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The Skull Chalice Quest Guide
Craft the Giant Skull Chalice, then open Pumpkin Seed at the Farming Shop
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The Skull Chalice is Farmer Hans’s next farming quest after The Farmer’s Path, but it does not appear the moment you hand in the Wheat. It has its own start point, so the first thing this guide fixes is the quest that never showed up. Once it is running you craft one Giant Skull Chalice at a Workbench from smelted bars and Bones, return to Hans, and finish with Pumpkin Seed added to the Farming Shop and three new recipe items in the Recipe Shop.
The Skull Chalice — Quick Answer
- Quest giver
- Farmer Hans
- Starts at
- Farmhouse
- Requires
- Complete The Farmer’s Path
- Quest appearance
- Its own start point after The Farmer’s Path — not instant
- Objective
- Craft 1 × Giant Skull Chalice
- Craft at
- Workbench
- Materials
- 4 Copper Bar · 2 Iron Bar · 1 Gold Bar · 5 Bones
- Return to
- Farmer Hans at the Farmhouse
- Unlocks
- Pumpkin Seed at the Farming Shop
- Also opens
- Three recipe items at the Recipe Shop
- Next quest
- A Fast Food Fiend — Day 21 or later
Pickaxe route
You do not need the Mall Mine to find the ore
The three ores this quest needs are all recorded as normal spawns in the Farm Mine. The recorded reason to visit the Mall is different: its mine holds the Mining Shop, and the Mall’s first-floor hallway is the recorded best source for Gold Ore. Everything else you can gather where you already mine.
Don’t Have The Skull Chalice Yet?
Almost every player who searches for this quest is stuck before it starts. These three things are separate, and mixing them up is what makes the quest look broken.
Requirement — decides if it can appear at all
Complete The Farmer’s Path
The quest is recorded as requiring The Farmer’s Path. Until that earlier quest is finished, Hans has nothing new to give you.
Trigger — decides when it appears
The quest’s own start point
The task has its own trigger after The Farmer’s Path, so it does not appear in the same conversation where you hand in the Wheat. The exact gap is not recorded.
Objective — decides when it ends
Bring 1 Giant Skull Chalice
Crafting the chalice is not the end of the task. You still have to return to Farmer Hans and finish the conversation.
Stuck before the quest?
›Hans has no new quest after The Farmer’s Path
›I finished The Farmer’s Path and nothing happened for a long time
›Do I need to rest, or wait for a letter?
Step 01
How to Start The Skull Chalice
Close out the earlier farming quest, then pick this one up from Farmer Hans at the Farmhouse. Keep this sequence in mind so you are not standing in the wrong place waiting:
Finish The Farmer’s Path
Grow and harvest the Wheat for Hans and complete the quest.
The Farmer’s Path guide →Complete the reward conversation
Talk to Hans again after the turn-in so the quest is fully closed out, not left mid-dialogue.
Wait for this quest’s own start point
The Skull Chalice becomes eligible after The Farmer’s Path. It is not an instant follow-up, and no rest, mail or day step is recorded for it.
Accept it from Hans
Come back to the Farmhouse and take the task.
What You Get When The Quest Starts
This is where the game changes what you can make — not where it hands you materials. Nothing in the recorded reward data gives you a Furnace for starting this quest.
The quest’s own recipe becomes available to craft. It is made at a Workbench, not at the Furnace.
No tool hand-over
Unlike the mining quests, this task does not hand over a pickaxe or a furnace. Bring your own crafting setup — see Don’t have a Furnace?.
If you accepted the quest and the recipe is still not in your crafting list, the first thing to check is that the task is actually active in your journal — the recipe is tied to this quest’s start, not to owning the materials.
Step 02
Prepare Your Mining and Smelting Setup
This quest turns raw ore into bars, so you need two things working before you travel: something to mine with, and a Furnace to smelt the ore into bars.
The recorded tool tiers are simple. The Rusty Pickaxe you get from Helping Molly is a Mining Lv 1 tool. The Basic Pickaxe is Mining Lv 2 and is sold at the Mining Shop in the Mall Mine.
- Tool
- A pickaxe (Rusty Pickaxe from Helping Molly is the free one)
- Upgrade
- Basic Pickaxe — Mining Lv 2, Mining Shop, Mall Mine
- Processor
- A placed Furnace for smelting ore into bars
- Station
- A Workbench for the final craft
Step 03
Collect the Crafting Materials
Four materials go into the chalice. Two of them — Copper Bar and Iron Bar — are smelted from ore you can gather in the Farm Mine. The bottleneck is usually Gold, because Gold Ore has a narrower set of recorded sources.
Where each Giant Skull Chalice material comes from Material Need Recorded source Copper Bar ×4 Smelt Copper Ore in a Furnace. Copper Ore spawns in the Farm Mine; it is also sold at the Forge Shop after Helping Molly. Iron Bar ×2 Smelt Iron Ore in a Furnace. Iron Ore spawns in the Farm Mine, and Scrap Metal can also be smelted into an Iron Bar. Gold Bar ×1 Smelt Gold Ore in a Furnace, or pick one up in the Farm or Workshop. Gold Ore’s recorded best source is a buried treasure in the Mall first-floor hallway. Bones ×5 Picked up in the world and dropped in the Catacombs. Bones are not a mining material, so you may need to leave the mine for this one. Step 04
Craft the Giant Skull Chalice
Take the finished bars and Bones to a Workbench. Ore does not count here — only the smelted bars do.
