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.
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.
Stardew Valley is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PCs, mobile devices, and the PlayStation Vita.
Eric “Concerned Ape” Barone took to social media to direct all players to remove the decorations to solve the problem.