What changed in Stardew Valley in 2024

Fixed a missing period in the shears description.

Fixed some mail getting re-sent to farmhands every day.

Fixed some older items in the lost & found not correctly retrievable.

Fixed Alex's hand in one of his portraits.

Fixed butterflies spawned by statue of blessings glitching out in summer.

Fixed error loading pre-1.6 saves with case-sensitive stat key conflicts; conflicting stats are now merged.

Fixed `/unlinkPlayer` and other multiplayer chat commands sometimes using the first player instead of the intended one.

Improved Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian translations.

Fixed unable to join a server whose invite code contains a bad word.

Fixed interior doors not working if you wake up in their location.

Fixed crash on powers tab hover if a mod added an entry with no display name.

Legendary fish ponds now produce roe much more often and have a higher average daily value.

Fixed some achievements not unlocked retroactively in some cases.

Fixed some things being less random than intended.

Fixed Krobus' shop not accessible on Fridays for Japanese players.

Fixed crash in raccoon menu if you have a base flavored item in your inventory.

Fixed co-op menu scroll not reset when switching tab.

Fixed new-game data corruption issue when viewing the load screen before creating a new save.

Fixed issue where the host's mine levels could be frozen in time.

Fixed gray box behind Russian railroad sign.

Fixed crash when failing to play/resume/pause/stop sound effects.

Fixed Robin's start-construction message showing the general building name inconsistently.

Fixed crash when a farmhand passes out while warping between locations.

Fixed crash in WeGame version.

Fixed selected tool lost in some cases when obtaining a stardrop.

Fixed crash if a shop somehow has a null item from a player to sell.

Fixed some item tooltips on the collection tab in some languages showing a raw `{1}` token.

Fixed crash when collecting empty crab pots.

Various performance optimizations have been made.

Added logs to track game load timing.

Fixed debris able to spread under giant crops.

Fixed support for fridges with a larger capacity.

Fixed crash when farm animals somehow end up in multiple locations.

Fixed a few translated dialogues with broken dialogue commands.

Added the Junimo bundle button to fridge and mini-fridge UIs.

Fixed buildings visually matching the calendar season even if their location has a different season.

Fixed rare crash in Calico Jack minigame.

Prevent rare crash when updating Robin's construction animation

Made geode menu more stable if you resize the window during geode opening

Fix crash when mods add too many streamed .ogg sound effects

Allow for multiple instances of the same streamed .ogg sound effect

Improved efficiency of playing sound effects

Fix crash when homeless farmhands remain after deleting cabins

Prevent rare crash when obtaining Stardrops with stowed tools

Fix chimney duplication when creating a new 1.6.9+ save

Added a few extra spouse reactions when interacting with them without dialogue

You no longer lose a fish if you pass out while holding it, or pass out while fishing into a fish pond

Fixed animal products always harvesting with 0 quality

Fixed spouses being warped to 0,0 for farmhands

Fix players inside farm buildings mis-positioned on world map

Fixed some cases where spouses would point the wrong direction after interactions

Fixed roommates requiring 2 house upgrades instead of 1 like marriage candidates

Fixed NPC's not being able to walk over beach bridge.

Fixed all phone calls being redirected to Robin after 1.6.9.12.

Signs placed on legendary fish ponds no longer show a '1' under the fish.

Fixed legendary fish in fish ponds being more profitable than intended.

Fixed controller rumble being disabled after 1.6.9.

Updated SDL from 2.30.4 to 2.30.9.

Added tool.PlayUseSounds field, which allows disabling sound effects for a particular tool.

Fixed crash when trying to connect to an improperly formatted IP address.

Digging up special dirt spots, panning, harvesting ginger, and chopping twigs now grant foraging experience.

Fixed secret gift recipient hint no longer showing up on Skills Tab.

Fixed bug where you could harvest unusual quantities of items from crab pots.

Fixed rare crash when making a call using the telephone.

Chopping trees and stumps grant a little more foraging experience.

Fixed rare crash when streaming .ogg Vorbis sounds for modded players.

Fixed rare crash in LAN multiplayer when not connected to a server.

Sandy now sells basic pants in her shop.

Fixed sound effects sounding different when using headphones after 1.6.11.

Fixed some minor visual issues with Cyrillic characters.

Fixed NPCs not responding the first time you talk to them.

When you enter the /unlinkPlayer chat command, it'll now write technical info to the log.

Potentially fixed farm animals disappearing in rare cases.

Disabled 'light source ... already exists' warnings.

Updated OpenAL to the latest version to fix a rare crash.

Fixed being unable to grab furniture from walls with a controller.

