ConcernedApe recommends a new save file for Stardew Valley 1.6 "to see everything in context"
Jan. 27, 2024But continuing with an existing farm shouldn’t be a problem
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Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone is gearing up to release the 1.6 update for perennial farming/lifeing simStardew Valley, but budding pixel croppers might want to start a new save file to see all the newness “in context.”
Barone has since hinted atstrange storage solutions,pets wearing hats, and a freshNew Year eventcomplete with fireworks - alongside various other additions, fixes, and improvements. Update 1.6 is also content-complete, according to the developer, and is now just going through some polish before its release this year.
With so much fresh content, some players were wondering whether they should begin anew to see everything 1.6 is adding. In response to one player who asked if they should bin their Year 2 farm, Barone recommended that a new save file would be ideal, although you can’t go wrong no matter what.
Continuing from a Year 2 save, for example, won’t be a problem since you’ll “see most of the new content that way,” Barone says in a recenttweet, “but I still might recommend a new file just for fun and to see everything in context.” I’m personally excited to spend many more endless seasons in the rural life sim.
In the meantime, check out thenewest urban life sim from a former Stardew Valley developer.
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