Other items

Mystery Box

A blacksmith can open this for you. Who knows what might be inside?

Some sources below mention late-game locations or progression.

Base sale value

Normal-quality base value before professions and profit-margin settings. Not purchase price or profit. A zero value does not confirm an item can be sold.

Purchasing

Buy at Bookseller Trade

Purchase type: Item offer
Offer stack: 7 items before modifiers
Listed stock: No finite cap in this entry
Stock scope: Global
Barter cost: 1 × Book of Mysteries

Book of Mysteries

A player statistic or collection requirement applies.
Shop/item price rules and profit-margin settings may adjust the final price; listed purchase amounts are not sale values.
Shop access, owner, opening times and current stock must also be satisfied. This is not a guarantee the offer is available now.

Buy at Desert Festival Egg ShopLate-game source

Purchase type: Item offer
Offer stack: 1 items before modifiers
Listed stock: 10
Stock scope: Player
Barter cost: 20 × Calico Egg

Calico Egg

Shop/item price rules and profit-margin settings may adjust the final price; listed purchase amounts are not sale values.
Shop access, owner, opening times and current stock must also be satisfied. This is not a guarantee the offer is available now.

Trading uses

Use as payment: Golden Mystery Box at Raccoon

Purchase type: Item offer
Offer stack: 1 items before modifiers
Listed stock: No finite cap in this entry
Stock scope: Global
Barter cost: 3 × Mystery Box

Received item or recipe: Golden Mystery Box

A player statistic or collection requirement applies.
Additional location, progression or player-state requirements are retained but not evaluated.
Shop/item price rules and profit-margin settings may adjust the final price; listed purchase amounts are not sale values.

More conditions & notes (1)

Shop access, owner, opening times and current stock must also be satisfied. This is not a guarantee the offer is available now.

Bundle uses

Helper's — remixed possibility

Candidate donation: 5 × Mystery Box; minimum normal quality

Remixed possibility, not an active-save checklist. Bundle sets, slot choices select which candidates appear.
One alternative per grouped slot is selected; remaining slots follow the template.
2 selected slots required. The full candidate pool is not simultaneously required.

Read the Community Center guide →

Bundle rewards

Winter Star — remixed reward possibility

Possible reward: 3 × Mystery Box

Remixed possibility, not an active-save checklist. Bundle sets, slot choices select which candidates appear.
One alternative per grouped slot is selected; remaining slots follow the template.
2 selected slots required. The full candidate pool is not simultaneously required.

Read the Community Center guide →

Gifts & recipients

Base item taste; acceptance still depends on the recipient and current save.

Disliked by

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Show progression-sensitive recipients

Dwarf — Positive friendship gains require understanding Dwarvish. The taste itself is unchanged; access to the Dwarf’s area is separate.
Kent — Arrives in year 2; not present in year 1.
Krobus
Leo — Requires the host’s island introduction progress. Home changes after the host’s move-to-the-valley event; this is not a fixed daily schedule.
Sandy — Ordinary friendship/gifting requires the Oasis introduction event to have been seen by at least one player. Reaching the Desert also depends on your travel options.

Ordinary tastes describe base items. Quality, birthdays and other friendship modifiers are separate; special items use their own handlers. Gift guide →