3 Ways to Beat the Skull Cavern - Stardew Valley

[@alwaysconfused1641]

Another useful tip: you don't lose items if you pass out. Items are only lost when your health reaches 0, which means it's more beneficial to stay in the caverns until 2 am. The largest fine you can get is 1000 g. If you already have coops and barns set up that price is basically already covered

[@MetalPipeGamingOfficial]

I'd just place stairs down without combat

[@abit359]

When my health does reach 0, I usually just restart the day rather than lose important items. It’s far more time efficient than trying to get new supplies or wait to get them from the guys at the adventurers guild.

[@NeonPanda64]

@merp_p🐸 you “died” then, they meant when you pass out due to time reaching 2am

[@God-qp7xq]

1000g is the best option.

[@assortedguts]

@merp_p🐸 the only thing you lose is gold when you pass out from exhaustion. you only lose items when your health hits zero

[@genericname9024]

Oh thank god, someone who doesn't assume I have an endless pile of iridium sitting around or have already gotten to ginger island. I poked my head into the skull caverns for the first time and got instantly murdered :(

[@jburt779]

As did we all, my friend. As did we all. Those serpents …

[@LocalMonkeVr]

sameeeee

[@ccinnabunnies]

no me too i've only ever made it to floor two bc i dont know what im doing lmao

[@kristinrice547]

Exactly why I love his videos

[@DaddyHanksTastyMilk]

i got to floor 45 on my 3rd run

[@arsonistnpc]

literally the first serpent i killed gave me a prismatic shard and so naturally i went straight for the sword. the next day as i was showing off to my friend over discord (who hasnt gotten a single shard yet, and shes been playing for longer than me) i got another one from killing a regular ass slime. i felt like the king of stardew for a second with that luck lmao

[@cheesesteakphilly]

I’m fairly new and am almost on year 4. No drops for me :(

[@StradIin]

Im on year 1 while farming coal from sprites, on a mildly bad luck day. Didn't expect a single dust sprite dropped a prismatic shard (I mean what are the odds) and stair at the same time. I play on mobile so while attacking and keep moving I accidentally clicked on the stair and the shard just laying there while I descended to the next level.... (Didn't have magnet ring yet) The wizard (?) on tv was right. It was a pretty bad luck day after all....

[@Thegreatleadersushi]

I got 1 yesterday

[@RareTan]

Like the second serpent I killed got me a rabbits foot Me happy

[@hikari4483]

​​@@cheesesteakphillykeep grinding skull caverns on stardrop luck day or whatever its valled i got one doing that

[@daniwiggins5601]

The first time I played SDV and got to the Skull Caven, I was scared and did not want to EVER step back into it. After watching this video I can say I reached level 50! haha not that far down but it's better than nothing. Thank you so much for this video!

[@raeleohana8797]

saaaaaame! too much stress! I play to unwind. but I am saving up bombs and staircases, because whenever I enter again, I just want to go straight thru the first time and I truly do not care if Qi scolds, can give two figs about that, lol

[@millienexu5684]

Agreed, it was terrifying, and then i realized gold cheese basically heals up all health at once and i could buy up tooons of bombs from dwarf. Also meant when I entered w no gold I wouldn't get penalized from passing out there loool But i did often buy too many and then had to sell something to pierre to get bus money lol

[@raeleohana8797]

@@millienexu5684 I finally made it to Floor 100! Used lots of staircases! and I had my daughter as my wingwoman, keeping an eye on my health, so I remembered to eat, and noticing shafts and special nodes. She SAVED me; could not have done it without her watching. Then, she went on to help me get to the Forge, too! Yayyy! Except, I forgot to push the "always open shortcut" in the Forge, so I have to do that again, but ah well, I need many more cinder shards, anyway! Also, YES, gold cheese is the WAY! And many many bombs. It's good to carry the tiny ones, too, so you don't take too many damage when you just need to clear a small space and don't have room to move far.

[@jazz7148]

Yup, I still haven't gotten to floor 25! watching this video is making it less impossible. also I really need that slime ring! urgg

[@shamussarrazine6623]

Serpents drop them too if you want to save money​@@millienexu5684

[@YourPalRal]

I appreciate the work you did for the teleport edit.

[@salmence100]

Thanks I've been thinking about how to make it for like a month lol

[@akcalo]

I second that!

