Paleontology

Paleontology
300px 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.
Skill Type:	Other Skill
Max Level:	50
Requirements:	Necromancy 50
Skill Trainers:	Grakelsput

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Paleontology is harder because it uses fossils, not regular marrow-filled bones. But more importantly, we don't control the creatures. We use a special technique that makes the creature follow its natural behaviors, so we can study those behaviors.

— Grakelsput

Paleontology Overview

Paleontology is a near-useless skill studied by only true seekers of knowledge. Grakelsput's Goblin Clan is known for their study of this skill.

In-Game Description

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.

Training Paleontology

• Grakelsput in Povus will teach Paleontology to Level 50 Necromancers at [Friends] favor.
• At Paleontology Level 25, you automatically gain the Study Skeleton ability. This is a side-bar Special Ability which allows you to mesmerize single non-Elite skeleton targets, which immobilizes them for 30 seconds or until they are attacked. Costs 30 power, reuse time is 60 seconds, and range is 30 meters.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:

• None. Paleontology is a Sub-Skill of Necromancy.

Secondary Skills:

• Necromancy - Paleontology is a Sub-Skill of Necromancy.

Related Skills:

• Corpse Talking - Corpse talking is another Sub-Skill of Necromancy.

Synergy Levels:

There are no Bonus Synergy Levels for Paleontology.

Harvestables

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Paleontology Complete Recipe List

Click "Expand" on the box below to view a complete list of Recipes for the Paleontology skill.

Lvl	Name	First-Time XP	XP	Ingredients	Results	Description	Source
1	Animate Monster (Povus)	2000	500	Mysterious Monster Skull (Povus) x1 Mysterious Monster Spine (Povus) x1 Mysterious Monster Limb (Povus) x4	Animate Monster (Povus)	Assemble bones into a creature and then bring it to life! Must be in Povus. * In-game, this recipe is displayed under Lore.	Leveling

Paleontology 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 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 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 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 Sabertooth

The Skeletal Sabretooth (appearing in-game labeled as a "Skeletal Cat") resembles a variety of undead sabertooth tiger. It is one of the three possible random summons when using the Animate Monster ability in Povus. Unlike the Skeleton Triceratops and Skeletal Gallimimus, the Skeletal Sabertooth can be tamed by high level Animal Handlers (Level 72 minimum) in the same way as any other feline. The Paleontology Study Skeleton ability (L25) can make it easier to tame them by mesmerizing them temporarily.

Basic attacks include Big Cat Claw and Big Cat Pounce (both are slashing damage). Its Sic 'Em ability is Raking Claw, a slashing vulneratiblity debuff, and its Clever Trick is Big Cat Ultrakill (very heavy slashing damage).

Paleontology Level Up Rewards

Level	Reward
1	Learn Recipe: Animate Monster (Povus)
10	15% Chance to recover fossils from fossil monsters
20	15% Chance to recover fossils from fossil monsters (total 2 chances)
24	+1 to Necromancy
25	Gain Ability: Study Skeleton
30	15% Chance to recover fossils from fossil monsters (total 3 chances)
40	15% Chance to recover fossils from fossil monsters (total 4 chances)
49	+1 to Necromancy
50	15% Chance to recover fossils from fossil monsters (total 5 chances)

Paleontology Experience Table

Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Paleontology

Level	Experience	Total Experience
1	10	10
2	100	110
3	100	210
4	100	310
5	100	410
6	100	510
7	100	610
8	100	710
9	100	810
10	100	910
11	200	1110
12	200	1310
13	200	1510
14	200	1710
15	200	1910
16	200	2110
17	200	2310
18	200	2510
19	200	2710
20	200	2910
21	300	3210
22	300	3510
23	300	3810
24	300	4110
25	300	4410
26	300	4710
27	300	5010
28	300	5310
29	300	5610
30	300	5910
31	500	6410
32	500	6910
33	500	7410
34	500	7910
35	500	8410
36	500	8910
37	500	9410
38	500	9910
39	500	10410
40	500	10910
41	800	11710
42	800	12510
43	800	13310
44	800	14110
45	800	14910
46	800	15710
47	800	16510
48	800	17310
49	800	18110
50	800	18910

Trivia

• Paleontology was introduced in September 2021.