How to Craft and Use the Different Brushes

Why brush tier matters

Brushing is the core action of this mod, and brushes wear out. The mod offers Iron, Diamond, and Netherite Brushes. Higher tiers last longer and brush faster, which matters a lot when you are clearing a large fossil site.

Choosing your brush

• Iron Brush: your everyday tool. Cheap enough to craft in bulk and carry spares.
• Diamond Brush: for long excavation trips where you do not want to keep swapping tools.
• Netherite Brush: the endgame brush, for players who plan to strip-mine entire fossil clusters.

Brushing correctly

Hold right-click on Suspicious Dirt or Fossiliferous Dirt and let the animation finish. Do not left-click the block, and do not break it with another tool first, or the contents are lost. Each completed brush consumes durability.

Field kit advice

Bring at least two brushes of your chosen tier on any dig, plus food and torches. If you are brushing underwater near Guardian fossils, bring water breathing. Keep a spare brush in your offhand or hotbar slot so you are never stuck mid-excavation with a broken tool.