[@articpkmn3584]

And Walk Like an Egyptian was right on the spot!! 👏👏👏👏👏 Kudos

[@bitesbomba]

@@salmence100 travelling to a place with hot climate is a jojo reference

[@yep6761]

@@salmence100 The JoJo OP was an amazing choice for the desert lol

[@affsteak3530]

That "Walk like an Egyptian" clip was delightful

[@Athena-kl7oj]

Also: If you can manage to kill 1000 slimes, the Adventurer's Guild will give you a ring which will completely eradicate slime damage and effects. If you get this ring, absolutely bring it with you. That slime debuf has gotten me killed So. Many. Times.

[@kellykoziel1667]

Okay so farm slimes on bad luck days in the normal mines to get ring. Got it!

[@rannithewitch3180]

I'm playing on mobile autoattack, slimes are the worst enemy

[@melissa9734]

I always farm slimes for the ring in the ice mines coz I can also farm the sprites for coal too

[@trumplostlol3007]

Don't even attempt to fight those big fat slimes. I just sneak pass them all the time. You will be wasting a ton of time to try to kill them. By the time you killed one of them, the serpents will come.

[@Miglow]

​@@trumplostlol3007except using the slime ring and going Anakin Skywalker on the slime babies has good odds of one of them making a staircase

[@polipix_]

i feel like every other tutorial I watched was asking too much like they wanted me to be a pro already and it was so frustrating. thank you for a beginner friendly tutorial

[@samthepuppydog]

imo, the slime charmer ring makes life 10 times easier in the skull mine. Those slimes hit hard and it's so nice being completely invincible to them.

[@Doogie2K3]

oh hell yeah I'm almost there from a bunch of fruitless prismatic slime runs; thank you for the tip

[@footytime8108]

I’m glad someone mentioned this because this ring is actually top tier

[@RV-wy2tt]

reaaaaal, glad other ppl arent sleeping on it

[@AlexanderFaker]

For anyone wondering, Qi only gets mad if you use 10 staircases so might as well bring nine to avoid any infested floors or just horrible ones

[@8AKI47]

Bro's mad at us for working smart

[@bobbob548]

@@8AKI47 he was a little sad but said it still took a long time to mine that stone

[@bobbob548]

i went go big or go home and used 95

[@bobbob548]

@@isaac922 I used a fuck ton of stone and jade

[@cononsberg6919]

I managed my way down there using only 2 to skip the dinosaur floors lol

[@SimmDevi]

The only issue with using staircases is Qi basically accuses the player of cheating when you meet him on floor 100 when you use them, but you still get the reward.

[@sergantpig9932]

Does this method change anything in the game?

[@SimmDevi]

@@sergantpig9932 Not really. You still get the reward. The only thing that changes is the dialog. Qi will say you're clever but not honorable for using staircases.

[@sergantpig9932]

@@SimmDevi my friend told me that he calls you a scumbag for doing it

[@ldcraig2006]

@@SimmDevi, Qi can go pound sand in a rat hole. If using stairs makes it easier to get to the bottom in the time allowed, that's what I'm doing.

[@sincerelyparand]

LMAO yeah i was honestly surprised when he called me out on it bc of course i sneaked my way down with staircases, i can barely make it beyond floor 50 at the moment, mind your own business Qi 🤣🤣

[@Grace-ox6lh]

Napalm ring + slime charmer ring changed my life in the skull caverns. Everytime I defeat an enemy they act like a bomb and blow up the rocks beside them, and I can easily find holes and ladders. Napalm ring + slime charmer and Iridium band + Burglar is my go to

[@ColdspaceDog]

I agree but replace slime with hot Java

[@senbebe3320]

Ohh nice I may use this plan for when I enchant my rings thank you ❤️

[@atofpoke2297]

Napalm, Slime, Iridium, Hot java

[@julialuzs]

I love the napalm ring. A good thing about it is that it blows up the Iridium Crabs around you as well (just like a usual bomb), which allows you to kill them faster

[@Howdyjason]

Iridium band and lucky ring combined and slime charmer ring

[@julialuzs]

[EDIT]: This bug has been fixed already so don't worry!! Just a tip for those who want to get to floor 100 to complete MR. Qi's quest, from personal experience: If you're very close to reaching floor 100, avoid jumping into holes, use stairs or staircases instead. If you accidently end up on floor 101 or higher, you won't complete the quest. I had spent a long time trying to reach it on my first farm (only using staircases to avoid infested rooms), and when I made it to floor 97 or 98 I got SUPER excited, then hopped into a hole and fell down around 6 leves. It took me MONTHS to actually complete the challenge after that mistake lol

[@groundtypes]

omg this comment saved me, i rely on holes too much lol. if that happened to me i wouldve abandoned the game fr

[@skyellama8374]

This didnt happen to me, skipped to floor 106 and still got it. But I play co-op on console though so who knows 🤷‍♂️

[@julialuzs]

@@skyellama8374 interesting... perhaps this was fixed on a newer patch as well, if I am not mistaken this happened to me around 2020

[@jclorcan08]

This is fixed now!

