Stardew Valley: Combat Profession Guide
Though Stardew Valley presents itself as a charming farming simulator, it actually contains a pretty robust combat system. Part of this is the Combat skill itself, which is leveled up by defeating monsters in the various mines.
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When a player reaches Level 5 in the Combat skill, they'll be offered a choice between two Profession branches. It can be a difficult choice, so we're here to help. This guide will outline all of the Profession choices, as well as which ones are the best.
The Combat skill comes into play any time the player kills monsters. It affects health, attack stats, and weapons. There is no tool proficiency earned by leveling up the Combat skill, but each level comes with a small bump to max health.
The Professions are summarized here:
Fighter and Scout are the options at Level 5.
As with every skill, Combat offers two Profession branches at Level 5.
> Fighter
This branch offers abilities that are a bit more direct. Choosing this Level 5 Profession will grant the player a nice little HP bonus of 15 points, while also increasing attack damage by 10%.
> Scout
The Scout branch is concerned with special moves and critical strikes, making it a bit less straightforward. Scout itself offers an increased chance of critical strikes occurring when fighting enemies.
At Level 10, the Fighter branch offers more attack damage or more HP. The two Level 10 choices on this branch can be seen as offense versus defense.
> Brute
The offense-oriented side of this branch is the Brute Profession. This ability increases the player's attack damage by an additional 15%. Unlike the Fisher and Angler Professions inthe Fishing skill, Fighter and Brute do stack.
> Defender
This is the more defensive
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