Exploring the mines of Stardew Valley requires sheer combat power and valuable items that support you in these deadly encounters. Powerful Trinkets such as the Basilisk Paw are precious items designed to help you during these fights by giving you immunity from enemies’ debuffs.
Equip the Basilisk Paw for resistance to slowing and weakened attacks that'll smooth out challenging battles in Stardew Valley. Though hard to acquire due to its low drop rate, this guide covers every step to help you obtain it!
How to Get Basilisk Paw
The Basilisk Paw is a rare Trinket that is only obtainable once you can access the Combat Mastery. After unlocking it, this trinket will start appearing as one of the loot items. You can find this item by defeating monsters, breaking boxes and barrels, or sometimes from treasure chests in Skull Cavern.
Defeat Monsters in Mines
Once Combat Mastery is unlocked, you can find monsters in the Mines, Quarry Mine, and Skull Cavern that have chances to drop Basilisk Paw as loot. The drop rate depends significantly on daily luck, so checking your fortune with the Fortune Teller each morning is best.
During the high-luck days, the chance to get rare trinkets increases significantly. You can also eat dishes that boost your luck before entering these areas to improve your odds of finding the Basilisk Paw.
Break Crates and Barrels
click to enlargeWhen exploring the Mines or Skull Cavern, don't forget to break any crates and barrels you find. These containers often hold valuable loot, including rare trinkets like the Basilisk Paw. While the drop rate is low, it's never zero. To increase your chances, equip items like the Lucky Ring to boost your luck and improve the odds of finding these treasures.
Skull Cavern Treasure Chests
Treasure chests found within Skull Cavern’s Treasure Rooms provide the best chance to obtain the Basilisk Paw. These rare chests are found in Treasure Rooms.
How to Equip and Use the Basilisk Paw
It is relatively easy and quite straightforward to equip Basilisk Paw. Access your inventory menu and locate the Trinket slot, which is located next to the headgear slot. Place the Basilisk Paw here to activate its powerful immunity effect, which blocks debuffs from enemy attacks.
If you have equipped it, you will be immune to negative effects like Slowness from Slimes or weakened attacks from Jinxes. Bear in mind that the Basilisk Paw does not protect you against self-inflicted debuffs such as the Tipsy effect from drinking alcohol.
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