Winter is an excellent season for foraging and fishing, as artifact spots become more common. This guide highlights key winter forageables and methods for finding artifacts, which are essential for collections and community center bundles. Utilizing your hoe on artifact spots and fishing for treasure chests are primary ways to discover these valuable items.
Winter Foraging & Fishing
During winter, focus on collecting specific forageables and artifacts:
- Winter Forageables:
- Winter Root
- Crystal Fruit
- Snow Yam
- Crocus
- Artifact Acquisition:
- Using the Hoe on an Artifact Spot. These are much more common in winter. Different map areas yield different artifacts.
- Using the Hoe on dirt in The Mines and the Skull Cavern.
- Killing Monsters.
- Solving Secret Notes.
- Breaking open Artifact Troves.
- Breaking open Geodes, Frozen Geodes, Magma Geodes, and Omni Geodes.
- Fishing for treasure chests.
- Breaking Bone Nodes.
The collections tab records discovered items, including forageables and artifacts. This tab tracks the type and amount of items found, even if not shipped or donated.