Enchantments Enhanced: Stardew's Weapon Mastery Unveiled

This guide details the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley, explaining how to obtain Cinder Shards, forge weapons, and enchant tools and weapons. The 1.6 update added significant changes, including the Mini-Forge and innate weapon enchantments.

Obtaining Cinder Shards:

Cinder Shards are crucial for all Volcano Forge functions. 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 them from a fishing pond with 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, then 20 shards per forge). Gemstone effects:

• 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: Three random upgrades (10 shards).

Best Weapon Upgrades:

For maximizing damage, prioritize Emerald and Ruby. For survivability, choose Topaz and Amethyst.

Unforging Weapons:

Place the weapon in the forge's left slot and select the red X to remove all forging (recovering some shards, but not the gemstone). Enchantments remain.

Infinity Weapons:

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

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

Innate Weapon Enchantments:

Use a Dragon Tooth for innate enchantments. One guaranteed from each set:

Set 1: Slime Slayer, Crit Power, Attack, Speed.

Set 2 (optional): Slime Gatherer, Defense, Weight.

Tool Enchantments:

Twelve enchantments, tool-specific. Examples:

• Auto-Hook (Fishing Rod): Instant hook.
• Bottomless (Watering Can): Endless water.
• Efficient (various): No energy drain.
• Preserving (Fishing Rod): 50% chance to save bait/tackle.

Best Tool Enchantments (Suggestions):

• Axe: Shaving, Swift, or Efficient.
• Watering Can: Bottomless.
• Hoe: Generous, Archeologist, Reaching, or Efficient.
• Pickaxe: Swift or Powerful.
• Fishing Rod: Preserving.
• Pan: Generous or Reaching.

Remember, enchantments are random; re-enchant if needed. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Volcano Forge's capabilities in Stardew Valley 1.6.