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Some Stardew Valley<\/a><\/em> players on console or mobile are having performance issues after the 1.6 patch dropped on Monday<\/a>. Eric \u201cConcernedApe\u201d Barone is advising players to remove all hats from all pets to potentially fix the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cPSA: if you are experiencing performance issues in Stardew Valley 1.6, remove all hats from pets,\u201d Barone wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cWe will address the problem as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There's rumors of a strange rash affecting pets' ears in Zuzu City and we just want to make sure those ears can breath for a few days<\/p>\n

— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Stardew Valley<\/em>\u2019s 1.6 update \u2014 originally released for Windows PC in March<\/a>, then for consoles and mobile on Monday \u2014 adds the ability for players to put hats on their in-game pets. (You\u2019ve likely already had that ability in real-life.) It\u2019s one of many things added to the game with the bigger-than-expected 1.6 update, and very<\/em> cute. It\u2019s a bummer that it\u2019s potentially causing issues for console and mobile players, but Barone has a silly lore explanation that just makes sense: \u201cThere\u2019s rumors of a strange rash affecting pets\u2019 ears in Zuzu City and we just want to make sure those ears can breath for a few days,\u201d Barone said in a response<\/a> to an X user asking for a lore explainer.<\/p>\n

See? It just makes sense. So, folks, take hats off yours pets and let those ears breathe. Barone hasn\u2019t posted a timeline for the fix, but he\u2019s been addressing bugs consistently since yesterday; there\u2019s already a 1.6.10 bug fix patch that adjusted a few problems. One other issue Barone and the Stardew Valley<\/em> team are working on is with opening barn doors on a chicken coop on the first day it\u2019s placed; doing that makes the chickens disappear. There\u2019s a lore explanation for that, too<\/a>: \u201cThere is a wild coyote on the farm,\u201d Barone wrote. Keeping the door closed on the first day will save the chickens.<\/p>\n

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Some Stardew Valley players on console or mobile are having performance issues after the 1.6 patch dropped on Monday. Eric \u201cConcernedApe\u201d Barone is advising players to remove all hats from all pets to potentially fix the issue. \u201cPSA: if you are experiencing performance issues in Stardew Valley 1.6, remove all hats from pets,\u201d Barone wrote on X. \u201cWe will address the problem as soon as possible.\u201d There's rumors of a strange rash affecting pets' ears in Zuzu City and we just want to make sure those ears can breath for a few days — ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 5, 2024 Stardew Valley\u2019s 1.6 update \u2014 originally released for Windows PC in March, then for consoles and mobile on Monday \u2014 adds the ability for players to…<\/p>\n

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