Stardew Valley Honeydale Farm 61 - Skull Caverns: 2nd Try

Fall 18 Year 1 Death lurks around every corner! Good times. About the series (show more):

My Stardew Valley Let's Play is a relaxed (for me) playthrough. I'm familiar with the game, use the wiki liberally, skip cut scenes and can't help but play efficiently with an eye towards strategy. It's not specifically a tutorial series but if you're new to Stardew Valley I imagine you'd learn a lot.

Making the most money is not my ultimate goal for Honeydale Farm - a pretty and profitable farm that's fun to play is what I hope to end up with. Questions, tips and feedback are always welcome.

About Skull Cavern

There is an infinite number of floors, or levels, in Skull Cavern. Similar to the Mines, the player advances through floors in Skull Cavern by finding a ladder on each floor, either by mining rocks or defeating enemies. The player can sometimes find a shaft, or hole, which makes it possible to skip 3-15 floors. Jumping down the shaft causes a small amount of damage. Unlike the Mines, there is no elevator to save progress. Each visit must start again from the first floor. If the player runs out of health or blacks out while exploring Skull Cavern, they will wake up sometime later on the same day, in Harvey's Clinic. A fee of Coin Icon1,000g will be deducted for emergency surgery. Some items may also be lost.

Every ten floors the chance to find Iridium Ore increases significantly. The monsters in the Cavern also have a chance to drop ore and Iridium Bars. It can be a good idea to bring the Lava Katana or Galaxy Sword, as enemies are particularly strong. As with many other things, high Luck increases the frequency of ore veins, item drops, and the appearance of ladders/holes. Exploring the Cavern on a lucky day will increase the odds of finding loot and ladders. Since the frequency of Iridium Ore increases for every 10 floors descended into the Cavern, rapid descent is often more efficient for acquiring ore than thorough exploration. With a full bag of stone, its possible to descend to floor 300+.

Source: http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Skull_Ca...