Stardew Valley 1.6.15 Weapon Guide: Choose by Playstyle

Quick take

• Excellent range and speed with no awkward weapon handling.
• Matches Dragontooth Club base damage while adding Defense.
• The route is long, but it is predictable once Ginger Island and Qi content are open.
• It is less specialized for critical-hit or heavy-club play than the other options here.

How to get it

1. Get a Prismatic Shard and take it to the Three Pillars in Calico Desert to receive the Galaxy Sword.
2. Unlock Ginger Island, reach the Volcano Forge, and collect 60 Cinder Shards.
3. Get 3 Galaxy Souls, commonly from Qi's Walnut Room for 40 Qi Gems each.
4. Forge the Galaxy Sword with 1 Galaxy Soul and 20 Cinder Shards three separate times to create the Infinity Blade.

Forge plan

• Use three Rubies if you want the simplest damage build.
• Use Crusader if your main problem is mummies, ghosts, skeletons, or void spirits.
• Use Artful only if you care more about sword special-move uptime than mummy cleanup.
• Do not plan around Dragon Tooth innate enchantments on Infinity Blade. Galaxy and Infinity weapons are excluded from that system.

Quick take

• Hits as hard as an Infinity Blade before upgrades.
• Adds built-in critical power and heavy knockback.
• Club special attacks can erase dangerous enemies when timed well.
• Feels slow before forging, and the drop is pure luck.

How to get it

1. Unlock Ginger Island and reach the Volcano Dungeon.
2. Open rare treasure chests in the Volcano Dungeon. Floor 9 is especially valuable because chest quality is better there.
3. The Dragontooth Club is a rare-chest weapon drop, so expect repeat Volcano runs before seeing one.

Forge plan

• Use Ruby if you want the cleanest damage increase.
• Use Emerald if the slow club swing is what gets you hit.
• Use a Prismatic Shard for Crusader if you spend a lot of time fighting mummies, ghosts, skeletons, or void spirits.
• Use Dragon Tooth innate rolls to chase reduced Weight plus Speed if possible. Lower Weight reduces enemy knockback distance, and Speed makes the club feel much less sluggish.

Quick take

• Built around critical-hit chance and critical power.
• Dagger special attacks feel excellent when the crit chain lands.
• Short range makes it easier to take damage in crowded fights.
• Weak for players who prefer wide, safe swings against groups.

How to get it

1. Unlock Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island by collecting 100 Golden Walnuts.
2. Take the Danger in the Deep special order, or use the Shrine of Challenge after unlocking the dangerous Mines.
3. Farm special Slimes in the dangerous Mines. Iridium Needle has a 14% drop chance from those special Slimes.

Forge plan

• Use Aquamarine if your goal is more critical-hit frequency.
• Use Jade if you already have enough crit chance and want harder critical hits.
• Use Artful to cut dagger special-move cooldown in half.
• Use Dragon Tooth innate rolls to chase Crit Power, Crit Chance, Speed, or Attack.