Rusty Cog
| Rusty Cog | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Mountain (4%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 25g |
The Rusty Cog is one of the easier artifacts to add to the museum. Artifact Spots on The Mountain hold it, and digging the soil patches inside The Mines and the Skull Cavern can turn it up too. Fishing Treasure Chests, Artifact Troves and a well-loved pet dog add more chances. It sells for very little, so its real value is the museum slot and its use in tailoring. Spares make the Circuitboard Shirt at the Sewing Machine and work as an orange dye in the dye pots.
The in-game description reads: A well preserved cog that must have been part of some ancient machine. This could be dwarven technology.
Location
On open ground, small wriggling patches mark Artifact Spots. They only open to a Hoe, which always finds an item in them. Whatever a spot holds stays fixed until the next day, reload or not. Spots show up much more often in Winter.
The Mountain is the only outdoor area whose spots hold the Rusty Cog, and it gives a fair chance there. The Volcano Dungeon's Forge offers the Archaeologist enchantment for a Hoe, and it doubles the artifact chance per spot. Using a Treasure Totem on The Mountain creates a ring of new spots drawing on the same list.
The Mines and the Skull Cavern have patches of soft ground on some floors. Hoeing those patches can turn up the Rusty Cog along with other buried artifacts. Carrying a Hoe on mining trips makes these patches a free extra roll.
Fishing Treasure Chests sometimes appear while a fish is being reeled in, and the Rusty Cog is one of their possible contents. Treasure Hunter tackle raises the chest chance a little and stops the fish getting away while the chest is collected.
Artifact Troves can hold one as well. The Desert Trader in the Calico Desert trades one trove for five Omni Geodes, and breaking it open gives one item from a list made up mostly of artifacts.
A dog that has reached full friendship sometimes drops a gift after its first daily pat. The chance is one in five each day, and the Rusty Cog is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
Gunther takes one of each artifact at the Museum & Library in Pelican Town, and a single Rusty Cog fills its slot. Donating the first Rusty Cog adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count. That count unlocks Gunther's milestone rewards, so even a cheap find like the cog moves the collection closer to the next prize.
Prices
The Rusty Cog sells for one of the lowest prices of any artifact. It shares that price with the Rusty Spoon and the Rusty Spur. Only the Dwarf Scrolls, the Ancient Seed and the Glass Shards sell for less. After the power book Treasure Appraisal Guide is read, every artifact sells for three times its price. Even tripled, the cog's price stays small.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Rusty Cog, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship, so cheap spares like the cog are an easy way to build hearts with both.
Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike the Rusty Cog. The same goes for Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for Jas, Leo and Vincent. The older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike it too. So do the marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Handing it to any of them lowers friendship.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Rusty Cog on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Circuitboard Shirt.
The dye pots stand in Emily and Haley's house at 2 Willow Lane. The Rusty Cog counts as an orange dye there, so a spare cog can help colour a favourite outfit.
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 |