The Ultimate Guide to Combat in Stardew Valley

[@salmence100]

There was a lot to cover, so I inevitably missed some things: - The Dark Sword is dropped from Haunted Skulls, and is the only weapon with a vampirism effect. It's a bit weaker than the obsidian edge, but it can be really useful if you get lucky enough to find it early in Haunted floors of the mines. - the Thorns ring deals damage back equal to what you sould've taken at 0 defense, unless it's less than 10 damage, where it's then lower than what you would take. Please enjoy the video despite their absense!

[@amycoppers2460]

Hey, you still forgot about one of the rings being the Phoenix Ring which when you reach 0 hp will restore your health to half of your max health once a day. It can be found in Volcano Dungeon chests.

[@avatarninjacat]

Also the Space Boots you get in a chest in the normal mines. Floor 110 I think.

[@Lawr3nce006]

I tried to get the lucky ring but I couldn't get it.😔

[@averylaggyboi1557]

Hey can you please make these into a playlist?

[@antoniorichburg8517]

You also didn’t mention the vampire sword I hate that I sold it to the adventures guild

[@beanslinger2]

Thank you Salamence for showing us the art of setting up 6 dragon dances.

[@azzix45]

NOBODY GIVE HIM A MEGA STONE I'VE DEALT WITH ENOUGH AERIALATE FOR A LIFE TIME

[@SullySadface]

Meanwhile us gen 2 boomers be like:

[@IMeanMachine101]

what the heck is a dragon dance?

[@rambam791]

@@SullySadface WHAAABBAAAFFEEET, WABBA WABBA

[@owenlowe3038]

​@@IMeanMachine101 pokemon reference, salamence uses dragon dance to max out speed and attack to sweep the match, Glad to help

[@cartoonkelly7924]

This Last Airbender opening is absolutely inspired it makes me smile every time. Not sure if I’ve mentioned that yet.

[@booklover4330]

Sometimes I come back here just to watch that opening.

[@i_am_ergo]

Great guide! A few things you should've probably mentioned besides the stuff in the pinned comment. 1. Since you mentioned the Nausea debuff, you should've probably added that it prevents you from eating any foods and drinks EXCEPT ginger and ginger ale, which so happen to remove the debuff. Most people knows this, but for completeness' sake, it was worth mentioning. 2. Since it's a guide to combat, it was worth talking about the process of combat itself as well as its quirks. For example, not all enemies have infinite aggro range. Ghosts do, but serpents don't. Another one is that your attack range isn't equal on all sides - since the attack originates in the top half of the character entity, you can reach farther up than down. That's why you want to position yourself below the enemies whenever possible. But otherwise, yeah, very complete and informative. Thanks!

[@slwrabbits]

Had zero idea about #2, thank you for the info!

[@Kennylotl]

@@slwrabbits thankfully it was just fixed in 1.6!

[@frodoan]

The second wasn't :(​@@Kennylotl

[@flamingturnip]

I found the iridium needle and immediately felt like I was straight up exploding my enemies. I thought it was hilarious and now I love it.

[@slwrabbits]

Any thoughts on what to forge it with for best results? I can't seem to make a good build for daggers.

[@flamingturnip]

@@slwrabbits I chose to enchant mine until I got artful, so I can use the special attack more often. And then I forged to increase crit power and crit chance and also increase damage I believe. I think that's jade, aquamarine, and ruby or amethyst but I can't remember. Edit: I meant crit chance, not crit strength.

[@mybrainbroke5279]

salmence is the uncle iroh of the stardew community, always giving everyone amazing advice and kind words

[@Glotzie1]

I'm gonna use this compliment from now on, I think being compared to uncle iroh is one of the greatest compliments you can get.

