Prismatic Shard is way too rare, Chicken statue flooding

[therainman]

Since you can only buy 3 Omni Geodes in the Desert on Wednesdays it's way too hard to find a prismatic shard. It already wasn't very easy before, but now it's actually a pain in the A$$. I'm in the 3rd year without even finding ONE. Instead I found my 100th chicken statue. Seems like every third Artifact spot on my farm has it. Great balancing. This is how more and more "Updates" slowly make a game less fun to play.

[ChrillBill]

It's not like there was a recent update which made them even more rare. Looking back at the history of the game prismatic shards has always been very rare and I would honestly not rely on omni geodes for prismatic shards. They only have a 0.4% chance of giving you one.

There is a 4% chance of getting one from Iridium nodes in both Skull Cavern and the Volcano on Ginger Island. Even higher chance (25%) from Mystic Stones which also appears in Skull Cavern, Quarry and the regular Mines. They are not super common though so chances are still better with Iridium nodes since they become very frequent after a certain point in Skull Cavern. I usually get many shards from Skull Cavern alone

[no1schmo]

I don't think updates have anything to do with it. But I do sort of agree that it's too rare. Or, alternatively, I could say the Skull Caverns are too un-fun.

[SGT. D]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

I usually get many shards from Skull Cavern alone

Same here.

My advice, on your next high luck day, take a lucky lunch if you can make or have one, go to the skull cavern straight away with at least 50 staircases and as many bombs as you can craft, the more the better. Enter the cavern and make your way as deep as you have stair cases. Eat your lucky lunch and start plowing thru levels using bombs to clear the rocks. I find clearing a lot of rocks all at once with bombs tends to yield more 'loot' than beating them all one by one with the pickaxe, and it saves on energy. The deeper in the mine you go, the higher the chances you will get a shard or two.

This is exactly what I do when I haven't found a shard and it's overdue to get one. I think maybe once, I got one in a fishing treasure from the mountain lake, and one time I got one from an artifact spot in the desert, right next to the spot where you use it to get the thing you get when you do that. I usually come up with two or three when I head down like that. Pretty rare not get at least one, as long as your deep enough and luck is on your side.

[Queen Droxxanna]

there is a cheat that gives you as many as you want, if you have access to the wizards basement to change your outfit. : Change your name so it has [074] , including the square brackets after your name. Then every time a npc says your name they will give you a Prismatic shard.

[sverdrupjahn75]

That's about the only thing I NEVER donate to the museum. Too rare and hard to come by.

[NBOX21]

I've had way more luck getting prismatic shards from slime farming than I have from geodes. In fact, you can usually get a few over time with a proper slime farm setup, which was something you've been able to do in this game since I believe the very beginning.

I actually managed to get about 2-3 prismatic shards just by letting slimes outside multiply over a long period of time and then killing them once their numbers get high, while leaving some alive to repeat the cycle.

[Amber]

The weapons They make are strong and end game.. so yes it's meant to be rare.. What is the point of having a "easy" to win end game farming in any game like this.. it be boring and pointless to have every little thing easy to get. If it bothers people to much use a mod to get them. Not everyone want's them handed to them such as myself.

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by LittleHexi:

The weapons They make are strong and end game.. so yes it's meant to be rare.. What is the point of having a "easy" to win end game farming in any game like this.. it be boring and pointless to have every little thing easy to get. If it bothers people to much use a mod to get them. Not everyone want's them handed to them such as myself.

When did anyone ask for it to be easy or claim they shouldn't be rare at all? I simply think they are TOO rare--virtually everything else can be gotten bu just playing the game or, at most, a little bit of extra effort into your daily routine, but unless you get really lucky, getting your first prismatic shard is often this huge chore. And not a "chore" like building up the farm or collecting resources, but just constantly rolling the dice, over and over, like trying to grind for a legendary weapon in an MMO. It's just rather out of sync with basically the entire rest of the game. Doesn't make the game bad, I just think it's one bad element.

[Amber]

Originally posted by no1schmo:

Originally posted by LittleHexi:

The weapons They make are strong and end game.. so yes it's meant to be rare.. What is the point of having a "easy" to win end game farming in any game like this.. it be boring and pointless to have every little thing easy to get. If it bothers people to much use a mod to get them. Not everyone want's them handed to them such as myself.

When did anyone ask for it to be easy or claim they shouldn't be rare at all? I simply think they are TOO rare--virtually everything else can be gotten bu just playing the game or, at most, a little bit of extra effort into your daily routine, but unless you get really lucky, getting your first prismatic shard is often this huge chore. And not a "chore" like building up the farm or collecting resources, but just constantly rolling the dice, over and over, like trying to grind for a legendary weapon in an MMO. It's just rather out of sync with basically the entire rest of the game. Doesn't make the game bad, I just think it's one bad element.

I oddly tend to find mine just by minding the cave and the land you unlock next to the cave. You just have to put some time into the game. Most people are not really happy do so.. If this game was new and people did this it likely would get changed and made simple to get.. yet with over 1k and years old game it might be to late for a change like that it would upset more then help. It be going to a mine in real life and expecting to find "rare" gems. I get it can get tiring that is why there is more to do in this game then mine and fight. Just do all this little at a time. Or just go hard at mining sooner or later you'll get all you need. There are also other things along the way to help you find them. https://www.thegamer.com/stardew-valley-how-to-find-prismatic-shards/ that can help. Ether way i don't care to change the game as it is as a whole. People make mods for that reason go look at nexus :) Have a lovely night.

