi gem drop-down display: * Added support for showing both at once (e.g. another player finds a golden walnut while you're in the Qi gem shop). * Fixed display sometimes stuck on screen permanently. * Fixed display showing the wrong type in some cases. * Fixed display sometimes appearing in multiplayer when the value didn't change. * Fixed line wrapping for movie concession description tooltips. * Fixed visual glitch during the even-year Spirit's Eve if you have the Joja movie theater. * Fixed issue with padding on the edge of maximized game windows on Windows. * Fixed a shirt that looked weird. * Fixed tooltip display issues, like an empty space for edible items that don't recover any stamina/health (like sweet pea and crocus) or an unintended double space in tooltip buff names. * Fixed missing shadows behind some colored items (like wine) in menus. * Fixed texture wrapping issue with Joja door. * Fixed glitched hidden emote animations in NPC profile menu in some cases. NPCs now use always their default sprite in the profile view. * Fixed red slime item sprite drawn one pixel lower than other colors. * Fixed missing pixels in anvil sprite's outline. * Fixed stray pixel in dried mushroom color mask. * Fixed Krobus showing a gift icon for the void ghost pendant when he can't accept it. * Fixed the item-received message cutting off part of the item name if it contains a `#` character (like 'Tropical Fish #173'). * Fixed the item-received message sometimes showing no count or a wrong count. * Fixed some farm animals having double shadows. * Fixed stardrop tooltips showing incorrect health/energy recovery amounts. * Fixed timing of Easter egg in summit event. ### Gamepad fixes * Fixed various issues/crashes with gamepad support. * When buying animals or buildings with a gamepad, you can now use the D-pad to move the cursor. * In the community center bundle UI, using gamepad triggers to move to donation slots and back now returns you to the same spot. * Added a small delay before you can cancel a waiting-for-players dialogue using a gamepad, to prevent accidentally closing it immediately after pressing the OK button. * Fixed gamepad issues on the new game screen. * Fixed dresser tabs not selectable with a gamepad. ### Changes for modded players * Added a `Content/ContentHashes.json` file containing the MD5 hash for every vanilla content asset. This can be used by SMAPI and other tools to detect corrupted or modified game files. *Improved debug console commands. * When you leave a horse/mount in a temporary location, it now returns home when that location is removed. * Fixed 'Jewels Of The Sea' book producing roe for custom fishing catches that normally don't have roe. * Fixed forage crops outside the farm being removed each week. * Fixed meteorite, strange capsule, and stone owl only appearing in the top-left 64x64 tile area on large custom farm maps. * Fixed pagination in powers tab when mods add more powers. * Fixed edge cases throughout the game code related to items whose stacks can't be reduced to zero (e.g. tools). * Fixed various errors when custom items have no name. * Fixed error when mods apply audio changes if there's no audio device available. * Fixed error if there are no movies available due to a mod bug. The game will now log a warning and choose from the full list of movies instead. * Fixed crash if a farm animal is in a broken building or location. * Fixed crash if a smoked fish's original fish data no longer exists. You now get a delicious smoked Error Item instead. * Fixed crash when custom sounds loaded from a mod's `.ogg` files are paused/resumed many times. * Fixed map tilesheet crash in some cases when playing split-screen mode with mods. * Fixed issues when the game's `whichFarm` and `whichModFarm` fields are out of sync. * Fixed 'light source already exists' and 'changing net field parent' warnings in some cases. * Fixed mod data getting reset on chest type swap. * Fixed berry bushes showing wrong sprite in locations where seeds can be planted in any season. * Fixed stardrop gift reaction dialogue for custom NPCs defaulting to some raw data instead of their loved dialogue. * Fixed able to enter the Adventurer's Guild back room without meeting the requirement if the door is open after a custom event. * Fixed triggered actions being logged twice. ### Changes for mod authors * See the 1.6.9 mod author migration guide for new APIs, dialogue keys, game state queries, debug commands, map properties, C# constants/fields/methods, data fields, and many other technical changes.

[ 2024-11-04 17:57:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.6.7 change notes: -Fixes a bug preventing players from giving Pierre the Missing Stock List -Fixed some machines and desert festival logic not working for Linux/MacOS players using the compatibility branch. EDIT: 1.6.8 out now which fixes a crash introduced in 1.6.7 (it would crash when NPC's reach the island resort changing room)

[ 2024-04-28 01:10:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, here's the latest update. There's nothing too big in terms of gameplay additions or changes, but there are some important bug fixes, and translation adjustments. Stardew Valley 1.6.6 Patch Notes Balance and Gameplay changes: -Bee houses now work with flowers in garden pots. -Minecart depot alternative layout now only appears in the upper or lava mine areas. -You can now turn the gold clock on or off -Added coal -> mahogany seed trade at raccoons -50% mastery XP now only applies to farming, as originally intended. Translation changes: -Reverted Chinese text to 1.6.3 -Reverted Chinese default font to the original -Added an option to use the smooth font introduced in 1.6.4 -Added a dialogue font size slider for Chinese -Added complete Russian translated movie & desert festival sprites -Added option for Russian to use the old font Bug fixes: -Fixed a case where Mr. raccoon could disappear during the raccoon cutscene in multiplayer -Fixed being able to trash Pierres Missing Stocklist, or give it away at the Feast of the Winter Star. -Fixed being able to give a wilted bouquet to your spouse. -Fixed issue causing only 1 omni geode to be produced from the skull cavern chest. -Fixed crash when a save contains some invalid animal home data. -Fixed a crash when talking to Penny in French. -Fixed a malformed Willy farm event in German. -Fixed an incorrectly blocking map tile in the Forest Farm map. -Fixed some machines and some desert festival logic not working for Linux/macOS players using the compatibility branch. -Fixed a case where an area was inaccessible in the volcano dungeon -Fixed sewer event in German -Fixed cases where youd see Mayor Lewis giftbox note again when collecting 15 parsnips from a different chest. -Fixed emily makeover event from being hard to skip -Fixed Calico Egg Rating prize edge cases for farmhands -Fixed prismatic hat effects not working in French. -Fixed being able to advance the ready check menu by pressing Y, which lead to many issues. -Fixed island outfits not being loaded for farmhands -Minor optimizations. Fixes for modded players: -Fixed error showing non-flavored roe items. -Fixed error if a mod sets an NPCs friends and family data to null. -Fixed error loading a save containing enchanted weapons whose ID changed or data was removed. -Fixed soft lock when watching weather TV channel if tomorrows weather is custom. -Fixed temporary maps that arent part of a location not using seasonal tilesheets. -Fixed summit cutscene showing custom fish with wrong sprites. Changes for mod authors: -In Data/Objects, added two new fields: CanBeGivenAsGift and CanBeTrashed. Setting CanBeGivenAsGift: false adds the not_giftable context tag automatically. Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-04-26 19:39:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Chinese players: We've received a lot of feedback about the changes made in Stardew Valley version 1.6.4. Therefore, we decided to revert the translation changes and fonts to version 1.6.3. (The smooth font will still be an option). This change will be made in the coming days. In the future, we will take a more cautious approach to translation modifications and pay more attention to community feedback. I apologize for any confusion or stress this has caused. Thank you for playing and supporting Stardew Valley. -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-04-23 01:54:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

After quickly fixing a few issues with 1.6.4, we are now on 1.6.5. This one fixes a rare crash that could happen in the mines. It should also help with some people who use mods that were having trouble loading their saves after 1.6.4. Bug fixes: - Fixed crash when loading dark mine levels in some cases. - Broken villager NPCs (usually due to a removed mod) are now deleted on load. They'll respawn when they're re-added to the data. Thank you -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-04-19 17:29:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.6.4 hotfix #1 fixes a few bugs in 1.6.4: -Fixes issue when dropping a big chest into a small chest -Quarry mine level can no longer be an alternate layout -Prevents the player from running through barriers in certain transit cutscenes -Mine levels 45 and 85 are now also refreshed at the beginning of the year

[ 2024-04-19 08:39:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

hey bobo, hope you've been enjoying the update so far Here is the latest patch, which includes some new content, as well as a bunch of balance changes, quality of life features, translation improvements, and bug fixes.

