Fossils are the skeletal remains of what once lived on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and like insects, fish, paintings, and sea creatures, they can be donated to the Museum.
However, first you need to know how to find fossils and how many different types of fossils are hidden on your island.
With this knowledge, you can start collecting fossils and donate them to the Museum, sell them, or transform your island into a relatively safe version of Jurassic Park.
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How many fossils are there in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
There are 73 different fossils that you can find in New Horizons.
This total consists of 14 independent fossils and 21 fossil sets, which contain between two and six individual fossils and, when placed together, create a dinosaur skeleton.
How to find fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
To find fossils in New Horizons, you must first equip yourself with a shovel. Once you have brought or created this tool, it is time to explore the island until you find an X-shaped crack in the ground.
As in any good pirate story, the treasure is located under the X and, using your shovel in the crack, you will unearth a fossil.
Dig into the crevices to unearth fossils!
However, you won’t know what type of fossil you’ve found until you’ve evaluated it.
There will be at least four fossil rifts you can find each day, and if you don’t collect them, two more rifts will appear the next day, bringing the maximum number of fossils you can find on your island at one time to six.
If you dig up all four fossils, a new set of four will appear after 5am, which is the island reset time for each island.
You can also find fossils on Mystery Island tours, which you can purchase tickets for at the Nook Stop in Residential Services using Nook Miles.
Whether or not you find a fossil on a Mysterious Island is completely random, and if you do, you will only be able to find it. For this reason, we do not recommend using Mystery Island tours exclusively for fossil hunting; It’s best to save your Nook Miles and focus on the fossils found on your island.
How to evaluate fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
After you’ve collected a couple of fossils in New Horizons, it’s time to find out exactly what you’ve excavated.
To do this you must go to the Museum and Blathers. Next select the ‘Assess fossils’ option and choose which fossil you want to be valued.
Talk to Blathers to have your fossils evaluated.
Blathers will then tell you exactly which fossils you’ve found, transforming the fossils in your inventory into their named form. He will also tell you if the Museum currently has the fossils in its collection.
If you have a fossil that is missing from the Museum, you can donate it by selecting “Make a Donation” when you speak to Blathers again.
The fossils you receive are selected at random, so there is no guarantee that you will receive a certain fossil. Instead, you should keep collecting fossils and evaluating them until you get lucky.
How to complete the fossil exhibit at the Museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
If you want to complete the fossil exhibit at the New Horizons Museum, you must donate one of each fossil found in the game.
This is a task that, thanks to how fossils are selected randomly, will most likely take you a couple of months, especially if you are the only player living on your island.
All you can do is continue digging up the fossils that appear around your island and hand them over to Blathers for evaluation.
However, if you have friends who play New Horizons and find one of your lost fossils, they can always give it to you and you can then donate it to the Museum.
To find out which fossils you are missing, head to the fossil exhibit. There you’ll be able to interact with the various exhibits, whether you’ve completed them or not, and hopefully it will give you an idea of exactly what fossils you need to complete the exhibit.
Unfortunately, the only reward you’ll receive for completing the Museum in New Horizons is Blathers’ smile, but at least he’s happy.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Fossil Set and Price List
Unlike fish, insects, and sea creatures, New Horizons fossils are not seasonal, meaning you can find any of the 73 fossils at any time of the year.
The only problem is that the fossils you receive from the appraisal are selected at random, meaning you may have to wait several weeks just to find a fossil. Fortunately, fossils are worth their weight in bells and selling them can generate a healthy profit that you can reliably receive every day.
Below you will find all the fossils you can dig in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the fossils that are part of each set and the selling price of each fossil.
