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Basalt

Basalt
Basalt
Type Mineral
Location Magma Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price 175g

Basalt is a geode mineral that comes from Magma Geodes and Omni Geodes. It sells for a fair price, but its most useful job is in a Lava Eel Fish Pond. A Lava Eel pond can ask for a single Basalt before it grows, and the other options for that request cost far more. Beyond that, Basalt fills its slot in the museum and works as a gray dye. The Wizard likes it as a gift, while most of the town dislikes it.

The in-game description reads: Forms near searing hot magma.


Location

Basalt only comes from cracking geodes. Magma Geodes give the best chance, because their list of possible minerals is short. Omni Geodes can also hold it, but they spread their odds across the minerals of every geode type.

Magma Geodes drop from rocks on floors 81 to 119 of The Mines. Omni Geodes drop from rocks on floor 21 and below, and they are common in the Skull Cavern. The Oasis also sells Omni Geodes on Wednesdays.

Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for 25g each. A Geode Crusher does it for free once Clint's Cave Patrol special order has given its recipe. The odds stay the same on lucky and unlucky days.

Prices

Basalt sits in the middle of the Magma Geode range. It is worth more than three Baryte but only half a Fire Opal. The Gemologist profession at Mining level 10 adds thirty percent to the price of every gem and mineral.

A Crystalarium can copy Basalt, but each copy takes about three and a half days. That earns roughly 50g a day. Gems such as Amethyst or Emerald earn twice that or more, so a Crystalarium is better spent on a gem.

Uses

A Lava Eel Fish Pond can ask for one Basalt to raise its capacity from three fish to five. The same request can instead ask for two Diamonds or a Dwarf Scroll III. Keeping a Basalt in a chest makes that request cheap to finish.

Donating the first Basalt to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Every new mineral counts towards his rewards. These start with furniture such as the Standing Geode and the Singing Stone, then the Crystal Chair at 41 minerals and a Crystalarium at 50.

Putting Basalt and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes a Shirt. Basalt on the spool with a dyeable clothing item turns that item gray.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Basalt.

Basalt is a poor gift for Jas, Leo and Vincent. The older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam share that view, and so do the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy, and for the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane.

Notes

A Lava Eel pond asks for Fire Quartz first and Basalt or Diamonds after that. Anyone planning such a pond should hold back one Basalt and a few Fire Quartz from the sale pile.

All Geode Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name Image Price
Aerinite Aerinite 125g
Alamite Alamite 150g
Baryte Baryte 50g
Basalt Basalt 175g
Bixite Bixite 300g
Calcite Calcite 75g
Celestine Celestine 125g
Dolomite Dolomite 300g
Esperite Esperite 100g
Fairy Stone Fairy Stone 250g
Fire Opal Fire Opal 350g
Fluorapatite Fluorapatite 200g
Geminite Geminite 150g
Ghost Crystal Ghost Crystal 200g
Granite Granite 75g
Helvite Helvite 450g
Hematite Hematite 150g
Jagoite Jagoite 115g
Jamborite Jamborite 150g
Jasper Jasper 150g
Kyanite Kyanite 250g
Lemon Stone Lemon Stone 200g
Limestone Limestone 15g
Lunarite Lunarite 200g
Malachite Malachite 100g
Marble Marble 110g
Mudstone Mudstone 25g
Nekoite Nekoite 80g
Neptunite Neptunite 400g
Obsidian Obsidian 200g
Ocean Stone Ocean Stone 220g
Opal Opal 150g
Orpiment Orpiment 80g
Petrified Slime Petrified Slime 120g
Pyrite Pyrite 120g
Sandstone Sandstone 60g
Slate Slate 85g
Soapstone Soapstone 120g
Star Shards Star Shards 500g
Thunder Egg Thunder Egg 100g
Tigerseye Tigerseye 275g