There are 30 different rings but which ones are the best of them all? In Stardew Valley, there are several articles of clothing that players can put on their characters – some of them are purely cosmetic, such as hats for example, whereas others will provide the player with certain boosts that definitely come in handy.

It's possible to wear two rings at the same time in Stardew Valley. It's even possible to combine two rings with Cinder Shards at The Forge in the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island, this makes it so that their effects will stack even if they provide the same benefit. However, players can't combine rings that have already been combined before. Rings are a must when taking on dangerous places like the Volcano Dungeon, for example. Out of the 30 options available, which are the best rings in Stardew Valley​​​​​?

Updated April 17, 2024 by Alexandra O'Leary: Rings are an easily overlooked element of Stardew Valley, mainly because they're pretty rare and hard to come by. But once players have the right rings equipped, they'll quickly notice a big difference. They can help with everything, including combat and loot drops, as well as resource collection and energy conservation.

The huge selection available gives rings a huge advantage, and they're easy to switch out - so it's feasible for players to change their rings every day to suit their tasks. Whether players want to empty the mines or light up the area around them, there's a ring for it.

13 Protection Ring

Increases Vulnerability Time

The Protection Ring is a huge bonus for those who spend a lot of time in the mines, particularly if a player is running low on food. This little ring can be found in the Volcano Dungeon and will increase a player's invulnerability after taking damage.

For those unfamiliar, after taking damage from a monster, there's a brief time when the player character can't take any additional damage - which prevents the farmer from being completely swamped in a fight with multiple monsters. This ring will extend that vulnerability for up to 1.4 seconds, which can be the difference between life and death. This ring also stacks, meaning that wearing two can double the player's invulnerability time.

How To Get The Protection Ring In Stardew Valley

There's a 1/7 chance this ring will be found in a common chest in the Volcano Dungeon, making it one of the easier rings to stumble across in the game.

12 Magnet Ring

Pulls Resources Towards Farmer

The Magnet Ring is one of the few rings that are useful outside the mines and will make the farmer's life infinitely easier. This little ring will increase the player's magnetic ability by two tiles, meaning that standing near any collectible resources will instantly pull them into their inventory.

This can save players a lot of time, especially when chopping down trees or breaking apart stones. Not having to run around collecting resources makes life surprisingly easier, and after wearing it for a while, players will forget how they ever lived without it.

How To Get the Magnet Ring In Stardew Valley

The Magnet Ring can be found in both The Mines and Skull Cavern. For the former, between floors past floor 40, and the latter, between floors 1 and 39. It can be dropped by monsters or found in crates/barrels that are destroyed on the respective floors.

11 Soul Sapper Ring

Restore Energy

The Soul Sapper Ring is huge for players who want to spend all day in the mines and save their meals for restoring health rather than energy. This shiny green ring restores +4 energy to the farmer every time they kill a monster, which can keep them going in the mines for hours.

This can be especially useful for those who want to spend the morning in the mine and then tend to their farm in the evening, as it'll keep energy replenished and avoid wasting single-use resources like food and crops. It also frees up inventory space so players can obtain the maximum amount of loot.

How To Get The Soul Sapper Ring In Stardew Valley

The Soul Sapper Ring can be found in a chest in the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island. There's a 1 in 7 chance of it spawning in a common chest, making it easier to obtain than a few other rings - although, it is not purchasable or craftable like a few others.

10 Ring of Yoba

Protection From Damage

Players who spend a lot of time engaging in Combat in Stardew Valley should consider seeking out the Ring of Yoba. This item can help keep players alive, especially when surrounded by enemies. In some of the harder levels of each dungeon, players will likely take damage from the swarms of enemies present.

The Ring of Yoba helps to mitigate that damage entirely by sometimes applying the Yoba's Blessing buff after a player takes damage. This buff lasts for five seconds and basically makes the player invincible during that time frame. The lower a player's health, the more likely they'll receive the buff.

How To Get The Ring of Yoba In Stardew Valley

The Ring of Yoba can be crafted upon reaching Combat Level 7. To craft a Ring of Yoba, players need 5x Iron Bars, 5x Gold Bars, and 1 Diamond. A Ring of Yoba sells for approximately 750g.

9 Warrior Ring

Huge Attack Buff

There are a lot of interesting and engaging combat challenges in Stardew Valley, with some of them forcing players to make their way deep into dungeons. As players progress through these areas, enemies will get stronger, with some sporting some pretty immense health bars.

Thankfully, there are weapons to help offset this rise in difficulty, and there's a ring that can help players take down tougher foes thanks to its impressive power spike. The Warrior Ring will sometimes apply the Warrior Energy buff after players slay an enemy. This buff lasts for five seconds and adds a staggering +10 attack.

How To Get The Warrior Ring In Stardew Valley

Players can craft the Warrior Ring for themselves by reaching Combat Level 4 and then piecing it together with 10x Iron Bars, 10x Frozen Tears, and 25x Coal. The Warrior Ring can be sold for 750g.

8 Vampire Ring

Restores Health

Those looking to survive some of the longer combat challenges present in Stardew Valley will need to make sure they take a lot of healing items with them. Thankfully, there are other ways to gain health, cutting down on the amount of materials and food items that players will need when venturing out on a particularly long combat-based quest.

