Fossil

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, used in DIY recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, 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 Wild World onwards, 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. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, four or five fossils spawn each day on the Player's island. Fossils may also be found on island tours.

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, HHD, NH
Ankylo Tail	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Ankylo Torso	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Apatosaurus
Apato Skull	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD
Apato Tail	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD
Apato Torso	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD
Archelon
Archelon Skull	4,000	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Archelon Tail 'Archelon Torso' before New Horizons	3,500	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Brachiosaurus
Brachio Skull	6,000	???		4	NH
Brachio Torso					NH
Brachio Tail	5,500			4	NH
Brachio Pelvis					NH
Deinonychus
Deinony Tail	2,500			4	NH
Deinony Torso					NH
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon Skull	5,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Dimetrodon Tail Combined with the 'Dimetrodon Torso' in New Horizons	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD
Dimetrodon Torso	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Diplodocus
Diplo Chest	4,500	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Diplo Neck	5,000	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Diplo Pelvis 'Diplo Hip' before New Horizons	4,000	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Diplo Skull	5,000	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Diplo Tail Split into 'Diplo Tail' and 'Diplo Tail Tip' in New Horizons	4,500	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Diplo Tail Tip	4,000	???	Brown	4	NH
Ichthyosaur
Icthyo Skull	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Icthyo Torso	2,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Iguanodon
Iguanodon Skull	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Iguanodon Tail	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Iguanodon Torso	3,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Mammoth
Mammoth Skull	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Mammoth Torso	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Megacerops
Megacero Skull	4,500	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Megacero Tail	3,000	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Megacero Torso	3,500	???	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Megaloceros
Megalo Left Side	4,000			4	NH
Megalo Right Side	5,500			4	NH
Ophthalmosaurus
Ophthalmo Skull					NH
Ophthalmo Torso					NH
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachysaurus Skull 'Pachy Skull' before New Horizons	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Pachysaurus Tail 'Pachy Tail' before New Horizons	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Pachy Torso Combined with the 'Pachysaurus Tail' in New Horizons	3,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD
Parasaurolophus
Parasaur Skull	3,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Parasaur Tail	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Parasaur Torso	3,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Plesiosaur
Plesio Body 'Plesio Torso' before New Horizons	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Plesio Neck Combined with the 'Plesio Skull' in New Horizons	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD
Plesio Skull	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Plesio Tail			???	???	NH
Pteranodon
Ptera Body	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	2	WW, NH
Ptera Left Wing	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	2	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Ptera Right Wing	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	2	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Ptera Skull Combined with the 'Ptera Body' in New Horizons	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	2	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD
Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzal Left Wing			???	???	NH
Quetzal Right Wing	5,000			4	NH
Quetzal Torso			???	???	NH
Sabertooth Tiger
Sabertooth Skull	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Sabertooth Tail 'Sabertooth Torso' before New Horizons	2,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
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
Stegosaurus
Stego Skull	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Stego Tail	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Stego Torso	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Spinosaurus
Spino Skull	4,500 4,000 NH	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Spino Tail	4,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Spino Torso	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	NL, HHD, NH
Styracosaurus
Styraco Skull	3,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Styraco Tail	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Styraco Torso	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Triceratops
Tricera Skull	5,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Tricera Tail	4,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Tricera Torso	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Tyrannosaurus Rex
T. Rex Skull 'T-Rex Skull' before New Horizons	6,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
T. Rex Tail 'T-Rex Tail' before New Horizons	5,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
T. Rex Torso 'T-Rex Torso' before New Horizons	5,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	AC, WW, CF, NL, HHD, NH
Velociraptor
Raptor Skull	3,000	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD
Raptor Torso	2,500	1,000	Brown (x2)	4	CF, NL, HHD

Stand-alone fossils

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