Animal Crossing: Wild World Fossil Guide Written by Nfan13 Table of Contents _________________ I. Introduction II. Frequently Asked Questions III. The Fossils IV. Museum Exhibits V. Fossils with Neighbors Va. Flea Market Vb. Letters Vc. Task VI. Fossils with Tom Nook VII. Wi-Fi Information VIII. Thanks IX. Legal Stuff X. Version History XI. Contact XII. Closing I. Introduction ________________ I am making this guide on account of fossils. In both the GCN and the DS version, what this guide is about, I fallen in love with fossils. They are a great way to make money and kind of like playing the lottery. I've always been interested in dinosaurs and archaeology, so I found this feature to be a pleasant surprise. Please take your time to enjoy this guide and use it as reference for any questions you might have. If you have any unanswered questions or concerns, feel free to talk to me on the message boards, my name is Nfan13, or e-mail me at Nnfan125@aim.com. Please make sure to put AC:WW as the subject otherwise your mail will be deleted. I won't be able to answer every e-mail so please keep this in mind as I don't want an overflow of e-mails. You can also IM me on AIM. My sn in spanieldk. Thanks and remember to enjoy. II. Frequently Asked Questions _______________________________ Q: What are fossils and how do I find them? A: Fossils are items you dig out from the ground at small star-shaped symbols and in their original state must be identified by Blathers in the museum before they are of much use. After that, you can donate them to the museum if you have already donated the one you have, sell them to Tom Nook, display them in your house, or give them to a neighbor. Please note however that there are other items buried underground, so pay attention to what you dig up! Q: How often can I find fossils? A: On average, you can find three fossils in your town per day. However, if your town is overrun with weeds or covered with patterns, this leaves less stops for a fossil to be underground (a fossil can't be under rocks, where a flower or tree is, etc.) and you may not find some or any that day. Q: You said you could display them in your house. Do they count for HRA points? A: Yes, a display fossil, such as a dinosaur egg or amber, is worth 300 points. A skeleton fossil, such as a T-Rex skull or apato torso, is worth 1,000 points. Q: Do I need any tools to dig up fossils? A: Just a shovel or golden shovel. Having a golden shovel does not affect what kind of fossils you dig up and a normal shovel can be bought from Tom Nook's store. Q: Do I have to mail in my fossils like in the GCN version? A: Nope, just talk to Blathers. Q: Do fossils show up in the catalog? A: Yes, and in their own section too! A new one will show up every time Blathers identifies it for the first time. NOTE: Even though they are in the catalog, you cannot buy them. Q: How did you get this information? A: Through experimentation and the "Official Guide of NP" (see Thanks section). I had to do a little bit of time traveling for the sake of this guide, but my town is recovering. *Sigh* A lot of weeding ahead of me! Q: Can I visit your town? A: Sure, why not? (See "Wi-Fi Information" section) III. The Fossils ________________ Fossils are listed by what set they are in and "price" means how many bells you get for selling them to Tom Nook. They are divided into two types: BONES and DISPLAYS. BONES ====== Anklyo ====== Anklyo Skull Price: 3,500 Anklyo Torso Price: 3,000 Anklyo Tail Price: 2,500 ===== Apato ===== Apato Skull Price: 5,000 Apato Torso Price: 4,500 Apato Tail Price: 4,000 ========== Dimedotrodon ========== Dimedotrodon Skull Price: 5,500 Dimedotrodon Torso Price: 5,000 Dimedotrodon Tail Price: 4,500 ========= Iguanodon ========= Iguanodon Skull Price: 4,000 Iguanodon Torso Price: 3,500 Iguanodon Tail Price: 3,000 ======= Mammoth ======= Mammoth Skull Price: 3,000 Mammoth Torso Price: 2,500 ===== Pachy ===== Pachy Skull Price: 4,000 Pachy Torso Price: 3,500 Pachy Tail Price 3,000 ======== Parasaur ======== Parasaur Skull Price: 3,500 Parasaur Torso Price: 3,000 Parasaur Tail Price: 2,500 ====== Pleiso ====== Pleiso Skull Price: 4,500 Pleiso Neck Price: 4,500 Pleiso Torso Price: 4,500 ===== Ptera ===== Ptera Skull Price: 4,000 Ptera Body Price: 4,000 Ptera Left Wing Price: 4,500 Ptera Right Wing Price: 4,500 ========== Sabertooth ========== Sabertooth Skull Price: 2,500 Sabertooth Torso Price: 2,000 ====== Seismo ====== Seismo Skull Price: 5,000 Seismo Chest Price: 4,500 Seismo Hip Price: 4,000 Seismo Tail Price: 4,500 ===== Stego ===== Stego Skull Price: 5,000 Stego Torso Price: 4,500 Stego Tail Price: 4,000 ===== T-Rex ===== T-Rex Skull Price: 6,000 T-Rex Torso Price: 5,500 T-Rex Tail Price: 5,000 ======== Tricera ======== Tricera Skull Price: 5,500 Tricera Torso Price: 5,000 Tricera Tail Price: 4,500 DISPLAYS Amber Price: 1,200 Ammonite Price: 1,100 