Chewing Stick
| Chewing Stick | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | Cindersap Forest (1.5%); The Mountain (1.5%); Pelican Town (0.8%) |
| Monster Drops | Duggy (2%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 50g |
The Chewing Stick is a humble artifact with more ways to find it than most. Artifact spots in the forest, on the mountain and in town can hold it. Duggies in The Mines drop it now and then, and a pet dog at full friendship sometimes brings one home. Its first copy belongs in the museum, where it counts toward Gunther's artifact milestones. Spare sticks make the Canvas Jacket at the Sewing Machine and work as an orange dye. The Dwarf and Penny like it as a gift.
The in-game description reads: Ancient people chewed on these to keep their teeth clean.
Location
Artifact spots in Cindersap Forest and on The Mountain give the best odds, and spots in Pelican Town hold it less often. Only a Hoe can dig these wriggling spots. In Winter the spots grow much more common, though they often hold Winter Root or Snow Yam too. A Hoe carrying the Archaeologist enchantment makes an artifact twice as likely.
Duggies are the monster drop to watch for. They live in the soil patches of The Mines. A Duggy burrows through the dirt and pops up to attack, and it can only be hit while it is above ground. Each Duggy killed has a small chance to drop a Chewing Stick, and the chance is better than most artifact drops from monsters.
A Chewing Stick can also come up in a Fishing Treasure Chest, golden or normal. Artifact Troves include it as well. A trove costs five Omni Geodes at the Desert Trader in the Calico Desert, and Clint opens it at the Blacksmith for a small fee.
Once a pet dog reaches full friendship, it sometimes leaves a gift after a pat. The Chewing Stick is one of its rarer gifts.
Museum
Donating the first Chewing Stick to Gunther adds it to the artifact collection. The stick moves Gunther's artifact count toward the Skeleton Statue at fifteen and Rarecrow #7 at twenty. Every donation also feeds the overall total, and that total pays out seeds, paintings and other prizes. Since it is easy to find, it makes a good early donation. It helps build up the count before the Ancient Drum, Bone Flute or Chicken Statue go in.
Prices
The Chewing Stick is one of the cheaper artifacts to sell. The first copy is worth far more in the museum, where it raises the artifact count. Duplicates fetch little, though the Treasure Appraisal Guide triples the sale price of every artifact once it is read.
Gifts
The Dwarf and Penny like the Chewing Stick. Earning the Dwarvish Translation Guide comes first, since gifts to the Dwarf count only after that.
Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy count the Chewing Stick as a disliked gift. The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike it too, and so do the older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. The children Jas, Leo and Vincent share that view, and so do Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Chewing Stick on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Canvas Jacket. The Sewing Machine is in Emily's house at 2 Willow Lane.
The dye pots in the same house accept the Chewing Stick as an orange dye, as they do the Chipped Amphora and the Dwarvish Helm.
Duggies also drop Dwarf Scroll I and Dwarf Scroll IV now and then, so fighting them in The Mines works toward several museum pieces at once.
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 |