Strange Doll (yellow)
| Strange Doll (yellow) | |
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| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Farm (0.08%); The Bus Stop (0.07%); Pelican Town (0.07%); The Beach (0.06%); Cindersap Forest (0.06%); The Mountain (0.06%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) Tilling in The Mines or Skull Cavern (0.03%) Secret Note #18 |
| Sell Price | 1000g |
The yellow Strange Doll is the twin of the green one: just as rare, just as valuable, and a separate slot in the museum collection. Artifact Spots, Fishing Treasure Chests and soil patches in the mines all give it, but only at tiny odds. The reliable route is Secret Note #18, which points to a buried doll in the Calico Desert. Jas loves it, so a spare is one of her best gifts. Spares also make the Bobo Shirt at the Sewing Machine and work as a yellow dye.
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Location
Secret Note #18 is the way to get one on purpose. The A Winter Mystery quest gives the Magnifying Glass, and Secret Notes start to appear only after it has been found. From then on, everyday jobs like fighting monsters start to turn up notes. The spot from Note #18 lies in the Calico Desert, to the south-west of the bench in the south-east part of the map. Digging there with a Hoe gives the yellow doll.
Reaching the desert takes the bus at the Bus Stop. The bus is repaired by finishing the Vault bundles at the Community Center. Until then, the note cannot be solved, so it is worth keeping in mind for the first desert trip.
Artifact Spots across the valley can hold the doll too. Spots on the Farm, at the Bus Stop, in Pelican Town, on The Beach, in Cindersap Forest and on The Mountain can all hold it, though each chance is a tiny fraction of a percent. A Hoe enchanted with Archaeologist at the Volcano Dungeon Forge doubles every spot's chance of giving an artifact.
A Fishing Treasure Chest has slightly better odds of holding the doll than any single spot. They sometimes appear while a fish is being reeled in. Hoeing or bombing the soil patches in The Mines and the Skull Cavern gives the lowest odds of all.
Museum
The yellow doll can be donated once to Gunther, who runs the Museum & Library in Pelican Town and takes one of each artifact. Donating the first yellow Strange Doll adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count toward Gunther's milestone rewards. The green doll is a separate artifact, so the collection needs both. Solving Secret Notes #17 and #18 is the simplest way to fill the pair.
Prices
The Strange Dolls sell for more than any other artifact. A yellow doll fetches twice the price of a Golden Mask. Once the power book Treasure Appraisal Guide is read, every artifact sells for triple, so a spare yellow doll earns even more. The first yellow doll should still go to the museum, since a second one can take a very long time to turn up.
Gifts
Jas loves the yellow Strange Doll. Loved gifts raise friendship the most, which puts a spare yellow doll among the best presents for her. The Ancient Doll and the green Strange Doll are among her other loved gifts.
Penny and the Dwarf like it, as they like every artifact.
Leo and Vincent dislike the yellow Strange Doll. The same goes for Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard, and for Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy dislike it as well, as do Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Handing it to any of them lowers friendship.
These villagers love receiving Strange Doll (yellow) as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
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| Jas | 
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Notes
Putting Cloth in the feed and a yellow Strange Doll on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Bobo Shirt. The dye pots stand in Emily and Haley's house at 2 Willow Lane, and the doll counts as a yellow dye there.
ConcernedApe, who created the game, also drew the webcomic Wumbus World, and both Strange Dolls look like its characters.
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 |