Tigerseye
| Tigerseye | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Mineral |
| Location | Magma Geode; Omni Geode |
| Sell Price | 275g |
Tigerseye is a geode mineral found inside Magma Geodes and Omni Geodes. It sells for more than a Ruby, which puts it among the better prizes a Magma Geode can hold. Its biggest claim to fame is Sam: he loves it, and he is the only villager who does. Everyone else in town except the Wizard dislikes it. At the Sewing Machine it makes the Dark Striped Shirt, and it gives an orange dye at the dye pots.
The in-game description reads: A stripe of shimmering gold gives this gem a warm luster.
Location
Magma Geodes are the main way to find Tigerseye, at about one chance in twenty-six per geode. Omni Geodes can hold it too, though their odds are about three times lower because they spread them across every geode mineral.
Rocks on floors 81 to 119 of The Mines drop Magma Geodes. More come from crates and barrels in the Skull Cavern and from Fishing Treasure Chests. A Lava Eel Fish Pond with nine or more fish can produce several at once. The small quarry on the Hill-top Farm and the Four Corners Farm can spawn Magma Geode Nodes.
Below floor 20 of The Mines, and throughout the Skull Cavern, rocks can drop Omni Geodes. Panning can also turn them up. Krobus sells one on Tuesdays, and the Oasis sells them on Wednesdays.
Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. Completing his Cave Patrol special order unlocks the Geode Crusher recipe, a machine that opens geodes at home. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged. With Excavator, a Mining level 10 profession, geodes turn up twice as often.
Prices
Tigerseye is worth nearly twice as much as the Magma Geode it comes from. Picking Gemologist at Mining level 10 adds a further thirty percent to the Tigerseye's price.
A Crystalarium copies Tigerseye in about three and a half days, the same time as every other geode mineral. That earns roughly 80g a day per machine. A Ruby sells for a little less but copies in about two days, so it earns around 120g a day. For a money machine, Rubies and Star Shards are the better choice. A Tigerseye Crystalarium makes sense mainly as a steady supply of gifts for Sam.
Uses
Donating the first Tigerseye to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Gunther tracks mineral donations for his milestone rewards, and fifty of them bring a free Crystalarium.
Putting Tigerseye and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the dyeable Dark Striped Shirt. Tigerseye also fits the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house at 2 Willow Lane.
Gifts
Sam loves Tigerseye. The Wizard likes it.
Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent and Willy dislike it.
A loved gift gives far more friendship than a liked one, and a birthday multiplies it again. Sam is a marriage candidate, so a stock of Tigerseye is one of the most reliable ways to raise his hearts. Gifts are limited to two a week per villager. A single Tigerseye Crystalarium makes a copy about every three and a half days, which matches that limit almost exactly.
These villagers love receiving Tigerseye as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Sam | 
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Notes
Keep the first Tigerseye for the museum and the next few for Sam. Selling the rest is fine, but a disliked gift costs friendship, so it should never go to anyone but Sam or the Wizard.
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 |