The Latest Aion Event



A pic of the Insect Fossil drop in the latest Aion event



"Picking Up The Past" is the name of the latest Aion event,  which started on  9/7.  Its objective is to benefit the Atreian Natural History Museum by having daevas collect fossils from all areas of Atreia except Poeta/Ishalgen and Verteron/Altgard.  These fossils can be given to NPC archaelogogists in exchange for
gifts,  such as manastones,  enchantment stones,  silver/gold/plat medals,  and a piece of clothing (its a T shirt in 2 styles,  male/female for couples who play the game together).   There's 3 different kinds of fossils that can be collected:

1. Plant Fossils - These can only be collected by receiving an in game survey.  There's no other way to get them.
2. Animal Fossils - These can be collected from the bosses of instances or by exchanging plant fossils for them.
3. Insect Fossils - These can be collected by fighting mobs anywhere in the game except the ones mentioned earlier.  They also come up on dice roll sometimes in group run instances during the event. 

The plant fossils are probably the most sought after because with them you can buy medals,  however the only way to accomplish that is to have only 1 character collect the surveys.  The medals are 100 - 125 fossils and with 6 fossils per survey times 28 days equaling 168,  then a decision has to be made.    The animal fossils yield AP relics and the T shirts,  and the insect fossils can buy manastone/enchantment stone pouches as well as a mystery prize for 200 of them.  That one is a total gamble,  which I might just go for if I collect enough of them.  The event will run for 28 days,  ending on Oct. 5th,  so I might be able to.  I ran Taloc's Hollow on the 7th and got a few,  I'd say 1 in every 7-10 mobs drops a fossil.  I was grinding quest mobs before that and found it to be about the same rate. 
The event gives me renewed interest in doing my pve quests.  Its something more to look forward to when out in the field,  knowing that there's a new item to collect that can buy me new things to improve my toon with.