Mystery Boxes

[TheFoxyKraken]

Anyone have any luck figuring out the mystery boxes dropped by the plane at night? I haven't seen anyone mention them. Just curious!

[Crater]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Mystery_Box

[TamanduaGirl]

Originally posted by Tabasco:

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Mystery_Box

Good to know. The cut scene had me think we'd find them laying around, kinda like the crates on the beach farm. I also thought it was a one time event, rather than a advancement sorta thing. Cool.

[PureOrionBelt]

I mostly get them from artifact spots and monsters in the mines. Get about 1 box per mine trip and 1-3 boxes doing artifact spots per week.

[MitziWho]

I've also had them drop from trees while cutting them as well.

[TheFoxyKraken]

Thanks so much!

[Kayette]

I found them the way others have and also got some as a prize at the Trout Derby.

[zePa]

Cut scene triggered. I spent a whole week cutting down trees, digging artifact spots and fishing treasures but i still have to find the first one.. are the % so low? i'm beginning to think my old save file is bugged.

[Chris!!]

Originally posted by zePa:

Cut scene triggered. I spent a whole week cutting down trees, digging artifact spots and fishing treasures but i still have to find the first one.. are the % so low? i'm beginning to think my old save file is bugged.

I've heard you need to start a new save for the 1.6 content.

[zePa]

Originally posted by Chris!!:

Originally posted by zePa:

Cut scene triggered. I spent a whole week cutting down trees, digging artifact spots and fishing treasures but i still have to find the first one.. are the % so low? i'm beginning to think my old save file is bugged.

I've heard you need to start a new save for the 1.6 content.

Everything's fine with 1.6 content in the old save, except for mystery boxes.. I've also tried to kill ton of monsters in the mines but no luck. Now i'll try with iridium pan and i'll wait for the first new festival where you can actually obtain a mystery box..

Which is, in your opinion, the method with higher chances to obtain boxes? So i can focus on that.

[Tripping Pug]

Originally posted by zePa:

Originally posted by Chris!!:

I've heard you need to start a new save for the 1.6 content.

Everything's fine with 1.6 content in the old save, except for mystery boxes.. I've also tried to kill ton of monsters in the mines but no luck. Now i'll try with iridium pan and i'll wait for the first new festival where you can actually obtain a mystery box..

Which is, in your opinion, the method with higher chances to obtain boxes? So i can focus on that.

I seem to get the most from fishing, though that's probably just because I do it so much. I imagine if you focused on running the mines you'd probably get just as many from monsters and crates.

Also, make sure you participate in the trout and squid derbies. They have them as rewards.

[JVC]

Originally posted by Chris!!:

Originally posted by zePa:

Cut scene triggered. I spent a whole week cutting down trees, digging artifact spots and fishing treasures but i still have to find the first one.. are the % so low? i'm beginning to think my old save file is bugged.

I've heard you need to start a new save for the 1.6 content.

The new content works completely fine on an old save. I've pretty much played the entire new content on a file I haven't used for 3 years. The Mystery Boxes and especially the Golden Mystery Boxes are more rare than other stuff but I got both types in my game.

Get the red bopper from Wally's shop that helps with finding treasures when fishing. It can show a normal type of treasure or a golden icon. If the icon is golden, the treasure you're hauling in will include a golden mystery box.

Think they're also more common in the Skull cavern than in the regular mines.

[john1v6]

My favorite spot for finding mystery boxes is when Clint opens one and it contains two more, like those Russian nesting dolls.

[Professor Mitchell]

You could also get mystery boxes in the silliest way possible...by opening a mystery box. (Yes, a mystery box can contain other mystery boxes. No, don't try to think too hard on the physics involved.)

[kingjames488]

I find them decently often when doing this and that. mostly mining/killing monsters and cutting trees.

[zePa]

ok, i finally got the first one in a fishing treasure chest after unlocking fishing mastery (but it's probably not related to that). They are pretty difficult to find but of course it's me, I've been very unlucky finding none in a whole in-game week.