Hey all,
Archaeology has been released for a little over a week and many of you are still exploring the various new dig sites. Here is an overview of all the things that have happened and are happening in and around Gielinor while you've been excavating!
We're always on the look out for feedback and suggestions so please use this thread and comment your thoughts on Archaeology.
Last but not least, if there is something important that needs to be communicated we'll use this thread to do so.
Useful information:
- Archaeology Information Overview
- Wiki Landing page for Archaeology
- Archaeology Update News post
- Archaeology Patch Notes
- Archaeology Message from mod Warden
Archaeology Q&A - Tuesday, April 7th 16:00 Game time
If you have any questions about Archaeology, please reply to the comment below. Mod Rowley, Mod iago, Mod Timbo & Mod Ryan will be on stream to answer all your Archaeology Questions.
A list of all the world firsts achieved so far! (we'll try our hardest to update this a couple of times during the week)
Worlds First | player name |
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First to 99 Archaeology | le me |
First Ironman to 99 Archaeology | Aj |
First Hardcore Ironman to 99 Archaeology | Voidscape |
First to 120 Archaeology | le me |
First to 200M XP | |
First Archaeology pet | Big Yeti |
First person to own Guildmaster Tony's mattock | Advin |
First ironman to own Guildmaster Tony's mattock | Roon Doctor |
First person to earch the Guildmaster Qualification | Roskat |
MYSTERIES | |
Secrets of the Monolith | Eldr Rune |
Writings on the Walls | Roskat |
KHARID-ET | |
Breaking the seal | Zelph |
Prison Break | Wolverine316 |
Time Served | Destroy |
The Cult of Orcus | le me |
The Vault of Shadows | L33 |
Decimation | le me |
The Forgotten Prisoner | L33 |
Shadow Fall | le me |
INFERNAL SOURCE | |
Eyes in Their Stars | Pubstomp |
Contract Claws | Sliske |
Embrace the Chaos | Rehvok |
Dagon Bye | Sliske |
EVERLIGHT | |
Fallen Angels | Zilandra |
Queen of the Icyene | Airut Bot |
Fall and Rise | Omid |
The Dour of Bable | iTrolledU |
The Epic of Hebe | le me |
Hallowed Be… | Roskat |
The Everlight | Roskat |
STORMGUARD | |
Atonement | Maikeru |
Leap of Faith | Maikeru |
The Spy Who Loved Metal | Legacy of KG |
Wing Out | iTrolledU |
A Study in Aether | Maikeru |
Howl's Floating Workshop | le me |
WARFORGE! | |
The First Commander | Legacy of KG |
Out of the Crucible | le me |
Forge War! | Exogor |
Into the Forge | Exogor |
You Have Chosen… | Veggie |
Heart of the Forge | le me |
SITE MASTERY ACHIEVEMENTS | |
Kharid-et | le me |
Infernal Source | L33 |
Everlight | L33 |
Stormguard | le me |
Warforge! | le me |
This list is is build in collaboration with the wiki and updated as of Saturday April 9th 17:30 Game time
Since Archaeology's release on the 30th of March various changes (as result of your feedback) have already been made. Here is an overview of them!
Overview of the Changes made since Archaeology's release:
- Inspecting a damaged or restored artefact and filling or inspecting a soil box will no longer interrupt your current action, allowing you to continue excavating uninterrupted.
- Players may now use either a Harlequin cow, or one each of a Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate cow during the relevant Archaeology mystery.
- A tick has been added to Artefact information to show if you have previously completed any associated collections.
- The chance of receiving an artefact from research has been increased.
- Dr Nabanik's 'Third-age Expert' researcher perk has been modified to guarantee an artefact after researching 2 hours or more, down from 8 hours or more.
- We have adjusted the text associated with the consumable items found in the Archaeology Guild shop so that both their Item and Buff Bar descriptions are consistent.
- The Dwarven Instinct aura will now spawn magical chests after you've earned XP in Archaeology.
- An Armadylean yellow material cache at Stormguard Citadel has been moved slightly to make it more accessible.
- Corrected a typo where the collector Isaura was mispronouncing her own name. We've all been there, Isaura.
- A vanilla, Chocolate & strawberry cow can now be used for the Capricorn portion of the Contract Claws mystery.
- The Slayer and Boss Collection logs will now open correctly when accessed via the Slayer counter.
- Fixed a texture Z-fighting issue on Stormguard Citadel.
- Fixed an issue with some missing geometry in Stormguard Citadel.
- Fixed an issue where some research was not being unlocked.
- Fixed an issue where Player Owned Ports voyages were being set to a negative duration while claiming research rewards.
- Fixed an issue where the Player Owned Farm trapper farmhand was not returning.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to gain a pulse core level boost in Archaeology from the Desert Pantheon aura. This has now been locked behind the skill amnesty period.
- Fixed an issue that allowed the waterfiend familiar to be summoned for a longer duration than intended.
- Summoning pets will no longer run away if they are following you when you log out.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some players from completing the Contact Claws mystery if they had already completed the Dagon Bye mystery. Players will now be better informed about their Contract Claws mystery progress when speaking to Movario.
- Complete tomes can no longer be stored in the Bank.
- Running out of skillchompas as you reach max focus when excavating will no longer crash the player.
- Fixed an issue where additional Twitch loot crates were unintentionally awarded.
- It is once again possible to obtain the Booboo doll needed to complete The Lost Toys miniquest.
- A bookshelf on the Archaeology Guild Campus that was used to start the Elemental Workshop II quest had been lost during renovations. This has been replaced, so it is now possible to start the quest.
- Chests in the Infernal Source cellar can no longer be looted with a full inventory.
- Fixed an issue where players couldn't fletch Bakriminal bolts if they already had some in their inventory.
- Using the Font of Life from your inventory will now correctly progress the Archaeology tutorial.
Hotfixes since Monday's game-update: * Adjusted the drop rate of Imcando mattock pieces, making it increasingly more common with a higher Archaeology level. * Guildmaster Tony's mattock has been adjusted to a precision value of 85 (down from 90).The tool tip interface will continue to state 90 until the next game update.
Updated on Monday April 14th 09:00 Game time
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