Fossil Excavator

The Fossil Excavator is a feature in the  Dwarven Base Camp's sub area  Fossil Research Center at  19, 120, 227 that allows players to use Chisels and  Suspicious Scrap in order to get rewards.

A Chisel needs to be selected in order to undergo the Excavating process, all Chisels function the same, but the upgraded Chisels have more Gemstone Slots which provide various bonuses when excavating and also have higher number of Charges. Chisel is not consumed or damaged by the Excavating process.

Applying Gemstones to Chisels will give different perks. All chisels except for the the basic Chisel have Chisel Gemstone Slots. Each Gemstone type grants a different buff to the Chisel, and is not affected by rarity, unlike all other instances of Gemstone being applied:

Gemstone		Bonus	Value by gemstone tier
Slot	Name		Rough	Flawed	Fine	Flawless	Perfect
	Aquamarine	#% chance to gain an additional Chisel charge upon starting the Fossil Excavator.	30%	40%	50%	60%	100%
	Citrine	#% chance to highlight a piece of treasure upon starting the Fossil Excavator.
	Onyx	#% chance to spawn an additional piece of treasure upon starting the Fossil Excavator.
	Peridot	Gain +#% Fossil Essence when using the the Fossil Excavator.

The second required item for Excavating is a  Suspicious Scrap, which can be obtained by mining in  Glacite Tunnels, looting Frozen Corpses, or purchasing for  100 Fossil Essence at the Fossil Essence Shop. The Suspicious Scrap is consumed upon Excavating.

Main reward from Excavating are Fossils, most of them can be obtained from excavating, except  Helix Fossil and  Claw Fossil. Fossils can be donated to Dr. Stone to get various rewards. Fossils have a 10% chance to appear, all 6 of them are equally rare.

The amount of non-fossil drops from Excavation is random with various chances listed below. The amount of non-fossil drops can be increased by applying Onyx to the selected Chisel before beginning Excavation.

