Highlights
- Patch 1.6.3 for Stardew Valley fixes bugs and adds quality-of-life improvements.
- 1.6.3 aims to resolve any issues with the previous major patch.
- Eric Barone continues to work on Stardew Valley, with plans to ensure bug-free gameplay on all platforms before shifting focus to Haunted Chocolatier.
Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has released patch 1.6.3 for PC that implements a variety of improvements and bug fixes for the popular indie game. Some of the issues fixed in this update were introduced with Stardew Valley‘s major patch earlier in March.
After plenty of anticipation, Stardew Valley‘s 1.6 update released on March 19 and added lots of new content to the game. This included new crops, menus, multiplayer improvements, a fresh farm layout, and much more. Following the update, Stardew Valley‘s Steam player count skyrocketed and peaked at over 235,000 users on March 24, and the game is still maintaining a huge player base. However, the impressive patch came with some issues as well, some of which have been promptly fixed with the newest update.
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Stardew Valley‘s 1.6.3 update fixes the “creepy bear” glitch introduced in 1.6, along with other bug fixes. Its quality-of-life improvements include allowing the user to access Clint’s shop and geode service while a tool is being upgraded, moss now granting 1 foraging XP every time a user harvests it, the Infinite Power achievement being a bit more accessible, and a mine cart shortcut to the year 1 Spirit’s Eve festival. Additionally, the JunimoKart Qi Quest now rewards 20 Qi gems instead of 10, and to complete the Four Precious Stones Qi Quest users now have to collect four prismatic shards instead of just donating them.
1.6.3 implements a total of 29 bug fixes and improvements, and it’s safe to assume that Barone will continue working on his enduring game for a bit longer. On his Twitter account, Barone said on March 23 that he wants to see “Stardew 1.6 settled, bug-free, and out to all platforms” before he returns to working on Haunted Chocolatier, his next game. Seeing that 1.6 is without a release date for consoles and there are still some minor bugs in the PC version, Barone likely still has some work to complete in Stardew Valley.
Following the major success of Stardew Valley, many have high hopes for Haunted Chocolatier. The confectionery store simulator in which the user collects ingredients to make chocolates while interacting with town locals and ghosts sounds like a charming follow-up to Stardew Valley and has generated plenty of excitement since its 2021 announcement.
After the release of 1.6, fans found that Stardew Valley now has a secret scene that’s triggered when trying to exploit a glitch that previously allowed users to reach the Summit much earlier than intended. Now, Mister Qi confronts the user and seemingly beats them into a near-death state offscreen, but the user is not punished further and is transported to Harvey’s office.
Stardew Valley 1.6.3 Update Patch Notes
- 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
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a hit Indie release that spawned a cult following thanks to its similarities to titles like Harvest Moon and The Sims. Players will take control of their own characters as they are dropped into the eponymous Stardew Valley and given an old dilapidated farm. They’ll cultivate new crops and relationships with the NPCs scattered around the area, as well as combat monsters and embark on other quests.
- Released
- February 26, 2016
- Developer(s)
- ConcernedApe
- Publisher(s)
- ConcernedApe
- Genre(s)
- RPG , Simulation
