He’s now in the “bug-fixing and polishing phase”.
When it does arrive, it’ll be Stardew Valley’s first major update in over three years.
“1.6 ended up being a little larger in scope than originally planned,” Baronetweeted yesteday.

Thx for your patience.
It’ll be fun to see everyone play it!"
He turned his attention to Update 1.6last April, with the intent on focusing on changes for modders.
The update has obviously ballooned from there, as Barone’s updates tend to do.