Stardew Valley: A Complete Guide To Enchantments & Weapon Forging

This guide details how to utilize the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley 1.6, including weapon forging, enchantments, and obtaining Cinder Shards.

Obtaining Cinder Shards:

Cinder Shards are crucial for the Volcano Forge. Acquire 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 (with varying drop rates).
• Harvesting from a fishing pond containing 7+ Stingrays (7-9% daily chance).

Cinder Shards cannot be created in a Crystalarium.

The Mini-Forge:

After achieving Combat Mastery, craft a Mini-Forge:

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

The Mini-Forge functions identically to the Volcano Dungeon forge.

Weapon Forging:

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

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

Best Weapon Upgrades: Emerald & Ruby (damage & speed) for combat; Topaz & Amethyst (defense & knockback) for survival.

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

Infinity Weapons:

Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer into Infinity Weapons using three Galaxy Souls (20 shards each). Galaxy Souls are obtained via:

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

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 (Dragon Tooth): Apply one enchantment from each set to melee weapons. Sets include enhancements to Slime damage, critical power, attack, speed, Slime drops, defense, and weight.

Tool Enchantments: Random effects based on tool type (Auto-Hook, Archeologist, Bottomless, Efficient, Fisher, Generous, Master, Powerful, Preserving, Reaching, Shaving, Swift). See the original text for details on each enchantment and compatible tools.

This revised guide provides a more concise and organized overview of the Volcano Forge mechanics in Stardew Valley 1.6. Remember to adjust your forging and enchantment choices based on your playstyle and goals.