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You are obligated to start here in order to complete the quest, the fragments won't appear until you activate the script by talking to Fossil Maniac Charles
・Be sure to be Hoenn Champion before starting this quest, this is the first requirement.
・Go Route 114 in Hoenn, find Fossil Maniac Charles in his house and talk to him about the permit.
・You now have to collect 6 different fragments spreaded around all the excavation sites (excluding the Wondrous Site).
Please note that you don't have to enter in the sites.
Get a Pokemon with Rock Smash (can be found in Mauville City) or a Pick Axe and hit all the breakable rocks around the enter of the sites.
The fragment that you're looking for is hidden in one of the rocks.
[spoiler=Site Locations]
Haunted Site⎪Rusturf Tunnel⎪Near Verdanturf Town
Mineral Site⎪Route 115⎪North Rustboro City
Feral Site⎪Fiery Path⎪East Lavaridge Town
Glacial Site⎪Route 103⎪North Oldale Town
Natural Site⎪Route 119A⎪South Fortree City
Historical Site⎪Route 111 Desert⎪East Lavaridge Town
Wondrous Site⎪Route 114⎪West Fallarbor Town
・Once you have the 6 fragments, come back to Route 114 and talk again with Fossil Maniac Charles. He will ask you to pay 100.000 Pokedollar in order to buy the permit.
・ You are now owner of the Archaeologist Permit and can start visiting the different sites !
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There are different tiers of expertise in archaeology. The tier depends on the discoveries you have made. You get 1 "Discovery Point" by smashing the rocks inside each site. With every tier you get access to more Pokemon and items. You can verify your tier by talking to Gingery Jones in Glacial Site.
If you encounter a spawn you're not "expert" enough to get, the Pokemon will flee or the item gets destroyed. You'll however gain a "Bonus Discovery Point" each time you'll encounter a Pokemon who fled or if the item gets destroyed. As the range of the bonus may differ according to the tier of the encountered Pokemon, I won't specify the said bonus.
There's also one Shiny Rock per site, you need to have the item Pickaxe (75c in the shop) to find something there.
Besides the Pokemons from normal rocks, you can find exclusive Pokemon and items.
Be careful and don't hope finding a Shiny Pokemon in this special rock according to its name. All Pokemon in Excavations Sites are Shiny Locked !
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In every site you'll find some Artifact Pieces that can be traded in Historical Site for items by talking to Gingery Jones.
[spoiler=Available Items]
Fossils :
→ Root Fossil (300)
→ Claw Fossil (300)
→ Old Amber (400)
→ Sail Fossil (500)
→ Jaw Fossil (500)
→ Skull Fossil (750)
→ Armor Fossil (750)
Vitamins (10 per 75 Artifact Pieces) :
→ Protein
→ Calcium
→ Carbos
→ PP Up
→ Iron
→ Zinc
→ HP Up
Medicinal Herbs (price for 35 Artifact Pieces) :
→ Heal Powder (30)
→ Energy Powder (24)
→ Energy Root (14)
→ Revival Herb (6)
Special items :
→ Grip Claw (150)
→ Protector (250)
→ Reaper Cloth (250)
→ Focus Sash (30)
→ Wide Lens (150)
→ Air balloon (30)
TM moves :
→ TM23 - Dragon Rage (150)
→ TM27 - Fissure (150)
→ TM69 - Roost (125)
→ TM81 - Brick Break (125)
→ TM115 - Shadow Claw (100)
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Cooldown before re-spawn of rocks is 22 hours real time.
The necessary Discoveries for the tiers are based on doing the excavation without Membership and without Pick Axe.
The schedules to meet the different Pokemon are based on the in-game Poke Time. If nothing is specified, it means that the Pokemon spawns all the time.
Don't forget that all findable Pokemon in Excavation Sites are Shiny Locked.
Haunted Site
[spoiler=Location : Rusturf Tunnel]
• Tier 0 •
Gastly (12:00 - 23:59)
Shuppet (00:00 - 11:59)
• Tier 1 • (1,200 Discoveries)
Misdreavus (12:00 - 23:59)
Duskull (00:00 - 11:59)
• Tier 2 • (2,400 Discoveries)
Golett (00:00 - 11:59)
• Tier 3 • (3,200 Discoveries)
Litwick (12:00 - 23:59)
• Findable common items •
Ultra ball
Rare Candy
Escape Rope
Repel
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Misdreavus (12:00 - 23:59)
Duskull (00:00 - 11:59)
Golett (00:00 - 11:59)
Litwick (12:00 - 23:59)
Lunatone (00:00 - 12:59)
Aron
Reaper Cloth (2%)
TM115 - Shadow Claw (2%)
Rare Candy (5%)
All fossils (1%)
After 5000 discoveries : Move Tutor → Sucker Punch for 10k by talking to Gingery Jones.
