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{{Skill infobox
|title = Paleontology
|image = [[File:Paleontology_skillEmpty_Placeholder.png|300px]]
|caption = Studying the past through old fossilized bones. Infamous for its primary research method: necromantic reanimation. The higher your Paleontology skill, the more bones you are likely to find when excavating a site. Higher skill also gives chances to find fossils in the loot of some monsters.
|skilltype = Other Skill
== {{msg:BASEPAGENAME}} Mechanics ==
=== Gathering Bones ===
Throughout Povus, there are exposed bone piles which, if you have a [[Paleontology Pick]], you can dig through them to try to collect fossil bones of various kinds. If you lack the [[Paleontology]] skill, you can attempt a maximum of one or two excavations on each pile before it is exhausted and disappears. If you have [[Paleontology]], you can sometimes excavate a given bone pile up to three times, and the chances of your picks breaking appears to be somewhat lower. Many fossil bones are ordinary, and a few are associated with quests, while the "Mysterious Monster" bones can be used with the '''Animate Monster''' Paleontology ability.
=== Summoning Skeletons ===
Through the '''Animate Monster''' ability, you can attempt to bring collections of Mysterious Monster bones to a kind of undead life. To do this, first, you have to be in Povus. Then, you need one [[Mysterious Monster Skull (Povus)]], one [[Mysterious Monster Spine (Povus)]], and four [[Mysterious Monster Limb (Povus)]] for each attempt.
The undead creature thus animated has a one in three chance of being either a [[Skeletal Gallimimus]], a [[Skeleton Triceratops]], or a [[Skeletal Sabretooth]]. Do note these are monsters and they will attack once they notice you are there.
=== Skeletal Sabretooth ===
