Fossil Island

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Map of Fossil Island, from the Dev Blog

"More than a decade has passed since the Varrock Museum set out to explore the curious landmass to the east. Failed voyage after failed voyage has left the crew almost exactly where they started."

Fossil Island is an upcoming update to Old School Runescape. The Island is an expansion to the Varrock museum and will explain the Godwars story. The island lays north of Morytania and unveils a unique uncharted environment where players can train the mining, farming, hunter, crafting, agility, fishing and thieving skills. 

The Dev Blog for the future update is available here.   

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Concept map of Fossil Islands location

Map of the underwater area of Fossil Island, the blue lines on the map are underwater currents

Planned Features

• A new quest, Bone Voyage.
• An above ground and underwater area.

• Uncover the history of the Wyverns and God wars.
  • Two new types of wyverns: Ancient and Normal Wyverns, which require 66 and 82 slayer respectively to kill as well as completion of Bone Voyage
  • New unique drops from the Wyverns such as Granite Boots, Granite Longsword and the Ancient Visage which can be used to create the Ancient Wyvern Shield, a shield similar in function to the Dragonfire Shield yet for Magic.

• Skill expansions as well as dual skilling methods.
  • The Volcanic Mine, requiring 153 Kudos and 50 Mining and offering experience rates comparable to some of the best existing methods in game. In addition to this you will receive small amounts of ores and fossils. It is a new group skilling activity which focuses on the mining skill, similar to Wintertodt in that the players can contribute to the success of the team by performing one of several activities:
    • Controlling the flow of lava.
    • Removing rocks from the walls.
    • Solidfying the floors.
    • Mining and depositing minerals.
  • Hardwood Farming, allowing players to grow Teak and Mahogany trees.
  • Tracking and Herblore, in which the player tracks a plant-like animal similar to kebbits. Successful capture will allow the player to harvest herbs from its back.
  • Bird House Traps, which require Crafting and Hunter to create, can be placed on Fossil Island and offer the best experience from 5 to 35 hunter, whilst also rewarding Crafting experience.
  • Ultra Compost, a new type of compost, as well as volcanic ash which can be added to a harralander potion in order to create a compost potion, requiring 21 herblore.
  • Underwater Agility & Thieving, with no set courses which allows players to freely parttake in activities which will grant Agility and Thieving experience. Experience rates are approximately 30k XP/hr at 99 agility and 110k XP/hr at 99 thieving. Activities include swimming around while looting treasure chests as quickly as possible while holding your breath.
  • Seaweed Farming, in which Giant Seaweed can be grown at 23 Farming and provides two soda ash when burnt.
  • Underwater Fishing, where the player can use drift nets to catch passing fish or chase down their prey with a harpoon or trident. Estimated experience rates of 50k XP/hr in Hunter and Fishing at level 60. However, Fishing this way will offer the player the chance to gain Hunter or Agility experience.
• New PoH room^{[citation needed]}.

Dev Blog gallery

Underwater Seaweed farming

Underwater map of Fossil Island

Bird Tree Houses

One of the new Wyverns

The Granite Longsword

Hardwood Farming

The Lava Mine

An image from Bone Voyage

The Ancient Wyvern Shield

Granite Boots

Bird Tree House XP Table

Volcanic Mine XP Table

Map of Fossil Island

Flora gallery

Concept art of "Skrooms".

Concept art of the "Grim Lily".

Work in progress models of the Pitcher Plant and the Grim Lily

Work in progress model of the Spine tree

Work in progress model of Spine tree with wireframe

Another image of the Pitcher plant model, further along into development.