Stardew Valley: A Complete Guide To Enchantments & Weapon Forging

This Stardew Valley guide explores the Volcano Forge on Ginger Island, detailing how to enhance tools and weapons. The 1.6 update expanded forging options, including enchantments for the pan.

Obtaining Cinder Shards:

The Volcano Forge requires Cinder Shards. Acquire them by:

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

Cinder Shards, unlike gemstones, can't be duplicated 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:

Forge weapons up to three times using gemstones and Cinder Shards (10, 15, then 20 shards per forge). Gemstone effects:

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

Unforging:

To reset a weapon, place it in the forge's left slot and select the red X. Some Cinder Shards are recovered, but not the gemstone.

Infinity Weapons:

Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer into Infinity Weapons using three Galaxy Souls (20 Cinder Shards per Soul). Forged upgrades and enchantments are retained. Obtain Galaxy Souls via:

• Mr. Qi (40 Qi Gems each).
• Big Slimes (Dangerous Mines, Qi quests).
• Island Trader (10 Radioactive Bars, last day of season).
• Drops from Dangerous Monsters (after killing 50).

Enchantments:

Enchant tools/weapons (excluding slingshots) using a Prismatic Shard and 20 Cinder Shards. Effects are random.

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: 9% chance to regain health on kill.
• Haymaker: Double fiber/33% hay chance from weeds.

Innate Enchantments:

Use a Dragon Tooth to add innate enchantments (one from each set guaranteed/optional):

• Set 1: Slime Slayer, Crit Power, Attack, Speed.
• Set 2: Slime Gatherer, Defense, Weight.

Tool Enchantments:

Twelve enchantments exist, tool-specific. Examples include:

• Auto-Hook (Fishing Rod): Instant hook.
• Bottomless (Watering Can): Endless water.
• Efficient (Various): No energy drain.
• Preserving (Fishing Rod): 50% chance to not consume bait/tackle.
• Reaching (Various): 5x5 area of effect.
• Swift (Various): 33% faster.
• Shaving (Axe): Increased wood/hardwood/crop yield.

This guide covers the Volcano Forge's mechanics, helping players optimize their tools and weapons in Stardew Valley. Remember that enchantment results are random; experiment to find what works best for your playstyle.