Trilobite
| Trilobite | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Beach (1.7% + 2.3-5% [1]); Cindersap Forest (1.9%); The Mountain (1.8%) |
| Other Locations | Bone Node (0.8%) |
| Sell Price | 50g |
The Trilobite is a small fossil and one of the friendlier finds for a new museum collection. Artifact Spots on The Beach give it most often, with the odds there climbing in Summer and Fall. Cindersap Forest and The Mountain hold it too, at similar steady chances. On Ginger Island, Bone Nodes at the Dig Site can give one as well. Spares count as bone items for Gunther's Fragments of the Past order, feed the Bone Mill and make the Excavator Shirt at the Sewing Machine.
The in-game description reads: A long extinct relative of the crab.
Location
Artifact Spots show up as small patches of wriggling worms on open ground. Only the Hoe works on them, and each dig brings up an item. The spot's item is fixed for the day, so a reload brings the same thing. Winter has far more spots than any other season.
The Beach rolls for the Trilobite twice. The first roll is a steady chance all year. The second roll adds a larger chance that is strongest in Summer and Fall, a little weaker in Spring and only half as strong in Winter. That makes the beach the best place to dig for it in the warm seasons. Cindersap Forest and The Mountain each give a steady chance close to the beach's first roll.
Forging the Archaeologist enchantment onto a Hoe in the Volcano Dungeon doubles the artifact chance of every spot. Placing a Treasure Totem surrounds the farmer with a ring of new Artifact Spots that use the local list. Using one on The Beach gives several chances at once.
On Ginger Island, the Bone Nodes at the Dig Site have a small chance to hold a Trilobite when broken with a Pickaxe, alongside the usual Bone Fragments.
Museum
Gunther looks after the Museum & Library in Pelican Town and takes a single Trilobite, as with any artifact. Donating the first Trilobite adds it to the artifact collection and raises the donation count. That count unlocks Gunther's milestone rewards, so an easy find like the Trilobite is a quick step toward the next prize.
Fragments of the Past is a special order that Gunther also posts. Over one week it asks for a hundred bone items, and each Trilobite adds one to the tally. Bones count only if they are found after the order has been accepted. The finished order pays 3,500g and brings the Bone Mill recipe in the mail.
Prices
The Trilobite sells for half as much as most of the prehistoric bones. It matches the Prehistoric Handaxe and the Prehistoric Tool. Every artifact, the Trilobite among them, sells for triple once the Treasure Appraisal Guide power book is read.
A Bone Mill offers another use for spares. Loading one Trilobite into the mill gives a random batch of Quality Fertilizer, Speed-Gro, Deluxe Speed-Gro or Tree Fertilizer. Each batch has a small chance to come out doubled. Because the Trilobite sells so cheaply, milling a spare gives up very little.
Gifts
Penny and the Dwarf like the Trilobite, as they like every artifact. A liked gift raises friendship, so spare Trilobites are a cheap way to build hearts with both.
The older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike the Trilobite. Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it too, and so do the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. Jas, Leo and Vincent also dislike it. So do the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Handing it to any of them lowers friendship.
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Trilobite on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Excavator Shirt. The Palm Fossil makes the same shirt.
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 |