Stardew Valley’s current 1.6.9 replace is now dwell on all platforms, however like many video games that implement massive patches, the beloved farming sim’s newest replace is reportedly inflicting efficiency points for some gamers.
The 1.6.9 replace provides gamers every kind of dress-up choices for his or her cats, canine, and horses, however the function additionally appears to be the supply of the efficiency points some gamers are dealing with. However on the intense aspect, Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has supplied gamers a (non permanent) resolution to the issue: Take the hats off your pets.
PSA: if you’re experiencing efficiency points in Stardew Valley 1.6, take away all hats from pets. We’ll tackle the issue as quickly as doable
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 5, 2024
Barone additionally confirmed that he is engaged on a everlasting repair for the difficulty.
Relatively than being upset, a number of gamers responded to Barone’s tweet asking for the “lore” behind the bug and its non permanent workaround. Barone has a historical past of treating bugs as canonical occasions that really occurred within the recreation, and players have followed suit. In accordance with Barone, the lore behind the bug and its hat-removal workaround contain a contagious rash.
“There’s rumors of a wierd rash affecting pets’ ears in Zuzu Metropolis and we simply wish to ensure these ears can breath[e] for a couple of days,” Barone said in response to a lore-seeking query from a participant.
Different bugs reported after the replace embrace an issue with disappearing chickens, and though Barone hasn’t shared chicken-based lore (but), he has confirmed that he will not be resuming work on his subsequent recreation, Haunted Chocolatier, till all the problems with Stardew Valley’s 1.6.9 patch are resolved on all platforms.