[@Amelia-on9xg2nt9p]

Always happy to see another Sal video! Would you consider making an “Ultimate Guide to Multiplayer”? I realize it would be more difficult as research would inherently require someone else to help, but I feel there’s a big gap in content there. I’m in my first serious multiplayer save and am continuing to be surprised

[@leotheliongames]

That would be awesome! There’s a lot to cover, from marriage, multiple constructions at robin’s, sync mining, etc

[@redpandaplush5980]

There are a lot of weird interactions with multiplayer, not all of them very consistent. So yeah... I'm just glad I knew how to pause when I started mine lol

[@rebekahanne80]

I need this, having so much more trouble in the skull caverns because time doesn’t pause when you eat

[@blep1271]

i would think farming irridium would be much harder since time doesnt pause when using staircases in the skull caverns in multiplayer

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

Fishing becomes VERY time-consuming

[@AstorEzequiel]

24:00 I'm sure that someone already pointed it out, but you get the Leather Boots as a reward in Floor 10 And the Space Boots as another reward in Floor 110 Edit: 24:18 BUH- IT'S EVEN RIGHT THERE XD

[@salmence100]

Well rip lol

[@skyblue05]

don't we get tundra boots? not the combat ones? Edit: i just checked. you get tundra on floor 50, unless you have remixed rewards which then you could possibly get combat boots.

[@klutterkicker]

Something interesting I noticed while playing: When you use a weapon's special attack, it triggers a cooldown for all weapons of that type (sword, dagger, club) but not for weapons of the other type. If you want to, you can swap weapons and use one special attack after another.

[@HelloMxMath]

Some important notes: Slimes aren't the only monsters that drop the special items, they are just the only ones where it is easy to see when they are special. This also missed most of the remixed weapons (probably because they are harder to get). My personal favs are the femur -because I like bones but also it is a club- and the ossified blade -which probably isn't as good as the obsidian edge you could get instead but it looks amazing. Also bone sword is a personal fav. I end up using it more than obsidian edge if I get one from skeletons cause I just love the speed.

[@slwrabbits]

I got three bone swords in one coal-hunting trip to the mines. Love that sword.

[@canihaveyourdog]

Are those other Stardew KZbinrs in the intro? I'm just now noticing this after watching your guide videos so many times. Invaluable series. Packed with easy to understand explanations, and also your voice is soothing. Thank you for your hard work

[@thesmartblonde95]

They are! I'm pretty confident 4 of them are Charlie Barley, Seanie Dew, Wickedy, and Leapalot. I'm not 100% sure about who's doing mining. The character looks a bit like Haboo, but I'm not sure he has a standard look he goes with often, but he's my best guess unless anyone else knows better?

[@salmence100]

The last one is Floydson, who at the time I made this intro, primarily did Stardew content

[@bigp169]

Playing the Goron City music while talking about the forge > brilliant

[@Sin_Lord]

AAAAHH I've been so excited for this one!!! I love the combat, all the drops and rewards and the challenge! I'm so happy this vid is finally here!!

[@camwyn256]

Thank you for these guides. They've really helped me get back into the game after years away. And for getting ready to do a foraging only challenge run

[@RAthulK]

Me who wore topaz ring to floor 120: MY LIFE IS A LIE

[@darkshot2019]

bottom of the mines isn't really a problem. It gets bad in the skull caverns though when you could have the ruby ring or any kind of magnetism.

[@egg6932]

This is what I needed, since I needed to find the best weapons. Great guide!

[@gloriclyoko]

Wow this series is a greater refresher for someone who just returns hyped for 1.6 update!

[@KitsukiiPlays]

Isn’t it weird that you can’t ship a sword or ring but bombs are ok?

[@B.Cypher]

Don’t worry… it’s just a pipe bomb……and small nuke

[@survivordave]

QOL idea for 1.6. Make weapons, rings, and boots shippable. It's so annoying to have to schlep everything to the Adventurers' Guild. Also, where's that iridium-infused mace Clint brags about making when you talk to him on Spirit's Eve?

[@slwrabbits]

I did not know that you can ship bombs. I suppose that tracks, because they can be sent via the Stardew Valley postal system.

[@Shazibee]

​@@survivordaveI honestly just pitch all my combat stuff bc I cannot be asked. Shop's open at a bad time and the money is negligible.

[@chartypeplays2396]

Also Kent can send you one in the mail. XD

[@lindahenstra9448]

Literally cracking up at every single description of the weapons. I didn’t know weapons could be so controversial 😂😂😂 “It’s… definitely there” 😂😂 Love this one 🙌🏼👏🏻

[@stonkman387]

There is actually a pretty obscure ring you missed that can be found in the Volcano Dungeons: The Phoenix ring. This ring doesn't do anything on its own, but when you "Die" it will revive you with 50% of your HP. This can only work once an in game day. It is found in Volcano Dungeon Rare Chests. Otherwise, great video! :)

[@TheSniped117]

This ring is great for people who aren't great at combat.

