Archaeology
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Archaeology is a skill where dig sites located in Cartography can be excavated to discover an assortment of rare and unique items, which provide assistance for progression of many other skills.
Dig Sites
Dig sites are found all over the map of Melvor in Cartography. Dig site hexes (tiles) must be surveyed up to Level 5 before they unlock in the Archaeology skill. Some dig sites also require certain map items to be obtained before they can be surveyed. Obtaining a map item will mark the respective dig site on the map with a "
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Dig Site Map Items
Dig Site | Size | Rarity | Item | Description | |
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Old Village | Large | Uncommon | ![]() |
Details the location of the Ancient Market Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Old Village | Medium | Rare | ![]() |
A flyer detailing the location of the Sacrificial Site (Dig Site) in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Ancient Market | Large | Very Rare | ![]() |
A map detailing the location of the Bazaar Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Monuments | Small | Very Rare | ![]() |
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Monuments | Large | Uncommon | ![]() |
A chart detailing the location of the Watchtower Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Monuments | Large | Rare | ![]() |
A chart detailing the location of the Castle Ruins Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Secret Mines | Medium | Very Rare | ![]() |
A chart detailing the location of the Ancient Forge Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
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Cathedral | Large | Very Rare | ![]() |
A chart detailing the location of the Shipwreck Cove Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item. |
All Dig Site Items
Excavating Artefacts
The primary action for Archaeology is Excavating. The default interval per Excavation action is 5 seconds.
In order to begin Excavating a Dig Site, the player must select a Dig Site Map. Dig Site Maps are created using Cartography. Players receive an Excellent quality map when they first discover a Dig Site, although future maps will start at Poor quality. Please see the Cartography page for more information on creating maps.
In addition to selecting a map, players will also have to select which tools they wish to use. The tools selected determine which sizes of Artefacts can be found. Multiple tools can be selected, but doing so will divide the chance to find a given size of artefact by the total number of tools selected. (For example, if you had a 12% chance to find a Tiny artefact with only the Sieve selected, selecting another tool will reduce the chance of finding a Tiny artefact to 6%)
Artefact Values
Each map has four Artefact values, one for each size. The lower the value is, the higher the chance of finding an Artefact of a given size. Created maps will start at Poor quality with an Artefact value of 69 for each of the four sizes. Maps found from Discovering a Dig Site start at Excellent quality with an Artefact value of 33 for each of the four sizes.
When a map is upgraded to the next tier using Map Creation in Cartography, each of the four Artefact values will be reduced by a random number from 13-23. This means a map created at Poor quality and then fully upgraded will be reduced by 39-69, although the minimum value that can be reached through the Map Creation process is 2.
Two of the Refinements that can be added to maps further reduce Artefact values for a chosen size by 5. The player can choose whether to apply both of these to the same size or to split them between two different sizes.
Tool Level
Each of the Archaeology tools starts at level 0. This level can be increased in several ways:
- Each Tool can be upgraded in the Shop, receiving +1 Tool level per upgrade purchased, up to a maximum of +11.
- The 50% Mastery Pool checkpoint for Archaeology provides +3 Tool level for all tools
- The
Archaeology Skillcape provides +1 Tool level for all tools
- The
Superior Archaeology Skillcape provides +3 Tool level for all tools
This makes the maximum Tool level that can be reached 18 (since the Skillcape and Superior Skillcape can't be equipped simultaneously).
Artefact Chance
The base chance to discover an Artefact of a given size is as follows:
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{% Chance} = \frac{5 \times (1 + (\text{Tool Level} + 1) \times 0.25)}{\text{Artefact Value} + 31} }[/math]
This chance is divided by the number of tools selected to determine the actual chance to disvoer an artefact of a given size.
Tools
The primary method to increase the level of tools is by upgrading them through the Shop. All tools will also gain one level for every time the player donates 50 items to the
Museum up to a total of 250 items, for a maximum of +5 tool levels from museum donations.
Sieve
Trowels
Brushes
Shovels
Skillcape
The Archaeology Skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000
after the player reaches
Level 99.
The Superior Archaeology Skillcape can be purchased from the store for 10,000,000
after the player reaches
Level 120.
Skillcape | Name | Requirements | Effect |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology +1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology +10% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology +1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+3 levels of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Brush Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology +15% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +3 levels of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology +1 minimum Items found in Archaeology |
Pet
Pet | Name | Effect |
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+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions |
Skill Boosts
This table lists most sources of Archaeology-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.
Source | Type | Archaeology Boosts | Other Modifiers |
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+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +6% Archaeology Mastery XP +6% Archaeology Skill XP |
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+10% Chance to Double Items in Archaeology | -10% dig site map refinement cost -5% Cartography Interval +10% Chance to Double Items in Cartography | |
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+5% Chance to Double Items in Archaeology +8% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +8% Archaeology Mastery XP +8% Archaeology Skill XP |
-5% dig site map refinement cost -5% Cartography survey interval +5% Chance to Double Items in Cartography +8% Cartography Skill XP | |
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+5% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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+5% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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+5% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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+5% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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+5% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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-10% Archaeology Interval | |
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+4% Archaeology Mastery XP +4% Archaeology Skill XP |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology +10% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology +1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology +1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology |
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+3 levels of the Brush Tool in Archaeology +15% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +1 minimum Items found in Archaeology +3 levels of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology |
-20% dig site map refinement cost -50% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval -30% Cartography survey interval +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cartography |
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-10% Archaeology Interval +8% Archaeology Mastery XP |
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+1 minimum Items found in Archaeology | |
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+3 levels of the Brush Tool in Archaeology +15% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +1 minimum Items found in Archaeology +3 levels of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology +3 levels of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology |
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+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions | |
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+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions | -5% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval +5% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cartography |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+6% Archaeology Skill XP | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology | |
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+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology |
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