The 1.5.1 patch is now available. It fixes several bugs and issues that were discovered since the launch of 1.5 on Monday. Below is a changelog:

• The Crystal Cave puzzle now gradually gets easier after repeated misses.
  
• The "Spawn monsters on the farm" advanced game option will no longer reset when selecting a different farm type after the setting has been modified.
  
• Spouses will no longer stand around looking at rug-type furniture items. This fixes a case where a spouse might stare at a Floor Divider, which could cause them to block the player's way through a narrow hallway.

• Fixed a crash that could occur overnight if you placed the Auto-Petter anywhere that isn't a Coop or a Barn.
  
• When dismissing the Forge menu, items that can't fit in your inventory will now be dropped downwards instead of upwards, to avoid items being dropped into the lava.
  
• Stacks of items that can be redeemed at the Stardew Valley Fair now properly grant you the whole stack, instead of just one of the item.
  
• Fixed various issues related to having a child named Leo or Kent. Existing friendship points for these characters will be transferred over to your children.
  
• You can longer place objects in some out-of-bounds areas in the Farmhouse.
  
• Pets no longer warp out of bounds in the Farmhouse.
  
• Fixed some cases where hairstyles would "clip" through hats.
  
• Fixed an issue where purchasing the Master Slingshot would give the player a normal Slingshot.
  
• You can now properly select the "Beach Farm" on the new game screen when playing with controller at minimum resolution.
  
• Leo is no longer available as a Feast Of The Winter Star gift recipient if he is not in town.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurs when demolishing Cabins.
  
• Fixed being able to place objects in certain tiles that block player movement such as the rockslide that blocks the path to the Mines.
  
• Fixed a bug where killing Big Slimes carrying hearts during Qi's Hungry Challenge, while wearing the Burglar's Ring, would cause the hearts to be collectable in the player's inventory.
  
• Maru no longer stands on the wrong tile outside the farm on Saturdays if you're married to her.
  
• Fixed Hair #56 accidentally being replaced.
  
• Birdie's item trade quest no longer removes all stacks of an item when they are given to their intended recipient.
  
• (Modding) Fixed the Return Scepter not returning to overwritten Farmhouse entry locations.

• Various localization fixes and changes.
  
• Fixed a bug in the German localization preventing characters from completing Birdie's quest.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Spanish localization preventing Birdie's introduction event from completing.
  
• Fixed a crash when bombing the cave entrance next to the Field Office in the Spanish localization.
  
• Fixed issues with Lewis's phone call in various localizations.

• Fixed an exploit where you could regain stamina in bed in multiplayer, even if the game was paused.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that would cause the game's host to warp to an invalid position if a farmhand had just completed a Community Center bundle.

Changes from Hotfix #3 (12/23/2020):
-Fix for shared events in multiplayer potentially putting players out of bounds.
-Allow Local Multiplayer clients to play other players' characters. This fixes an issue with players continuing multiplayer farms in local multiplayer not being able to select their old farmers.
-Fixed the am/pm display not displaying properly in non-English languages.
-Various localization fixes and changes.

Changes from Hotfix #2 (12/22/2020):
-Hotfix for malformed item data causing the game to crash on the Turkish localization.

Changes from Hotfix #1 (12/21/2020):
-Hotfix for game crashing when interacting with the Junimo Notes in the Community center on non-English localizations.

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If you are still experiencing any issues with the update, the best place to report them is on the Stardew Valley Forums: https://forums.stardewvalley.net[/url] Hope you're having fun playing 1.5 so far! -Ape ːstardropː
Hope you're having fun playing 1.5 so far!

-Ape ːstardropː

Hi everyone,

Santa came early... Stardew Valley's 1.5 update is now available! As always, this update is completely free for anyone who owns Stardew Valley.

1.5 adds a big piece of new content to the "end-game" of Stardew Valley.
Now, completing the Community Center is just the beginning...

It's not all about end-game content, though... there's plenty of new stuff all throughout the game, as well as useful improvements and convenience features.