Stardew Valley 1.6.4

New content & features Added 20 new alternate mine layouts, which can start appearing after reaching the bottom of the mines. Added 20 new volcano mines layouts, which can appear after youve unlocked the shortcut between the caldera and the volcano entrance. Added fish frenzies. Added a special cutscene after youve helped your new neighbors grow their family to the max. Added 4 new fairy styles. You can now place 8 additional non-fish items into fish tanks. Raccoon shop now includes a trade for mystery boxes and golden mystery boxes. Vinegar can now be poured onto trees to stop them from ever growing moss. Shaving enchantment now causes tree-specific drops: (fern fiddlehead fern, mushroom red mushroom, mahogany hardwood) Translation changes Many edits and improvements to the Chinese version () Edits to the Russian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Turkish, and Korean translations. Changed the Chinese fonts to make them more appealing and readable. Changed Hungarian number spacing character from a comma to a period. Some improvements to Russian font. Balance changes When you load a save, youll now unlock missed Steam achievements if needed (e.g. achievements gained while playing offline). Added mini-shipping bin as an expensive Qi gem shop purchase. Added more variety, and improvements, to Skull Cave treasure chests. Life elixirs now only restores health, and energy tonics now only restore energy. Wild seed spots are now rarer, but yield more seeds. Doubled the Iridium Golems chance to drop iridium. The monsters in the volcano entry level are now randomized each day. Using a treasure totem indoors no longer works. This prevents them from being wasted. Going down a level in the mines now makes you invulnerable for 1 second. Increased raccoon mystery box reward from 4 to 5. Farming experience now contributes to mastery experience at a 50% rate. Ice orb will no longer freeze a spider while it is in the air jumping. Removed red snapper from winter fishing quest pool, and sardines from the summer quest pool. You will no longer get calico rating points from going down the normal mines. Golden mystery boxes now have a small chance to yield an auto petter. Slightly reduced chance to find mystery boxes. Mine barrels and coal carts will now refresh at the start of each year. The order of mystery box rewards is now randomized per-player instead of per-save. Visual improvements Qi club coins now show up in the shop menu. Various map edits and fixes. Removed Marus glasses from all beach portraits for consistency. Improvements to signage in some non-english languages (i.e. Chinese, French, and Russian) Quality of life changes Added a 1.2-second delay after dropping an item, before its picked back up by the same player. Napalm rings are now non-destructive on the farm and inside the slime hutch (i.e. the explosion will only damage monsters). Added ctrl + right-click as an alternate toolbar drop hotkey. Receiving a special notification (e.g. first geode message) will no longer cancel out player actions such as eating or warping. Flopping fish no longer fall back into fish ponds. Crab pots now have a short time period after harvesting from them during which they cant be removed (750ms). The Junimo bundle menu now only highlights items that can actually be placed in the selected bundle. Other changes Minor optimizations. Added two inappropriate names to the list to exclude from the name generator. You can no longer give gifts to NPCs during green rain year 1 (prevents incongruous attitudes). This also prevents a portrait issue with Demetrius. Gameplay fixes Fixed disappearing pets bug. Fishing splash zones and ore pan points are now removed overnight. The prize ticket machine now consumes your ticket when you get the reward, rather than when you first press the button. For the purposes of perfection, the level 100 mines stardrop now has a more robust way to check if its been acquired. Fixed Monster Compendium not actually doubling all loot. Fixed geodes no longer dropping on the farm in normal circumstances. Fixed rare crash when spawning items overnight. Fixed player colliding with stuff during event cutscenes. Fixed pre-1.6 forged weapons having reduced stats. Fixed not being able to put a torch on the sprinkler you get as a CC reward. Fixed various bugs/crashes related to building a cabin. Fixed wild seeds in garden pots putting their final crop in the top-left corner of the map instead of the pot. Fixed lost and found chests (from night market and elsewhere) not working anymore in 1.6. Fixed a duplication bug with the lost and found chests. Fixed slime hutch floors reverting to the default after reloading a game. Fixed malformed casino shop red fireworks ID. Fixed pet adoption catch-all case only working with the animal catalogue, and only applying in year 2 specifically, rather than for any year 2 or beyond. Fixed use legacy randomization option applied inconsistently when loading a save, which caused weird issues like broken green rain days. Fixed the case where you could permanently miss the ancient seed recipe if you grabbed the ancient seed packet but not the associated recipe, and then closed the museum rewards menu. Missing recipes will also be restored upon loading a file. Fixed issue with duplicated animals & building interiors from pre ~1.3 saves. Fixed end tables not being rotateable. Fixed an issue where empty barns/coops could not be removed by Robin on old saves. Fixed slime egg incubators letting you reclaim the egg before it hatches. Fixed farmhouse placement bounds to match the object placement restrictions around it. Multiplayer fixes Synced some NPC Gift data in other languages. Fixed fireworks (and possibly other sprites) drawing behind stuff in multiplayer. Fixed Build a Silo quest not being completed for farmhands. Fixed Raccoon quest not being removed for all players. Fixed double trinket issue when a farmhand disconnects/reconnects. Fixed double and/or missing derby participants sprite issue in multiplayer. Display text and localization fixes Many edits and fixes in translation text. Fixed a text parsing error for Asian languages which caused them to incorrectly wrap in some cases. Fixed spacing issues in Asian languages. Fixed several localization issues Fixed Russian line break issue. Fixed events not consistently handling gender-dependent text. Cosmetic fixes Adjusted the draw order of basic objects so that debris will not be drawn underneath them as often. Placeable grass now offsets vertically a little if it would clip through a front-layer tile. Fixed seasonal world map not working for non-English players. Fixed flying monsters not being draw above things on the farm & volcano. Fixed reward icon in completed quest menu being visually offset. Fixed georges TV clipping with farmer during green rain. Fixed movies not showing layered sprites (e.g. the eyeball in Mysterium). Fixed Qi club coins drawn below the lightmap. Fixed Qi coin overlay drawn during minigames. Fixed crane game audio not stopping when the game is forcefully closed. Fixed some tooltip padding issues. Fixed movie theater display issues on the world map. Fixed repeated dialogue selection sound if a control was plugged in but you are using a mouse. Fixed quest reward icon input offset issue. Fixed Joja Warehouse roof drawing above the weather (and possibly other similar cases). Fixed various map tile issues. Fixed a visual issue with a shadow in the farm house. Fixed able to swap two chests of the same type. Fixed machines sometimes wobbling when theyre not processing anything.

There are also some changes for modded players and mod authors, if those are of interest to you, check the full patch notes here or here. Thank you for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-04-18 20:08:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, The 1.6.3 update is here, which includes some "Quality of Life" changes, bug fixes, and balance adjustments. Patch notes below: -You can now access Clint's shop and geode service while your tool is being upgraded. -Increased raccoon bug meat and bat wing request amount -Harvesting moss now grants 1 foraging exp per moss -Infinite Power achievement is now more generous with how it activates, allowing pre-1.6 saves to trigger the achievement -Adds mine cart shortcut to year 1 Spirit's Eve festival -You now have to collect (not just donate) the 4 prismatic shards for the "Four Precious Stones" Qi Quest -The JunimoKart Qi Quest now rewards 20 Qi gems (up from 10) -Adds new cabins to starter layouts for multiplayer. -Starter cabins now appear in the actual order intended. -Adult mossy green rain trees boost the moss growth rate of nearby trees -If a Journal quest title is too wide, the clock icon and the rest of the text will be shifted down to make room -You can now press the Escape or menu button to "go back" on a shipping menu category page -Adjustments to moss growth (grows slower on sunny summer days, recovers slower after harvest) -Reduced meteorite prismatic shard chance (100% -> 25%) -You can now paint the new cabins (at 3rd upgrade level) -Ancient seed packets excluded from sale at traveling cart -Made waterfall and other ambient positional sounds fade out more smoothly -Added a catch-all case: if it's year 2 and you don't have a pet (for any reason), you can start adoptinng them from Marnie's -Made berry bush state consistent overnight and on load (both at 20% plus a small new random bonus chance) -Minor graphical fixes -Fixes several translation errors and missing translations -Fixes large character sprites having a visual glitch (e.g. bear, island frog, clint hammering) -Fixed a visual error in the shop menu if an item's name was longer than the width of the menu -Fix a crash related to the new festival -Fix a bug that was causing excess trash to be fished -Fixed bug preventing Emily's 10 heart mail and event from triggering -Fixed some graphics issues with Shipping menu -Fixed several more spawn-out-of-bounds cases -Added Krobus portrait Thanks for playing! -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-03-27 20:53:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, With these major Stardew Valley updates, it's typical that there are near-daily patches for a few days after launch. There's always a few weird bugs that are only discovered once the update is out and all of you are playing it. So here is the second post-launch patch for you. Change log: -Fixes an issue with Willy's rod -Fix for invisible tea sprites -Fixed an error in the Luau event in Portuguese -Fix for pre-1.6 basic wines looking messed up -Fix for a soft lock if you charged a tool and then strafed to a warp spot, and released the tool while warping -Fix inedible ingredients being poisonous after turning into jelly or pickles -Adds scaling edibility to juice, jellies, wine and pickles -Volcano dwarf bombs now match regular dwarf bombs -Void egg is now poisonous -Adjusted adventure guild open hours on map -Various translation fixes Wishing you all a fun time -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-03-21 04:24:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, hope you're enjoying the new update so far. Here is the first post-launch patch to fix a few bugs that weren't caught before release. Patch notes below: Patch 1.6.1 -Fixed botched German egg quest text (for new players going forward) -Prevent animal page from crashing when clicking on the scroll bar when there are a low number of animals -Fix Junimo harvester in save crash -Fix Meadowlands farm quest persisting if the farm icon was selected, but then another farm was started -Fixed the telephone robin house upgrade question being malformed -Improved cases where the quest title could go off the edge of the quest log -Fixed eyebrow accessory looking weird when fishing -Don't allow clipboard to be set to a null string -Fixed crash when farmhand re-connects to town during green rain (and potentially other related crashes) -Fixed several map tile issues and places where forage could spawn out of bounds Thanks for playing! -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-03-20 02:49:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, hope you're enjoying the new update so far. Here is the first post-launch patch to fix a few bugs that weren't caught before release. Patch notes below: Patch 1.6.1 -Fixed botched German egg quest text (for new players going forward) -Prevent animal page from crashing when clicking on the scroll bar when there are a low number of animals -Fix Junimo harvester in save crash -Fix Meadowlands farm quest persisting if the farm icon was selected, but then another farm was started -Fixed the telephone robin house upgrade question being malformed -Improved cases where the quest title could go off the edge of the quest log -Fixed eyebrow accessory looking weird when fishing -Don't allow clipboard to be set to a null string -Fixed crash when farmhand re-connects to town during green rain (and potentially other related crashes) -Fixed several map tile issues and places where forage could spawn out of bounds Thanks for playing! -Ape stardrop

[ 2024-03-20 02:48:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update is here! I hope you all enjoy the update.
This update adds new content to the game, focusing mainly on the valley, with additions and improvements to almost all areas of the game. There are also a ton of quality of life features, and bug fixes. Some of the changes:

• A new major festival
• Two new mini festivals
• A new environmental event
• Hundreds of new lines of dialogue
• A new end-game skill system
• New crops, crafting items, furniture, and more
• A new farm type: Meadowlands Farm
• Multiple pets
• WAY MORE, I don't want to spoil everything

Full patch notes (with spoilers) can be found here and here

[ 2024-03-19 18:50:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Today is Stardew Valley's 8th anniversary. That's a long time, I can't believe it's been so long. But the game is doing great, especially here on Steam which was the first platform I launched the game on, and have always considered it "home". It's an honor that Stardew Valley has been so well-received here on Steam, and I thank all of you for playing the game and creating a cool community around it! What better day than today to announce the new 1.6 update release date:

March 19th, 2024

This update adds some new content to the game. I will release patch notes on the day of launch, but I think it would be more fun for you to just play the update and discover everything yourself. The update will work perfectly fine with your existing save files, but I'd recommend starting a new file to get all the new stuff in context (and because it's always fun to start a new file). You may even want to start with the new farm type. With a new update on the horizon, a worldwide concert tour underway, an official cookbook coming soon, and now over 30 million copies sold, Stardew Valley is thriving more than ever. All of this is possible because of you, the players, so I just want to say THANK YOU very much. I hope you enjoy the update when the time comes, and I'll see you in 3 weeks! -Ape

[ 2024-02-26 19:39:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here is a "sneak peek" at some of the stuff that will be coming in the 1.6 update. I have no release date for it yet, but will release it as soon as it's ready. The content is pretty close to being finished, but then there will need to be testing, polishing and translations before it can launch on PC. Thank you for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape stardrop

[ 2023-09-28 04:01:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Stardew Valley is 20% off for a week. During this time, 100% of all revenue will go to help protect whales, dolphins, belugas, and other aquatic mammals through the WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) charity. Thank you for your support.
I really like Belugas.

[ 2023-06-08 17:39:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

A big thank you to all Steam players for supporting Stardew Valley these past 7 years! I can't believe it's been so long. Since launch: -4 major content updates -Multiplayer update -ports to all major platforms -translations into 11 new languages -The official Stardew Valley Wiki -merchandise -Stardew Valley board game -Musical collaborations like the Orchestral recording by vgm classics -The Stardew Valley Cup -Launch of the official Stardew Valley forums -A thriving modding community and most importantly, a fantastic player community that has added a ton of depth and life to this world. So as always, I want to thank YOU for being part of this, and helping to make Stardew Valley what it is today. None of this would have been possible without your support and I will always be thankful for that. Up next? A 1.6 update that is focused on adding tons of new support for modders. This will make modding a lot easier and much more powerful. I will also be working on my next game, Haunted Chocolatier. -ConcernedApe

[ 2023-02-26 18:08:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, 1.5.6 is out now. It's a small patch that fixes a few bugs, adds a "quality of life" feature for multi-monitor users, and addresses a few gameplay inconsistencies that have been around for a long time (i.e. the hoe dirt under mature forage crops de-spawning, and indoor grass dying in winter) - On multi-monitor setups, the game now remembers and restores on the last used monitor. - Potential fix for a random crash that could occur at the end of the night. - Fixed a bug that prevented the various farm types' wallpapers and floorings from applying when starting a new game. - Fixed a bug where pressing ESC to dismiss the level up screen would dismiss the menu without applying the level up, causing it to reappear every night. - Hoed dirt no longer decays under forage items on the farm. This ensures that dirt under freshly grown seasonal forage seeds can no longer disappear randomly. - Grass placed indoors no longer dies when seasons change to Winter. - Fixed being unable to harvest Tea Saplings placed on Garden Pots on Ginger Island. - Fixed an issue where the Z key would be unbindable after resetting controls to the default. - Fixed map screenshots not functioning on Linux. - Updated Steamworks.NET to 20.0.0. As always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape Hotfix at 1:00PM PST 12/22: - Fixed a crash when starting the game in Compatibility mode on MacOS. - Fixed being unable to move the game window from one desktop to another in certain monitor configurations. - Fixed an issue that prevented selecting a profession using a gamepad. You should be able to re-select any missed professions the next day. - Fixed garden pots automatically harvesting when moused over. - Fixed Emily's patio decorations being one tile above where they should be.

[ 2021-12-21 20:03:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, 1.5.5 just went live. It's a small update, which doesn't add new content, but has some important technical changes for modders, some quality of life changes, and some bug fixes: [Architectural changes] - Migrated the game from XNA (targeting .NET Framework 4.5.2) to MonoGame (targeting .NET 5). This futureproofs the game and allows mods to access more than 4 gigs of RAM. - Made various internal changes for mod authors. [Quality of life changes] - Holding the CTRL key in addition to shift now lets you purchase/craft stacks of 25 items at a time. - When starting a new save, many settings now default to what they were the last time you played the game. Some settings like zoom level, gamepad mode, and multiplayer server privacy aren't copied over. - You can now build or move farm buildings onto artifact spots. This destroys the artifact spots. - You can now nudge pets out of the way while building/moving a building by clicking on them. - You can now buy back items accidentally sold in the same shopping session. - The in-game time is now shown on the upper-right hand corner of the screen when playing Journey of the Prairie King in multiplayer. - Grass placed using Grass Starter during Winter no longer disappears when the game is reloaded (but it still won't grow or spread). [Localization fixes] - Fixed Shane's 6-heart event soft-locking in the Hungarian translation. - Fixed incorrect backslash characters in various events in the Hungarian localization. - Fixed typos in the French localization. - Fixed a typo in Livin' Off The Land that incorrectly states that Super Cucumber can be caught in Winter. [Cosmetic fixes] - Added commas to the price display on the various building construction menus. - Adjusted collisions in the Calico Desert to avoid a minor sorting issue on the top-left edge of the raised cliffside. - Fixed issue where Sebastian's sprite would shift into an invalid position at 1:00 PM when he's working on his bike on the farm. [General fixes] - After completing the Cryptic Note quest, subsequently reaching the 100th floor of the Skull Cavern will guarantee a loot chest. - Fixed an issue where hard mode mines could become permanently enabled. - The Blacksmith profession now affects Radioactive Bars. - Garden Pots no longer lose any applied fertilizers when they are harvested from. - Fixed the explosion radius not being centered when dislodging flooring and certain other types of items. - When placing a Garden Pot on Ginger Island on a rainy day, it will now spawn with its dirt correctly watered. - Fixed an issue where moving a cabin with a cellar would cause the stairs to the cellar to warp the players out of bounds for the rest of the play session. - Fixed a case where entering the Farm from the south on horseback and triggering an event could cause the player to get stuck in a wall. - Fixed various invisible tiles preventing certain spots in the Mountain lake from spawning fish activity bubbles. - Fixed the tile holding the plant on Elliott's table not being passable from behind. - Fixed some tiles on the left side of the beach farm being unbuildable. If, for any reason, you want to play on the "legacy" 32-bit version, it's still available on Steam (right click Stardew > properties > betas > select "Compatibility" version). If you are a modder, please check out PathosChild's 1.5.5 migration guide, which goes into greater depth on some of the changes in this patch. A 1.5.6 update is also currently underway. We're working directly with PathosChild (creator of SMAPI, a very popular Stardew modding tool) to add even more modding support to the game, including some long requested "holy grail" changes which should make some aspects of modding much easier in the future. We've given PathosChild source code access to help us accomplish this task. There may be some new content in 1.5.6, too, but it's not going to be anything huge like 1.5. Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape

[ 2021-11-30 22:46:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

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: - [spoiler]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.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Pam no longer visits the Island Resort on Sandy's birthday.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]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.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]You can no longer collect Golden Coconuts from Palm Trees in the Desert.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Fixed a formatting issue with Leo's first event in the Korean localization, preventing the event from completing.[/spoiler] - The Special Order board is no longer invisible during summer in the Korean localization. - Various localization corrections. -Ape stardrop

