Warcraft Professions: Archaeology

[Dankorii]

Welcome!

This guide is designed to teach the reader how to level their Archaeology skill to the max (525) skill in the least amount of time plausible. With that being said, enjoy digging in the dirt!


* Leveling Archaeology

Leveling Archaeology to 525 is pretty straight forward, but it will take quite some time. Here are the basics for leveling up your skill.

Levels 1-50
- To start off, head to your faction’s Archaeology trainer in either Stormwind or Orgrimmar. You will need to be at least level 20 to begin.



Now you've gained two abilities, Survey and Archaeology. For the first 50 levels you’ll only use Survey and avoid Archaeology. Start by heading to your first digsite. To find one, open up your map and look for shovel icons.



Once you arrive at a digsite, use your Survey ability and your character will survey the site and determine the location and distance the artifact is away from your current location. The scope will point in the direction of the artifact and the color of the light will tell you if it’s very close (green), near by (yellow) or far away (red).



Notice as you get closer, the color changes to green:



Once you find and receive the artifact you will gain one level. You can survey each digsite 3 times and you will always have 4 digsites available per continent. Continue surveying until level 50. Try to avoid completing artifacts until you’ve reached level 50 since you will no longer be able to level by surveying after level 50.

Levels 50-525

Once you’re level 50, you’re done leveling by finding artifacts (although you’ll need finding artifacts). Now you should complete your artifacts by solving them. You can do this by using your Archaeology ability and selecting ‘Solve’ where you have enough artifacts to do so. This will give you 5 levels per completed artifact as well as a novelty item, often worth a few silver or gold to a vendor. As you reach higher levels and solve better artifacts there are novelty items, Bind on Equip and even Bind on Account items available from Archaeology.

When I leveled to 525 Archaeology it took me 20 hours and change. However, many people wont do it one shot which i didn't either but I worked very intently on it when I was.

If you see something wrong or have feedback for this guide, send me a private message.