Archaeopteryx Price: 1,300 Dino Droppings Price: 1,100 Dinosaur Egg Price: 1,400 Dinosaur Track Price: 1,000 Fern Fossil Price: 1,000 Peking Man Price: 1,100 Shark Tooth Price: 1,000 Trilobite Price: 1,300 IV. Museum Exhibits ____________________ Name: refers to the name that appears on the display Length: refers to the length that appears on the display (only applies to BONES) Time: refers to the period of time that the dinosaur came from that appears on the display (only applies to BONES) Color: color of the stand (only applies to BONES; DISPLAYS are all on identical brown podiums) Room: whether they are in the first room (1) or the second room (2) BONES ANKLYO Name: Anklyosaur Length: 36.1 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Blue Room: 1 APATO Name: Apatosaurus Length: 68.9 feet Time: Late Jurassic Color: Yellow Room: 1 DIMEDOTRODON Name: Dimedotrodon Length: 11.5 feet Time: Early Permian Color: Teal Room: 2 IGUNODON Name: Iguanodon Length: 32.8 feet Time: Early Cretaceous Color: Red Room: 2 MAMMOTH Name: Mammoth Length: 13 feet Time: Pleistocene Cenozoic Color: Blue Room: 2 PACHY Name: Pachycephalosaur Length: 13.1 Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Green Room: 1 PARASAUR Name: Parasaur Length: 29.5 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Purple Room: 1 PLEISO Name: Plesiosaur Length: 23.6 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Yellow Room: 2 PTERA Name: Pteranodon Length: 30.2 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Purple Room: 2 SABERTOOTH Name: Sabertooth Tiger Length: 6.2 feet Time: Pleistocene Cenozoic Color: Beige Room: 2 SEISMO Name: Seismoaur Length: 113.2 feet Time: Late Jurassic Color: Green Room: 2 STEGO Name: Stegosaur Length: 30.5 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Purple Room: 2 T-REX Name: T. Rex Length: 47.6 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Teal Room: 1 TRICERA Name: Triceratops Length: 30 feet Time: Late Cretaceous Color: Red Room: 1 DISPLAYS AMBER Name: Amber Room: 2 AMMONITE Name: Ammonite Room: 1 ARCHAEOPTERYX Name: Archaeopteryx Room: 1 DINO DROPPINGS Name: Dino Droppings Room: 1 DINO EGG Name: Dino Egg Room: 2 DINO TRACK Name: Dino Track Room: 2 PEKING MAN Name: Peking Man Room: 2 SHARK TOOTH Name: Shark tooth Room: 1 TRILOBITE Name: Trilobite Room: 1 V. Fossils with Neighbors _________________________ As mentioned in the Frequently Asked Questions section, fossils can be given to neighbors and are an important part of a lasting relationship with them. There are three things you can do to use fossils as an interaction tool with other residents of your town. You can sell them at the flea market, mail them in a letter, or use to complete a neighbor's requested task. Va. Flea Market ---------------- Obviously, you can display fossils in your house, and therefore sell them in the flea market. The flea market happens the first Saturday of every month (except January and August) and lasts all day long. Instinctively, a neighbor may not always go to a fossil in your house, so I recommend setting them up so a neighbor has nowhere to go but to a fossil. Since this guide gives you Tom Nook's selling prices, sometimes you can sell them for a bit more depending on your relationship. I don't recommend to sell them over 2,000 Bells of Nook's price because most neighbors would normally not buy it. Vb. Letters ----------- Mailing letters to fellow villagers is a great way to build lasting friendships and sometimes receive rare items. Likewise, you can mail items along with a letter and usually receive something in return. When attaching a fossil to a letter, you can maximize how much a villager appreciates the gift. It is important to try and fill up all the stationary as much as possible and to mention items in the game by their name. A neighbor looks at a letter & gift as especially good when the name of the item attached is mentioned in the letter. For an example, let's say I mailing Tank a pleiso skull. I would compose the letter in the following way, Dear Tank, Thanks for being so nice to me all the time. I really appreciate it, so here's a pleiso skull for you. Enjoy! Your friend, Daniel Doing so almost guarantees a nice gift in return and makes it seem like you are serious about the game. Exactly what it seems the developers wanted. Technically, you could write about anything and just include the words "pleiso skull", but I like doing it the way I have it. Vc. Task --------- Ever notice how some characters carry a specific tool around all the time and they only talk about whatever part of the game is involved with that tool? Like when they walk around with a shovel and talk about fossil collecting? Well, once in a while, an animal with a shovel will either talk about how they can't find a fossil or how they are looking for a specific kind of fossil. Mostly, they just want any fossil as