Fossil

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A player digging up a fossil in Animal Crossing.

Fossils are the preserved remains of a prehistoric plant or animal, encased in rock over thousands of years. Fossils in the Animal Crossing series can be found on occasion around the player's town, buried under the soil with a tell-tale crack in the ground above it. Unidentified fossils can be dug up with a shovel; it can be taken to the museum or mailed for identification, sold, placed in a house, or discarded.

In Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+, the fossils must each be individually mailed to the Farway Museum, which is located outside the player's town, for identification. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it can be identified by Blathers, the curator, free of charge. Upon being identified, it can be donated or returned to the player's inventory. In Wild World, there are 52 fossils to be collected, all forming a part of a dinosaur, early mammal, aquatic reptile, or an entire, yet smaller, fossil. After being completed, Blathers gives a small talk on the finished fossil, while the fossil itself has its scientific name and the period in history that it lived in written next to the exhibit.

On average, players can find three fossils in their town per day, provided there is enough space for them to spawn. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, four fossils tend to spawn each day. Other items such as pitfall seeds may also be buried underground.

Fossils as furniture items

Fossils may also be displayed in the player's house and provide large boosts for HRA scoring and the player's bell funds. Stand alone fossils (trilobite, egg, amber, etc.) provide small boosts, skulls provide a big boost, and a completed skeleton gives the highest boost. As furniture, all fossils have either Old School (Wild World), Retro (City Folk), or Quirky (New Leaf) genres. If players have all the parts of a fossil, they can optionally take it to Cyrus and have him shrink the fossil to a mini figure that takes only one square and can be displayed on a table.

Multi-part fossils

Name Sell Price HRA Points Feng Shui Size (sq) Game(s)
Ankylosaurus
Ankylo Skull 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Ankylo Tail 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Ankylo Torso 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Apatosaurus
Apato Skull 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Apato Tail 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Apato Torso 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Archelon
Archelon Skull 4,000 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Archelon Torso 3,500 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon Skull 5,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Dimetrodon Tail 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Dimetrodon Torso 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Diplodocus
Diplo Chest 4,500 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Diplo Hip 4,000 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Diplo Neck 5,000 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Diplo Skull 5,000 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Diplo Tail 4,500 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Ichthyosaur
Icthyo Skull 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Icthyo Torso 2,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Iguanodon
Iguanodon Skull 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Iguanodon Tail 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Iguanodon Torso 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Mammoth
Mammoth Skull 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Mammoth Torso 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Megacerops
Megacero Skull 4,500 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Megacero Tail 3,000 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Megacero Torso 3,500 ??? Brown (x2) 4 NL
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachy Skull 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Pachy Tail 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Pachy Torso 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Parasaur
Parasaur Skull 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Parasaur Tail 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Parasaur Torso 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Plesiosaur
Plesio Neck 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Plesio Skull 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Plesio Torso 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Pteranodon
Ptera Body 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 2 WW
Ptera Left Wing 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 2 AC, WW, CF, NL
Ptera Right Wing 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 2 AC, WW, CF, NL
Ptera Skull 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 2 AC, WW, CF, NL
Sabertooth Tiger
Sabertooth Skull 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Sabertooth Torso 2,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF, NL
Seismosaur
Seismo Chest 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF
Seismo Hip 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF
Seismo Skull 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF
Seismo Tail 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 WW, CF
Stegosaur
Stego Skull 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Stego Tail 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Stego Torso 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Spinosaurus
Spino Skull 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 NL
Spino Tail 4,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 NL
Spino Torso 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 NL
Styracosaurus
Styraco Skull 3,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Styraco Tail 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Styraco Torso 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Triceratops
Tricera Skull 5,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Tricera Tail 4,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Tricera Torso 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Tyrannosaurus Rex
T-Rex Skull 6,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
T-Rex Tail 5,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
T-Rex Torso 5,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 AC, WW, CF, NL
Velociraptor
Raptor Skull 3,000 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL
Raptor Torso 2,500 1,000 Brown (x2) 4 CF, NL

Stand-alone fossils

Name Sell Price HRA Points Feng Shui Size (sq) Game(s)
Amber 1,200 300 Orange/Brown 1 AC, WW, CF, NL
Ammonite 1,100 300 Gray/Brown 1 AC, WW, CF, NL
Archaeopteryx 1,300 300 Brown (x2) 1 WW, CF, NL
Coprolite
'Dino Droppings' in Wild World
1,100 300 Gray/Brown 1 WW, CF, NL
Dinosaur Egg 1,400 300 Gray/Brown 1 AC, WW, CF, NL
Dinosaur Track 1,000 300 Gray/Brown 1 AC, WW, CF, NL
Fern Fossil 1,000 300 Gray/Brown 1 WW, CF, NL
Peking Man 1,100 300 Gray/Brown 1 WW, CF, NL
Shark Tooth 1,000 300 Gray/Brown 1 WW, CF, NL
Trilobite 1,300 300 Gray/Brown 1 AC, WW, CF, NL

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