Stardew Valley's Update 1.6 Patch Notes Revealed Bit by Bit

Eric Barone, the developer of the successful indie game Stardew Valley, has begun to share the news about the highly-anticipated 1.6 update, one patch note a day. 

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update is set to be released on March 19th, a date that was announced last month. However, the lack of specific patch notes or highlights has left the game's dedicated players eager for more details. 

In a recent tweet, Barone unveiled that one of the major changes in the 1.6 update will be the revamping of fruit trees. Following the update, chopping down a fruit tree will give a player a fruit sapling of the same quality as its fruit. The higher the quality, the faster the sapling will mature when replanted. 

Barone also confirmed the fixing of a bug that made harvesting crops from left-to-right faster than from right-to-left, a glitch that players had suspected for a long time, adding that "the update will make them both equally fast, not equally slow".

With just a week remaining until the expansive 1.6 update, fans are eagerly awaiting the numerous changes. Given the extensive list of modifications, Barone has suggested that players might want to consider starting a new save file to fully enjoy the updated gameplay experience. He also added that saved files will remain completely untouched.

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