How to get Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
ConcernedApeMystery Boxes are a fairly new item in Stardew Valley, but they contain a pretty large variety of rewards that are similar to what you find in Geodes. Here is everything you need to know about Mystery Boxes, including where to find them and what you can get from them.
Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley are drop crates that are released across the land by Mr. QI. As the resident mystery man in the Valley, it’s no surprise that he is behind them.
Unlike most of QI-related quests and items, though, Mystery Boxes act more like Geodes you can find for rewards. Here is everything you need to know about them, including where to find them and how you can get to what’s inside.
- Where to find Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
- How to unlock Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
- Where to find Golden Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
- How to open Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
- What is in Stardew Valley Mystery Boxes?
Where to find Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
Mystery Boxes can be found in Stardew Valley while looting, fishing, mining, and foraging.
There are a few ways you can get Mystery Boxes, and most of them fall into the kind of things you would be doing in your day-to-day anyway:
- Monster loot
- Mining rocks
- Shaking or cutting down trees
- Hoeing artifact spots
- Getting Treasure Chests while fishing
- Rewards from the Trout Derby and SquidFest
- Breaking open crates in the mines
ConcernedApeHow to unlock Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
Mystery Boxes are unlocked in Stardew Valley after 50 game days have passed or you have acquired a Prize Ticket for Mayor Lewis’ Prize machine.
Once the 50 days have passed, or you have collected Prize Tickets, a screen of Mr. QI dropping Mystery Boxes from a plane across the Valley will play out. This is when Mystery Boxes are officially available for you to find.
Prize Tickets can be obtained from completing quests on the small billboard outside Pierre’s shop. These will usually involve an NPC asking for a specific item, and you usually have about 2 in-game days to complete them.
Where to find Golden Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
Golden Mystery Boxes are unlocked once you have reached Foraging Mastery in Stardew Valley, and can be found in Treasure Chests or by killing monsters.
Golden Mystery Boxes are similar to normal ones, but they provide more substantial rewards. You’ll only be able to find them once you reach Foraging Mastery, which can only be accessed once you have opened the Mastery Cave in Cindersap Forest.
ConcernedApeHow to reach Foraging Mastery
To reach Foraging Mastery, you need to max out all five of your skills. Once you have done so, you will gain access to the Mastery Cave in Cindersap Forest. There are five pillars in the cave, and you can choose which skill to max out as you go.
When you go to the box in the middle of the room, you will be able to track your progress to mastering skills. You do this by going about your day normally – mining, farming, fishing, and foraging as you always have. Once you reach the required amount of XP, you can choose the rewards from any one of the five pillars.
Each skill will cost more XP to max out than the last, however, so we suggest choosing Foraging first if you want to get those Golden Mystery Boxes. You start out at needing 10,000 XP, and the last pillar will cost you 100,000 XP in total.
How to open Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley
You can open Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley by going to Clint and asking him to open them for you.
Exactly the way you would open Geodes, you need to go to Clint’s shop and select the ‘Open Geodes’ option in the menu while you have Mystery Boxes in your inventory. It will cost you 25 gold to open each one.
Each Mystery Box will give you a special reward, and some of them can be quite valuable, even from the normal Mystery Boxes you find while foraging and farming.
What is in Stardew Valley Mystery Boxes?
Mystery Boxes in Stardew Valley have a large variety of rewards you can get, including seeds, more Mystery Boxes, clothes, food, rings, and rare gems.
Mystery Box possible rewards
Here are all the rewards you can get from normal Mystery Boxes:
| Amethyst Ring | Aquamarine Ring | Artichoke seeds (8) | Autumn’s Bounty |
| Baked Fish | Bean Starter (8) | Blueberry Tart | Bomb (5) |
| Book of Mysteries | Cauliflower seeds (8) | Chowder | Coffee (3) |
| Cookies | Corn seeds (8) | Cork Bobber | Crab Cakes |
| Deluxe Speed-Gro | Dish O’ The Sea | Eggplant Parmesan | Escargot |
| Fish Stew | Glowstone Ring | Golden Pumpkin | Hardwood (10) |
| Ice Cream | Iron ore (5) | Jade Ring | Life Elixir (2) |
| Lobster Bisque | Lucky Lunch (2) | Magic Rock Candy | Maki Roll |
| Maple Bar | Mega Bomb (5) | Mining Monthly | Mixed Flower Seeds (10) |
| Mixed Seeds (10) | Mystery Box (2-4) | Mystery Hat | Mystery Shirt |
| Omelet | Orange Sapling | Ossified Blade | Parsnip seeds (8) |
| Parsnip Soup (8) | Pepper seeds (8) | Pomegranate Sapling | Powdermelon seeds (8) |
| Prismatic Shard | Pumpkin seeds (8) | Quality Fertilizer (10) | Quality Sprinkler |
| Pearl | Radish seeds (8) | Rice Pudding | Ruby Ring |
| Salad | Sashimi | Shrimp Cocktail | Spaghetti |
| Stuffing | Sturdy Ring | Super Meal | Tortilla |
| Treasure Chest | Trout Soup | Vegetable Medley | Mystery Wallpaper |
| Warp Totem: Beach | Warp Totem: Farm (1-3) | Warp Totem: Mountains | Wheat Seeds (8) |
Golden Mystery Boxes possible rewards
Here are all the rewards you can get from Golden Mystery Boxes:
| Book of Stars | Book of Mysteries |
| Brocolli Seeds (8) | Carrot Seeds (8) |
| Corn Seeds (20) | Deluxe Speed-Gro (10-20) |
| Dish O’ The Sea (2) | Golden Pumpkin |
| Life Elixir (2) | Lucky Lunch (2) |
| Magic Rock Candy | Mega Bomb (5) |
| Mystery Box (4) | Mystery Hat |
| Mystery Shirt | Ossified Blade |
| Pepper Seeds (20) | Pomegranate Sapling |
| Powdermelon Seeds (8) | Prismatic Shard |
| Quality Fertilizer (10-20) | Quality Sprinkler |
| Ruby Ring | Summer Squash Seeds (8) |
| Triple Shot Espresso (3) | Wheat Seeds (20) |
If you manage to get the Book of Mysteries, this will increase your chances of finding Mystery Boxes in the Valley.
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