Prehistoric Rib
| Prehistoric Rib | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | Pelican Town (2.2-4% [1]); The Farm (0.8%) |
| Monster Drops | Pepper Rex (30%) |
| Other Locations | Bone Node (0.8%) |
| Museum Reward | Sloth Skeleton M |
| Sell Price | 100g |
The Prehistoric Rib is one of the bones that build the Sloth Skeleton in the museum. Donating it together with the Prehistoric Vertebra earns Sloth Skeleton M, one of the three pieces of the set. Artifact Spots in Pelican Town and on The Farm can hold it, but the surest way is to hunt Pepper Rexes in the Skull Cavern. Bone Nodes on Ginger Island and a well-loved pet dog add small extra chances. Spare ribs count toward Gunther's Fragments of the Past order, feed the Bone Mill, and make the Skeleton Shirt at the Sewing Machine.
The in-game description reads: Little gouge marks on the side suggest that this rib was someone's dinner.
Location
Wriggling worms on open ground mark an Artifact Spot. Hitting one with a Hoe always gives an item, while other tools do nothing to it. Each spot's item is decided for the day, and a reload keeps the same result. In Winter, spots become much more common.
Pelican Town is the better of the two digging areas. Its chance rises in Summer and Fall and dips in Spring and Winter. The Farm has only a small chance. A Hoe with the Archaeologist enchantment from the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon doubles the chance of an artifact in each spot.
Pepper Rexes are the most reliable way to get a rib. These monsters live in the Skull Cavern in the Calico Desert. They gather on Prehistoric Floors and only rarely appear on ordinary floors. Each one has a high chance to drop a Prehistoric Rib, and the same high chance for a Prehistoric Tibia or a Prehistoric Vertebra. A busy Prehistoric Floor can turn up all three bones in one trip.
On Ginger Island, the Bone Nodes at the Dig Site have a small chance to hold a rib when broken with a Pickaxe. A pet dog at full friendship sometimes leaves a gift after its first pat of the day. The chance is one in five each day, and the Prehistoric Rib is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
The Museum & Library in Pelican Town is Gunther's, and he takes a single Prehistoric Rib for the collection. Donating the first Prehistoric Rib adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count toward Gunther's milestone rewards.
Once both the Prehistoric Rib and the Prehistoric Vertebra are donated, Gunther hands over Sloth Skeleton M. It is a piece of furniture that can be placed in the farmhouse. Sloth Skeleton L comes from the Prehistoric Skull, the Prehistoric Scapula and the Skeletal Hand. Sloth Skeleton R comes from the Prehistoric Tibia and the Skeletal Tail. Donating every bone in the set completes the full skeleton.
Gunther's Fragments of the Past special order asks for a hundred bone items within a week. The Prehistoric Rib counts toward that total. Only bones found after the order is accepted are counted. Finishing the order pays 3,500g, and the Bone Mill recipe arrives by mail.
Prices
The Prehistoric Rib sells for the same price as most of the prehistoric bones, and for twice as much as a Trilobite. Reading the Treasure Appraisal Guide, a power book, triples the sale price of every artifact.
A Bone Mill offers another use for spares. Loading one rib into the mill gives a random batch of Quality Fertilizer, Speed-Gro, Deluxe Speed-Gro or Tree Fertilizer. Each batch has a small chance to come out doubled. Ribs from a Pepper Rex hunt can keep the farm supplied with fertiliser.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Prehistoric Rib, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship with both.
The Prehistoric Rib is a poor gift for the marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. The older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam also dislike it. Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy dislike it as well. The same goes for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard, and for Jas, Leo and Vincent. Each of those gifts lowers friendship.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Prehistoric Rib on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Skeleton Shirt. With a dyeable piece of clothing in the feed instead, the rib works as a white dye.
The Prehistoric Scapula, the Prehistoric Vertebra, the Skeletal Hand and the Skeletal Tail make the same Skeleton Shirt. Any spare bone from the set can therefore cover the shirt.
All Artifacts
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Amphibian Fossil | 
|
150g |
| Anchor | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Doll | 
|
60g |
| Ancient Drum | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Seed | 
|
5g |
| Ancient Sword | 
|
100g |
| Arrowhead | 
|
40g |
| Bone Flute | 
|
100g |
| Chewing Stick | 
|
50g |
| Chicken Statue | 
|
50g |
| Chipped Amphora | 
|
40g |
| Dried Starfish | 
|
40g |
| Dwarf Gadget | 
|
200g |
| Dwarf Scroll I | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll II | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll III | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll IV | 
|
1g |
| Dwarvish Helm | 
|
100g |
| Elvish Jewelry | 
|
200g |
| Glass Shards | 
|
20g |
| Golden Mask | 
|
500g |
| Golden Relic | 
|
250g |
| Nautilus Fossil | 
|
80g |
| Ornamental Fan | 
|
300g |
| Palm Fossil | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Handaxe | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Rib | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Scapula | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Skull | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tibia | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tool | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Vertebra | 
|
100g |
| Rare Disc | 
|
300g |
| Rusty Cog | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spoon | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spur | 
|
25g |
| Skeletal Hand | 
|
100g |
| Skeletal Tail | 
|
100g |
| Strange Doll (green) | 
|
1000g |
| Strange Doll (yellow) | 
|
1000g |
| Trilobite | 
|
50g |