Players navigate the various dig sites using a vehicle called a Bone Buggy, which can be customized. Out on the dig sites, they can find Fossils and turn them into dinosaur-like monsters called Vivosaurs, which can be used in competitive three on three fights via Local Play or online.[4][5] Unlike in the previous two installments, the player can encounter wild Vivosaurs instead of battling other Fossil Fighters in dig sites. The battle system also differs from that of Fossil Fighters and Fossil Fighters: Champions in that the player is only allowed to control one Vivosaur on their team at a time while the other two are controlled by CPU partners called "Paleo Pals"; instead of being based around the position of the Vivosaurs in the field like in the previous two titles, the battles revolve around how it stands, with each vivosaur having different strong and weak stances.