The game's developer has provided a temporary fix to a performance issue with a rather amusing source

Stardew Valley Having Performance Issues After 1.6 Update? Take The Hats Off Your Pets

The game's developer has provided a temporary fix to a performance issue with a rather amusing source

Barone also confirmed that he's working on a permanent fix for the issue.

Rather than being upset, several players responded to Barone's tweet asking for the "lore" behind the bug and its temporary workaround. Barone has a history of treating bugs as canonical events that actually occurred in the game, and players have followed suit. According to Barone, the lore behind the bug and its hat-removal workaround involve a contagious rash.

"There's rumors of a strange rash affecting pets' ears in Zuzu City and we just want to make sure those ears can breath[e] for a few days," Barone said in response to a lore-seeking question from a player.

Other bugs reported after the update include an issue with disappearing chickens, and although Barone hasn't shared chicken-based lore (yet), he has confirmed that he won't be resuming work on his next game, Haunted Chocolatier, until all the issues with Stardew Valley's 1.6.9 patch are resolved on all platforms.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG