This guide details the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley 1.6, explaining how to enhance tools and weapons.
Obtaining Cinder Shards: The Volcano Forge requires Cinder Shards. Obtain them by:
- Mining Cinder Shard nodes (pink-orange specks) in the Volcano Dungeon.
- As drops from Magma Sprite (50%), Magma Duggy (40%), Magma Sparker (50%), and False Magma Cap (50%).
- From a fishing pond with 7+ Stingrays (2-5 shards, 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: Enhance weapons with gemstones and Cinder Shards (10, 15, then 20 shards per forge level).
- Amethyst: +1 knockback per forge level.
- Aquamarine: +4.6% critical hit chance per level (cumulative).
- Emerald: +2/+3/+2 speed per level (cumulative).
- Jade: +10% critical hit damage per level (cumulative).
- Ruby: +10% damage per level (cumulative).
- Topaz: +1 defense per level (cumulative).
- Diamond: Three random upgrades (costs 10 shards).
Best Weapon Upgrades: Emerald and Ruby for DPS; Topaz and Amethyst for survivability.
Unforging Weapons: Place the weapon in the left slot and select the red X to remove all forging (some shards recovered, gemstone lost). 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.
Galaxy Souls: Obtain Galaxy Souls by:
- Purchasing from Mr. Qi (40 Qi Gems each).
- Dropping from Big Slimes in the Dangerous Mines or Qi's quests.
- Purchasing from the Island Trader (10 Radioactive Bars, last day of season).
- Dropping from Dangerous Monsters (after killing 50).
Enchantments: Apply random effects using a Prismatic Shard and 20 Cinder Shards. Re-enchant for a different effect.
Weapon Enchantments: Randomly selected from: Artful, Bug Killer, Crusader, Vampiric, Haymaker. Bug Killer and Crusader are generally most useful.
Innate Enchantments: Use a Dragon Tooth to add one enchantment from each of two sets.
Tool Enchantments: Twelve enchantments, each tool-specific. Examples include Bottomless (Watering Can), Efficient (various), Preserving (Fishing Rod), and more. See the table in the original text for a complete list.
Best Tool Enchantments: Choose based on play style. Bottomless (Watering Can), Shaving (Axe), Generous or Archeologist (Hoe), Swift or Powerful (Pickaxe), Preserving (Fishing Rod), Generous or Reaching (Pan).