Resolved mod issues related to map tilesheets.

Fixes a crash introduced in 1.6.7 when NPCs reach the island resort changing room.

Fixed some machines and desert festival logic not working for Linux/MacOS players using the compatibility branch.

Fixes a bug preventing players from giving Pierre the Missing Stock List.

In Data/Objects, added two new fields: CanBeGivenAsGift and CanBeTrashed.

Fixed being able to trash Pierre’s Missing Stocklist, or give it away at the Feast of the Winter Star.

Fixed issue causing only 1 omni geode to be produced from the skull cavern chest.

Fixed emily makeover event from being hard to skip.

You can now turn the gold clock on or off.

Fixed some machines and some desert festival logic not working for Linux/macOS players using the compatibility branch.

Fixed cases where you’d see Mayor Lewis’ giftbox note again when collecting 15 parsnips from a different chest.

Fixed a case where Mr. raccoon could disappear during the raccoon cutscene in multiplayer.

Now only applies to farming, as originally intended.

Fixed Calico Egg Rating prize edge cases for farmhands.

Alternative layout now only appears in the upper or lava mine areas.

Fixed crash when a save contains some invalid animal home data.

Fixed being able to “advance” the ready check menu by pressing Y, which lead to many issues.

Translation changes and fonts reverted to version 1.6.3 based on community feedback.

Commitment to a more cautious approach to translation modifications in future updates.

Mine levels 45 and 85 are now also refreshed at the beginning of the year.

Prevents the player from running through barriers in certain transit cutscenes.

Quarry mine level can no longer be an alternate layout.

Broken villager NPCs are now deleted on load and will respawn when re-added to the data.

Resolves an issue when attempting to drop a big chest into a small chest.

Resolved a rare crash that could occur in the mines.

The JunimoKart Qi Quest now rewards 20 Qi gems (up from 10).

Made waterfall and other ambient positional sounds fade out more smoothly.

Fix a crash related to the new festival.

Fixes large character sprites having a visual glitch (e.g. bear, island frog, clint hammering).

Added Krobus portrait.

Increased raccoon bug meat and bat wing request amount.

You can now press the Escape or menu button to 'go back' on a shipping menu category page.

Starter cabins now appear in the actual order intended.

Infinite Power achievement is now more generous with how it activates, allowing pre-1.6 saves to trigger the achievement.

Adjustments to moss growth (grows slower on sunny summer days, recovers slower after harvest).

Minor graphical fixes.

Fixes several translation errors and missing translations.

If it's year 2 and you don't have a pet (for any reason), you can start adopting them from Marnie's.

Ancient seed packets excluded from sale at traveling cart.

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 paint the new cabins (at 3rd upgrade level).

Fixed bug preventing Emily's 10 heart mail and event from triggering.

You can now access Clint's shop and geode service while your tool is being upgraded.

Harvesting moss now grants 1 foraging exp per moss.

Fixed some graphics issues with Shipping menu.

Fix a bug that was causing excess trash to be fished.

Adds new cabins to starter layouts for multiplayer.

Fixed several more spawn-out-of-bounds cases.

Reduced meteorite prismatic shard chance (100% -> 25%).

Fixed a visual error in the shop menu if an item's name was longer than the width of the menu.

Adult mossy green rain trees boost the moss growth rate of nearby trees.

Made berry bush state consistent overnight and on load (both at 20% plus a small new random bonus chance).

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.

Corrected various map tile issues and forage spawning out of bounds.

Resolved visual issue with eyebrow accessory during fishing.

Fixed crash when clicking on the scroll bar with a low number of animals.

Fixed issue preventing clipboard from being set to a null string.

Corrected text for the egg quest for new players going forward.

Improved cases where quest titles could go off the edge of the quest log.

Fixed crash when clicking on the scroll bar with a low number of animals.

Resolved crash issue when farmhand reconnects to town during green rain.

Resolved an issue causing crashes related to the Junimo harvester.

Resolved visual issue with eyebrow accessory during fishing.

Corrected the question format for Robin's house upgrade via telephone.

Corrected the question format for Robin's house upgrade via telephone.

Resolved crash issue related to the Junimo harvester.

Fixed issue where the Meadowlands farm quest would persist incorrectly.

Resolved issues with map tiles and forage spawning out of bounds.

Resolved crash issue when farmhand reconnects during green rain.

Resolved issue with the Meadowlands farm quest persisting incorrectly.

Fixed cases where quest titles could go off the edge of the quest log.

Corrected text for the egg quest for new players.

The 1.6 update for Stardew Valley is set to release on March 19th, 2024, introducing new content.