Recipe
Giant Skull Chalice Recipe
- Copper Bar×4
- Iron Bar×2
- Gold Bar×1
- Bones×5
Craft at: Workbench
Every ingredient links to its own Item Finder page, so this guide never goes stale when a source changes.
Ready to craft?
- Copper Bar
- need 4
- Iron Bar
- need 2
- Gold Bar
- need 1
- Bones
- need 5
- Workbench
- Not checked
Step 05
Return to Farmer Hans
Bring the Giant Skull Chalice back to Farmer Hans at the Farmhouse and finish the conversation. This is the step that actually completes the task.
Crafting the chalice is not the final step. Complete the record before you go looking for your reward.
- Where
- Farmhouse
- Return to
- Farmer Hans
- Bring
- 1 × Giant Skull Chalice
- Why
- The completion is the conversation, not the craft
Do You Need the Mall Mine for This Quest?
This is the single biggest time-waster on this quest, and the honest answer is narrower than most guides imply.
Recorded as true
- All three ores — Copper Ore, Iron Ore and Gold Ore — have normal recorded spawns in the Farm Mine.
- Gold Ore’s recorded best source is a buried treasure in the Mall first-floor hallway, which needs a Treasure Map and a Shovel rather than a pickaxe.
- The Mining Shop inside the Mall Mine sells the Basic Pickaxe. That is the recorded Mall route for this quest.
Not supported by the data
- Not that you must farm the Mall Mine for the bars. The ores are recorded in the Farm Mine, so the Mall is an optional detour rather than a required one.
- That one specific pickaxe tier is required for a specific ore. No per-node mining level is recorded, so no ore is documented as needing a higher-tier tool.
Practically: mine Copper and Iron where you already do, and treat the Mall as the place you go for the Gold Ore treasure and for a pickaxe upgrade if you want one.
Basic Pickaxe
Mining Shop · Mall Mine · 150 gold · Mining Lv 2
Requires reaching the Mall Mine and talking to the vendor. The Mining Shop also stocks the Small Mine Key, Whetstone and Perfect Opal, so it is worth a visit even if you keep using the Rusty Pickaxe.
Ore Is Not Enough — Bars vs Ore
Helping Molly was about mining ore. This quest is about smelting it. The single most common craft failure here is standing at a Workbench with a bag of ore.
Correct
What the recipe wants
- Copper Bar ×4
- Iron Bar ×2
- Gold Bar ×1
- Bones ×5
Wrong
What players bring instead
- Copper Ore — raw rock, not a bar
- Iron Ore — raw rock, not a bar
- Gold Ore — raw rock, not a bar
- Bones — this one is already correct
Smelt each ore in a Furnace first. The recorded processing step is the matching ore plus the Furnace, with no extra fuel item listed.
| Step | Input | Station | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt | Copper Ore | Furnace | Copper Bar |
| Smelt | Iron Ore | Furnace | Iron Bar |
| Smelt | Scrap Metal | Furnace | Iron Bar |
| Smelt | Gold Ore | Furnace | Gold Bar |
| Craft | The four bars and Bones above | Workbench | Giant Skull Chalice |
| Finished material | Recipe needs | Recorded input |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Bar | ×4 | Copper Ore ×4 smelted in a Furnace |
| Iron Bar | ×2 | Iron Ore ×2 smelted in a Furnace |
| Gold Bar | ×1 | Gold Ore ×1 smelted in a Furnace |
| Bones | ×5 | Gathered directly — no processing step |
The processor record lists one matching ore per bar and no additional fuel, so the table above is the recorded ratio. Bring a spare ore of each if you want a buffer.
Don’t Have a Furnace?
If you are stuck at the smelting step, this is almost always why — not because the quest failed to give you one.
A Furnace is recorded from two places, and neither of them is The Skull Chalice. The free route is the Workshop: finishing Helping Molly opens the Workshop and puts a Furnace there for you to pick up.
If you already have a Workbench, you can also craft one — the recorded recipe is Copper Ore plus Stone, made at the Workbench. Furnaces can be placed on your Farm, so you can smelt without walking back to the Workshop.
Where Do I Craft the Giant Skull Chalice?
There is exactly one recorded station for this recipe, and it is not the Furnace.
Crafting station
Workbench
The recipe is recorded at a player Workbench. Any Workbench you own works, so you do not need to travel to a specific one. Furnaces and Forges are for smelting ore into bars — they cannot make the chalice.
If the recipe is not listed at your Workbench, confirm that The Skull Chalice is active in your journal. The recipe belongs to this quest, not to the general crafting list.
Why Can’t I Craft the Giant Skull Chalice?
Work through these in order — each one is a different failure, and they look identical in game.
