Stardew Valleyis a game full of whimsy and surprises, so many fans were disappointed whendeveloper ConcernedApe removed a silly glitch that let players turn a staircase into a pair of shorts. Before the update, placing a staircase into the “pants” slot on a character turned them into the “Mayor’s Lucky Shorts,” a pair of sporty purple shorts with no relation to staircases. When the update was introduced, it patched the glitch over, making it no longer possible to put on stairs like a pair of pants.
The fix has been inStardew Valleysince Update 1.6 first released earlier this year, but wasrecently rediscovered by console and mobile playerswhen theyfinally got the updateearlier this month.Reddit’sAgile_Paper457brought it to the attention of the community through a post titled succinctly, “NOOOOOO.”
The patch notes state that the “ability to equip staircase as pants to obtain trimmed lucky purple shorts” has been fixed, much to the despair of many players. Something about thesilly nature of the glitchappealed to many fans, leading to disappointment of its removal from the game. Luckily, ConcernedApe did not leave fans empty-handed, andadded a secret Easter egg related to the stair-pants glitch.
Stardew Valley’s Lucky Shorts Glitch Was Replaced By A Ridiculous Easter Egg
Finding The Easter Egg Still Involves A Staircase
Reddit userrt_lilmstartells players not to be too sad, since ConcernedApe “would never take something so enjoyable away from us unless he had a plan.” They then suggest that allStardew Valleyplayers disappointed by the removal of the errortry to put a staircase in Mayor Lewis' bedroom"and see what secrets you find." Other comments suggest the same, but don’t actually say what happens when players do this, because it’s a delightful Easter egg for players to discover on their own.
Warning: The following paragraph spoils what happens when players use a staircase in the Mayor’s bedroom. Fans who don’t want this spoiled for them should skip ahead to the next section.Using a staircase in Lewis' bedroom takes the player into the basement, where a dark maze of boxes and barrels ends with the purple shorts as a prize. Players who make it through the maze will find themselveschased by a pair of ghostly floating shortsthat follow them around until they leave the basement. Returning to the staircase lets players escape with their newfound loot. This can be repeated indefinitely, and players can stack up to 999 Lucky Purple Shorts.
ConcernedApe Shows How Much He Cares For The Stardew Valley Community
He Could Have Simply Removed the Glitch
The stairs-into-shorts glitch is, at the end of the day, an error. Many other developers would have simply patched over the glitch, removing it from the game entirely.Stardew Valley’screatorConcernedApe, though, cares too much about his communityto simply take away something fun from them, even if it was an error to begin with.
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The addition of the ridiculous Easter egg is a testament to just how in-tune ConcernedApe is with the game’s fanbase. The developer evenput aside work on his next game,The Haunted Chocolatier, to focus all his efforts onStardew Valleyand bringing Update 1.6 to console and mobile players. This level of dedication makes ConcernedApe a unique aspect of the gaming world, and just one of the ways thatStardew Valleydefines the world of cozy gaming.
