Stardew Valley patch 1.5 patch notes

Stardew Valley patch 1.5 patch notes

New World

1.5 adds a whole new region of the world, Ginger Island (which is part of the Fern Islands):

• Added new locations, dialogues, events, mini-games, puzzles, and a series of quests involving multiple NPCs.
• Added Leo, a new NPC with their own story, plot, events, etc.
• Added new secondary NPCs: Birdie, Gourmand Frog and Professor Snail.
• Added a volcanic dungeon that changes every time you visit it, similar to mines.
• Added Qi challenges that unlock rare or unique items.
• Added an unlockable island farm and a farm area, where you can plant crops in any season, but cannot construct buildings.
• Added an unlockable complex that you can open to allow villagers to visit the islands, including new beach outfits and schedules.
• Added hidden pages from the Diary of a Lost Sailor to uncover his history and learn more about the islands.
• Added golden nuts hidden in islands, which can be used to unlock new areas and content.
• Added Golden Coconuts, which Clint can open to find rare island items.
• Added gem birds that spawn in a random island area when it rains and drop gems as they approach.
• Added secrets and puzzles to discover around the island.
• Added new enemies:
  • Dwarf Sentinel;
  • False magma cap;
  • Hot head;
  • Lava Lurk;
  • Magma Sprite;
  • Magma Sparker;
  • Magma Duggy;
  • Announcer;
  • Stick Bug;
  • Tiger Slime.
• Added new cosmetic creatures: Crabs, Caldera Monkeys, Air Parrots, Marsupials, and Tropical Butterflies.
• Added a new island obelisk building.

New features of the farm

• Added new beach farm layout.
• Addition of the ostrich as a farm animal.
• The stationary dressers found in the huts of the farm workers have been removed.
• Added renovations to the home, which allow you to expand and further adjust the farmhouse once it is fully renovated.
• Beds are now normal furniture that you can pick up, move, and replace.
  • You may even have a house without a bed, but your spouse might have something to say about it.
• Once unlocked, the greenhouse can now be moved to Robin's shop.
• The default shipping bin can now be moved or demolished in Robin's Shop.
• Added advanced game options, which can be used to customize a new game:
  • Define the starting value used in the randomization;
  • Choose the default or random community center sets;
  • Choose default or random mine chests;
  • Can guarantee red cabbage seeds sell at least once to the traveling cart in the first year, so it is still possible to complete the community center in the first year.
  • Can access profit margins and cabin related options that were previously unavailable when creating a single player farm.
  • Can toggle the spawning of monsters
• You can now apply cosmetic paints to the farm and buildings.
• Ducks can now swim in water and some chicken coop animals will now follow adults.
• Slimes are now drunk from troughs in slime hutches in random order.