[ 2021-01-23 00:44:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

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. - [spoiler]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. [/spoiler] - [spoiler]The Summit event now properly triggers if the player is married to another player character.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed rare issue where you could spawn onto the cliffs on the northwest corner of the map near the Ginger Island docks.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fix for post-6 heart Leo using the wrong schedule on Wednesdays.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Slight adjustments to Leo's gift tastes.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]You can now catch Night Market fish using Magic Bait in the southwest corner of the Beach.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed an issue where you could get soft-locked if you hooked a fish right as the Pirate cave event begins.[/spoiler] - 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) - [spoiler]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.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed bug preventing Prismatic Slimes from not dropping Prismatic Jelly in rare cases.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]The Strange Capsule now only spawns once per game.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Made Stone Owl rarer and touched up the sprite.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed bug where the Strange Capsule would leave a residual light glow.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Qi Beans/Fruit are now properly removed from any machines/craftables after the Qi Challenge expires.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]You can no longer catch Qi Beans when fishing during festivals.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed a crash that could occur if a Dust Spirit's stone-breaking move would cause a Qi Bean to spawn.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Removed a long delay after talking to the Gourmand when you've got the crop he's requested growing, but not yet fully grown.[/spoiler] - Furniture is no longer visible/can no longer block movement during events that take place outside of the Farm. - [spoiler]The daytime music from Ginger Island can now properly be played on the Saloon jukebox.[/spoiler] - 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) [spoiler]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.[/spoiler] -Ape stardrop 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.

[ 2021-01-15 23:24:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

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: - [spoiler]Qi Fruit can now be grown on the Farm during Winter.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Tools now track the previous two enchantments that were added to them and prevents those enchantments from being randomly selected.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Adjusted one of the Journal Scrap treasure map images to more accurately represent the in-game location.[/spoiler] - Junimos will now harvest crops on the farm [spoiler]even if you spent the night on the Island[/spoiler]. They will also properly harvest crops even if you are not physically present on the farm. - You can now place Mini-Fridges inside the [spoiler]Island Farmhouse.[/spoiler] - You can now collect Honey from Beehouses on the [spoiler]Island farm in Winter.[/spoiler] - Garden Pots on the [spoiler]Island farm no longer become watered on days it is raining in Stardew Valley.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Forage crops no longer disappear overnight on the Island farm on Saturdays/Sundays.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Added a failsafe preventing players from warping to the upper left corner of the southern Island map.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed an issue preventing Perfection in the Joja route.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Fixed graphical issues with the post-Perfection event.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Hearts that are dropped during Qi's Hungry Challenge can always be collected in even if inventory is full.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Qi Seasoning will no longer increase speed buffs. The duration of buffs granted by Qi Seasoned food/drinks has been increased by 50%.[/spoiler] - The "Level Up" screen's "Ok" button will never be positioned offscreen. You can also dismiss the menu by pressing the ESC key. - [spoiler]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.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]You can no longer complete the "Danger In The Deep" Qi Challenge by visiting the Skull Caves.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Special Order related items that are stashed in Junimo Chests are now properly removed once the Special Order expires.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Passing out in Qi's secret room no longer causes you to wake up on the mainland.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Fixed a crash and other issues related to obtaining the Iridium Krobus item.[/spoiler] - Potential fix for a random crash that occurs when going to bed. - Potential fix for a crash in the mines. - [spoiler]Fishing from the pond on your farm using Magic Bait no longer crashes the game.[/spoiler] - 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. - [spoiler]Fixed an issue with Leo's 6-Heart event in the German localization. This fix is applied retroactively .[/spoiler] - 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 stardrop Hotfix at 8:00PM PST 1/8/2021: Fixes a graphical issue with spouse outdoor areas.

[ 2021-01-08 23:56:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

The 1.5.1 patch is now available. It fixes several bugs and issues that were discovered since the launch of 1.5 on Monday. Below is a changelog:

Changes:

• The [spoiler]Crystal Cave puzzle[/spoiler] now gradually gets easier after repeated misses.
• The "Spawn monsters on the farm" advanced game option will no longer reset when selecting a different farm type after the setting has been modified.
• Spouses will no longer stand around looking at rug-type furniture items. This fixes a case where a spouse might stare at a Floor Divider, which could cause them to block the player's way through a narrow hallway.

General Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a crash that could occur overnight if you placed the [spoiler]Auto-Petter[/spoiler] anywhere that isn't a Coop or a Barn.
• When dismissing the [spoiler]Forge menu[/spoiler], items that can't fit in your inventory will now be dropped downwards instead of upwards, to avoid items being dropped [spoiler]into the lava.[/spoiler]
• Stacks of items that can be redeemed at the Stardew Valley Fair now properly grant you the whole stack, instead of just one of the item.
• Fixed various issues related to having a child named [spoiler]Leo[/spoiler] or Kent. Existing friendship points for these characters will be transferred over to your children.
• You can longer place objects in some out-of-bounds areas in the Farmhouse.
• Pets no longer warp out of bounds in the Farmhouse.
• Fixed some cases where hairstyles would "clip" through hats.
• Fixed an issue where purchasing the Master Slingshot would give the player a normal Slingshot.
• You can now properly select the "Beach Farm" on the new game screen when playing with controller at minimum resolution.
• [spoiler]Leo[/spoiler] is no longer available as a Feast Of The Winter Star gift recipient if [spoiler]he is not in town.[/spoiler]
• Fixed a crash that occurs when demolishing Cabins.
• Fixed being able to place objects in certain tiles that block player movement such as the rockslide that blocks the path to the Mines.
• Fixed a bug where killing Big Slimes carrying [spoiler]hearts during Qi's Hungry Challenge, while wearing the Burglar's Ring, would cause the hearts to be collectable in the player's inventory.[/spoiler]
• Maru no longer stands on the wrong tile outside the farm on Saturdays if you're married to her.
• Fixed Hair #56 accidentally being replaced.
• [spoiler]Birdie's item trade quest[/spoiler] no longer removes all stacks of an item when they are given to their intended recipient.
• (Modding) Fixed the Return Scepter not returning to overwritten Farmhouse entry locations.

Localization Fixes:

• Various localization fixes and changes.
• Fixed a bug in the German localization preventing characters from completing [spoiler]Birdie's quest.[/spoiler]
• Fixed a bug in the Spanish localization preventing [spoiler]Birdie's introduction event from completing.[/spoiler]
• Fixed a crash when [spoiler]bombing the cave entrance next to the Field Office[/spoiler] in the Spanish localization.
• Fixed issues with Lewis's phone call in various localizations.

Multiplayer Fixes:

• Fixed an exploit where you could regain stamina in bed in multiplayer, even if the game was paused.
• Fixed a rare issue that would cause the game's host to warp to an invalid position if a farmhand had just completed a Community Center bundle.

Changes from Hotfix #3 (12/23/2020): -Fix for shared events in multiplayer potentially putting players out of bounds. -Allow Local Multiplayer clients to play other players' characters. This fixes an issue with players continuing multiplayer farms in local multiplayer not being able to select their old farmers. -Fixed the am/pm display not displaying properly in non-English languages. -Various localization fixes and changes. Changes from Hotfix #2 (12/22/2020): -Hotfix for malformed item data causing the game to crash on the Turkish localization. Changes from Hotfix #1 (12/21/2020): -Hotfix for game crashing when interacting with the Junimo Notes in the Community center on non-English localizations. [hr][/hr]If you are still experiencing any issues with the update, the best place to report them is on the Stardew Valley Forums: [url=https://forums.stardewvalley.net]https://forums.stardewvalley.net Hope you're having fun playing 1.5 so far! -Ape stardrop

[ 2020-12-25 03:34:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Santa came early... Stardew Valley's 1.5 update is now available! As always, this update is completely free for anyone who owns Stardew Valley. 1.5 adds a big piece of new content to the "end-game" of Stardew Valley. Now, completing the Community Center is just the beginning... It's not all about end-game content, though... there's plenty of new stuff all throughout the game, as well as useful improvements and convenience features. This update also adds local (split-screen) co-op. I like to keep most of the big stuff secret, so that you'll be surprised when you encounter it in game. However, if you don't mind spoiling it, and want to know everything that's in the update, here's a full changelog.
A no-spoiler list of some of the new features:

• Local (split-screen) co-op
• New people to meet
• New goals
• Many new items
• A new type of quest
• A new farm layout
• New game options like "remixed" bundles (see below)
• New character events
• A new Community Upgrade
• Home renovations (after you've fully upgraded your house)
• Ducks can now swim
• You can sit in chairs
• You can move your bed
• Fish Tanks
• A bunch of new furniture items as well as new furniture types like wall sconces
• New secrets
• 9 new music tracks
• And so much more... you'll just have to see, I can't bear to spoil it

If you are starting a new farm for this update, make sure to check out the new farm layout (Beach Farm) and the advanced game options menu (click the wrench icon in the lower left of the character creation screen). Choosing "Remixed" bundles randomizes the Community Center bundles with some brand new ones, and variations of the classics. NOTE: To play split-screen mode, you'll need cabins on your farm to house the other players (Robin can build them, or If you're starting a new game, you can choose to start with cabins already placed on the farm via the advanced game options menu). Once the cabins are there, open your game menu, scroll down to multiplayer, and select "Start local co-op" . The other player can now press start on a controller to initiate split-screen. Well, please have fun with the new update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -ConcernedApe
Edit: We're aware of a crash if you're playing in a non-english language and you open one of the Community Center bundle menus. A hotfix will be coming out soon (Update 5:00pm PST... the hotfix is live!)

