Archaeology

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Archaeology

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 "" icon.

Dig Site Map Items

Dig Site		Size	Rarity	Item	Description
	Old Village	Large	Uncommon	Torn Chart	Details the location of the Ancient Market Dig Site in Cartography. An icon has now appeared displaying its location. You can sell this item.
	Old Village	Medium	Rare	Cult Flyer	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.
	Ancient Market	Large	Very Rare	City Chart	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.
	Monuments	Small	Very Rare	Melantis Clue 1
	Monuments	Large	Uncommon	Island Chart	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.
	Monuments	Large	Rare	Navigation Chart	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.
	Secret Mines	Medium	Very Rare	Shipment Chart	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.
	Cathedral	Large	Very Rare	Ancient Wall Chart	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

Level	Dig Site	XP	Tiny		Small		Medium		Large
			Artefact	Rarity	Artefact	Rarity	Artefact	Rarity	Artefact	Rarity
1	Old Village (13, 17)	50	Ancient Wildberry Seeds	Common	Broken Trowel	Common	Broken Jug	Common	Old Hunting Bow	Common
			Aranite Sieve	Uncommon	Old Wooden Ladle	Uncommon	Empty Jug	Uncommon	Torn Chart	Uncommon
			Ancient Corn Seeds	Rare	Old Woodcutting Gloves	Rare	Cult Flyer	Rare	Leather Belt	Rare
			Ancient Carrot Seeds	Very Rare	Basic Barrier Gem	Very Rare	Secret Coffer	Very Rare	Ancient Hunting Bow	Very Rare
6	Ancient Market (0, 14)	50	Rusted Bronze Coin	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Old Dreamcatcher	Common	Wooden Cart	Common
			Barrier Gem	Uncommon	Aranite Trowel	Uncommon	Old Music Box	Uncommon	Giant Clay Pot	Uncommon
			N/A		Beaded Necklace	Rare	N/A		Ancient Wine Casket	Rare
			N/A		Ancient Scythe	Very Rare	N/A		City Chart	Very Rare
			N/A		N/A		N/A		Amphora	Legendary
12	Sacrificial Site (13, 12)	72	Cursed Charm	Common	Skull	Common	Old Burnt Offerings	Common	Stack of Small Bones	Common
			Bronze Ring	Uncommon	Harming Potion	Uncommon	Blood Chalice	Uncommon	Totem Pole	Uncommon
			Bone Ring	Rare	Sacrificial Dagger	Rare	Circlet of Pain	Rare	Cult Robes	Rare
			Accuracy Gem	Very Rare	N/A		N/A		Cursed Golden Disc	Very Rare
18	Stoneworkers (24, 14)	108	Broken Stone Shard	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Bulky Gloves	Common	Large Stone	Common
			Shatter Stone	Uncommon	Whetstone Fragment	Uncommon	Chisel	Uncommon	Aranite Shovel	Uncommon
			N/A		Ancient Whetstone	Rare	Heavy Boots	Rare	Stone Hammer	Rare
			N/A		Relic Whetstone	Very Rare	N/A		N/A
24	Monuments (6, 11)	144	Chipped Marble	Common	Dividers	Common	Broken Brush	Common	Stone Statue	Common
			Golden Leaf	Uncommon	Old Metal Plaque	Uncommon	Colourful Vase	Uncommon	Island Chart	Uncommon
			N/A		Old Crafting Gloves	Rare	Aranite Brush	Rare	Navigation Chart	Rare
			N/A		Melantis Clue 1	Very Rare	Ancient Stone Tablet	Very Rare	Gold Brazier	Very Rare
			N/A		N/A		N/A		Statue of Prosperity	Legendary
32	Bazaar (15, 11)	192	Tiny Spice Jar	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Ruined Woven Bags	Common	Large Woven Rug	Common
			Old Jeweled Necklace	Common
			Old Silver Coin	Uncommon	Old Wooden Bowl	Uncommon	Ancient Woven Bags	Uncommon	Decorative Fabric	Uncommon
			Old Gold Coin	Rare	Ceramic Jar	Rare	N/A		N/A
			Pristine Jeweled Necklace	Very Rare	Golden Silk	Very Rare	N/A		N/A
			Evasion Gem	Legendary	Ancient Silk	Legendary	N/A		N/A
40	Secret Mines (21, 15)	240	Flint	Common	Crystalized Mithril Fragment	Common	Bag of Coal	Common	Broken Pickaxe	Common
			Gold Speck	Uncommon	Mining Lantern	Uncommon	Aranite Ore	Uncommon	Wooden Sign	Uncommon
			N/A		Rock Carving	Rare	Darksteel Ore	Rare	Toppled Minecart	Rare
			Diamond Speck	Very Rare	Ancient Fossil	Very Rare	Shipment Chart	Very Rare	N/A
48	Coral Wreckage (7, 22)	288	Rusted Ring	Common	Coral	Common	Bundle of Rope	Common	Large Wooden Plank	Common
			Blue Jewel	Uncommon	Gold Bar Coffer	Uncommon	Trader Crate	Uncommon	Torn Fishing Net	Uncommon
			Sailor's Compass	Rare	Old Pirate Treasure Chart	Rare	Broken Odd Weapon	Rare	Destroyed Cannon	Rare
			Lifesteal Gem	Very Rare	N/A		Old Spyglass	Very Rare	N/A
55	Quarry (20, 13)	330	Pebble	Common	Marble	Common	Old Bucket	Common	Broken Shovel	Common
			Charged Topaz Shard	Uncommon	Grinding Stone	Uncommon	Rune Mallet	Uncommon	Large Marble	Uncommon