Amount	Chance
10	30%
11	25%
12	20%
13	15%
14	10%

Item		Weight	Chance per roll	Probability per excavation (11.5 rolls)
20	20 Flawed Aquamarine Gemstone	450	6.95% (1 in 14.39 rolls)	56.32% (1 in 1.78 excavations)
40	40 Flawed Aquamarine Gemstone	300	4.63% (1 in 21.58 rolls)	42.05% (1 in 2.38 excavations)
	1 Fine Aquamarine Gemstone	150	2.32% (1 in 43.17 rolls)	23.63% (1 in 4.23 excavations)
2	2 Fine Aquamarine Gemstone	75	1.16% (1 in 86.33 rolls)	12.54% (1 in 7.97 excavations)
20	20 Flawed Peridot Gemstone	450	6.95% (1 in 14.39 rolls)	56.32% (1 in 1.78 excavations)
40	40 Flawed Peridot Gemstone	300	4.63% (1 in 21.58 rolls)	42.05% (1 in 2.38 excavations)
	1 Fine Peridot Gemstone	150	2.32% (1 in 43.17 rolls)	23.63% (1 in 4.23 excavations)
2	2 Fine Peridot Gemstone	75	1.16% (1 in 86.33 rolls)	12.54% (1 in 7.97 excavations)
20	20 Flawed Citrine Gemstone	450	6.95% (1 in 14.39 rolls)	56.32% (1 in 1.78 excavations)
40	40 Flawed Citrine Gemstone	300	4.63% (1 in 21.58 rolls)	42.05% (1 in 2.38 excavations)
	1 Fine Citrine Gemstone	150	2.32% (1 in 43.17 rolls)	23.63% (1 in 4.23 excavations)
2	2 Fine Citrine Gemstone	75	1.16% (1 in 86.33 rolls)	12.54% (1 in 7.97 excavations)
20	20 Flawed Onyx Gemstone	450	6.95% (1 in 14.39 rolls)	56.32% (1 in 1.78 excavations)
40	40 Flawed Onyx Gemstone	300	4.63% (1 in 21.58 rolls)	42.05% (1 in 2.38 excavations)
	1 Fine Onyx Gemstone	150	2.32% (1 in 43.17 rolls)	23.63% (1 in 4.23 excavations)
2	2 Fine Onyx Gemstone	75	1.16% (1 in 86.33 rolls)	12.54% (1 in 7.97 excavations)
10	10 Fossil Essence	400	6.18% (1 in 16.19 rolls)	51.97% (1 in 1.92 excavations)
20	20 Fossil Essence	200	3.09% (1 in 32.38 rolls)	30.29% (1 in 3.3 excavations)
40	40 Fossil Essence	100	1.54% (1 in 64.75 rolls)	16.39% (1 in 6.1 excavations)
2	2 Enchanted Umber	250	3.86% (1 in 25.9 rolls)	36.42% (1 in 2.75 excavations)
4	4 Enchanted Umber	125	1.93% (1 in 51.8 rolls)	20.08% (1 in 4.98 excavations)
8	8 Enchanted Umber	50	0.77% (1 in 129.5 rolls)	8.53% (1 in 11.72 excavations)
2	2 Enchanted Tungsten	250	3.86% (1 in 25.9 rolls)	36.42% (1 in 2.75 excavations)
4	4 Enchanted Tungsten	125	1.93% (1 in 51.8 rolls)	20.08% (1 in 4.98 excavations)
8	8 Enchanted Tungsten	50	0.77% (1 in 129.5 rolls)	8.53% (1 in 11.72 excavations)
2	2 Enchanted Glacite	250	3.86% (1 in 25.9 rolls)	36.42% (1 in 2.75 excavations)
4	4 Enchanted Glacite	125	1.93% (1 in 51.8 rolls)	20.08% (1 in 4.98 excavations)
8	8 Enchanted Glacite	50	0.77% (1 in 129.5 rolls)	8.53% (1 in 11.72 excavations)
1500	1000–1999x Glacite Powder	250	3.86% (1 in 25.9 rolls)	36.42% (1 in 2.75 excavations)
2500	2000–2999x Glacite Powder	125	1.93% (1 in 51.8 rolls)	20.08% (1 in 4.98 excavations)
3500	3000–3999x Glacite Powder	100	1.54% (1 in 64.75 rolls)	16.39% (1 in 6.1 excavations)
5000	4000–6000x Glacite Powder	40	0.62% (1 in 161.88 rolls)	6.88% (1 in 14.54 excavations)
8500	7000–10000x Glacite Powder	20	0.31% (1 in 323.75 rolls)	3.5% (1 in 28.61 excavations)
	1 Enchanted Book (Paleontologist I)	50	0.77% (1 in 129.5 rolls)	8.53% (1 in 11.72 excavations)
	1 Fossil the Fish	15	0.23% (1 in 431.67 rolls)	2.63% (1 in 37.99 excavations)

Each roll has a 0.0002% (1 in 500k) chance to be replaced with a  Fossil Dye.

• To be guaranteed to find fossils using a solver mod (assuming no misclicks), at least 18 charges ( Reinforced Chisel) are required. Certain solvers may require 20 charges ( Glacite-Plated Chisel) for some of the fossils.
• A  Perfect Chisel with  3 Perfect Citrine Gemstone will provide the most treasure per excavation on average.
• It is recommended to do fossil excavation during a 2x Powder event.

Alpha Hypixel Network
Mar 21, 2024		Added the Fossil Excavator.
Apr 19, 2024		Fossil Excavator now grants less ᠅ Glacite Powder, but more Gemstones.
		Decreased the odds of finding Fossils in the Fossil Excavator from 25% to 10%.
Apr 21, 2026		Removed  Gold Essence and  Diamond Essence from excavations.
		Replaced Fossil Dust with  Fossil Essence
		Increased weight and drop amount of  Fossil Essence.
Apr 30, 2026		Removed  Claw Fossil and  Helix Fossil from the Fossil Excavator.
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Apr 9, 2024	0.20	Added the Fossil Excavator.
Apr 24, 2024	0.20.1	Fossil Excavator now grants less ᠅ Glacite Powder, but more Gemstones.
		Decreased the odds of finding Fossils in the Fossil Excavator from 25% to 10%.
Apr 28, 2026	0.24.4	Removed  Gold Essence and  Diamond Essence from excavations.
		Replaced Fossil Dust with  Fossil Essence
		Increased weight and drop amount of  Fossil Essence.
May 6, 2026	0.24.5	Removed  Claw Fossil and  Helix Fossil from the Fossil Excavator.