[ 2020-12-21 18:01:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, there's a small patch out now that fixes a few issues with Stardew Valley. The most notable is the "no audio" bug that was happening to some people. CHANGELOG: - Fixed an issue on Windows where the game would initialize incorrectly and start without audio. - Fixed an issue where passable objects, such as torches, could block you from attacking enemies that are standing nearby. - You can now reclaim the Ancient Seed crafting recipe from Gunther if you donated an Ancient Seed artifact and collected only the seed and not the recipe. - Fixed an issue that would allow animals to walk on certain water tiles alongside some bridges. - Wallpapers can no longer be used in place of items to be processed into artisan goods. - Fixed the Lewis statue letter not granting its reward in the Simplified Chinese localization. -Ape

[ 2020-02-11 19:26:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, The 1.4.4 patch is out now, which makes some improvements and fixes some remaining issues in the 1.4 content update. Patch notes below: - Adjusted dropped item pickups so that they're more responsive for clients in multiplayer and will "rubber band back" to their previous locations less frequently. - Adjusted item collection code so that machines tucked in corners can be refilled without using cursor mode. - Added Elliott's 14-heart not properly working in non-English languages. - Fixed a data entry issue that caused some fish ponds to use incorrect data. - Fixed the Shrimp Enthusiast Shirt applying the wrong shirt artwork. - Fixed a softlock when watching the 2nd Fall [spoiler]movie[/spoiler] in a non-English languages. - Fixed the cursor not appearing in the level up profession selector if the Controller Style Menus option is toggled off while using a controller. - Unsuccessfully crafting an unstackable item while already holding an item on your cursor no longer grants you credit for crafting it. - Fixed an issue where Garden Pots would consume seeds without planting them if they were planted from more than a tile away. - Fixed the color selector sliders on the Farmhand creation screen having incorrect navigation on controller. - Fixed the logic for fruit tree obstruction checking the wrong tile. - Fixed the dagger swipe sound effect repeating an extra time in multiplayer if another player is in the same area. - Krobus will no longer get jealous if you gift characters you're dating after [spoiler]he moves in.[/spoiler] - Penny now leaves Garden Pots alone in her 14 heart event. - Fixed an issue that could cause Sam's 6 heart event to soft-lock. - The game now re-issues the player the Qi's Challenge quest if they had previously opened the mail, but dismissed it without accepting the quest. - Items placed in an ex's room are now collected and placed in a chest after divorce. - You can no longer give away quest items or non-giftable items during the Feast of the Winter Star. - Adjusted some NPC gift reactions (Vincent and Jas now dislike Triple Shot Espresso, Dwarf now loves Lemon Stone, and Sam now enjoys concession stand Joja Cola.) - Adjusted Desert map so that crab pots placed in the water no longer render incorrectly, and objects can no longer be placed on top of the Desert Trader. - Removed Catfish from Willy's fishing quests during Winter, as it's impossible to catch one without a Rain Totem. - Fixed a crash that could occur on the host when a client connects to a game that was set to Friends or Invite Only that is now being hosted on a platform that doesn't support those online modes. - Fixed incorrectly looping ambient noise in the Deep Woods at night. - Fixed an issue where the Japanese localization's dialogue for a spouse watering your crops would incorrectly show both gender variants of the text. - Fixed the Simplified Chinese localization incorrectly showing Sunflower Seeds as a Fall only crop. - Removed the '<' from the Simplified Chinese localization of the "Pet loves you" dialogue. - Fixed an issue where Junimos would show an empty text bubble when bringing a bundle to the Junimo Hut after completing a bundle in Simplified Chinese or Korean. - Fixed an issue where viewing the Junimo Note before learning to read it would cause certain text to permanently display much larger in the Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean localizations. - Filled in some missing characters in the Korean fonts. This fixes some instances where an asterisk appears instead of a Korean character. - Fixed a minor typo in Grandpa's Note in the Korean localization. On a side note, I recently announced that Stardew Valley has sold over 10 million copies (probably closer to 12 million), and the majority of sales have been here on Steam. So I'd like to thank all of you here for your support over the past 4 years and for making this possible. I hope to keep bringing you many more hours of fun and magic w/ Stardew Valley and beyond! Hope you're enjoying the 1.4 update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -ConcernedApe

[ 2020-01-31 17:15:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi Everyone, The 1.4.3 patch is now out, which fixes a few more bugs/problems with the 1.4 update: - Fixed an issue where you could collect multiples of a bundle's reward in the community center if you closed the menu without collecting them. - Fixed an issue where naming your pet the name of an NPC could have your pet appear on the calendar on that NPC's birthday. - Fixed an item duplication exploit when using the add to existing stacks button on an inventory with a full stack. - Made some fixes to the Turkish localization. - Fixed a bug in the Crafting Menu that could cause extra resources to be consumed in certain situations. - Adjusted the Four Corners farm map to fix layering issue with buildings. - Fixed a bug where you could enter Wizard's Tower before unlocking the Community Center. - Taking a map screenshot while the option to show menu backgrounds is on will no longer render the menu in the screenshot. Fixed an issue causing certain wallpapers to grant a Lost Book when selected in the Catalogue. - Fixed an issue where you could get your grange score immediately after asking Lewis to judge your grange during the Stardew Valley Fair. Thanks for playing! -Ape

[ 2019-12-13 19:24:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, A new patch is out (1.4.2) to fix some more bugs in the recent content update: Change Log: - Fixed an issue where the [spoiler]Crane Game[/spoiler] would crash on load on Mac builds. - Fixed workbenches not pulling items from chests that are on rugs. - Fixed an issue where Robin would stay in bed if she was upgrading certain buildings on game load. - Reverted placement rules introduced in 1.4.1 which prevented players for creating flooring or torches on their Spouse's porch tiles. Instead, Spouses will now ignore flooring and will "pop off" any torches that are placed in those tiles when they move there in the morning. - Fixed a bug where buying a [spoiler]magic rock candy from the desert trader[/spoiler], exiting to title, and then re-loading the game would cause it to not re-appear in the shop. - Fixed a crash when mashing the dialogue advance buttons while transitioning between maps during an event. - Fixed another way the club smash could cause the player to get "stuck" holding out a weapon. - Resolved some issues where non-user initiated mouse movements could cause changes in mouse button states to not register. - Fixed a potential soft-lock that would occur if you passed out on another player's bed. - Fixed a problem where the screen would be partially faded out when Demetrius comes to ask you about the farm cave. - Clicking the Emoji menu toggle button on gamepad no longer shows onscreen keyboard. - Adjusted rumble on third party controllers. This may not fully solve issues on certain third party controllers, but will at least prevent states where the rumble is stuck on. - Fixed an issue where characters would greet you via speech bubble even if they weren't in the same location (for instance, Elliot welcoming you into his shack, even though he is standing at the beach) - Disabled being able to perform certain actions (like using a Return Scepter) during overnight farm events. - Farmers who are knocked out while holding an item will now properly animate the knocked out animation. - Fixed an issue where the tool being upgraded at Clint's could be set to an invalid value, causing Lewis to incorrectly send you a set of tools every night. If you're still experiencing any issues after this patch, please describe the issue in the comments below. Thanks for playing! -Ape

[ 2019-12-05 00:46:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, A bug-fix patch (version 1.4.1) is now available for Stardew Valley, which fixes some of the bugs found since the launch of 1.4. Here are some of the more important fixes:

• MULTIPLAYER: Fixed an issue where farmhand's separate wallets would be reset to 500g if the host was playing on Mac or Linux
• Fixed problem harvesting crops with the [spoiler]golden scythe[/spoiler].
• Added a new Gamepad Mode selection to the options menu. The default setting ("Auto") will automatically switch between keyboard and mouse controls depending on the last used input (this should be fine for most players). "Force on" forces the game to use gamepad logic, similar to earlier versions of Stardew Valley. "Force off" disables the gamepad and can be used if you only play the game using a keyboard and mouse.
• Fixed bug where you could enter the [spoiler]sewer[/spoiler] on your horse, causing you to warp into the void.
• Fixed a bug where Clint would attempt to upgrade your weapon (he can't), causing your tool to be lost.
• Fixed a problem where farmhands who disconnected while leveling up could miss out on their level up perks.
• Fixed a soft-lock scenario in shop menus. You can also now buy recipes with a full inventory.
• [spoiler]Trash bear [/spoiler] no longer appears on festival days, preventing a potential crash.
• Fixed a crash when checking the calendar while engaged to another farmer that is currently disconnected from the game.
• You can now purchase the museum rarecrows from the night market after you've unlocked them.
• Various controller fixes
• Many more bug fixes, see link below if you're interested!

