This guide uses the Stardew Valley Wiki weapon tables to pick the best weapons from the early Mines to post-Volcano endgame, with level, damage, crit chance, where to get each one and what it costs.
Basis: Wiki weapon tables (level, damage, crit, source)
Cheapest late sword: Lava Katana, 25,000g (after reaching the bottom of the Mines)
Key materials: 3 Galaxy Souls + 60 Cinder Shards
Three weapon families
Melee weapons come as swords, daggers and clubs. The wiki lists each one's level, damage range and crit chance, and those vary a lot even at the same level. Daggers trade damage for crit (Wicked Kris 6%, Iridium Needle 10%), while clubs hit hard for their level (The Slammer 40-55). All numbers here are base stats from the wiki tables and do not include enchantments or Forge effects.
Early game (Mines floors 1-60): buy from the Guild
Silver Saber: 8-15 damage, 750g. It appears in the Adventurer's Guild shop once you reach Mines floor 20.
Claymore: 20-32 damage, 2,000g after floor 45, good value for this stage.
Templar's Blade: 22-29 damage, 4,000g (floor 55) with 0% crit, a mediocre pick.
Iron Edge: 12-25 damage, dropped on floors 41-59 if you are short on gold.
For clubs, Wood Mallet (15-24, 2,000g at floor 40) is the baseline.
Mid game (floor 75 to the bottom): 9,000g weapons and Lava Katana
Bone Sword: 20-30 damage, 6,000g (floor 75).
Steel Falchion: 28-46 damage, 9,000g (floor 90); also drops in the Mines past floor 101 and in the Skull Cavern.
Obsidian Edge: 30-45 damage, 9,000g (floor 90); also found in the floor 90 chest.
Lava Katana: 55-64 damage, 1.5% crit, 25,000g. It unlocks at the bottom of the Mines and is the highest-damage sword the Guild sells.
Among clubs, The Slammer (40-55) drops on floors 81-99 and in the Skull Cavern. The Calico Egg weapons (70 eggs, e.g. Alex's Bat) have the same 40-55 range.
Late game: Galaxy to Infinity
Bring a Prismatic Shard to the Three Pillars in the Desert to receive the Galaxy Sword (60-80 damage, level 13). After that the Guild sells the Galaxy Dagger (35,000g, 30-40) and Galaxy Hammer (75,000g, 70-90). Combine any of the three with 3 Galaxy Souls and 60 Cinder Shards at the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon to make the Infinity Blade (80-100), Infinity Dagger (50-70, 6% crit) or Infinity Gavel (100-120). By raw damage the Infinity Gavel is highest, and the Infinity Blade is the best sword.
Neptune's Glaive (18-35) and Broken Trident (15-26) come from fishing treasure chests.
Meowmere is in the Wizard's Tower basement and always deals 20.
A simple upgrade order
Buy Silver Saber around floor 20 and Claymore at floor 45.
Save 9,000g at floor 90 for Obsidian Edge or Steel Falchion, or skip it if the floor 90 chest gives you one.
Clear the bottom of the Mines and buy Lava Katana for 25,000g.
Get a Prismatic Shard for the Galaxy Sword, then gather Galaxy Souls and Cinder Shards in the Volcano Dungeon for the Infinity upgrade.
💡 Tip: Volcano chest weapons (Dragontooth and Dwarf) match or slightly beat same-tier Galaxy weapons. If one drops, compare it before spending 50,000g.
⚠ Numbers come from the Stardew Valley Wiki tables (1.6 era) and exclude enchantments, Forge effects, professions and rings. Some third-party guides list different Infinity or Dragontooth stats; the wiki figures were used.
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