Combat

Combat is the skill associated with fighting monsters.

During the first few days in Stardew Valley, the mines are closed due to some accident by Joja Corporation. When it is open, combat becomes viable to the player. Each level adds +5 health.

Note that critical chance bonuses are multiplicative, not additive. Even with all possible bonuses, it's around 5~10% crit. chance at best (the actual base critical chance is unknown, and possibly influenced by Luck), so even with Desperado it can be difficult to justify over the flat damage increases of the Fighter branch.

Combat

Combat is increased by killing monsters.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Cooking Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Choose a Profession:
Sturdy Ring Bug Steak	Life Elixir	Roots Platter	Warrior Ring	Fighter All attacks deal 10% more damage. (+15 HP)	Scout Critical strike chance increased by 50%. (+0 HP) (Note that the increase is multiplicative. The formula is: critChance = critChance * 1.5)
Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10
Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting Recipes:	Crafting / Cooking Recipes:	Fighter:	Scout:
Slime Egg-Press Oil of Garlic	Ring of Yoba Thorns Ring	Slime Incubator Explosive Ammo	Iridium Band Squid Ink Ravioli	Brute Deal 15% more damage. (+0 HP) (Stacks multiplicatively with Fighter)	Acrobat Cooldown on special moves cut in half. (+0 HP)
				Defender +25 HP.	Desperado Critical strikes are deadlier. (+0 HP) (2x Critical strike damage)