You can see a full (but spoiler-filled) changelog here: https://www.stardewvalley.net/1-4-bugfix-patch/ Hopefully, if you've encountered any bugs so far in 1.4, they will be resolved with this patch. If not, please share details of the issue in the comments below. I hope you are enjoying the 1.4 update so far! Thanks for playing -Ape Edit: the version number was originally 1.4.0.1 for this patch, but it will be changed to 1.4.1 to be compatible with SMAPI, a very popular fan-made Stardew Valley modding API. If you see a tiny update, that's what it is.

[ 2019-12-03 02:45:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, The new 1.4 update for Stardew Valley is now available! As usual, this update is completely free for anyone who owns Stardew Valley. It's always fun & exciting to share new content with you, and I really hope you enjoy discovering all the new stuff. This update not only adds new content and features to the game, but improves the gameplay experience with a ton of "quality of life" features... including some popular & long-standing requests from the community. There's also an enormous amount of bug fixes and some optimizations improvements--in short, the game is more polished than ever. I hope this update will greatly improve your Stardew Valley experience, and make your time in the valley even more joyful, seemless, and fun. Below is a very, very condensed version of the 1,4 changelog, with spoilers hidden.

1.4 Changelog (Condensed Version):

• A new [spoiler] mystery to the abandoned JojaMart [/spoiler]...
• Added some more character events... including a new 14-heart event for every spouse.
• Added Fish Ponds, a new farm building that allows you to raise fish and harvest a variety of items from them.
• Added a new farm map: Four Corners
• Added a [spoiler]tailoring & clothing system[/spoiler]
• Over 60 new items, some fun, some practical and some powerful
• Added 24 new hairstyles, 181 new shirts, 35 new hats, [spoiler]14 new pants[/spoiler], and 2 new boots
• Added the ability to [spoiler]invite a certain friend to be your "Housemate"[/spoiler]
• Junimo Kart has been almost completely re-done
• You can now choose from 3 cat breeds & 3 dog breeds.
• Added a new end-game farm building
• Sheds can be upgraded to double their interior size
• Added a [spoiler]Desert Trader[/spoiler]
• Added 2 new monsters and 2 new alternative levels to the mines
• A new type of upgrade at the Blacksmith's
• An emote menu for your farmer (default key is Y)
• The social tab now keeps track of villagers' likes and dislikes (click on a villager's icon)
• Marlon can now recover an item for you after getting knocked out in the mines
• You now have the option to play multiplayer with separate money coffers, instead of shared.
• Huge amount of Quality of Life improvements, like being able to stack "big" items (like kegs), or seeing the Junimo Note icon pulse when hovering over an item that's required for a bundle.
• 14 new music tracks!
• Hundreds of bug fixes

Again, please keep in mind this is a highly condensed version of the changelog that leaves out a lot of details. The actual changelog is much too long to paste here, but if you'd like to see the complete, spoiler-filled version, please check out this link. I hope you have fun with the new update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -ConcernedApe Edit: Expect a few hotfixes to come out today, to resolve a couple of uncaught bugs. So far: -Game will no longer crash when sending an emoji by itself -Fix for incorrect stone strength & monster spawns in levels 10-30 of the mines

[ 2019-11-26 18:00:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, The new languages update (1.3.36) is now live for everyone, and includes a couple of bug fixes. Changelog: *Added French, Korean, Italian, Hungarian, and Turkish language support *Fixes bug where giving a gift to an NPC caused the gift action to happen twice in rapid succession *Fixes furniture rotation bug for "stools" *Fixes morning music not being played correctly *(spoiler) Fixes [spoiler]Junimos not disappearing after the final goodbye[/spoiler] *New "About/Credits" menu on title screen Thanks everyone who helped test out the beta, your feedback was really helpful! Next up is a big free content update (1.4), that includes lots of new stuff, as well as some really nice quality of life features. Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -ConcernedApe

[ 2019-03-01 18:43:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, The beta for French, Turkish, Italian, and Korean is here. If you speak any of those languages, and want to help me find bugs, typos, or even just give feedback on the new text, it would be a big favor and I'd really appreciate it! To access the current beta version of Stardew Valley:

• Right click on Stardew Valley in your games library and select "Properties"
• Click the "Betas" tab
• Click the drop down menu and select "beta" (no password is necessary)
• Steam will download the beta version. Stardew Valley should now have a [beta] tag in your library.

While it's very unlikely that playing the beta version will threaten your save files, I recommend backing them up anyway. Your save files can be found in the "%appdata%/StardewValley/Saves" folder (on PC). If you have any feedback or bug reports, please usethis thread on the Stardew Valley Subreddit. Patch notes for v1.3.35 (beta):

• Added French, Turkish, Italian, and Korean languages
• Added a new Credits menu to replace the "About" menu on the title screen
• Removed the /credits command from the chat box
• Removed unnecessary map files

Thanks for your help & thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape

[ 2019-01-24 18:57:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, There's a very small patch going live today, which fixes a couple of bugs and improves performance in certain situations: Changes: *Improved performance in locations with lots of light sources (e.g. torches). *Improved performance on farms with lots of animals. *Tweaked new "H" health icon. Bug fixes: *Fixed multiplayer visual glitch when another player uses a tool and then starts moving in a new direction. *Fixed "fishing stance" visual glitches in multiplayer. Just wanted to let you know. There will also be a beta for the new languages (French, Korean, Turkish, Italian, and possibly one more) soon. I'm also working on a new free content update (1.4) as well, which should be ready some time in the next few months. Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -ConcernedApe

[ 2019-01-08 20:14:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, small patch going live today, mostly bug fixes: Changes since 1.3.28

• Experimental optimisations.
• Added more ways for the host to unpause the server (by pressing ESC, B, Back).
• Added alternative way to show the chat box (press right stick button on a controller).
• Added internal changes for modders (should have no effect on vanilla gameplay).

Bug fixes since 1.3.28

• Fixed slimes not pouncing correctly.
• Fixed items-crafted stat being 0 after loading a file until you craft something again.
• Fixed rabbit's foot not affecting the breakup scene in non-English language modes.
• Fixed some rare tool-related crashes in multiplayer.
• Fixed an audio-related crash often caused when using bombs.
• Fixed Junimos dropping crops on the floor instead of collecting them.
• Fixed NPCs walking through the saloon doors.
• Fixed a few rare-ish crashes that can occur when connecting to another player's game.
• Fixed eye color being reset to brown after reloading.
• Fixed inability to use rod / slingshot in festival minigames.
• Fixed the title menu back button being hidden behind submenus.
• Fixed inability to move after receiving a gift at the Feast of the Winter Star.
• Fixed crash when saving after the game adds Lewis's shorts to Marnie's house.
• Fixed crash viewing the map when another player is in certain events.
• Fixed "double sound" when using singing stone.
• Fixed a Geneva Convention violation (by replacing red crosses in graphics).
• Fixed clicks on the chatbox not being registered when the game is paused.
• Fixed players sometimes walking off in a straight line through all terrain when they get disconnected.
• Fixed babies sometimes spawning in houses that don't belong to the parents.
• Fixed the potential for overnight events to cancel or skip a wedding event.
• Fixed a desync that could occur if a player tried to get into the casino after a different player has removed the bouncer.
• Fixed players able to simultaneously build overlapping farm buildings.
• Fixed only one player being able to get the dark talisman.
• Fixed the inability to place donated items on the bottom two rows of the museum.
• Fixed farmhands being unable to pick up items they dropped in festivals.
• Fixed Pam's upgraded house interior event not happening.
• Fixed visual glitches caused by triggering a shared event simultaneously with the return scepter.
• Fixed softlock caused by mistaken ability to use daggers during events.
• Fixed players all receiving the same personal overnight events on the same day (e.g. spouse asking if you want a baby).
• Fixed attempting to demolish cabins of abnormally disconnected farmhands causing the cabin to be destroyed after you leave the buildings menu.
• Fixed farmers getting stuck in the fishing casting animation after picking up someone else's rod.
• Fixed host sometimes appearing stuck using tool in shared events.
• Fixed softlock when you play the Journey of the Prairie King past 2am.
• Fixed glitched chest lid appearing when you destroy a cabin.
• Fixed duplicate songs in the jukebox.
• Fixed only one player's glow ring working at a time.
• Fixed farmhands not being able to see each others' bundle changes.
• Fixed bug causing some players to become married to two other players in 3-4 player farms.
• Fixed player sometimes getting stuck in bed after another player got in and then back got out.

Thanks for playing Stardew Valley! -Ape

[ 2018-11-19 17:24:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

 This update is a significant change for Stardew Valley... Not only does it include a good amount of new content (new items, events, etc.), but it also includes the long-awaited addition of co-op multiplayer!