This update also adds local (split-screen) co-op.

I like to keep most of the big stuff secret, so that you'll be surprised when you encounter it in game.
However, if you don't mind spoiling it, and want to know everything that's in the update,
here's a full changelog.



A no-spoiler list of some of the new features:

• Local (split-screen) co-op
  
• New people to meet
  
• New goals
  
• Many new items
  
• A new type of quest
  
• A new farm layout
  
• New game options like "remixed" bundles (see below)
  
• New character events
  
• A new Community Upgrade
  
• Home renovations (after you've fully upgraded your house)
  
• Ducks can now swim
  
• You can sit in chairs
  
• You can move your bed
  
• Fish Tanks
  
• A bunch of new furniture items as well as new furniture types like wall sconces
  
• New secrets
  
• 9 new music tracks
  
• And so much more... you'll just have to see, I can't bear to spoil it

If you are starting a new farm for this update, make sure to check out the new farm layout (Beach Farm) and the advanced game options menu (click the wrench icon in the lower left of the character creation screen). Choosing "Remixed" bundles randomizes the Community Center bundles with some brand new ones, and variations of the classics.

NOTE: To play split-screen mode, you'll need cabins on your farm to house the other players (Robin can build them, or If you're starting a new game, you can choose to start with cabins already placed on the farm via the advanced game options menu). Once the cabins are there, open your game menu, scroll down to multiplayer, and select "Start local co-op" . The other player can now press start on a controller to initiate split-screen.

Well, please have fun with the new update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley!

-ConcernedApe



Edit: We're aware of a crash if you're playing in a non-english language and you open one of the Community Center bundle menus. A hotfix will be coming out soon (Update 5:00pm PST... the hotfix is live!)

Edit 2 (TURKISH): we've released a hotfix for a crash that was happening when playing in Turkish (2:46AM PST)

Edit 3: at 2:30PM PST we released a hotfix for the issue where seeing the Leo event in multiplayer could cause non-host players to warp into the walls.

Hey everyone, there's a small patch out now that fixes a few issues with Stardew Valley. The most notable is the "no audio" bug that was happening to some people.

CHANGELOG:
- Fixed an issue on Windows where the game would initialize incorrectly and start without audio.
- Fixed an issue where passable objects, such as torches, could block you from attacking enemies that are standing nearby.
- You can now reclaim the Ancient Seed crafting recipe from Gunther if you donated an Ancient Seed artifact and collected only the seed and not the recipe.
- Fixed an issue that would allow animals to walk on certain water tiles alongside some bridges.
- Wallpapers can no longer be used in place of items to be processed into artisan goods.
- Fixed the Lewis statue letter not granting its reward in the Simplified Chinese localization.


-Ape

Hey everyone,

The 1.4.4 patch is out now, which makes some improvements and fixes some remaining issues in the 1.4 content update. Patch notes below:

