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Stardew Valley Releases a New Update 1.6.6 Fixing Translation Issues
As one of the greatest farming simulator, any news concerning the game's improvement is well received. Concerned Apes, the developers of Stardew Valley, understand this and are constantly on the clock to enhance the game. On April 26, 2024, the team released a minor patch to sort some adamant problems affecting the game.
Under the main update 1.6 released on March 20, 2024, the team has introduced a patch labelled 1.6.6. This new version introduces a new feature on bee houses in the game. As included in the official patch notes on Stardew Valley website, the bee houses now work with flowers in garden pots.
In addition to this, there are more changes that include, a change in layout and positioning of some features, translation changes and bug fixes. Unfortunately, have not released a full patch for consoles and mobile devices. However, while the patches are in progress, here are all the perks of the recently released Stardew Valley Update 1.6.6.
Balance and Gameplay changes
- “Minecart depot” alternative layout now only appears in the upper or lava mine areas.
- You can now turn the gold clock on or off
- Added coal to the mahogany seed trade at raccoons
- 50% mastery XP now only applies to farming, as originally intended.
Translation changes:
- Reverted Chinese text to 1.6.3
- Reverted Chinese default font to the original
- Added an option to use the smooth font introduced in 1.6.4
- Added a dialogue font size slider for Chinese
- Added complete Russian translated movie & desert festival scenes.
- Added option for Russian to use the “old” font
Stardew Valley Update 1.6.6 Bug fixes
- Fixed a case where Mr. raccoon could disappear during the raccoon cutscene in multiplayer
- Fixed being able to trash Pierre’s Missing Stocklist, or give it away at the Feast of the Winter Star.
- Fixed being able to give a wilted bouquet to your spouse.
- Fixed issue causing only 1 omni geode to be produced from the skull cavern chest.
- Fixed crash when a save contains some invalid animal home data.
- Fixed a crash when talking to Penny in French.
- Fixed a malformed Willy farm event in German.
- Fixed an incorrectly blocked map tile in the Forest Farm map.
- Fixed some machines and some desert festival logic not working for Linux/macOS players using the compatibility branch.
- Fixed a case where an area was inaccessible in the volcano dungeon
- Fixed sewer event in German
- Fixed cases where you’d see Mayor Lewis’ giftbox note again when collecting 15 parsnips from a different chest.
- Fixed emily makeover event from being hard to skip
- Fixed Calico Egg Rating prize edge cases for farmhands
- Fixed prismatic hat effects not working in French.
- Fixed being able to “advance” the ready check menu by pressing Y, which lead to many issues.
- Fixed island outfits not being loaded for farmhands
- Minor optimizations.
Stardew Valley 1.6.6 is now available for PC. It's mostly bug fixes and translation changes. Full patch notes can be found here: https://t.co/6swG6nJhdY
Console and mobile ports are still in progress, thank you again for your continued patience!— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) April 26, 2024
Stardew Valley Update 1.6.6 Fixes for modded players
- Fixed error showing non-flavored roe items.
- Fixed error if a mod sets an NPC’s ‘friends and family’ data to null.
- Fixed error loading a save containing enchanted weapons whose ID changed or data was removed.
- Fixed soft lock when watching weather TV channel if tomorrow’s weather is custom.
- Fixed temporary maps that aren’t part of a location not using seasonal tilesheets.
- Fixed summit cutscene showing custom fish with wrong sprites.
So, does this upgrade solve all your issues in Stardew Valley? Are there any more issue that bug you during gameplay? Let's discuss in the comment section below or hit us on our socials here.
