Remove Hats From Your Pets in Stardew Valley To Fix Performance Issues

Following one of the latest Stardew Valley updates (between 1.6.9 and 1.6.11), some players have been running into performance issues while enjoying the new content and fixes.

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Taking to Twitter (X), Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone explained in a public service announcement that to fix performance issues, if you are experiencing them, you should simply remove the hats from your pets.

PSA: if you are experiencing performance issues in Stardew Valley 1.6, remove all hats from pets. We will address the problem as soon as possible

The developer then went on to lore-ify the bug a bit, stating in a follow-up tweet that:

There's rumors of a strange rash affecting pets' ears in Zuzu City and we just want to make sure those ears can breathe for a few days.

It's not the first bug to annoy players in the last few updates, and it certainly won't be the last.

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Recently, an invisible predator was even killing chickens across the sleepy Pelican Town area.

How To Remove Hats From Pets in Stardew Valley

Not everyone knows how to remove hats from pets and just keep replacing them with other ones instead. Follow the steps below!

• Right-click on a new hat, causing the old one to get taken off.
• This does not apply to the new one, as you need to right-click again to apply.
• Instead of right-clicking, just leave it, and your pet will be hatless.

Despite some issues, Stardew Valley update 1.6.9 was a rather huge success, and everyone on consoles and mobile can also finally enjoy the 1.6 content.

Therefore, we'll mark this one down as a win, especially due to the way Eric Barone is handling the bugs, and slapping some lore on for good measure.