Summary
Stardew Valleycreator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has confirmed that Update 1.6 will be adding a honeymoon period and making a change to jelly, pickles, wines, and juices. Fans have been waiting months for Update 1.6 to hitStardew Valley, and the wait is nearly at an end - for PC players, at least.
PC players have first dibs onStardew ValleyUpdate 1.6, which is scheduled to arrive on the platform come Tuesday, March 19.Stardew ValleyUpdate 1.6will come to other platforms at a later date, though fans on mobile and consoles still don’t know exactly when they will get to try the update out for themselves. The newStardew Valleyupdate is going to be a substantial one, and so many fans are excited to see what all it’s bringing to the table.
ConcernedApe has been slowly revealing one new patch noteforStardew ValleyUpdate 1.6 each day in the lead-up to its PC launch on March 19. The newest patch notes, revealed on March 15 and March 16, have confirmed thatStardew Valleywill be adding a new honeymoon period for spouses and will be changing jelly, pickles, wines, and juices so that their color matches the ingredient item used to create them.
While the change to jelly, pickles, wines, and juices is self-explanatory, some fans may be curious what exactly the honeymoon period entails. Basically, there was a chance forStardew Valleyspouses to wallow in bed all day after marriage, but the new honeymoon period will prevent that from happening for at least seven days. This should ensure thatStardew Valleymarriagesremain happy affairs for at least one in-game week.
These are just the latest changes confirmed to be coming inStardew ValleyUpdate 1.6 Previously, ConcernedApe revealed that theupdate will make a change to fruit tree saplingsso that cutting down a fruit tree now yields the appropriate fruit sapling. Additionally, the area of effect for downward-facing melee attacks is being extended, and a bug making it so harvesting left-to-right was faster than right-to-left is being addressed, so both methods are equally fast.
Another popular change coming in the next update will make achange toStardew Valleypetsso that the time required to pass through them when they’re blocking the way is being reduced from 1.5 seconds to .75 seconds. These may all seem like small changes on paper, but quality of life improvements like these add up, and they should result in improving what is already an incredible game.
