Treasure Totem
| Treasure Totem | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Foraging Mastery |
| Sell Price | 20g |
The Treasure Totem calls up a ring of Artifact Spots around the farmer. Raised over open, diggable ground, it surrounds the farmer with a circle of the wriggling spots that usually turn up only one or two at a time. Digging them all with the Hoe can give artifacts for the Museum, Clay, ore and other treasure from that area. The recipe comes with Foraging Mastery, and each totem is used up when it is raised. It is the fastest way to hunt for a missing artifact in the place where it is known to appear.
Recipe
Claiming Foraging Mastery teaches the recipe. Masteries become available once every skill is at level 10, and the extra experience after that fills a mastery bar instead. A full bar gives a point to spend at the Mastery Cave, the hidden door in Cindersap Forest.
Each totem needs Hardwood, Moss and one Mystic Syrup. Hardwood comes from Large Stumps and Large Logs once the Axe is upgraded. Moss grows on the trunks of mature trees and is scraped off with the Scythe. Green rain is the best time to collect it, since it leaves moss on trees all over the valley. Mystic Syrup is the slow part. It only comes from a Tapper on a Mystic Tree, and each tapped tree fills about once a week.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood | 
|
5 |
| Mystic Syrup | 
|
1 |
| Moss | 
|
10 |
Use
The totem is used like any other item: selecting it and using it lifts it overhead, and the spots appear at once. The ring forms on the ground around the farmer, so the totem needs a wide patch of open ground that can be dug. Anything standing on one of the ring's tiles, such as a rock, a bush or a placed item, stops a spot from appearing there.
Each spot is then dug up with the Hoe. What comes out depends on where the totem was used, just like any natural Artifact Spot in that area. Common results are Clay, Stone and ore. Artifacts turn up too, with each area offering its own set.
Notes
The totem pays off most when a particular artifact is still missing from the Museum. Using it where that artifact is known to appear multiplies the chances of finding it in one go. The Beach can give the Ornamental Fan, Cindersap Forest and the Mountain can give the Ancient Sword, and the Calico Desert holds the Golden Mask and the Golden Relic. On Ginger Island, the totem works for the Snake Skull and other island fossils that the Island Field Office wants.
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