Surprise Stardew Valley Update 1.6.15 is Live

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Summary

  • Stardew Valley has released Update 1.6.15 for PC and mobile devices.
  • The patch will be rolled out to consoles soon.
  • The patch addresses bug fixes, adds quality-of-life improvements and better mod support for players, and more.

As a seasoned farmer who’s spent countless hours tilling the digital soil of Stardew Valley, I must say that this latest update has truly been a game-changer! The improvements to legendary fish ponds and optimizations have made my virtual farming life even more enjoyable. It’s clear that ConcernedApe has taken the time to listen to the community and address some of the long-standing issues.

In their most recent update, version 1.6.15, Stardew Valley on both PC and mobile platforms has made it more enticing for players to catch its elusive legendary fish by enhancing the rewards. This patch also includes several enhancements aimed at improving the overall user experience, bug fixes across the game, and adjustments for mod users.

Currently, the update is accessible only on certain gaming platforms. However, developer ConcernedApe assures us that these updates will eventually roll out to the console versions too, once he successfully synchronizes them with the PC version. The exact timeline for this isn’t clear yet, considering there was a delay of approximately eight months between the console and mobile release of Stardew Valley 1.6 compared to its initial launch on PC.

The main focus of this latest update revolves around the renowned fish in Stardew Valley. These special fish placed in your ponds on the farm will now more frequently yield eggs (roe), and the worth of these eggs is also on the rise. Although ConcernedApe did not disclose the exact figures, these new rates should significantly enhance the earnings for players who have successfully caught and reared legendary fish.

In Stardew Valley at present, there are ten distinct Legendary Fish, each yielding a unique type of roe. Before the recent update, the least expensive unprocessed roe was shared between the Angler and Ms. Angler, priced at 480g each. Although it’s not the most profitable item players can manufacture on their farms, the value escalates substantially in the high-end legendary fish roe market, with each unprocessed roe of the Legend and Legend 2 fetching 2,530g apiece. Aging either of these fish’s roe previously raised its value to 5,060g per unit, or 7,084g with the Artisan skill. With additional price increases in the new patch, the economies of players farming these legendary fish are expected to experience a substantial surge.

Apart from this significant enhancement, the update offers extra assistance for gamers utilizing popular Stardew Valley mods. This aid comprises:

Stardew Valley 1.6.15 Patch Notes

Balance changes

  • Legendary fish ponds now produce roe much more often and have a higher average daily value.

Quality of life changes

  • Performance optimizations.
  • Added the Junimo bundle button to fridge and mini-fridge UIs.
  • Fixed debris able to spread under giant crops.
  • Fixed bad-word filtering added to some extra text boxes in 1.6. Those are now only filtered on platforms that require it, as originally intended.

Gameplay fixes

  • Fixed Krobus’ shop not accessible on Fridays for Japanese players.
  • Fixed some achievements not unlocked retroactively in some cases.
  • Fixed some things being less random than intended.
  • Fixed new-game data corruption issue, where viewing the load screen before creating a new save in rare cases would incorrectly copy data from one of the load slots into the new save.
  • Fixed some older items in the lost & found not correctly retrieveable.
  • Fixed crash when collecting empty crab pots.
  • Fixed crash when farm animals somehow end up in multiple locations.
  • Fixed crash when failing to play/resume/pause/stop sound effects.
  • Fixed crash in raccoon menu if you have a base flavored item in your inventory.
  • Fixed crash if a shop somehow has a null item from a player to sell.
  • Fixed rare crash in Calico Jack minigame.
  • Fixed error loading pre-1.6 saves with case-sensitive stat key conflicts; conflicting stats are now merged.
  • Fixed selected tool lost in some cases when obtaining a stardrop.

Multiplayer fixes

  • Fixed some mail getting re-sent to farmhands every day.
  • Fixed unable to join a server whose invite code contains a bad word.
  • Fixed issue where the host’s mine levels could be frozen in time.
  • Fixed crash in WeGame version.
  • Fixed crash when a farmhand passes out while warping between locations.
  • Fixed `/unlinkPlayer` and other multiplayer chat commands sometimes using the first player instead of the intended one.
  • Fixed co-op menu scroll not reset when switching tab.

Display text and localization fixes

  • Improved Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian translations.
  • Fixed a missing period in the shears description.
  • Fixed some item tooltips on the collection tab in some languages showing a raw `{1}` token.
  • Fixed gray box behind Russian railroad sign.
  • Fixed Robin’s start-construction message showing the general building name inconsistently.
  • Fixed a few translated dialogues with broken dialogue commands.

Cosmetic fixes

  • Fixed Alex’s hand in one of his portraits.
  • Fixed butterflies spawned by statue of blessings glitching out in summer.

Changes for modded players

  • Fixed support for fridges with a larger capacity.
  • Fixed buildings visually matching the calendar season even if their location has a different season.
  • Fixed interior doors not working if you wake up in their location.
  • Fixed crash on powers tab hover if a mod added an entry with no display name.
  • Added logs to track game load timing.

Changes for mod authors

  • See [mod author notes on the wiki](https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Migrate_to_Stardew_Valley_1.6.9#1.6.15).

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