Stardew Valley permits gamers to improve their instruments by way of a number of totally different strategies, with the best tier for each software being the uncommon purple mineral iridium. That’s, each software besides one — the scythe solely has an ordinary and gold variant and cannot be upgraded to iridium, which has left gamers with unsatisfyingly incomplete toolbars for years. Nevertheless, gamers may quickly be capable to full their shiny purple set of instruments.
On Wednesday, Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone, also referred to as ConcernedApe, teased the long-requested iridum scythe replace in a tweet.
iridium scythe
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) May 31, 2023
If the Stardew group’s response is any indication of issues, this can be a large deal. “FINALLY ALL PURPLE,” one fan responded.
Whereas he did not formally announce the scythe on this tweet, it may imply that the coveted software is headed to Stardew Valley’s upcoming 1.6 replace. Barone introduced the replace in April, and whereas it should largely embrace help for modders, it should additionally function some new content material (although he famous that it will embrace lower than the sport’s huge 1.5 replace).
He’s additionally taking a break from creating the Haunted Chocolatier, his subsequent sport that may embrace boss battles and, like Stardew, will accommodate “totally different playstyles,” to concentrate on creating Stardew’s subsequent replace.
We gave Stardew Valley a 9.5 in our 2018 re-review, praising its charming residents and exploration.
Amelia Zollner is a contract author at IGN who loves all issues indie and Nintendo. Outdoors of IGN, they’ve contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.