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.

Volcano Forge Cinder Shard Node

Obtaining Cinder Shards: The Volcano Forge requires 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%).
Harvesting them from a fishing pond with 7+ Stingrays (7-9% daily chance, 2-5 shards).

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: Gemstones enhance weapons (up to three times). Costs increase with each forge:

First forge: 10 Cinder Shards + Gemstone
Second forge: 15 Cinder Shards + Gemstone
Third forge: 20 Cinder Shards + Gemstone

Gemstone Effects:

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

Best Weapon Upgrades: Prioritize Emerald & Ruby for high DPS, or Topaz & Amethyst for survivability.

Unforging Weapons: Place the weapon in the 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 using 3 Galaxy Souls (20 Cinder Shards each per soul). Keeps existing upgrades and 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).
Drops from Dangerous Monsters (after 50 kills).

Enchantments: Use a Prismatic Shard and 20 Cinder Shards for a random enchantment on any tool or melee weapon. Enchantments cannot be chosen.

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.

Tool Enchantments: (Random, tool-specific)

Auto-Hook (Fishing Rod): Instant hook.
Archeologist (Hoe/Pan): Artifact finding boost.
Bottomless (Watering Can): Unlimited 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: Generally, Bottomless (Watering Can), Shaving (Axe), and Preserving (Fishing Rod) are highly valued. Others depend on playstyle.

Volcano Forge Enchantment

Remember that you can re-enchant tools and weapons at any time to try for a different effect. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Volcano Forge's mechanics in Stardew Valley 1.6.