Animal Crossing New Horizons Fossils Guide

If you are trying to complete the Museum in Animal Crossing new Horizons, you will need to find and donate one of each fossil type. There are dozens of different types of fossils in the game, so you might find our checklist handy. This guide lists all the fossils you need to complete the Museum in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

Each day your fossils will respawn and you can dig them up. You can then give them to Blathers to assess, and you will randomly receive 1 out of 73 possible different fossils. As you can imagine, it takes a while to unlock them all, but you can always trade with other people for fossils you don’t have. You can dig up 4 fossils per island every day.

We have a checklist below that you can reference to see which fossils you are missing from your collection. Feel free to bookmark this page and come back to look at it whenever you need to compare.

Fossils and Prices in Animal Crossing New Horizons

• Acanthostega – 2000 bells
• Amber – 1200 bells
• Ammonite – 1100 bells
• Ankylo skull – 3500 bells
• Ankylo tail – 2000 bells
• Ankylo Torso – 3000 bells
• Anomalocaris – 2000 bells
• Archaeopteryx – 1300 bells
• Archelon skull – 4000 bells
• Archelon tail – 3500 bells
• Australopith – 1100 bells
• Brachio chest – 5500 bells
• Brachio pelvis – 5000 bells
• Brachio skull – 6000 bells
• Brachio tail – 5500 bells
• Coprolite – 1100 bells
• Deinony tail – 3000 bells
• Deinony torso – 2500 bells
• Dimetrodon skull – 4400 bells
• Dimetrodon torso – 4000 bells
• Dinosaur track – 1000 bells
• Diplo chest – 4000 bells
• Diplo neck – 4500 bells
• Diplo pelvis – 4500 bells
• Diplo skull – 5000 bells
• Diplo tail – 5000 bells
• Diplo tail tip – 4000 bells
• Dunkleosteus – 3500 bells
• Eusthenopteron – 2000 bells
• Iguanodon skull – 4000 bells
• Iguanodon tail – 3000 bells
• Iguanodon torso – 3500 bells
• Juramaia – 1500 bells
• Left megalo side – 4000 bells
• Left ptera wing – 4500 bells
• Left quetzal wing – 5000 bells
• Mammoth skull – 3000 bells
• Mammoth torso – 2500 bells
• Megacero skull – 4500 bells
• Megacero tail – 3000 bells
• Megacero torso – 3500 bells
• Myllokunmingia – 1500 bells
• Ophthalmo skull – 2500 bells
• Ophthalmo torso – 2000 bells
• Pachysaurus skull – 4000 bells
• Pachysaurus tail – 3500 bells
• Parasaur skull – 3500 bells
• Parasaur tail – 2500 bells
• Parasaur torso – 3000 bells
• Plesio body – 4500 bells
• Plesio skull – 4000 bells
• Plesio tail – 4500 bells
• Ptera body – 4000 bells
• Quetzal torso – 4500 bells
• Right megalo side – 5500 bells
• Right ptera wing – 4500 bells
• Right quetzal wing – 5000 bells
• Sabertooth skull – 2500 bells
• Sabertooth tail – 2000 bells
• Shark-tooth pattern – 1000 bells
• Spino skull – 4000 bells
• Spino tail – 2500 bells
• Spino torso – 3000 bells
• T. rex skull – 6000 bells
• T. rex tail – 5000 bells
• T. rex torso – 5500 bells
• Tricera skull – 5500 bells
• Tricera tail – 4500 bells
• Tricera torso – 5000 bells
• Trilobite – 1300 bells

You will end up with many duplicate fossils, which you can sell or hang on to for decorations. Another option is trading them with other players who might need them. This is a great way to pick up some fossils you don’t have to complete your collection.