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Barone has confirmed that update 1.7 will finally let players marry blacksmith Clint and desert shopkeeper Sandy, turning two longrequested NPCs into full romance options. Fans have been asking for more villagers to become spouses for years, and Barone saved the reveal of Clint and Sandy for the end of a special anniversary video, where chat erupted as he opened an envelope showing their new marriage status.

The 1.7 patch will also introduce at least one new farm layout, expanding the ways players can design their homestead, according to Kotaku. Barone has teased that the update will focus on more characterdriven and social content, and has hinted it will include improvements to ingame children so they feel more active and meaningful in the valley.

It seems that Stardew Valley has been a positive force for a lot of people. Not just as a fun game, but as an experience that brought them comfort, hope, joy, and even taught valuable life lessons. And with multiplayer, an experience that brought them closer to friends and family, or even to their future spouses.

Barone said he started Stardew Valley as a solo project, handling all art, music, coding, and writing, but now works with a larger team to support updates and the business side of the game, IGN reported. He compared the game to a child that has grown up and left the house, arguing that Stardew Valley now belongs as much to the community and modders as it does to him and his team.

I have a lot of old Stardew Valley files on my computer. And somewhere, I have an external hard drive with back ups of the game that I took periodically during the entire course of development.

To highlight some of that growth, I put together a little video that shows off some very early versions of the game, with my commentary. You can watch that below. It will be available on Feb 26th, 2026 at 11am PST.

Barone has admitted that he has often thought each major patch might be the last, yet new updates keep coming as players continue to engage with the game. He has floated ideas such as a future Stardew Valley 2 or a Stardew Classic version if interest in the original ever slows, but for now he plans to build on existing systems rather than overhaul them.

The marriage news arrived as Stardew Valley hit its 10year launch anniversary on February 26, 2026. In a blog post and a retrospective video, Barone noted that while players have had the game for a decade, he has been working on it for almost 15 years, describing the experience as a blur that covers most of his adult life.