Researcher Beryl

Researcher Beryl is an NPC located on in the  Fossil Research Center in the  Dwarven Base Camp. They manage the Fossil Essence shop.

Dialogue

Condition	Dialogue
First Interaction	[NPC] Researcher Beryl: Oh, a visitor! Nice to meet you! [NPC] Researcher Beryl: I'm out here collecting Fossil Essence for our studies. [NPC] Researcher Beryl: You can get it from excavating the various blocks of scrap in the Fossil Excavator, or from mining Fossil Blocks in the Glacite Mineshafts. [NPC] Researcher Beryl: Bring my Fossil Essence, and I'll trade it with you for useful perks and items!

Fossil Essence can be used in the Fossil Essence Shop by talking to Researcher Beryl in the  Fossil Research Center.

Fossil Essence Shop

Perk		Tier
Perk		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Sleight Of Hand Start the Fossil Excavator with +1 additional Chisel charge.	Charges	+1
	Fossil Essence	2,000
	Cumulative Cost	2,000
Chilled To The Bone Increases your chances of fishing up Skeleton Fish in the  Crimson Isle by 𝑥%.	Chance	2%	4%	6%	8%	10%	12%	14%	16%	18%	20%
	Fossil Essence	200	400	600	800	1,000	1,200	1,400	1,600	1,800	2,000
	Cumulative Cost	200	600	1,200	2,000	3,000	4,200	5,600	7,200	9,000	11,000
Dwarven Expertise Increases your Dwarven Metal Fortune by 𝑥 while on Mining Islands.	Increase	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
	Fossil Essence	100	200	300	400	500	600	700	800	900	1000
	Cumulative Cost	100	300	600	1,000	1,500	2,100	2,800	3,600	4,500	5,500
Cut Loose Killing a  Glacial mob while inside a  Glacite Mineshafts grants 𝑥 Cold Resistance. Stacks up to 10x. Lasts until you leave the mineshaft.	Increase	0.5	1	1.5	2	2.5
	Fossil Essence	500	1,000	1,500	2,000	2,500
	Cumulative Cost	500	1,500	3,000	5,000	7,500
Prehistorian Increases the chances of spawning a Fossil Dye in the Fossil Excavator by 𝑥.	Increase	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%
	Fossil Essence	50	100	150	200	250	300	350	400	450	500
	Cumulative Cost	50	150	300	500	750	1,050	1,400	1,800	2,250	2,750
Resourceful Grants a 𝑥% chance to not consume keys when looting a Frozen Corpse.	Chance	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%
	Fossil Essence	2,500	5,000	7,500	10,000	12,500
	Cumulative Cost	2,500	7,500	15,000	25,000	37,500

The icon for the Cut Loose perk contains a hidden duck when viewing its texture file.
In total, 66,250 Fossil Essence is needed to max out the shop.

Alpha Hypixel Network
Apr 21, 2026		Added Researcher Beryl.
Apr 27, 2026		Decreased Sleight Of Hand cost from 5,000 Fossil Essence to 2,000 Fossil Essence.
		Decreased Prehistorian cost from 100 Fossil Essence * tier to 50 Fossil Essence * tier.
		Decreased Resourceful cost from 5,000 Fossil Essence * tier to 2,500 Fossil Essence * tier.
		Changed Cut Loose ability from removing 1 Cold * tier to granting 0.5 Cold Resistance * tier
		Added a cap of 10 to Cut Loose.
SkyBlock Prototype
Apr 28, 2026	0.24.4	Added Researcher Beryl.