Other new content and features

• Added Dwarven Forge and Weapon Enchantment.
• Added the ability to combine two rings into one.
• Added Special Orders, more dynamic endgame quests that allow you to help villagers with their personal projects via a special orders board in town. These can include more varied goals and rewards, temporary changes in the world, permanent changes (eg, new store inventory), and post-completion events.
• Added a second community upgrade to Robin's Shop.
• Added a more difficult version of mines and skull caves. These are accessible at the end of the game and can optionally be activated permanently using the challenge sanctuary:
  • The following new monsters appear in the most difficult mines:
    • Shadow Sniper;
    • Skeleton Mage;
    • Spider (jumps, often found near webs that can trap players and dust sprites);
    • Putrid Ghost (causes a nauseous debuff);
    • Blue Squid;
    • Royal snake;
    • Slime Stack.
• Added a new fishing TV channel (not available until certain conditions are met).
• Added new crops and trees:
  • Mahogany (hardwood drops);
  • Fiber seeds;
  • Ginger (fodder);
  • Banana;
  • Mangrove;
  • Pineapple;
  • Taro root (rice field);
  • New variant of palm tree;
  • Fruit Qi (available during the special Qi quest).
• Festival changes:
  • Added Year 2 dialogues for the Egg Festival.
  • Added stores to Dance of the Moonlight Jellies, Feast of the Winter Star, Festival of Ice, and Luau.
  • Added new items to various festival shops.
• You can now change your name and gender in the Sorcerer's Basement Shrine.
• You now have a Perfection Rating that tracks the percentage of in-game content you complete. Full completion allows you to buy Golden Chickens, add random Golden Witch event, unlock summit access with new event, add new bird creatures, and unlock various items.
• You can now further customize sprinklers with attachments:
  • Enricher automatically applies the loaded fertilizer while planting seeds nearby;
  • The pressure nozzle increases the watering range.
• Added new items and crafting machines:
  • Bone Mill turns bones into fertilizer;
  • Coffee maker brews a fresh cup each morning;
  • Cookout Kit lets you cook on the go;
  • Dark Sign displays an object without consuming it;
  • The deconstructor destroys the manufactured objects, but recovers their most precious material;
  • Farm Computer scans the farm and displays useful information;
  • Geode Crusher consumes coal to break open geodes.
  • Heavy Tapper works twice as fast as a normal tapper;
  • The hopper automatically loads the items placed inside into the machine in front of it;
  • Junimo chests are linked to a shared global reserve;
  • Mini obelisks allow you to squeeze between two obelisks when placed on the farm;
  • The mini shipping bin is a smaller shipping bin that can be placed outside the farm;
  • The ostrich incubator, when placed in a barn, hatches ostrich eggs in baby ostriches;
  • The solar panel slowly generates batteries when left in the sun;
  • Statue of True Perfection produces a prismatic glow every day;
  • The stone chest is a variation of the chest made with stone instead of wood;
  • Phone calls to stores to check hours and inventory, and occasionally receive random phone calls (no gameplay effect);
  • Warp Totem: The island warps towards the Fern Islands. =

• Added new food items:
  • Insect steak;
  • Banana pudding;
  • Ginger;
  • Ginger ale;
  • Ginger beer;
  • Sticky mango rice;
  • Pina Colada;
  • Then;
  • Taro Racine;
  • Curry tropical;
  • Squid ink ravioli (temporarily prevents weakening).
• Add new fertilizers:
  • Luxury fertilizer increases the chances of a better quality crop;
  • The deluxe retention soil always keeps the soil watered overnight;
  • Hyper Speed-Gro increases growth rate by at least 33%.
• Addition of new elements:
  • Bone fragment;
  • Fossilized skull, spine, tail, paws and ribs and snake skull, snake vertebrae;
  • Cinder Shard;
  • Dragon tooth;
  • Tiger slime egg;
  • Fairy Dust can be used on a machine to finish processing;
  • Golden walnut;
  • Cap Magma;
  • Monster Musk spawns more monsters;
  • Mummified bat and mummified frog;
  • Ostrich egg;
  • Qi Gem;
  • Qi seasoning increases the quality of cooked recipes;
  • Radioactive ore and radioactive bar;
  • Taro Tuber;
  • Horse Flute summons your horse to the outdoors;
  • Mushroom tree seed.
  • Auto-Petter… a late game Joja road item, but also very rarely obtained by other means
• Addition of new fishing equipment:
  • Curiosity Lure increases the chances of catching rare fish;
  • The quality bobber increases the quality of the fish;
  • Magic Bait catches fish of any season / time / weather for a given location.
• Added new quest items:
  • Advanced TV remote control;
  • Arctic Shard;
  • Ectoplasm;
  • Gourmet tomato salt;
  • List of missing actions from Peter;
  • Pirate's medallion;
  • Prismatic jelly;
  • Stardew Valley Rose;
  • War Memento;
  • Worm squirming.
• Added new rings:
  • The Glowstone Ring provides both light and increased object collection radius;
  • Hot Java Ring increases your chances of finding coffee drinks when killing monsters;
  • The immunity band reduces the chance of status debuff by 40%;
  • Phoenix Ring restores some health after being knocked out once a day.
  • The Ring of Protection keeps you invincible longer after taking damage;
  • Soul Sapper Ring restores some energy after killing a monster;
  • The Ring of Thorns damages enemies when they attack you.
• Added new hats:
  • ???;
  • Dark cowboy hat;
  • Luxury pirate hat;
  • Forager's hat;
  • Protective glasses;
  • Golden helmet;
  • Mr. Qi's hat;
  • Pink bow;
  • Qi mask (secret);
  • Radioactive glasses;
  • Star Helmet;
  • Sun glasses;
  • Swashbuckler hat;
  • Tiger hat;
  • Warrior helmet.
• Added new clothes:
  • Banana shirt;
  • Ginger overalls;
  • Bright pink shirt;
  • Magenta shirt;
  • Tropical Sunrise Shirt;
  • Yellow suit.
• Added new shoes:
  • Cinderclown shoes;
  • Mermaid boots;
  • Dragonscale Boots;
  • Crystal shoes;
• Added new weapons:
  • Dwarf sword, dwarf hammer and dwarf dagger;
  • Dragontooth Cutlass, Dragontooth Club et Dragontooth Shiv;
  • Infinity Blade, Infinity Dagger et Infinity Gavel;
  • Iridium needle;
  • Ossified blade;
  • some previously inaccessible elements have also been made accessible.
• Added new fish:
  • Ray;
  • Lionfish;
  • Blue discus;
  • Legendary fish:
    • Glacierfish Jr .;
    • Legend II;
    • Mrs. Angler;
    • Radioactive carp;
    • Son of Crimsonfish.
• Addition of new furniture:
  • 35 paintings (many of which are only found in festival shops or while fishing in certain places);
  • 14 bed variants;
  • ten rugs:
    • Carpet of flowers;
    • Funky rugs;
    • Glossy mat;
    • Large Cottage Rug;
    • Large green carpet;
    • Large red carpet;
    • Light green carpet;
    • Modern carpet;
    • Oceanic carpet;
    • Old World rugs;
  • eight “floor divider” mats that can be placed between rooms to visually join different types of floors;
  • five aquariums in which you can put fish;
  • Decorative trash can;
  • Gourmet statue;
  • Iridium krobus;
  • Large brown sofa;
  • Ordinary torch and stump torch;
  • Squirrel figurine;
  • Tropical chair.
• Addition of a new type of furniture "wall" with seven options.
• Addition of new flooring:
  • Rustic plank flooring;
  • Stone walkway floor.
• Added new enemy debuffs:
  • Darkness (dims the lighting, making it harder to see in caves);
  • Nausea (prevents you from eating anything);
  • Weakness (-20 attack).
• Added 15 new hair styles.
• Added Krobus mail with its own stationery.
• Added new decorations and modifications to many maps.
• Added a new Easter egg to the title screen.
• Added an Easter Egg when changing your name at Sanctuary of Illusions to include item spawn codes.
• Emily visits Sandy on her birthday.

