Blacksmith

Blacksmith
Open Hours:	9:00am to 4:00pm
Closed:	Friday, after Community Center restored and at 10:30 AM Winter 16
Address:	Across the town's river, to the bottom right
Occupants:	Clint

This article is about the store and building. For the profession, see Mining#Mining Skill.

Clint's Blacksmith shop provides multiple services primarily related to resources found in the mines. It chiefly serves as a location for upgrading tools, and breaking open geodes, although he also trades in coal and ores (copper, iron, & gold). Finally, the building is also Clint's home, and his bedroom is out the back of the shop floor.

Stock

The purchase prices of ore and coal increase in year 2+. The player will receive a letter in the mail on Spring 1 of year 2 saying "Notice: The price of raw materials at Robin's shop and Clint's shop has increased." The gold obtained by selling items to Clint (or through the shipping bin) does not increase.

Item	Name	Description	Year 1 Price	Year 2+ Price
	Copper Ore	A common ore that can be smelted into bars.	data-sort-value="75">75g	data-sort-value="150">150g
	Iron Ore	A fairly common ore that can be smelted into bars.	data-sort-value="150">150g	data-sort-value="250">250g
	Coal	A combustible rock that is useful for crafting and smelting.	data-sort-value="150">150g	data-sort-value="250">250g
	Gold Ore	A precious ore that can be smelted into bars.	data-sort-value="400">400g	data-sort-value="750">750g

Selling

Similar to how it is possible to sell crops directly to Pierre, it is also possible to sell gems, minerals, ore, and bars directly to Clint. Note that Clint will not directly buy any kind of geodes (although it is possible to sell any ores they contain back to him).

Upgrade Tools

Clint can upgrade the four main tools and the Trash Can in the inventory menu incrementally. That is to say the previous quality of tool is required to upgrade it to the next level. It takes 2 days to upgrade a tool. While Clint is upgrading a tool, Blacksmith services are unavailable. A notification will pop up on the left side of the screen on the morning a tool upgrade is ready.

Note that even when Blacksmith's shopfront itself is closed on festival days (although the door will not be shut for the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies in the Summer, and the Spirit's Eve festival in the Fall), Clint will still work on tools. If a player drops off a tool off the day before a festival, it will be ready the day after the festival as normal.

All Axe and Pickaxe upgrades reduce the number of hits necessary to remove trees and rocks. In addition certain metal versions are able to break larger objects of their respective type (logs and stumps; or boulders and meteorites, respectively). Upgraded versions of the Watering Can and Hoe allow the player to water and till multiple squares of land in a single use (using click-and-hold). The trash can upgrades increase the autosell value of any objects placed into them up to 60%.

Image	Name	Ingredient	Cost
	Copper Tool	Copper Bar (5)	data-sort-value="2000">2,000g
	Steel Tool	Iron Bar (5)	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	Gold Tool	Gold Bar (5)	data-sort-value="10000">10,000g
	Iridium Tool	Iridium Bar (5)	data-sort-value="25000">25,000g

Image	Name	Ingredient	Cost
	Copper Trash Can	Copper Bar (5)	data-sort-value="1000">1,000g
	Steel Trash Can	Iron Bar (5)	data-sort-value="2500">2,500g
	Gold Trash Can	Gold Bar (5)	data-sort-value="5000">5,000g
	Iridium Trash Can	Iridium Bar (5)	data-sort-value="12500">12,500g

Process Geodes

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Clint can break open geodes for data-sort-value="25">25g. Gems and Minerals can be found within, as well as common resources like Stone, Clay, and Coal.

If the sell price of the item inside the geode is data-sort-value="75">75g or less, a "clink" sound will be heard when it is broken open. Otherwise a short melody will be heard and the item will sparkle.

Artifact Troves can be purchased from the Desert Trader for 5 Omni Geodes. Clint will break these open like a geode, but instead of minerals artifacts or treasures can be found inside.

Image	Name	Description	Cost to Process
	Geode	A blacksmith can break this open for you.	data-sort-value="25">25g
	Frozen Geode	A blacksmith can break this open for you.	data-sort-value="25">25g
	Magma Geode	A blacksmith can break this open for you.	data-sort-value="25">25g
	Omni Geode	A blacksmith can break this open for you. These geodes contain a wide variety of minerals.	data-sort-value="25">25g
	Artifact Trove	A blacksmith can open this for you. These troves often contain ancient relics and curiosities.	data-sort-value="25">25g
	Golden Coconut	This is one tough nut to crack, but a professional might be able to break it open.	data-sort-value="25">25g

Tips

• To avoid missing a day of watering, water crops, then upgrade the Watering Can when the weather report indicates rain the next day. Crops will be watered the day the can is taken to the Blacksmith, the following day by the rain, and the can can be picked up the day after that. It can also be a good idea to upgrade the watering can near the end of a season, if there is nothing in the ground that will bear fruit until then.
• Regarding coal prices, during year 1, it's cheaper to buy wood from the Carpenter's Shop and use a Charcoal Kiln to make coal than it is to buy coal from the Blacksmith's. Conversely, starting in year 2, the price of wood increases from data-sort-value="10">10g to data-sort-value="50">50g, so it is cheaper to purchase coal.
• At Mining Skill 7, it is cheaper to purchase Iron Ore, smelt Iron Bars, and use the Transmute (Au) recipe to create Gold Bars than it is to purchase Gold Ore and smelt it into Gold Bars. This also cuts the smelting time from 5h to 2h per Furnace. This saves data-sort-value="350">350g per Gold Bar in the first year and data-sort-value="1000">1,000g per Gold Bar in year 2+.
• The minecart to town leaves just to the right of his shop. This makes it easy to travel there for whatever reason without traversing the rest of Pelican Town.

External Links

Users with access to their saved game files may find the "Stardew Predictor" utility helpful for predicting which items will be produced from breaking open geodes. The utility is located at: https://mouseypounds.github.io/stardew-predictor/

Note

Although the door to the Blacksmith locks at 4pm, as long as the player is inside the building they can still interact with the counter after 4pm to make purchases, upgrade tools etc., even after Clint walks away from the counter at 5pm.

History

• 1.04:
  • Price of Copper Ore increased from data-sort-value="50">50g to data-sort-value="75">75g
  • Price of Iron Ore increased from data-sort-value="100">100g to data-sort-value="150">150g
  • Price of Coal increased from data-sort-value="100">100g to data-sort-value="150">150g
  • Price of Gold Ore increased from data-sort-value="300">300g to data-sort-value="400">400g
• 1.3.27:
  • Price of Copper Ore increases in year 2+ from data-sort-value="75">75g to data-sort-value="150">150g
  • Price of Iron Ore increases in year 2+ from data-sort-value="150">150g to data-sort-value="250">250g
  • Price of Coal increases in year 2+ from data-sort-value="150">150g to data-sort-value="250">250g
  • Price of Gold Ore increases in year 2+ from data-sort-value="400">400g to data-sort-value="750">750g
• 1.4: Added popup notification when upgraded tools are ready. Added Artifact Trove
• 1.5: Added Golden Coconuts