The Vampire Ring will refund a little bit of a player's health whenever they slay an enemy. The +2 Health per enemy killed may not seem like much, but it can stack up pretty quickly, especially for players who are skilled at downing small enemies without taking damage.

How To Get The Vampire Ring In Stardew Valley

The Vampire Ring is rewarded for free and unlocked for players to purchase after they defeat 200 Bats for the Adventurer's Guild. It costs 15,000g to buy at the Adventurer's Guild, and it sells for 750g.

7 Slime Charmer Ring

Protection From Slimes

The Slime Charmer Ring is extremely useful when entering the Mines which will always contain tons of Slimes. This ring makes it so the player's character won't take damage from slimes and makes them immune to the Slimed Buff - a status effect that happens when hit by a slime, it lasts around three seconds and reduces the player's speed.

How To Get The Slime Charmer Ring In Stardew Valley

When players kill 1000 Slimes for the Adventurer's Guild bounty board, the Slime Charmer Ring is rewarded for free by Gil for completing the monster eradication goal. It also unlocks for purchase from Marlon. It's not cheap, though, in fact, a Slime Charmer's Ring costs an astounding 25,000g, so don't lose it!

6 Burglar's Ring

Extra Loot

When farming for certain monster drops, the Burglar's Ring is the way to go. This ring makes it so that monsters will drop items more often since the chances of it happening are doubled because the game calculates the drop percentage twice. So, it's actually possible for the items to drop twice.

How To Get The Burglar Ring In Stardew Valley

The Burglar's Ring is rewarded for completing the Monster Eradication Goal of killing 500 Dust Sprites – these monsters that were inspired by the coal spirits from Spirited Away can be found between floor 41 and floor 79 of the Mines. It also becomes available for purchase at the Adventurer's Guild for 20,000g.

5 Wedding Ring

For Proposals!

The Wedding Ring isn't useful for combat like the others but it serves another very important purpose. It's an item that is used by a farmer to ask for another farmer's hand in marriage. This means that it's only available in co-op playthroughs, as to marry one of the romanceable townsfolk, players need to give them a Mermaid's Pendant.

The ring's recipe can be bought from the Traveling Cart for 500g; however, in a single-player game, it won't ever be available and it won't count towards Achievement and Perfection progress.

How To Get The Wedding Ring In Stardew Valley

To craft this Wedding Ring one Prismatic Shard and five Iridium Bars are needed. After being used it can be worn even though it has no additional effect, kept, or can be sold to the Adventurer's Guild for 1,000g.

4 Napalm Ring

Blow Up Enemies

The Napalm Ring is a useful gadget for when the player wants to cause a blast to get down to the next level as soon as possible. If the player wears this ring, a slain monster will explode, causing a blast that destroys all objects around it and also damages other nearby enemies.

This can be incredibly useful for getting through the Mines and the Skull Cave much faster, as every single defeated enemy will blow up all surrounding objects, possibly revealing the ladder or hole to the next floor faster. It also doesn't damage the player upon activation, which just makes it all the more useful for exploring without a care in the world.

How To Get The Napalm Ring In Stardew Valley

The Napalm Ring is a reward at the Adventurer's Guild for completing the Kill 250 Serpents or Royal Serpents bounty. Afterward, extra copies are sold for 30,000g by Marlon.

3 Thorns Ring

Deal Damage While Taking Damage

The Thorns Ring provides a great passive effect that makes it so enemies that hit the player also take as much damage as they inflict. This is particularly successful because since the player is taking damage in the first place, it's great to reflect some indirect harm back on the monster – but it does require taking damage.

When going for a Thorns build in Stardew Valley, try to stack your defensive stats as high as possible to proc the effect more often without worrying about dying. As always, bring plenty of food into places where you could get into trouble by taking lots of damage.

How To Get The Thorns Ring In Stardew Valley

To receive the crafting recipe for the Thorns Ring in Stardew Valley, players just have to reach Combat Level 7. Then, players just need to collect the ingredients – 50x bone fragments, 50x stones, and 1 Gold Bar – and combine them in the crafting menu.

2 Iridium Band

All-Rounder

The Iridium Band provides a bunch of different effects. It's got the same effect as three other rings: the Glow Ring that's got a ten-tile radius circle of light, the Magnet Ring that increases the character's magnetism by two tiles, and the Ruby Ring that increases attack strength by ten percent.

There's a 0.14 percent chance that gamers will find the Iridium Band in a Treasure Chest while fishing so the easiest way to get it is to craft it.

How To Get The Iridium Band In Stardew Valley

The Iridium Band's crafting recipe is a reward for reaching Combat level nine and the necessary ingredients are five Iridium Bars, 50 Void Essences, and 50 Solar Essences.

1 Phoenix Ring

Restores Health After Fainting

Not only does it have the coolest name but it also has one of the best effects a ring could have in Stardew Valley: the Phoenix Ring will revive the player if they get down to zero health and pass out. Once revived, the player will come back with half their health and can continue without losing any money or items.

This ring allows gamers to escape their demise in the dangers of the Mines and other dangerous places. It's a great addition to one's arsenal when trying to reach the lowest level of one of these treacherous locations.

How To Get The Phoenix Ring In Stardew Valley

The Phoenix Ring can only be found inside rare chests in the Volcano Dungeon. Unfortunately, there's no way to craft it.