Anchor
| Anchor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Beach (4%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 100g |
The Anchor is a beach artifact and a common reward for anyone who digs along the shore. Its first copy belongs in the museum, where it counts toward Gunther's donation rewards. Spare Anchors still have a couple of uses. Cloth and an Anchor in the Sewing Machine make the Captain's Uniform, and an Anchor can sit in a Fish Tank as a decoration. Penny and the Dwarf like the Anchor as a gift, but most other villagers dislike it.
The in-game description reads: It may have belonged to ancient pirates.
Location
Artifact spots on The Beach are the main place to find an Anchor. These spots look like small wriggling worms or sticks in the sand. Only a Hoe can dig them up, so it pays to carry one on every trip to the shore. Spots appear far more often in Winter, but Winter spots also often hold Winter Root or Snow Yam instead of an artifact. An Archaeologist enchantment on the Hoe gives each spot twice the chance of producing an artifact.
Fishing Treasure Chests can hold an Anchor too, including the golden kind of chest. The odds are low, so this works as a bonus rather than a plan.
Artifact Troves are the other route. The Desert Trader in the Calico Desert swaps one trove for five Omni Geodes. Clint at the Blacksmith then breaks it open for a small fee. Each trove holds one item from a fixed list, and every entry on that list has the same chance. The Anchor is one of those entries.
Museum
Donating the first Anchor to Gunther adds it to the museum's artifact collection. It counts toward his artifact milestones. Fifteen donated artifacts earn the Skeleton Statue, and twenty earn Rarecrow #7. The Anchor also counts toward the overall donation total, which pays out seeds, paintings and other prizes along the way.
Before it is donated, the Anchor's description only hints that Gunther could tell more about it. Only one copy can go on display, so every later Anchor is free for other uses.
Prices
The Anchor's sale price is modest, so the first copy is worth far more in the museum than in the shipping bin. Duplicates sell for a small sum. Reading the Treasure Appraisal Guide triples the sale price of every artifact, which makes spare Anchors a better earner. That book can itself turn up inside Artifact Troves, so opening troves can pay off twice.
Gifts
The Dwarf and Penny like the Anchor. A gift to the Dwarf only counts once the Dwarvish Translation Guide has been earned, since friendship with him cannot change before then.
The older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike the Anchor. Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard share that view, and so do the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The children Jas, Leo and Vincent also dislike it. Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike it too. A disliked gift lowers friendship, so the Anchor is best saved for Penny and the Dwarf.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and an Anchor on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Captain's Uniform. The Sewing Machine stands in Emily's house at 2 Willow Lane.
A Fish Tank accepts the Anchor as a decoration. This gives spare Anchors a home indoors once the museum copy is in place.
Beach artifact spots also turn up Dried Starfish, Glass Shards, the Nautilus Fossil and the Ornamental Fan. Digging every spot on the sand is the quickest way to fill the beach part of the collection.
All Artifacts
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Amphibian Fossil | 
|
150g |
| Anchor | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Doll | 
|
60g |
| Ancient Drum | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Seed | 
|
5g |
| Ancient Sword | 
|
100g |
| Arrowhead | 
|
40g |
| Bone Flute | 
|
100g |
| Chewing Stick | 
|
50g |
| Chicken Statue | 
|
50g |
| Chipped Amphora | 
|
40g |
| Dried Starfish | 
|
40g |
| Dwarf Gadget | 
|
200g |
| Dwarf Scroll I | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll II | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll III | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll IV | 
|
1g |
| Dwarvish Helm | 
|
100g |
| Elvish Jewelry | 
|
200g |
| Glass Shards | 
|
20g |
| Golden Mask | 
|
500g |
| Golden Relic | 
|
250g |
| Nautilus Fossil | 
|
80g |
| Ornamental Fan | 
|
300g |
| Palm Fossil | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Handaxe | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Rib | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Scapula | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Skull | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tibia | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tool | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Vertebra | 
|
100g |
| Rare Disc | 
|
300g |
| Rusty Cog | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spoon | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spur | 
|
25g |
| Skeletal Hand | 
|
100g |
| Skeletal Tail | 
|
100g |
| Strange Doll (green) | 
|
1000g |
| Strange Doll (yellow) | 
|
1000g |
| Trilobite | 
|
50g |