			Charged Sapphire Shard	Rare	N/A		Dirty Mining Boots	Rare	Large Fossil	Rare
			Charged Ruby Shard	Very Rare	N/A		N/A		N/A
			Charged Emerald Shard	Legendary	N/A		N/A		N/A
65	Glacia City Ruins (17, 25)	390	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Silver Goblet	Common	Old Vase	Common	Broken Door	Common
			Old Fancy Quill	Uncommon	Old Plant Pot	Uncommon	Old Barrel	Uncommon	"Dusty Book of Knowledge"	Uncommon
			Noble Jeweled Necklace	Rare	Old Gold Bars	Rare	Old Cooking Pot	Rare	Old Carriage	Rare
			Poisonous Gem	Very Rare	Old Scripture	Very Rare	Old Route Chart	Very Rare	Broken Golden Harp	Very Rare
			N/A		N/A		N/A		Old Tower Bell	Legendary
75	Ancient Forge (20, 12)	450	Nails	Common	Horseshoe	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Old Anvil	Common
			Aranite Arrowtips	Uncommon	Blacksmith Tongs	Uncommon	Boat Figurehead	Uncommon	Old Aranite Plating	Uncommon
			Darksteel Arrowtips	Rare	Ancient Magic Hammer	Rare	Elusive Boots	Rare	Old Darksteel Plating	Rare
			Ancient Sieve	Very Rare	Ancient Trowel	Very Rare	Ancient Brush	Very Rare	Ancient Shovel	Very Rare
			N/A		N/A		Magic Anvil	Legendary	Old Relic Plating	Legendary
82	Ritual Site (2, 2)	432	Broken Gem	Common	Ritual Bowl	Common	Incense	Common	Old Cauldron	Common
			Bag of Shards	Uncommon	Mask of Weakening	Uncommon	Cursed Rune Pouch	Uncommon	Stack Of Big Bones	Uncommon
			Old Summoning Amulet	Rare	Lost Cursed Text	Rare	Old Temple Chart	Rare	Magical Broomstick	Rare
			Ring of Summoning	Very Rare	Mask of Confusion	Very Rare	Old Summoning Gloves	Very Rare	N/A
			Agile Gem	Legendary	N/A		N/A		N/A
90	Lost Temple (23, 8)	540	Crystalized Dragon Fragment	Common	Torn Parchment	Common	Torn Scrolls	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common
			Silver Magic Band	Uncommon	Crystal Ball	Uncommon	Elemental Scroll	Uncommon	Blessed Shield	Uncommon
			Haunted Ring	Rare	Golden Idol	Rare	Magic Flute	Rare	Magicburn Shield	Rare
			Burning Gem	Very Rare	Decoy Idol	Very Rare	Cursed Arcana	Very Rare	Malevolent Ward Shield	Very Rare
			Charged Diamond Shard	Legendary	File:Unholy Gem (item).png Unholy Gem	Legendary	N/A		N/A
95	Watchtower (10, 2)	570	Old Cell Key	Common	Broken Oil Lamp	Common	Broken Quiver	Common	Kingdom Banners	Common
			Old Headless Arrows	Uncommon	Torch	Uncommon	Insignia	Uncommon	Broken Down Ballista	Uncommon
			Tough Quill Feather	Rare	N/A		Charged Golden Quiver	Rare	Large War Gem	Rare
			Confusing Gem	Very Rare	N/A		Charged Ancient Quiver	Very Rare	N/A
			N/A		N/A		Charged Relic Quiver	Legendary	N/A
100	Castle Ruins (20, 3)	600	Silver Spoon	Common	Candle Lamp	Common	Large Silver Plate	Common	Aranite 2H Blade	Common
			Miniature Toy Horse	Uncommon	Small Lockbox	Uncommon	Peasant Shirt	Uncommon	Kingdom Painting	Uncommon
			Chess Piece	Rare	Book of Prayers	Rare	Hunting Trophy	Rare	Aranite Platebody	Rare
			N/A		Golbin Portrait	Very Rare	Kings Crown	Very Rare	Golden Bow	Very Rare
			Lockbox Key	Legendary	N/A		N/A		File:Dark Steel 2H SWord (item).png Dark Steel 2H SWord	Legendary
105	Cathedral (6, 3)	630	Bell	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Candles	Common	Stained Glass	Common
			Ring of Faith	Uncommon	Prayer Idol	Uncommon	Candelabra	Uncommon	Large Organ	Uncommon
			N/A		Old Music Manuscript	Rare	Cursed Idol	Rare	Prayer Statue	Rare
			N/A		Impenetrable Idol	Very Rare	N/A		Ancient Wall Chart	Very Rare
			N/A		N/A		N/A		Dark Altar	Legendary
110	Shipwreck Cove (9, 3)	660	Pirate Doubloons	Common	Bottle of Rum	Common	Broken Ship Wood	Common	Pirate Flag	Common
			N/A		Eyepatch	Uncommon	Old Pirate Pants	Uncommon	Large Anchor	Uncommon
			Ring of Deception	Rare	Shackles	Rare	Pirate Hook	Rare	Pirate Captains Sword	Rare
			Misty Jewel	Very Rare	Captains Logbook	Very Rare	N/A		Old Pirate Treasure	Very Rare
			Decaying Gem	Legendary	Charged Jadestone Shard	Legendary	N/A		N/A
118	Melantis (2, 28)	708	A Different Shell	Common	Crumbled Artefact	Common	Silver Stone Brick	Common	Kelp	Common
			Crumbled Artefact	Uncommon	Large Shell	Uncommon	Silver Armband	Uncommon	Water Sceptre	Uncommon
			Shell Amulet	Rare	Power Crystals	Rare	Golden Flute	Rare	Water Shield	Rare
			Pearl	Very Rare	Mosaic	Very Rare	Water Crown	Very Rare	Silver Statue	Very Rare
			Merman Pendant	Legendary	Bottle of Mystic Water	Legendary	Ancient Arcana	Legendary	Relic Shovel	Legendary
			Relic Sieve	Legendary	Relic Trowel	Legendary	Relic Brush	Legendary

