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Sep 7 2017 04:28am
Fossil Island

In their never ending quest for information the curators of Varrock Museum have discovered a new island which they hope will unlock the forgotten past of Gielinor. For those who have completed the Digsite Quest and have 100 Kudos, talk to Curator Haig Halen and start your adventure.



The adventurers' guide to Fossil Island

Volcanic Mine

If you like to go somewhere hot when adventuring then this is the place for you. The majestic arched caverns are a picturesque back drop for the glittering caves where you and your friends can spend your time mining fragments from the special rocks to trade in for ore. First though, make sure you have 180 Kudos and 50 mining. If you die in the mine we have someone who will retrieve your items and keep them for when you return, however any Hardcore Ironmen will lose their status.



Underwater adventures

Everyone likes to go diving and the unique reefs surrounding Fossil Island give you the opportunity to dust off that old fishbowl helmet you have sitting in the back of the closet and explore a brand new environment. Fortunately the mermaids that inhabit the area seem particularly helpful and will return you to the surface if you run out of air.



Wyverns

Of course, no adventure is complete without a death defying battle with some monsters. The curators from Varrock Museum have discovered three new breeds of wyverns which had thought to have been extinct up to this point.



Fossil Island has far too many activities to be mentioned in one guide, but here are a list of other activities you can find.

Help the museum staff by giving them some badly needed amenities and help build their camp using your construction skill.
Clean your fossil finds and add them to display cases in Varrock Museum's new floor.
Craft a birdhouse trap, fill it with seeds and wait for an unsuspecting cute ball of feathers to be brutally murdered so you can collect its feathers.
Track a new type of beast, part animal, part plant. It wanders over a wide range, and can be tricky to follow through the mushroom forest. Once you have found and stunned the beast and harvested it, let it go free to grow new herbs.
Any left over fossils from your activities can be chemically treated in the mycellium pool and turned back into enriched bones. These can be used elsewhere on the island to gain prayer XP.
If you're bored of chipping away at the same old tree, hunt down the sulliuscep mushroom in the dangerous tar swamp of the island. It doesn't regrow in the same place, being a mushroom it will pop up elsewhere in the swamp.

As well as the displays in the museum there are many uses for fossils around the island, however we at the museum are on the hunt for a particularly impressive fossil reconstruction and for that they will need a lot of the rarer fossils. So keep save your rare fossils until we have built the supports for a new display.

Keep sage and good luck in your adventures!

Curator Haig Halen.

In Other News

Spelling error on the Master scroll book interface has been corrected.
Edited King Sorvott's dialogue to be consistent based on the gender of the character.
The chance of receiving an elite clue from raids has been increased.
The message displayed when running out of prayer and attempting to cast Bloom with the silver sickle is no longer filtered.
An error in the dialogue during Tutorial Island has been fixed.
Fire giants and Moss giants in the Kourend Catacombs will now drop the bones for the Rag and Bone man quest.
A typo during the Shadow of the Storm quest has been rectified.
A Tail of Two Cats is now listed correctly in the Varrock Museum Information Booth.
In Blast furnace worlds, you will no longer receive trivial Smithing XP when checking the gauge as you did not earn it yourself.
A spelling error when viewing the Varrock Museum Information booth has been corrected.
Mudskipper flippers have had their drop rate changed from 1:128 to 1:64.

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Sep 7 2017 04:42am
Aw shit
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Sep 7 2017 04:52am
So fucking hyped
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Sep 7 2017 02:12pm
Prepped for this update and was hyped up for it, played first 3 hrs and went back to bed. If I had to decribe it in one word I'd choose underwhelming.
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Sep 7 2017 02:15pm
Quote (FailComputer @ Sep 7 2017 04:12pm)
Prepped for this update and was hyped up for it, played first 3 hrs and went back to bed. If I had to decribe it in one word I'd choose underwhelming.


Heard ancient dragon wyverns were kinda lame.
Any news about the new mining minigame?
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Sep 7 2017 02:16pm
Quote (FailComputer @ Sep 7 2017 03:12pm)
Prepped for this update and was hyped up for it, played first 3 hrs and went back to bed. If I had to decribe it in one word I'd choose underwhelming.


The graphics and the cosmetics look awesome but yeah feels like it, apparently you have to unlock Miningtodt as well.

Wyverns are easier but a terrible drop table and only 2 ancient Wyverns spawn in a section and they're the only ones that can drop the Wyvern Visage.

Quote (Phillyy @ Sep 7 2017 03:15pm)
Heard ancient dragon wyverns were kinda lame.
Any news about the new mining minigame?


Look badass but yeah weak lol, melee gear + Mind shield works

Gonna head over to the Volcano myself

Edit: 50 mining + 180 Kudos required.

This post was edited by BastardOfWinterfell on Sep 7 2017 02:19pm
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Sep 7 2017 02:35pm
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Quote (Phillyy @ Sep 7 2017 03:15pm)
Heard ancient dragon wyverns were kinda lame.
Any news about the new mining minigame?


Not sure about mining mini game seeing as I played a little over 3 hrs and couldn't even manage to collect 1/4 of the fossils to place into display cases unlocking the mine. Wyverns are strong with mediocre loot and the best part is if you get frozen off the guy next to you can steal your kill.

Tldr; Feels as if they came up with the volcanic mine then locked it behind hours and hours of bad content. All monsters drops need buffing.
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Sep 7 2017 08:03pm
So wtf do I do with the fossils once cleaned? Tried to take to the museum but he doesnt know lol.
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Sep 7 2017 08:04pm
It's pretty much shit on a stick and needs to be buffed.
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Sep 8 2017 06:04pm
Literally no idea what to do with the fossils, they don't take them at the Museum.

Got a few larges and even a rare.

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