Fossils

[matt2019]

What do you do with fossils after museum is complete? Do you personally even keep digging them up anymore? Interested to hear what people do

 

[Wickel]

I don't always dig them up anymore but I usually do! I like selling them because they're usually worth quite a bit

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

I dig them up daily to make some extra bells. There are a few that I keep in storage in case I decide to decorate with them in the future.

 

[Dunquixote]

I used to dig them up daily and leave them lying around the ground in case i need some extra bells. But now, I rebury them.

 

[Imbri]

I kept going to get a few display purposes around my island, then saved up 6 unclassified ones and buried them behind the museum. That way, I don't have to worry about hunting them down, and during mushroom season, I know any stars I find are rare mushrooms.

 

[Tinkeringbell]

I keep digging them up, have them assessed and sell them each day. There's a few species of fossil that I'm putting in my storage: Acanthostega, Juramaia, Trilobite, Ammonite, Amber and Australopith.

I mostly use those for decorating. I have had a triceratops skull in my home from the beginning of the game, though I'm now considering switching that out for a tea table with a few other smaller fossils. I like building fences out of ammonites and acanthostega.

I've used the trilobites for decorating as well, the juramaia made a nice addition to my spooky graveyard I made for Halloween. I've seen people use australopith fossils for that as well, so I'm making sure I'm keeping a few those too. I've put some pictures behind the spoiler tag The fun part about using fossils as decorations for me is that villagers will interact with e.g. the fossil fence, while they will just walk by a hedge.

Spoiler: Fossil decorations

The Juramaia isn't easily spotted, but it's in the bottom left corner:

 

[Uffe]

I was selling them for extra Bells. Recently, I've got an idea of two dinosaurs I want to use in the room upstairs, so now I'm in search of these two dinosaurs. There are some that I used to decorate my island, too. It's the stone looking fossil. I don't remember the name, but they look like boulders.

 

[Purities]

they’re good for making extra bells once you have gotten them examined )

 

[tajikey]

I've got all of mine buried out of sight, and they - for the most part - stay out of mind.

 

[Nefarious]

For now they are reburied on the beach until mushroom season is over. Just so they don't mingle with the rare mushrooms. I would assess and sell them usually. I already have mostly full fossil sets in my storage, waiting to be used.

 

[Chris]

I dig them up, have them identified, then sell them.

 

[6iixx]

i always do my daily activities whenever i first log onto animal crossing; one of those activities being to dig up my fossils, regardless that my museum is completed (fossil wise). not only is it a good chance for bells, it sometimes takes off a nook mile whim to get them assessed, but a lot of the smaller fossils look really feckin' cool in my opinion to use as decoration. i like to make my exteriors of areas generally match to the location, so i'm planning on putting quite a few of my accessed and extra fossils around my museum for aesthetic purposes.

the acanthostega, ammonite, australopith, dunkleosteus, juramaia, and trilobite fossils are personally my favourite when displayed.

 

[RileyRose]

I dig them up and sell them after getting them assessed.

 

[Garrett]

I dig 'em up, get them appraised, then sell 'em!

I've used a few for display outside the museum though.

 

[Nunnafinga]

I dig 'em and sell 'em.I'm not gonna pass up that easy money.I use the these bells to buy frivolous Animal Crossing stuff like clothing and random junk I really don't need from Nook's.I save the rest.

 

[sleepydreepy]

My sister still digs up fossils whenever she plays, but I have mine all permanently buried in my "dig site" area of my island. That works out best for me since I don't want to spend the extra time searching for fossils around my island and getting them assessed.

 

[Sofia22]

I completed the museum but I didn’t complete the Nook Miles achievement so I’m still digging them up and bringing them to Blathers everyday.
Once it’ll be done, I think I’ll still dig them up for the extra bells since I always go round my island in the morning.

 

[eseamir]

I haven't completed my fossils in my museum yet but I usually hang on to any doubles I get so I can use them for decoration if I want to later on, I'll probably reach a stage where I have enough of them and then I'll start selling them

 

[meggiewes]

I dig them up for extra bells, for fossil doorplates, and to find specific fossils to decorate my museum plaza with.

 

[niko@kamogawa]

I just dig em' up and sell them for extra Bells.

I was planning to keep them at first and then hand them over to other players. But the 1600 storage limit doesn't help!