[@julialuzs]

@@jclorcan08 oh okay, thanks for letting me know! :)

[@OtakuDeju]

Don't forget to check those treasure chests. Those treasure chest floors don't usually produce monsters and if you didn't choose the Joja route then that's the only way you will find the auto-petters.

[@ossoace]

You do not actually have to bring the farm totem because if you pass out due to time, you do not lose items. You only take the energy penalty and 1k gold max

[@raeleohana8797]

but always good to have one if you are abt to be killed due to health and have no food left

[@МаксимМиронов-з2ч]

​@@raeleohana8797,IMHO, death due of health loss occurs suddenly enough to not use a warp totem

[@dominusregni]

I'm the guy who just found this channel the other day, and I'm seriously impressed! I love your clear, calm narration. No wasting time with filler or preamble, no screaming or freaking out about everything: just information with a little bit of humor to liven things up. Keep doing what you're doing, man.

[@319gouda7]

Couldn’t agree more. Whenever looking for videos I always check to see if there is any made by him and I’ve already scrolled through his whole catalogue. Simple and to the point

[@medukameguca8529]

I would never have reached the 100th floor without this video, so THANK YOU! Five crystalariums churning out jade had me over 100 staircases in no time. I never even left the ladder area and was done by 10am with nearly all my health. Only on one floor did I have to hit a rock to make room for the staircase.

[@ThinlyCut90]

I've sunk so many hours into Stardew Valley, and fishing the legendary fishes and Skull Caverns have always been an extremely difficult thing for me to do. I am SO GLAD that I have these guides! Now I regularly run Skull Caverns whenever I want to find Prismatic Shards, and I no longer fear going down!

[@cocokatana]

great useful video, i'm definitely going to consider the pumpkin soup tip. the only suggestion i would make is that you don't really need the mega bomb, the big red one. they're only useful if you're on a floor with a huge open floor plan and even then it's kinda overkill. the cherry bomb and the regular 600g bomb are perfect for a skull cavern run, many of the floors are narrow areas or the amount of rocks in an area are not worth the mega bomb.

[@salmence100]

I agree about the bombs, that’s why I showed a run with no mega bombs! I should’ve made it more clear in the commentary

[@senbebe3320]

Thank you that’s very helpful :D ❤️

[@julialuzs]

I agree with you regarding the bombs. The only situations where I think it's actually worth it using mega bombs are on the mummies star-shaped levels and the big round cave ones. But they do not appear as often to make it worth buying a huge stash. I usually like to take 5 - 10 Mega bombs with me if I have the money for it.

[@paigecraig8245]

@@julialuzs where can you buy bombs for money?!?!

[@julialuzs]

@@paigecraig8245 There is a purple rock to the right of the entrance of the caves, and if you blow it (using any bomb or atleast a steel pickaxe), you'll be able to access the Dwarf shop. But you'll only unlock the shop after you found all 4 Dwarf Scrolls artifacts (usually found on the mines by killing monsters or tilling soil with the hoe), because otherwise you won't be able to translate the Dwarf's language.

[@AnnieMae04]

"Three cheers for pumpkin soup because all of you are sleeping on it." I feel validated that I got to level 100 on the advanced Skull Cavern mode, realizing that the pumpkin soup was the MVP of the run BEFORE I watched this video. Just reset if you fail, especially if it's a luck based day according to the fortune teller.

[@gamewrit0058]

6:18 Yup, I haven't been using pumpkin soup! lol 9:13 That is the best transition I've ever seen! "oh ey oh!"

[@kiraa_k_]

(insert jojo reference)

[@lepho5743]

I mean this in the best way possible - this video really feels like a Blade video for non-code things. You've made something that's equally informative, entertaining, and chill. Absolutely subbing!!! Keep up the good work :)

[@a.j.nunnaurbiz6535]

If speed is your main concern, I recommend the Crab Cakes and coffee/espresso as food buffs, especially if you are easily overwhelmed during combat: one Crab Cake will give you a +1 Speed and +1 Defense buff, and will pretty much last the entire day, so that's one less thing to worry about renewing during your run. Add the Triple Shot Espresso to that (lasts longer than the coffee) and you have a pretty good shot at getting some distance from enemies, as well as covering the floor more quickly. Also for the non-buff food, I highly recommend cheese, especially the gold quality--one or two can get your health up FAST, which is very helpful if you are getting swarmed. There is always that fraction of a second between consuming each food item where the enemies within reach can damage you. Other than that, this video pretty much covers everything--well done!