Quality of life changes

• Added a box of items found in Mayor Lewis's house. This can be used to collect items given to failed Special Orders, lost quest items and tools, offline player items, children's hats that have been turned into doves, and items left in the display case. the Stardew Valley Fair.
• You can now sit on chairs (both placed furniture and chairs that are part of the map).
• You can now place most furniture outside.
• You can now talk to people on horseback.
• You can now donate items of different qualities for the same ingredient from the Community Bundle.
• You can no longer plant fruit trees on tiles that they will no longer be able to grow on.
• Improved game menus and HUD:
  • The social tab now shows if you've spoken to an NPC today.
  • The cooking tab now displays an item's recipe when you hover over it.
  • The cooking tab now removes the icons of recipes you know but have not yet prepared.
  • Cooking / Crafting tooltips now display the number produced.
  • The Organize button in the inventory menu now combines partial stacks of items.
  • The inventory menu for a vault chest now displays the Community Center button.
  • The shipping screen now displays the unit price of items shipped instead of showing the quantity shipped twice.
  • The Quest Log now displays an arrow in the morning when you have completed quests pending.
  • Buff icons now subtly flash when about to expire.
  • Added a notification when entering a farm building if an incubator is ready but the building is at maximum capacity.
  • The “infestation” indicator in mines is now drawn next to the floor number, rather than replacing it.
• Improved Shop Menus:
  • You can now press ESC or Controller B to move the retained item to your inventory (or drop it off if you run out of inventory room).
  • When holding a purchase, the inventory now highlights the items you can stack it with.
• Improved sprinklers:
  • Sprinklers can now water Slime Hutch troughs.
  • Hoes no longer remove sprinklers.
• Improved Voyage of the Prairie King:
  • Progress can now be saved and resumed, so it can be completed in multiple sessions.
  • You now also replay the original difficulty even if you have already completed it. (Previously this automatically increased the difficulty, which is now a New Game + mode.)
• Improved play options:
  • added option to choose between multiple fish-bite chime sounds;
  • additional option for cutting farm animals and pets;
  • you can now scale the user interface regardless of the view zoom;
  • increased maximum zoom from 120% to 200%.
• Improvement of various elements:
  • The jukebox now has a "Random" setting.
  • Removing a crystalarium that is not ready for harvest will now drop the gem that was placed in it.
  • You can now push chests containing items by holding the interact button on them without a tool equipped (similar to how you could previously delete empty chests without using a tool).
• Improved sorting of stocks:
  • no longer modifies the order of the tools;
  • now also sorts by quality;
  • now sorts names alphabetically instead of reverse alphabetical order.
• Improved museum donation interactions:
  • Clicking on an object now grabs one instead of the entire stack.
  • Pressing back while placing an item now reverts to inventory instead of closing the entire UI.
  • Other minor improvements.

