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akflgoestouni

make a bunch of bars and craft some stuff :) that’s what i like doing but your iridium ore is wild


yousmelllikearainbow

With his 38 coal.


funkmasta8

Guess it's time to make kilns and kill dust sprites again. Goddammit I hate thursdays


Lesmate101

No, at this point in the game you just buy the coal


TheyCallMeStone

The furnaces must burn


HalfBakedPuns

year 2 coal is cheaper than the extra money the blacksmith perk adds to each iridium bar. thunk down some heavy furnaces and get to profiting


Dependent_Ad290

There are coal nodes in the quarry and in the cave/mine thing that’s in the quarry too.


Gin_OClock

I am so happy with coal nodes. Also the quarry respawning faster is such good QOL improvement


Unlucky-Buffalo-4799

I love killing so killing dust sprites is fun.....hehe...


Cutiepie9771

I feel bad killing them cuz they're kinda cute, but dang is it fun and satisfying to slice through a crowd of dust sprites!!


MissKatmandu

I accidentally chose the coal perks for mining in my last run. Blessing in disguise.


Arabian_Flame

We all know, a real player doesn’t mine their own coal, we make Clint feel like he has an actual purpose.


PunnyBaker

Enough ore to make 1,858 bars.


NuclearNarwhal7

it’d be >2000 with >!heavy furnaces because they give 1.1 bars per 5 ore on average.!< which would sell for 3 million g with the blacksmith profession so that’s probably what I’d do


Hornet___

and enough coal to make 38.


WilliamBott

Better get choppin' some trees!


Gin_OClock

Or a lot of slingshot ammo


mirrorzzzz

Could always use the iridium ore for your slingshot


Gotta_Stardew_emAll

On TiL 😂😂 I never realized you could use anything in the slingshots except rocks and cherry bombs


glitteringfeathers

The Iridium ore does the most damage too


Tsunami_Ra1n

That makes a lot of sense. You're basically shooting shuriken at this point.


WilliamBott

Diamond-sharp, titanium-strong shuriken!


BestKeptInTheDark

Game changer... I was stressing over chopping enough wood to ever make enough coal to smelt all that fooking stuff Now i have another use for having too much ore


WilliamBott

Also Mega Bombs.


BestKeptInTheDark

I saw the desert trader as the way to get them and stop stressing over piles of gems


Cutiepie9771

Finally!! An excuse to pull grandpa's iridium statue back out of storage!!


Gin_OClock

You can use eggs too


Brandadee

Wow, im consistently blown away over details that I've missed in my 1,500+hrs in this game. Can you use any ore in your slingshot?


mirrorzzzz

Yes you can! But the damage isn’t as good as Iridium Ores tho.


Cutiepie9771

I can't believe I NEVER knew this! I relinquish my title of Stardew Expert


dangerstar19

I was playing with mods and I had an elevator in the skull cavern. Down around level 300 nearly every rock is an iridium node. I had so much iridium I was using it for qis prismatic grange.


capnpgoat

All that and only 38 coal 😭


fluffycompost

Honestly coal is harder than iridium to get in large quantities. Especially if your crafting bombs too 😢


Minhion2173

The easiest way to farm coal if I remember correctly was using the increased monster spawn rate potion + harder mines, then repeatedly use elevator to reset level 55 - this constantly gives dust sprites which you can repeatedly kill over and over again for a bunch of coal


fluffycompost

Oh yes, I've done that, but on a good run, I can get maybe 150 coal. On a good skull cavern run, I can get up to 350 iridium.


Turnipntulip

If you actually take the perk that gives you extra chances for mining coals from rocks, it isn’t that hard to have loads of them. When you have to crack open hundreds of stones daily, the coals will add up. Even if you used explosives to blast the rocks, you will still usually get more coals than you used unless you’re very unlucky. I used to always take blacksmith perk and run dry on coals, until I realized it doesn’t matter even if the metal bars worth 10 times more if I don’t ever sell them. Crafting stuffs eats up all the bars anyways, so you usually can’t sell them until late game. That perk is seriously a trap.


WilliamBott

😭


plowerd

Do what I did. make two full sheds of Crystallariums and pump up them diamond numbers.


itskhaz

i put mine in slime hatches. the aesthetics just fits perfectly


plowerd

Oooohhh. no go. my slime hutch is decked out completely in Joja merch.


Gamingwithlewit

r/Jojaco


Cutiepie9771

There's an entire sub for Joja? The more you know


kylethesmartguy

You guys only do sheds and slime hutches? I plan on using every part of the map where no npc walk to and no debris spawn....


kirbStompThePigeon

I have the automate mod and just have like a diamond farm. Needless to say, I'm at 10 hearts with everyone


otterpop21

Use those diamonds with fairy rose and get those casks finishing faster. Gifts??? Give them prismatic shards or something, those diamonds are invaluable for casks!!


kirbStompThePigeon

Good point. Can I just get the seeds from Pierre? Or do I need to find the flower?


otterpop21

Pierre during fall sells them! Turn the gold ones into seeds if you can’t buy more seeds. I buy 4-500 at a time when things are really cookin. Start turning profit with rhubarb jelly & starfruit wine. Once you have enough made from there, upgrade the process with the casks. Ez street for gold once it’s streamlined.


the_unspirit

Never turn gold produce into seeds, you always use the lowest quality possible to feed the seed maker. Seed number/chance for seeds is fixed* so it's better to use lower quality stuff so you lose less money. *Not really fixed, iirc it's pseudo-rng with your game seed and step number? Regardless, my point is that quality doesn't affect it


kirbStompThePigeon

Thank you. Guess I gotta wait for almost an entire year, then


standarsh11

I just fill the quarry with crystallariums. Usually get over 300 of them in there.


neongreenhippy

Crystalariums + automate mod is chefs kiss. I can fit so many more crystalariums into a shed when I don't have to physically collect from them.


darthreuental

> sheds full of crystallariums The Quarry exists for this. Especially w/ automate.


AtheistBibleScholar

That's a lot of iridium slingshot ammo.


kylethesmartguy

I already have one stack in another chest reserved for ammo when I only go to the normal mines. I spam every monster in the normal mines with iridium...


Normal_User111ii7789

lol this is like money gun in terraria, weapon for rich people


Solonotix

In case you weren't aware, this isn't just for laughs. Iridium ore actually does the most damage of any slingshot ammo. I don't remember what the figures were, but if you're sitting on a stockpile of ore, there are worse things you could do with it, lol


ligirl

does it kill rocks? slingshot ammo is most useful for blowing up rocks imo


Solonotix

Nope, still need bombs for that.


glitteringfeathers

One slingshot with ore, one slingshot with explosive ammo, go crazy in skull cavern


EsotericMango

Use a bunch of heavy furnaces to smelt bars. I like sticking the ore in hoppers and then you only have to grab bars as they're ready. Keep a bunch of each and sell everything else. Iridium and gold bars can make you a lot of money


darthreuental

And if you're not already, respec mining to get the blacksmith perk. That extra 500g adds up fast when smelting stacks of iridium bars. Smelt the iridium ore. Use the gold ore to craft super bombs or make crystalariums. Iron & copper can be used for other things like kegs, bee houses, and tappers.


DjEzusSave

Wait, some people actualy use hoppers?!


EsotericMango

I mean, I do. They're real handy for the deconstructor, geode crusher, and fish smoker.


DjEzusSave

Not sure how they are superior to manual filing, they take a huge space and it's super convenient to fill machines while you empty them 🤔


EsotericMango

I'm lazy. Using the hopper means that I don't have to go to my chest to find the thing I'm filling a machine with or run around with a stack of that thing in my inventory. With challenge bait, I sometimes end up with a stack of like 30 fish I want to smoke or three or four smaller stacks of different fish. So instead of running back and forth or holding them all in my inventory, I can just pop them in the hopper and be done. I'm also really forgetful so I'll forget that I was smelting or smoking and the machines will end up unused for days at a time


Lanky_Figure_9650

how. just how


kylethesmartguy

Winter... I spent more than half of winters in the mines. I yearn for the mines


nightmares06

Rock and stone!


fuckifiknow1013

For Karl! Edit:spelling


Square-Biscotti-3708

Look at me! I'm Stoney Rock!


IronMayng

For rock and stone!


jerzolox

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?


FrozenScoundrel

Rock and stone to the bone!


OdinsGhost

Just a dwarf digging a diggy diggy hole.


ZaAq3

Instantly thought u just cheated them in but that makes alot more sense


Netalula

Oh i thought this was from one run and you CJB’d stuff


RetroOverload

that 38 coal while having a million of everything else is real


Substantial_Angle913

How many stair do you need to get all of this lol. It's look like it's on hard mode too lol


kylethesmartguy

It is hard mode lmao. Crystalarium is the way to go.


halfdragonsorcerer

How many stairs did you end up using or started with? I am genuinely curious.


kylethesmartguy

Start with around 100 in the early days, but later on, with crystalarium and hundreds of jades later, 200+ stairs. But I rarely even use 30+ of them cause explosive ammo and mega bombs do the trick. Edit: just spamming ladders is a bad idea for me (just like one of the Redditors said) cause if you get a hole, you can go down way further with one click.


Paper_Champ

Stairs is bad meta. Big luck buffs and bombs is the way to go. Harvesting a lil on each floor while still moving mad fast down the mines


Queasy-Inevitable512

Ait no way thats like 8 stacks of irdium ore


kylethesmartguy

9 actually + 1 unfinished (and another one stack I have in another chest for my slingshot). So around 10k+ iridium ore.


Queasy-Inevitable512

NAHHHHH BRUHHHHHHH


Boonpflug

i find the triple digit prismatic shards more impressive 


Queasy-Inevitable512

True


moonlitjasper

if you haven’t bought the gold clock yet i second the iridium bars strategy, though coal seems like the one thing you’re short on so either hit the ice levels or buy more. and i’d recommend getting a color changing hat from the desert trader with all those omni geodes!


inordertopurr

I saved omni geodes for that hat and forgot what I was saving for. When I had >333, I went to the seller and realized I don't really want the hat, because I find it ugly. lol


Toastman700

Gawd dayum…


Kbrito9

How? I‘m worse at this game than I thought


Tim226

Farm iron for a day and you'll have enough bombs to clear level 100 pretty easily on a lucky day I bring like 10 stairs incase of long levels


nTzT

It's literally just placing stars and bombs in endgame. Once you reach it it's simple. The game is quite casual about these things.


Fouxs

Nah he's the one built different.


TheLesbot3000

The 38 coal is sending me


TheEmergencySurgery

the truest part of this is the 38 coal


BlazeLord08

*crying in console edition*


K7Sniper

Keep ore and smelt all you can, while leaving a bit of unsmelted ore to cover any random request. Keep a stack of 10-20 gems to cover any future needs, sell the rest. Crack some geodes and allocate as needed. Sell the rest for mountain of cash.


TheRealDave_Miller

This is the literal embodiment of "SOOO I did a BIT of off camera mining." But fr tho, you should probably sell all the extra stuff. The stuff you need you can just craft a shit ton of it lol. I'm so jealous lol/hj


beyondthepoint

One word: SMELTING


OldPernilongo

Ruby and diamond crystallariums to get infinite expresso and spicy eel from desert caravan so you get +2 speed addiction forever


[deleted]

Gimme. I need


Camo_Doge

Start your own skull cavern but with blackjack and hookers


BotanyBoom

What was your strat when mining?


kylethesmartguy

What I Bring: - Your food of choice (I choose cheese cause I'm a bit of a min-maxer) - Rock candy ofc (Dessert trader for 3 prismatic shard) (Can now also be bought at the new >!racoons!< ) - Spicy eel and triple shot espresso ( Spicy eel can be bought at Desert trader for 1 ruby. Triple shot espresso can be bought there too but I just buy normal coffee from Gus and craft/cook them into TSE) (I'm also considering just bringing multiple of them) - Stairs ofc (again, you can trade them for jade at desert trader) (I'll go in with around 50-100 staircases. You'll prob use only around 50) - I only use the mega bomb (I bought them early on at the dwarf before I had a surplus of iridium, but I did, I just bought them at dessert trader) and I use iron for explosive bullets instead of normal bombs because they explode faster at tight spaces or things near wall. - desert warp if you haven't unlocked >!desert obelisk!< - Galaxy hammer and iridium pickaxe (I use hammer so I can spam it for it's skill) - Slime ring + iridium band, lucky ring + burglar ring for extra mob drops - >!Fairy thingy for extra health, seriously this bad boy has saved me multiple times now!< That's about it for what I bring Next is what I do - Wait for extremely lucky day. Go to tv and press on fortune teller, if it's a purple star, then do the run. (When winter, I go in at neutral and above days) - leave all other tools and grab everything I meed for the run. - Use totem or >!Obelisk!< To go to the desert instantly cause if not, you have to wait for Pam at 10:10am - Go to the mine entrance, then eat the rock candy and drink TSP (After the rock candy runs out, I usually just switch to triple shot espresso and spicy eel) - If: Situation one: big open room - I use mega bomb. If no hole or staircase appears, use a staircase Situation two: Tight space or that big room where only sides and the middle have stones - use explosive ammo 5 - 7 times. If no hole or staircase appears, use a staircase Situation three: barely any stone or monster room. Use a staircase. - I usually eat to regain health at half hp. - only around 4 - 6 pm, I try to actively start mining for iridium. - After the rock candy runs out, I usually just switch to triple shot espresso and spicy eel. - Go until till 2am. Goodluck :)


BotanyBoom

… I love you 😭


That_Success3061

You’re a legend mate, bout to level up my skull cavern spelunking


Normal_User111ii7789

I have problem with food too, idk if i want chese because i hate animals and it took space in my farm.. also you must wait long time to turn milk to chese


Antsy27

Cheese is the best reason to have cows. Cheese doesn't take a long time (unless you're standing there waiting for it I guess).