[@leahkent4057]

When do you get the recipe For crab cakes? I’m on year 4 and 150 hours in and still don’t have it 🤦🏼

[@Nuhtalley]

@@leahkent4057 you get it from queen of sauce in year 2 of fall.... lol I just got my recipe today on one of my newer saves

[@Nuhtalley]

@@leahkent4057 you’re going to need to watch re runs to get it

[@a.j.nunnaurbiz6535]

@@leahkent4057 It's one of the Queen of Sauce recipes. It first appears on Fall 21, year 2. After the second year, all the recipes repeat on Sundays, I believe. Unfortunately, I do not know of any way to get it if you missed it the first time other than keep watching Queen of Sauce. It will eventually be shown again.

[@nineten-eu4ig]

crab cakes also drop from iridium crabs in the skull mines if you have enough rubies trading them with spicy eel is nice too it gives speed buff and luck

[@deathsoal]

Newer player here and highly suggest for the first method still bringing 5 or so staircases. Even on the highest luck days Random is Random. Got hit with back to back infestation and prehistoric floors that killed my runs.I most likely an outlier of bad-good luck but being over prepared is better than underprepared.

[@TizonaAmanthia]

I agree, some days you just break EVERY rock, kill EVERY monster, and the game pity gifts you a way down. yeah....a few staircases, is a good plan.

[@jamesdinius7769]

There are also some floor patterns that waste a lot of time, and should be bypassed even if you're trying to be 'honorable'.

[@axlentalstorm2709]

Also crystallariums can be used to get quartz which 5 quartz = the medium bomb at the desert trader.

[@rendipramasta]

it's easier to just farm coal and iron ore

[@CyanideOwl]

Just dupe jades and buy staircases

[@SARAMONTEIRO13]

I was petrified of the skull cavern. I always used to die even with tons of staircases. After this video I made it there and back with iridium! This is THE BEST VIDEO FOR THE SKULL CAVERNS thank you! Oh I loved the edit on the travelling 😊

[@eaglezero78]

I just started playing Stardew recently and this is absolutely the best guide to the Skull Caverns I've seen. Every single other of dozens I've watched only recommended items I couldn't obtain yet.

[@thea9794]

I used to always rewatch your lets play episodes when you go into the mines as a sort of "guide" on how I could do the mines too, so I'm excited to get a formal guide from you! Pumpkin soup really is an underrated food item

[@salmence100]

Glad it could help! I always planned to do a cavern guide since I started, it was very hard to explain on the go!

[@Thirikalee]

„I can sum it up it one word: Staircases. … NOW I‘LL USE A FEW MORE WORDS!“ That was executed greatly! 🤣 And the guide is really good and helpful.

[@StephanieSmith-rh9yg]

I know everyone thinks panning is useless, but if you live on a river farm you pan all the time. I also see quite a bit of panning spots on ginger island. So that's a good way to find the luck ring. If you really want to.

[@tamamichan1431]

tbh u can get the lucky ring with the drop of enemies too xD

[@RIGGED_EDITION]

@@tamamichan1431 Literally got the lucky ring from an enemy drop yesterday, I was very pleasantly surprised

[@julialuzs]

Panning usually sucks for me but on Ginger Island it gave me some good items. Especially on the River near the digging site.

[@meh8982]

Panning on a good luck day is very worthwhile. I've gotten lucky rings at least twice just by panning on my own farm. If you hang out in the dig spot on Ginger Island for a while on a lucky day you're almost guaranteed to get a lucky ring. Usually the drop is a diamond, some high value ore, and the lucky ring all together. Also, I hear that the same panning spot will yield the same results every time on the same day.

[@nineten-eu4ig]

hitting every box and barrels with sword in the skull caveren is a good way to get them too i got two this way(i might be lucky)

[@kittymoustache2329]

When walk like an Egyptian my brother looked up at me with a star struck face. I also really love the video! I just unlocked the skull caverns and they look scary so this will help me out a lot thank you!!

[@spookysomeone]

for a food item, if you took the mushroom cave i definitely recommend bringing life elixirs, purple mushrooms, or if neither of those are viable then common mushrooms (since you probably build up a bunch of them by year 2 ish)

[@danielthompson392]

Took the mushroom cave option this save and I ALWAYS have a pack of dried mushrooms on me (1.6 puts a dehydrator in the cave so you can process them for better energy/health or more money). Dried mushrooms ftw.

