Guns!

[i57400kabylakeprocessor]

I get it. Stardew Valley is supposed to be a soothing game, but if you want soothing, dont get into combat. If you do, the fight should be over quickly, but there is one thing that I know will spice up cave diving in SDV and that, my friend, is two ak-74s at your side while an eagle is caught reflecting In your aviators as you enter the cave, and decimate everything in your path. Granted, the sling shot is considered semi auto, so a simple retexture won't work. But if you are commited to the project, I promise you, you will have created one of the most popular mods on the SDV GitHub Page!

[i57400kabylakeprocessor]

Might be easier if this is a SMAPI mod btw

[thingwithwings]

You wouldn't have to have an SMAPI mod, really. It would be a matter of editing weapons.xnb to add the data and sprites you want, then spawning the weapon into your inventory using the item spawner. (custom shops used to be an option for buying them, but I think it isn't working anymore) Like zcsnightmare did in their additional weapons mod on nexus :)

[i57400kabylakeprocessor]

Idk the first thing about making a mod tbh

[danvolchek]

This might not exactly suit your needs, but this mod makes slingshots automatic (among other changes, but those can be disabled). With the rapid fire option enabled, the galaxy slingshot shoots pretty fast :)