⚔️ Complete Weapons & Combat Guide

Weapons are essential for surviving the Mines, Skull Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon. This guide covers every weapon in Stardew Valley 1.6, including swords, clubs, daggers, and slingshots, with full stats, acquisition methods, and ratings.

Data from Stardew Valley Wiki v1.6

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📊 Weapon Comparison — Swords (One-Handed)

Swords offer balanced speed and damage with a block special attack (right-click). They are the most versatile weapon type.

Weapon	Level	Damage	Speed	Knockback	Crit Rate	How to Get	Value	Rating
Rusty Sword	1	2–5	−1	20	2%	Starting tool	100g	⭐⭐
Silver Saber	2	8–15	−1	25	2%	Adventurer's Guild (250g)	200g	⭐⭐
Cutlass	2	9–17	−1	15	2%	Adventurer's Guild (750g)	300g	⭐⭐⭐
Forest Sword	3	8–14	+2	15	2%	Wilderness Golem drop (rare)	150g	⭐⭐
Iron Edge	4	12–25	−1	25	2%	Adventurer's Guild (1,500g)	450g	⭐⭐⭐
Templar's Blade	4	14–25	−2	30	2%	Adventurer's Guild (2,000g)	550g	⭐⭐⭐
Bone Sword	4	20–30	−2	30	2%	Adventurer's Guild (6,000g)	800g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Master's Sword	4	35–45	+4	30	2%	Adventurer's Guild (25,000g)	2,500g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Steel Smallsword	4	10–20	+2	10	2%	Fishing treasure (Mountain lake)	400g	⭐⭐⭐
Insect Head	5	10–20	+2	5	10%	Adventurer's Guild (Bug kills)	250g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Claymore	6	20–32	−4	40	2%	Adventurer's Guild (5,000g)	750g	⭐⭐⭐
Ossified Blade	6	26–42	−2	30	2%	Adventurer's Guild (7,500g)	900g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Femur	7	10–20	+4	5	10%	Adventurer's Guild (10,000g)	700g	⭐⭐⭐
Dark Sword	7	30–45	−1	20	4%	Adventurer's Guild (8,000g)	800g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Steel Falchion	8	25–35	+2	15	2%	Adventurer's Guild (25,000g)	1,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lava Katana	8	55–64	+0	15	2%	Adventurer's Guild (25,000g)	2,250g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Galaxy Sword	10	60–80	+4	20	2%	Desert — Prismatic Shard	3,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Infinity Sword	11	80–100	+6	25	4%	Galaxy Sword + Galaxy Soul ×3	10,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dwarf Sword	7	23–31	+0	20	3%	Volcano Dungeon chest (rare)	850g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dragontooth Sword	10	40–55	+3	15	3%	Volcano Dungeon treasure	1,600g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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📊 Weapon Comparison — Clubs (Two-Handed)

Clubs are slow but deal massive damage with a slam special attack (right-click). Best for knockback-heavy builds.

Weapon	Level	Damage	Speed	Knockback	Crit Rate	How to Get	Value	Rating
Wood Club	1	3–10	−4	30	2%	Drop (Mines F1–9)	100g	⭐
Lead Rod	2	8–15	−4	30	2%	Drop (Mines F20–49)	200g	⭐⭐
Wood Mallet	2	14–24	−4	45	2%	Drop (Mines F30–39)	350g	⭐⭐
The Slammer	3	16–24	−4	50	2%	Blacksmith (25,000g — Clint)	500g	⭐⭐⭐
The Slammer (Dangerous)	4	24–36	−4	55	2%	Qi's Challenge drop	750g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dwarf Hammer	8	30–50	−4	50	2%	Volcano Dungeon chest	1,200g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dragontooth Club	10	55–75	−2	45	2%	Volcano Dungeon treasure	2,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Galaxy Hammer	10	70–90	+0	50	2%	Galaxy Sword → Galaxy Hammer (forge)	3,500g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Infinity Club	11	90–110	+2	55	4%	Galaxy Hammer + Galaxy Soul ×3	11,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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📊 Weapon Comparison — Daggers

Daggers are fast but low-damage, with a stab special attack (right-click) that hits multiple times. Best for critical-hit builds.