[@IamCharlotteey]

this is honestly such a helpful guide, i’m five years into a save that i’ve been playing on since around 2021 and i just saved up stone to be able to waltz straight to the bottom, possibly the most inefficient way but this guide must help newer players so much

[@brandiblackburn1554]

I have to say that you are my favorite stardew.Valley, KZbinr because you don't rush your videos and you don't speak too fast.It's very easy to follow.It's not cheesy it's excellent content. Thank you!!!

[@Cam_can]

Omg thank you so much- each time i set foot in skull cavern I died immediately, this is so helpful

[@xkiri7484]

After doing this few times, I'm so glad for the skull cavern elevator mod. No more crazy prep just for some iridium

[@sanantonio855]

that's just cheating lmao

[@Toon_Topaz]

@@sanantonio855If it makes the game more fun for them then who cares?

[@sanantonio855]

@@Toon_Topaz Sure, but the skull cavern is the only actually challenging aspect of the game that requires preparation and taking that away would ruin the thrill completely imo.

[@МаксимМиронов-з2ч]

IMHO, this mod is not necessary. It is not so difficult to accumulate 200 staircases from crystallariums, and a run in which these 200 staircases will be used will bring at least 400 iridium, which is enough for a very long time

[@violetbui141]

Fun thing I learnt is that you can place the bear statue and the standing geode from your museum collection rewards in her path (one on each screen) and she will get to the bus by 9:30-40 instead. Not much of a time save but it's better than before, and you no longer have to stand there yourself

[@noname-jf5qz]

I personally love the Phoenix ring and it has saved my butt multiple times. Once you reach your lowest point of health you will regain half of your health, I would recommend for those who end up dying a lot.

[@paigecraig8245]

You have saved my ass at least once I have tbe glowstone ring and the 10 percent critical hit ring with the galaxy sword i just got Which do i swap?

[@Skadow0]

@@paigecraig8245 If you have the forge unlocked you can combine rings together, if not then maybe the replace the crit ring, you kinda need the magnetization

[@CelestialsStorm]

I had no idea this existed… well I guess now I know what’s gonna save me and my girlfriend on our shared server XD

[@Indeeee]

If you already have phoenix ring then you probably have already unlocked the forge, at that point reaching floor 100 & beyond in skull cavern is pretty easy without that. Personally I think phoenix ring is best used during Qi's hungry challenge (idr the exact name) since you aren't allowed to eat or drink anything.

[@lillianeelaine]

this is a phenomenal video!!! i have upwards of 500 hours in this game and still learned from this, great stuff!!!

[@nursenaceylan3706]

this is the best guide on skull caverns. i watched 10's of them but none of them was good as this.

[@Curly_C]

Best guide ive seen so far, straight to the point and easy to understand. 10/10

[@thethirteenthfloor3869]

pacifist route stan here, boutta go make as many crystalariums as possible

[@lovecraftwithkatherine]

This video is completely brilliant, and kudos to the whole Indiana Jones vibe for the teleporting to the desert. Love it! Thanks for a very entertaining and extremely helpful video

[@diyamehta9284]

Thank you for the guide! Ive been avoiding going into the skull cavern because it's definitely intimidating, but i should be okay with your guide! Appreciate it

[@kenyaroses]

Thank you so much !!! I never knew the desert guy only sold staircases on Sunday’s 🙃 I’m trying to find a prismatic chard and I have yet to come across one 😭 I’ve only been the skull cavern once but watching this really helped me thank you 🙏🏼 Update: I finally found 2 prismatic shards a little before level 100 (I think I was in level 90's) and I'm SO HAPPY

[@insiya7810]

yayyy glad you found some!

[@TJThomas116]

This is amazingly handy! I just gave up with the skull cavern and haven't returned to Stardew in a while. This makes me want to go back and try again

[@konstick66-pepeland60]

Just did my first ever skull cavern run - with good luck, lucky ring( I got it by accident from the crate when I decided to enter skull cavern earlier just for fun), and recommended buffs. Used 40 regular bombs, 15 megabombs, 15 cherry bombs, 2 pumpkin soup, 2 triple shot espressos, 8 cheese and 15 staicases. Got to around floor 80 by 1 am( I used the bus, didn't have geodes for a warp totem), collected 37 iridium ore, around 60 of each of the other ores, some gems, 20 omni geodes and 3 spicy eels. I am pretty happy with that, and with 4 iridium I got from breaking geodes earlier I can now either craft 4 crystallariums or 1 crystallarium and save iridium for unlocking ginger island. Tough choice, I would say. Thank you for your guide, never would've figured using pumpkin soup and would'nt bother buying steel falchion. For non-buff food I personally recommend either cheese( if you have cows) or glazed yams( recipe at 21th of fall). Yams are easy to mass grow in fall, beets too, and 1 beat gives 3 sugar, so it's a reallly good food choice

