Thunder Egg
| Thunder Egg | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Mineral |
| Location | Geode; Omni Geode |
| Sell Price | 100g |
The Thunder Egg is a geode mineral found in plain Geodes and Omni Geodes. It is one of the better finds inside a plain Geode, worth twice as much as the unopened stone. That makes it one of the plain-Geode minerals that turns a profit after Clint's fee. Its first copy fills a slot in Gunther's museum collection. At the Sewing Machine it makes a Shirt, and it gives a purple dye at the dye pots in 2 Willow Lane. The Wizard likes it, while every other villager dislikes it.
The in-game description reads: According to legend, angry thunder spirits would throw these stones at one another.
Location
Plain Geodes are the usual way to find a Thunder Egg, at about one chance in thirty-two per Geode. Omni Geodes can hold one too, though their odds are about three times lower because they cover every geode mineral.
Rocks on floors 1 to 39 of The Mines drop them most often, and rocks on the Farm and around the valley drop them as well. Duggies drop them about a quarter of the time. Fishing Treasure Chests, the Garbage Can beside the museum and a full Stonefish Fish Pond can supply more. Geode Nodes can show up in the small quarry on the Hill-top Farm and the Four Corners Farm.
Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. Clint's Cave Patrol special order rewards the recipe for a Geode Crusher, which cracks geodes at home. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged. The Excavator profession at Mining level 10 doubles the chance of finding geodes, which speeds up the hunt for any single mineral.
Prices
A Thunder Egg sells for twice the price of an unopened Geode. After Clint's fee, opening a Geode that holds one still leaves a clear gain over selling the Geode as it is. Among plain-Geode minerals, only a handful such as Alamite, Jamborite and Celestine are worth more. The Gemologist profession, available at Mining level 10, makes a Thunder Egg worth thirty percent more.
A Crystalarium copies a Thunder Egg in about three and a half days, the same as other geode minerals. That earns only around 30g a day. Gems such as Rubies, or high-value minerals such as Star Shards, are a far better use of the machine.
Uses
Donating the first Thunder Egg to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Each new mineral counts for Gunther's milestone rewards, and a free Crystalarium comes at fifty.
Putting a Thunder Egg and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes a Shirt. A Thunder Egg also fits the purple dye pot at Emily and Haley's house at 2 Willow Lane.
Gifts
The Wizard likes Thunder Eggs.
The Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy dislike Thunder Egg. Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam also dislike them. The same goes for the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy, and for the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Jas, Leo and Vincent dislike them too. A disliked gift costs friendship, so a spare Thunder Egg should go to the Wizard or be sold.
Notes
Plain Geodes have other uses worth keeping a few for. A Sunfish pond can ask for two in the quest that raises its limit from three fish to five. A Stonefish pond can ask for five at a later stage. The Raccoon at the Giant Stump can ask for a stack of them from his fifth request onward. Once those are covered, the rest can be cracked in search of Thunder Eggs and the other minerals for the museum.
All Geode Minerals
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aerinite | 
|
125g |
| Alamite | 
|
150g |
| Baryte | 
|
50g |
| Basalt | 
|
175g |
| Bixite | 
|
300g |
| Calcite | 
|
75g |
| Celestine | 
|
125g |
| Dolomite | 
|
300g |
| Esperite | 
|
100g |
| Fairy Stone | 
|
250g |
| Fire Opal | 
|
350g |
| Fluorapatite | 
|
200g |
| Geminite | 
|
150g |
| Ghost Crystal | 
|
200g |
| Granite | 
|
75g |
| Helvite | 
|
450g |
| Hematite | 
|
150g |
| Jagoite | 
|
115g |
| Jamborite | 
|
150g |
| Jasper | 
|
150g |
| Kyanite | 
|
250g |
| Lemon Stone | 
|
200g |
| Limestone | 
|
15g |
| Lunarite | 
|
200g |
| Malachite | 
|
100g |
| Marble | 
|
110g |
| Mudstone | 
|
25g |
| Nekoite | 
|
80g |
| Neptunite | 
|
400g |
| Obsidian | 
|
200g |
| Ocean Stone | 
|
220g |
| Opal | 
|
150g |
| Orpiment | 
|
80g |
| Petrified Slime | 
|
120g |
| Pyrite | 
|
120g |
| Sandstone | 
|
60g |
| Slate | 
|
85g |
| Soapstone | 
|
120g |
| Star Shards | 
|
500g |
| Thunder Egg | 
|
100g |
| Tigerseye | 
|
275g |