Highlights
- Stardew Valley Update 1.6 adds a honeymoon period for spouses and changes the colors of jelly, pickles, wines, and juices to match their ingredients.
- PC players will get Update 1.6 first on March 19, with other platforms to follow at a later date.
- Quality of life improvements like extended melee attack areas and faster pet interactions enhance gameplay.
Stardew Valley creator 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 hit Stardew Valley, and the wait is nearly at an end - for PC players, at least.
PC players have first dibs on Stardew Valley Update 1.6, which is scheduled to arrive on the platform come Tuesday, March 19. Stardew Valley Update 1.6 will 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 new Stardew Valley update is going to be a substantial one, and so many fans are excited to see what all it's bringing to the table.
Stardew Valley Creator Details Plans After Update 1.6
The creator of Stardew Valley reveals what his plans are after finishing work on the highly-anticipated Update 1.6.
ConcernedApe has been slowly revealing one new patch note for Stardew Valley Update 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 that Stardew Valley will 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 for Stardew Valley spouses 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 that Stardew Valley marriages remain happy affairs for at least one in-game week.
These are just the latest changes confirmed to be coming in Stardew Valley Update 1.6 Previously, ConcernedApe revealed that the update will make a change to fruit tree saplings so 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 a change to Stardew Valley pets so 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.
Stardew Valley Update 1.6 Patch Notes
- Cutting down a fruit tree now yields the appropriate fruit sapling. If the tree is mature (i.e. the fruit quality is > basic), it will yield a sapling with the same quality as its fruit. The higher the quality, the faster the sapling will mature when replanted.
- Extended the area of effect of downward facing melee attacks.
- Fixed bug where it was faster to harvest left-to-right than right-to-left.
- Jelly, pickles, wines, and juices are now colored based on the ingredient item.
- Reduced the amount of time you need to push against a pet before they start shaking and then let you pass through them (1.5 -> .75 seconds).
- Spouses now have a seven-day "honeymoon" period after marriage which prevents them from laying in bed all day due to being upset.
