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.
• Receiving them as drops from Magma Sprites (50%), Magma Duggies (40%), Magma Sparkers (50%), and False Magma Caps (50%).
• Producing them in a fishing pond with 7+ Stingrays (7-9% daily chance, yielding 2-5 shards).

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: Gemstones enhance weapon stats (up to three times per weapon). Costs increase with each forge: 10, 15, then 20 Cinder Shards per forge, plus a gemstone:

Amethyst: +1 knockback per level. Aquamarine: +4.6% crit chance per level. Emerald: +2/+3/+2 speed per level. Jade: +10% crit damage per level. Ruby: +10% damage per level. Topaz: +1 defense per level. Diamond: Three random upgrades (10 Cinder Shards).

Best Upgrades: Emerald & Ruby (DPS) or Topaz & Amethyst (survival).

Unforging Weapons: Place the weapon in the left slot, select the red X. Recovers some Cinder Shards, but not the gemstone.

Infinity Weapons: Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer using three Galaxy Souls (20 Cinder Shards each per soul). Retains existing upgrades/enchantments.

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, after 50 Dangerous Monster kills).
• Drops from Dangerous Monsters (after 50 kills).

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

Weapon Enchantments:

• Artful: Halved special move cooldown.
• Bug Killer: Doubles damage against bugs, kills Armored Bugs.
• Crusader: Doubles damage against 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 for guaranteed enchantments (one from each set):

Set 1: Slime Slayer, +Crit Power, +Attack, +Speed. Set 2 (optional): Slime Gatherer, +Defense, -Weight.

Tool Enchantments: Random effects, tool-specific:

Auto-Hook (Fishing Rod): Instant hook. Archeologist (Hoe/Pan): Increased artifact/Bone Fragment/Artifact Trove chance. Bottomless (Watering Can): Endless water. Efficient (various): No energy drain. Fisher (Pan): Chance to catch fish. Generous (Hoe/Pan): Double item find chance. Master (Fishing Rod): +1 Fishing. Powerful (Axe/Pickaxe): Increased power. Preserving (Fishing Rod): 50% chance to save bait/tackle. Reaching (Hoe/Watering Can/Pan): 5x5 area of effect. Shaving (Axe): Increased wood/resource drops. Swift (Axe/Hoe/Pickaxe): 33% faster.

Best Tool Enchantments: Axe (Shaving/Swift/Efficient), Watering Can (Bottomless), Hoe (Generous/Archeologist/Reaching/Efficient), Pickaxe (Swift/Powerful), Fishing Rod (Preserving), Pan (Generous/Reaching).