Driftwood
| Driftwood | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Fishing Pole; Crab Pot; Fish Pond; Cat; Dog |
| Sell Price | 0g |
Driftwood is a weathered branch that fishing lines drag up from rivers, lakes and the sea. It counts as trash and earns nothing at the Shipping Bin, but it is far from useless. A Recycling Machine or a Wood Chipper turns it back into Wood, and the recycler sometimes gives Coal instead. Leah, the sculptor who lives in the cottage by Cindersap Forest, likes receiving a piece, which makes Driftwood one of the few kinds of junk that brings a villager joy. It also counts towards Linus's clean-up order and several Fish Pond requests.
The in-game description reads: A piece of wood from the sea.
Location
A fishing rod can hook Driftwood in any season and in any body of water. Like other junk, it bites when no fish takes the bait, so waters with few species bring it up more often. A rising Fishing level makes real fish bite more readily, and junk catches thin out over time.
Crab Pots collect Driftwood as part of their daily haul. A pot that comes up with a branch instead of a crab still earns a little Fishing experience.
A Fish Pond stocked with Crab Pot creatures, such as Crayfish or Lobsters, sometimes produces a piece of Driftwood. A cat or dog at full friendship may also leave one after its first petting of the day.
Uses
Recycling turns Driftwood into building material. A Recycling Machine, learned at Fishing level 4, takes one piece and gives back a few pieces of Wood, or now and then a few lumps of Coal. The process takes about an hour.
The Wood Chipper does better with Driftwood. Robin adds it to the Carpenter's Shop after sending a letter in Winter. Feeding one piece of Driftwood into it gives five to ten pieces of Wood after a few hours. On a fishing-focused farm with few trees, a chipper fed with Driftwood becomes a handy trickle of Wood.
Linus's "Community Cleanup" Special Order asks for twenty pieces of trash pulled from the water or found in Garbage Cans. Driftwood counts towards it, along with any other junk from the water.
Several fish ask for three pieces of Driftwood in their Fish Pond quests before the pond can grow.
At the Sewing Machine, Driftwood in the spool with Cloth sews the Trash Can Shirt. It gives a brown tint at the machine and works in the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.
Notes
Leah likes Driftwood, and at eight hearts she mentions that a nice piece found by the farmer would mean a lot to her. Since Driftwood costs nothing, it makes a cheap and pleasant gift for her. Every other villager dislikes it.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |