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{{Relative location
 
|image = [[File:Fossil Island map.png|260px]]
 
|location = Fossil Island
 
|north = Northern Sea
 
|east = Unknown
 
|south = Morytania
 
|west = Wilderness
 
}}
 
[[File:Fossil Island logo.png|left|130px]]
 
'''Fossil Island''' is a [[members]]-only area located north-east of [[Morytania]] and unveils a unique environment where players can train a variety of skills. It is an ancient, uncharted island currently being explored by the [[Varrock Museum]].
 
 
The island itself is surrounded by seven other smaller islands. The only island that can currently be reached by the player is [[Lithkren]] during the [[Dragon Slayer II]] quest.
 
 
In order to reach the island, players must have completed the [[Bone Voyage]] [[quest]], which requires at least 100 [[kudos]].
 
 
The island was released on September 7th 2017.
 
 
==Transportation==
 
The fastest way to travel to Fossil Island is to use a [[digsite pendant]], which will teleport the player near the [[barge]] at the [[Digsite]], where they can board the barge by speaking to the [[barge guard]], then the [[Lead Navigator]], and lastly the [[Junior Navigator]].
 
[[File:Magic_Mushtree_map.png|thumb|200px|A map showing the locations of the Magic Mushtrees.]]
 
The digsite pendant can be used on a strange machine inside the [[House on the Hill]], north of the [[Museum Camp]], which will unlock an option on the pendant to teleport to the House. Inside this house, there is also a Magic Mushtree, which unlocks the [[Mycelium Transportation System]]. This system of Magic Mushtrees allow transportation around Fossil Island, but in order to access them, they must be discovered by walking to their locations first and attempting to use them.
 
 
If you don't have a digsite pendant, another fast way to get to fossil island is to use the Glider transportation system along with the Spirit Tree transportation system. From Varrock, use the spirit tree in the Grand Exchange to teleport to the Tree Gnome Stronghold. From there, climb up the tree and use the Glider to 'Lemanto Andra', shown as a castle on the popup map. This will take you very close to the digsite, and the boat that ferries you to Fossil Island.
 
 
==Areas==
 
===Museum Camp===
 
{{Main|Museum Camp}}[[File:Museum Camp.png|thumb|250px|The 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. '''Building the utilities requires a [[hammer]].'''
 
 
In total, players will need the following items to build everything: 10 [[oak plank]]s, 2 [[iron bar]]s, 25 [[nail]]s, 1 [[tinderbox]], 2 [[logs]], 3 [[soft clay]], 1 [[bucket]], 2 [[rope]]s, and 5 [[planks]]. The list of things to build can be found further below in the [[Fossil Island#Museum_Camp_2|Mini-Task List]] section.
 
 
===Mushroom Forest===
 
{{Main|Mushroom Forest}}[[File:Mushroom Forest.png|thumb|left|250px|The Mushroom Forest.]]
 
The north-west section of the island is the [[Mushroom Forest]]. There are various activities here that allow players to train a variety of [[skills]]. Players can slay [[Ancient Zygomite]]s as part of a [[Zygomite]] [[slayer assignment]], track down [[herbiboar]]s throughout the Forest, plant [[teak tree|teak]] and [[mahogany tree]]s in the three [[tree patches]] in the south-east corner, and calcify fossils in the [[mycelium pool]].
 
 
In addition, the [[Wyvern Cave]] can be found in the Mushroom Forest, beneath a trapdoor. The [[wyverns]] within can only be slain if players have been assigned Fossil Island Wyverns as a slayer task.
 
 
===Tar Swamp===
 
{{Main|Tar Swamp}}[[File:Tar Swamp.png|thumb|250px|The Tar Swamp.]]
 
The south-west section of the island contains a large swamp. Travelling through the swamp requires a [[rake]] to clear vines in addition to an [[axe]] to chop down thick vines. [[Sulliuscep]] mushrooms can be found throughout the swamp, but only one can be chopped down, forcing players to traverse the hostile swamp, while avoiding aggressive [[Tar Monster]]s, to find the choppable sulliuscep.
 
 
In the southern end of the swamp, players will find the [[Deranged archaeologist]], who fights similarly to the [[Crazy archaeologist]] found in the [[Wilderness]] [[Ruins (west)|ruins]]. However, he is much more dangerous, as his [[special attack]] can hit over 70.
 
 
===Volcano===
 
{{Main|Fossil Island Volcano}}
 
The volcano can be found on the south-east side of the island. Many [[ash pile]]s can be found here, along with the [[Volcanic Mine]].
 
 
===Underwater===
 
{{Main|Underwater}}[[File:Underwater.png|thumb|250px|left|The underwater area beneath Fossil Island.]]
 
Beneath the waters of Fossil Island lies a large underwater area that can be accessed by using the rowboat at the north-east corner of the [[Mushroom Forest]] - travelling out to sea with the rowboat brings the player to a small island with a bank chest, where they can then travel back or right click on the rowboat to enter the underwater area.
 
 
Unlike other underwater areas throughout the game, a small bar indicating the player's oxygen level will appear at the top left of the game screen when they enter the area. This bar will continually drain while the player remains underwater - if it runs out, players will drown and 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.
 
 
===House on the Hill===
 
{{Main|House on the Hill}}[[File:House on the Hill.png|thumb|250px|The House on the Hill, an ancient dragonkin structure.]]
 
Located on the north-east 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]]. Located within the House on the Hill are various strange machines, one of which can enchant a [[digsite pendant]] to allow players to [[teleport]] directly to the House. In addition, one of the four [[Magic Mushtree]]s on the Island can be found here, allowing quick access to other parts of the island by teleporting here via digsite pendant, then using the magic mushtree to travel.
 
[[File:House_on_the_Hill_basement.png|thumb|left|250px|The House's basement. In the centre lies a strange grid with missing pieces.]]
 
In the basement of the House, accessible via a trapdoor in the south-east corner, 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 note book]]. In addition, behind the ladder, a pile of books can be searched to obtain an [[ancient diary]].
 
 
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==Mini-Task List==
 
[[File:Fossil Island task list notice board.png|left|120px]]
 
Just outside the [[Fossil Island General Store]] in the [[Museum Camp]] is a notice board which lists things to do on Fossil Island. These are simple mini-tasks which are meant to introduce the player to the various content the island has to offer. The list is split into four sections: the Museum Camp, the Northern Reaches, the Southern Swamps and the Mountainous East.
 
 
Players who have completed a section of the list can speak to [[Peter]], who can be found panning south-west of the notice board, for a reward. Players who complete the list for the Museum Camp and Northern Reaches will receive 10 [[unidentified small fossil]]s (5 per section) and completing the list for the Southern Swamps and Mountainous East will give 10 [[unidentified medium fossil]]s (5 per section).
 
 
===Museum Camp===
 
After completing this list, players can receive 5 [[unidentified small fossil]]s by speaking to [[Peter]].
 
 
{| class="wikitable lighttable"
 
!Task
 
!Skill(s) Needed
 
!Items Needed
 
|-
 
|1. Construct the bank chest.
 
|21 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 2 [[oak plank]]s, an [[iron bar]], 5 [[nails]]
 
|-
 
|2. Construct the archaeologists' cleaning bench.
 
|5 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 5 [[plank]]s, 5 [[nails]]
 
|-
 
|3. Construct the well.
 
|22 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 2 [[oak plank]]s, [[bucket]], [[rope]], 5 [[nails]]
 
|-
 
|4. Construct the cooking pot.
 
|24 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 2 [[logs]], [[tinderbox]], [[iron bar]], 3 [[soft clay]]
 
|-
 
|5. Construct the spinning wheel.
 
|28 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 4 [[oak plank]]s, 5 [[nails]]
 
|-
 
|6. Construct the loom.
 
|29 {{Skill clickpic|Construction}}
 
|[[Hammer]], 2 [[oak plank]]s, [[rope]], 5 [[nails]]
 
|}
 
 
===Northern Reaches===
 
After completing this list, players can receive 5 [[unidentified small fossil]]s by speaking to [[Peter]].
 
 
{| class="wikitable lighttable" width="100%"
 
!Task
 
!Skill(s) Needed
 
!Items Needed
 
|-
 
|1. Unlock the [[Mushtree]] of [[Mushroom Meadow]].
 
|None
 
|None
 
|-
 
|2. Feed an enriched bone into the machine in the [[House on the Hill]].
 
|None
 
|[[Enriched bone]]. To obtain one, use any type of [[Fossil Island fossil]] alongside a few (10-20) [[calcite]] and [[pyrophosphite]] at the [[mycelium pool]].
 
|-
 
|3. Find an [[Ancient Diary]] in the House on the Hill.
 
|None
 
|None. The diary is found in the basement of the House.
 
|-
 
|4. Unlock the [[Mushtree]] of the [[House on the Hill]].
 
|None
 
|None
 
|-
 
|5. Visit the task-only [[Wyvern cave]].
 
|None
 
|None. The entrance is located south of the mushtree of the Mushroom Forest.
 
|-
 
|6. Collect [[mermaid tears]] [[underwater]].
 
