Stardew Valley – Enchanting Guide: How to Enchant Tools & Weapons

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Enchanting in Stardew Valley: How to Enhance Your Weapons and Tools

As you progress in Stardew Valley, you will uncover new regions and secrets. One of these amazing discoveries is the Forge, a powerful machinery that allows you to enchant your weapons and tools, making them more useful and powerful.

Enchanting items in Stardew Valley requires special resources such as Prismatic Shards, which are notoriously difficult to obtain, and Cinder Shards.

What is Enchanting in Stardew Valley?

Enchanting in Stardew Valley becomes available once you reach Ginger Island and uncover the Volcano Dungeon, a unique mining and combat location. Unlike the Mines and Skull Cavern, the Volcano Dungeon does not have staircases. Instead, you progress through floors by going through cave doors. Upon reaching level 10, you will stumble upon a hidden room where the Forge awaits you.

The Forge allows you to upgrade your tools and weapons in Stardew Valley through enchantments. These enchantments provide special perks that can greatly enhance your basic tools. For instance, you can enchant your Watering Can to have infinite water or give your tools an extended area of effect for charged uses.

How to Enchant in Stardew Valley

Interaction with the Forge opens up a menu where you can place a weapon or tool in the left-hand slot for enchantment. To perform an enchantment, you need to place a Prismatic Shard in the right-hand slot and then add 20 Cinder Shards in the slot under the Prismatic Shard square. Simply press the hammer button, and your tool or weapon will be enchanted.

It’s important to note that there are three tools that cannot be enchanted: the Copper Pan, Scythe, and Trash Can. Also, even if you upgrade your tool at the Blacksmith, the enchantment remains intact.

Each tool or weapon in Stardew Valley can only have one enchantment. If you desire a different enchantment, you can follow the same instructions again and change the enchantment accordingly. Additionally, an enchanted item retains the memory of its previous two enchantments, so using the Forge again with the same tool or weapon will not grant those previous enchantments.

All Possible Enchantment Effects for Weapons

When using the Forge in Stardew Valley, weapons can receive a variety of randomized enchantments. Here are some examples:

  • Artful: Provides a 50% cooldown reduction for special moves.
  • Bug Killer: Doubles the damage to bug-type monsters and can eliminate armored bugs.
  • Crusader: Inflicts 50% more damage on mummies, ghosts, skeletons, and void spirits. Stops mummies from reviving.
  • Vampiric: Has a 9% chance to restore health upon every kill. The amount healed is 9 to 10% of the monster’s maximum health.
  • Haymaker: Cutting weeds or grass has a 50% chance of dropping extra fiber and a 33% chance of extra hay.

While most weapon enchantments in Stardew Valley may not be worth the effort, the Crusader enchantment stands out as it greatly aids in defeating mummies.

All Possible Enchantment Effects for Tools

In Stardew Valley, tools offer more enchantment options compared to weapons, many of which are highly valuable. Here is a list of all the possible tool enchantments and their effects:

  • Auto-Hook: Automatically triggers the fishing minigame when a fish bites (Fishing Rod).
  • Archaeologist: Increases the chance of finding Artifacts in artifact spots (Hoe).
  • Bottomless: Provides infinite water (Watering Can).
  • Efficient: Prevents energy drain (All Tools).
  • Generous: Grants a 50% chance of obtaining double items when digging (Hoe).
  • Master: Raises Fishing level (Fishing Rod).
  • Powerful: Increases power level (Axe and Pickaxe).
  • Preserving: Offers a 50% chance that Bait and Tackle will not be consumed (Fishing Rod).
  • Reaching: Enlarges the maximum area of effect for charged tool uses (Hoe and Watering Can).
  • Shaving: Provides extra wood when chopping trees (Axe).
  • Swift: Increases speed by 33% (Axe, Hoe, and Pickaxe).

These tool enchantments in Stardew Valley are definitely worth the Prismatic Shards needed to acquire them.

That’s everything you need to know about enchanting in Stardew Valley! If you have any feedback or suggestions for this guide, feel free to share them in the comments section below.