In honor of Stardew Valley turning 10 on Thursday, ConcernedApe unveiled two new marriage candidates for the upcoming 1.7 update: Sandy and Clint.
Sandy is a beautiful, mysterious lady who runs the Oasis in the Calico Desert, a relatively late-game location which only adds to her intrigue and allure. While it requires a lot of hours logged to meet and romance her, she’s a relatively uncontroversial addition to the marriage roster. Clint, however…
Clint is Pelican Town’s blacksmith, which means players (unfortunately) interact with him quite a bit. He has become quite a hated figure in the Stardew community over the years due to his creepy obsession with Emily, a different marriage candidate.
not a single person opens stardew and goes yeah I wanna marry clint https://t.co/G0F220YeEy
— xo, my Rolliepollie ♡ (@FataIYuri) February 26, 2026
Clint after i divorce him and marry emily immediately after so he ends up drowning himself in the river (I collect his corpse and use it as fertilizer) pic.twitter.com/J07zYAQwkc
— 🌼 Miquella D. kind 🌼 (@ZaVileBob) February 26, 2026
They cancelled smiling friends and made clint a marriage candidate in the same 24 hours bruh these are dark times
— King Pinna (@king_pinna) February 27, 2026
Separated by language, united in hate for that fucking blacksmith https://t.co/X8MvUKEIQB
— Koda (@Clark_KentButch) February 27, 2026
imagine getting off of the worst shift of ur life and finding out clint is now a marriable character in stardew valley https://t.co/L5HjmT8aun
— will (@rdiohdfntsy) February 26, 2026
just check up on your friends today man. they added clint as a bachelor in stardew valley and it’s a really dark time for some of us right now 🥀
— Lucy Pyre😈🍟 (@LucyPyre_) February 26, 2026
In the game, Clint can be spotted in Emily’s bushes, writing incel-coded notes to her that he never sends, and asking the player to deliver gifts to her because he’s too much of a pick me boy to do it himself. He’s the kind of guy whose self-pitying desire nobody wants to be the object of. So, understandably, the internet is up in arms over the announcement that he can now be married.
Of course, some players out there want to fix him, and to them I say good luck.