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Stardew Valleymay appear to be a cute farming sim on the surface, but for those of us more interested in dangerous work in our life sim games, the Stardew Valley mines offer all the mining and combat opportunities you could hope to find in this idyllic town.
With three distinct areas of the mines each containing individual resources, gems, and monsters you’ll need to handle, it can be a lot to keep straight. For some tips on how to handle yourself in the mines in Stardew Valley, follow along with our guide as you dive deeper into the mines.
Mine Overview
There Are 120 Floors Of Resources And Monsters
In the Pelican Town mines, which areNorth of the Mountain Lakenear Robin’s house, but they’reblocked until Day 5of your first year in the game by a boulder, where you’ll see a construction worker chipping away. After the boulder is removed, you’re free to go into the mines anytime you’d like, from the time you wake up until you pass out at 2AM.
Almost every floor will be full ofrocks,assorted ores, and different kinds ofmonstersthat become progressively tougher to handle the deeper into the mines you go. Some floors, though, areinfestedand thereforecontain only monsters, which you’llneed a weaponto defeat before you’re able to move on.
As this is likely the first place you’ll experience Combat (unless you opted for aWilderness Farm layout), be sure to check outour guide to Combatin Stardew Valley!
to progress through the mines, you’ll need tobringyour pickaxeand continue tobreak rocks and ore nodes until you find a ladderhidden beneath one of them. The ladder is how youaccess the next floor down, beginning on the first floor and working your way down to floor 120 in your own time.
You’ll findvarious floor layoutsas you run deeper into the mines, with the environments changing every so often. You’ll experience30 levelsin one environment before locatingten levels of a middle groundbetween the last and the next chunk of 30 levels. These areas often have unique enemies and resources, so be sure to explore as much as you can before you run out of energy.
The quality of the resources you find on any given floor isimpacted directly by your Luckfor the day, so it may be the best use of time toskip mining on bad luck days.
Unlock Elevators To Return To That Floor
Going up?Every five floorsyou progress into the mines, you’ll find anelevator next to the ladderfrom which you entered the floor. When you next come to the mines, you may use the elevator at the entrance togo directly to that floor.
Even if you don’t take the elevator right then,interact with the elevatorto ensure it’s unlocked. These provide a steady stream ofperiodic spots to return to laterwhen you need to farm specific resources, so be diligent.
You can leave the mines by climbing the ladder on any floor, but you’ll need to use an elevator to get back down to that level again.
Unlock The Mine Cart For Easy Access To The Mines
As part ofcompleting the Community Center(or takingthe Joja route- we don’t judge), you’ll becompleting the Boiler Room bundle. This includes the Adventure, Blacksmith, andGeologist bundles.
Completeing all three willunlock the minecarts around town. These can take youstraight to the mine entrancefrom plenty of other places in town, such as the bus stop or the area by Clint and the Museum.
Visit The Dwarf’s Shop, Once You Can Talk To Him
At the entrance toward the right, you’ll findthe Dwarf, a friendable NPC who also runs a shop centered around mining. The caveat is thatyou can’t speak Dwarvish.
Before you may speak to the Dwarf, you’ll need tofind all four Dwarf Scroll artifactsin the mines below and turn them in to the Museum. Once you’ve got all four, you’ll be able to speak to the Dwarf.
Every Floor Of The Mines
In the table below, we’ve kept track of everything we found in the Pelican Town mines in Stardew Valley. This includesresources and monsters that spawn, as well as anyset loot spawns or special floorsyou should keep an eye out for. We’ve also got a table ofwhich fish are availablein the mines in Pelican Town.
You’ll find atreasure chest on almost every tenth flooras you go deeper into the mines, so be sure to open any treasure chests you find on the way.
1-10
Duggy(in the dirt)
Green Slime
Rock Crab(when breaking rocks)
The first floor of the mines past the entrance typically only contains stone or coal.
11-30
Grub
Rock Crab
The middle floors in this section introduce you to various aspects of the mine, such as different floor layouts, infested floors, and more.
31-39
Bug
Stone Golem
This shadowy transition area is much grayer than the one before it, but ores are more common.
40-50
Frost Bat
Frost Jelly
Diamonds begin to appear on floor 50, but they remain rare throughout.
51-69
Ghost
You may find clusters of Dust Sprites all together, and they make for a great way to collect Coal.
70-79
Skeleton
This area is an icy castle leading to the final chunk of the mines, so watch out for the Skeleton guards that linger.
80-90
Shadow Brute
Shadow Shaman
This is the first of the lava areas and the monsters are getting tougher, so be sure to bring ample amounts offood for combat.
91-100
101-120
Mystic Stone
Stone
Mystic Stones appear in the final stretch of the Pelican Town mines, which offer a variety of resources when broken.
After completing your first run through the mines in Stardew Valley, you’ll begin to encounter more resources on different floors, with gemstones appearing more often after hitting the bottom for the first time.
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
Lava Eel
What Do You Get For Reaching The End Of The Mines?
On floor 120 of the Pelican Town mines, you’ll find the key you need to enter the Skull Caverns in Calico Desert, theSkull Key.
You can also trigger theShrine of Challenge, which is located on floor 120 as well. Doing so will make it so themines are considered dangerous, which promptstougher iterations of existing enemies, as well as some new enemies to spawn. Since you can’t begin the challenge until reaching the bottom of the mines, it’s a good way to keep things exciting for subsequent runs!