Weapon	Level	Damage	Speed	Knockback	Crit Rate	How to Get	Value	Rating
Carving Knife	2	3–8	+2	5	4%	Drop (Mines F1–9)	150g	⭐⭐
Iron Dirk	3	5–11	+2	5	6%	Drop (Mines F30–39)	250g	⭐⭐
Wind Spire	4	8–13	+4	5	6%	Drop (Mines F50–59)	300g	⭐⭐
Crystal Dagger	5	5–14	+2	5	4%	Drop (Mines F70–79)	350g	⭐⭐
Shadow Dagger	6	10–20	+4	5	6%	Adventurer's Guild (1,000g)	500g	⭐⭐⭐
Broken Trident	7	15–26	+0	15	2%	Fishing treasure	600g	⭐⭐⭐
The Spire	8	20–35	+4	5	10%	Adventurer's Guild (25,000g)	900g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Yeti Tooth	8	18–30	+0	10	6%	Adventurer's Guild (15,000g)	800g	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dragontooth Shiv	10	35–50	+4	5	8%	Volcano Dungeon treasure	1,500g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Galaxy Dagger	10	50–70	+6	5	6%	Galaxy Sword → Galaxy Dagger (forge)	2,500g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Infinity Dagger	11	65–85	+8	5	8%	Galaxy Dagger + Galaxy Soul ×3	10,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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📊 Slingshots

Slingshots use ammunition (stones, ores, or gems) and are best for triggering explosive ammo. Tricky to aim on console/controller.

Weapon	Damage (Stone)	Damage (Explosive)	How to Get	Value	Rating
Slingshot	5–10 per hit	20–30 AoE	Mines F40 reward	500g	⭐⭐⭐
Master Slingshot	5–10 per hit	20–30 AoE	Mines F80 reward	1,000g	⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best ammo: Explosive Ammo (1 Copper Ore + 1 Iron Ore + 1 Coal) for mining and crowd control.

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⭐ Best Weapons by Category

🥇 Best Overall: Infinity Sword

• Damage: 80–100 | Speed: +6 | Bonuses: +4% crit rate, +25 knockback
• Requires: Galaxy Sword + 3 Galaxy Souls (Qi's Walnut Room, 50 Qi Gems each)
• S-tier for all content, especially Skull Cavern and Volcano.

🥇 Best Club: Infinity Club

• Damage: 90–110 | Speed: +2 | Bonuses: +4% crit rate, massive knockback
• Best for knockback-heavy combat and crowd control.

🥇 Best Dagger: Infinity Dagger

• Damage: 65–85 | Speed: +8 | Bonuses: +8% crit rate
• Best for crit-fishing builds using the Acrobat profession.

🥇 Best Early Game: Lava Katana

• Damage: 55–64 | Speed: +0 | Cost: 25,000g at Adventurer's Guild
• Buy this as soon as you can afford it — carries you to the Skull Cavern.

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🔧 Forge Enchantments (Ginger Island)

Once you reach the Volcano Forge on Ginger Island, you can add enchantments to weapons using Cinder Shards:

Enchantment	Effect	Best For
Artful	Reduces special move cooldown by 50%	Clubs (slam spam)
Bugs	+50% damage to bugs	Insect Head users
Crusader	+50% damage to mummies, ghosts, void spirits, skeletons	Skull Cavern runs
Haymaker	Enemies drop hay 50% of the time	Passive farming
Vampiric	9% chance to heal 10% of damage dealt	Survivability builds
Powerful	+15% weapon damage	General DPS increase
Swift	+5 speed	Daggers (max speed)

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🎯 Combat Professions

Level 5 Choice	Effect	Level 10 Choice	Effect
Fighter	+15% damage, +15 HP	Brute	+25% more damage (total +50%)
		Defender	+25 HP
Scout	+50% crit rate	Acrobat	Special move cooldown halved
		Desperado	Crits do 2× more damage

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Data from Stardew Valley Wiki v1.6. All weapon stats, prices, and locations verified for version 1.6.9.

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🛒 Where to Buy

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