Dried Starfish
| Dried Starfish | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Beach (8%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 40g |
The Dried Starfish is the most common artifact on The Beach. Beach artifact spots hold it more often than any other artifact found there. The first starfish belongs in the museum, since every donation counts toward Gunther's artifact milestones. Spare starfish are worth keeping, because several Fish Ponds ask for one before they let their population grow. It also makes the Golden Shirt at the Sewing Machine and works as a yellow dye. The Dwarf and Penny like it as a gift.
The in-game description reads: A starfish from the primordial ocean. It's an unusually pristine specimen!
Location
Artifact spots on The Beach are the main place to find a Dried Starfish. Only a Hoe can dig these wriggling spots, so it pays to carry one on every trip to the shore. Spots appear far more often in Winter, though Winter spots also often hold Winter Root or Snow Yam. On the sand, a Hoe with the Archaeologist enchantment doubles the chance of an artifact from each spot.
Normal and golden Fishing Treasure Chests can both contain a Dried Starfish.
Artifact Troves include it too. Bringing five Omni Geodes to the Desert Trader in the Calico Desert earns a trove, and a small fee to Clint at the Blacksmith opens it.
Museum
Donating the first Dried Starfish to Gunther adds it to the artifact collection. As an artifact, the starfish brings the Skeleton Statue at fifteen artifacts and Rarecrow #7 at twenty a step closer. It also adds to the overall donation total, which rewards seeds, paintings and other prizes. Because it is the easiest beach artifact to dig up, it is a good early donation for building up the count.
Prices
The Dried Starfish is one of the cheaper artifacts to sell. A spare is usually worth more kept in a chest for a Fish Pond request than sold. Once the Treasure Appraisal Guide has been read, every artifact sells for three times its normal price, which lifts the starfish a little.
Gifts
The Dwarf and Penny like the Dried Starfish. The Dwarvish Translation Guide must be earned before a starfish given to the Dwarf counts.
The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike the Dried Starfish. Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike it too, and so do Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The children Jas, Leo and Vincent dislike it as well, as do Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.
Notes
A Fish Pond holding Octopus, Rainbow Trout, Spook Fish or Super Cucumber may ask for one Dried Starfish as a quest. Bringing it raises the pond's limit from five fish to seven. Keeping a spare starfish in a chest means the request can be met the moment it appears.
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Dried Starfish on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Golden Shirt. The Sewing Machine is in Emily's house at 2 Willow Lane.
The dye pots in the same house accept the Dried Starfish as a yellow dye.
Beach artifact spots also hold the Anchor, Glass Shards, the Nautilus Fossil and the Ornamental Fan. Digging every spot on the sand fills the beach part of the collection quickly.
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 |