Fossil Island

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Morytania

Fossil Island is a members-only area located in the far north-east corner of Gielinor. It is an ancient, unexplored island currently being investigated by the researchers of the Varrock Museum, which is the main focus of the Bone Voyage quest. The island lies north of Morytania and unveils a unique uncharted environment where players can train Mining, Farming, Hunter, Crafting, Agility, Fishing and Thieving.

Transportation

Fossil Island can only be accessed after completing the quest Bone Voyage. During the quest, the player must steer the barge to the island - after completing the quest, travel to Fossil Island is instantaneous.

The fastest way to travel to Fossil Island is to use a Digsite pendant, which will teleport the player next to the barge at the Digsite. After completing Bone Voyage, a pendant can be used on the strange machine at the house on the hill, north of the Museum Camp. This will allow your Digsite pendant (and all future pendants) to teleport directly to Fossil Island.

Museum Camp

After arriving on Fossil Island, the player will be just west of the Museum Camp. At first, the camp will not be very useful, but players can utilise their Construction skill and some materials to build improvements within the camp. A hammer is required to build the following utilities:

• A bank chest: 2 Oak planks, an iron bar, and 5 nails (requires 21 construction)
• A cooking fire: A tinderbox, 2 logs, an iron bar and 3 soft clay (requires 24 construction)
• A water source: 2 Oak planks, an iron bar, bucket, rope, and 5 nails (requires 22 construction)
• A loom: 2 Oak planks, rope, and 5 nails (requires 29 construction)
• A spinning wheel: 4 Oak planks, 5 nails (requires 28 construction)
• A fossil cleaning station: 5 regular planks (several are laying scattered around), 5 nails (requires 5 construction)

Total items needed are as follows: 10 Oak Planks, 3 Iron Bars, 25 Nails, 1 Tinderbox, 2 Logs, 3 Soft Clay, 1 Bucket, 2 Ropes and 5 Planks.

After building every camp improvement, players can speak to an NPC called Peter just west of the rowboat for a reward of 5 unidentified fossils.

Underwater Area

The underwater area of Fossil Island

Fossil Island has a large underwater area that can be accessed by travelling to the north coast - there are various rowboats around the island, including the one at the base camp. Travelling with the rowboat brings you to a small island with a bank chest, where you can then travel back or right click on the rowboat to enter the underwater zone.

When in the underwater zone, a small bar indicating your oxygen level appears at the top left of the screen. This bar will continually drain while you remain underwater - if it runs out, you'll reappear at the surface. You can refill your oxygen by collecting pufferfish, which can be consumed to refill your oxygen. However, if the player has a fishbowl helmet and diving apparatus equipped, their oxygen level will stay at 100%. The helmet and apparatus can be safely removed and re-equipped while underwater, and if you have an oxygen level below 100%, it will slowly fill back up once both items are re-equipped.

Mushroom Forest

The northwest section of the island is the Mushroom Forest. There are various activities here that allow you to train a variety of skills. Players can fight Ancient Zygomites or participate in the herbiboar activity to train the Hunter and Herblore skills.

Tar Swamp

The southwest section of the island contains a large swamp. There are various mushrooms that can be chopped down for Woodcutting experience within, but only one of them will be grown at a time, forcing the player to run past various threats in order to continue to chop the mushroom.

The Deranged archaeologist can also be found in this area.

The Tar Swamp was the site of the death of white_cat22, may he forever rest in peace.

House on the Hill

Located on the northeast side of the island, the House on the Hill can be travelled to by climbing a hill on the south end of the Mushroom Forest. It contains various strange machines, one of which can enchant your Digsite pendant to allow you to teleport directly to Fossil Island. The largest 'Strange Machine' in the room, on the eastern side, will destroy any kind of bones if the player were to use them on it.

To the eastern side of the house on a small peninsula lies the 'Strange Stone', Upon examination the player will read "It seems to have been hit with swords."

Located within the House on the Hill there are several stone chests with a search option. Searching the stone chest will ask for a Numulite. After inserting the Numulite, the chest will give the search option to insert 100 Numulites into the hole. The chests have a chance of having nothing happen, dealing damage, or giving one of various notes. The notes can be added to the player's Fossil Island Research Notes. Upon reading the notes, you will get one of the the following messages:

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Similar to that observed in the birthing pool, the spore on this island have the potential to inhabit the host, creating a symbiotic relationship between fungus and creature."

"I have witnessed this first hand. The young are deliberately left beneath colonies of the spore until they pass out, choking. A violent affair, but one I have grown to understand is necessary. Perhaps my own concerns of the treatment of subject 1 were invalid. Pain has its place in the needs for advancement."

"I have been impressed how quickly my creatures have evolved, the others will have to listen now! Again, the similarities to the garic are so frequent, there must be an academic explanation. Several have formed territories based on the spore colonies that inhabit them, and the mutations are consistent based on geography. Much like ourselves, it was only a matter of time before a divide formed."

"The Zygomite experiment and its effect on location could be explored here, if the spore colonies could be removed in part. Part of me is jealous of the union, I feel alone. My work keeps me sane."

In the basement of the House on the Hill, A pile of books can be searched to obtain a book titled Ancient Diary.

Volcano

The volcano can be found on the southeast side of the island. Many minerals can be found here, along with the Volcanic Mine.

Concept art

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.