Stardew Valley Rings: The Ultimate Guide to All 30

Have you noticed that there are many kinds of rings in Stardew Valley? What do the different styles and colors mean? Learn about the various purposes and benefits by reading this article!

There’s a wide range of rings in the game that you can wear for various effects. Some may just be for fashion, but they give players multiple benefits. Read this complete guide to find out which ones you might want to equip.

What are Rings in Stardew Valley?

They’re a type of accessory you can wear for different passive benefits, meaning you don’t have to activate them for their effects, as long as it’s on the empty slot.

By default, you can wear two rings simultaneously. However, it’s possible to stack their effects by combining them at the Forge inside the Volcano Caldera. 

This strategy saves another slot and helps maximize the perks you’ll get regardless of what you’re doing in-game.

Here is everything you must know about all rings in Stardew Valley.

1. Small Glow Ring

This item emits a light that reaches up to five tiles around you. You can stack its effects with the Glow Ring and the Iridium Band.

You can get this item by:

• Breaking boxes and barrels at floors 0-19 (17%) and 20-39 (14%) in The Mines
• Collecting as a special monster drop on levels 1-39 of The Mines
• Fishing Treasure Chests (0.24-0.32%)
• As a reward for completing the Night Fishing Bundle

2. Glow Ring

This is the regular-sized version of the Small Glow Ring. It emits a constant light that covers ten tiles around you. This effect may be stacked with another of its kind, the Small Glow, or the Iridium Band.

Here’s how to get it:

• Break boxes and barrels in The Mines on floors 40-79 (14%).
• As a special monster drop in the Skull Cavern levels 1-39
• As a reward for the chest in TM, level 20, but only if you’ve selected “remixed” mine rewards in the Advanced Options menu of the game.
• In Fishing Treasure Chests at Fishing skill 2+ if your Luck is buffed (0.03-0.09%).
• As a gift at the Feast of the Winter Star

3. Small Magnet Ring

This increases your radius for collecting items by one tile. You can stack it with another Small Magnet, Magnet Ring, or the Iridium Band (IB).

You can obtain it by:

• Breaking boxes and barrels in The Mines at floors 0-19 (17%) and 20-39 (14%).
• Fishing Treasure Chests (0.24-0.32%).
• Completing the Adventurer’s Bundle

4. Magnet Ring

This increases your magnetic radius by two tiles. You can stack it with itself, the Small Magnet version, and the IB.

You can get it by:

• As a monster drop
• Breaking crates and barrels in The Mines, floors 40-79 (14%)
• In the Skull Cavern on floors 1-39, if you’ve selected “remixed” mine rewards at the beginning of the game
• As a possible reward for the chest on level 20 of The Mines
• Fishing Treasure Chests at Fishing skill 2+ if your Luck is buffed (0.03-0.09%).

5. Slime Charmer Ring

This item prevents damage from Slimes, making raising them in a Slime Hutch manageable. 

The Slime Charmer is also one of the best accessories when completing Skull Cavern Invasion and Qi’s Hungry Challenge. 

Obtain it by:

• As a reward from Gil at the Adventurer’s Guild after you’ve killed 1000 Slimes (Monster Eradication Goal)
• Purchasing it from Marlon for 25,000g after completing the milestone above.

6. Warrior Ring

The Warrior may give you the Warrior Energy buff when you slay a Monster, increasing Attack by ten for five seconds.

To get it, you need to craft it after earning the recipe at Combat Level 4.

You will need:

• 10 Iron Bars
• 25 Coal
• 10 Frozen Tears

7. Vampire Ring

This restores +2 health after slaying a monster. 

You can get this by:

• As a reward from Gil at the Adventurer’s Guild after killing 200 Bats (Monster Eradication Goal)
• Purchasing it from Marlon for 15,000g after completing the milestone above.

8. Savage Ring

Savage gives you an Adrenaline Rush after you slay a Monster. You will get a 3-second Speed (+2) buff that can stack with any other Speed buff.

Get it from:

• Gil, as a reward at the Adventurer’s Guild after you kill 150 Void Spirits (Shadow Shaman/Shadow Brutes)
• Marlon, buy it for 25,000g after the milestone completion above.

9. Ring of Yoba

This may protect you with Yoba‘s Blessing buff, granting you immunity to monster-based damage for five seconds. Low health and Luck buffs will increase your chances of receiving this buff and can activate after your health drops below 90.

You can craft it by earning the recipe at Combat Level 7.

You’ll need:

• 5 Iron Bars
• 5 Gold Bars
• 1 Diamond

10. Sturdy Ring

Wearing this shortens the duration of debuffs (Tipsy, Jinxed, and Slimed) by 50%. 

You can craft it after earning the recipe at Level 1 Combat.