[@KatarinaRuneVT]

rhe teleport edit was perfect, and as someone really trying to dig deep into this cavern, i will be taking this and rewatching til i get everything memorize lol

[@noodle4429]

This is a really high quality video! You went in depth and put a lot of effort into making this. The content’s good, the editing’s good, the whole video’s good! Great job and thank you for the help. My favorite part is that you thought to only use pre-Skull Cavern materials and weapons. Many others wouldn’t consider that. Thank you and keep it up!

[@AximiliEsgarrouth1]

Clear and precise explanation without clickbait or self ads? What a pleasure to watch! 😊

[@sarahtinley4988]

I like to use the slime ring, which makes you invincible to any slime, so you don't have to warry about them. plus that with the iridium band.

[@atofpoke2297]

Napalm + Slime charmer = cluster bombs

[@Wallinku]

That's the perfect guide, thank you so much! I was afraid of skull cavern and thought you needed special weapons but now I want to go

[@dddmemaybe]

Don't sleep on Galaxy Dagger because when the special attack is used accurately, it oneshot kills the annoying enemies like slimes and flying eels without allowing them to float around you, saving a ton of time swapping and dancing around your pickaxe, bombs and explosive ammos back to your weapons.

[@jetrifle4209]

Nah

[@enginefreak93]

Thanks for taking the time to put up such an informative video for skull cavern starters. I was totally demotivated to ever go again, but definitely giving it a new shot now!

[@melissa9734]

It's so worth it to grind to the slimer charmer ring. I know it's super late game but the Iridium band + slime charmer combined ring is a God tier ring 👌👌

[@fotmasta]

This is such a helpful cheerful guide. It's like getting tips from a friend

[@sleepingstardrop]

Even as someone with 400+ hours in Stardew Valley, this video was super helpful! ❤

[@childcrone]

From one who has not been sleeping on pumpkin soup (thanks to my fellow-Stardew-playing son). Thanks for doing this; it was informative and fun!

[@magicalgio]

14:33 "i think I can sum it up in one word" and the word is **CHEATING**

[@awwbeeh9917]

liked and subbed! your tips are waaaay better than most of the shorts i have seen over and over again!

[@polaris_503]

I love using the pacifist method to hunt for treasure rooms, I got so many free iridium sprinklers and 5 autopetters out of about 400 staircases, very useful if you're looking especially for treasure rooms because it maximises your time (no time wasted with blowing up rocks/killing enemy's= going down more floors giving you more chances of getting treasure rooms)

[@xjosie]

Thank you so much for this video (: I got overwhelmed by the game, thinking it was just a simple farming grind game. Which it is, but not at all simple. Took one step into the skull cavern and instantly got killed by 2 serpents. I was lucky to have found 2 prism shards before even having access to the desert (through the nodes in quarry) and got myself the sword. Combat is a BIT easier now. Anyway, long story short, thank you for the advice and tutorial in the vid (:

[@Veralidainai]

When I first started playing, I had no idea what a Prismatic Shard was! I actually managed to get one on the first day that I unlocked the Quarry and was like, "Nice rainbow rock" and immediately donated it to Gunther. Now, on my second playthrough, I still haven't found one yet.

[@raeleohana8797]

ohhhhh myyyy gawwwwwd :O

[@alphasolbravo9077]

hahaha OMG Same!!

[@twilightsun25]

Excellent Advice!!! I've had a lot of trouble getting iridium. took some steps mentioned in the vid as far as inventory organization and it worked like a charm!

[@Redbullluva]

For anyone who might need to know this - Time doesn't stop in co-op, so it's even more important not to let your health drop and to take food that will buff your health in bigger chunks.

[@jemmak5094]

Got it on my second try after this video and you are now my go to stardew KZbinr to watch thank you

[@nmk..]

LMAO thank u for putting in all the hard work for this vid and for the unexpected laughs!! immediate sub and great video!!

[@nmk..]

unrelated, but your cadence reminds me of griffin mcelroy's Lmao

[@marymelancholia1838]

@@nmk.. &&

[@kristinehenderson6667]

I’ve been playing for about 5 years and know this stuff, but I appreciate a new perspective and am always looking for any new info to keep it interesting. Very informative video 👍👍

[@aguywhobreaths]

Very useful tip: Take both a hammer and sword with you in case of a storm of serpents(whatever you call it) come in you can use the hammers ability The sword for normal attacks.

