Dense Fossil Farming, Crafting Mods, Biomes

Dense Fossil Dense Fossil is a fossil type. Fossils are a special type of poe currency introduced in the delve league that can be socketed into resonators to modify the crafting behavior in specific ways. Fossils can also add special Delve modifiers.

Farming Dense Fossil in Azurite Mine

The drop location of Dense Fossil is Azurite Mine. Standing on any Waypoint, click the flashing candle icon: "Click to travel to the Mine Encampment", then you will go to the Azurite Mine.

Azurite Mine

There are two ways to obtain Dense Fossil.

1. Purchase from Niko the Mad

Sometimes, Niko the Mad sells a Dense Fossil for 1 000 Azurite. Niko is one of the five masters. He provides introduction to delves and appears when harvesting Voltaxic Sulphite. He also sells Fossils and Resonators for Azurite.

2. It can be dropped from the following Biome:

  • Fungal Cavern
  • Petrified Forest

In addition, you can also exchange currency items for it. The price of Dense Fossil is an Orb of Alchemy. You can buy cheap POE currency from below:

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How to use Dense Fossil?

Place a Dense Fossil in a Resonator to influence item crafting. Effect:

  • More Armour, Energy Shield or Evasion modifiers
  • No Life Modifiers

Dense Fossil Crafting Mods

Spawn Weight Multipliers: Using this fossil multiplies the spawn weights of all modifiers with life tags by 0 and defences tags by 10.

Added Mods: The following mods are added to the crafting pool when using this fossil.

Name Generation Type Group Level Stats Spawn Weighting
of the Underground Suffix PhysicalDamageReductionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +500 to Armour if you've Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
two_hand_weapon 0
sceptre 1600
mace 1600
axe 1600
sword 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix PhysicalDamageReductionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +1000 to Armourif you've Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
one_hand_weapon 0
staff 1600
mace 1600
axe 1600
sword 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EvasionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +500 to Evasion Rating if Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
two_hand_weapon 0
axe 1600
sword 1600
dagger 1600
claw 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EvasionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +1000 to Evasion Rating if Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
one_hand_weapon 0
axe 1600
sword 1600
bow 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EnergyShieldRegenerationRatePerMinuteIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 Regenerate 0.5% of Energy Shieldper second if you've Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
dagger 1600
claw 1600
wand 1600
sceptre 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EnergyShieldRegenerationRatePerMinuteIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 Regenerate 1% of Energy Shield per second if you've Hit an Enemy Recently abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
staff 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix MaximumEnergyShieldFromBodyArmour 1 (20-30)% increased Energy Shield from Body Armour abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
ring 1600
amulet 1600
belt 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix ChanceWhenHitForArmourToBeDoubled 1 20% chance when Hit for double Armour effect abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
ring 1600
amulet 1600
belt 1600
default 0
of the Underground Suffix AdditionalChanceToEvade 1 +(1-2)% chance to Evade Attack Hits abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
quiver 1600
ring 1600
amulet 1600
belt 1600
default 0
Subterranean Prefix AllDefences 1 (4-6)% increased Global Defences jewel 1000
abyss_jewel 1000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix PhysicalDamageReductionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +(250-300) to Armour if you've Hit an Enemy Recently jewel 300
abyss_jewel 300
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EvasionRatingIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 +(250-300) to Evasion Rating if Hit an Enemy Recently jewel 300
abyss_jewel 300
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EnergyShieldRegenerationRatePerMinuteIfYouHaveHitAnEnemyRecently 1 Regenerate 0.3% of Energy Shieldper second if you've Hit an Enemy Recently jewel 300
abyss_jewel 300
default 0
of the Underground Suffix IncreasedQuality 1 +(10-20)% to Quality local_item_quality 0
abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 2000
body_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EnergyShieldRegeneration 1 Regenerate 1% of Energy Shield per second abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
gloves 0
helmet 0
int_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EnergyShieldLeechPermyriad 1 0.3% of Spell Damage Leeched as Energy Shield abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
boots 0
helmet 0
int_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix SpellBlockPercentage 1 (3-4)% Chance to Block Spell Damage abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
boots 0
gloves 0
int_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix ChanceToDodge 1 (3-4)% chance to Dodge AttackHits
(3-4)% chance to Dodge Spell Hits
spell_dodge_mod 0
abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
gloves 0
helmet 0
dex_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix BlindOnHit 1 (4-6)% Global chance to Blind Enemies on hit abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
boots 0
helmet 0
dex_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix EvasionOnFullLife 1 (25-50)% increased Global Evasion Ratingwhen on Full Life abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
gloves 0
boots 0
dex_armour 2000
dex_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix ChanceWhenHitForArmourToBeDoubled 1 (10-20)% chance when Hit for double Armoureffect abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
gloves 0
helmet 0
str_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix BlockPercent 1 (3-4)% Chance to Block Attack Damage abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
boots 0
helmet 0
str_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0
of the Underground Suffix FortifyEffect 1 (15-25)% increased Effect of Fortify on you abyss_jewel 0
jewel 0
shield 0
body_armour 0
gloves 0
boots 0
str_armour 2000
str_int_armour 2000
str_dex_armour 2000
default 0

Biomes

The Azurite Mine contains six common biomes, each with different monsters, encounters, and common fossil drops. Rarely, a city biome will spawn, which contains better loot and rarely, a special boss, but are much more difficult and denser.

Current theory on weights:

The weight is scaled between the lower and upper entries based on current delve depth. See the table below for data mined values.

Biome Fossils by Rarity Minimum Depth
Depth Weight
Mines Metallic Fossil Metallic FossilSerrated Fossil Serrated FossilPristine Fossil Pristine FossilAetheric Fossil Aetheric Fossil 0 100
40 100
65 0
Fungal Caverns Dense Fossil Dense FossilAberrant Fossil Aberrant FossilPerfect Fossil Perfect FossilCorroded Fossil Corroded FossilGilded Fossil Gilded Fossil 4 0
20 100
Petrified Forest Bound Fossil Bound FossilJagged Fossil Jagged FossilCorroded Fossil Corroded FossilSanctified Fossil Sanctified Fossil 4 0
20 100
Abyssal Depths Aberrant Fossil Aberrant FossilBound Fossil Bound FossilGilded Fossil Gilded FossilLucent Fossil Lucent Fossil 10 0
25 100
Frozen Hollow Frigid Fossil Frigid FossilSerrated Fossil Serrated FossilPrismatic Fossil Prismatic FossilSanctified Fossil Sanctified Fossil 200 0
40 100
Magma Fissure Scorched Fossil Scorched FossilPrismatic Fossil Prismatic FossilPristine Fossil Pristine FossilEnchanted Fossil Enchanted FossilEncrusted Fossil Encrusted Fossil 30 0
50 100
Sulfur Vents Metallic Fossil Metallic FossilPerfect Fossil Perfect FossilAetheric Fossil Aetheric FossilEncrusted Fossil Encrusted Fossil 55 0
75 100
Vaal Outpost 22 0
83 12
600 18
Abyssal City 82 0
83 4
220 12
600 18
Primeval Ruins 219 0
220 4
600 12

How to use Dense Fossil?

Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.

Dense Fossil

List of delve socketable currency

Item Drop Level Effect(s)
Potent Alchemical Resonator Potent Alchemical Resonator 1 Upgrades a normal item to a rare item
Potent Chaotic Resonator Potent Chaotic Resonator 34 Reforges a rare item with new random modifiers
Powerful Alchemical Resonator Powerful Alchemical Resonator 34 Upgrades a normal item to a rare item
Powerful Chaotic Resonator Powerful Chaotic Resonator 34 Reforges a rare item with new random modifiers
Prime Alchemical Resonator Prime Alchemical Resonator 68 Upgrades a normal item to a rare item
Prime Chaotic Resonator Prime Chaotic Resonator 68 Reforges a rare item with new random modifiers
Primitive Alchemical Resonator Primitive Alchemical Resonator 1 Upgrades a normal item to a rare item
Primitive Chaotic Resonator Primitive Chaotic Resonator 34 Reforges a rare item with new random modifiers

Dense Fossil Acquisition

Drop level 1
Drop location: Azurite Mine
Item class: Stackable Currency
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyDelveCraftingDefences

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