Stardew Valley: A Complete Guide To Enchantments & Weapon Forging

This guide details the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley 1.6, explaining how to enhance tools and weapons.

Obtaining Cinder Shards: All Volcano Forge functions require Cinder Shards. Obtain them by:

• Mining Cinder Shard nodes (pink-orange specks) in the Volcano Dungeon.
• Enemy drops (Magma Sprite, Magma Duggy, Magma Sparker, False Magma Cap – varying drop rates).
• Fishing ponds with 7+ Stingrays (2-5 shards, 7-9% daily chance).

Cinder Shards are a resource, not gemstones; they can't be replicated in the Crystalarium.

The Mini-Forge: After achieving Combat Mastery, craft a Mini-Forge:

• 5 Dragon Teeth
• 10 Iron Bars
• 10 Gold Bars
• 5 Iridium Bars

It functions identically to the Volcano Dungeon forge.

Weapon Forging: Enhance weapons up to three times using gemstones and Cinder Shards (10, 15, then 20 shards per forge).

• Amethyst: +1 knockback per forge.
• Aquamarine: +4.6% crit chance per forge.
• Emerald: +2/+3/+2 speed per forge (stacks).
• Jade: +10% crit damage per forge.
• Ruby: +10% damage per forge.
• Topaz: +1 defense per forge.
• Diamond: 3 random upgrades (10 shards).

Best Weapon Upgrades: Emerald & Ruby (increased DPS) are generally best for combat, while Topaz & Amethyst aid survivability.

Unforging Weapons: Place the weapon in the left slot and select the red X to remove all forging (some shards recovered, gemstone lost). Enchantments remain.

Infinity Weapons: Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer into Infinity Weapons using 3 Galaxy Souls (20 shards each). Forged upgrades and enchantments are retained.

Galaxy Souls: Obtain via:

• Mr. Qi (40 Qi Gems each).
• Big Slime drops (Dangerous Mines, Qi quests).
• Island Trader (10 Radioactive Bars, last day of season).
• Dangerous Monster drops (after 50 kills).

Enchantments: Apply random effects to tools/weapons using a Prismatic Shard and 20 Cinder Shards. Re-enchant to try for a different effect.

Weapon Enchantments:

• Artful: Halved special move cooldown.
• Bug Killer: Double damage to bugs, kills Armored Bugs.
• Crusader: Double damage to undead, permanently kills mummies.
• Vampiric: Chance to regain health on kill.
• Haymaker: Double fiber/hay chance from weeds.

Bug Killer and Crusader are generally most useful.

Innate Enchantments: Use a Dragon Tooth to add one enchantment from each of two sets to melee weapons. Sets include effects like increased damage against slimes, critical power boosts, attack increases, speed boosts, and more.

Tool Enchantments: Twelve enchantments, tool-specific. Examples include Auto-Hook (fishing rod), Bottomless (watering can), Efficient (various tools), and more. See the original article for a complete list.

Best Tool Enchantments: Generally, Bottomless (watering can), Shaving (axe), Generous or Archeologist (hoe), Swift or Powerful (pickaxe), and Preserving (fishing rod) are highly recommended.

This revised guide provides a more concise and organized overview of the Volcano Forge mechanics in Stardew Valley 1.6. Remember to consult the original article for detailed information on specific enchantments and their effects.