Balance changes

• Combat changes:
  • Immunity now reduces the chance of status debuffs.
  • Changed the cooldown of special moves on Daggers (6 → 3 seconds) and Clubs (4 → 6 seconds).
  • The dagger special attack now secures the target in place until the last hit (which then knocks them back), so stabs are less likely to miss.
  • Desperado profession damage bonus reduced from 3x to 2x.
  • Slightly improved critical strike chance of the dagger.
• Manufacturing changes:
  • Changed the recipe for the Skull Brazier (previously 10 hardwood + solar essence + charcoal; now 10 bone fragments).
  • Repairing a fence now restores the full health of the fence, instead of half the health of a new fence.
• Agricultural changes:
  • Reduced cost of ducks (2000 → 600g).
  • Doubled the value of duck feathers.
  • Slightly increased the spawn rate of duck feathers.
• Fishing changes:
  • Fishing rod gear no longer loses stamina when catching trash.
  • Catching a non-fish item no longer triggers the mini-game.
  • Achieving an effective fishing level of 15+ now increases the rod casting range by one tile.
• Mining modifications:
  • Gem Nodes now provide mining XP and can drop diamonds.
  • Gem Node drops are no longer limited by mine level.
• Changes to deposited objects:
  • Stumps and Hollow Logs now have a 10% chance to drop Mahogany Seeds.
  • Any Monster in the Secret Woods now has a 10% chance to drop Mahogany Seeds.
  • Skeletons now have a 4% chance to drop a Bone Sword.
  • Wild Golems now drop Rice Sprouts more often.
  • Certain Skull Cavern monsters now have a small chance to drop Red Cabbage Seeds.
  • Pure white slimes now drop diamonds and fine quartz.
  • Some containers now drop better items after hitting the bottom of mines at least once.
  • Different Drops now unlock at mine levels 60/80/100 and at the first level of the Skull Cave.
  • Reduced lead Rod drop chance to mine levels 60 to 79 (or Skull Cavern level 40+ before the previous patch), and increased the chance of Shadow Dagger and Wood Mallet.
  • Mine Wood Barrels can now drop Basic Holding Earth instead of Sap.
  • Mine Frost Barrels can now drop Quality Conservation Earth instead of Sap.
  • Reduced risk of dropping Aquamarine, Frozen Geode, Hardwood, Jade, or Equipment from 35% to 26%.
• Shop changes:
  • Peter will now sell his seasonal items all year round once you complete a new quest.
  • Added two more items to the Stardew Valley Fair Star Token Shop.
  • Reduced workshop price (3000 → 2000g).
  • Coconuts can be purchased from Sandy's on Mondays. It is now limited to ten per day.
• Machine changes:
  • The processing time of some machines was previously affected by the time of day. These have been standardized so that they are always ready when the morning begins: Bee House (every 4 days), Mushroom Box (2 days), Strange Capsule (3 days), Tapper (depends on entry) and Worm Bin (every morning)).
• Double Star Token rewards for the Slingshot and Fishing mini-games at the Stardew Valley Fair.
• The fertilizer in the greenhouse no longer disappears during the change of seasons in some cases.
• Stone Owl and Strange Capsule Random Night Events are now much less rare.

