How is average damage per hit calculated?

A non-crit hit averages the midpoint of your min and max damage range, plus any flat bonus. The expected value of each swing also adds the crit chance times the extra damage a crit deals, so the average already folds in critical hits.

How does crit chance affect DPS?

A crit multiplies that hit's damage by your crit multiplier. The expected damage per swing is base times (1 plus critChance times (critMultiplier minus 1)). At 10 percent crit and a 3x multiplier, that is a 20 percent average boost.

What hits per second should I enter?

This depends on weapon type and your attack speed enchants. Daggers swing fastest, clubs slowest. Use a measured swings-per-second value; higher attack speed and the speed forge raise it, directly scaling DPS.

Does the flat damage bonus apply before crits?

Yes. Flat bonuses from rings, the Ruby forge, or food are added to base damage first, then crits multiply the whole hit. That is why flat damage is especially strong on high-crit, high-multiplier builds.

Why use average instead of max damage?

Real fights land a spread of rolls between min and max, with occasional crits. Averaging gives the sustained damage you actually deal over time, which is the fair way to compare two weapons or forge choices.

Stardew Valley DPS Calculator

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Comparing weapons by their tooltip alone hides the real winner. This calculator combines your damage range, attack speed, crit chance, and crit multiplier into a single average damage-per-second number so you can rank weapons, forges, and ring setups on the only stat that matters in a fight.

How it works

A normal swing averages the midpoint of your damage range plus any flat bonus. Crits multiply that hit, so the expected damage per swing is:

baseHit  = (minDmg + maxDmg) / 2 + flatBonus
critMult = 1 + critChance * (critMultiplier - 1)
avgHit   = baseHit * critMult
dps      = avgHit * hitsPerSecond

The crit term is the expected contribution of crits across many swings, so the result is the sustained DPS you deal over a real fight, not a best-case spike.

Tips and example

A weapon dealing 20 to 30 damage with a +5 flat ring, 1.5 hits per second, 8 percent crit, and a 3x multiplier has a base hit of 25 + 5 = 30, a crit factor of 1 + 0.08 * 2 = 1.16, so 30 * 1.16 * 1.5 ≈ 52.2 DPS. Bump attack speed or crit and re-run to see which upgrade buys the most damage — flat bonuses shine hardest on high-crit builds.