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Stardew Valley isn’t a game that receives updates often, but when it does, they add big chunks of new content and significant quality-of-life improvements to the popular farming simulation. Today, the\u00a0Stardew Valley’s 1.5\u00a0update was released\u00a0on PC, and developer Eric Barone (a.k.a. ConceredApe) has let players know what to expect from the changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Stardew Valley 1.5 Update is out now on PC! pic.twitter.com\/DJ8gUYR614<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Remember earlier this year when more end-game was teased (including a mysterious door<\/a> in Willy’s shop)? That’s presumably in the game now, as well as a host of other major and minor additions. Barone runs through the spoiler-free features in a blog post<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0which include a new type of farm (a beach!), advanced game options, and new hairstyles.<\/p>\n
Of course, the changes go far beyond that. If you don’t mind some spoilers about what to expect, you can read the full changelog<\/a>, which runs through a variety of new quests, characters, and locations. As a big fan of the game myself, the excerpts\u00a0below stand out as the most exciting to me:<\/p>\n
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- “An entire new region of the world, Ginger Island.”<\/span><\/li>\n
- “Added Leo, a new NPC with his own backstory, plot line, events, etc.”<\/span><\/li>\n
- “Added an unlockable island farm and farmhouse area, where you can plant crops in any season but can\u2019t construct buildings.”<\/span><\/li>\n
- “Added ostrich as a farm animal.”<\/span><\/li>\n
- “You can now further customize sprinklers with attachments”<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Be sure to check out the full (and enormous) list if you don’t mind ruining a few surprises. According to Barone, the additions in\u00a01.5 make it the game’s biggest update yet<\/a>. He was in the midst of developing content for this update when I interviewed him a few months ago; give that feature<\/a> a read for some insight about how Barone approaches the updates to Stardew Valley and why he’s so careful about what he includes and changes.<\/p>\n
Though all the new stuff\u00a0is available right now on PC,\u00a0console players need to wait a little longer. The 1.5 content update will be hitting “early next year” for other platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n