Stardew Valley: Craft Master Achievement Guide [Updated for 1.6 Release]

This guide will help you achieve the craft master achievement! Everything you need is listed in order for easy access to continue your achievement hunting journey.

Portuguese Translation (Courtesy of Andy Alado) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834004202
Updated for the 1.6 release.

Before You Begin

Before you start, the following criteria need to be met to ensure that every crafting recipe is unlocked. Crafting recipes can be unlocked through skills, purchase, and gifts from villagers.

Map Access

To unlock all of the crafting recipes, you will need access to the entire map on both the mainland and Ginger Island.

Skills

You'll need to have the following skills at these levels:

• Mining - 10 + Mastery
  
• Farming - 10 + Mastery
  
• Foraging - 10 + Mastery
  
• Fishing - 10 + Mastery
  
• Combat - 10 + Mastery

Friendship

The following villagers will give recipes through the mail through heart events.

• Caroline - 2 heart event [tea sapling]
  
• Clint - After mining 1+ copper ore [furnace]
  
• Gus - 5 heart event [mini-jukebox]
  
• Krobus - 3 heart event [dark sign]
  
• Linus - 4 heart event [wild bait]
  
• Robin - 6 heart event [flute block; drum block]

Special Orders/Quests

Special orders don't unlock until Fall of Year 1 and are found on the board below Lewis' house. There are 9 recipes that can be unlocked through special orders.

• Caroline - Island Ingredients
  
• Clint - Cave Patrol
  
• Demetrius - Aquatic Overpopulation or Biome Balance
  
• Gunther - Fragments of the Past
  
• Linus - Community Clean-Up
  
• Robin - Robin's Resource Rush
  
• Willy - Juicy Bugs Wanted!
  
• Wizard - A Curious Substance; Prismatic Jelly

The only story quest that unlocks a recipe is The Pirate's Wife. This quest is available once the west of Ginger Island is unlocked and gives the player the "Fairy Dust" recipe.

Shop Purchases

A huge amount of crafting recipes are up for purchase at various locations, including:

• Desert Trader - 1 recipe
  
• Carpenter's Shop - 18 recipes
  
• Island Trader - 1 recipe
  
• Krobus - 2 recipes
  
• Mine Dwarf - 1 recipe
  
• Mr Qi - 6 recipes
  
• Pierre's - 2 recipes
  
• Volcano Dwarf - 1 recipe
  
• Mastery Cave - 8 recipes

Miscellaneous Recipes

Two recipes can be purchased from Pierre's stall at both the Flower Dance and the Spirit's Eve festivals. The farmhouse will need to be fully upgraded (unlocked the cellar) and the greenhouse must be restored. Donating an ancient seed to the museum will also unlock the ancient seed recipe. The Island Field Office collection on Ginger Island must also be complete and every Rarecrow must be collected to unlock the remaining recipes.

• Materials: Basic

Now that all the recipes have been unlocked, materials need to be gathered to make the items! Here's what you'll need:

Image	Item	Quantity	Location	Notes
	Hardwood	258	Mahogany Trees, Large Stumps, Large Logs	To obtain hardwood you will need an axe that is at least Steel or better to obtain hardwood from all possible outlets.
	Wood	953	Trees	Can also be purchased from Robin or found in fishing treasure chests.
	Stone	2069	Mining Rocks	Can also be purchased from Robin or found in fishing treasure chests.
	Fiber	1388	Destroying weeds, harvesting fiber seeds	The Desert Trader offers 1 fiber for 5 stone on Tuesdays.
	Clay	11	Tilling dirt/sand, clay nodes, geodes
	Sap	1080	Trees
	Mixed Seeds	1	Tilling dirt/sand	Also sold by Krobus on Thursdays and found in fishing treasure chests.
	Battery Pack	7	Lightning rod after a storm	5% drop from iridium bats in the Skull Cavern.

• Materials: Farming

Image	Item	Quantity	Location	Notes
	Maple Syrup	1	Tapping maple trees
	Pine Tar	7	Tapping pine trees
	Oak Resin	2	Tapping oak trees
	Mystic Syrup	2	Tapping mystic trees
	Truffle Oil	1	Oil Maker
	Oil	1	Pierre's, JojaMart	Can also be made on the farm using sunflower seeds or corn and an oil maker.
	Pumpkin	1	Grown in fall
	Ginger	1	Found on Ginger Island
	Garlic	10	Grown in spring
	Tulip Bulb	1	Grown in spring
	Jazz Seeds	1	Grown in spring
	Poppy Seeds	1	Grown in summer
	Spangle Seeds	1	Grown in summer
	Fairy Rose	1	Grown in fall
	Cloth	2	Loom using wool	Can also be made by recycling soggy newspaper, or dropped by Mummies in the Skull Cavern.
	Honey	1	Spring, Summer, Fall	Can be purchased from the Oasis all year round on Fridays
	Moss	357	Found randomly on trees on non-winter days

• Materials: Fishing

Image	Item	Quantity	Location	Notes
	Fish (Any)	2	Oceans, Lakes, Rivers	Any fish can be used for this recipe. In this case, I used a sunfish because they're easy to catch and abundant. :)
	Bait	5	Crafted using fish	Any fish can be used for this recipe. In this case, I used a sunfish because they're easy to catch and abundant. :)
	River Jelly	1	River, Cindersap Forest, Mountain Lake, Desert Pond, Secret Woods	Can also be acquired from a Midnight Carp fish pond with a population of 7+
	Sea Jelly	1	Beach, Ginger Island, Pirate Cove
	Cave Jelly	1	Floor 20, 60, and 100 of the Mines

