How to Find Fossils in Animal Crossing

Just like in real life, fossils in Animal Crossing New Horizons or ACNH are described as the skeletal remains of what once lived on your island. In this game, there are a total of 73 fossils that can be found and all of them are different. They include 14 stand-alone fossils and 21 fossil sets that contain between 2 to 6 individual fossils and when they are placed together, a dinosaur skeleton is made.

Here are all the fossils in Animal Crossing New Horizons or ACNH:

What should you do to find Fossils in Animal Crossing New Horizons? Fossils are everywhere on your island. What makes them different is that some of them are new while some others are not. In order to find them in this game, the first thing that you need to do is to equip yourself with a shovel. After getting one in your hand, it is time for you to explore the island until you find a crack in the ground with a shape like an X. Similar to any good pirate story, there is something beneath the X. in the end, you will be able to find a fossil by using your shovel. However, there is no way for you to know the kind of fossil that you have found until you have it assessed by the Blather.

Every single day, at least four fossil cracks for you to find. In case you do not collect these four, then two more cracks will show up the next day. It means you are able to find a total of six fossils on your island at one time.

If you dig all the four, keep in mind that a new set of four will show up at the island reset time for every island, which is at 5AM.

Apparently, the fossils in Animal Crossing New Horizons are also able to be found on the Mystery Island tours. If you are interested in these tours, you can purchase the tickets at the Nook Stop located in the Residential Services with Nook Miles. Before purchasing the tickets, it should be noted that the chance of finding a fossil on a Mystery Island is totally random. Due to this fact, you are not recommended to use the Mystery Island tours exclusively to hunt the fossils. Instead of purchasing the tickets for the mystery Island tours, it is better for you to save your Nook Miles and focus yourself on the fossils that are found on your island.

After discovering a few fossils on your island, the next thing that you need to do is to assess them. This kind of activity can be done by meeting Blathers, which can be found in the museum. When you are there, choose the Assess fossils option and then pick the one that you want to be assessed. Then, Blathers will tell you the exact ones that you have found. In addition to that, you will also be told whether or not the museum currently has the fossils in their collection. If a fossil collection of the museum is missing, then you can donate it. If you want to donate it, you can do it by choosing Make a donation option when you get a chance to speak with Blathers again.

Apparently, there is no guarantee that you will get a specific fossil as it is stated that the fossils that you get are chosen randomly. All that you have to do is to not stop collecting fossils and then assessing them until you get the one that you want.

Apart from donating, the fossils in Animal Crossing New Horizons or ACNH can also be sold and be kept in your place. If you want to sell them, especially the ones that can be donated to the museum, you can go to Nook’s Cranny. If you want to get a huge amount of cash, the recommended ones to sell include T-Rex, Triceratops, Quetzalcoatlus, Brachiosaurus, and Diplodocus. If you want to make something from fossils, you can think of making a fossil doorplate. This one requires x1 Unassessed Fossil and x2 Stone.

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