Rusty Spur
| Rusty Spur | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Farm (10%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Artifact Trove (3.6%) |
| Sell Price | 25g |
The Rusty Spur is the farm's own artifact. Artifact Spots on The Farm hold it more often than any other artifact, so it is an easy early donation to the museum. Soil patches in The Mines and the Skull Cavern, Fishing Treasure Chests, Artifact Troves and a well-loved pet dog can turn it up too. It sells for very little, so its value lies in the museum slot, gifts and tailoring. Spares make the dyeable Cowboy Poncho at the Sewing Machine.
The in-game description reads: An old spur that was once attached to a cowboy's boot. People must have been raising animals in this area for many generations.
Location
Artifact Spots are the wriggling patches that appear on open ground. A Hoe digs them and always finds something, and it is the only tool that can. Each spot's item is set for that day and survives a reload. Spots are far more common in Winter than in other seasons.
The Farm gives the Rusty Spur one of the best spot chances of any artifact. Checking the farm for spots each morning is the easiest way to find one. The Chicken Statue comes from farm spots too, and digging there works toward both. With the Archaeologist enchantment from the Forge in the Volcano Dungeon, a Hoe doubles the artifact chance at every spot it digs.
Patches of soft ground lie on some floors of The Mines and the Skull Cavern. Hoeing those patches can turn up the Rusty Spur along with other buried artifacts.
Fishing Treasure Chests sometimes appear while a fish is being reeled in, and the Rusty Spur is one of their possible contents. Artifact Troves can hold one as well. At the Desert Trader in the Calico Desert, a trove costs five Omni Geodes, and cracking it gives one item drawn from a list made up mostly of artifacts.
The farm dog, once at full friendship, sometimes leaves a gift following the first pat of the day. The chance is one in five each day, and the Rusty Spur is one of the rare gifts in that pool.
Museum
The spur has one place in the Museum & Library in Pelican Town, where Gunther accepts a single copy of each artifact. Donating the first Rusty Spur adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count. That count unlocks Gunther's milestone rewards. Because the spur turns up so readily on the farm, it is an easy early step toward the first prizes.
Prices
The Rusty Spur sells for one of the lowest prices of any artifact. It shares that price with the Rusty Cog and the Rusty Spoon. Spare spurs sell for three times as much after the Treasure Appraisal Guide, a power book, has been read. Even tripled, the spur's price stays small.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Rusty Spur, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship. Spares from the farm are an easy, free way to build hearts with both.
The Rusty Spur is a poor gift for the children Jas, Leo and Vincent. The same goes for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard, and for the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy also dislike it. So do the older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Each of those gifts lowers friendship.
Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Rusty Spur on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Cowboy Poncho. The poncho is dyeable, so it can be recoloured afterwards.
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 |