# Stardew Valley Stardew Valley 1.6.3 Patch

- Product: Stardew Valley (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stardew-valley)
- Vendor: ConcernedApe
- Date: 2024-03-27
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/413150/view/4206998459074597475
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/stardew-valley/releases/2024-03-27-stardew-valley-1.6.3-patch

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- **added** — Access Clint's shop and geode service while tool is being upgraded
- **added** — Mine cart shortcut to year 1 Spirit's Eve festival
- **added** — New cabins to starter layouts for multiplayer
- **added** — Ability to paint the new cabins at 3rd upgrade level
- **added** — Catch-all case to start adopting pets from Marnie's if year 2 and player has no pet
- **added** — Krobus portrait
- **changed** — Increased raccoon bug meat and bat wing request amount
- **changed** — Harvesting moss now grants 1 foraging exp per moss
- **changed** — JunimoKart Qi Quest now rewards 20 Qi gems, up from 10
- **changed** — Adult mossy green rain trees boost the moss growth rate of nearby trees
- **changed** — Adjustments to moss growth: grows slower on sunny summer days, recovers slower after harvest
- **changed** — Reduced meteorite prismatic shard chance from 100% to 25%
- **changed** — Made waterfall and other ambient positional sounds fade out more smoothly
- **changed** — Made berry bush state consistent overnight and on load at 20% plus a small new random bonus chance
- **changed** — Press Escape or menu button to go back on a shipping menu category page
- **fixed** — Infinite Power achievement now more generous with activation, allowing pre-1.6 saves to trigger the achievement
- **fixed** — Four Precious Stones Qi Quest now requires collecting, not just donating, the 4 prismatic shards
- **fixed** — Starter cabins now appear in the actual order intended
- **fixed** — Journal quest title layout: clock icon and text shift down if title is too wide
- **fixed** — Visual error in the shop menu if an item's name was longer than the width of the menu
- **fixed** — Large character sprites visual glitch such as bear, island frog, and clint hammering
- **fixed** — Crash related to the new festival
- **fixed** — Bug causing excess trash to be fished
- **fixed** — Bug preventing Emily's 10 heart mail and event from triggering
- **fixed** — Graphics issues with Shipping menu
- **fixed** — Several spawn-out-of-bounds cases
- **fixed** — Several translation errors and missing translations

Hey everyone,

The 1.6.3 update is here, which includes some "Quality of Life" changes, bug fixes, and balance adjustments.  Patch notes below:

-You can now access Clint's shop and geode service while your tool is being upgraded.
-Increased raccoon bug meat and bat wing request amount
-Harvesting moss now grants 1 foraging exp per moss
-Infinite Power achievement is now more generous with how it activates, allowing pre-1.6 saves to trigger the achievement
-Adds mine cart shortcut to year 1 Spirit's Eve festival
-You now have to collect (not just donate) the 4 prismatic shards for the "Four Precious Stones" Qi Quest
-The JunimoKart Qi Quest now rewards 20 Qi gems (up from 10)
-Adds new cabins to starter layouts for multiplayer.
-Starter cabins now appear in the actual order intended.
-Adult mossy green rain trees boost the moss growth rate of nearby trees
-If a Journal quest title is too wide, the clock icon and the rest of the text will be shifted down to make room
-You can now press the Escape or menu button to "go back" on a shipping menu category page
-Adjustments to moss growth (grows slower on sunny summer days, recovers slower after harvest)
-Reduced meteorite prismatic shard chance (100% -> 25%)
-You can now paint the new cabins (at 3rd upgrade level)
-Ancient seed packets excluded from sale at traveling cart
-Made waterfall and other ambient positional sounds fade out more smoothly
-Added a catch-all case: if it's year 2 and you don't have a pet (for any reason), you can start adoptinng them from Marnie's
-Made berry bush state consistent overnight and on load (both at 20% plus a small new random bonus chance)
-Minor graphical fixes
-Fixes several translation errors and missing translations
-Fixes large character sprites having a visual glitch (e.g. bear, island frog, clint hammering)
-Fixed a visual error in the shop menu if an item's name was longer than the width of the menu
-Fix a crash related to the new festival
-Fix a bug that was causing excess trash to be fished
-Fixed bug preventing Emily's 10 heart mail and event from triggering
-Fixed some graphics issues with Shipping menu
-Fixed several more spawn-out-of-bounds cases
-Added Krobus portrait

Thanks for playing!
-Ape ːstardropː