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Prehistoric Farm Fossils: Dig Sites, Sets, and DNA Lab
Choose a fossil guide by the problem you need to solve. Digging timing explains the release; shovel guides explain period access; collection guides track creature sets; DNA Lab guides handle the exchange. Together they turn an island trip into a specific egg goal without assuming every dig is a fossil.
Track a creature set before choosing another taskUse Prehistoric Farm fossil guides to improve digging, finish creature sets, and take a ready collection to Dr. Ivy’s DNA Lab.
Prehistoric Farm gameplay
See this experience in action alongside the specific guides below.
Track a creature set before choosing another task
A fossil belongs to a creature’s set. Each Cambrian creature needs five pieces, and pieces from other creatures do not satisfy that same requirement. The collection menu groups entries by period; its entry count is not the pieces required by one egg. Dig Sites can also yield coins or Buried Treasure, so distinguish a non-fossil result from a failed timing input.
Use the shovel guide when a site needs a different tool. Use timing when the shovel can dig but you need to learn the green release. Use the set guide when deciding whether to return to Dr. Ivy on Home Island. The DNA Lab turns a completed set into an egg, leaving incubation as the next task. Surplus carryover after extraction is unresolved, so check the new count before assuming another egg is ready or selling what appears spare. Tool period support does not establish a boat travel gate.
Choose the collection task
Open the page that explains your next action, rather than repeating a step you have already completed.
Fossils articles
Read the retained guides below for their specific actions, conditions and known limits.
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Prehistoric Farm: Complete Fossil Sets for the DNA Lab
Track creature-specific fossil counts in Prehistoric Farm, finish Cambrian sets, and check what changes after DNA Lab extraction.
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Prehistoric Farm Dig Site Locations: Start on Cambrian
Locate the documented Prehistoric Farm Dig Site activity, distinguish Home Island services from fossil islands, and check shovel access.
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Prehistoric Farm Digging Timing: Release in the Green Zone
Use the Prehistoric Farm digging meter, understand green-zone releases, and distinguish a better find from a guaranteed fossil.
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Prehistoric Farm DNA Lab Guide: Completed Sets and Extraction
Understand the Prehistoric Farm DNA Lab input and output, find Dr. Ivy on Home Island, and separate extraction from incubation.
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Prehistoric Farm Dr. Ivy Guide: DNA Lab and Ranch Care
Find Dr. Ivy in Prehistoric Farm, understand her completed fossil set exchange, and distinguish the DNA Lab from other home services.
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Prehistoric Farm Fossils Guide: Collections and Creature Eggs
Understand Prehistoric Farm fossil collections, Cambrian set requirements, and the DNA Lab exchange that produces creature eggs.
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Prehistoric Farm: How to Get Fossils from Dig Sites
Find the Prehistoric Farm fossil digging activity, release the shovel in green, and distinguish fossil pieces from other dig rewards.
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Prehistoric Farm: How to Use the DNA Lab and Get an Egg
Take a completed Prehistoric Farm creature set to Dr. Ivy, use Get Egg, and check the extraction result before hatching.
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Prehistoric Farm Shovel Guide: Period Access and Attributes
Compare Prehistoric Farm shovel period access, Fossil Luck and coin multipliers, and separate equipment choice from digging timing.
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Prehistoric Farm: How to Use a Shovel at Dig Sites
Equip a shovel in Prehistoric Farm, use the hold-and-release digging action, and recognize fossil and non-fossil results.
Connect this task with the next one
Eggs & IncubationChoose a Prehistoric Farm egg source, place an acquired egg in an incubator, and compare capacity with the actual hatch task.Boats & IslandsCompare Prehistoric Farm boats, identify fossil island destinations, and distinguish sailing requirements from the shovel needed to dig.Tier ListsCompare Prehistoric Farm shovel grades by period coverage and Luck, and choose the detailed equipment guide for your next digging goal.
Track a creature set before choosing another task: questions
Can different creatures’ fossils make one set?
Track the selected creature’s pieces; Cambrian needs five for that creature.
Is Cretaceous Seas an ordinary fossil group?
It is a six-entry fishing egg collection, separate from Dig Site sets.
Continue with Digging Timing
Practice the green-zone release without expecting a fossil every time.