Do you have some iron bars in your inventory? You can try to craft plenty of items with this bar. Check this guide to learn more about its uses and benefits!
Having limited Iron Bars in your inventory makes you consider which item you should craft first. Considering that you must’ve spent time collecting them, you’d want to make good use of them too. In this guide, you’ll learn how to craft and efficiently use it in Stardew Valley!
What’s an Iron Bar?
An Iron Bar comes from five melted Iron Ores in a furnace with one coal. But it’ll take two hours to complete this process. You can also use a “Transmute (Fe)” recipe when you reach Mining Leve 4l. This method uses three copper bars to make this item.
You may sometimes get these bars from Garbage Cans upon receiving the Furnace blueprint from Clint. While there’s also this 2% chance for Shadow Brutes and Shadow Shamans to drop them.
Additionally, it can upgrade your tools to Tier 3. But if you want to sell them, you’ll get 120g each. But if you have the Blacksmith Profession, its price goes to 180g.
Tool Upgrades
If you’re tired of your rusty old tools, you can upgrade them with an Iron Bar by visiting Clint. Although you need to pay him a hefty amount of gold, it’ll be worth it since these advancements have benefits. Here’s the price list and materials you’ll need for each tool:
| Tools | Prices | Ingredient (Iron Bars) | Improvements |
| Steel Hoe | 5,000g | 5 | • Increases the maximum effect area to 5 tiles in front of you. |
| Steel Pickaxe | 5,000g | 5 | • 1 hit to break rock in levels 40-79 in the Mines. • 2 hits to bust Quarry Mine rocks. • 1 strike to break Copper Nodes. • 2 hits to smash Iron Nodes. • 3 hits to split Gold Nodes, and 6 for Iridium Nodes. • Destroy large rocks with four hits. • Break the barrier in the mine that hinders the player from speaking with the Dwarf |
| Steel Axe | 5,000g | 5 | • Break massive logs. • 6 hits to cut a fully-grown tree. • 3 hits for a small stump. • 3 hits for a stage 4 tree. • 2 hits for a stage 3 tree, and below. |
| Steel Watering Can | 5,000g | 5 | • Volume expanded to 70 charges. • Increase the maximum area of effect to 5 tiles in a straight line. |
| Steel Trash Can | 2,500g | 5 | • Upon deleting items. You can retrieve 30% of their monetary value. |
Crafting
An Iron Bar (IB) is not just handy in tool upgrades. You can use them to make a variety of items for your farm.
| Items | Ingredients | Recipe Source (Level Based) |
| Glowstone Ring | 5 Solar Essence 5 IB | Mining 4 |
| Warrior Ring | 10 IB 25 Coal 10 Frozen Tear | Combat 4 |
| Ring of Yoba | 5 IB 1 Diamond 5 Gold Bar | Combat 7 |
| Explosive Ammo | 1 IB 2 Coal | Combat 8 |
| Bee House | 1 IB 8 Coal 40 Wood 1 Maple Syrup | Farming 3 |
| Sprinkler | 1 IB 1 Copper Bar | Farming 3 |
| Iron Fence | 1 IB | Farming 4 |
| Quality Sprinkler | 1 IB 1 Gold Bar 1 Refined Quartz | Farming 6 |
| Keg | 1 IB 40 Wood 1 Copper Bar 1 Oak Resin | Farming 8 |
| Crab Pot | 3 IB 40 Wood | Fishing 3 |
| Spinner | 2 IB | Fishing 6 |
| Recycling Machine | 1 IB 25 Stone 25 Wood | Fishing 4 |
| Barbed Hook | 1 IB 1 Copper Bar 1 Gold Bar | Fishing 8 |
| Dressed Spinner | 2 IB 1 Cloth | Fishing 8 |
| Worm Bin | 1 IB 50 Fiber 1 Gold Bar 25 Hardwood | Fishing 8 |
| Magnet | 4 IB | Fishing 9 |
| Lightning Rod | 1 Refined Quartz 1 IB 5 Bat Wing | Foraging 6 |
| Warp Totem: Mountains | 1 IB 1 Hardwood 25 Stone | Foraging 7 |
| Transmute (Au) | 2 IB | Mining. 7 |
| Iron Lamp-post | 1 IB 1 Battery Pack | Carpenter’s Shop(1000g) |
Buildings
If you’re planning to get a horse, you can make a stable to keep them in. You may purchase it from Robin’s Carpenter Shop, wherein you’ll need 10,000g, 100 pieces of Hardwood, and five Iron Bars.
Gifting
You may give an Iron Bar to Clint and Maru. However, offering it to other NPCs is a no-no, especially Sam. He hates it.
Tailoring
You can also make a decorative Steel Breastplate with it.
Bundles and Quests
An Iron Bar helps complete bundles like:
- Blacksmith’s Bundle in the Boiler Room
It’s also helpful in accomplishing the following Quests:
- “A Favor for Clint’s” Quest
- Reward 500g and a Friendship Heart.
- “Help Wanted” Board at Pierre’s General Store (It will be requested once you obtain the Furnace Blueprints).
- 360g and 150 Friendship Points.
- “Fish Pond” Quests, you’re requested with four Iron Bars by Catfish, Ice Pip, or Spook Fish.
