This has been known for some time Eric Barone worked on a new update for Stardew Valley, version 1.6. This in itself is more than surprising, since we have to remember that the 1.5 update was basically supposed to be the last one the game would receive. It was published in December 2020, although the jump to smartphones took a while, and it was an excellent finishing touch to a game that has won public and critical affection throughout its history.

However, the developer has subsequently released several minor updates to the point that the latest version is 1.5.6, released in December 2021. Since then, and especially since the release of 1.5 for Android and iOS, ConcernedApe should have considered Stardew Valley complete and therefore focused exclusively on what will be his second game, Haunted Chocolatier, which we still don’t know much about.ero from which we can expect Barone’s unmistakable personal touch.

Barone’s history with Stardew Valley is quite strange, and this explains why, even though he is already devoting himself to his new game, he did not want to completely do away with his dazzling success, and therefore decided to devote some time to it again. And as it turns out, it ended up being a lot more than originally planned, Barone said. in this tweetWell, what was supposed to be just a tweak to the game’s mod system ended up being an update with many more new features.

However, it seems that the most difficult phase is over, because as we can read in the report, ConcernedApe has finished adding features to Stardew Valley 1.6.

«1.6 ended up having a slightly larger range than originally planned. However, I’ve already finished adding a lot of new content and it’s undergoing bug fixes and optimizations until it’s ready for release. Thank you for your patience. It will be fun to watch everyone play it!»

So there is no set date for the release of the update, but Yes, it confirmed that it will see the light in 2024 yes or yesand besides that (in another message) he also said that it will come to Android and iOS and that there shouldn’t be too much of a time gap between the arrival of the PC version and the smartphone version.

And what can we expect from Stardew Valley 1.6? Well, according to Barone himself, the list is really extensive, as you can see in the following image: