Prehistoric Tibia
| Prehistoric Tibia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Railroad (4-8% [1]); Cindersap Forest (0.6%) |
| Monster Drops | Pepper Rex (30%) |
| Other Locations | Bone Node (0.8%) |
| Museum Reward | Sloth Skeleton R |
| Sell Price | 100g |
The Prehistoric Tibia is one of the bones behind the museum's Sloth Skeleton. Donating it with the Skeletal Tail earns Sloth Skeleton R, one of the three pieces of the set. The Railroad is the best place to dig for it, with the odds climbing in Summer and Fall. Pepper Rexes in the Skull Cavern drop it often, which makes them the surest way to get one. Spare copies count toward Gunther's Fragments of the Past order, feed the Bone Mill and make the Hair Bone at the Sewing Machine.
Location
The tibia comes out of Artifact Spots, the small wriggling patches on open ground. Digging them takes a Hoe, and each dig gives some item. A spot keeps the same item for the whole day, so reloading is pointless. Many more spots appear during Winter.
The Railroad gives the tibia a good chance. That chance comes from a second roll that is strongest in Summer and Fall, a little weaker in Spring and only half as strong in Winter. Cindersap Forest has a much smaller chance. Enchanting a Hoe with Archaeologist at the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon doubles the chance of an artifact from every spot. A Treasure Totem used at the Railroad spawns a ring of fresh spots that draw from the same list.
Pepper Rexes are the most reliable way to get one. These monsters live in the Skull Cavern in the Calico Desert. Most of them gather on Prehistoric Floors, and ordinary floors only rarely have one. Each one has a high chance to drop a Prehistoric Tibia, and the same high chance for a Prehistoric Rib or a Prehistoric Vertebra. One crowded Prehistoric Floor can give all three bones in a single trip.
On Ginger Island, the Bone Nodes at the Dig Site have a small chance to hold a tibia when broken with a Pickaxe. The first pat of the day can make a fully befriended pet dog leave a gift. The chance is one in five each day, and the Prehistoric Tibia is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
At the Museum & Library in Pelican Town, Gunther accepts a single copy of every artifact, so one tibia is enough. Donating the first Prehistoric Tibia adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count toward Gunther's milestone rewards.
Sloth Skeleton R needs the Prehistoric Tibia and the Skeletal Tail. Once both are donated, Gunther hands over the piece as furniture for the farmhouse. The tibia is the easier half to find. The Skeletal Tail turns up in Fishing Treasure Chests, in the soil of The Mines and the Skull Cavern, in Bone Nodes and as a dog gift. Each of these is a slow route, so the tail usually decides when this piece is finished. The other two pieces need different bones. The Prehistoric Skull, the Prehistoric Scapula and the Skeletal Hand make up Sloth Skeleton L, while the Prehistoric Rib and the Prehistoric Vertebra make up Sloth Skeleton M.
Fragments of the Past, Gunther's special order, sets a target of a hundred bone items within a week. Each Prehistoric Tibia found during the order moves the count up by one. Bones collected earlier stay out of the total. When the order is done, it pays 3,500g and the Bone Mill recipe is mailed over.
Prices
The Prehistoric Tibia sells for the same price as most of the prehistoric bones, and for twice as much as a Trilobite. Reading the power book called the Treasure Appraisal Guide makes the tibia, like every artifact, sell for triple.
A Bone Mill offers another use for spares. Loading one tibia 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. Tibias from a Pepper Rex hunt can keep the farm supplied with fertiliser.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Prehistoric Tibia, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship with both.
The children Jas, Leo and Vincent count the Prehistoric Tibia as a disliked gift. The same goes for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. The marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike it as well, as do the older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Every one of those gifts costs some friendship.
Notes
Putting a Prehistoric Tibia on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Hair Bone. Most of the other sloth bones make the Skeleton Shirt, so the tibia is the bone to keep for this piece.
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 |