Summary
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Feeding horses carrots in Stardew Valley increases speed, but apples and hay cannot be fed.
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Carrot seeds cannot be purchased from standard Stardew Valley stores and must be purchased by players from various in-game sources.
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Stardew Valley players continue to find surprises in the game, such as the ability to feed carrots to horses as a reward.
A Stardew Valley The player shared his surprise after finding out his horse can be fed. In addition to a cute animation, there is also feeding the horse Stardew Valley offers some benefits, but it seems some players didn't know it was a feature.
Stardew Valley continues to surprise players with the depth of the game and with unexpected reactions to gifts from Stardew Valley Residents and rare startup screens have particularly fascinated fans lately. The game has grown a lot over the years and even when you pore over the update notes there are often little surprises hidden.

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A Stardew Valley player is lamenting a highly requested feature that is still missing from the farming simulation game, sparking debate among fans.
An example of a change is the ability to feed horses Stardew Valley. A fan named “teengirlhelley” shared his surprise when he found out his horse could be fed carrots and shared it with the community. Many were surprised by the discovery as they also did not know about this feature, while some gave clues about it. Horses can only be fed carrots, a new crop added to the game Stardew Valley1.6 update. Other common horse foods, such as apples or hay, cannot be fed to the horse in the game. Players have also pointed out that feeding a carrot to a horse can only be done once per day, but doing so gives the horse a +0.4 speed bonus throughout the day, making it well worth it.
Getting carrots in Stardew Valley
Some players may also be surprised to learn that carrots exist Stardew Valleysince the seeds for this cannot be acquired in the traditional way. Pierre
and the Joja Store doesn't sell them. Instead, Carrot Seeds can be acquired randomly by digging up artifact sites, collecting gold treasure chests or mystery boxes, completing special quests outside the Mayor's House, and rarely by breaking open containers in the mines. Once acquired, it's a good idea to save a carrot to turn into seeds at a seed maker so players don't have to constantly try to get more through random drops.
Stardew Valley continues to delight players with the additions and details included in the game. Developer ConcernedApe has been mostly busy releasing smaller patches to fix persistent issues in the game following the 1.6 update. He has previously said that he feels like he can work on it Stardew Valley forever, although it remains to be seen whether the game will receive any major content updates after this point. Many are looking forward to playing Haunted Chocolatierthe developer's next game. Whatever the developer decides to do next, chances are fans will be excited to try out the result next.