The museum in Stardew Valley is looking a little bare these days. So, guess that means it’s time to go on an adventure. And by adventure, we mean picking up your trusty hoe and searching for artifacts. Stardew Valley features more than 40 artifacts, and as they’re spread across the region, you’ll need to travel to different locations to find them all. You can get them with your hoe, break Bone Nodes for them, defeat Monsters, and more.
All Artifact Locations in Stardew Valley
In most cases, the artifacts in Stardew Valley are welcomed by the museum. However, you can also gift them to Penny or the Dwarf. Additionally, some have specific functions like crafting or quests. You can even sell them, but we recommend you first donate them to the museum.
Thankfully, you can find more than one of each artifact, which means you can donate them the first time and then sell or gift them the next time. Now, the following shows the locations for each artifact in Stardew Valley. Following that, the locations are listed from most likely to least.
| Artifact | Location |
|---|---|
| Amphibian Fossil | -Fishing Chest -Bone Nodes -Mountain -Forest |
| Anchor | -Beach -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest |
| Ancient Doll | -Artifact Trove -Mountain -Bus Stop -Forest -Fishing Chest -Town -Feast of the Winter Star |
| Ancient Drum | -Artifact Trove -Frozen Geode -Omni Geode -Bus Stop -Forest -Town |
| Ancient Seed | -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Forest -Mountain -Monster (Bug | Cave Fly | Grub | Mutant Fly | Mutant Grub) |
| Ancient Sword | -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Forest -Mountain |
| Arrowhead | -Artifact Trove -Bus Stop -Forest -Mountain |
| Bone Flute | -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Forest -Mountain -Town |
| Chewing Stick | -Artifact Trove -Duggy drop -Forest -Mountain -Fishing Chest -Town |
| Chicken Statue | -Farm -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest |
| Chipped Amphora | -Artifact Trove -Trove |
| Dinosaur Egg | -Pepper Rex drop -Fishing Chest -Mountain -Skull Cavern (foraged on prehistoric floors) |
| Dried Starfish | -Beach -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest |
| Dwarf Gadget | -Magma Geode -Artifact Trove -Omni Geode -Tilling in Mines (floor 47-79) |
Stardew Valley Artifact Locations Continued …
| Artifact | Location |
|---|---|
| Dwarf Scroll I | -Blue Slime drop -Dust Sprite drop -Frost Bat drop -Ghost drop -Tilling in Mines (floors 1-39) |
| Dwarf Scroll II | -Artifact Trove -Geode -Omni Geode -Tilling in Mines (floors 1-39) |
| Dwarf Scroll III | -Numerous Monsters (mainly Blue Slime) |
| Dwarf Scroll IV | -Several Monsters (not Carbon Ghost, Haunted Skull, Iridium Bat, Iridium Crab, Serpent, Skeleton, or Wilderness Golem) -Tilling in Mines (floor 80+) |
| Dwarvish Helm | -Artifact Trove -Geode -Omni Geode -Tilling in Mines (floor 1-39) |
| Elvish Jewelry | -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Forest |
| Glass Shards | -Beach -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest |
| Golden Mask | -Artifact Trove -Desert |
| Golden Relic | -Desert -Artifact Trove |
| Nautilus Fossil | -Fishing Chest -Beach -Bone Nodes |
| Ornamental Fan | -Artifact Trove -Beach -Fishing Chest -Forest -Town |
| Palm Fossil | -Desert -Forest -Bone Nodes -Beach |
| Prehistoric Handaxe | -Bus Stop -Artifact Trove -Forest -Mountain |
| Prehistoric Rib | -Pepper Rex drop -Town -Bone Nodes -Farm |
| Prehistoric Scapula | -Forest -Bone Nodes -Town -Skeleton drop |
Artifact Locations Continued …
| Artifact | Location |
|---|---|
| Prehistoric Skull | -Mountain -Haunted Skull drop -Bone Nodes |
| Prehistoric Tibia | -Pepper Rex drop -Railroad -Bone Nodes -Forest |
| Prehistoric Tool | -Artifact Trove -Bus Stop -Forest -Mountain -Fishing Chest |
| Prehistoric Vertebra | -Pepper Rex drop -Bus Stop -Bone Nodes |
| Rare Disc | -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Shadow Brute | Shadow Shaman | Spider drops -Bats drop (not Iridium Bat) |
| Rusty Cog | -Mountain -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) |
| Rusty Spoon | -Town -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) |
| Rusty Spur | -Farm -Artifact Trove -Fishing Chest -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) |
| Skeletal Hand | -Backwoods -Haunted Skull drop -Bone Nodes -Beach |
| Skeletal Tail | -Fishing Chest -Bone Nodes -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) |
| Strange Doll | -Fishing Chest -Farm -Bus Stop -Town -Beach -Forest -Mountain -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) -Secret Note #17 |
| Strange Doll | -Fishing Chest -Farm -Bus Stop -Town -Beach -Forest -Mountain -Tilling in Mines/Skull Cavern (any floor) -Secret Note #18 |
| Trilobite | -Beach -Forest -Mountain -Bone Nodes |
And those are all the locations where you can find every artifact in Stardew Valley. Since many areas overlap, you can discover a few in one trip. Be sure to always carry your Hoe when you venture out. You never know when you’ll have to dip into the Mines, Skull Cavern, or simply spot Artifact Spots out in the open.
Stardew Valley is available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo.
