Where to Find the Golden Scythe in Stardew Valley

The Golden Scythe is the upgraded version of the basic Scythe in Stardew Valley, and it comes with a few quality of life perks that make farm life noticeably easier. Its cutting radius is wider and it has a better chance of dropping hay when slicing tall grass. The catch is that the game does not exactly hand it to you on day one.

Where the Golden Scythe Lives

The Golden Scythe sits inside the Quarry Mine, an area added in version 1.4. The entrance is tucked just to the left of the Quarry itself. To reach the Quarry you head north of the bridge at the top of the map. New players usually arrive only to discover that the bridge is broken and impassable.

Repairing the Bridge to the Quarry

The bridge gets fixed automatically once you complete the Crafts Room in the Community Center. That single milestone also unlocks the Quarry and, by extension, the Quarry Mine. Finishing the Crafts Room means handing over the items listed across the bundles below.

• Spring Foraging Bundle. 1x Wild Horseradish, 1x Daffodil, 1x Leek, 1x Dandelion. Reward: 30x Spring Seeds.
• Summer Foraging Bundle. 1x Grape, 1x Spice Berry, 1x Sweet Pea. Reward: 30x Summer Seeds.
• Fall Foraging Bundle. 1x Common Mushroom, 1x Wild Plum, 1x Hazelnut, 1x Blackberry. Reward: 30x Fall Seeds.
• Winter Foraging Bundle. 1x Winter Root, 1x Crystal Fruit, 1x Snow Yam, 1x Crocus. Reward: 30x Winter Seeds.
• Construction Bundle. 99x Stone, 10x Hardwood, plus two stacks of 99x Wood (198 pieces total). Reward: 1x Charcoal Kiln.
• Exotic Foraging Bundle. 1x Coconut, 1x Cactus Fruit, 1x Cave Carrot, 1x Red Mushroom, 1x Purple Mushroom, 1x Maple Syrup, 1x Oak Resin, 1x Pine Tar, 1x Morel. Reward: 5x Autumn's Bounty.

Quick reminder: the Quarry Mine is a separate dungeon from the regular Mines. Do not confuse the two.

Surviving the Quarry Mine

Crossing the bridge is only half the battle. The Quarry Mine is patrolled by three enemies that take turns ruining your day:

• Haunted Skulls. Flying undead heads that move fast and like to spawn off screen or pop straight out of the ground.
• Copper Slimes. Standard slime behavior, easy to dodge if you keep moving.
• Iron Slimes. Same idea, slightly tankier.

The Skulls are the genuinely irritating ones, since they appear in waves and chip away at your health quickly. Bring your sharpest weapon with decent attack speed, ideally a sword. Clubs swing too slowly and daggers have almost no reach, so leave both at home. Pack healing items and food to keep energy topped up.

If you do faint inside, you wake up at the Quarry Mine entrance rather than back at the farm. A small mercy from the developers.

After clearing the gauntlet you will reach a statue at the end of the mine. Interact with it and the Golden Scythe is yours. Its stats look like this:

• Base damage: 13.
• Critical strike chance: 0.02.
• Cutting radius: noticeably larger than the regular Scythe.

Warning: the Golden Scythe is irreplaceable. If you lose it, it is gone for good, so try not to sell it during a 2 AM inventory cleanup.

That is everything you need to claim the Golden Scythe and put it to work clearing your fields with much less effort.