Stardew Valley: A Complete Guide To Enchantments & Weapon Forging

This guide explores the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley, detailing how to enhance tools and weapons. The 1.6 update added significant changes, including the ability to enchant the pan and explore innate weapon enchantments.

Obtaining Cinder Shards:

Cinder Shards are crucial for all Volcano Forge functions. Gather them by:

• Mining Cinder Shard nodes (pink-orange specks) in the Volcano Dungeon.
• Obtaining them as drops from Magma Sprites, Magma Duggies, Magma Sparkers, and False Magma Caps. Drop rates vary.
• Harvesting from a fishing pond with at least seven Stingrays (7-9% daily chance).

Cinder Shards, unlike gemstones, cannot be duplicated using 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

This portable forge functions identically to the Volcano Dungeon forge.

Weapon Forging:

Enhance weapons (up to three times) using gemstones and Cinder Shards:

• First Forge: 10 Shards + Gemstone
• Second Forge: 15 Shards + Gemstone
• Third Forge: 20 Shards + Gemstone

Gemstone effects:

• Amethyst: +1 Knockback per forge.
• Aquamarine: +4.6% Critical Hit Chance per forge.
• Emerald: +2/+3/+2 Speed per forge (cumulative).
• Jade: +10% Critical Hit Damage per forge.
• Ruby: +10% Damage per forge.
• Topaz: +1 Defense per forge.
• Diamond: Three random upgrades (10 Shards).

Unforging Weapons:

Use the red 'X' in the forge to remove all forging upgrades. Some Shards are returned, but not the gemstone.

Infinity Weapons:

Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer into Infinity versions using three Galaxy Souls (20 Shards each). Existing upgrades and enchantments are retained. Galaxy Souls are acquired through various challenging tasks (detailed in a separate guide).

Enchantments:

Apply random enchantments to tools and weapons using a Prismatic Shard and 20 Cinder Shards. Re-enchant for a different effect.

Weapon Enchantments:

• Artful: Halved special move cooldown.
• Bug Killer: Double damage to bugs, Armored Bugs are killable.
• Crusader: Double damage to undead, Mummies are permanently killed.
• Vampiric: 9% chance to regain health on kill.
• Haymaker: Double fiber/hay drop chance from weeds.

Innate Weapon Enchantments: Use a Dragon Tooth for additional enchantments (Slime Slayer, Crit Power, Attack, Speed, Slime Gatherer, Defense, Weight).

Tool Enchantments: (Detailed list of enchantments and compatible tools omitted for brevity, but present in the original text.) Choose based on your playstyle.

Remember to choose enhancements that best suit your play style and goals within Stardew Valley.