Mists of Pandaria Classic Archaeology Profession and Leveling Guide

Archaeology is one of the four secondary professions available to all players in Mists of Pandaria Classic. As it is a secondary profession, it can be learned by all players without conflicting with other professions. Archaeology involves discovering lost artifacts scattered throughout the world, locating dig sites where ancient treasures might lay waiting to be dug up!

Just like other professions, Archaeology receives numerous improvements during Mists of Pandaria. Three new races, The Pandaren, The Mantid, and Mogu mean many more discoveries to unlock, which will now be sped up by having 6 dig sites per continent rather than 4. Archaeology also benefits from a new faction, The Lorewalkers, who are focused on the ancient history of the lands and can help improve your ability to survey the lands.

When you learn Archaeology your map will show dig sites. Open your map and look at each continent for the shovel symbol, these represent a dig site. When you reach the zone the shovel symbol is in, an area will be marked in red, this is the spot where the dig site is located.

When you enter this area you will be able to use Survey, digging for artifacts. When you use Survey, a telescope will appear at your location, pointing in the direction that the artifact is in. These telescopes will display a specific color on them, each indicating how close you are to the artifact.

• Red = Artifact is very far away
• Yellow = Artifact is somewhat close
• Green = Artifact is very close

Follow these the direction these telescopes are facing and continue to use Survey until you eventually uncover a fragment.

Archaeology Fragment

There will be 3 total fragments in the area before you complete the area and a new dig site spawns in a different place on the continent, with there always being 6 dig sites active on a continent at one time.

After successfully looting fragments, you will begin to build these fragments into an artifact on the Archaeology profession page. The artifact that you build will vary depending on which races fragments you find, with each race having unique artifacts specific to them.

Archaeology Artifact

When you have enough fragments you are able to solve an artifact riddle and obtain a random artifact for the specific race.

Archaeology Artifact Solved

Race specific artifacts can only be unlocked if you farm fragments specifically for the desired race. Certain Archaeology race dig sites are only found on specific continents, listed below.

Archaeology has a wide variety of rewards including mounts, pets, toys, and even some epic items which are bind-on-account. Below are the rare or higher rewards from the three new races, Mogu, The Manted, and THe Pandaren.

Item	Skill	Fragments	Race
Spear of Xuen	525	180× Pandaren Archaeology Fragment	Pandaren
Umbrella of Chi-Ji	525	180× Pandaren Archaeology Fragment	Pandaren
Anatomical Dummy	525	180× Mogu Archaeology Fragment	Mogu
Quilen Statuette	525	180× Mogu Archaeology Fragment	Mogu
Mantid Sky Reaver	525	180× Mantid Archaeology Fragment	Mantid
Sonic Pulse Generator	525	180× Mantid Archaeology Fragment	Mantid

Archaeology is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Mists of Pandaria Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.