|None
 
|None. Players may catch [[pufferfish]] in order to maintain oxygen levels, as the area this task is done in does not permit diving gear.
 
|-
 
|7. Set up a [[drift net]] to catch fish.
 
|47 {{Skill clickpic|Fishing}}, 44 {{Skill clickpic|Hunter}}
 
|[[Drift net]], 200 [[numulite]]. [[Fishbowl helmet]] and [[diving apparatus]] recommended.
 
|-
 
|8. Harvest [[giant seaweed|seaweed]] from an underwater Farming patch.
 
|23 {{Skill clickpic|Farming}}
 
|[[Seaweed spore]], [[seed dibber]]. 200 [[numulite]] to pay [[Mernia]] is recommended to ensure it grows [[Disease (Farming)|disease]] free.
 
|}
 
 
===Southern Swamps===
 
After completing this list, players can receive 5 [[unidentified medium fossil]]s by speaking to [[Peter]].
 
 
{| class="wikitable lighttable" width="100%"
 
!Task
 
!Skill(s) Needed
 
!Items Needed
 
|-
 
|1. Unlock the [[Mushtree]] of the [[Sticky Swamp]].
 
|None
 
|None, food recommended
 
|-
 
|2. Find the [[Archaeologist's diary|diary]] of [[Charles Charlington]].
 
|None
 
|[[Breadcrumbs]]. Use it on the [[bellshroom]] found south-west of the [[Magic Mushtree]].
 
|-
 
|3. Fill a pit with [[Mushroom|Bittercap mushrooms]].
 
|None
 
|9 [[mushroom]]s. The pit is found east of the mushtree of the Tar Swamp.
 
|-
 
|4. Successfully chop a [[sulliuscep]].
 
|65 {{Skill clickpic|Woodcutting}}
 
|Any [[axe]]
 
|-
 
|5. Poison a sulliuscep with fungicide and a proboscis.
 
|65 {{Skill clickpic|Woodcutting}}
 
|[[Fungicide spray]], 1 [[proboscis]]
 
|-
 
|6. Stun a [[tar monster]].
 
|None
 
|[[Hoop snake]]. Use it on the tar monster.
 
|-
 
|7. Kill the [[Deranged archaeologist]].
 
|High [[combat level]]
 
|Magic is recommended to fight him. See [[Deranged archaeologist|here]] for more details.
 
|}
 
 
===Mountainous East===
 
After completing this list, players can receive 5 [[unidentified medium fossil]]s by speaking to [[Peter]].
 
 
{| class="wikitable lighttable" width="100%"
 
!Task
 
!Skill(s) Needed
 
!Items Needed
 
|-
 
|1. Unlock the [[Mushtree]] of the Verdant Valley.
 
|None
 
|None
 
|-
 
|2. Catch birds in a birdhouse in the Verdant Valley.
 
|5 {{Skill clickpic|Hunter}}
 
|Any type of [[Hunter#Bird_house_trapping|bird house trap]], 10 [[hop seed]]s
 
|-
 
|3. Mine some [[volcanic ash]].
 
|22 {{Skill clickpic|Mining}}
 
|Any type of [[pickaxe]]
 
|-
 
|4. Make [[ultracompost]] from volcanic ash.
 
|None
 
|2 [[volcanic ash]], 1 [[supercompost]]
 
|-
 
|5. Enter the [[Volcanic Mine]].
 
|50 {{Skill clickpic|Mining}}, 150 [[Kudos]]
 
|30 [[numulite]]
 
|-
 
|6. Use the rope short-cut on the volcano's north-west slope.
 
|64 {{Skill clickpic|Agility}}
 
|None
 
|}
 
 
==Concept art==
 
<gallery>
 
Fossil Island artwork.jpg|Artwork of Fossil Island.
 
Volcanic Mine artwork.jpg|Artwork of the [[Volcanic Mine]].
 
Underwater artwork.jpg|Artwork of the [[underwater]] area.
 
Skrooms concept art.jpg|Concept art of "Skrooms".
 
Grim lily concept art.jpg|Concept art of the "Grim Lily".
 
Pitcher plant concept art.png|Work in progress models of the Pitcher Plant and the Grim Lily
 
Spine tree model.jpg|Work in progress model of the Spine tree
 
Spine tree model 2.jpg|Work in progress model of Spine tree with wireframe
 
Pitcher plant model.jpg|Another image of the Pitcher plant model, further along into development.
 
Fossil Island login screen.png|Log in screen during release
 
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Fossil Island]]
 
[[Category:Old School-exclusive content]]
 
[[Category:Regions]]
 

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