Fossil

Fossils
Fossils
	; The fossil exhibit of the museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons;
Series total count:
	43 fossils
Count by game
First generation	12 (25 individual items)
Wild World	24 (52 individual items)
City Folk	27 (58 individual items)
New Leaf	30 (67 individual items)
New Horizons	35 (73 individual items)

Fossils are collectible items in the Animal Crossing series that can be dug up from the ground. They can be donated to the museum, sold, or placed in the player's home as a piece of furniture. Every day, several fossils appear buried in town. They are initially unidentified and must be brought to Blathers (or in the first-generation games, sent to the Farway Museum) to reveal exactly which fossil it is.

There are two types of fossils: multi-part fossils that make up the skeletons of larger fossilized animals and standalone fossils that are either smaller fossilized animals or non-animal fossils.

Appearances[edit]

In the first-generation games[edit]

The fossil exhibit of the museum in Animal Crossing.

See also: List of fossils in the first-generation Animal Crossing games

In every first-generation Animal Crossing game, there are a total of 25 fossils: 20 multi-part fossils that comprise seven skeletons, and five standalone fossils. Up to five fossils appear buried in town every day and can spawn in any acre except the ones that contain the player houses, the wishing well, the train station, the lake, or the dump. The fossils that appear will not exceed a total of five fossils currently buried in town.

After the player digs up their first fossil, the Farway Museum sends them a letter, and fossils can then be sent to the Farway Museum for identification. There is no limit to the number of fossils that can be sent to the Farway Museum in one day, but it will only send back three identified fossils each day. The Farway Museum can store up to 30 fossils in a queue to be sent to the player; once this limit is reached, any additional fossils sent to the Farway Museum are lost. In Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, fossils can be donated to the museum.

When placed in the player's house, standalone fossils give 300 HRA points each, and multi-part fossils give 1,000 points each. Multi-part fossils are treated as a set and give a point bonus of 3,000 × the number of fossils in the set when completed.

In Wild World[edit]

The fossil exhibit of the museum in Wild World.

See also: List of fossils in Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, there are a total of 52 fossils: 42 multi-part fossils that comprise 14 skeletons, and 10 standalone fossils. New multi-part fossils include the Ankylosaur, Dimetrodon, Iguanodon, Pachycephalosaur, Parasaur, Sabretooth Tiger, and Seismosaur; new standalone fossils include the archaeopteryx, dino droppings, fern fossil, Peking Man, and shark tooth. Additionally, the ptera skull has been split into two items: the ptera skull and ptera body.

Three fossils appear buried in town every day, and they can now be identified directly by Blathers. After donation, interacting with a completed fossil skeleton's plaque in the museum now lists the fossil's length and geologic period.

All fossils are part of the "old-school" genre. All multi-part fossils have brown as both of their colors, while the standalone ones have either gray, brown, or orange as their first color and brown as their second. When placed in the player's house, standalone fossils give 300 HRA points each, and multi-part fossils give 1,000 points each. Multi-part fossils are treated as a set and give a point bonus of 1,000 × the number of fossils in the set when completed.

One of the possible villager hobbies is "dig up fossils". Villagers with this hobby will carry around a shovel outside and sometimes mention fossils in conversation. These villagers can ask the player to bring them a fossil, which they will then display in their house.

In City Folk[edit]

The fossil exhibit of the museum in City Folk.

See also: List of fossils in City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, there are a total of 58 fossils: 48 multi-part fossils that comprise 17 skeletons, and 10 standalone fossils. New fossils include the Ichthyosaur, Styracosaur, and Velociraptor. The ptera body is now merged with the ptera skull again. Three fossils appear buried in town every day.

All fossils are part of the "retro" genre. All multi-part fossils have brown as both of their colors, while the standalone ones have either gray, brown, or orange as their first color and brown as their second. When placed in the player's house, standalone fossils give 300 HRA points each, and multi-part fossils give 1,000 points each. Multi-part fossils are treated as a set and give a point bonus of 1,000 × the number of fossils in the set when completed.

One of the possible villager hobbies is "dig up fossils". Villagers with this hobby will carry around a shovel outside and sometimes mention fossils in conversation. These villagers can ask the player to bring them a fossil, which they will then display in their house.

In New Leaf[edit]

The fossil exhibit of the museum in New Leaf.

See also: List of fossils in New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, there are a total of 67 fossils: 57 multi-part fossils that comprise 20 skeletons, and 10 standalone fossils. New fossils include the Archelon, Diplodocus, Megacerops, and Spinosaurus. The Seismosaur from City Folk was removed. Four fossils appear buried in town every day.

