Prehistoric Tool
| Prehistoric Tool | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | Bus Stop (3%); Cindersap Forest (2.1%); The Mountain (2%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 50g |
The Prehistoric Tool is one of the steady, common finds of the museum collection. It turns up in Artifact Spots at the Bus Stop, in Cindersap Forest and on The Mountain. Fishing Treasure Chests and Artifact Troves can hold one too, so anglers and trove buyers find it as well. Its main job is filling a museum slot, which moves Gunther's donation count toward his next reward. Spare tools make the Caveman Shirt at the Sewing Machine, and the Dwarf and Penny both like one as a gift.
The in-game description reads: Some kind of gnarly old digging tool.
Location
Small patches of wriggling worms in open ground mark the Artifact Spots. A Hoe always pulls an item out of them, and no other tool can. The item is locked in for the day, so a reload gives the same find. Spots are much more frequent in Winter.
The Bus Stop gives the Prehistoric Tool its best odds. Cindersap Forest and The Mountain come close behind. The same three areas also hold the Prehistoric Handaxe, so digging there works toward both at once. An Archaeologist Hoe, enchanted at the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon, makes each spot twice as likely to give an artifact. A Treasure Totem places a fresh ring of Artifact Spots around the farmer, and every spot rolls on the list for that area.
Fishing Treasure Chests sometimes appear while a fish is being reeled in. A Prehistoric Tool is one of their possible contents. The Treasure Hunter tackle raises the chance of a chest a little and stops the fish from escaping while the chest is collected.
Artifact Troves are another way in. One trove costs five Omni Geodes at the Desert Trader in the Calico Desert. Breaking a trove open gives one item from a list made up mostly of artifacts, and the Prehistoric Tool is one of them.
Museum
Gunther keeps the Museum & Library in Pelican Town, and his collection has room for one Prehistoric Tool. Donating the first Prehistoric Tool adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count. That count unlocks Gunther's milestone rewards, so an easy find like this one is a quick early step toward the next prize. Only one can be donated, so every later Prehistoric Tool is free to sell, give away or use for tailoring.
Prices
The Prehistoric Tool sells for half as much as most of the prehistoric bones. It matches the Prehistoric Handaxe and the Trilobite. A spare copy is small change at the shipping bin. Once the Treasure Appraisal Guide power book is read, every artifact sells for three times as much, so spare tools become a little more worth shipping.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Prehistoric Tool, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship, so spare copies are a cheap way to build hearts with both.
Among those who dislike the Prehistoric Tool are the children Jas, Leo and Vincent. Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it too, and so do the bachelors and bachelorettes 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 share that view, and so do the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. Each of those gifts lowers friendship.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Prehistoric Tool on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Caveman Shirt. The Prehistoric Handaxe makes the same shirt, so whichever of the pair turns up twice first can cover it.
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 |