Mudstone

Mudstone

Type	Mineral
Location	Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price	25g

Mudstone is a geode mineral found in plain Geodes and Omni Geodes. It is one of the cheapest minerals in the game, and only Limestone sells for less. It is worth half of what the unopened Geode would fetch. Its worth comes from other uses. The first piece fills a slot in Gunther's museum collection, and later pieces help Bullhead and Largemouth Bass ponds grow. At the Sewing Machine it gives a brown dye and the Brown Jacket.

The in-game description reads: A fine-grained rock made from ancient clay or mud.

Location

Plain Geodes are the usual way to find Mudstone, at about one chance in thirty-two per Geode. Omni Geodes can hold it too, though they spread their odds across every geode mineral.

Rocks on floors 1 to 39 of The Mines drop plain Geodes most often. Rocks on the Farm and around the valley also drop them. Duggies drop them about a quarter of the time. More come from Fishing Treasure Chests, the Garbage Can beside the museum and a full Stonefish Fish Pond.

Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. After his Cave Patrol special order, he gives the recipe for the Geode Crusher, which opens geodes without the fee. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged.

Prices

Mudstone sells for exactly Clint's fee to open a geode. A Geode that turns into Mudstone therefore earns nothing once the fee is paid. The Gemologist profession at Mining level 10 adds thirty percent, but at this price the gain is tiny.

A Crystalarium copies Mudstone in about three and a half days. That earns well under 10g a day, so the machine belongs to a gem.

Uses

Donating the first Mudstone to Gunther at the museum adds it to the mineral collection. Each mineral milestone can pay out furniture, such as the Standing Geode, the Singing Stone or the Obsidian Vase. Gunther hands over the Crystal Chair at forty-one minerals and a free Crystalarium at fifty.

Bullhead and Largemouth Bass ponds can ask for one Mudstone in the quest that raises the pond's limit from seven fish to ten. Both fish can also ask for Limestone at an earlier stage. Keeping one of each in a chest lets a pond grow without delay.

Putting Mudstone and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the Brown Jacket. Placed in the spool with a dyeable clothing item instead, Mudstone dyes it brown. It also fits the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Mudstone. Its low price makes it one of the cheapest ways to please him.

Mudstone is a poor gift for Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. The same goes for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for the marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. The Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy dislike it too. So do Jas, Leo and Vincent.

Spare Mudstone is worth more as a Wizard gift or a Fish Pond item than as a sale. Keep a few pieces for the Wizard's weekly gifts.

All Geode Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

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