[rant] Volcano Dungeon is really annoying

[infiniteteatime]

Why aren't there new swords for this dungeon? I have the galaxy [spoiler/] sword and it takes 6-10 hits to kill somethings (maybe more). I have the recipe for the the totem, but I haven't found one of the ingredients once in my last three runs. The fire sprites [spoiler/] are particularly annoying because they have a huge knockback so most of the time spent killing them is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ waiting for it to fly back to you, repeat ten times. Such trash.

It was fun the first time, just because it was an area I haven't seen before but now it's just a slog and I hate it.

[infiniteteatime]

Sorry for the overly large spoiler tag, it's just for a sword and a type of monster. Can't edit because steam sucks sometimes.

[Grev]

The weapons that can be found in chests in the volcano are only slightly better than an unmodified Galaxy Sword, and nothing is better than the Infinity Blade, which will inherit any modifications to the Galaxy sword. Just take the combat perks that increase your crit rate and damage and use the anvil to forge the Galaxy Sword with Aquamarines for even more crit rate and you'll have a fairly decent chance for any single hit to one-shot volcano enemies.

[Frandez]

In Volcano Dungeon, I just focus to go to level 9 quickly as possible, ignore enemies (except lava dragon for tooth dragon). Well sometimes I do hunt for Fire Spirits for their drop to upgrade my equipments.

So it depends on what is my goal, always use speed buffs and high immunity and maybe ring that decrease debuff duration (ring that craft with slime) helping on run

[psychotron]

sounds like all of stardew valley combat in a nutshell

[rant] Im always bummed when getting to the bottom of the regular mines since it doubles the HP of everything in the mines. I hit the bottom at lvl 5 or 6 but it doesnt increase combat xp at all ! xp is per kill ! Im always on 25% profit so its not like i can just buy a lava katana[/rant]

maybe we can come back for Haunted Chocolatier which was said to be more combat focused than stardew valley

[NBOX21]

One very useful tip for the volcano dungeon is that the volcano floors only randomise at the end of each day. If you go into the volcano then quit out and reload your save file, the floor layouts will remain exactly the same each time. This is very useful if you need to find the quickest way to the top of the volcano to access the forge quickly, or to reach the Dwarf shop as soon as possible.

About the combat, yeah it isn't great but it's not terrible at all if you ask me. I feel like a lot more could be done with combat to make it more interesting and fun which is what I hope to see in Haunted Chocolatier, but it's not like combat is that much of a focus in this game so it isn't as big of a deal as it could've been. Still easily the weakest part of the game, though.

[Queen Droxxanna]

if you find the combat too hard, then use the tractor mod, the tractor mod makes you invincible in any of the mines.

[BirbNotBird]

I recommend just speedrun the whole floor - ignoring the enemies and the ores, aiming for going through till the end.

Be sure to stock up some gems (like ruby, emerald, jade... especially Rainbow stones). You will know why.

[JVC]

The recent update added 20 new floor options to the volcano dungeon and there seems to be very few dragon teeth on those.

I was missing two dragon teeth to be able to craft the mini forge and the totem for the achievement. Go to settings and set the graphics to 75% size if you want to do speedruns, that helps you with seeing more of the map inside the volcano dungeon.

If you're going for dragon teeth, the safest bet right now seems to be attacking the lava lurks (monsters floating in the lava that shoot fireballs at you). They're often present on the first large lava areas on the first levels in the volcano dungeon. Dragon teeth can drop from those but it is a rare drop.

Speedruns where you scout for any dragon bone areas and attacking lava lurks in the huge lava areas seems like the way to go right now. Remember if you have the freezing rod trinket you might stun the monster somewhere out in the lava but you can use the watering can to build a bridge to it. Use triple shot espresso to get extra speed during speedruns.

[DaBa]

And... what's wrong with monsters taking a few hits to kill?

[Sstavix]

The volcano dungeon is supposed to be tough. Not only are the monsters more challenging, but you can't cheese your way through it with staircases.

However, the end reward makes it totally worth it. Just make sure you stock up on golden walnuts before you get to that point!

[Calico Witch]

Originally posted by Sstavix:

The volcano dungeon is supposed to be tough. Not only are the monsters more challenging, but you can't cheese your way through it with staircases.

However, the end reward makes it totally worth it. Just make sure you stock up on golden walnuts before you get to that point!

I've never been able to get past floor 5 in the volcano, and that only one time, to get the Cinderclown shoes. But now, thankfully, you can get the mini forge for your farm. I did (along with the anvil) and it's great.
Is there anything else on floor 10 of the volcano other than these 2 items? Good enough to convince me to try again now that I have a buffed Infinity Blade?

[Sol]

So, I can't have geode crusher process mystery and golden mystery chests "they would obsolete clint" but you can obsolete going to the forge (mini forge) AND obsolete marnie (breeding animals) - wow.

Floor 10 has the forge, the lava eels, and isn't there some crimsonfish there too?

[Calico Witch]

Originally posted by Professor Hardknocks:

So, I can't have geode crusher process mystery and golden mystery chests "they would obsolete clint" but you can obsolete going to the forge (mini forge) AND obsolete marnie (breeding animals) - wow.

Floor 10 has the forge, the lava eels, and isn't there some crimsonfish there too?

Yep! :D I'd already caught all the fish so no need for crimsonfish or lava eels. If there's nothing else on the 10th floor I won't even bother trying.

[Sstavix]

If you have the mini-forge, I suppose you wouldn't need to get to floor 10. That being said, I'm not sure if it's required for Perfection. I suppose the weird Joja salesman could take care of that for you, though....

[Artie]

The best weapons are the infinity ones, galaxy is one tier below

There's a prismatic shard on the 10th floor

I ran through the 9 levels eating cheese and using the watering can just because I wanted that darn thing for the other thing because I was having bad luck at the skull cavern (I'm having daily bad luck overall, sad)