[@lienesauserde7419]

Then why is it in one of the hardest combat places

[@Maqya]

Eyyy I’ve been waiting for this! Super excited!

[@susannebaum219]

I know most of this but I love these videos anyway cause I like listening to you explain things

[@sarahmeza7448]

FINALLY THANK YOU 🎉 This is the guide I have needed most and been waiting for ❤

[@fuzyfuzfuz2]

Love the Elden Ring reference in the beginning 😂 ❤ thanks for always putting out great, entertaining, and VERY helpful content!!! SO excited for 1.6 update!

[@sakurasky1753]

This is exactly what I've been needing! Thank you!

[@TheKittyDrago]

Thank you for these guides, they have dramatically improved my experience playing Stardew. If you are looking for ideas, have you considered a guide for Co-Op?

[@salmence100]

That's a good idea! I might work on something like that.

[@84SuperBeast]

I've had incredible luck in my current playthrough. The first time going into the skull cavern I got a lucky ring and within like 5 pannings I got a lucky ring on ginger island. I was blown away. Also in almost 1200 hours of early to mid game play I've gotten the neptune sword 2 times and 1 of them I accidentally threw in the water 🥲

[@Cleo20777]

this was my favorite intro of all time

[@umaieirian]

The intro is top tier🤣❤️ I’m here for it

[@eliabeck689]

Dude, the Avatar opening is *FANTASTIC!!!!*

[@justragnar8667]

Loving the Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush/Curse soundtrack in the background. Also informational and taught me a lot and was really useful

[@salmence100]

It's one of my favorite soundtracks, I love using it!

[@mergirl2468]

Just that intro alone is worth a subscribe! Made me laugh!

[@Magmanarius]

there will never be a day that I don't leap in joy to see that sal has released a new video

[@marissaho2576]

I’m new to stardew and found everything very frustrating and overwhelming! After finding your videos turns out I’ve been making a lot of mistakes 😂 going to finish out my first year so I get the hang of the basics but then I’m going to start new. Thank you for all of your help!

[@LanEXHikari]

Hey, thanks for finally delivering on combat, Salmence! I didn't realise it was that much, keep up the good work ✌🏼

[@Bggujh]

Don't forget you can get the iridium ring from fishing... it's rare, but I got one early in my latest playthrough with my wife, and it's spoiling.

[@bSVT397]

That intro gives me goosebump, best intro by far 🎉

[@mymthegreyful]

wow...gosh all friday !! THIS is super helpful. I'm 160mumble hours in and have gotten to the bottom of the basic mines only to get the reward of ; a key to more difficult mines. thank you for showing me that i should have been using the weapon i just earned on each successive level down. Maybe i can get that " 10 " sometime soon. YOUR reward is new subscriber.

[@thijsvons2510]

I would love for you to do a MARGO playthrough. The combat and other things are expanded in an amazing way!

[@zaineoakley5555]

I’m currently in my 1st MARGO play though and I love how you get weapons but the early monster are to strong by default

[@thijsvons2510]

@@zaineoakley5555 Is is quite the challenge. May I ask what weapon you prefer?

[@zaineoakley5555]

@@thijsvons2510 clubs right now I’m using the Galaxy hammer but I’m not that far into the game yet

[@glowcloudwheatproducts495]

​@@zaineoakley5555personally, I found the reason combat was harder early on was the change to how defense worked. I reverted the change on my playthrough

[@zaineoakley5555]

@@glowcloudwheatproducts495for me the monsters has twice the health attack and defendce for I made the slider 100% as it was at 200% by default

[@bluetheblue4179]

Your guides saved me when I started playing Stardew. Thank you!!

[@12345.......]

I put off watching any tips videos until now (80 hours in) and learned much. I never dealt much with adventure guild, until realizing my sword (obsidian) was comparatively weak. After hitting up the quarry, waiting for 2pm, I found the prismatic shard. What a jump in damage now. Thank you

[@DOTheGamingGuy]

Very thorough. Learned a few things despite having well over 300 hours of play time

[@ChiniganDoodles]

Loved putting this series on to fall asleep. Pretty sure it subconsciously got my sweetheart into Stardew Valley though.

