One item left in the museum collection

[LoveElliotsHair]

All I need is the skeletal tail and I can't seem to figure out how to find it.

Any suggestions?

 

[Ereo]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Skeletal_Tail

Fishing or mining.

 

[Akemisora]

Fishing for treasure chest, dig artifact sites, but the most reliable way is fight pepper rex in skull cavern. A bit dangerous though.

 

[LoveElliotsHair]

Thank you! I'll go fight the pepper rex in skull cavern. I've got a good arsenal. Thank you!

 

[LoveElliotsHair]

I'm on year 16! I have never seen it anywhere and that is the only thing left.

 

[Ereo]

Thank you! I'll go fight the pepper rex in skull cavern. I've got a good arsenal. Thank you!

I don't think they drop it. They drop the ribs.

 

[Elenna101]

Like Ereo said, pepper rexes don't drop the skeletal tail, only the tibia, ribs, and vertebra.

However, you can get the tail pretty easily, actually. When the wiki says "tilling in mines or Skull Cavern", it means the actual mines, not the mountain area. Go to a mine floor with some dirt on it (e.g. 5 or 11), and hoe all the dirt. If you don't get it, go up to floor 0 and then back to the floor you were on, to reset it, and keep hoeing. Rinse and repeat. Takes a fair amount of energy, but if you're at the point where you can go to Skull Caverns, you should be able to afford some salads from Gus. Just keep doing that till you get it.

 

[ISSsloth]

Takes a fair amount of energy

Just munch the cave carrots you pick up from digging.

 

[Ereo]

It also helps if you have upgraded your hoe.

 

[LoveElliotsHair]

Like Ereo said, pepper rexes don't drop the skeletal tail, only the tibia, ribs, and vertebra.

However, you can get the tail pretty easily, actually. When the wiki says "tilling in mines or Skull Cavern", it means the actual mines, not the mountain area. Go to a mine floor with some dirt on it (e.g. 5 or 11), and hoe all the dirt. If you don't get it, go up to floor 0 and then back to the floor you were on, to reset it, and keep hoeing. Rinse and repeat. Takes a fair amount of energy, but if you're at the point where you can go to Skull Caverns, you should be able to afford some salads from Gus. Just keep doing that till you get it.

This was actually very helpful. Thank you. I have never hoed IN the actual mines. So I'll try that. Yes, I have about 23M gold and everything else I need. Just couldn't find the dang skeltal tail!

 

[LoveElliotsHair]

That worked! I got it and I am amazed about how many cave carrots and ore was under that dirt. I had never dug in there. Yummy magical stardrop! Thank you Elenna101!