The roots, along with a fossilised stump, branch, leaf, and mushroom, allows the player to place the set of five in one of five plant displays in the Varrock Museum's paleontology exhibit, located at the bottom floor of the museum, below the natural history exhibit. Each plant display completed will give an antique lamp that gives 5,000 experience in any skill, along with 2 kudos. Lastly, they can be used to give the ancient wyvern shield three charges, or traded to the Fossil Collector in exchange for 300 numulites.