The Diamond Hunter

The Diamond Hunter
Type	Book
Location	Volcano Dungeon
Sell Price	1000g

The Diamond Hunter costs ten Diamonds and then starts handing them back. The Dwarf who keeps shop part way up the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island is the only one who stocks it, and he wants gems rather than gold. Reading it gives every stone in the game a small chance to drop a Diamond when it is broken with a pickaxe, which is the important word: not just the stones deep in the mines, but the ones on the farm, in the Quarry and anywhere else rock appears. Taking Geologist at the top of the mining tree then gives half of those Diamonds a twin. It is the one power book that genuinely pays for itself, and a farmer with a Crystalarium will never want for Diamonds again.

The in-game description reads: All stones have a chance to drop a diamond when mined by hand.

Overview

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Diamonds were always the fussy gem. An old journal left in the library records that they only start forming below the fiftieth floor of the mine, and even there only about one stone in five hundred holds one, with the odds improving very slowly with depth. That is why Diamonds are worth what they are, and why the Crystalarium, the machine that copies a gem placed inside it, is usually set to Diamonds and left alone for years.

This book rewrites that geography. After it has been read, any stone struck with a pickaxe can produce a Diamond, with no floor requirement and no depth bonus. The chance per stone is under one in a hundred, which means a casual morning clearing rubble off the farm will not make anyone rich, but a Skull Cavern run that breaks several hundred stones will usually come home with one or two. Mining Mastery, which boosts other kinds of gem drop, leaves this one alone, so the book's chance is the whole of the effect.

Geologist is the profession that pairs with it. Chosen at the top of the mining tree, it gives half of the Diamonds this power produces a second stone alongside the first, which roughly doubles the long-run yield for anyone who took that branch.

Getting to the seller is a project in itself. The Volcano Dungeon sits on the north side of Ginger Island, which means the boat at Willy's back room has to be repaired first, and the Dwarf keeps his stall several floors up inside it. He is the same Dwarf who lives beside the mine entrance back in the valley, and he still speaks nothing but Dwarvish until the Dwarvish Translation Guide has been earned by handing every Dwarf Scroll to Gunther. Ten Diamonds is a steep opening price, which is why most farmers wait until a Crystalarium or two has been running for a while.

The first reading takes the power and the book with it, and the power then sits on the Special Items and Powers tab. Each later copy gives a hundred points of mining experience, so a farmer who feels flush can keep trading Diamonds for levels.

Notes

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Penny loves the gift, Elliott likes it, and Alex dislikes it. Given what a copy costs in gems, giving one away is an expensive way to make a friend.

For dyeing, the book reads blue in the pots at Emily and Haley's house on 2 Willow Lane, and cyan through the spool of the Sewing Machine with a dyeable garment in the feed.

All Books

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Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Animal Catalogue		2000g
Bait And Bobber		500g
Book Of Stars		2500g
Book of Mysteries		3000g
Combat Quarterly		500g
Dwarvish Safety Manual		1000g
Friendship 101		3000g
Horse: The Book		1000g
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Thick		500g
Jewels Of The Sea		800g
Mapping Cave Systems		4000g
Mining Monthly		500g
Monster Compendium		2000g
Ol' Slitherlegs		1000g
Price Catalogue		1000g
Queen Of Sauce Cookbook		10000g
Raccoon Journal		1000g
Stardew Valley Almanac		500g
The Alleyway Buffet		3000g
The Art O' Crabbing		1000g
The Diamond Hunter		1000g
Treasure Appraisal Guide		500g
Way Of The Wind pt. 1		5000g
Way Of The Wind pt. 2		10000g
Woodcutter's Weekly		500g
Woody's Secret		500g