[@BandikitShenanigans]

15:04 "Great! I'll send little [74] to her new home right away!"

[@nothintoseehereokay]

😂😂

[@Freedom-yv8gv]

Ayo, I thought this series was over What a lovely day to be mistaken

[@supernal_4545]

The intro was EPIC. 🔥🔥🔥

[@chaosstripe9446]

I shouldn't have to say this, but just in case: a lot of these can and do go out the window with certain mods. In particular, MARGO has a big overhaul for all things combat. Of particular note is it's defense rework, where instead of being flat damage reduction, it is percentile reduction. This makes it more useful longer but weaker in the early game.

[@avatarninjacat]

YES!!!! I clicked SO FAST when I got the notification. THIS IS THE BEST SERIES!!!

[@etheplant]

oh man i loved that broken trident, got me through the entire mines

[@levipower-fardy1527]

love the music goro

[@eddeh0772]

After playing Roots of Pacha, I’m really not excited to get back into combat when I start my 1.6 farm. I was definitely more comfortable with the light puzzling and maze mechanics over any of the combat in Stardew. But if I must, then this is helpful, cheers!

[@inezsmaheswari]

Subbed for the airbender opening 😂

[@damnthisisabadname]

I remember watching the other parts months ago, already done with the game but I'll watch this when I inevitably get back into it

[@michalratajczak6955]

we love slamence and his guides

[@TheMalinator1]

As a newbie Stardew Valley player I find these videos so helpful! 🙂

[@starshapedwings3582]

Oh shoot!! I forgot that you hadn't done the combat video yet! Exciting 😄

[@abbilocke736]

Fair warning to anyone greedy like me, wearing two burglar rings will not compound their effects 😅

[@smedgert1812]

Funny enough it stacks with hot java and lucky ring So the optimal luck set is burglar/lucky + java/lucky for max drop profit

[@HandlingSmilus]

The hero we need 😂

[@tundratitan7]

Thank you so much! Combat is always the worst for me. This is very helpful!

[@TinyTows]

Finally!! I really appreciate these guides!

[@LeafyCarrots]

I love the start lmaoo, tysm for this

[@nathanielstaggs6645]

I don't usually comment before finishing a vid, but I needed to like and sub just for the intro. Thanks for the laugh!

[@LeafyCarrots]

i just realized the 5 elements of strawdew valley had different youtubers, oh om g it's so cuet tho, your character is the main character, able to wield all of them :o

[@daveincognito]

With all due respect, the cutlass is fine if you haven't been getting good weapon drops. I was working with the steel smallsword up until that point, so I absolutely had to have an upgrade. The damage output from minimum 4 to minimum 9 makes a huge difference, and 1500g isn't too big of an ask.

[@alexandremonnet72]

Meilleures introduction du monde ! ❤

[@lordkeo4805]

Here's the combat we've been waiting for!

[@cinnamonspice9692]

That intro will never get old to me 🌟

[@salamencerobot]

Something small you missed: ANY ENEMY(except non-special slimes) can drop special items! Its just a .2% chance, and theyre not visually distinct. For comparison, crates have a 2.2% chance, and slimes have a 1.2% chance of being special

[@mohamedsharaf2835]

That was a cool intro bro

[@Lawr3nce006]

I love the intro when your voice is calm with the music.😅

[@nan.bells108]

I enjoyed this series so much!

[@kenai3732]

love the avatar reference, great video

[@Heimea523]

I got lucky to get iridium band while fishing in my first year. I just got this game and am loving it. Your videos are a help too. I'm glad I watched videos before getting too far. I would have given my dino egg to Gunther instead of incubating it.

[@robincormier9935]

Space boots are also guaranteed from level 110 of the mines. If you have a huge stack of good food (like gold star cheese as example) then the Atk dmg upgrade talents are objectively better, you basically have infinite HP with a stack of 999 gold star cheese on you.

[@hannahgokie4423]

The Gerudo music in the background is great lol

[@ingvildt8311]

Your intro is so good.

