Stardew Valley’s fast-approaching 1.6 replace is introducing new sport content material comparable to a brand new pageant and dialogue, and it’s bringing some quality-of-life modifications with it too. Stardew’s developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has been coy with loads of the patch’s finer particulars thus far, however did just lately let one element slip that’s proving to be a a lot greater deal than it appears on its floor. And people are seemingly ecstatic in regards to the change.
Whereas they have been engaged on the patch notes, ConcernedApe tweeted out the next line:
Fruit tree lovers of the world, rejoice. After 1.6, Stardew Valley gamers will acquire a sapling of their fruit bushes when they’re lower down. Whereas some gamers thought this may make for a technique to sport the financial system and plant quite a few fruit bushes (which appear to yield some huge cash within the sport), it’s meant as a quality-of-life tweak to make relocating your orchards much less of a chore.
Moreover, the sapling can have the identical maturity because the tree, which means that whenever you replant the sapling, you gained’t have to start rising the tree from scratch. In response to responses from ConcernedApe, this transformation doesn’t imply that the replanted fruit tree will instantly yield the identical high quality of fruit it was producing earlier than it acquired lower down, however the fruit tree will regrow way more rapidly than typical and ultimately get again to the place it was.
Stardew’s 1.6 replace was introduced final yr and marked the primary new content material for the sport in a protracted whereas. Although it was largely meant to make modders’ lives simpler, it has understandably grown a bit within the time since its announcement. On the time, ConcernedApe additionally claimed that they have been “taking a break” from the event of their follow-up cozy RPG, Haunted Chocolatier, with a view to develop 1.6. It’s protected to imagine that when 1.6 drops subsequent week, it’ll be the final main piece of content material for Stardew whereas ConcernedApe switches gears again onto Haunted Chocolatier, which nonetheless appears to be a methods out.