We have seen a decent number of indie developers bring their fully-fledged console/PC games to the mobile platform, with one of the biggest being the hit farming simulator Stardew Valley. Like with many mobile ports however, the game is lagging behind when it comes to updates. Fortunately, the game’s latest and greatest 1.5 update has finally come to iOS and Android, bringing near-feature-parity to the game.

Making the announcement on Twitter, the primary developer for Stardew Valley – ConcernedApe – revealed that “The mobile 1.5 update has been submitted for iOS and Android, and will start rolling out to users over the next few days. The update should already be available to some on Android.”

While undoubtedly exciting, there are a few things to keep note of however, with ConcernedApe saying “On Android you will be asked to do a 1 time save file transfer. This was necessary because of new operating system rules concerning file access.”

Interestingly, the developer revealed that 1.5 serves as a major rewrite for the entire mobile app, meaning that while currently players may encounter new bugs, it should allow for much faster development of future updates on mobile. Considering the fact that 1.6 has long been underway, this is undoubtedly good news.

Update 1.5 is huge and comes with countless additions, changes and fixes, including but certainly not limited to:

• The addition of an entire new region of the world, Ginger Island
• Added new locations, dialogue, events, minigames, puzzles, and a quest line involving multiple NPCs
• Added Qi challenges which unlock rare or unique items
• Added an unlockable resort you can open to let villagers visit the islands, including new beach attire and schedules
• Added a volcano dungeon which changes each time you visit it similar to the mines
• Added secrets and puzzles to discover around the island
• Added 9 new enemies

Update 1.5 is huge and has been a long time coming for mobile Stardew Valley players. Better late than never however, and with how big the update is, it is certainly worth the long wait. It is exciting to see that future updates will be much faster however.

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