How to Get Fossils in The Sims 4
Collections are a fun thing to work on in the game and the sims 4 fossils collection is really cool.
These fossils are great for decorating interesting homes and making it seem like your sims are super interesting too.
How to Get Fossils in The Sims 4
To get fossils you’ll need to have your sim go around different areas and look for rocks. There are tree types of rocks around the world (the others are for crystals and metals) and you’re looking for one that has bones and fossils showing on the rock.
When you dig these rocks you’ll get a notification saying you found limestone which isn’t a fossil! It will be called Fossil Rock in your sim’s inventory. You’ll need to click on this item in your sim’s inventory and choose to extract the fossil from the rock.
When you do this you’ll get a fossil from it (sometimes even two!) and you’ll start working on your collection.
Types of Fossils
Each of the fossils in the game has a rarity rating to it. You’ll see them either being common, uncommon or rare and their value increases as their rarity does.
Common Fossils
Enormous Trilobite
- “Trilobite means three lobes. It does not mean being bit at a strength three times a normal bite. If that were the case, arthropods would be terrifying!”
- This fossil sells for §40
Fossilized Egg
- “While this egg will never hatch, one can still wonder if there is a baby dinosaur hidden inside or if it is just the undeveloped yolk of a giant, pre-historic mega-chicken.”
- This fossil sells for §70
Fossilized Llama Toe
- This fossil comes with The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure.
- “Llamas do not have hooves like horses, sheep, or cattle. Instead, they have two toes allowing them to be very stable on uneven terrain.”
- This fossil sells for §40
Fossilized Mouseosaurus
- This fossil comes with The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure.
- “This tiny tyrannical rodent from prehistoric times is now immortalized in timeless stone. Don’t drop it!”
- This fossil sells for §60
Fossilized Plant Imprint
- “Wax paper didn’t exist a long time ago. When cavepeople found a leaf they liked, they instead encased it in clay, dried it out and then displayed it next to their mammoth-fur rugs.”
- This fossil sells for §70
Fossilized Sea Monster
- “Eons ago, in an era when things were way more awesome, a powerful wizard sailed the seas battling sea monsters. One such monster thought he finally had the drop on the wizard, only to find himself turned to stone and sinking to the ocean floor.”
- This fossil will sell for §50
Fossilized Sim Hand
- “This fossilized hand serves as a somber reminder that excessive and overzealous high-fiving can lead to tragedy.”
- This fossil will sell for §45
Hilariously Tiny T-Rex Arms
- “T-rex arms were once considered good luck. People wore them on charm bracelets, key chains and hung them from vehicle mirrors. Science has confirmed the arms bear no lucky properties, but it was still pretty lucky to find two!”
- This fossil will sell for §45
Pre-Historic Hoofprint
- “An ancient caveman preserved animal footprints as a hobby, displaying them in a popular museum-cave for all the other cave people to cave-enjoy. What an amazing convenience it was for modern anthropologists to find these preserved foot prints all in one place!”
- This fossil will sell for §40
Prehistoric Rock
- “In prehistoric times rocks were shaped like sharp little triangles, which ancient hunters would use to catch food. Over time people began to plant, farm and raise livestock. They had no more need for these rocks, and so the rocks evolved into the smooth blobs we see today.”
- This fossil will sell for §15
Raptor Claw
- “This claw’s owner was a pack hunter, so her attack would come not from the front, but from the side – from the other two raptors you didn’t even know were there. Clever girl.”
- This fossil will sell for §70
Uncommon Fossils
Fossilized 3 Toed Footprint
- This fossil comes from The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure
- “All prehistoric 3 toed creatures collectively agreed to evolve away from 3 toes. There were too many problems caused by the confusion between pointing and crude gestures.”
- This fossil sells for This fossil will sell for §95
Fossilized Crocodile Jaw
- This fossil comes from The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure
- “Crocodiles have been around for 200 million years. Their teeth were just as pointy and dangerous back then as they are today.”
- This fossil will sell for §110
Fossilized Udder
- “Every scientist knows that prehistoric cows has rows of jagged teeth like a mako shark. No wonder, then, that their udders evolved to be very tough. That’s why this specimen is almost perfectly preserved eons after these gentle giants roamed the world.”
- This fossil will sell for §85
Perfectly Preserved Moustache
- “This fossil marks the passing of an ancient gentleman of true class. A gentleman who fell face-first into some ancient mud.”
- This fossil will sell for §100
Prehistoric Bird
- “This is a near-perfect preservation of Raptor Erraticus, which was known to fly in random, crazy patterns to distract predators. A downside to this particular defense was that the bird often flew into trees or rocks and was immediately killed.”
- This fossil will sell for §75
Rare Fossils
Fossilized Simian
- This fossil is from The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure
- “This monkey fossil was found alongside a broken chain. It looks as if there is a link missing from the chain and this monkey perished while searching for it.”
- This fossil will sell for §200
Fossilized Alien Skull
- “This could be the evidence needed to confirm that there are other forms of life in the universe!! Or it could be papier mache – science has no way of telling.”
- This fossil will sell for §250
Fossilized Whatzit
- “This fossil has stumped experts from every conventional scientific discipline. No one knows what it really is.”
- This fossil sells for §175
Pre-Pre-Pre Sim Head
- “Australosimicus afarensus, or “Pre-Pre-Pre Sim,” lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago! Not that WHOLE time, of course, that’s just a range of possible… Look, this is a rare find and it should be treasured.
- This fossil sells for §225
Using Fossils to Practice Archaeological Analysis
If you have The Sims 4: Jungle Adventure in your game your sim is able to use any fossils you’ve found to gain the archaeology skill. To do this you’ll need a fossil in your inventory and you’ll click on an archaeology table and choose practice archaeological analysis and then choose a fossil from the menu.
While your sim is doing this analysis they’ll gain the archaeology skill which is awesome!
Reward for Completing The Collection
When your sim finally finishes the sims 4 fossils collection you’ll get a notification that says “You’ve completed your fossil collection. You are now a true student of history.”
A day or two after that notification you’ll get a plaque in the mail. The plaque is to commemorate finishing the collection and it is called The Golden Trilobite. It has a description that reads “This gift from the Simsonian Museum Paleontology Department quietly congratulates you on your veritable fossil collection. It comes with a note saying that they aren’t the very least bit jealous. Most definitely not.”
