Stardew Valley Player Discovers "Ultimate 1.6 Secret" For Hidden Item

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The latest content update for brought with it an abundance of new things for players to discover but the community may have just stumbled upon the patch's best secret yet. It's no secret that the beloved farming RPG by developer Concerned Ape is absolutely awash with strange and wonderful items hidden away behind puzzles and clandestine quests that make them all the more rewarding. The latest find should not only impress even veterans of the game but should help them progress through some of those tougher floors in the Skull Cavern.

Posted to Reddit by user Sightshade, the «Ultimate 1.6 Secret» involves a roundabout quest to take the Ancient Doll item and throw it into the lava that can be found on Level 100 in Pelican Town's mine.

Doing so will cause some kind of Bone Wyrm to erupt from the pit, dropping a mysterious rock called The Far Away Stone. Taking this item to The Wizard will prompt a portal to a different land to open up, granting players access to the Meowmere sword, a powerful weapon that hits for 20 damage and comes with a +4 to Speed.

While the Meowmere quest does seem like a traditional quest in, it's actually a major reference to the survival game . In that game, players must toss a unique voodoo doll item into a similar lava pity to summon a horrifying boss known as the Wall of Flesh. The biggest hint that Pelican Town and the world of are connected across the multiverse is the window that players open which drops the sword: It peers directly into the pixelated landscape, including a view of a tree that represents the game's start icon.

The Meowmere sword isn't even the first time the two games have crossed over with one another. In 2023, released the «Labor of Love» update which added a host of items into the game including Joja Cola, Stardrops, Blue Chicken Eggs, and Junimos. Given the scale of the 1.6 update, the community will likely be spending a great deal more time scouring Pelican Town for any additional secrets.

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