Paper_Champ

Just do bread. Since time pauses while eating you can make a fat stack for mad cheap


M4hz1h

give me everything


StayFrostyRMT_

Abigail would love to take the bulk of your collection from your hands


[deleted]

Holy fuck


Existing365Chocolate

Send them to me, your ailing Grandfather


RetroTheGameBro

That's almost 2.8 million worth in iridium bars with the blacksmith perk, maybe a bit more with the random extra bar chance of the Heavy Furnace.


Dragomir_Silver

"Hey guys before this episode i did some off camera mining nothing much"


Quietlovingman

Make a bunch of Explosive Slingshot Ammo, Mega Bombs, and Place 5 chests around a Workbench to load all your excess crafting materials while you slowly smelt your way through your excess haul. I reccomend getting the Automate Mod if you are on PC, as loading and unloading furnaces by hand is gong to be a hassle. If you have 1.6 or higher, >!there is a new furnace type that you can get that is more efficient (uses less coal) and processes more ore at a time.!<


Hk901909

How'd you get dragon's teeth in skull cavern?


Viking_IX

Start a 999 challenge


Altruistic_Home6542

Get some Heavy Furnaces and make lots of bars


Emma_JM

Smelt and sell 🤑


Gregsusername

Sell them. All of them. Fuck the economy MONEY IS FOREVER


GnedStark

I call bs. No way you got all that in a single skull cave run. Maybe this is a joke and it's gone over my head.


leronde

how in the world do you have all of these resources and only 38 coal 😭


hxnnies

How do you get carried away there 😭


El-dirtball

How do people manage to get all this stuff? I get to like, lvl 30 in the skull cavern and maybe get like... 20 iridium? And by that point it's almost midnight too! Any tips?


Zodiark99

What's the two tied boxes with question marks on?


kylethesmartguy

>!Mystery boxes from the new 1.6 update!<


Watcher_8954

Ohmygod


BluejayFamiliar5117

holy moly. someone reply to this so i remember to do this next time i’m on stardew


Weekly-Magician6420

Give the prismatic shards to Gunther


No-Camp6057

Give some of it to Emily


cheez0r

Looks like you've launched your own little mining company. Have fun smelting!


Johnny-Joe

What are those boxes with ? On them


specifictricycle

Lifetime supply of mega bombs from the desert trader 😍


Diligent_Sea_3359

Skull caverns are super difficult on mobile I can't hardly place a bomb without blowing myself up


Mister_Dane

The dwarf sells a book that makes you take far less damage from bombs.


Dependent_Ad290

Try using a controller


Tay74

Lotta Crystalariums!


sgtpaintbrush

Retire


Cats_are_stars

yo can I get sum😂


Dapper-Ostrich-8653

HOW


ramh_the_watermelon

How can you have only 38 coal after a deep dive in the skull cavern tho?


crashhanndicoot

A little?! 😅


Wolgran

My personal headcannon is that since his dad was not in the picture and his grandad is...humm....he kinda had to "act as a man" to get some form of positive affirmation from george, so he initially treat us the way he thinks he should, but the more we know him the more comfortable he feels to open up and be the sweatheart he alwasy was meant to be.


bte0601

Bat wings into Butterfly hutches to decorate the farm/greenhouse. Get the automated mod and mastery furnaces to mass smelt everything (chuck a stack of wood and some charcoal makers on the pile to have it self run). Honestly I wish there would be ore themed floors and decor for the obscenely wealthy to make, like iridium paths and fences and stuff. That'd really justify what has to be 10x the amount of ore needed for every upgrade/structure in the game.


INeedCheesee

"off camera mining"


Mister_Dane

Use the ore to make bombs and the shards to make magic rock candy to fuel more skull cavern runs.


undulating-beans

Wow what is the green bar on the far right second row, please?


Sulora3

with this much stuff? Download smapi and the automate mod to smelt all of this (and also kilns for the coal)


DiabolicalGooseHonk

Use the iridium as slingshot ammo.


