# Stardew Valley Stardew Valley 1.6 Update Available now!

- Product: Stardew Valley (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stardew-valley)
- Vendor: ConcernedApe
- Date: 2024-03-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/413150/view/7280704029871643310
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stardew-valley/releases/2024-03-19-stardew-valley-1.6-update-available-now

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- **added** — A new major festival
- **added** — Two new mini festivals
- **added** — A new environmental event
- **added** — Hundreds of new lines of dialogue
- **added** — A new end-game skill system
- **added** — New crops, crafting items, furniture, and more
- **added** — A new farm type: Meadowlands Farm
- **added** — Multiple pets

The Stardew Valley 1.6 update is here!
I hope you all enjoy the update.

This update adds new content to the game, focusing mainly on the valley, with additions and improvements to almost all areas of the game. There are also a ton of quality of life features, and bug fixes.

Some of the changes:

-  A new major festival

-  Two new mini festivals

-  A new environmental event

-  Hundreds of new lines of dialogue

-  A new end-game skill system

-  New crops, crafting items, furniture, and more

-  A new farm type: Meadowlands Farm

-  Multiple pets

-  WAY MORE, I don't want to spoil everything

Full patch notes (with spoilers) can be found (https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-6-update-full-changelog/) and (https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Version_History#1.6)