{"id":388542,"date":"2025-09-01T04:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388542\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T04:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:19:14","slug":"stardew-valley-is-getting-yet-another-surprise-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/388542\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardew Valley is getting yet another surprise update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">We may not have a date for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/new-difficulty-mod-in-stardew-valley-will-purge-your-saves-if-you-use-a-guide-175521779.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stardew Valley;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stardew Valley<\/a>&#8216;s next major update, but we have confirmation that it&#8217;s happening. Eric Barone, the developer behind the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/stardew-valley-20-million-copies-sold-184832175.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hit farming sim;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit farming sim<\/a>, announced that there will be a 1.7 update during the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert in Seattle, later confirming the news with a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcernedApe\/status\/1961864959484412104\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post on X;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">post on X<\/a>. Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, didn&#8217;t reveal a release date, nor any teasers about content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">Considering the numbered update, we&#8217;re expecting more than just a patch and something similar to the fresh content added in the 1.6 update. The previous update released in March of last year and delivered a ton of free content, including the Meadowlands Farm, a new three-day festival, more crops and novel NPC interactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">Fans will always welcome more content for Stardew Valley, but some expressed concern about how this will impact the release timeline for Barone&#8217;s upcoming title, Haunted Chocolatier. The developer revealed the standalone title in 2021 and told <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/after-getting-stardew-valley-to-a-good-place-with-update-1-6-eric-barone-is-now-fully-focused-on-his-next-game-im-committed-to-not-working-on-stardew-valley-until-im-done-with-haunted-chocolatier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PC Gamer;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PC Gamer<\/a> in April of this year that he wouldn&#8217;t work on any more Stardew Valley updates until he&#8217;s done with Haunted Chocolatier. To offer some reassurance, Barone <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConcernedApe\/status\/1961865945410125952\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:replied on X;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">replied on X<\/a> that the 1.7 update &#8220;will not hinder Haunted Chocolatier development.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We may not have a date for Stardew Valley&#8216;s next major update, but we have confirmation that it&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[134728,134729,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-388542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eric-barone","9":"tag-stardew-valley","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115127121635315860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}