While you live out your life as a farmer inStardew Valley, there are other things you’re able to do to earn gold and find goods. Mining is a great way to collect various things, such as ores, stone, and monster drops. The different resources you find can be sold, used in crafting, or refined further.

There are several caves that you can go mining in, and these often have deeper levels that you can explore. Different buffs that you can grant yourself can help make these explorations less dangerous and more efficient. You can obtain buffs by consuming food or by using the Statue of the Dwarf King.

What Is The Statue Of The Dwarf King

The Statue Of The Dwarf King grants you a random selection of buffs that willmake mining more efficient or much safer.

Each day, the statue will give youtwo buffs to choose from, and the buff you select willlast until the rest of the day.

The selection of buffs listed on the statuewill change the next day, andhaving multiple statues will not affect the type of buffs displayed for the day. Restarting the day will also not change the buffs displayed.

There arefive possible buffsthat can be granted by the statue:

Increased Ore From Nodes

One buff that can be obtained is an increase in the number of dropped ores from mined nodes. With this power activated,each node will drop an additional piece of ore.

This buff onlyincreases the amount of ores dropped by a node by one. This is best paired with good daily luck, to maximize the number of ores that can possibly be dropped by a node.

Increased Chances Of Finding Geodes

Geodes can be opened at Clint’s shop to find various ores, resources, and even artifacts. These can be found inside rocks, and the buff granted by the Statue Of The Dwarf Kingincreases the chances that a rock contains a geode.

Thisdoes not increase the chances of finding geodes inside containers, such as the supply crates on the Beach Farm.

The buff increases the odds of finding geodes in rocks by25 percent.

Increased Chances Of Finding Coal

This buffincreases the chances of findingcoalfrom rocks, containers, and anywhere else coal can drop. This does not increase the amount of coal created in aCharcoal Kiln. The chance of finding coal increases bythree percentthanks to this buff.

This buff will further increase the likelihood of finding coal, in addition to the increased chance granted by theProspector profession.

Increased Chances Of Spawning A Ladder Or Shaft

Ladders and shafts willallow you to access the lower floors of the mines. These can possibly appear after breaking a rock, or after defeating a monster.

The buff granted by the statue increases the odds of a way to the lower floor appearing. The oddsincrease by 25 percentwhen it comes to breaking rocks. Theyincrease by seven percentwhen defeating a monster.

For a way down to appear after defeating a monster,they have to be defeated over a spot where a ladder or a shaft can appear.

Normally, a defeated monster has a 15 percent chance of spawning a way down. The buff bumps this numberup to 22 percent.

This is a great buff to use if you’re trying toreach the 100th floor of the Skull Cavern.

No Damage From Bombs

The last buff that the statue can grant you is the ability tonegate the damage from bombs. This includesCherry Bombs,Bombs, andMega Bombs. This also includes explosions from explosive ammo.

This buff works bothinside and outside the mines.

Buffs from different sourceswill not overwrite each other. That being said, you can enjoy having an increase in daily luck, buffs from a consumed dish, an ability from an equipped trinket, anda buff from the Statue Of The Dwarf King.

How To Unlock The Statue Of The Dwarf King Recipe

The Statue of The Dwarf King is astructure that you can craft. To create it, you’ll first need therecipe.

The recipe for the Statue Of The Dwarf King can only be obtained byunlocking Mining Mastery in the Mastery Cave. This is a cave located in thesoutheast corner of Cindersap Forest.

The Mastery Cave is locked behind a door, and you’ll only be able to access it once you’vemastered all five skills:

How To Gain Experience

Farming

Harvest crops and take care of animals, by petting them and getting their produce, to gain farming experience.

Foraging

Pick up foraged goods and chop woodusing an axe to gain foraging experience.

Fishing

Complete the fishing mini-gameand catch creatures in Crab Pots to gain fishing experience.

Mining

Break rockswith a pickaxe or with bombs to gain mining experience.

Combat

Defeat enemiesin order to gain combat experience.

Once you’ve reachedlevel ten in every skill, you’ll be able to open the door to the Mastery Cave.

Inside the Mastery Cave, you’ll findfive pillars, each representing mastery in different skills. You’ll also find a pedestalin the center of the cave.

The pedestal will display your progress with regard to yourtotal mastery points. You’ll need to reach a tier of mastery points in order tounlock one of the skill mastery pillars.

The total number of mastery points you’ll need for every tierwill increase by 5,000 pointsfor every tier that you complete.

Mastery points can be earned by performingany skill action that gives you experience points. Once you’ve completed a tier of mastery points, you’ll receive a notification saying,“You have reached a new level of understanding…”.

After receiving the notification, you’ll be able to unlock one of the skill mastery pillars. You’ll need to unlockMining Mastery, which is the pillar withan image of a pickaxe on it.

In addition to the recipe for the Statue Of The Dwarf King, Mining Mastery also grants therecipe for making a Heavy Furnace, and gem nodes will startdropping twice as many gems.

How To Craft The Statue Of The Dwarf King

Once you have the recipe for it, you’ll be able to craft the Statue Of The Dwarf King. For the recipe, you’ll need20iridium bars.

To get an iridium bar, you’ll need tosmelt five pieces ofiridium ore, along withone piece of coal. You’ll need aFurnaceor a Heavy Furnaceto smelt your ore. Heavy Furnaces require25 ores and three pieces ofCoalfor the smelting process to begin.

You can find iridium ore iniridium nodes, which spawn in theSkull Cavern and in the Volcano Dungeon. It can also be obtained by defeatingPurple Slimes, Iridium Bats, Iridium Crabs, and Iridium Golems.

When you have your iridium bars ready, you’ll be able to select the Statue Of The Dwarf Kingfrom your crafting menu.

To use the Statue Of The Dwarf King, you’ll need toplace it on the ground.

Make sure not to place your statueon a path that villagers take. This will cause it to getdestroyed.