The hit simulation farming RPG Stardew Valley welcomes you into this heartwarming world of possibility. Beyond the daily grind of tending to crops and livestock lies another facet: artifacts, valuable remains telling the history of the valley, found in multiple places across the landscape.
Treasure totems are your ticket to vastly increasing your artifact yield, adding another dimension to the excitement of your treasure hunt.
With this guide, you will have all the information you need about creating the treasure totem, from obtaining the recipe to better using it in your service, exploiting a world shrouded in secret wealth.
The Road to Mastery: Unlock the Treasure Totem Recipe
The legendary Treasure Totem recipe is so near and yet so far to those farmers new to this life. To unlock this recipe, you must invest in yourself and reach Mastery Level 2.
This level will track all your progression in the five core skills of Stardew Valley: Farming, Fishing, Mining, Foraging, and Combat. You can check that out by entering the main menu and looking at the Skills tab.
Each level will be attained with the accumulated number of specific Mastery Points within a stipulated period.
The higher your Mastery level, the better your rewards are. Just focus on your favorite activities, and for the skill, just do the log-in daily tasks. You could also buy Skill Books from the Traveling Cart, available two times a month, to invest in specific skills and get you to the road of Mastery Level 2 faster.
Gathering the Necessary Supplies
Your perseverance has finally paid off. That was the Mastery Level 2, and with it, you have learned the recipe for the Treasure Totem. But before you can go on a spree of hunting for artifacts, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
A gift from the depths itself, the geodes can be found when breaking rocks in the mines or skull cavern. Another possibility of finding the geodes is at an increased rate within the fishing treasure chests. Their universal nature is holding any type of artifact when cracked open by a blacksmith.
Iridium and Omni Geodes are tough to come by; however, players who are persistent and move across the land strategically will be rewarded with the materials they need. Enter the Skull Cavern on a good luck day and take hold of every chance to acquire more valuable resources.
Using Your Totem of Treasure
Now that your hand-crafted Treasure Totem is sitting in your inventory, it is time to set it to strike its power! Here's a step-by-step guide to activate its potent artifact-finding magic:
Configure the Treasure Totem: Ensure the Treasure Totem is always readily usable from the inventory for fast access.
Look for Diggable Terrain: You'll want to be looking elsewhere. Generally, these are big, open areas of loose dirt, sand, or other easily-tilled patches—the Beach, Cindersap Forest floor, or, for the more exotic, Ginger Island.
Activate the Totem: Select the Treasure Totem in your inventory and click. You will see a sparkling ring of shimmering Artifact Spots around your character, each pulsating with the promise of buried treasures.
Excavate the Riches: Wield your trusty hoe and dig up each glowing artifact spot, brimming with excitement. Each spot guarantees an artifact or valuable item, significantly boosting your collection.
Pro Tip: A Treasure Totem will typically create a ring of about 16 Artifact Spots, so there will be a big circle of potential treasures in one use.
Optimizing Your Treasure Hunt: Advanced Strategies
For the truly dedicated artifact enthusiast, here are some additional tips to maximize your Treasure Totem usage:
Food Buffs for Enhanced Rewards: Consume some tasteful dishes that heighten your foraging or luck before activating the Totem. These buffs can make the quality or rarity of the artifacts you unearthed so very much more, making your hunt one of genuinely legendary status.
Artifact spots on Ginger Island have a higher chance of rare and valuable artifacts than other locations. It is best to use your Treasure Totems in this area, as you will have a higher chance of unearthing the most coveted secrets of the valley.
Treasure totems are your ticket to vastly increasing your artifact yield, adding another dimension to the excitement of your treasure hunt.
With this guide, you will have all the information you need about creating the treasure totem, from obtaining the recipe to better using it in your service, exploiting a world shrouded in secret wealth.
The Road to Mastery: Unlock the Treasure Totem Recipe
The legendary Treasure Totem recipe is so near and yet so far to those farmers new to this life. To unlock this recipe, you must invest in yourself and reach Mastery Level 2. This level will track all your progression in the five core skills of Stardew Valley: Farming, Fishing, Mining, Foraging, and Combat. You can check that out by entering the main menu and looking at the Skills tab.
