Stardew Valley's long-teased 1.7 update finally has a release window, and it comes with a superlative attached: Kotaku reports it's set to be the game's "largest update ever."

That's a meaningful claim for this particular game. Stardew Valley's post-launch updates have repeatedly functioned as small expansions — 1.5 added an entire new region in Ginger Island, and 1.6 layered in new festivals, items, and farm types years after most games would have gone quiet. If 1.7 genuinely tops those, it extends one of the most generous free-content track records in the industry, nearly a decade after the game's 2016 debut.

Kotaku's cheeky framing — "Bad news for Clint haters, good news for everyone else" — hints that the town's perpetually lovelorn blacksmith figures into the new content, though specifics on what 1.7 actually contains remain under wraps.

Solo developer ConcernedApe has historically announced windows conservatively and shipped when ready, so the usual caveat applies: the window is a target, not a contract. But for a community that treats every update announcement like a holiday, confirmation that the biggest patch in the game's history is actually coming — with a timeframe attached — is the news they've been farming for.