Yikes .. Skull Caverns. I wasn't prepared for this.

[Alucard †]

Monsters that take 25% of my hp in one hit.
Monsters that just refuse to die and keep standing back up after being "killed"
No elevator

While last levels of the Mines were a breeze. I could barely even make it through 5 levels of Skull Caverns.

There got to be easier ways to get Iridium right?

[Amberbaum]

What's your gear? If you haven't really used food that add buffs, then do it now. Go to the SDV food wiki entry and sort in the chart for buffs. Then make the ones that you can afford and have enough resources for.

Also make lots of sashimi to get your health back.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

What's your gear?

Not too great:
Space Boots , Lucky Ring , Glow Ring , Obsidian Edge

[Alucard †]

As for health/energy food i've been using Cheese

[Amberbaum]

Make yourself the iridium band, then get the vampire or attack or defence ring. Vampire ring is given to you as a reward for slaying 200 bats. Crabshell Ring is also a good choice. It's alos a reward for slaying crabs in the standard mine.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Iridium_Band

There is a weapon. It's called galaxy sword. It's kinda spoilery, but to be honest I never would have figured this out if it weren't for people talking about this. You need a Prismatic Shard for that. I have played this game for years now and honestly don't know if the game even has any hints that this weapon exists or on how to get it.

Bring with you speed, attack and defense buff food to the caverns.

[SenseSei]

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

There is a weapon. It's called galaxy sword. It's kinda spoilery, but to be honest I never would have figured this out if it weren't for people talking about this.

There is a hint on a Tombstone on the Graveyard if you can translate dwarvish.

“You translate the dwarvish:

Stand between the pillars three
With gift as precious as the sky:
A rainbow forged from land, not sea
Then galaxies will heed your cry”

Edit: pls put your text in spoilers in case the OP doesn't want to know

[Sero]

Even with appropiate gear it's still a pain to get deep enough.
My best advice is to get the mod that adds the elevator to the skull mine.
You can either do that or spend hours farming stones to build 99 staircases.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Sero:

Even with appropiate gear it's still a pain to get deep enough.
My best advice is to get the mod that adds the elevator to the skull mine.
You can either do that or spend hours farming stones to build 99 staircases.

I rather not use mods on my 1st playthrough.
Especially since the steps for setting up mods look like pain in the ass.
And no guarantee it will work for the Compatibility version.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

Make yourself the iridium band, then get the vampire or attack or defence ring. Vampire ring is given to you as a reward for slaying 200 bats. Crabshell Ring is also a good choice. It's alos a reward for slaying crabs in the standard mine.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Iridium_Band

There is a weapon. It's called galaxy sword. It's kinda spoilery, but to be honest I never would have figured this out if it weren't for people talking about this. You need a Prismatic Shard for that. I have played this game for years now and honestly don't know if the game even has any hints that this weapon exists or on how to get it.

Bring with you speed, attack and defense buff food to the caverns.

For Iridium band i still need iridium.
In other words i need a lot of preparation still to tackle Skull Caves.

I'll keep trying my luck with mines for iridium then.
However my luck with geodes was pretty horrid.

I only got 3 pieces of iridium ore and it wasn't even from the mines it was from the Quarry from single mystic stone that was there.

[Amberbaum]

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

Make yourself the iridium band, then get the vampire or attack or defence ring. Vampire ring is given to you as a reward for slaying 200 bats. Crabshell Ring is also a good choice. It's alos a reward for slaying crabs in the standard mine.

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Iridium_Band

There is a weapon. It's called galaxy sword. It's kinda spoilery, but to be honest I never would have figured this out if it weren't for people talking about this. You need a Prismatic Shard for that. I have played this game for years now and honestly don't know if the game even has any hints that this weapon exists or on how to get it.

Bring with you speed, attack and defense buff food to the caverns.

For Iridium band i still need iridium.
In other words i need a lot of preparation still to tackle Skull Caves.