| fossil name | Price | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthostega | 2000 | Independent fossil |
| Amber | 1200 | Independent fossil |
| Ammonite | 1100 | Independent fossil |
| ankylo skull | 3500 | ankylosaurus |
| ankylo tail | 2500 | ankylosaurus |
| ankylo torso | 3000 | ankylosaurus |
| anomalocaris | 2000 | Independent fossil |
| Archeopteryx | 1300 | Independent fossil |
| archelon skull | 4000 | archeon |
| bow tail | 3500 | archeon |
| australopithecine | 1100 | Independent fossil |
| Brachial chest | 5500 | brachiosaurus |
| brachial pelvis | 5000 | brachiosaurus |
| brachius skull | 6000 | brachiosaurus |
| brachium tail | 5500 | brachiosaurus |
| coprolite | 1100 | Independent fossil |
| deinony tail | 2500 | Deinonychus |
| deinonium torso | 3000 | Deinonychus |
| Dimetrodon skull | 5500 | Dimetrodon |
| Dimetrodon Torso | 5000 | Dimetrodon |
| dinosaur track | 1000 | Independent fossil |
| Diplo chest | 4000 | diplodocus |
| Diplo collar | 4500 | diplodocus |
| diplo pelvis | 4500 | diplodocus |
| diplo skull | 5000 | diplodocus |
| diplo tail | 5000 | diplodocus |
| diplo tail tip | 4000 | diplodocus |
| Dunkleosteus | 3500 | Independent fossil |
| Eustenopteron | 2000 | Independent fossil |
| Iguanodon skull | 4000 | Iguanodon |
| iguanodont tail | 3000 | Iguanodon |
| Iguanodont Torso | 3500 | Iguanodon |
| juramaia | 1000 | Independent fossil |
| Left side of the megalo | 4000 | Megaloceros |
| Ptera left wing | 4500 | Pteranodon |
| left wing of the quetzal | 5000 | Quetzalcoatlus |
| mammoth skull | 3000 | Mammoth |
| mammoth torso | 2500 | Mammoth |
| megacero skull | 4500 | Megacerops |
| megazero tail | 3000 | Megacerops |
| Megazeros Torso | 3500 | Megacerops |
| Myllokunmingia | 1500 | Independent fossil |
| ophthalmus skull | 2500 | Ophthalmosaurus |
| ophthalmic torso | 2000 | Ophthalmosaurus |
| Pachy skull | 4000 | Pachycephalosaur |
| pachy tail | 3500 | Pachycephalosaur |
| parasaurus skull | 3500 | Parasaurolophus |
| parasaurus tail | 2500 | Parasaurolophus |
| parasaurus torso | 3000 | Parasaurolophus |
| plesian skull | 4000 | plesiosaur |
| plesio tail | 4500 | plesiosaur |
| plesian torso | 4500 | plesiosaur |
| ptera body | 4000 | Pteranodon |
| quetzal torso | 4500 | Quetzalcoatlus |
| Right side of the megalo | 5500 | Megaloceros |
| Ptera right wing | 4500 | Pteranodon |
| Right wing of the quetzal | 5000 | Quetzalcoatlus |
| saber tooth skull | 2500 | Saber-toothed tiger |
| saber tooth tail | 2000 | Saber-toothed tiger |
| Shark teeth pattern | 1000 | Independent fossil |
| hawthorn skull | 4000 | spinosaurus |
| hawthorn tail | 2500 | spinosaurus |
| hawthorn torso | 5000 | spinosaurus |
| stego skull | 5000 | Stegosaurus |
| stego tail | 4000 | Stegosaurus |
| stego torso | 4500 | Stegosaurus |
| T.Rex skull | 6000 | Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| T.Rex tail | 5000 | Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| T.Rex Torso | 5500 | Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| triceros skull | 5500 | Triceratops |
| triceral tail | 4500 | Triceratops |
| tricerus torso | 5000 | Triceratops |
| trilobites | 1300 | Independent fossil |
Other uses of fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons explained
Since you’ll have a lot of fossils that you can’t donate to the Museum in New Horizons, it’s a good idea to know what you can use them for.
The first is obvious: you can sell your leftover fossils at Nook’s Cranny and, depending on the fossils you have found, you can earn a minimum of 4,000 bells a day.
Fossils are a great way to earn some bells!
Secondly, you can use fossils to decorate both your house and your island.
Even if you don’t have a complete fossil set, you can mix and match the largest fossil to create your own dinosaurs.
Their scientists were so concerned about whether they could or not that they didn’t stop to think about whether they should.
Finally, if you have any leftover unevaluated fossils, you can use them in the DIY recipe for the Fossil Doorplate.
To make the Fossil door plate you need:
- x1 fossil not evaluated
- x2 Stone
You can use this piece of furniture to decorate the door of your house, a wall inside your house or you can give it to a villager to place on their door.
Good luck in your fossil hunting endeavors!
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