This guide details how to use the Volcano Forge in Stardew Valley 1.6, including forging weapons and enchanting tools.
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 from a fishing pond with 7+ Stingrays (7-9% daily chance, yielding 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
It 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: 3 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 left slot and select the red X to remove all forging (recovers some shards, not gemstones).
Infinity Weapons
Upgrade Galaxy Sword, Dagger, or Hammer into Infinity Weapons using three Galaxy Souls (20 shards each).
Galaxy Souls: Obtain via Mr. Qi (40 Qi Gems), Big Slimes (Dangerous Mines, Qi quests), Island Trader (10 Radioactive Bars), or as 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: Doubles damage to bugs, kills Armored Bugs.
- Crusader: Doubles damage to 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 additional enchantments (one from each set guaranteed):
- Set 1: Slime Slayer, Crit Power, Attack, Speed
- Set 2 (optional): Slime Gatherer, Defense, Weight
Tool Enchantments: Random effects vary by tool (see table in original text for details).
Best Tool Enchantments (Summary):
- Axe: Shaving (resources), Swift/Efficient (speed/energy).
- Watering Can: Bottomless (essential).
- Hoe: Generous (resources), Archeologist (artifacts), Reaching/Efficient (area/energy).
- Pickaxe: Swift/Powerful (speed/power).
- Fishing Rod: Preserving (conserves bait/tackle).
- Pan: Generous/Reaching (resources/area).