• Materials: Foraging

Image	Item	Quantity	Location	Notes
	Clam	1	Beach	Can also be found in crab pots.
	Coral	3	Beach (near tide pools)
	Wild Horseradish	1	Spring around the valley	Also found during spring on Forest Farms
	Daffodil	1	Spring around the valley	"
	Leek	1	Spring around the valley	"
	Dandelion	1	Spring around the valley	"
	Spice Berry	1	Summer around the valley	Also found during summer on Forest Farms
	Grape	1	Summer around the valley	"
	Sweet Pea	1	Summer around the valley	"
	Common Mushroom	6	Fall around the valley	Also found during fall on Forest Farms
	Wild Plum	1	Fall around the valley	"
	Hazelnut	1	Fall around the valley	"
	Blackberry	1	Fall around the valley	"
	Winter Root	1	Tilling artifact spots during winter	Can also be dropped by Blue Slimes in level 41-79 of the mines.
	Crystal Fruit	1	Winter around the valley	Can also be dropped by Dust Sprites in level 41-79 of the mines.
	Snow Yam	1	Tilling artifact spots during winter
	Crocus	1	Winter around the valley
	Ancient Seed	1	Artifact spots in the Cindersap Forest or the Mountain
	Acorn	6	Oak Tree
	Maple Seed	6	Maple Tree
	Pine Cone	6	Pine Tree
	Mahogany Seed	6	Mahogany Tree
	Red Mushroom	1	Mushroom Cave (farm), Mushroom Cave (ginger island), Mines (level 81-120), Secret Forest (Summer)
	Purple Mushroom	1	Mushroom Cave (farm), Mushroom Cave (ginger island), Mines (level 81-120)
	Morel	1	Mushroom Cave (farm), Mushroom Cave (ginger island), Secret Forest (Spring)
	Chanterelle	1	Mushroom Cave (farm), Mushroom Cave (ginger island), Secret Forest (Fall)
	Coconut	1	Desert, Ginger Island

• Materials: Mining & Combat

Image	Item	Quantity	Location	Notes
	Coal	96	Mines	Can also be bought from Clint
	Copper Ore	28	Mines	"
	Copper Bar	20	Smelting 5 ore
	Iron Ore	4	Mines	"
	Iron Bar	116	Smelting 5 ore
	Gold Ore	4	Mines	"
	Gold Bar	41	Smelting 5 ore
	Iridium Ore	5	Skull Cavern, Statue of Perfection, Geodes
	Iridium Bar	42	Smelting 5 ore
	Refined Quartz	26	Smelting 1 quartz
	Radioactive Ore	2	Radioactive nodes	Radioactive ore can only be collected during the Danger in The Deep quest, or activting the Shrine of Challenge on level 120 of the mines to increase the difficulty.
	Radioactive Bar	2	Smelting 5 ore
	Solar Essence	83	Ghosts, Iridium Bat, Metal head, Haunted skull, Squid kid, Mummy	Krobus also sells 10 solar essence a day
	Void Essence	51	Shadow brute, Shadow shaman, Haunted skull, Serpent	Krobus also sells 10 void essence a day
	Bone Fragment	130	Dig Site, Skeletons
	Bat Wing	40	Bats
	Slime	220	Slimes
	Bug Meat	44	Mutant bugs, Bug, Cave fly, Grub
	Earth Crystal	1	Geodes, Mines	Can also be found in fishing treasure chests
	Frozen Tear	10	Frozen geode, Mines (level 40-79)
	Diamond	3	Diamond node, Gem node	Can also be found in fishing treasure chests
	Aquamarine	1	Aquamarine node, Gem node	Can also be found in fishing treasures chests
	Marble	1	Geodes
	Dwarf Gadget	1	Geodes
	Cinder Shard	20	Volcano Dungeon
	Dragon Tooth	6	Volcano Dungeon
	Fire Quartz	2	Geodes, Mines (level 80-120)

Final Words

Thank you so much for following along and reading this guide! Any feedback is greatly appreciated. If I left anything out please feel free to leave it in the comments. If you'd like, favourite the guide or leave some awards so others can see. Happy crafting!

<3

[TarielAuxPommes]

You also need a sea urchin but you can get it every seasons

[fullshaen]

can u please put screenshot with all craft recipes or smth?

[Possujuna]

Skills
You'll need to have the following skills at these levels:
Mining - 10 + Mastery
Farming - 10 + Mastery
Foraging - 10 + Mastery
Fishing - 10 + Mastery
Combat - 10 + Mastery

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[xBerrySlow]

omg thankyou!! completely missed that when i was proof reading lol

[moldy]

Special Orders unlock on day 2 of Fall in Year 1 :)

[xBerrySlow]

yeah feel free to translate it!! thanks for asking :D

[Triploon]

For Fish (Any) you can mine mussel nodes on Ginger Island to easily get hundreds of mussels

[Andy Alado]

man, I loved your guide, it's helping me a lot to complete this achievement. I wanted your permission to translate this guide into Portuguese, giving credit, of course.

[evil resident]

great guide, thank you so much!!

[swimboy]

Almost did this myself until I found this, thanks so much