- Adjusted dropped item pickups so that they're more responsive for clients in multiplayer and will "rubber band back" to their previous locations less frequently.
- Adjusted item collection code so that machines tucked in corners can be refilled without using cursor mode.
- Added Elliott's 14-heart not properly working in non-English languages.
- Fixed a data entry issue that caused some fish ponds to use incorrect data.
- Fixed the Shrimp Enthusiast Shirt applying the wrong shirt artwork.
- Fixed a softlock when watching the 2nd Fall movie in a non-English languages.
- Fixed the cursor not appearing in the level up profession selector if the Controller Style Menus option is toggled off while using a controller.
- Unsuccessfully crafting an unstackable item while already holding an item on your cursor no longer grants you credit for crafting it.
- Fixed an issue where Garden Pots would consume seeds without planting them if they were planted from more than a tile away.
- Fixed the color selector sliders on the Farmhand creation screen having incorrect navigation on controller.
- Fixed the logic for fruit tree obstruction checking the wrong tile.
- Fixed the dagger swipe sound effect repeating an extra time in multiplayer if another player is in the same area.
- Krobus will no longer get jealous if you gift characters you're dating after he moves in.
- Penny now leaves Garden Pots alone in her 14 heart event.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Sam's 6 heart event to soft-lock.
- The game now re-issues the player the Qi's Challenge quest if they had previously opened the mail, but dismissed it without accepting the quest.
- Items placed in an ex's room are now collected and placed in a chest after divorce.
- You can no longer give away quest items or non-giftable items during the Feast of the Winter Star.
- Adjusted some NPC gift reactions (Vincent and Jas now dislike Triple Shot Espresso, Dwarf now loves Lemon Stone, and Sam now enjoys concession stand Joja Cola.)
- Adjusted Desert map so that crab pots placed in the water no longer render incorrectly, and objects can no longer be placed on top of the Desert Trader.
- Removed Catfish from Willy's fishing quests during Winter, as it's impossible to catch one without a Rain Totem.
- Fixed a crash that could occur on the host when a client connects to a game that was set to Friends or Invite Only that is now being hosted on a platform that doesn't support those online modes.
- Fixed incorrectly looping ambient noise in the Deep Woods at night.
- Fixed an issue where the Japanese localization's dialogue for a spouse watering your crops would incorrectly show both gender variants of the text.
- Fixed the Simplified Chinese localization incorrectly showing Sunflower Seeds as a Fall only crop.
- Removed the '<' from the Simplified Chinese localization of the "Pet loves you" dialogue.
- Fixed an issue where Junimos would show an empty text bubble when bringing a bundle to the Junimo Hut after completing a bundle in Simplified Chinese or Korean.
- Fixed an issue where viewing the Junimo Note before learning to read it would cause certain text to permanently display much larger in the Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean localizations.
- Filled in some missing characters in the Korean fonts. This fixes some instances where an asterisk appears instead of a Korean character.
- Fixed a minor typo in Grandpa's Note in the Korean localization.

On a side note, I recently announced that Stardew Valley has sold over 10 million copies (probably closer to 12 million), and the majority of sales have been here on Steam. So I'd like to thank all of you here for your support over the past 4 years and for making this possible. I hope to keep bringing you many more hours of fun and magic w/ Stardew Valley and beyond!

Hope you're enjoying the 1.4 update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley!
-ConcernedApe

Hi Everyone,
The 1.4.3 patch is now out, which fixes a few more bugs/problems with the 1.4 update:

- Fixed an issue where you could collect multiples of a bundle's reward in the community center if you closed the menu without collecting them.
- Fixed an issue where naming your pet the name of an NPC could have your pet appear on the calendar on that NPC's birthday.
- Fixed an item duplication exploit when using the add to existing stacks button on an inventory with a full stack.
- Made some fixes to the Turkish localization.
- Fixed a bug in the Crafting Menu that could cause extra resources to be consumed in certain situations.
- Adjusted the Four Corners farm map to fix layering issue with buildings.
- Fixed a bug where you could enter Wizard's Tower before unlocking the Community Center.
- Taking a map screenshot while the option to show menu backgrounds is on will no longer render the menu in the screenshot.
Fixed an issue causing certain wallpapers to grant a Lost Book when selected in the Catalogue.
- Fixed an issue where you could get your grange score immediately after asking Lewis to judge your grange during the Stardew Valley Fair.

Thanks for playing!
-Ape

Hi everyone,

A new patch is out (1.4.2) to fix some more bugs in the recent content update:

Change Log:

