Get ready to uncover the secrets of innkeeping in your favorite game! This guide will provide you with helpful tips and hints to locate all the hidden shells, books, and artifacts scattered throughout the game. And if you need some extra assistance, we’ve got you covered with their precise locations. Let’s dive in and uncover all the hidden treasures!
General Tips and How Collecting Works
Shells – Are always seen directly on the ground. They are mostly found in the inn’s or the town’s beach. It’s best to check the beaches every few days, as new shells usually appear soon after you make progress at the inn, like gain a star or complete a big task towards gaining a star. Some are found in other locations.
Books – A little harder to find. Can be seen in the environment, like shells and artifacts, but less obviously so. Finding books relies more on interacting with objects where you think a book may be.
Shells
Limpent – 0 star
Cowrie – 1 star
Turban – 3 star
Nautilus – 4 star
Conch – 5 star
Scallop – 1 star
Pyramid – 2 star
Oyster – 4 star
Clam – Forest, next to the pond at the top left
Tuba – Cave, across the bridge and next to the trees
Murex – Ruins, beach on the top right
Artifacts
Necklace – By the inn
Statue – Behind the lighthouse
Shield – Elevated area behind and to the right of May’s house. You may be able to see it if you walk around the cliff area in town. If you need help on how to reach it, talking to May can give you a hint. If you still need help: There’s a way for you to climb the cliff naturally, just look at the ground around the the bottom of the cliffs. There is a grey/stone circle where you can climb up.
Horse – in the area across the bridge from Agnes’s farm
Scroll – Forest, across the bridge.
Vase – The mountain area to the bottom right.
Chalice – Across the bridge in the area after getting through the locked door in the mines.
Telescope – Ruin area but I think only after you build the playground
Books
Hint 1: The first book you can access. Only takes a couple of days to have a way to unblock the room.
Hint 2: It’s in the inn.
Solution: Bookshelf in the lounge.
Hint 1: One of the townspeople has it.
Hint 2: In a house in the main town area, look for places where someone may put a book.
Solution: Quinn/journalist’s bookcase.
Hint 1: One of the townspeople has it.
Hint 2: You probably pass by this house all the time, since it’s there in the beginning of the game. But it’s not open to you until later.
Hint 3: You can see this book in the room, like a shell, since it’s in a place books don’t usually go.
Solution: May’s house her bedroom
Hint 1: One of the newer townspeople has it.
Hint 2: You can enter this house, but the book won’t be available to find until a few days after the house has been moved in to.
Solution: The clinic’s bookshelf, after Nia is done unpacking a few days after she moves in
Hint 1: This is not a book you can find just by interacting with objects.
Hint 2: Basically is given to you as a reward for fulfilling one of the storylines/ developing the town.
Solution: Agnes gives it to you after you give her all the seeds to complete the farm.
Hint 1: In one of the last areas you unlock/discover in the game.
Hint 2: One of the hardest books to find because it is in a hidden compartment, unlike the other books. You need to interact with a seemingly regular object, not a bookshelf.
Hint 3: The specific area it’s in is the Ruins .
Solution: Inside the library there’s something on the wall
And that wraps up our share on The Hidden Art of Innkeeping: The Guide to Hidden Shells, Books, and Artifacts. If you have any additional insights or tips to contribute, don’t hesitate to drop a comment below. For a more in-depth read, you can refer to the original article here by lexi5818, who deserves all the credit. Happy gaming!