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Stardew Valley is genuinely nan gift that keeps connected giving. Fans of nan workplace life simulator, specifically those who already ain it for nan Nintendo Switch 2, tin download a free upgrade that introduces caller features and multiplayer modes.
If you person Stardew Valley connected nan Switch 2, you tin download nan Upgrade Pack that introduces rodent controls to make it easier to spot furnishings and shape your inventory. The upgrade besides adds section split-screen co-op for up to 4 players and online multiplayer that maxes retired astatine 8 players. On apical of nan co-op modes, nan free contented battalion includes Game Share compatibility, meaning only 1 subordinate needs a transcript of Stardew Valley to stock it pinch 3 others.
This Upgrade Pack whitethorn not person arsenic overmuch contented arsenic a numbered update, but some players are already reporting bugs. According to personification accounts, nan online multiplayer mode isn't working, while different reports noted that immoderate crafting recipes had inaccurate worldly requirements aliases quantities. In a post connected X, Eric Barone, nan game's developer who's amended known arsenic ConcernedApe, said that he's taking "full work for this mistake" and that nan improvement squad "will hole this arsenic soon arsenic possible." Later that day, Barone posted that online co-op should beryllium fixed connected some nan Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 versions, adding that "we are investigating and will travel up pinch patches arsenic needed" for nan remaining issues.
On apical of addressing nan bugs from nan latest Upgrade Pack, Barone and nan remainder of nan improvement squad are besides moving connected nan upcoming 1.7 update for Stardew Valley, while Haunted Chocolatier is still nether development.
Update, December 28 2025, 10:45AM ET: This communicative has been updated to bespeak Barone's latest update that online co-op has been fixed.
