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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 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
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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