Orpiment

Orpiment

Type	Mineral
Location	Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price	80g

Orpiment is a geode mineral that comes from plain Geodes and Omni Geodes. Because plain Geodes are the most common geode in the early game, Orpiment is often one of the first minerals a museum receives. Its main purpose is a slot in Gunther's mineral collection. After that, it sells for a modest price, makes a liked gift for the Wizard, or goes into the Sewing Machine for the Shirt with Bow and an orange dye. It is a low-value mineral, so spare pieces are rarely worth much effort.

The in-game description reads: Despite its high toxicity, this Mineral is widely used in manufacturing and folk medicine.

Location

Plain Geodes give Orpiment at about one chance in thirty-two each. Omni Geodes can hold it as well, though each one shares its odds with every geode mineral in the game.

Rocks on floors 1 to 39 of The Mines drop plain Geodes most often. Rocks on the Farm and around the valley drop them too. Duggies drop them about a quarter of the time. Fishing Treasure Chests, the Garbage Can beside the museum and a full Stonefish Fish Pond provide more. Before the Farmhouse is upgraded, Supply Crates on the Beach Farm can hold a few.

Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. His Cave Patrol special order rewards the Geode Crusher recipe, and the Crusher opens geodes without the fee. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged.

Prices

Orpiment sells for the same as Nekoite, a little above Calcite and Granite. The best plain Geode minerals, Alamite and Jamborite, are worth nearly twice as much. A Geode that gives Orpiment still sells for more than the unopened Geode. The Mining level 10 profession Gemologist adds thirty percent to the price of Orpiment.

A Crystalarium copies Orpiment in about three and a half days. That earns only about 23g a day. An Amethyst earns more than four times as much in the same machine.

Uses

Donating the first Orpiment to Gunther at the museum adds it to the mineral collection. Mineral milestones come with furniture, for instance the Standing Geode, the Singing Stone and the Obsidian Vase. Forty-one donated minerals win the Crystal Chair, and fifty win a free Crystalarium.

Putting Orpiment and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the Shirt with Bow, which can be dyed afterwards. Orpiment also works in the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Orpiment. Its low price makes it an easy gift for him once the museum has its copy.

Orpiment is a poor gift for Jas, Leo and Vincent. Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike it as well, as do Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. The shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy share that view, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy.

Notes

Cracking every plain Geode from the upper floors of The Mines is the quickest way to fill Orpiment and its neighbours in the museum. Spare pieces are best kept for the Wizard.

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