Stardew Valley gig collapses due to pet herding

“PSA: If you have performance issues in Stardew Valley 1.6, remove all hats from pets.” Barone wrote on X. “We will resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”

Stardew ValleyUpdate 1.6 — originally released in March for Windows PC and then for consoles and mobile devices on Monday — gives players the ability to put hats on their in-game pets. (You’ve probably already had this ability in real life.) It’s one of many things added to the game in the unexpectedly big 1.6 update very

Cute. It’s a shame that it may cause problems for console and mobile players, but Barone has a silly, lore explanation that just makes sense: “There are rumors of a strange rash on pets’ ears in Zuzu City, and we want to just make sure these ears can breathe for a few days,” Barone said in a response to an X user asking for an explanation of the story.

See? It just makes sense. So, folks, tip your hats to your pets and let your ears breathe. Barone has not released a timeline for the fix, but he has been consistent in fixing the bug since yesterday; There is already a bugfix patch 1.6.10 that fixes some issues. Another problem, Barone and the Stardew Valley

The task the team is working on is to open the barn doors of a chicken coop on the first day it is set up. This causes the chickens to disappear. There is a lore explanation for this too: “There is a wild coyote on the farm,” Barone wrote. Keeping the door closed on the first day will save the chickens.