You’ll need:

• 2 Copper Bars
• 25 Bug Meat
• 25 Slime

11. Burglar’s Ring

Monsters will drop double the amount of loot when you have this equipped. However, a lot of items don’t have a double drop chance, including the following:

• Prismatic Shards and Diamonds after reaching the bottom of The Mines
• Slime Eggs
• Iridium Ore and Bars from Purple Slimes
• Algae Soup and Mutant Grubs
• Mixed Seeds, Omni Geode after Combat Level 5, Iridium Ore, and Prismatic Shard after reaching Combat Level 10
• Qi Gems and Ginger from Stick Bugs

You can obtain it by:

• As a reward from Gil at the Adventurer’s Guild after slaying 500 Dust Sprites
• Purchasing from Marlon for 20,000g after the milestone completion above.

12. Iridium Band

This combines the effects of the Glow, Magnet, and Ruby Ring. You can stack its effects with another IB, a Glow, Glowstone, or Magnet.

After earning the recipe at Combat Level 9, craft it with the following:

• 5 Iridium Bars
• 50 Solar Essences
• 50 Void Essences

You may also find it in Fishing Treasure Chests after reaching Fishing level 2 (0.12%).

13. Jukebox Ring

This would let you play any song in the game’s soundtrack. It’s available on the game’s internal files but is unobtainable.

14. Amethyst Ring

Wearing this will increase an enemy’s knockback by 10%. 

Find it at: 

• Adventurer’s Guild, buy it for 1,000g after completing the Initiation quest
• Fishing Treasure Chests, after reaching Fishing level 2 (0.05%).

15. Topaz Ring

This increases the precision of a strike by 10%. However, weapons currently don’t miss, so this effect is basically useless.

You can get this by:

• Buying it from the Adventurer’s Guild for 1,000g after completing the Initiation Quest of killing 10 Slimes
• Finding it in Fishing Treasure Chests after Fishing level 2 (0.05%).

16. Aquamarine Ring

Wearing the Aquamarine increases critical strike chance by 10%.

Get it by:

• Buying it from the Adventurer’s Guild for 2,500g after you’ve reached level 40 in The Mines and completed the Deeper in the Mine Quest
• Haunted Skulls loot (1.3%).
•  FTC after Fishing level 2 (0.05%).

17. Jade Ring

Increase your critical strike power by 10% by wearing this. 

Get it from:

• Adventurer’s Guild, purchase it for 2,500g after the Deeper in the Mine Quest
• FTC after reaching level 2 of Fishing (0.05%).

18. Emerald Ring

This ring will increase your weapon speed by 10%. 

Find it at:

• Adventurer’s Guild, purchase it for 5,000g after level 80 in The Mines
• FTC after Fishing level 2 (0.05%).

19. Ruby Ring

This increases Attack by 10% when you’re wearing it. 

Get this by:

• Buying it for 5,000g from the Adventurer’s Guild after level 80 in The Mines
• Finding it in FTC after Fishing level 2 (0.05%).
• Collecting as a drop from Haunted Skulls (1.3%).

20. Wedding Ring

This is used to propose marriage to another player. You must give it to the player you want to marry, and they will have the option to accept or refuse the proposal. If they take it, you will become engaged and marry in three days. The same one can’t be used to marry again.

You can craft it after buying the recipe from the Traveling Cart for 500g. Crafting it will help you earn the Craft Master achievement in multiplayer mode.

Although you can wear it, it doesn’t have any other purposes or effects, but it can be sold to the Adventurer’s Guild for 1,000g.

21. Crabshell Ring

This provides +5 Defense, making you tankier against monster attacks and debuffs.

You can get it by:

• As a reward from Gil at the Adventurer’s Guild after you kill 60 Rock Crabs (Including Lava Crabs and Iridium Crabs)
• Purchasing from Marlon for 15,000g after completing the monster eradication goal above

22. Napalm Ring

While wearing this, you will make a monster explode like a small bomb when you kill it. This also destroys rocks in the vicinity without hurting you.

You can get this by:

• Receiving it as a reward from Gil at the Adventurer’s Guild after killing 250 Serpents (including Royal Serpents)
• Buying it from Marlon for 30,000g after completing the monster eradication goal above

23. Thorns Ring

While wearing this during a battle, attacking monsters will take the same damage you get minus its defense.

You can craft it after earning the recipe at Combat Level 7.

You’ll need:

• 50 Bone Fragments
• 50 Stones
• 1 Gold Bar

24. Lucky Ring

This gives +1 Luck when equipped.

You may get it from:

• The Skull Cavern as a special drop
• The Quarry Mine
• Panning (0.1-11.9% depending on luck buffs).

25. Hot Java Ring

Wearing this will cause:

• A 25% chance that monsters will drop Coffee after you slay them
• A 10% chance that monsters will drop Triple Shot Espresso after you kill them

You can find this in Volcano Dungeon chests (11.1111%)

26. Protection Ring

As its name suggests, this helps you stay invincible for a longer duration after taking damage from an attack. It’s increased by 0.4 seconds up to 1.6 seconds. If you’re wearing two of these rings, they can protect you for an additional 2 seconds.

