It’s the eve earlier than Stardew Valley’s 1.6 replace drops and developer ConcernedApe has delivered us one final sneak peek by means of patch notes. In case you’ve missed the final week of chaos, Stardew Valley’s developer has been releasing spoiler-free teases of what’s to return within the forthcoming replace and the neighborhood has been completely consuming it up. The modifications have ranged from the obscure to the topic of numerous fan theories, and span the gamut of bugs and glitches, to lengthy overdue corrections and fixing sport mechanics. Over the weekend, they even teased that gamers will now be capable to chug mayonnaise only for the hell of it. All hell’s damaged free in Pelican City apparently.
ConcernedApe’s remaining tease is now out forward of the patch’s drop tomorrow, and it’s maybe essentially the most substantial new addition introduced but.
Stardew’s 1.6 replace will, amongst too many additions and fixes to rely, introduce a brand new farm kind to the sport: the meadowlands farm. The brand new farmland will, in accordance with ConcernedApe, encompass “chewy blue grass that animals love” making it ripe for grazing proper off the bat. Stardew has seven different farm sorts as of replace 1.5, and every lends itself to a selected playstyle, be it fight, harvesting, fishing, or simply having fun with multiplayer lobbies with a few of your folks.
The patch word appears to point the newest farm kind shall be particularly good for gamers who prioritize farming in Stardew Valley. Farm sorts have advantages past simply layouts, and the brand new meadowlands farm isn’t any totally different. Gamers who decide to begin a brand new meadowlands farm will start their sport with a coop and two chickens, saving them the money and time that procuring all three typically prices. It’s maybe protected to say that the brand new farm kind is a little more beginner-friendly, as it can reduce out a number of the extra tedious duties from the early sport.
This final patch word follows within the footsteps of these behind it, portray the image of an replace meant to transition Stardew into a brand new part of its life. The sport, which has been supported greater than I feel anybody may have moderately imagined when it first got here out in 2016TK YEAR, has had a large lifetime crammed with new content material and modifications, and 1.6 seems like a tidy option to tie a bow on issues. A lot of the modifications which were introduced are granular, however the form of stuff that diehard Stardew aficionados have been clamoring for. Simply have a look at the replies to every considered one of ConcernedApe’s bulletins and also you’ll see a whole bunch, if not hundreds, of individuals shedding it over modifications that hardly really feel impactful from the skin trying in. They’re the form of crowd-pleasing fixes I can think about addressing as a way to make the neighborhood glad one final time for the foreseeable future.
Coming years after the final important content material arrived in Stardew—and sandwiched between it and ConcernedApe’s subsequent sport, Haunted Chocolatier—the 1.6 replace was presupposed to have been a extra easy replace for modders earlier than it reworked right into a tiny enlargement. Within the time since its preliminary announcement, ConcernedApe has spent extra time speaking in regards to the recent content material made for 1.6, similar to a wholly new pageant and accompanying dialogue, than discussing its authentic intent. Even the teases over the past week have had nothing to do with mods. As an alternative, they’ve felt like a enjoyable repartee between the developer and the large neighborhood his sport has accrued through the years, in addition to an assurance that he’s coming by way of on some lengthy standing guarantees earlier than transferring on to the following massive factor for a very good whereas.
To be clear, I don’t imagine Stardew goes wherever, and the console and cellular variations nonetheless want the 1.6 replace to be ported over within the close to future, however this replace feels just like the final massive one followers are going to get for some time as ConcernedApe refocuses on getting Haunted Chocolatier out the door. If these zany patches are something to go by, it’s positively going out with a bang.