I'll keep trying my luck with mines for iridium then.
However my luck with geodes was pretty horrid.

I only got 3 pieces of iridium ore and it wasn't even from the mines it was from the Quarry from single mystic stone that was there.

Argh, I fogot to mention one of the bigest tips for the skull cavern: Bombs.

You bomb your way down. Medium bombs are a stable. See an interesting patch of ore or geode cluster? Bomb? Pick up stuff, run, bomb, run, bomb, a stairway or hole appears, go down immmediatly. Bomb more, go down immediatly once the way opens up.

The further you go down the more idridium crops up.

[esturias]

I found the skull caverns to be too annoying. Especially since I'm not s fan of the glitchy combat system. It also breaks the relaxing nature of the game for me.
I was about to install the elevator mod, but then I got lucky with fishing chests and fish ponds. Will still install the mod the next time I play - if it's safe to use now.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Amberbaum:

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

For Iridium band i still need iridium.
In other words i need a lot of preparation still to tackle Skull Caves.

I'll keep trying my luck with mines for iridium then.
However my luck with geodes was pretty horrid.

I only got 3 pieces of iridium ore and it wasn't even from the mines it was from the Quarry from single mystic stone that was there.

Argh, I fogot to mention one of the bigest tips for the skull cavern: Bombs.

You bomb your way down. Medium bombs are a stable. See an interesting patch of ore or geode cluster? Bomb? Pick up stuff, run, bomb, run, bomb, a stairway or hole appears, go down immmediatly. Bomb more, go down immediatly once the way opens up.

The further you go down the more idridium crops up.

Hmm yea guess bombing rush is an option since these caverns can't be facerolled with minimal gear like Mines.

[jie]

domt be afraid to farm the first few levels for purple slime. while they tank allt they can drop some iridium ore

[Queen Droxxanna]

If you are using mods, then get the tractor mod. You can take the tractor with you into the Skull mine, and you can be invincible on the tractor (take no damage).
Also if you install the Skull mine elevator mod, you can continue where you last left off the next time you return to the cavern .
There is NO BOTTOM to the skull mine, I have been down to level 1700 in the past. The deeper you go the more iridium you get on each level.
You can use both your pickaxe and your sword while on the tractor, so you can zoom thru each level, and just switch your tools as needed.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by soaringfreedom:

If you are using mods, then get the tractor mod. You can take the tractor with you into the Skull mine, and you can be invincible on the tractor (take no damage).
Also if you install the Skull mine elevator mod, you can continue where you last left off the next time you return to the cavern .
There is NO BOTTOM to the skull mine, I have been down to level 1700 in the past. The deeper you go the more iridium you get on each level.
You can use both your pickaxe and your sword while on the tractor, so you can zoom thru each level, and just switch your tools as needed.

At this point i might aswell install mod that gives me actual god mode or free iridium from nothing.

Nah no mods on first playthrough. Especially no cheaty mods.

[Queen Droxxanna]

Originally posted by ⎛ Alucard ⎞ ✟:

Originally posted by soaringfreedom:

If you are using mods, then get the tractor mod. You can take the tractor with you into the Skull mine, and you can be invincible on the tractor (take no damage).
Also if you install the Skull mine elevator mod, you can continue where you last left off the next time you return to the cavern .
There is NO BOTTOM to the skull mine, I have been down to level 1700 in the past. The deeper you go the more iridium you get on each level.
You can use both your pickaxe and your sword while on the tractor, so you can zoom thru each level, and just switch your tools as needed.

At this point i might aswell install mod that gives me actual god mode or free iridium from nothing.

Nah no mods on first playthrough. Especially no cheat mods.

Yah I understand. I could not get to level 100 in the skull mine without mods until we played co-op. Two people working together could survive because the mine did not reset as long as one person remained in the mine, We would take turns returning to the entrance to eat and heal, the race back down by the stairs already uncovered.