You can get this item in Dungeon chests (14.2587%)

27. Soul Sapper Ring

When you kill a monster while wearing this ring, it will restore 4 Energy for you.

Find it in Volcano Dungeon chests (14.2587%)

28. Phoenix Ring

If your health reaches 0 while wearing this, it will revive you with half of your max health instead of passing out. However, this will only happen once per day.

You can get this in Volcano Dungeon rare chests (11.1111%)

29. Immunity Band

This increases your immunity by 4. You can find it in The Mines on level 100+ and the Skull Cavern as a special item.

30. Glowstone Ring

The Glowstone combines the effect of the Glow and Magnet (lighting and magnetism). You can stack its effects with another Glowstone, an IB, a Glow, Magnet, Small Glow, or Small Magnet Ring.

You can obtain it by:

• Crafting after getting the recipe at Mining Level 4
• Buying at the Stardew Valley Fair for 1,000 Star Tokens if it’s in stock

See the table below for a comprehensive comparison of each one:

Name	Effect	Where to Get	Recipe	Buying Price	Selling Price
Small Glow	5 radius circle of light	The Mines level 1-39 (kill Slimes), Fishing Treasure Chests, Night Fishing Bundle reward	N/A	N/A	50g
Glow	10 radius circle of light	The Mines level 40+ (kill Slimes), level 70-79 (kill a Skeleton), breaking boxes and barrels	N/A	N/A	100g
Small Magnet	Slight increase in magnetic radius	Adventurer’s Bundle reward, Fishing Treasure Chests, The Mines	N/A	N/A	50g
Magnet	Increase in magnetic radius	The Mines levels 40-80, breaking barrels and boxes	N/A	N/A	100g
Slime Charmer	Prevents Slime damage	Adventurer’s Guild (kill 1000 Slimes)	N/A	25,000g	350g
Warrior	May give you warrior energy after killing a monster	N/A	10 Iron Bars 25 Coal 10 Frozen Tear	N/A	750g
Vampire	Restore 2 health after slaying a monster	Adventurer’s Guild (kill 200 Bats)	N/A	15,000g	750g
Savage	3-second Speed (+2) Buff after killing monster	AG (eradicate 150 Void Spirits)	N/A	25,000g	750g
Ring of Yoba	May protect you from further damage after getting hit	N/A	5 Iron Bars 5 Gold Bars Diamond	N/A	750g
Sturdy	Cuts duration of negative buffs in half	N/A	2 Copper Bars 25 Bug Meat 25 Slime	N/A	750g
Burglar’s	Monsters drop items more often, double drop	AG (eradicate 500 Dust Sprites)	N/A	20,000g	750g
Iridium Band	Combines the effects of Glow Ring, Magnet Ring, Ruby Ring	Fishing Treasure Chests	5 Iridium Bars 50 Solar Essence 50 Void Essence	N/A	1,000g
Jukebox	Plays music	Unobtainable	N/A	N/A	1,000g
Amethyst	Increase knockback by 10%	AG (after Initiation Quest), FTC	N/A	1,000g	100g
Topaz	Increase weapon precision by 10%	AG (after Initiation Quest), FTC	N/A	1,000g	100g
Aquamarine	Increase critical strike chance by 10%	AG (after level 40 The Mines), FTC	N/A	2,500g	200g
Jade	Increase critical strike power by 10%	AG (after level 40 The Mines), FTC	N/A	2,500g	200g
Emerald	Increase weapon speed by 10%	AG (after level 80 The Mines), FTC	N/A	5,000g	300g
Ruby	Increase attack by 10%	AG (after level 80 TM), FTC	N/A	5,000g	300g
Wedding	To propose marriage to another player	Recipe – Traveling Cart for 500g	5 Iridium Bars 1 Prismatic Shard	N/A	1,000g
Crabshell	Increase Defense by +5	AG (kill 60 Rock Crabs)	N/A	15,000g	1,000g
Napalm	Defeated monsters will explode	AG (kill 250 Serpents)	N/A	30,000g	1,000g
Thorns	Equal damage to attacking monsters	N/A	50 Bone Fragments 50 Stones 1 Gold Bar	N/A	100g
Lucky	Increase Luck by +1	Skull Cavern	N/A	N/A	100g
Hot Java	Increase chance of finding coffee	Volcano Dungeon	N/A	N/A	100g
Protection	Increase invincibility by 0.4 seconds after being hit	Volcano Dungeon	N/A	N/A	100g
Soul Sapper	Gain 4 Energy after killing a monster	Volcano Dungeon	N/A	N/A	100g
Phoenix	Restore 50% health after being knocked out (once a day)	VD	N/A	N/A	100g
Immunity Band	Get +4 Immunity	Skull Cavern, Level 100+ TM	N/A	N/A	250g
Glowstone	Combines Glow Ring and Magnet Ring	N/A	5 Solar Essence 5 Iron Bars	N/A	100g

You can’t buy some of the rings, but you can sell all of them.