Ostrich Egg
| Ostrich Egg | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Ostrich |
| Sell Price | 600g |
The Ostrich Egg is the single product of the Ostrich, a Barn animal tied to Ginger Island. An ostrich lays just one a week, but that single egg fills a Mayonnaise Machine with ten jars at once. Unlike every other egg, it passes its own star quality on to the Mayonnaise. The first egg comes from Ginger Island, and it needs a special incubator in a Barn to hatch. Leo loves it as a gift, and it works like an ordinary egg in every recipe.
Production
A mature ostrich lays an Ostrich Egg every seven days, as long as it has been fed. The egg is left on the Barn floor, so no tool is needed to collect it. An Auto-Grabber in the Barn picks it up along with the milk. Friendship and mood decide the egg's star quality, just as they do for Coop birds.
The first Ostrich Egg has to be found on Ginger Island. Solving Journal Scrap #10 leads to a spot near the Volcano Dungeon, where digging turns up the egg. Now and then, a rare chest deep in the Volcano Dungeon contains one too.
To hatch, the egg goes into an Ostrich Incubator, which must stand inside a Barn. Professor Snail at the Island Field Office gives its recipe once the fossil collection and the surveys are complete. A regular Coop Incubator rejects the egg. Incubation takes about nine and a half days, and the Coopmaster profession halves that time.
Prices
Raw, a normal Ostrich Egg is one of the pricier animal products, and iridium quality doubles it. The Rancher profession raises it by another fifth.
The Mayonnaise Machine changes that picture. In three hours, one Ostrich Egg becomes ten jars of Mayonnaise. Ten normal jars sell for more than three times the egg. The jars copy the egg's quality, so a gold egg gives ten gold jars and an iridium egg gives ten iridium jars. Because of that, the gain stays the same at every quality, roughly threefold. That makes the Ostrich Egg the only way to produce silver or iridium Mayonnaise. With the Artisan profession, every one of those jars earns two fifths more.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Rancher (+20%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 600g | 720g |
 Silver
|
750g | 900g |
 Gold
|
900g | 1,080g |
 Iridium
|
1,200g | 1,440g |
Uses
In the kitchen, an Ostrich Egg counts as a normal egg for every recipe. One egg cooked into a Fried Egg loses almost all of its worth, so the Mayonnaise Machine is a far better destination.
Ostrich Eggs also count for "Gus' Famous Omelet" on the Special Orders board.
At the Sewing Machine, an Ostrich Egg makes the Warrior Helmet.
Gifts
Leo, who lives on Ginger Island, loves an Ostrich Egg. It also earns a warm reaction from Alex, Demetrius, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Marnie, Pierre, Sam and Shane. Sebastian hates it, as he does every egg except the Void Egg.
These villagers love receiving Ostrich Egg as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Leo | 
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Notes
Over a week, one ostrich produces more Mayonnaise than a chicken does. A hen lays seven eggs in that time, while the ostrich's single egg makes ten jars.
Once an ostrich eats a Golden Animal Cracker, its weekly output doubles for good. Two eggs a week keep a Mayonnaise Machine stocked with a stack of twenty jars.
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 |