Fossil encounter in Delve

So I'm not sure about those encounters saying "Contains fossils", I had 2 of them so far, one around depth 100 giving me one common fossil, I think it was an Aberrant and in depth 270 or something, giving me one Pristine. I had to blow up walls to get there and it was quiet a big area around that brick to find the wall.. And then I got rewarded with one (even thought it says "contains fossils" in plural) very common fossil.. It was really not worth my sulphite and very disappointing.

Aren't there also currency chests? My fossil encounters are like the currency ones but with a couple of fossils thrown in. Either way the currency is always worth it.

those are smuggler's stashes. they do not include expensive fossils. a fossil stash would have special name on it that changes by biome type.
the names are:
haunted tomb
stonewood hollow
crystal spire
time lost cavern
molten cavity
humid fissure

however, it gets easier to find these fossil stashes as you go down. i would say they get pretty common after 1k+ depth.
so if you are looking for them at 90-300 you will be disappointed.

Yeah it were smuggler's stashes. I see, I was just pretty hyped to find this encounter and thought I will get several fossils, but getting only one when the description kinda promises more than one, was just frustrating..

So they are like cartographer's riches which only appear in depth 300+?

Problem with these encounters is that they can spawn random number of chests. Normal nodes on mine map can be randomized but those nodes you need to explore and find access to should have higher minimum amount of chests than standard nodes. It is very disappointing to spend lots of time or sulphite to find entrance to map or currency node only to find out that a single chest has spawned.

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Johny_Snow написал:

So they are like cartographer's riches which only appear in depth 300+?

Cartographer's riches spawn in Primeval Ruins as far as I can tell, which means it is 220+.

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Baron01 написал:

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Johny_Snow написал:

So they are like cartographer's riches which only appear in depth 300+?

Cartographer's riches spawn in Primeval Ruins as far as I can tell, which means it is 220+.

Iirc I found one yesterday in a Vaal Outpost around depth 95... could be wrong, but I'm quite sure that was the name, fyi it dropped map-related currency, including an Harbinger orb.

Well dang, I thought Harbinger orbs were more special than that.

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Johny_Snow написал:

Well dang, I thought Harbinger orbs were more special than that.

Well they are special. Currently you can find them in map encounters + currency encounters.
If you can upgrade a beachhead that is around 130c right there.

I take everything back, I just found a fractured fossil in my third encounter!! This was a "Humid Fissure" behind a wall and I'm so happy now I didn't skip this one :D