New Features:

  A traveling festival comes to town For three days in winter, a traveling festival visits Pelican Town. Unlike a normal festival, farmers can come and go as they please, and the location isn't "locked out" at any point (there's no setup). Pelican Town is different for a few days, and most of the townspeople's schedules change to reflect that. The festival offers farmers a once-a-year chance to acquire unique items, purchase an original work of art from the famous Lupini, enjoy some live entertainment, and more....
A winter mystery... and a new collection type In winter, farmers might encounter a strange event... which will ultimately grant them the ability to start a new, "secret" type of collection. This new ability will surely result in unusual new adventures and greater knowledge...
Help someone out in town... Farmers who have made great progress for themselves will have the opportunity to help someone in a significant way... New Character Events There are new character events, some of which grant you permanent bonuses. There are also a couple of "secret" events that you'll only encounter if certain conditions are met.
Skull Cavern Changes

• 3 new monster types added (more powerful versions of familiar enemies)
• "Treasure Rooms" added (rare chance of finding a room with a chest containing useful items... including two that can't be found any other way)
• A new reason to attempt a deep dive...

Ability to change professions If you regret your choice of profession, or simply want to try out something new, there is now a way to change your professions. It comes with a price, however...
Signs Signs are craftable items which are available to you from the very beginning of the game. Any item in Stardew Valley can be "clicked" onto the sign, and it will display that item (the item won't be consumed).
Decorations A variety of new outdoor decorations have been added, including many that are "seasonal", meaning that their appearance changes with each season. Multiplayer makes decorating even more fun.
Auto-Grabber An expensive item that can be placed in a barn and automatically harvests milk and wool from the animals each morning. Garden Pots Garden pots allow you to grow any crop indoors year-round. Think of them like one-tile greenhouses. When placed outside, however, they only grow crops that are in-season.
New Crop There is a new crop that only grows indoors. Fireplaces are now furniture This means you can move your fireplace around, and also buy a couple of different kinds of fireplaces. Hats on horses You can now put hats on your horse. Enjoy... (this was actually an original intended feature in Stardew Valley two years ago, but I never finished it and had completely forgotten about it. Now it's finally finished)
  Now, a more in-depth look at how multiplayer works... Stardew Valley now supports up to 4 player co-op. Co-op is nearly identical to single-player, but with 1-3 other friends playing together with you to achieve a common goal. Any single player game can be "converted" to a co-op game by having Robin build one or more cabins on your farm. One player serves as the host, and the other 1-3 players connect to the host in order to play. Therefore, the host must be in-game at all times when the group wants to play. The new update adds a Co-op button to the title screen. Clicking the button will bring you to the co-op menu, from which you can:

• Host a new co-op game
• Re-host an existing co-op game
• Join a new farm (provided that any of your friends are hosting and have a cabin available for you)
• Re-join a farm (provided that the host is in-game)
• Join a LAN game (by entering the IP address of the host)
• Enter an invite code (generated by the host) to join a game (this allows for Steam/GOG crossplay)

When hosting a new game, you'll have some new options available to you:

• "Starting Cabins" gives you the choice to start a new game with 1-3 cabins pre-positioned on the farm. If you decide to go this route, you'll have two "Cabin Layouts" to choose from: "Nearby", which places the cabins close to one another, encouraging a communal farming style, and "Separate", which places the cabins far apart and allows for more independence.

Alternatively, you can start with no pre-positioned cabins and instead build them yourself (via Robin).

• "Profit Margin" adjusts the profit margin of goods that you sell. You can choose between "Normal" (the original Stardew Valley amount), "75%", "50%", and "25%". This is, in effect, a way to increase the difficulty of the game. For larger groups of experienced players, it might be desired. However, keep in mind that there already is some "scaling" of difficulty built into the game, since each player will need to upgrade their own tools, upgrade their own houses, buy bigger packs, etc.

In co-op, all players share the same pool of money, and are working together on the same farm. The state of the game world, including the main storyline, is shared between all players. However, each player has their own private inventory,  skills, achievements, collections, relationships, quests, and crafting/cooking recipes. When it's time to go to bed, all players must enter their beds. Only then will the day end. Players can marry each other by crafting a "wedding ring" (An old Zuzu City tradition), and offering it to another player. If the other player accepts the ring, the couple is now engaged. The chat box allows you to communicate with each other... with the help of nearly 200 custom Stardew Valley emojis!
  Here's a trailer: https://youtu.be/-vlBE3vSfNU   I hope you enjoy the new update! -Ape

[ 2018-08-01 15:04:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

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[ 2017-07-06 17:00:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Stardew Valley is now available to play in seven languages: English, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian-Portuguese! While localization is the biggest new feature, 1.2 also includes some controller improvements and important bug fixes. Check the patch notes below!

Patch Notes

• Translations for German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
• When using a controller, the cursor will snap between menu buttons by default. If you disable that, the cursor will instead accelerate while moving.
• When using a controller, pressing the back button will skip events that are skippable.
• Exit to Title has returned.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed lighting shader not covering the whole screen on Mac and Linux.
• Switching from "Windowed Borderless" to "Fullscreen" should now go straight to fullscreen instead of Windowed mode.
• Wallpapers and floors no longer have a tile placement indicator showing a random object
• Increased stability of preference-saving code. This should fix infrequent crashes that require the player to delete startup_preferences.
• Fixed a crash that can happen when a pig tries to spawn a truffle but there's no space for it.
• Fixed a couple of rare crashes that could have occurred at any time during the game.
• Fixed a typo of the word 'pronounce' in the marriage event.
• Fixed the player not getting the recipe for Cookies if they skip Evelyn's event.
• Farming level now affects crop yield prior to level 10

ːbrownchickenː P.S - We're still working on multiplayer!

[ 2017-04-25 15:35:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, I've just released the 1.11 update to address a few bugs and issues with 1.1. Changelog:

• Farm bulidings can now be placed in more areas, including on grass.
• All the new farm maps now provide some kind of fishing opportunity, although the Riverlands farm is still superior
• The Riverlands farm now has the potential to spawn splashing fish nodes and ore panning nodes.
• On the Riverlands and Forest maps, some bushes can be destroyed with an upgraded axe
• Digging spots now appear on the Farm, although less frequent as elsewhere. The Hill-Top farm quarry also has a chance of spawning them.
• Slime Egg prices increased (green to 1000g, blue to 1750g, red to 2500g, purple to 5000g)
• Placing a Wicked Statue in a slime hutch prevents the witch from cursing it.
• Mutant Bug Lair now replenishes itself a bit each day.
• On the Forest map, forage items have a chance to spawn on any grassy area, not just in the west.

Bug Fixes:

• Price of Galaxy Dagger has been corrected to 35,000 (it was at 350,000)
• The Artisan Perk description has been corrected to reflect the actual bonus (it's 40% now, but the description still says 50%)
• Weeds in the Mutant Bug Lair no longer change with the season (and no longer turn to battery packs in the winter)
• Monsters in the mutant bug lair will now always be mutant... not revert to the standard grub/fly after saving and reloading.
• Meteorites can no longer land on top of stumps or boulders
• You can once again place buildings in the little shaded strip right below cliffs.
• Fixes a crash that could occur while saving after seeing a town improvement cutscene on the Wilderness farm.
• Forage no longer spawns under stumps.
• Spring onions and seasonal berries can be iridium quality with the botanist perk
• Truffles should no longer spawn in the water
• Pets can no longer walk down the cellar stairs into the void.
• The Outlaw boss in Journey Of The Prairie King will warp back to the center of the map if he happens to run too far off screen in either direction
• Coop animals can now actually produce higher quality produce, like they were supposed to
• You can no longer fill your watering can at a well that's in construction
• The forage berry bushes are now affected by the botanist perk
• Forage items shouldn't spawn in inaccessible places.
• When you reach level 5 or 10 in a skill, but haven't slept yet, it no longer shows your new profession as "Desperado"
• Fixed issue where lightning that struck an object on the farm would cause that object to "pop" into the current map when the current map was not the farm.
• Spouses will now speak to you when they come home on Friday nights.
• Trees can no longer spread off the map into the void, causing the game to start getting slower with each day.
• Minor convenience adjustments and bug fixes.