- Level 1 Mastery: 10,000 Points (A good starting point!)
- Level 2 Mastery: 15,000 Points (Unlocks the Treasure Totem recipe!)
- Level 3 Mastery and Beyond: (Progressive benefits await!)
Each level will be attained with the accumulated number of specific Mastery Points within a stipulated period.
The higher your Mastery level, the better your rewards are. Just focus on your favorite activities, and for the skill, just do the log-in daily tasks. You could also buy Skill Books from the Traveling Cart, available two times a month, to invest in specific skills and get you to the road of Mastery Level 2 faster.
Gathering the Necessary Supplies
Your perseverance has finally paid off. That was the Mastery Level 2, and with it, you have learned the recipe for the Treasure Totem. But before you can go on a spree of hunting for artifacts, you need to prepare the following ingredients:- 1 Hardwood: Look out for several large, dark brown trees in the forest. Chop them down with your trusty axe to get this sturdy material.
- 1 Iridium Bar: A bar of this stuff can be valued in the tens of thousands of gold. It's found in trace amounts in some sections of the Skull Cavern, where it's dark enough that the iridium in the walls can sometimes shine faintly.
- It takes 9 Iridium Ore to be smelted into an Iridium Bar.
- 1 Omni Geode
A gift from the depths itself, the geodes can be found when breaking rocks in the mines or skull cavern. Another possibility of finding the geodes is at an increased rate within the fishing treasure chests. Their universal nature is holding any type of artifact when cracked open by a blacksmith.
Iridium and Omni Geodes are tough to come by; however, players who are persistent and move across the land strategically will be rewarded with the materials they need. Enter the Skull Cavern on a good luck day and take hold of every chance to acquire more valuable resources.
Using Your Totem of Treasure
Now that your hand-crafted Treasure Totem is sitting in your inventory, it is time to set it to strike its power! Here's a step-by-step guide to activate its potent artifact-finding magic:Configure the Treasure Totem: Ensure the Treasure Totem is always readily usable from the inventory for fast access.
Look for Diggable Terrain: You'll want to be looking elsewhere. Generally, these are big, open areas of loose dirt, sand, or other easily-tilled patches—the Beach, Cindersap Forest floor, or, for the more exotic, Ginger Island.
Activate the Totem: Select the Treasure Totem in your inventory and click. You will see a sparkling ring of shimmering Artifact Spots around your character, each pulsating with the promise of buried treasures.
Excavate the Riches: Wield your trusty hoe and dig up each glowing artifact spot, brimming with excitement. Each spot guarantees an artifact or valuable item, significantly boosting your collection.
Pro Tip: A Treasure Totem will typically create a ring of about 16 Artifact Spots, so there will be a big circle of potential treasures in one use.
Optimizing Your Treasure Hunt: Advanced Strategies
For the truly dedicated artifact enthusiast, here are some additional tips to maximize your Treasure Totem usage:Food Buffs for Enhanced Rewards: Consume some tasteful dishes that heighten your foraging or luck before activating the Totem. These buffs can make the quality or rarity of the artifacts you unearthed so very much more, making your hunt one of genuinely legendary status.
Artifact spots on Ginger Island have a higher chance of rare and valuable artifacts than other locations. It is best to use your Treasure Totems in this area, as you will have a higher chance of unearthing the most coveted secrets of the valley.
Can the Treasure Totem be reusable?
No, Treasure Totems are single-use. Each time you activate the totem, it summons a ring of Artifact Spots, and then the totem vanishes.
What is the frequency with which I can use Treasure Totems?
There is no limit to how often you craft and use Treasure Totems. Keep in mind that how rare the materials are is a different thing, with Iridium in particular acting as a limiting factor on frequent use.
What other alternative ways to find artifacts are out there?
Yay! Fishing treasure chests, smashing open Geodes, and finishing Secret Notes are other methods.
What would be the benefits of completing the museum's collection?
When you complete the museum collection, you unlock the great rewards of a particular statue that you can place on your farm and prices for artifacts that the curator of the museum will raise.