Mineral Site
[spoiler=Location : Route 115]
• Tier 0 •
Onix
• Tier 1 • (1,000 Discoveries)
Nosepass
• Tier 2 • (1,600 Discoveries)
Durant
Drilbur (5%)
• Tier 3 • (3,200 Discoveries)
Klink (2%)
• Findable common items •
Rare Candy
Escape Rope
Fresh Water
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Nosepass
Durant
Drilbur (10%)
Klink (7%)
Rare Candy
Grip Claw
TM81 - Brick Break
All fossils (1%)
After 5000 Discoveries : Move Tutor → Explosion for 10k by Talking to Gingery Jones.
Feral Site
[spoiler=Location : Fiery Path]
• Tier 0 •
Houndour (13:00 - 23:59)
Numel (00:00 - 11:59)
• Tier 1 • (2,400 Discoveries)
Zangoose (00:00 - 12:59)
Torkoal (13:00 - 23:59)
• Tier 2 • (3000 Discoveries)
Heatmor (13:00 - 23:59)
• Tier 3 • (3,200 discoveries)
Deino (00:00 - 12:59)
Mawile (00:00 - 12:59)
Pawniard (13:00 - 23:59)
• Findable common items •
Rare Candy
Escape Rope
Repel
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Houndour (13:00 - 23:59)
Numel (00:00 - 11:59)
Torkoal (13:00 - 23:59)
Deino (00:00 - 12:59)
Heatmor (13:00 - 23:59)
Zangoose (00:00 - 12:59)
Mawile (00:00 - 12:59)
Pawniard (13:00 - 23:59)
Litleo (5%) (13:00 - 23:59)
Rare Candy (5%)
TM23 - Dragon Rage
Grip Claw
All fossils (1%)
Once you reach 2,400 Discoveries, you'll have access to Boss Gingery Jones.
Glacial Site
[spoiler=Location : Route 103]
• Tier 0 •
Wailmer
• Tier 1 • (1,200 Discoveries)
Snorunt
• Tier 2 • (2,400 Discoveries)
Clauncher
• Tier 3 • (3,600 Discoveries)
Bergmite
• Tier 4 • (4,800 Discoveries)
Cyrogonal
Vanillite
• Findable common items •
Rare Candy
Fresh Water
All fossils (you have to be MS)
• Shiny Rock •
Snorunt
Clauncher
Bergmite
Smoochum (10%)
Cyrogonal
Vanillite (5%)
TM 105 - Scald
Rare Candy (5%)
Wide Lens
All fossils (1%)
Talk to Gingery Jones, he will tell you how many Discoveries you have.
This is the only NPC that will give you this information.
Natural Site
[spoiler=Location : Route 119A]
• Tier 0 •
Seedot
• Tier 1 • (1,200 Discoveries)
Shroomish
• Tier 2 • (1,800 Discoveries)
Skiddo
• Tier 3 • (2,400 Discoveries)
Deerling
• Tier 4 • (3,200 Discoveries)
Ferroseed
• Findable common items •
Rare Candy
Fresh Water
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Seedot
Shroomish
Skiddo
Ferroseed
Deerling
Macho Brace
Rare Candy (5%)
TM15 - Hyper Beam
All fossils (1%)
After 5000 Discoveries : Move Tutor → Super Fang for 10k by talking to Gingery Jones.
Historical Site
[spoiler=Location : Route 111 Desert]
• Tier 0 •
Makuhita
• Tier 1 • (1,200 Discoveries)
Meditite
Sawk (4%)
Throh (4%)
• Tier 2 • (3,200 Discoveries)
Sandile
• Tier 3 • (4,000 Discoveries)
Mienfoo
• Findable common items •
Rare Candy
Ultra ball
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Makuhita
Meditite
Sawk (4%)
Throh (4%)
Mienfoo
Focus Sash
TM138 - Sleep Talk
Rare Candy (5%)
All fossils (1%)
After 6000 Discoveries you can revive Kanto, Hoenn and Kalos fossils by talking to Gingery Jones for 10k per revive.
Wondrous Site
[spoiler=Location : Route 114]
• Tier 0 •
Swablu
• Tier 1 • (1,200 Discoveries)
Snubbull
• Tier 2 • (2,400 Discoveries)
Axew
Dedenne
• Tier 3 • (3,200 Discoveries)
Klefki
• Findable common items •
Ultra ball
Rare Candy
Escape Rope
Repel
All fossils
• Shiny Rock •
Swablu
Snubbull
Dedenne
Klefki
Rare Candy (5%)
Shiny Stone (1%)
Macho Brace (1%)
All fossils (1%)
Contribution
Leitah, for giving me a lot of useful information to complete this guide.
Sharlank, original owner of the former version of the guide : Hoenn Excavation Sites Spawn
Tymerod, and his revamped version of the guide : Hoenn Excavation Sites