{"id":1430120,"date":"2025-12-17T18:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/NtigwPmjTmbSQ5EcUHZLMb"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:11:34","slug":"eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Barone doesn&#8217;t want to &#8216;reveal much yet,&#8217; but Stardew Valley&#8217;s 1.7 update is starting to sound like another big one"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It looks like <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/stardew-valley\/\">Stardew Valley<\/a> creator Eric Barone may be getting up to his old shenanigans again, and by &#8216;old shenanigans&#8217; I mean turning a small, <em>just one more thing<\/em> update into a big, beefy add-on. Barone said shortly after confirming the Stardew Valley 1.7 update is on the way that &#8220;it\u2019s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/eric-barone-says-he-doesnt-want-too-much-hype-for-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-which-is-a-bit-like-showing-the-internet-a-big-red-button-marked-do-not-press\/\">hard to just stop improving it<\/a> when there are still things that can be improved,&#8221; but in a more recent post he pretty strongly implied that there&#8217;s a lot more in the pipe than just improvements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be some more character\/social stuff, it&#8217;s also traditional to add a new farm type,&#8221; Barone <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcernedApe\/status\/2001186320765583409\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in response to a user who asked for a hint about the update. &#8220;Lots more but I don&#8217;t want to reveal much yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:46.93%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"o9wbZQNuvwjLtF3Re2ecUf\" name=\"ericj\" alt=\"there will be some more character\/social stuff, it's also traditional to add a new farm type. Lots more but I don't want to reveal much yet\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"901\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Eric Barone (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keeping his cards close to the vest is Barone&#8217;s way: We didn&#8217;t get the full skinny on the 1.6 update <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-16-update-live-patch-notes\/\">until it went live<\/a> in March 2024, although Barone did have fun winding everyone up with &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/eric-barone-goes-mad-with-power-hes-revealing-a-single-stardew-valley-patch-note-every-day\/\">one patch note per day<\/a>&#8221; teases. You can get away with that sort of thing when you&#8217;ve made what is basically the most popular indie videogame in the history of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The irony here is that Barone said just a few months ago that he <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/eric-barone-says-he-doesnt-want-too-much-hype-for-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-which-is-a-bit-like-showing-the-internet-a-big-red-button-marked-do-not-press\/\">doesn&#8217;t want &#8220;too much hype&#8221;<\/a> for Stardew Valley 1.7, which is a bit like telling the entire world to guard the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LwjP8HCpE4E\">History Eraser Button<\/a>: The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcernedApe\/status\/2001186320765583409\">post<\/a> confirming the existence of the update has drawn more than 164,000 likes on X since it went up at the end of August, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, gamers eager for Barone&#8217;s next game, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/haunted-chocolatier\/\">Haunted Chocolatier<\/a>, may be a little less than hype about the whole thing. After mashing the brakes on that one so he could focus on the Stardew 1.6 update, Barone <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/after-getting-stardew-valley-to-a-good-place-with-update-1-6-eric-barone-is-now-fully-focused-on-his-next-game-im-committed-to-not-working-on-stardew-valley-until-im-done-with-haunted-chocolatier\/\">committed to finishing Haunted Chocolatier<\/a> before doing any more work on Stardew. Four months later, that&#8217;d softened to a compromise position: Yes, the new Stardew update will probably slow down work on Chocolatier, &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/yes-stardew-valleys-newly-announced-update-will-probably-slow-down-work-on-haunted-chocolatier-but-not-as-much-as-you-might-think\/\">but not as much as you might think<\/a>&#8221; because Barone is trying to be less directly hands-on with it. Will that work out? We&#8217;ll see how things are going in December 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"553c2cca-9775-486e-a747-111f81037a3f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Stardew Valley mods\" data-dimension48=\"Stardew Valley mods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:257px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.05%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mSUtrVuVhNnuiZG54586ki\" name=\"stardew-robin-square.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"252\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/stardew-valley-mods\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"553c2cca-9775-486e-a747-111f81037a3f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Stardew Valley mods\" data-dimension48=\"Stardew Valley mods\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Stardew Valley mods<\/strong><\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>Custom farming<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-cheats-every-cheat-code-you-need-no-mods-required\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stardew Valley cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Farm faster<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/stardew-valley-multiplayer-mod\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stardew Valley multiplayer<\/strong><\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>Co-op farming<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games-like-stardew-valley\/\"><strong>Games like Stardew Valley<\/strong><\/a>: More life sims<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-indie-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best indie games<\/strong><\/a>: Independent excellence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone may be getting up to his old shenanigans again, and by &#8216;old shenanigans&#8217; I mean turning a small, just one more thing update into a big, beefy add-on. Barone said shortly after confirming the Stardew Valley 1.7 update is on the way that &#8220;it\u2019s hard to just stop improving it when there are still things that can be improved,&#8221; but in a more recent post he pretty strongly implied that there&#8217;s a lot more in the pipe than just improvements. &#8220;There will be some more character\/social stuff, it&#8217;s also traditional to add a new farm type,&#8221; Barone wrote in response to a user who asked for a hint about the update. &#8220;Lots more but I don&#8217;t want&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/eric-barone-doesnt-want-to-reveal-much-yet-but-stardew-valleys-1-7-update-is-starting-to-sound-like-another-big-one\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1430121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,10550],"class_list":["post-1430120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-life-sim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eric Barone doesn&#039;t want to &#039;reveal much yet,&#039; 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