- Fixed an issue where the Crane Game would crash on load on Mac builds.
- Fixed workbenches not pulling items from chests that are on rugs.
- Fixed an issue where Robin would stay in bed if she was upgrading certain buildings on game load.
- Reverted placement rules introduced in 1.4.1 which prevented players for creating flooring or torches on their Spouse's porch tiles. Instead, Spouses will now ignore flooring and will "pop off" any torches that are placed in those tiles when they move there in the morning.
- Fixed a bug where buying a magic rock candy from the desert trader, exiting to title, and then re-loading the game would cause it to not re-appear in the shop.
- Fixed a crash when mashing the dialogue advance buttons while transitioning between maps during an event.
- Fixed another way the club smash could cause the player to get "stuck" holding out a weapon.
- Resolved some issues where non-user initiated mouse movements could cause changes in mouse button states to not register.
- Fixed a potential soft-lock that would occur if you passed out on another player's bed.
- Fixed a problem where the screen would be partially faded out when Demetrius comes to ask you about the farm cave.
- Clicking the Emoji menu toggle button on gamepad no longer shows onscreen keyboard.
- Adjusted rumble on third party controllers. This may not fully solve issues on certain third party controllers, but will at least prevent states where the rumble is stuck on.
- Fixed an issue where characters would greet you via speech bubble even if they weren't in the same location (for instance, Elliot welcoming you into his shack, even though he is standing at the beach)
- Disabled being able to perform certain actions (like using a Return Scepter) during overnight farm events.
- Farmers who are knocked out while holding an item will now properly animate the knocked out animation.
- Fixed an issue where the tool being upgraded at Clint's could be set to an invalid value, causing Lewis to incorrectly send you a set of tools every night.

If you're still experiencing any issues after this patch, please describe the issue in the comments below.
Thanks for playing!
-Ape

Hi everyone,

A bug-fix patch (version 1.4.1) is now available for Stardew Valley, which fixes some of the bugs found since the launch of 1.4. Here are some of the more important fixes:

• MULTIPLAYER: Fixed an issue where farmhand's separate wallets would be reset to 500g if the host was playing on Mac or Linux
  
• Fixed problem harvesting crops with the golden scythe.
  
• Added a new Gamepad Mode selection to the options menu. The default setting ("Auto") will automatically switch between keyboard and mouse controls depending on the last used input (this should be fine for most players). "Force on" forces the game to use gamepad logic, similar to earlier versions of Stardew Valley. "Force off" disables the gamepad and can be used if you only play the game using a keyboard and mouse.
  
• Fixed bug where you could enter the sewer on your horse, causing you to warp into the void.
  
• Fixed a bug where Clint would attempt to upgrade your weapon (he can't), causing your tool to be lost.
  
• Fixed a problem where farmhands who disconnected while leveling up could miss out on their level up perks.
  
• Fixed a soft-lock scenario in shop menus. You can also now buy recipes with a full inventory.
  
•  Trash bear no longer appears on festival days, preventing a potential crash.
  
• Fixed a crash when checking the calendar while engaged to another farmer that is currently disconnected from the game.
  
• You can now purchase the museum rarecrows from the night market after you've unlocked them.
  
• Various controller fixes
  
• Many more bug fixes, see link below if you're interested!

You can see a full (but spoiler-filled) changelog here: https://www.stardewvalley.net/1-4-bugfix-patch/

Hopefully, if you've encountered any bugs so far in 1.4, they will be resolved with this patch. If not, please share details of the issue in the comments below.

I hope you are enjoying the 1.4 update so far!

Thanks for playing
-Ape

Edit: the version number was originally 1.4.0.1 for this patch, but it will be changed to 1.4.1 to be compatible with SMAPI, a very popular fan-made Stardew Valley modding API. If you see a tiny update, that's what it is.

Hi everyone,

The new 1.4 update for Stardew Valley is now available! As usual, this update is completely free for anyone who owns Stardew Valley. It's always fun & exciting to share new content with you, and I really hope you enjoy discovering all the new stuff.

This update not only adds new content and features to the game, but improves the gameplay experience with a ton of "quality of life" features... including some popular & long-standing requests from the community. There's also an enormous amount of bug fixes and some optimizations improvements--in short, the game is more polished than ever. I hope this update will greatly improve your Stardew Valley experience, and make your time in the valley even more joyful, seemless, and fun.

Below is a very, very condensed version of the 1,4 changelog, with spoilers hidden.

• A new mystery to the abandoned JojaMart ...
  
• Added some more character events... including a new 14-heart event for every spouse.
  
• Added Fish Ponds, a new farm building that allows you to raise fish and harvest a variety of items from them.
  
• Added a new farm map: Four Corners
  
• Added a tailoring & clothing system
  
• Over 60 new items, some fun, some practical and some powerful
  
• Added 24 new hairstyles, 181 new shirts, 35 new hats, 14 new pants, and 2 new boots
  
• Added the ability to invite a certain friend to be your "Housemate"
  
• Junimo Kart has been almost completely re-done
  
• You can now choose from 3 cat breeds & 3 dog breeds.
  
• Added a new end-game farm building
  
• Sheds can be upgraded to double their interior size
  
• Added a Desert Trader
  
• Added 2 new monsters and 2 new alternative levels to the mines
  
• A new type of upgrade at the Blacksmith's
  
• An emote menu for your farmer (default key is Y)
  
• The social tab now keeps track of villagers' likes and dislikes (click on a villager's icon)
  
• Marlon can now recover an item for you after getting knocked out in the mines
  
• You now have the option to play multiplayer with separate money coffers, instead of shared.
  
• Huge amount of Quality of Life improvements, like being able to stack "big" items (like kegs), or seeing the Junimo Note icon pulse when hovering over an item that's required for a bundle.
  
• 14 new music tracks!
  
• Hundreds of bug fixes

Again, please keep in mind this is a highly condensed version of the changelog that leaves out a lot of details. The actual changelog is much too long to paste here, but if you'd like to see the complete, spoiler-filled version, please check out this link.

I hope you have fun with the new update, and as always, thanks for playing Stardew Valley!

-ConcernedApe

Edit: Expect a few hotfixes to come out today, to resolve a couple of uncaught bugs.
So far:
-Game will no longer crash when sending an emoji by itself
-Fix for incorrect stone strength & monster spawns in levels 10-30 of the mines

Hi everyone,

The new languages update (1.3.36) is now live for everyone, and includes a couple of bug fixes.

Changelog:

*Added French, Korean, Italian, Hungarian, and Turkish language support
*Fixes bug where giving a gift to an NPC caused the gift action to happen twice in rapid succession
*Fixes furniture rotation bug for "stools"
*Fixes morning music not being played correctly
*(spoiler) Fixes Junimos not disappearing after the final goodbye
*New "About/Credits" menu on title screen

Thanks everyone who helped test out the beta, your feedback was really helpful!

Next up is a big free content update (1.4), that includes lots of new stuff, as well as some really nice quality of life features.

Thanks for playing Stardew Valley!

-ConcernedApe

Update: Just a heads up... you may have noticed a couple of very small additional updates recently (after the 1.3.36). These are minor tweaks/fixes for a couple things that weren't caught in the beta (typos, etc.)

Hi everyone,

The beta for French, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian and Korean is here. If you speak any of those languages, and want to help me find bugs, typos, or even just give feedback on the new text, it would be a big favor and I'd really appreciate it!

To access the current beta version of Stardew Valley:

• Right click on Stardew Valley in your games library and select "Properties"
  
• Click the "Betas" tab
  
• Click the drop down menu and select "beta" (no password is necessary)
  
• Steam will download the beta version. Stardew Valley should now have a [beta] tag in your library.

While it's very unlikely that playing the beta version will threaten your save files, I recommend backing them up anyway. Your save files can be found in the "%appdata%/StardewValley/Saves" folder (on PC).

If you have any feedback or bug reports, please use this thread on the Stardew Valley Subreddit.


Patch notes for v1.3.35 (beta):

• Added French, Turkish, Italian, and Korean languages
  
• Added a new Credits menu to replace the "About" menu on the title screen
  
• Removed the /credits command from the chat box
  
• Removed unnecessary map files

Update on Feb 2nd:

• Added Hungarian language
  
• Trying out a different font for Korean

Thanks for your help & thanks for playing Stardew Valley!
-Ape