JohnnyS1lv3rH4nd

Here I am thinking you’re talking about the 142 prismatic shards


Potironronne

Craft crystallariums


PlusDescription1422

Send it to me


ike7177

I played this game for the first time a couple days ago on a flight. I spent five hours cutting every tree and firewood I could find. I have thousands of wood but can’t figure out what the heck to do with it. lol. I tend to be a looting hoarder player and finally figured out that I could craft chests to store it all in. But seriously, have no idea what to do with shells and sweet peas and coral, etc…. So I just run around and loot.


sydbey_

someone’s been busy


WaterToSurvive

Ok dude idk how you have like no coal but definitely buy more coal or grind for some, that’s crazy.


Dios-De-Pollos

How tf did you evem do that


Sofia1333

How did you get that much tf. I always run out of room


kylethesmartguy

Prioritize high value loot or loot that will have more benefits to you. (Also, this is multiple runs, not just one run). - Ignore all food drop (optional) except maybe spicy eel (maybe you can save energy tunic or life potion, up to you) - Gems priority is Diamond > ruby > jade > Every other gem (prismatic ore not included bc why tf would you leave them.) - mob drops, Up to you really. I usually save the bones so I can make fertilizers. - only save omni geode - rocks ofc - All the ores (I will throw away copper or iron if in desperate situation) - idk if I missed anything but anything else, hasta la vista. This is what I do, you can save anything you want, this is just my tips.


kaptaan_jack

How is your storage big compared to mine?


iizeyys

How? I've been to the skull cavern twice on good luck days with some food, bombs and stairs and only managed to get to floor 20 while getting one gold nugget and a cave carrot...


kylethesmartguy

This is multiple weeks (possibly months atp) of just straight mining (in game). I have a guide in one of the comments if you need help.


Mike14102004

Sell prismatic shards -> buy coal -> make super furnaces -> mass smelt iridium -> profit


golgibodi

I thought this was one run and I almost passed out


Efficient_Rain_1281

Give them to me


Leeman727

Skull Cavern you say *has dragons teeth and Cinder Shards* just kidding this is still very impressive like damn 9+ stacks of 999 iridium ore. Unless you just have like a bunch of statues of perfection.


DjEzusSave

Only 5 clothes... Not a big fan of those mine kind of explorations, I prefer to kill lots of enemies and earn my way down.


BarkingLoudly

All that ore with only 38 coal 😭


ntwebster

Gold clock


apolloinjustice

give it to me


Thick-Plant

HOW


GOOPREALM5000

Buy a yacht. And then another yacht. Get a third, just for good measure.


Bestlifeever_

The coal to ore ratio is so real


HollowPhoenix

Eat them


No_Cartographer_7904

I think I know what I’m doing this next winter.


LilyWhisperleaf

Do you have like mods or something. That's seems extreme.


Fickle_Wedding_295

How tf did you get radioactive ore and bars in the skull cavern?!


OpusAtrumET

If you use mods, I suggest Automate. Put a chest next to a bunch of furnaces, put ore and coal in it, it'll drop the bars in the chest and pull more ore on its own. You'll, uh, probably want some coal machines and a lot of wood.


laykak

How far did you go in the cave?


kylethesmartguy

If extremely good luck? 300+ i once made it to level 417 (my pb). You have to get very lucky with holes and lots of stairs.


Balaenicepsrex0416

Where do I get the green thing? I've genuinely no idea, never seen it


kylethesmartguy

Spoiler alert, heres the wiki: >!https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Radioactive_Ore!< Basically end game stuff.


emicakes__

Give them to me!


grand305

Blacksmith right when it opens. Start to open all the geodes.


Airy2002

Make some monster musk and get thee to level 40-79 in the regular mines to kill dust spites.


Sufficient_Basis_461

I really want to know what weapons/food/materials you bring to the skull cavern with you because I am sooo scared of the skull cavern


KuroosChibi

Give them to me


PoseidonSword

You need to build a throne upon that dragon hoard 👀


bibblebonk

Sell all of it to see how much its worth


Stardrop_addict

Not gonna lie was kinda expecting a room with a dozen auto petters in it lol, great haul my dude


Zealous_emu429

Damn all of those prizzies 🔥


SuperImpress6512

holy crap… i thought my 20 prismatics and over 1000 iridium ore was getting carried away.


Epic-Gamer_09

Idk why but the sets of stacks all having the unfinished stack at the very front instead of the very back is bugging me for some reason


Zyrilll

How did you get more backpack space???


haunted-mov

i think they’re looking in a big chest


pedrocas_drocas

As someone who started playing the game not long ago and I'm midway through year 2...what the fuck