[@lordpandicorn9423]

I'm playing Stardew for the first time (I know) and I met a very quick demise when I went in not knowing what would happen. This tutorial is so good in telling what to prioritise and why. I feel like I can do it now!! Serpents be damned😤

[@bluu4208]

Another thing i'd suggest is (although it seems obvious in hindsight) don't waste bombs on rocks that only take 1 hit if you cant afford to. 5 or 6 swings doesnt use too much energy and bombs arent too easy to get unless you're early mid-game. Idk how everyone else feels about this but its something that has saved me a lot of materials.

[@Miglow]

Yeah. Bombs are great for ores that take multiple pick swings. Huge time saver on iridium ores and when there's a bunch of gold in one place. Also quite useful for taking out rocks before the pickaxe is iridium quality. And also essential in late game for dangerous mine runs.

[@KentheDeer]

Having just recently gotten into Stardew (late to the party is my MO), this was very helpful! Thanks, Salmence.

[@sovietsasquatch528]

Left you a like bro, i appreciate the time and the dedication you put into this video, it doesn't seem easy at all to put this together due to how random these caves can be xD.

[@brioul]

Great guide, my lowest floor before watching this guide was something like floor 19 (only because I got lucky with a hole that dropped me a bunch of floors at once). With my very next attempt, I managed to reach floor 100 by 1am! Thank you!

[@TempestLavalle]

I have NEVER seen the moonstone ring till my latest play-through...and somehow I have found TWO!!

[@alyssam1]

thank you!! because of you i beat the skull cavern at 12am on my first try!

[@mirjanbouma]

Congratulations!

[@NeuroticChihuahua]

Another good drop of the Iridium Bats is battery packs. Yes you can get them from other methods, but doesn't hurt especially when trying to craft crystalariums

[@Marilynn_1275]

THANK YOU. I CANNOT SAY THAT ENOUGH!! I've been struggling, so thank you for this!!!

[@tacochippy1861]

this is EXACTLY what i needed! I havent done much of the skull cavern to be honest, other then the pacifist route to get to Mr. Qi. I actually got my statue of perfection a while before i ventured at all into he skull cavern so i do in fact have a bunch of iridium already. I just wan to explore it now i guess :D Also dino eggs sound GREAT to have. Thanks so much!! This'll be a big help :}

[@ashleyfabregas5108]

Those pepper rexes don't play around 😂I encountered them for the first time a few days ago myself.

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

Last I knew, it's still possible to get multiple statues of perfection for mucho iridium. You need a stack of something which will fill your inventory when divided. First, you place down your statue of perfection but far enough away from the shrine that you won't attract it into your inventory. Next, you divide the stackable item to fill your inventory. You then hit the statue of perfection so that it drops, but you don't pick it up (because your inventory is full). Go over to the shrine and re-stack one of the stackable items to give you a space in your inventory. Use the shrine again and you'll get another statue of perfection. You can repeat this by repeating the procedure of placing down all the statues, filling up your inventory, hitting all the statues so that they drop and so on. I generally stop making new statues after 8 or so, but you can continue for as long as you have space to put them down.

[@bespingaming9857]

I got the Lucky Ring from breaking a barrel in the Skull Cavern. I guess I must be lucky.

[@JimmortalShady]

Another tip, if you’re an absolute psychopath like myself, complete the kill bats goal, get the vampire ring, then get the lucky ring, the iridium band, or the warrior ring, pair the vamp ring with any of those and then mass produce coffee, any bombs, lucky lunch and any high health food items (personally I use chocolate cake) then blow up rocks until you have enough stone to make a staircase to Jesus, and then on the morning of the trip go strait from bed to the caverns and wreak havoc. If you don’t have the purple boots (forgor the name) on rare occasion you can get a glass slipper from the ice level of the mines, not sure from which enemy, but it does happen, its stats are almost as good as the purple boots, just with more immunity and less defense. This is a guide from a man who is absolutely deranged, so I’d recommend listening to the man with the actual good guide, just a tip

[@bscorvin]

Got the burglar ring early from farming coal on the dust sprites, and I mainly play Stardew for the spelunking, so I had a massive reservoir of gold and essences to craft into 200 megabombs when I finally fixed the bus

[@HelloThere-nm5pb]

eyyyyy, finally, someone stands up for pumpkin soup. i understand why it's not used by a ton of people since befriending robin is usually not very important and also, you can easily get spicy eel from the desert trader, but like, c'mon pumpkin soup is just better in general. also, you can just buy a spaghetti from gus for robin's birthday so it isnt too hard to befriend her.