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
	Archaeology Skillcape	Level 99	+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
	Superior Archaeology Skillcape	Level 120	+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
	Warren	+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
Cave Trail	Agility Obstacle 4	+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions +6% Archaeology Mastery XP +6% Archaeology Skill XP
Ocean Drifting	Agility Obstacle 9	+10% Chance to Double Items in Archaeology	-10% dig site map refinement cost -5% Cartography Interval +10% Chance to Double Items in Cartography
Nysa	Constellation	+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
Archaeologist Body	Item (Platebody)	+5% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeologist Boots	Item (Boots)	+5% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeologist Gloves	Item (Gloves)	+5% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeologist Hat	Item (Helmet)	+5% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeologist Leggings	Item (Platelegs)	+5% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeologist's Consumable	Item (Consumable)	-10% Archaeology Interval
Archaeologist's Whip	Item (Weapon)	+4% Archaeology Mastery XP +4% Archaeology Skill XP
Archaeology Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+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
Cape of Completion (Atlas of Discovery)	Item (Cape)	+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
Golden Trowel	Item (Shield)	-10% Archaeology Interval +8% Archaeology Mastery XP
Old Scripture	Item (Consumable)	+1 minimum Items found in Archaeology
Superior Archaeology Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+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
Warren	Pet	+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions
The Monolith	Point of Interest	+5% chance to preserve dig site map excavation actions	-5% Cartography Dig Site Map upgrade interval +5% Chance to Preserve Resources in Cartography
Adamant Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Adamant Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Adamant Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Adamant Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Ancient Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Ancient Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Ancient Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Ancient Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Aranite Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Aranite Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Aranite Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Aranite Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Crystal Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Crystal Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Crystal Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Crystal Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Dark Steel Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Dark Steel Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Dark Steel Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Dark Steel Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Dig Site Token	Upgrade	+6% Archaeology Skill XP
Dragon Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Dragon Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Dragon Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Dragon Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Iron Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Iron Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Iron Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Iron Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Mithril Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Mithril Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Mithril Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Mithril Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Relic Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Relic Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Relic Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Relic Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Rune Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Rune Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Rune Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Rune Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology
Steel Brush	Upgrade	+1 level of the Brush Tool in Archaeology
Steel Shovel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Shovel Tool in Archaeology
Steel Sieve	Upgrade	+1 level of the Sieve Tool in Archaeology
Steel Trowel	Upgrade	+1 level of the Trowel Tool in Archaeology

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