[no1schmo]

Again, you're straw-manning. Please stop being dishonest like that. No one is asking for these to be handed out like candy. But when you need a guide to find the things because they are SO rare for most people (becoming more common usually only AFTER you've gotten at least one to get a better weapon and enable more exploration), you're basically proving how unusual it is compared to the rest of the game. The game people happily sink hundreds of hours into, so no, they don't have a problem putting the time in. I just think I shouldn't have dozens and dozens of freaking diamonds and iridium bars and still not have one shard.

[Amber]

Originally posted by no1schmo:

Again, you're straw-manning. Please stop being dishonest like that. No one is asking for these to be handed out like candy. But when you need a guide to find the things because they are SO rare for most people (becoming more common usually only AFTER you've gotten at least one to get a better weapon and enable more exploration), you're basically proving how unusual it is compared to the rest of the game. The game people happily sink hundreds of hours into, so no, they don't have a problem putting the time in. I just think I shouldn't have dozens and dozens of freaking diamonds and iridium bars and still not have one shard.

wth im what and being dishonest. OK then that's funny as heck to me. So me pointing out that people ask key things to be changed in games is lying. GO to any new game form and look and see what you see. It is happen people complain to get things changed. If not why bring it to the forms in such a manner? Yet im lying and being "Staw-manning" dear gods people.. Fine just DOWNLOAD the cheatmenu mods and move on. Simple and helpful i even linked a guide for crying out loud nothing makes you people happy what so ever. Like damn leave me alone already with all this. I ended up message as a peace out in a nice way yet im lying lol. You know the funny thing is if people didn't get Diamonds they complain about that to im done ill just tell you all GO to google find guides yourself and watch youtube vids then You can't say im being dishonest. PEACE OUT! byebye.

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by LittleHexi:

Originally posted by no1schmo:

Again, you're straw-manning. Please stop being dishonest like that. No one is asking for these to be handed out like candy. But when you need a guide to find the things because they are SO rare for most people (becoming more common usually only AFTER you've gotten at least one to get a better weapon and enable more exploration), you're basically proving how unusual it is compared to the rest of the game. The game people happily sink hundreds of hours into, so no, they don't have a problem putting the time in. I just think I shouldn't have dozens and dozens of freaking diamonds and iridium bars and still not have one shard.

wth im what and being dishonest. OK then that's funny as heck to me. So me pointing out that people ask key things to be changed in games is lying. GO to any new game form and look and see what you see. It is happen people complain to get things changed. If not why bring it to the forms in such a manner? Yet im lying and being "Staw-manning" dear gods people.. Fine just DOWNLOAD the cheatmenu mods and move on. Simple and helpful i even linked a guide for crying out loud nothing makes you people happy what so ever. Like damn leave me alone already with all this. I ended up message as a peace out in a nice way yet im lying lol. You know the funny thing is if people didn't get Diamonds they complain about that to im done ill just tell you all GO to google find guides yourself and watch youtube vids then You can't say im being dishonest. PEACE OUT! byebye.

Being more dishonest about what I called out as dishonest doesn't make you honest. You claim people wanted the get the shards "easily", that they shouldn't be "rare". No one here asked for that. Now that you've been called out for falsely claiming we have, you now dishonestly claim I was saying "no one anywhere has ever complained about anything that resulted in games being changed." I never said that either. Why is it hard for you to have an honest, on-topic conversation instead of straw-manning people like myself and making fun of us for saying things we never actually said?

[NBOX21]

Originally posted by no1schmo:

You claim people wanted the get the shards "easily", that they shouldn't be "rare". No one here asked for that. Now that you've been called out for falsely claiming we have, you now dishonestly claim I was saying "no one anywhere has ever complained about anything that resulted in games being changed." I never said that either.

The good thing is, once you know the game really well and how certain elements work, you can make it much more likely for the game to bend to your own will even without the use of mods or cheats.

As an example of what I mean, referring to my slime farming post from earlier, slimes have a very small chance of dropping prismatic shards once you kill them regardless of colour. Knowing this, I can raise my own slimes anywhere in Stardew Valley and allow their numbers to grow for a while. Eventually, I can kill the slimes later to get their drops, including the small chance of finding a prismatic shard as it's not just for slimes found naturally, but also slimes raised yourself.

The chances are the same as normal, but the likeliness of finding one are increased drastically as a result of this, if that makes sense.

I'm sure there are plenty of other ways players can find prismatic shards a little bit easier.

[LuckySara]

Let's remember to be respectful to one another and have a civil chat

[ChrillBill]

Well I don't agree that getting a prismatic shard is a "huge" chore. Not when you know where and how to look for them. Combat might not be for everyone (as in not very fun) but considering how many iridium nodes you find in the Skull Cavern I would say the odds of finding one or two even is pretty good. I have gotten 5 of them during a week in game without the help from mods or cheats and that's pretty good I think. You can also find one in a treasure room in the Skull Cavern. I only collect them for the museum, the galaxy sword and enchantments. The Magic Rock Candy is not worth 3 prismatic shard in my opinion