[@lazypaladin]

To all of those who transformed the Infinity Edge to look like a Rusty Sword. _Still funny, no matter the Patch. Keep it up._

[@sobblegaming350]

Overall this was a very informative guide that really shows how in depth the combat system is despite its simplicity

[@orlandovv12]

That intro is 10/10

[@dreadfulman5191]

Would love to see a more in depth video on the forging aspect, like best weapon buffs or ring combinations for different purposes

[@salmence100]

I have good news: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGO6YmevjraqoaM

[@Niijeri]

Omggggg!! Thank you because I just got a Prismatic Shard and didn’t know what to do with it!!! Now I DO!!!

[@slwrabbits]

oh, you lucky soul!

[@FloeAnimations]

This is gonna be very useful cause I absolutely suck at combat

[@TheAllanmeadows]

Infinity gavel with acrobat and artful is chef's kiss good.

[@CreatureFiend49]

Dude I love your intro

[@RAthulK]

There is a mistake Space boots is also obtained in the mines level 110. Its a pretty good boots. You also get tundra shoes in the mines

[@xxleoproxx7495]

Good Video, because I’ve wanted to honor this video and so that the algorithm is better, I haven’t skipped, even though I knew the most (except for specific details like when you can get some weapons)

[@StandAloneSoul]

Welp, time to rewatch the series ^^

[@ephemispriest8069]

If you go down to floor 20 there will always be a ladder to floor 21. Floor 21 is tiny and you can quickly see if there are any bugs. You can take the ladder out and reset at any time. This lets you farm bugs all day by quickly rerolling the floor over and over. Not only can you get insect head extremely quickly and have a very powerful weapon to go deeper into the mine, but the bugs have a chance to drop the ancient see artifact. Which can be turned in for an ancient fruit seed and the ability to turn anymore of the artifact into more seeds. Despite the large number of bugs needed it does not take very long to get the seed and the weapon reward. Normally just 1-2 days in the game. Meaning you can often have your first ancient seed growing before you're even growing strawberries.

[@moonwolfv671]

It was cool hearing the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon music in the background.

[@JohnFortner-vk4us]

I really didn’t expect to watch a video explaining the mechanics of combat in Stardew but leave wanting to play Legend of Zelda

[@Teachermook]

Are those.... Skull Lamps? *sweeeeeeet.*

[@salmence100]

Yes! If you keep buying the brazier recipes from Robin, it'll be one of the last few you you lock

[@Teachermook]

@@salmence100 nice. Whelp, now I know how I can really build the farmhouse in my game on switch. I'm literally making a shrine to the downfall of Joja corperation. 😈

[@slwrabbits]

​@@Teachermookniiiiiice

[@bigpopparasta8133]

What are the chances that they have boots that fit the farmer just lying around in the mines? I mean, I go to so many charity shops and NEVER find any shoes in my size… outrageous.

[@annguyen-tluer405]

Its great that the topaz ring is not completely useless now in 1.6 since it gives +1 Defence instead of the old 10% Precision

[@CatMuto]

From my experience, default Mining Rewards gives you the Tundra Boots on Floor 50. Floor 40 will always be the regular Slingshot.

[@rebeccalynn3980]

this was very helpful, thank you sm

[@Alex-hongry]

Bro sounded tired and glad to be done with this one lol. Like the last homework assignment that he knew was huge and had coming for a while 😂

[@maxbills9905]

Absolutely love your content. Do you have a video where you go over the strategy to fight every mob? I think that'd be a very cool video. Thanks for the great videos, keep up the great work!

[@just_kespi]

that intro

[@yoru120]

My builds are: Weapons: Main weapon is Infinity Gavel (Artful + 3 ruby) Secondary weapons are 2 infinity blades (Crusader and Bug Killer + 3 ruby) Boot: Mermaid boots, if don't have it then use cinderclown shoes Rings: General use: Iridium band - ruby ring Iridium band - burglar's ring Loot goblin: Iridium band - lucky ring Burglar ring - lucky ring Profession: Brute

[@eliandervalderen5849]

I remember finding Wicked Chris in a treasure chest while I was fishing for the Crimson fish

[@callmealx]

Sal, you're fucking rad.