Stardew Valley Pet Hats Causing Issues and Lag 

One of the new features in the 1.6 Stardew Valley update is the ability to put hats on pets, but it seems that’s causing performance issues like lag in the game. Eric “Concerned Ape” Barone took to social media to direct all players to remove the decorations to solve the problem.

Concerned Ape noted this is a known issue. There’s no fix out yet. However, a patch will be issued to remedy the problem when it is possible. Since known Stardew Valley performance issues seem to be coming from people who did put hats on pets, removing them until a future update can address the problem should completely eliminate the issue.

In response to someone else commenting on the problem and asking about lore, Concerned Ape brought up an in-world explanation for why pets can’t currently wear hats in Stardew Valley. 

This isn’t the only part of Stardew Valley that might not work exactly as expected in 1.6. The update added experimental multiplayer to the mobile version of the game. As it is still in development, those who choose to enter the cheat code to enable it and test it out might find it doesn’t work as well as the console and PC version multiplayer experiences.

Stardew Valley is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PCs, mobile devices, and the PlayStation Vita. Patch 1.6 is available on the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices.