Stardew Valley 1.4 Update Available Now on PC: Patch Notes Summary

On November 26, 2019, solo developer ConcernedApe released a content update to Stardew Valley, the Harvest Moon-like game from 2016. This is the first content update after the 1.3 multiplayer content update which happened in August 2018 for PC.

Stardew Valley is currently available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Android phones. 

The Stardew Valley 1.4 Content Update is now available for PC, Mac, and Linux on Steam & GOG! pic.twitter.com/FgtrPBvwvf

— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 26, 2019

The changelog for this 1.4 update is huge, so here are some of the highlights(WARNING: SPOILERS):

• Clothing is now a thing! Change your outfit with over 180 shirts, 35 hats, 14 pants, and more. 
• New 14-heart events for every spouse
• Divorced spouses no longer attend your wedding or treat you formally during festivals
• Two additional fish: Flounder and Midnight Carp
• New Map: Four Corners
  • A farm layout automatically divided into four quadrants for the ultimate multiplayer experience
• Deluxe Scarecrow, with double the range of a normal scarecrow
  • Reward for collecting all the Rarecrows
• New item: Mini-Jukebox
  • Allows players to select music on their farm or in farm buildings
• New item: Mini-Fridge
  • Expands the player's Refridgerator space
• The shed is upgradable(expands to double the size)
• Your farm pet(cat/dog) now has selectable breeds
• You can ask NPCs to be your "roommate" if you are unmarried
  • Krobus can now become your roommate
• All buildings are now movable
• Junimo Kart is now fun to play
• Trains drop more items
• Mushroom tree saplings and sprouts have a visual change
• Closing a letter with unclaimed items will automatically add it to your inventory
• Certain craftable items now stack(Casks, Preserves Jar, etc)
• The social tab keeps track of villager's loves, likes, and dislikes
• There's an animation for rummaging through trash cans
• Added trash can upgrades purchasable from Clint (gives 15-60% of trashed items’ value as money)
• Dressers can now be used to store clothing, hats, shoes, and rings
• You can play Elliott's piano

This is a small fraction of the hundreds of updates, bug fixes, and balance changes made to the game! Check out the links below to download.

As with any new update to a video game, mods that worked with the previous iteration of Stardew Valley will no longer be compatible. A list of mods over on Nexus Mods shows a list of all the mods that have been updated. Many players are reporting the majority of their mods as incompatible.

Also, some bugs have popped up:

• Emoting with an emoji and no text will crash the game
• Levels 10 to 30 in the mines will take over 5 swings of a pickaxe for a rock to break

These will be fixed soon according to ConcernedApe's Twitter account.

just a heads up to Stardew Valley mobile players, 1.4 saves from PC will not work on the current (1.3) mobile version. And if you transfer a save from mobile to 1.4 PC, you won't be able to transfer it back until mobile gets the 1.4 update

— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 26, 2019

Okay, there is also a bug with the rock strength and monster spawns in levels 10-30 of the mines (it's not supposed to take 5 hits with the starter pickaxe to break a stone). Will be fixed very soon

— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) November 26, 2019