PoliwhirlTrainer42
Cowpoke
I know you can maybe get it from bugs and mutant bugs but there are barely bugs in the mine and I dont have the sewers yet.

Man! I am playing a file and I’m almost at the end of year 3. I know I’ve missed travelling merchant many times, but you’s thing I would have gotten one by now from the wiggly grass (I always stop for that), bug drops, or fishing treasure. I really had to work hard on this file with no ancient seeds to boost me. This is my first Nintendo Switch file, is this an issue with Switch? I’m pretty invested in this file. Don’t want to abandon it! I never had an issue getting one in my PC (Steam) or iPad versions.Fishing, hitting the artifact blocks and check the travelling merchant every time it's there. It's very rare but stay strong!
There is also a 0.5% chance of getting Ancient Fruit Seeds packet (not the Artifact) from the Seed Maker when processing any Crop, so you can use cheap/high volume Crops like Wheat or Blueberries and keep processing them until you get an Ancient Fruit Seed packet. I'm pretty sure it's random (not dependent on your game seed, lol!) so you could start your day running 20 or 30 Crops through the Seed Maker and if you don't get your Ancient Fruit Seeds, then restart the day and try again.Man! I am playing a file and I’m almost at the end of year 3. I know I’ve missed travelling merchant many times, but you’s thing I would have gotten one by now from the wiggly grass (I always stop for that), bug drops, or fishing treasure. I really had to work hard on this file with no ancient seeds to boost me. This is my first Nintendo Switch file, is this an issue with Switch? I’m pretty invested in this file. Don’t want to abandon it! I never had an issue getting one in my PC (Steam) or iPad versions.
it’s random but dependant on time and position so if you restart and do it again, start later or move the seed makers.There is also a 0.5% chance of getting Ancient Fruit Seeds packet (not the Artifact) from the Seed Maker when processing any Crop, so you can use cheap/high volume Crops like Wheat or Blueberries and keep processing them until you get an Ancient Fruit Seed packet. I'm pretty sure it's random (not dependent on your game seed, lol!) so you could start your day running 20 or 30 Crops through the Seed Maker and if you don't get your Ancient Fruit Seeds, then restart the day and try again.