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Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Fossils prices and full checklist

There’s history hidden beneath your island, just waiting to be dug up. Here’s a checklist of every fossil in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so you can keep track of your paleontological progression.

New Horizons has been out in the wild world for a good few weeks now, and many players will have sniffed out a burgeoning collection of fossils. But unlike Animal Crossing’s fish stocks - and ecosystem of bugs - there isn’t a handy Critterpedia to keep track of everything.

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It can be tricky and time consuming to remember how many parts of each large fossil, and how many pieces overall, you still need to uncover.

How to find fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you find fossils by using a shovel on cracks in the ground.

Between 2 and 6 of these cracks appear daily, and seem to become more frequent as you progress through the game. Check all over your island every day for new spots that appear.

While cracks most often contain fossils, there are a couple of exceptions. Sometimes, the cracks are used to hide event items like the Earth Egg in Bunny Day. Also, if you see a crack in the ground next to a bamboo plant, then it will contain a bamboo shoot.

When you dig up a fossil, even if you’ve seen that one before, it will be unidentified - which brings us onto the next point.

What to do with fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

There are three main things you can do with fossils in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Your first port of call with any unidentified fossils should be Tom Nook right at the beginning of the game, and then Blathers once the town museum is open.

Blathers will assess any and all fossils you hand over to him, so don’t be shy about filling your pockets.

Once the fossils have been assessed, you have a choice. You can donate one of each type of fossil to the museum to bolster their collection. This is highly recommended, since the museum is a beautiful space and filling it is one of the cornerstones of the game.

However, Blathers can’t accept multiples of the same kind of fossil. If you have spare fossils left over, you can either display them on your island for a decent boost to your island rating (we have a page on how to get 5 stars, here).

Or you can sell them to Timmy and Tommy at Nook’s Cranny for a decent wodge of cash. While the displayed fossils do look impressive, they can be a great source of reliable income every day as well.

Because there's only so many characters that fit into an item name, many of the fossils in New Horzions have their full names cut off. Here's all of the dinosaurs and ancient animals that feature:

  • Ankylosaurus
  • Archelon
  • Brachiosaurus
  • Deinonychus
  • Dunkleosteus
  • Diplodocus
  • Dimetrodon
  • Iguanodon
  • Mammoth
  • Megacerops
  • Megaloceros
  • Ophthalmosaurus
  • Pachycephalosaurus
  • Parasaurolophus
  • Plesiosaurus
  • Pteranodon
  • Quetzalcoatlus
  • Sabertooth Tiger
  • Spinosaurus
  • Stegosaurus
  • Triceratops
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fossil prices - Full List

Below is a list of every fossil in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including its selling price at Nook's Cranny and whether it's part of a larger set or not.

The price data comes from the Animal Crossing wiki community under CC-BY-SA license, which means you can reproduce and remix the data as you like as well.

Animal Crossing:New Horizons Fossil Prices
Fossil Name:Fossil Price:Part of a set?
Acanthostega2000N
Amber1200N
Ammonite1100N
Anomalocaris2000N
Archaeopteryx1300N
Australopith1100N
Coprolite1100N
Dinosaur Track1000N
Dunkleosteus3500N
Eusthenopteron2000N
Juramaia1000N
Myllokunmingia1500N
Shark-tooth Pattern1000N
Trilobite1300N
Ankylo skull5000Y
Ankylo torso3000Y
Ankylo tail2500Y
Archelon skull4000Y
Archelon tail3500Y
Brachio skull6000Y
Brachio chest5500Y
Brachio pelvis5000Y
Brachio tail5500Y
Deinony torso3000Y
Deinony tail2500Y
Dimetrodon skull5500Y
Dimetrodon torso5000Y
Diplo skull5000Y
Diplo neck4500Y
Diplo chest4000Y
Diplo pelvis4500Y
Diplo tail5000Y
Diplo tail tip4000Y
Iguanodon skull4000Y
Iguanodon torso3500Y
Iguanodon tail3000Y
Mammoth skull 3000Y
Mammoth torso2500Y
Megacero skull4500Y
Megacero torso3500Y
Megacero tail3000Y
Right Megalo side5500Y
Left Megalo side4000Y
Ophthalmo skull2500Y
Ophthalmo torso2000Y
Pachysaurus skull 4000Y
Pachysaurus tail3500Y
Parasaur skull3500Y
Parasaur torso3000Y
Parasaur tail2500Y
Plesio skull4000Y
Plesio body 4500Y
Plesio tail4500Y
Ptera body4000Y
Right Ptera wing4500Y
Left Ptera wing4500Y
Quetzal torso4500Y
Right Quetzal wing5000Y
Left Quetzal wing5000Y
Sabertooth skull2500Y
Sabertooth tail2000Y
Spino skull4000Y
Spino torso5000Y
Spino tail2500Y
Stego skull5000Y
Stego torso4500Y
Stego tail4000Y
T. Rex skull6000Y
T. Rex torso5500Y
T. Rex tail5000Y
Tricera tail5500Y
Tricera torso5000Y
Tricera tail4500Y

For more information on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, check out our pages on Redd's fake art gallery of paintings and statues, as well as our full guide.

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