The mine game in Stardew Valley is anything but trivial. Whether you play on PC or Console, you need to understand how it works and have it available always the best possible equipment to do it fruitfully. Remember that if you go to the mine you can't keep up with the farm, so always think carefully before heading to the realm of the dwarves. If the horoscope tells you that you are unlucky, forget it for that day. Giving up a day's work on the farm so as not to get anything out of the mine, besides making no sense, risks costing you very dearly. So here are five basic tips to become an expert miner.
Always bring food
Have a good amount of food is essential in the mines of Stardew Valley. It allows you to restore the energy that is quickly lowered by picking stones and minerals. The elevator unlocks after the first ten levels, so try to bring enough food to do it in groups of ten. Whenever you find the ladder, do not hesitate any further and go down the floor. Every monster killed has the 15% of possibility of revealing the scale, while the rocks only the 2%. Once the monsters are down, start breaking rocks, but having a good dose of luck is key to finding the ladder early. As said at the beginning, do not go to the mine if the horoscope in the morning tells you that you will be unlucky for the whole day. Resources cost both coins and time, don't waste them!
Try not to pass out
Fainting in the mines due to monsters attacking you or running out of energy is absolutely to be avoided. Not only does it cost you cash for treatment at Harvey's Clinic, but it causes you to lose everything you collected earlier. Be realistic, if it gets complicated and you run out of food, retreat and come back next time. Some floors require you to defeat all monsters in order to drop the ladder to go down to the next level - if you're not sure you can do it, exit immediately.
Always carry a torch
The torch is essential in the Stardew Valley mines because some levels are completely dark and, going blind, is absolutely to be avoided. One unit of wood and one unit of sap are enough to make one. Always carry it with you, because on more than one occasion it will save your run. If you really forget it, try to go down anyway, not all floors are in fact in the dark but always pay the utmost attention.
Upgrade your pickaxe and weapons as soon as possible
The pickaxe you have at the start of the game is great for breaking stones on the farm, but it is absolutely inadequate in mine. It requires too many hits to smash rocks and minerals, causing the energy to run out too soon. Spend 2000 coins for the copper one and set aside 5000 for the steel one. As soon as you can make the furnace so that you have the ingots required by the blacksmith to upgrade the tools. Same goes for weapons: the Guild of Adventurers is a great support and dropping weapons in the mine is essential. Whenever you find a better weapon than the one you have, use it without hesitation. In the mine it is necessary survive by maximizing the rewards of each run, all the rest are useless talk.
Expand the backpack
The starting inventory of Stardew Valley makes available to the player 12 objects and it's really tight. Pierre in his emporium sells the "Large Backpack”In red color which expands the inventory to 24 objects, while the "Deluxe Backpack”In blue color expands it to 36. The first costs 2000 coins, The second one 10000. That's a lot of money, especially in the beginning, but the red one is to be purchased as soon as possible. Keep in mind that in the mine the slots fill up at lightning speed and there are no crates on the floors. Once all the slots are filled, you will not collect anything. Each run of the mines must be maximized both in terms of floors traveled and in terms of items collected. Finished the slots, it's back home.
Here is our guide on how to deal with the mines in Stardew Valley, an operation that is anything but trivial whether it is done on PC or Console,
► Stardew Valley is an RPG-Simulation-indie game for Android, PlayStation Network, PC, iOS, Steam, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Nintendo Switch, the video game was released on 26/02/2016 The version for Nintendo Switch came out on 05/10/2017 The version for PlayStation 4 came out on 14/12/2016 The version for Xbox One came out on 14/12/2016