All fossils are part of the "historical" genre, and all multi-part fossils are also part of the "Quirky" HHA theme challenge. All multi-part fossils have brown as both of their colors, while the standalone ones have either gray, brown, or orange as their first color and brown as their second. When placed in the player's house, all fossils give 51 HRA points each. Multi-part fossils are treated as a set and give a point bonus of 1,000 × the number of fossils in the set when completed.

Each multi-part fossil set can be given to Cyrus at Re-Tail to make a 1×1 furniture model of the set. These fossil models do not appear in the catalog and are part of the model HHA category, "historical" genre, and "Antique" and "Quirky" HHA theme challenges. They give 1,351 HHA points when placed in the player's house.

In New Horizons[edit]

Several standalone fossils on display in the entrance to the museum's fossil exhibit in New Horizons.

See also: List of fossils in New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are a total of 73 fossils: 59 multi-part fossils that comprise 21 skeletons, and 14 standalone fossils. New multi-part fossils include the Brachiosaurus, Deinonychus, Megaloceros, Ophthalmosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus; new standalone fossils include the acanthostega, anomalocaris, australopith, dunkleosteus, eusthenopteron, juramaia, and myllokunmingia. The Apatosaurus, dinosaur egg, fern fossil, Ichthyosaur, Peking Man, Styracosaurus, and Velociraptor from New Leaf have been removed. Four fossils appear buried in town every day. There is also a 30% chance of a single fossil appearing on any Mystery Island Tour island. An unidentified fossil is used in the DIY recipe for the fossil doorplate.

There are two Nook Miles goals related to fossils: Bona Fide Bone Finder!, which is unlocked after a player digs up their first fossil; and Fossil Assessment, which has five stages that are unlocked by having 5, 30, 100, 300, and 500 fossils identified. Additionally, there is the Get Fossils Assessed Nook Miles+ goal, which requires three fossils to be identified.

All multi-part fossils have brown as both of their colors, while the standalone ones have a combination of beige, black, brown, gray, or yellow. When placed in the player's house, all fossils give 87 HRA points each. Multi-part fossils are treated as a set and give a point bonus of 800 × the number of fossils in the set when completed.

In Happy Home Designer[edit]

In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, all 67 fossils and 20 fossil models from New Leaf can be unlocked by purchasing the Ancient Fossils lesson from the Happy Home Handbook for 2 Play Coins.

In amiibo Festival[edit]

In Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, a question in the Quiz Show minigame requires the player to identify a completed multi-part fossil, which can be any of the 20 from New Leaf.

List of fossils[edit]

The following is a list of every fossil in the Animal Crossing series and each game they appeared in. Multi-part fossils are listed as one entry in this list.

Fossils in the Animal Crossing series
Name	Image	Type	Game
Name	Image	Type	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Amber		Standalone	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Ammonite		Standalone	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Apatosaurus		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL
Dinosaur egg		Standalone	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL
Dinosaur track		Standalone	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Mammoth		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Plesiosaurus		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Pteranodon		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Stegosaurus		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
T. Rex		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Triceratops		Multi-part	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Trilobite		Standalone	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Ankylosaurus		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Archaeopteryx		Standalone		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Coprolite		Standalone		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Dimetrodon		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Fern fossil		Standalone		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL
Iguanodon		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Pachycephalosaurus		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Parasaurolophus		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Peking Man		Standalone		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL
Sabertooth Tiger		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Seismosaur		Multi-part		ACWW	ACCF
Shark-tooth pattern		Standalone		ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Ichthyosaur		Multi-part			ACCF	ACNL
Styracosaurus		Multi-part			ACCF	ACNL
Velociraptor		Multi-part			ACCF	ACNL
Archelon		Multi-part				ACNL	ACNH
Diplodocus		Multi-part				ACNL	ACNH
Megacerops		Multi-part				ACNL	ACNH
Spinosaurus		Multi-part				ACNL	ACNH
Acanthostega		Standalone					ACNH
Anomalocaris		Standalone					ACNH
Australopith		Standalone					ACNH
Brachiosaurus		Multi-part					ACNH
Deinonychus		Multi-part					ACNH
Dunkleosteus		Standalone					ACNH
Eusthenopteron		Standalone					ACNH
Juramaia		Standalone					ACNH
Megaloceros		Multi-part					ACNH
Myllokunmingia		Standalone					ACNH
Ophthalmosaurus		Multi-part					ACNH
Quetzalcoatlus		Multi-part					ACNH