›The recipe isn’t in my crafting list
›I have the materials but the button is greyed out
›I can’t find one of the bars
Gold is the usual one. Gold Ore’s recorded best source is a buried treasure in the Mall first-floor hallway, and you can also find ready-made Gold Bars in the Farm and Workshop. Copper and Iron Ore both spawn in the Farm Mine, and Scrap Metal smelts into an Iron Bar.
Check Gold Ore sources →›I can’t find 5 Bones
›I’m at a Furnace and nothing happens
Hans Won’t Take the Giant Skull Chalice
If the craft is done but the quest will not close, check these before assuming a bug.
Make sure the item is actually on you when you talk to Hans. The data does not record a separate hand-in condition — the objective is recorded as crafting the Giant Skull Chalice and reporting back — so the safest routine is to carry it rather than leaving it in a chest on the Farm.
Also confirm you are talking to the right character at the right place: Farmer Hans at the Farmhouse, with The Skull Chalice still showing as active.
- Item
- Giant Skull Chalice — crafted, not bought
- Where
- In your inventory when you talk to Hans
- Who
- Farmer Hans, Farmhouse
- Quest state
- The Skull Chalice still active in the journal
The Skull Chalice Rewards
Read this part carefully: the quest does not hand you seeds or recipes. It changes what two shops can sell you, and that is a different thing.
Main unlock
Pumpkin Seed enters the Farming Shop
Completing The Skull Chalice adds Pumpkin Seed to the Farming Shop at the Farmhouse. It becomes something you can buy — it is not dropped into your inventory by Hans.
Pumpkin Seed details →| Shop | What appears | Cost | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming Shop | Pumpkin Seed | 20 gold | Buy it — added to the shop’s stock |
| Recipe Shop | Recipe: Pumpkin Pie | 100 gold | Buy the recipe item |
| Recipe Shop | Recipe: Pumpkin Muffin | 100 gold | Buy the recipe item |
| Recipe Shop | Recipe: Special Donut | 200 gold | Buy the recipe item |
Because these are shop entries, nothing is added until you visit the shops and buy them. If you finished the quest and your inventory looks unchanged, that is expected. If the stock itself is missing, make sure the completion conversation with Hans actually finished.
Pumpkin Seed, and What to Plant Next
This quest exists to open the Pumpkin crop, so here is what you actually unlocked and why it matters.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Seller | Farming Shop, Farmhouse |
| Availability | Added to the shop’s stock by completing The Skull Chalice |
| Buy price | 20 gold |
| Growth time | 8 days |
| Season | No season restriction is recorded for this seed |
| Used for | Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Muffin and Special Donut |
Pumpkin itself is the vegetable behind all three cooking recipes the quest opens, so the payoff for this quest is a crop you can turn into food rather than a one-off item. If you are deciding what to plant next, Pumpkin is the crop this quest was pointing you at.
What Comes After The Skull Chalice?
The next farming quest is A Fast Food Fiend. Unlike this one, it has a real day gate — and that is what catches most players out.
Day 21+A Fast Food Fiend needs The Skull Chalice complete and Day 21 or later. Finishing this quest early does not open it early.
The Farmer’s Path
The Skull Chalice
Pumpkin Seed + recipes
Day 21+
A Fast Food Fiend
Corn Seed + recipes
Why isn’t A Fast Food Fiend starting?
›I finished The Skull Chalice and there’s still no new quest
›I’m past Day 21 and still nothing
›Where does A Fast Food Fiend take place?
The Hans Quest Chain
Where The Skull Chalice sits, and which parts of the chain are quests versus unlocks.
Start farming with Farmer Hans
Already doneThe first conversation that opens the farming track.
- Already done
Grow and harvest Wheat for Hans. This is the recorded requirement for The Skull Chalice.
The Skull Chalice
Current pageCraft the Giant Skull Chalice and return to Hans. No day gate is recorded for this one.
Pumpkin Seed + three recipe items
Triggered laterAn unlock, not a quest: the Farming Shop and the Recipe Shop change their stock.
- Triggered later
The next farming quest. Day 21 or later, and it is a combat task at the Mall Kitchen.
- Triggered later
The unlock that follows A Fast Food Fiend.
The Skull Chalice FAQ
›How do I start The Skull Chalice?
›Is there a day requirement for The Skull Chalice?
›What is the Giant Skull Chalice recipe?
›Does the quest give me a Furnace?
›Do I need the Basic Pickaxe to finish this quest?
›Where is the best place to get Gold for the Gold Bar?
›Does The Skull Chalice give me Pumpkin Seeds?
›Are the three new recipes learned automatically?
›Why is Pumpkin Seed still missing from my shop?
›What unlocks after The Skull Chalice?
The Skull Chalice Checklist
Convenience steps for tracking your own progress, including the smelting stage that catches most players out.
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Continue Your Farming Progression
The Farmer’s Path
The recorded requirement for this quest. Finish it first.
View Previous Quest →Pumpkin Seed
Buy price, growth time and what it is used for.
Find Pumpkin Seed →A Fast Food Fiend
The next farming quest — Day 21 or later, at the Mall Kitchen.
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