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author: Jacob Blazewicz

Stardew Valley Fans Are Delighted About One Change in Upcoming Patch 1.6

Stardew Valley is going to receive quite a few changes in Update 1.6. Eric Barone has just revealed yet another one, and players are already excited about it, as the novelty related to saplings will have a significant application.

Source: Eric Barone.
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When years after the game's premiere, fans are still excited about announcements of even single new features, it says a lot about the success of a given title. For Stardew Valley fans, one revealed change from update 1.6 was enough to make them look forward to this patch even more.

Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, the game's developer, is slowly preparing to release a new version of his creation. This includes preparing an official list of changes, and although he has only just started working on it, he didn't fail to post a modest "teaser" online (via X).

Barone only revealed one new change: in patch 1.6, when a fruit tree is cut down, the player will also receive a "sapling" of the same quality. It still needs to grow before it begins producing fruit, but it will take less time.

This "small change" brought joy to the players, and many of them regarded it as a game changer. Barone's intention wasn't to help players "economically" (it's still better to plant a tree and "never touch it again"), but this new feature has significant applications (via X / Reddit).

Thanks to it, players will be able to recover a valuable sapling after planting it in an inappropriate place. This will enable the farm to be "remodeled" without the need for painstakingly gathering (or purchasing) new saplings of the same quality as the cut trees.

Many fans didn't expect such a change, but everyone notices and praises its advantages. And this is just one of many new features that we will see in update 1.6. Barone suggests starting the game over as soon as this update is available due to the large number of novelties, although most of them will also be accessible on old saves.

Patch 1.6 for Stardew Valley will be released on March 19. Fans have just one more week to wait for what is definitely not the last game patch.

Jacob Blazewicz

Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with GRYOnline.pl in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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