Duck Feather
| Duck Feather | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Duck; Cat |
| Sell Price | 250g |
The Duck Feather is the rare bonus that a happy duck leaves behind in place of an egg. It is one of the more valuable things a Coop produces, worth well over twice a Duck Egg. Each feather depends on friendship, mood and the luck of the day, so a well-loved flock turns them up far more often than a neglected one. The Community Center needs one for the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board. Elliott and Leo both love it, and the Sewing Machine turns it into a bright green shirt.
The in-game description reads: It's so colorful.
Production
Every second day, a grown duck leaves one item on the Coop floor. The game picks either a Duck Egg or a Duck Feather. Three things raise the feather's odds: the duck's friendship, its mood that day and the farm's daily luck. Even with everything at its best, the feather appears a bit more than two times in five. A newly bought duck with little friendship almost always lays an egg.
Building friendship is a matter of patience. Petting each duck daily, keeping the feeding bench full and letting the flock out to graze all add up over the seasons. Grazing on fresh grass also gives the best mood of the day.
Daily luck is the one part outside the farmer's control. The Fortune Teller channel on the TV gives a hint of the day's luck each morning. A cheerful forecast means a slightly better chance of finding a feather on the Coop floor.
Ducks are the main supply, but a feather can turn up elsewhere. Some weeks, the Traveling Cart lists one for a hefty sum. A pet cat with maximum friendship occasionally leaves one as a present. A farmer married to Emily may receive one from her now and then. Leo's birthday on Summer 26 also brings one, delivered by the Statue Of Endless Fortune.
Prices
A normal Duck Feather sells for two and a half times a normal Duck Egg. Silver, gold and iridium stars raise that further, with iridium doubling the base price. The Rancher profession adds a fifth on top, since the feather counts as an animal product.
Against the raw egg it replaces, a feather is a clear gain. Even an iridium Duck Egg sells for less than a normal feather. Duck Mayonnaise, however, outsells a normal feather by about half. The feather's worth therefore rests as much on the bundle and on gifts as on its price.
Uses
The Dye Bundle, hanging on the Bulletin Board of the Community Center, asks for a single Duck Feather. That makes the first feather worth keeping rather than selling.
At the Sewing Machine, a Duck Feather in the spool with Cloth in the feed makes the Lime Green Striped Shirt.
The Community Center asks for Duck Feather in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dye Bundle | Bulletin Board | 1 |
Gifts
Elliott and Leo both love a Duck Feather. Harvey likes it. Penny dislikes it, and most other villagers react with polite indifference.
These villagers love receiving Duck Feather as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
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| Elliott | 
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| Leo | 
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Notes
A spare feather after the Dye Bundle has two good homes. Selling it brings in more than any single egg the duck could have laid. Giving it to Elliott or Leo raises friendship by the large amount reserved for loved gifts.
All Animal Products
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Animal | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products Profitability | - | - | - |
| Dinosaur Egg | 
|
Dinosaur; Artifact Spot in The Mountains / Quarry (0.6%); Fishing Treasure Chests (0.7-0.8%); Pepper Rex drop (10%); Prehistoric Floors in the Skull Cavern; Crane Game in Movie Theater | 350g |
| Duck Egg | 
|
Ducks | 95g |
| Duck Feather | 
|
Duck; Cat | 250g |
| Egg | 
|
Chicken | 50g |
| Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 225g |
| Golden Egg | 
|
Golden Chicken; Marnie's Ranch; Qi's Walnut Room; The Witch; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) | 500g |
| Large Egg | 
|
Chicken | 95g |
| Large Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 345g |
| Large Milk | 
|
Cow | 190g |
| Milk | 
|
Cow | 125g |
| Ostrich Egg | 
|
Ostrich | 600g |
| Rabbit's Foot | 
|
Rabbit; Traveling Cart; Serpent drop (0.8%); Cat | 565g |
| Roe | 
|
Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests | - |
| Slime | 
|
Slimes; Krobus; Slime Ball; Traveling Cart; Fish Pond | - |
| Slime Ball | 
|
Slime Hutch | - |
| Void Egg | 
|
Void Chicken; Witch; Krobus; Void Salmon Fish Ponds | 65g |
| Wool | 
|
Rabbit; Sheep | 340g |