What is the Fastest Way To Find Late Game Musuem Artifacts?

[DaHotFuzz]

The title says it all. I'm missing about 8 or 9 and my luck hasn't been the greatest. I've just been mining in the skull cavern and doing a bit of fishing for chests. I dunno what methods yield the highest chances. I get tons of omni geodes but I mean do those even have a chance in yielding the rarer artifacts? (I'm talking prehistoric bones, masks and the like)

Should I not even bother with geodes because I'm just looking for artifacts at this point. And if I do continue in the skull cavern, is it best just to dig around on dirt patches to find the artifacts as opposed to breaking geodes? I feel like going into the skull cavern nets higher chance of finding them compared to fishing for chests because that takes so much longer and is incredibly boring/tedious.

What are everyone's thoughts on completing the musuem collection? Also does your luck play a significant role in finding artifacts on any given day too?

[Flytrap]

I think geodes can only give you the ancient seed, dwarf helmet and dwarf gadget. I dont knoe about fishing, but the only way to get them is to dig worms in the appropriate areas for each item and get lucky. Wish i could help you

[ZPE]

Because it's RNG-based, it becomes a massive headache the less artifacts you need. I finally got the fishing exclusives today after spending many in-game days dedicated to just finding them. Make lots of Lucky Lunch / Pumpkin Soup and hope you get lucky when fishing (with magnet bait and treasure hunter). As for diggables, I'm just checking the areas where they supposed to be. Only one left (chipped pot) but can't find it anywhere.

[Vimpster]

I would say that luck plays a huge part in finding treasures while fishing and digging up valuables from soil as well as finding geodes. There is only one artifact that I got from digging soil in the skull mines and that was one of the doll artifacts. I have found every artifact except the elven ring. I aquired about 90% of them before I learned that you can sometimes find artifacts from digging up soil in places where there was no worm, including in the mines. The vast majority I got from fishing and digging up worms. And maybe a half dozen or so I got from geodes. Refering of course to unique artifacts, not duplicates.

[DaHotFuzz]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I guess it's just gonna take some time to get everything.

[Useless Noodle]

follow these steps and you will be a successful treasure hunter !

1. get tons of Magnet Bait, 1000g from Willy or 1 Iron bar to craft.
2. get Treasure Hunter tackle, 750g from Willy or 2 Gold bars.
3. if you already have Fishing lvl 10 Pirate Perk, then to step 4.
3a. if you picked another perk instead, change it into Pirate by following this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/48piqs/psa_if_you_chose_the_wrong_profession_you_can/
4. get yourself some Luck boost food, such as Lucky Lunch, Pumpkin Soup, Spicy Eel, Fried Eel.
5. pick a day with high luck fortune. then go fishing as soon as you can, piority river or lake so fish can be easy to reel in. You can try ocean, but at afternoon harder fished will come out.

Now, it's just a waiting time. Equip bait, tackle, eat food, cast the line, and pray Yoba.

[DaHotFuzz]

Originally posted by Lolinita:

follow these steps and you will be a successful treasure hunter !

1. get tons of Magnet Bait, 1000g from Willy or 1 Iron bar to craft.
2. get Treasure Hunter tackle, 750g from Willy or 2 Gold bars.
3. if you already have Fishing lvl 10 Pirate Perk, then to step 4.
3a. if you picked another perk instead, change it into Pirate by following this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/48piqs/psa_if_you_chose_the_wrong_profession_you_can/
4. get yourself some Luck boost food, such as Lucky Lunch, Pumpkin Soup, Spicy Eel, Fried Eel.
5. pick a day with high luck fortune. then go fishing as soon as you can, piority river or lake so fish can be easy to reel in. You can try ocean, but at afternoon harder fished will come out.

Now, it's just a waiting time. Equip bait, tackle, eat food, cast the line, and pray Yoba.

I totally forgot about magnet bait!! Thanks a million! Hopefully this all helps even with the lucky food

[Sielix]

Originally posted by Lolinita:

follow these steps and you will be a successful treasure hunter !

1. get tons of Magnet Bait, 1000g from Willy or 1 Iron bar to craft.
2. get Treasure Hunter tackle, 750g from Willy or 2 Gold bars.
3. if you already have Fishing lvl 10 Pirate Perk, then to step 4.
3a. if you picked another perk instead, change it into Pirate by following this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/48piqs/psa_if_you_chose_the_wrong_profession_you_can/
4. get yourself some Luck boost food, such as Lucky Lunch, Pumpkin Soup, Spicy Eel, Fried Eel.
5. pick a day with high luck fortune. then go fishing as soon as you can, piority river or lake so fish can be easy to reel in. You can try ocean, but at afternoon harder fished will come out.

Now, it's just a waiting time. Equip bait, tackle, eat food, cast the line, and pray Yoba.

i think doing the same with opening geodes, omni and all others at the blacksmith will also work

[The Y'All Of Us]

Originally posted by Abrucha:

Originally posted by Lolinita:

follow these steps and you will be a successful treasure hunter !

1. get tons of Magnet Bait, 1000g from Willy or 1 Iron bar to craft.
2. get Treasure Hunter tackle, 750g from Willy or 2 Gold bars.
3. if you already have Fishing lvl 10 Pirate Perk, then to step 4.
3a. if you picked another perk instead, change it into Pirate by following this guide https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/48piqs/psa_if_you_chose_the_wrong_profession_you_can/
4. get yourself some Luck boost food, such as Lucky Lunch, Pumpkin Soup, Spicy Eel, Fried Eel.
5. pick a day with high luck fortune. then go fishing as soon as you can, piority river or lake so fish can be easy to reel in. You can try ocean, but at afternoon harder fished will come out.

Now, it's just a waiting time. Equip bait, tackle, eat food, cast the line, and pray Yoba.

i think doing the same with opening geodes, omni and all others at the blacksmith will also work

Geodes are pre-seeded, no matter your luck value they'll always have the same contents.