Prehistoric Skull
| Prehistoric Skull | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Mountain (0.6% + 3-6% [1]) |
| Monster Drops | Haunted Skull (1.3%) |
| Other Locations | Bone Node (0.8%) |
| Museum Reward | Sloth Skeleton L |
| Sell Price | 100g |
The Prehistoric Skull is one of the bones behind the museum's Sloth Skeleton. Donating it with the Prehistoric Scapula and the Skeletal Hand earns Sloth Skeleton L, one of the three pieces of the set. The Mountain is the place to dig for it, and its odds there climb in Summer and Fall. Haunted Skulls in the Quarry Mine, Bone Nodes on Ginger Island and a well-loved pet dog offer smaller chances. Spare skulls count toward Gunther's Fragments of the Past order, feed the Bone Mill and make the Skull Shirt at the Sewing Machine.
The in-game description reads: This is definitely a mammalian skull.
Location
Patches of wriggling worms on open ground are Artifact Spots. Every one gives an item when dug with a Hoe, the only tool that works on them. Reloading the game cannot reroll a spot, because its item is fixed for that day. Winter is the season with the most spots.
The Mountain rolls for the skull twice. The first roll is small and steady all year. The second roll is much larger and is strongest in Summer and Fall, a little weaker in Spring and only half as strong in Winter. Digging every mountain spot in the warm seasons is the quickest route to a skull. The Forge in the Volcano Dungeon can give a Hoe the Archaeologist enchantment, and every spot dug with it is twice as likely to give an artifact. A Treasure Totem used on The Mountain spawns a ring of fresh spots that draw from the same list.
Haunted Skulls are monsters found in the Quarry Mine. The Quarry lies past a broken bridge. Finishing the Crafts Room bundles at the Community Center repairs the bridge and opens the Quarry Mine. Each Haunted Skull has a small chance to drop a Prehistoric Skull. The same monsters can drop a Skeletal Hand, so a long fight in the Quarry Mine can work toward two pieces of Sloth Skeleton L at once.
On Ginger Island, the Bone Nodes at the Dig Site have a small chance to hold a skull when broken with a Pickaxe. Once a pet dog reaches full friendship, its first pat of the day can produce a gift. The chance is one in five each day, and the Prehistoric Skull is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
Only one Prehistoric Skull can go to Gunther, who looks after the Museum & Library in Pelican Town. Donating the first Prehistoric Skull adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count toward Gunther's milestone rewards.
Three bones form Sloth Skeleton L: the Prehistoric Skull, the Prehistoric Scapula and the Skeletal Hand. With all three in the museum, Gunther gives the finished piece as farmhouse furniture. Donating the Prehistoric Rib and the Prehistoric Vertebra earns Sloth Skeleton M. The Prehistoric Tibia and the Skeletal Tail complete Sloth Skeleton R.
Gunther can post Fragments of the Past, a special order for a hundred bone items within one week. A Prehistoric Skull adds to that total like any other bone. The count starts only once the order has been accepted. The reward is 3,500g plus the Bone Mill recipe, delivered by mail.
Prices
The Prehistoric Skull sells for the same price as most of the prehistoric bones, and for twice as much as a Trilobite. Once the power book Treasure Appraisal Guide has been read, the skull and every other artifact sell for three times as much.
A Bone Mill offers another use for spares. Loading one skull 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.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Prehistoric Skull, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship with both.
The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane count the Prehistoric Skull as a disliked gift. The same goes for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard, and for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The children Jas, Leo and Vincent dislike it as well, as do the older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Handing it to any of them lowers friendship.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Prehistoric Skull on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Skull Shirt. Most of the other sloth bones make the Skeleton Shirt instead, so the skull is the one to keep for this design. With a dyeable piece of clothing in the feed, the skull works as a white dye.
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 |