[@jasonrobbins4227]

Cheese is the best imo. If you get large milk silver to gold stars it turns cheese to gold star which is very beneficial to health and energy. Not to mention its renewable daily

[@RMOB]

Thanks this video, I could resolve 2 problems: -Navigate this forsaken cavern. -Find an utility for my (literally) thousands of stones stockpiled.

[@Eliot_Unknown]

Crab cakes are more preferable when encountering monsters def and speed for 16 mins. And super cucumber for restoration of health and energy, they can be fished in the summer 6pm to 2am.

[@mymthegreyful]

Serpents indeed !!! This is a great tutorial ; straight to the point and VERY informative. Thanks.

[@crystalwaters8909]

On my first run ever of the skull cavern, I got a lucky ring, and got to floor 96, then I blew myself up on accident bc I was rushing and restarted the day and tried again. I didnt know at the time how rare lucky rings were, and I have hated myself ever since lol

[@jude_bv4579]

How do you get the lucky ting

[@arandomcheese]

@@jude_bv4579 It's a rare drop inside skull cavern or by panning.

[@taylermiller720]

personally already finished the skull cavern quest, just need to find the pepper rexes, but rly nice video, refreshing to see one that's not just "mod the game lol"

[@greens5652]

It was a extreme luck day, had like 50 mushrooms, steel falchion and a ton of bombs and stairs, i even ate a lucky lunch before entering Literally the first floor when i came down 5 serpents rushed at me essentially insta killing me and my should-be floor 100 run Thats why i looked up a guide

[@raeleohana8797]

oh. my. gosh. and on a good luck day! man, that cavern is brutal.

[@sanguinesatellite808]

pro tip for if something like that happens again. staircase. take advantage of your staircases! use them whenever you get in a sticky situation

[@Xartavion]

While I didn't learn anything new, I did greatly enjoy just how much fun you had making this video. Passionate creators make better content. Great video, my man.

[@duckenough7288]

"This floor just feels racist" 💀💀

[@jhomyak2504]

This is one of the first videos I've found and certainly not the last, yall sleeping on pumpkin soup AND I WAS and now I'm obsessed with it! I appreciate you're dedication to the vid, they've certainly helped me soo much, thank you!

[@jeffreyblack666]

A slight correction to lava bats. They will only appear on floor 20 and 40, and not in all room types. This makes them very rare to find. But I have seen them.

[@Kiwimarauder]

Awesome! Well edited and narrated, thank you!

[@deathbringr1027]

nice guide will definitely try the staircase way. didn't know that the desert merchant sold them on sundays. nice vid and thanks for the help.

[@dallydaydream]

It's two years later, but I have *such* trouble with Skull Cavern, and only got to floor 100 once in the past, using more than ten staircases. Being able to craft an iridium band and some goodies from 1.6 helped (the fairy box trinket and a Dwarf King blessing came in handy) but it's primarily thanks to your guide that I finally managed to get to floor 100 with few enough staircases for Mr. Qi's liking, plus a nice big stack of iridium ore. Thank you ♥

[@sobblegaming350]

There's a glitch to get the galaxy sword with a wallpaper because it has the same item id or something. Also the galaxy hammer is so op because of spamming left-click during the special ability animation, which isn't a glitch according to CA. Passing out at 2am also isn't much of an issue as u only lose up to 1000 gold and 1/2 of your energy, which isn't much

[@stacia3111]

Sadly that glitch with the sword has been confirmed to be fixed ☹️

[@cptarvie]

dude, i learned a lot in this video. specifically that hole in the skull cavern, i dont have any idea that i can jump there haha.. also the way you explained things made it more simplier and straight to the point no additional drama and emotions

[@doloresspinek7705]

Might be helpful to note that having your home totem in the starting line might cause you to accidentally use it and sent home mid fight :,)

[@salmence100]

That’s a good idea! So many times K’ve just tried to harvest a crop or machine and I end up teleporting away 😭

[@stealthxg5045]

You honestly don't need a home totem. You won't lose anything in your inventory if you pass out from timer. You'd just lose money. You should be mining all the way to 2am.

[@raeleohana8797]

@@stealthxg5045 but for being slain, it's always good to have. i've died this way so many times, when I didnt have enough food left. i'm a terrible fighter

[@raeleohana8797]

@@salmence100 oh my gosh, this is SO me; many times, even when it's not in the starting position. I can't believe this has even happened to YOU; i've learned so much from you, @salmence100!