Thanks for playing -Ape

[ 2016-10-07 13:37:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Cross-posted from the Stardew Valley blog! 1.1 Launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9e3c-nMRA

Changelog

• Shane and Emily are now available to marry. They each have new events, music, and more!
• Spouses now have a unique outdoor area and behavior on the farm.
• You can now choose from 5 different farm maps at character creation. Each map is focused on a different skill area.
  • Standard Farm - The original Stardew Valley farm.
  • Riverland Farm - Lots of water, good for fishing.
  • Forest Farm - Foraging opportunities and a unique weed that always drops mixed seeds.
  • Hill-top Farm - Has a small mineral deposit from which ores spawn, including a unique geode-bearing ore.
  • Wilderness Farm - Monsters spawn at night.
• "Shed" building... An empty room that can be decorated, filled with kegs, etc.
• "Mill" building... Can be used to turn wheat into flour and beets into sugar overnight.
• A new quest that can be started after the Community Center or JojaMart quest arc is complete. The new quest results in a new "magical construction" feature available from the Wizard's Tower. The new quest is triggered when you enter the Railroad area.
• Added several new locations that are related to the above quest. "Junimo Hut" building (Magical Construction). Junimos will harvest crops within a certain distance of the hut, instantly transporting the harvest back to the hut for you to gather at your convenience.
• "Earth Obelisk" building (Magical Construction). A permanent warp totem to the mountains.
• "Water Obelisk" building (Magical Construction). A permanent warp totem to the beach.
• "Gold Clock" building (Magical Construction). Prevents weeds from spawning and fences from decaying on your farm.
• You can now move your buildings via Robin's construction menu.
• New house upgrade from Robin that adds a cellar to your house and teaches you the "cask" crafting recipe. In the cellar, you can use Casks to age cheese and alcohol, increasing their quality.
• "Iridium-star" level quality is now attainable for goods, fruit, and forage items (if you have the botanist perk). Iridium-star level items have twice the value of normal items.
• NPC's now appreciate quality level in gifts, but it only has an effect on gifts they "like" or "love".
• Added Coffee, a spring/summer crop, and Coffee Bean. The bean acts as the produce and the seed, similar to sunflowers.
• 5 Coffee beans can be added to a Keg to make coffee.
• Honey can be placed in a keg to make mead.
• Void eggs can be placed in mayonnaise machines to make void mayonnaise.
• 2 new fish, "Void Salmon" and "Slimejack"
• You can now choose to color your chests with one of 20 color options.
• Evil Shrines, where you can make offerings in exchange for dark magic.
• Divorce. You can file from a little book in mayor's house.
• You can now wallpaper the little hallways in your upgraded house.
• When you beat Journey Of The Prairie King, you can now start over in a harder mode, keeping your upgrades and coins.
• 2 new "Lost Books"
• Krobus now sells a "Return Scepter"... a tool which acts as a permanent warp totem to the farm.
• Giving someone a gift on their birthday will never make your spouse jealous.
• Pierre now sells a "Catalogue" furniture item that can be used for unlimited free access to all wallpapers and floors.
• Robin now sells a "Furniture Catalogue" furniture item that can be used for unlimited free access to nearly all furnitures.
• If you’ve found the Galaxy Sword, you can now buy another from Marlon.
• You can also buy the Galaxy Dagger and Galaxy Hammer.
• Slime balls have a chance to drop petrified slime
• Added a graphics option to display “sharper” stack number digits.
• You can once again plant fruit trees around the edge of the Greenhouse interior. Balance changes:
• All animal products are increased in value by 25%
• The Rancher profession now increases the value of animal products by 20%, up from 10%
• The Artisan profession now increases the value of Artisan goods by 40%, down from 50%
• The Blacksmith profession now increases the value of metal bars by 50%, up from 25%
• The value of Blueberry is now 50g, down from 80g
• The value of Starfruit is now 750g, down from 800g
• The value of Cranberry is now 75g, down from 130g
• The value of Ancient Fruit is now 550g, down from 750g
• Cranberry Seeds now sell for 60g, down from 120g (The price to buy them from the store is the same)
• Fences take twice as long to decay

Bug Fixes

• Wild plums are now labeled as fruit.
• Grandpa's Shrine should now always properly give the reward for reaching 4 candles.
• Fixed issue where gathering an item with the "botanist" profession would fail if the inventory was full, even though the gold-level item was present in the inventory.
• Slime charmer ring should now protect against giant slimes
• You can no longer tap a stump
• Fixed Joja Warehouse graphic issue in winter
• "Check action"-mapped keys should now work to attach bait to a rod.
• Rain ambient sound should no longer play in Sandy's Oasis under any conditions.
• Your baby should now be properly born, even if you pass out in the mines on the eve of the birth.
• Moonlight Jellies engagement crash
• Galaxy sword should now be truly unloseable
• You can no longer lose hay to a hopper because you have no silo.
• You can no longer plant fruit trees off the farm.
• “Attack” foods now properly give an attack buff.
• Clay can no longer always be found one tile above a previously discovered clay spot.
• Blue Jazz flowers in the refrigerator are now properly consumed in cooking recipes.
• Fruit that drops when you chop a tree now properly stacks with fruit that drops when you shake a tree
• Worm bins no longer continue to produce worms every 10 minutes after midnight
• Jack-o-lanterns properly glow
• Torches and other light sources held by player are now properly lit after saving/reloading
• You will now see the final Joja cutscene if you switched to Joja after starting with the community center.
• When retrieving the cave carrot for Marnie, she will only take one from you.
• Fixed strange behaviors when picking up certain items with a full inventory.
• When a bomb is placed and then the player leaves the area, the resulting debris will no longer erroneously appear in the new area.
• Watering a trough in a slime hutch will now have no effect on the troughs in other slime hutches.
• Using the rain totem and then quickly entering your house no longer causes you to become stuck in the wall.
• The stone floor now look correct in any configuration.
• Numerous minor bug fixes.
• Typo fixes

Note: The new balancing changes correct the values of a few outlier crops that were far more valuable than all others by a huge margin. I don't want Stardew Valley to make players feel "forced" into one particular way of making money. I think it's a lot more fun to feel like there are many different options for success. However, I do understand that growing blueberries and making ancient fruit wine is part of the Stardew culture at this point, so I've made sure that they are still very lucrative options. But these changes should help players feel like they have a few more options. I hope you enjoy the new update! -Ape

[ 2016-10-03 18:23:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Your Steam build should update right away with Mac and Linux compatibility! Steam cloud saves are integrated and will allow you to access your save files across all platforms. Multiplayer, version 1.1, console ports and localization are all still in the works and I'll update everyone as soon as more info is available. If this will be your first time playing Stardew Valley, thank you and I hope you have fun! Also... thanks so much to everyone who helped test these builds before launch <3 -ConcernedApe

[ 2016-07-29 18:31:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changelog Gameplay:

• Spouses now say unique dialogues during festivals (most of the time), rather than the generic handful of dialogues
• Spouse stands next to you at the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies
• In-law dialogue... when you marry someone, their parents/relatives dialogues will change slightly to account for the change
• Sam, Sebastian, and Abigail now go to the saloon on fridays after you marry them.
• Spouses won't leave on rainy days, unless they have to go to work.
• Fruit trees produce higher quality fruit as they age. (once per year, up to gold star)
• Fruit tree harvesting now involves shaking the tree to drop the fruit
• Lightning strikes now have a unique effect on fruit trees
• Lightning is more likely to strike trees and crops, but lightning rods now have a very good chance of intercepting lightning strikes (if they aren't already processing a lightning bolt)
• Charcoal Kiln now requires 10 wood to produce 1 coal, down from 20
• Maxed-out friendship levels will no longer decay
• Added another digit to the shipping menu money counters.
• Dying in mines is less harsh: money lost caps at 5000g, rate of item loss reduced, can't lose rings or the [spoiler]Galaxy Sword[/spoiler]
• Your assigned movement keys are now used within Journey Of The Prairie King
• You can now retrieve powerups and coins that drop on the edge of the map in Journey Of The Prairie King
• The last two hearts are now greyed-out for marriage candidates until you give them the bouquet
• Willy now likes most fish dishes
• Adventurer's Guild now sells monster slayer rewards after you've unlocked them (you still get the free reward)
• Hardware mouse cursor option

Bug Fixes:

• Tools left in chests within farm buildings won't count as "missing"
• Poppy properly consumed in poppyseed muffin recipe
• Can no longer incorrectly "consume" trap bobbers (click to make them disappear with strange sound)
• Agriculturist profession no longer causes an extra 25% growth rate when speed-gro isn't present. Speed increase effects should now properly apply to very slow-growing crops.
• Fixed sunflower seed price at JojaMart
• Chests should no longer appear on top of you in bed after upgrading your house.
• Item placement with the gamepad improved, and there is now an option to show an item placement indicator
• Snow yams shouldn't appear in the desert anymore
• Sea Cucumber should properly appear in the fishing tab of the Shipping menu
• Farm animals should no longer get stuck on fences placed directly to the right of the barn door.
• Various minor bug fixes.
• Minor changes/fixes to dialogue

Edit (6:16 PST, 4/6): quick fix for Harvey's bugged 4-heart event.

[ 2016-04-04 21:36:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

With version 1.06, the first steps are taken to improving marriage in Stardew Valley! Each spouse now has a unique dialogue sheet, and leaves the house at least once a week to visit town or take a walk. In short, they retain a lot more of their unique "personality" after marriage. Changelog:

• Added unique dialogues for all spouses.
• Spouses now leave the house on mondays.
• Value of most animal products increased.
• Holly is now poisonous.
• Missing events problem shouldn't happen anymore.
• Minor bug/grammar/graphics fixes.

Note: animal product prices and edibility of Holly will only take effect on items generated after the update. items that already existed before updating will still have the old prices/edilbility. There will be more marriage improvements to come. Hope you're having a nice weekend. Edit: uploaded another quick patch that should fix the problem where spouses had a speech bubble but no speech, and also the farm rampage. -ConcernedApe

[ 2016-03-20 18:10:07 CET ] [ Original post ]