Multiplayer changes

• Added local split-screen multiplayer.
• The co-op participation screen now remembers the last IP address you entered.
• Farm workers can now move buildings in Robin's menu. The host can configure how it works (off, on, or just for a player's cabin).
• Using the Return Scepter now returns Farmworkers to the front door of their cabin instead of the Host's Farm.
• Added various new chat messages when a player does something.
• When you view a shared multiplayer event (such as the community center event or the Morris intro), you no longer have to head to the event location.
• When the host player sees the Year XNUMX event, the Grandpa theme is now added to all players' jukeboxes, even if they were not in-game at the time.

Interaction changes

• Reworked slingshot controls: It now targets the cursor position and is triggered by holding and releasing the mouse / gamepad fire button. The previous mode (in which you hold the button down and shoot the cursor to aim) can be re-enabled in the options menu if desired.
• To simplify bulk actions like harvesting, holding a button while moving will no longer repeat special weapon attacks, open / close barn / chicken coop doors, or interact with rocks, chests, furniture, hollow logs, meteorites, shipping bins or scarecrows.
• Constructed Shipping Bins now have a click-to-ship hitbox that better matches the original map-based Shipping Bin hitbox.
• Flooring can now be applied by clicking on the tile the farmer is standing on. Previously, the flooring had to be applied on a tile next to the farmer.
• Purchasing recipes with a full inventory no longer displays the message that inventory is full.
• Clicking on an empty tile just above an interactive item (such as a machine or chest) now activates the item, as clicking below in previous versions.
• Trees cut from above or below will now take into consideration the player's horizontal position when falling to the left or right.
• Clicking near the lower left corner of the screen no longer opens the chat box.
• You can no longer open the Quest Journal by tapping the onscreen journal button if you're currently doing something.
• You can now use the "Y" KEY to respond to dialog boxes for holes and output scales in mines.
• Controller improvements:
  • When buying / wagering tokens in the Stardew Valley Festival with a controller, holding the number select button now increases the amount faster.
  • Events can now be ignored on the controller even if a dialog is on the screen.
  • Pressing B on a controller while on a specific quest page now returns to the quest list instead of closing the menu.
  • Pressing B on a controller while an item is held in the craft menu now aligns with the trash can (similar to the inventory screen).

Other changes

• Save names are now based on the farm name instead of the player's name. (Saves originally created before version 1.5 will continue to use the player's name.)
• Penny and the Dwarf are now artifacts.
• Improved dinosaur sleep sprites.
• Characters now face you when talking to them rather than when the dialog closes (solo).
• On the last day of a tracked quest, the stopwatch now shows “last day” instead of “1 day” for clarity.
• Added many changes for modders.
• Cosmetic adjustments to various sprites.

Fixes for multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where fences would degrade faster in multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue where a farm worker crashing while completing the final batch could permanently prevent the unlock from triggering correctly. It is now unlocked the next time a character enters the area.
• Farm workers are now correctly positioned under the elevator instead of the ladder when using it to navigate mines.
• Fixed an issue that prevented other Farmers' emoticons from playing if you were watching an event.
• Fixed a minor issue where multiple players receiving the free coffee at the Night Market at the same time could prevent anyone from receiving it.
• Fixed Grandfather's Note reappearing for Farm Workers.
• Fixed an issue where cows from Haley's photoshoot event could be seen sliding for farm workers. (Non-actor characters in events are now controlled by the host.)

Fixes for interaction with players

• Fixed rare controller and mouse input drops.
• Fixed not being able to reassemble a horse after dismounting it behind an expedition bin.
• Fixed an issue where it was sometimes impossible to name an animal with a controller because the onscreen keyboard would appear and disappear in the same frame.
• Fixed the hair color slider on the character customization screen not updating correctly when the hair color was random.
• Fixed some farm tiles incorrectly preventing buildings from being placed on them.