long as it has been identified by Blathers and I must forewarn that they reward the same no matter what fossil you get them. Let's say you have a T-Rex skull and an amber. Which would you give to the animal to complete their "task"? If you said amber, you're right. If you said the T-Rex skull, you need to pay close attention to what I'm about to say. Since animals reward the same for every fossil, you want to give them the cheaper one and sell the more expensive. It won't make any difference as to how happy they are, and you'll walk away with more Bells in your pocket. The exception is when they are looking for a specific type of fossil. For example, Dizzy once told me he was looking for a dimedotrodon fossil, but he couldn't find any. If an animal tells you they are looking for a SPECIFIC type of fossil, you can only give them that type. With the Dizzy situation, you could either give him a dimedotrodon skull, torso, or tail and he would be equally as happy. While these kind of tasks usually take longer, usually you will get a much better reward so they are definitely worth it. VI. Fossils with Tom Nook __________________________ Selling fossils with Tom Nook is very simple. Simply go to his shop, talk to him and tell him you want to sell, and simply drag your fossil into the upper menu and hit confirm. It works the same as selling any other item. (You can also sell them to Timmy and Tommy upstairs if you have the Nookingtons expansion; the procedure is identical to Nook's.) Please note, though that unidentified fossils sell for 0 Bells, so you need to have Blathers identify them first. See "The Fossils" section for Nook's selling price. VII. Wi-Fi Information ______________________ So, you wanna visit my town, huh? Well then, there are a couple rules I gotta mention first: 1.) NO HACKERS OR SEEDS!!!!! I worked very hard on my town and don't want it ruined. 2.) If I can't see you and you've been gone too long, game over. 3.) Please, please, please don't chop down trees, pick fruit, etc. without asking me first. 4.) Anything else I forgot that can be potentially harmless to my game, character, or town WILL result with expulsion. Please understand that I'm not trying to be strict or gruff, I simply don't want anything to mess what I have now. NOTE: If you want me to come to your town I'll be more than happy to and follow all the rules you have. NAME: Daniel TOWN NAME: Ghettos FRIEND CODE: 0258-5877-3600 I have three other characters, but they're mostly for storage. If you want to interact with any of them, just tell me later. But alas, that's only half the Wi-Fi, I'll need your info. too!!!! * If you are a GameFAQS member, you can easily reach me on the "AC:WW Online" Board by making a topic with my name (Nfan13) somewhere in the title. (NOTE: This is the best way to reach me.) * If you are not a GameFAQS member, you can send me an e-mail at Nnfan125@aim.com, but I may not get back to you for some time. I also have MKDS and MPH, but we can swap codes and talk about those some other time. VIII. Thanks ___________ -Thank you Nintendo for making such a great game for all of us to enjoy -Thank you GameFAQS for giving me the opportunity to spread my information to other gamers -Thank you all my friends, you know who you are, that helped me speed things up -Thank you "The Official Guide From Nintendo Power" for T-Rex prices, Seismo neck price, and fern fossil price -Thank you for reading this guide because I'm glad someone may be able to benefit from this guide IX. Legal Stuff _________________ This may only be used publicly or privately with written permission from author. Any websites, magazines, etc. hosting this guide are doing so as an infringement of the law. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their original owners and all throughout this guide should be observed. Copyright 2007 Nfan13 X. Version History ___________________ v1.0- (finished on 6-21-06) Wrote the guide v1.9- (finished on 6-22-06) Added Museum Exhibits, Fossils With Tom Nook, Fossils With Neighbors, and a question to Frequently Asked Questions v2.0- (finished on 6-23-06) Added Triceratops Length and Time v2.1- (finished on 6-26-06) Reformatted margins v2.2- (finished on 6-27-06) Reformatted margins v2.3- (finished on 6-27-06) Fixed margins, AGAIN, and changed font v2.6- (finished on 6-28-06) Re-worded part of Introduction, added a a Frequently Asked Question, added Contact section. v3.0- (finished on 1-31-07) Updated question in "Frquently Asked Questions" section, and added "Wi-Fi Information" section. Changed Copyright year. XI. Contact __________ E-mail: Nnfan125@aim.com AIM: spanieldk GameFAQS Boards: Nfan13 XII. Closing __________ Thanks again for reading my guide. Please note this is my first FAQ and rate it with that in mind. Keep on playin' Animal Crossing and work to get those fossils!!!!! -Nfan13 Guide v3.0 Last Update: 1-31-07