Rusty Spoon
| Rusty Spoon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | Pelican Town (4% + 6-11% [1]) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 25g |
The Rusty Spoon is one of the easiest artifacts to find for the museum. Artifact Spots in Pelican Town give it often, especially in Summer and Fall. Soil patches in The Mines and the Skull Cavern, Fishing Treasure Chests, Artifact Troves and a well-loved pet dog can all turn it up too. It sells for almost nothing, but it fills a museum slot early and shows up in the Raccoon's later requests at the Giant Stump. Spares make the Rusty Shirt at the Sewing Machine.
The in-game description reads: A plain old spoon, probably ten years old. Not very interesting.
Location
The spoon is dug from Artifact Spots, small patches of wriggling worms on open ground. Each one gives an item when hit with a Hoe, and other tools have no effect. The item cannot be changed by reloading, since it is fixed for the day. Winter brings a much higher number of spots.
Pelican Town rolls for the spoon twice. The first roll is already one of the better artifact chances in town. The second roll is larger still and is strongest in Summer and Fall, a little weaker in Spring and only half as strong in Winter. Digging town spots in the warm seasons is the quickest way to find one. For better odds, the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon can put the Archaeologist enchantment on a Hoe, doubling the artifact chance in each spot.
Some floors of The Mines and the Skull Cavern have patches of soft ground. Hoeing those patches can turn up the Rusty Spoon along with other buried artifacts.
Fishing Treasure Chests sometimes appear while a fish is being reeled in, and the Rusty Spoon is one of their possible contents. Artifact Troves can hold one as well. Five Omni Geodes get one trove from the Desert Trader in the Calico Desert, and opening it gives a single item from a list that is mostly artifacts.
Pet dogs at full friendship can leave a gift once the day's first pat is done. The chance is one in five each day, and the Rusty Spoon is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
In Pelican Town, Gunther runs the Museum & Library and accepts each artifact only once, the spoon included. Donating the first Rusty Spoon adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count. That count unlocks Gunther's milestone rewards, so a cheap early find like the spoon still moves the collection toward the next prize.
Prices
The Rusty Spoon sells for one of the lowest prices of any artifact. It shares that price with the Rusty Cog and the Rusty Spur. Artifact prices triple after reading the Treasure Appraisal Guide, which is a power book. Even tripled, the spoon's price stays small, so a spare is better saved for the Raccoon or given as a gift.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Rusty Spoon, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship, so cheap spares like the spoon are an easy way to build hearts with both.
The Rusty Spoon is a poor gift for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard. Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike it too, and so do Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy share that view, and so do Jas, Leo and Vincent. Each of those gifts lowers friendship.
Notes
The Raccoon at the Giant Stump makes a series of requests. His fifth request can ask for one Rusty Spoon, and so can any request from the sixth onwards. Keeping one spare spoon in a chest saves a dig when that request comes up.
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Rusty Spoon on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Rusty Shirt.
Pelican Town spots also hold other artifacts, such as the Chipped Amphora and the Prehistoric Rib. Digging every town spot on the way to the shops works toward several museum slots at once.
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 |