Fixes for visual or cosmetic issues

• Adjusted sorting of item ready indicators for taps.
• Unified when night tiles are applied to correct inconsistencies as windows go from light to dark.
• The critters list is now erased overnight. This fixes an issue where having a butterfly hutch in your house and repeatedly sleeping without leaving would spawn endless butterflies in the house.
• Improvement of various texts:
  • Fixed some locations using inches for fish measurements at reference centimeters.
  • Fixed description of the mill not mentioning rice.
  • Fixed typos in dialogs and events.
  • Fixed missing characters in Chinese and Korean fonts.
  • Fixed credits not showing correctly locator names if the current language font does not contain the necessary characters.
  • Improvement of many translations.
• Fixed various cosmetic / layering issues with character shadows.
• Fixed characters in Events snagging odd animated frames when skipping an event.
• Fixed various cases where the camera would pan unnecessarily after changing locations.
• Fixed greenhouse trees taking on seasonal appearances.
• Fixed the tooltip for purchasing edible but non-health repair items (like crocus) showing the price outside the tooltip.
• Fixed a single frame flickering in Haley's 10 Heart event.
• Fixed a flickering of a single farm image when starting a new game.
• Fixed stamina bar showing sweat particles when fishing during the Fishing Competition.
• Fixed the scythe showing the reload effects of weapon abilities.
• Fixed the erroneous door tile visible at the southern end of the Standard Farm in Winter.
• Fixed an issue where unlocking multiple Community Center sets at once would pan the screen to the same room multiple times.
• Fixed various issues with the Festival of Ice map, such as being able to escape festival boundaries or prematurely end the festival from certain tiles, and minor visual fixes.
• Fixed terrain characteristics showing an "interaction" slider when hovering over their tiles during festivals.
• Fixed option page scroll bar sometimes going beyond the end of the scroll bar area.
• Fixed various text overflow issues on the options page.
• Fixed chests generated on some floors of the Skull Cave and shifted by 4 tiles.
• Fixed mosaic of ...
  • the floor tiles in the farmhouse so the applied floor coverings in adjacent rooms appear contiguous instead of having hard edges;
  • wall tiles in the farmhouse to fix the sorting of certain objects that exceed the normal limits of the tiles (eg the grass starter).
  • the fountain so that it has a more consistent appearance over the seasons;
  • Pierre's booth at the Egg Festival to solve layering issues.

Other bug fixes

• Fixed crash when resizing game window in some cases.
• Fixed rare crash on launch due to invalid game window size options.
• Fixed Iridium Bat kills not counting for the Adventurer's Guild Bat Eradication objective
• Fixed an issue where the Mermaid Show reward was delayed incorrectly.
• Fixed some events showing a dark blue screen after disappearing when viewed during rainy days.
• Fixed museum related rarecrows not sold at the Night Market after being unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where non-wood doors would turn into wood doors after saving and loading a game.
• Fixed the ability to add stairs to the Luau.
• Fixed an item duplication exploit related to chest organization.
• Fixed a minor desynchronization in character path finding that could occur when characters were routed to the JojaMart on modified games.
• Fixed Penny walking through walls on rainy days if you have completed the Community Upgrade.
• Fixed Penny's 4-Heart event not accessible after you complete the community upgrade.
• Fixed fences not collecting correctly after Divorce or Penny's 14 Hearts event.
• Fixed characters greeting you when entering a location when not present.
• The fixed characters that you have divorced still greet you when you enter a location.
• Fixed an issue where an NPC Spouse could not find the way when a player / NPC blocks the front door when checking out, causing them to stand in place instead.
• Fixed crops sometimes a day growing more slowly than they should.
• Fixed applying flooring for the first time in a remodeled home, sometimes causing kitchen flooring to change to parquet by default.
• Fixed an issue where riding a horse when traveling from one location to another diagonally would repeatedly warp between the two locations.
• Fixed Watered Mud Hutch Troughs being emptied when loading a save. (This mainly affects loading a backup in the middle of the day on mobile.)
• Fixed the Community Center not properly loading the Refurbished Map Variant when loading the game. This caused characters like Maru to be incorrectly mistaken if the player had not visited the Community Center during this game.
• Fixed the weekly friendship boost to give an NPC two unapplied gifts if you also gave them a third gift for their birthday.
• Fixed lightning at night not being randomized correctly, so either every night lightning hit or none of them would.
• Fixed an issue where stones, wood, and weeds could appear on terrain features when a New Year begins.

Stardew Valley is now available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. This update is only available on PC at the moment, but other platforms will receive it in early 2021. For more information on this update, visit the official Stardew Valley website.