5 best tips to farm Iridium in Stardew Valley

Iridium in Stardew Valley is one of the most important resources. It is required to fully upgrade the various tools that you use and to craft certain useful items. Crafting and upgrading are an essential aspect of this indie game and tie directly to the quality of products you can get through farming, mining, or fishing.

Obtaining Iridium in Stardew Valley can be a risky endeavor, as various dangers lurk in the mines that can end your adventure. For that reason, this guide will provide some essential pointers that will help you mine for this particular resource easier.

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How to easily farm Iridium in Stardew Valley

Iridium in Stardew Valley is a rare endgame resource that can only be farmed through certain methods. Here are a few tips and points that will allow you to gather it.

1) Bring food

Food is important (Image via ConcernedApe II MGaud/ Youtube)

Food is essential if you want to survive the Skull Cavern's challenges and emerge victorious with Iridium. You will need two types of food items for this; Healing and Buffing. One of the best healing foods that you can bring to the Skull Cavern is Gold Cheese, an item that you may have used to win the Stardew Valley Fair.

For buffing foods, you can use the Spicy Eel, which allows you to move quickly. Remember not to bring items that can reset buffs, as that might cause issues in the Skull Cavern.

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2) Bring the Slingshot and Bombs

Slingshot will allow you to clear the Cavern faster (Image via ConcernedApe II MGaud/ Youtube)

You might think that the Slingshot will not be an effective mining tool, but loading it up with explosive ammo can be a game changer. This ammo type allows you to deal devastating AoE damage, with the only caveat being you need to hit walls or enemies if you want the ammo's fuse to go off and create explosions.

Alternatively, bombs are also a great option to farm Iridium easily, as they have a larger AoE compared to the Slingshot. But you will be vulnerable while setting off the fuse and can be a bit slow.

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3) Get the Staircase

Staircases make traversal easy (Image via ConcernedApe II MGaud/ Youtube)

The Staircase will allow you to quickly traverse the deadly Skull Cavern while you farm Iridium in Stardew Valley. You can get this item from either Robin or the Desert Trader on in-game Sundays. However, both require you to trade various items in Stardew Valley to get the Staircase.

Getting it from the Desert Trader is the better way. Use any Crystalarium you have to get Jades and then you can trade it for a Staircase from this merchant. This will allow you to quickly traverse the floors of Skull Cavern.

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4) Best ring and weapon option

The Iridium Bands are great for collecting resources (Image via ConcernedApe II MGaud/ Youtube)

The best ring combination you can use on your Skull Cavern runs is two Iridium Bands. They will be quite hard to get but are some of the best options in this regard because of their increased magnetism range that attracts all ores to you.

Similarly, the Infinity Gravel and Galaxy Hammer are the best weapons to survive the Skull Cavern's challenges.

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5) Luck is important

Always head out to the Cavern on a lucky day (Image via ConcernedApe II MGaud/ Youtube)

Your luck will determine how much resource you can acquire from the Skull Cavern. Only head out to this dangerous dungeon if you have sufficient luck. You can get this luck prediction from Welwick's Oracle TV channel.

The prediction you need to look for is The spirits are very happy today! This increases the chance of you encountering and getting Iridium in Stardew Valley from the Skull Cavern.

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