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Ruby

A precious stone that is sought after for its rich color and beautiful luster.
Information
Source	Mining • Dwarvish Sentry • Fishing Treasure Chests • Panning
Sell Price	data-sort-value="250 ">250g
Gemologist Profession (+30% Sell Price)	data-sort-value="325 ">325g

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Ruby, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Ruby - Stardew Valley Wiki }} Ruby is a type of Mineral obtainable by:

Mining Ruby Nodes and Gem Nodes in the Mines (Floors 80+), Skull Cavern, Quarry, and Volcano Dungeon. (After reaching the bottom of the Mines, Ruby Nodes can be found on any floor).
Defeating Dwarvish Sentries (10% chance).
Fishing Treasure Chests.
Panning anywhere (1% chance).
Gift at the Feast of the Winter Star by any adult except Clint, Evelyn, Marnie, Robin, or Willy.
Breaking crates and barrels in the Mines (Floors 80+), Skull Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon.
Found in a Garbage Can after the player has reached the bottom of the Mines.
Gem Birds on Ginger Island during rainy days.

Gifting

Villager Reactions
Love	Clint • Dwarf • Emily
Like	Abigail • Alex • Caroline • Demetrius • Elliott • Evelyn • George • Gus • Haley • Harvey • Jas • Jodi • Kent • Krobus • Leo • Lewis • Marnie • Maru • Pam • Penny • Robin • Sam • Sandy • Sebastian • Shane • Vincent • Willy • Wizard
Dislike	Leah • Linus • Pierre

Bundles

Ruby is one of the options for the Treasure Hunter's Bundle in the Boiler Room (Remixed).

Forging

Ruby can be used at the Forge to increase the damage of a melee weapon.

Recipes

Ruby is not used in any recipes.

Tailoring

Ruby is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine with Cloth in the feed to create a Shirt. It is a red dye when used in the spool of the Sewing Machine with a dyeable clothing item in the feed. It can also be placed in the red dye pot at Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane, for use in dyeing.

Quests

The Ruby may be randomly requested during any season at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="750">750g and 150 Friendship points. The Ruby will never be requested until the player has reached floors 80+ of The Mines.
Ruby will be requested by Emily as part of the "Rock Rejuvenation" quest at the Special Orders board outside Mayor Lewis' house.
May be used in the Gem Birds puzzle on Ginger Island.

Trading

One Ruby can be traded to the Desert Trader for 1 Spicy Eel.

History

1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be traded to the Desert Trader.
1.5: Can be requested in a Special Order quest. Can now be used in Forging. Also used in Gem Birds puzzle. Is now an option in the Treasure Hunter's Bundle. Can now be obtained from the Volcano Dungeon and Dwarvish Sentries.

Minerals
Foraged Minerals	Earth Crystal • Fire Quartz • Frozen Tear • Quartz
Gems	Amethyst • Aquamarine • Diamond • Emerald • Jade • Prismatic Shard • Ruby • Topaz
Geode Minerals	Aerinite • Alamite • Baryte • Basalt • Bixite • Calcite • Celestine • Dolomite • Esperite • Fairy Stone • Fire Opal • Fluorapatite • Geminite • Ghost Crystal • Granite • Helvite • Hematite • Jagoite • Jamborite • Jasper • Kyanite • Lemon Stone • Limestone • Lunarite • Malachite • Marble • Mudstone • Nekoite • Neptunite • Obsidian • Ocean Stone • Opal • Orpiment • Petrified Slime • Pyrite • Sandstone • Slate • Soapstone • Star Shards • Thunder Egg • Tigerseye
Geodes	Geode • Frozen Geode • Magma Geode • Omni Geode

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-'''Ruby''' is a [[Minerals|Mineral]] that can be obtained from [[Mining#Ruby Node|Ruby Node]]s and [[Mining#Gem Node|Gem Node]]s in [[the Mines]] (Floors 80+), [[Skull Cavern]], [[Quarry]], and [[Volcano Dungeon]]. After reaching the bottom of the Mines, Ruby Nodes can be found on any floor. A Ruby can also be obtained from [[Dwarvish Sentry|Dwarvish Sentries]] (10% chance), in [[Fishing#Treasure Chests|Fishing Treasure Chests]], by [[Pans|panning]], or as a gift at the [[Feast of the Winter Star]]. It can be found in [[The Mines#Crates and Barrels|crates and barrels]] in the Mines (Floors 80+), Skull Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon. It may also occasionally be found in a [[Garbage Can]] after the player has reached the bottom of the Mines. It can also be dropped by a [[Ginger Island#Gem Birds|Gem Bird]] on [[Ginger Island|Ginger Island]] during [[Weather#Weather Types|rainy days]].
+'''Ruby''' is a type of [[Minerals|Mineral]] obtainable by:
+*[[Mining]] [[Mining#Ruby Node|Ruby Node]]s and [[Mining#Gem Node|Gem Node]]s in [[the Mines]] (Floors 80+), [[Skull Cavern]], [[Quarry]], and [[Volcano Dungeon]]. (After reaching the bottom of the Mines, Ruby Nodes can be found on any floor).
+*Defeating [[Dwarvish Sentry|Dwarvish Sentries]] (10% chance).
+*[[Fishing#Treasure Chests|Fishing Treasure Chests]].
+*[[Pans|Panning]] anywhere (1% chance).
+*Gift at the [[Feast of the Winter Star]] by any adult except [[Clint]], [[Evelyn]], [[Marnie]], [[Robin]], or [[Willy]].
+*Breaking [[The Mines#Crates and Barrels|crates and barrels]] in the Mines (Floors 80+), Skull Cavern, and Volcano Dungeon.
+*Found in a [[Garbage Can]] after the player has reached the bottom of the Mines.
+*[[Ginger Island#Gem Birds|Gem Birds]] on [[Ginger Island|Ginger Island]] during [[Weather#Weather Types|rainy days]].
 ==Gifting==