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Game Update: The New Skill Archaeology is here!
Archaeology
Archaeology Introduction
Archaeology 101
Archaeology Amnesty period
A fair Archaeology race
Zodi-Yak Track
Archaeology Merch
Player Gallery x Razer Competition
Patch Notes
RuneScape Wiki
Linux Fix
Livestreams
LootScape
Pink Skirts Events
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: Archaeology is here, and it’s ready to play right now! But before you grab your mattock and set off to lands unknown, we’ve got some important information for shovelbums everywhere…

Shall we begin?



Archaeology
Note:Due to the high volume of players trying to log-in to the game and loading the assets, it might be more difficult to play and/or log in. If so, please wait a little bit and try logging in a bit later again. Thanks for your patience and see you all in Varrock!

To get started with Archaeology, you’ll need to make your way to the Archaeology Guild for some on-the-spot training. After that, you can roll out to Kharid-et, where Dr. Nabanik has an important task for you.

You’ll need a significant amount of archaeological acumen to fully explore all five dig sites, so don’t worry about moving on to the next big dig – you’ll be back later, armed with new knowledge, to uncover even more treasure.

Here are some of the unlocks you can look forward to at each level:

5 Dig Site: Kharid-et
20 Dig Site: Infernal Source
42 Dig Site: Everlight
68
Ancient Summoning Binding Contracts.

Mystery Requirement: Dagon Bye

70 Dig Site: Stormguard Citadel
76 Dig Site: Warforge!
95
Ancient Invention Blueprints

Mystery Requirement: Howl’s Floating Workshop

99 Skill Mastery
120 True Skill Mastery
It goes without saying that at every level you’ll unlock new artefacts, new relics, and new things to do – but there’ll be no spoilers in this newspost, thank you very much!

That said we have compiled a list of everything we've uncovered so far, which you can check out here.

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Archaeology 101
The core loop of Archaeology is deceptively simple: you’ll use your mattock to excavate artefacts, soil, and materials. Then, you’ll restore your artefacts using the materials you’ve gathered, or sift through the soil for more materials to use.



After that, it’s up to you! You can sell your lovingly-repaired artefacts to private collectors, donate them to the Varrock Museum, keep them for yourself, or even break them down into Invention components - old and new!

Amnesty Period
For cape hunters, Archaeology will have a grace period for six months after release. This is what that means in terms of game mechanics:

Capes
Upon logging in on March 30th, you will lose:

Max Cape
Completionist Cape
Trimmed Completionist Cape
Gatherer’s Cape
If you achieve 99 Archaeology during the six-month grace period, you will get your Completionist and Trimmed Capes back, as well as the Max Cape for reaching 99. If you don’t complete this requirement by the end of the grace period, you will have to reach 120 Archaeology to get your Completionist and Trimmed Capes.

Archaeology is jam-packed with new Achievements, and some of them are required to get your Completionist Cape - so keep an eye out, and start checking them off your list now!

You will not lose the Master Quest Cape on login, but you will after 6 months if you don't meet the requirements.

Boosts
To make the race for 99 and 120 Archaeology fair for everyone, some boosts will be disabled during the grace period:

Boosts that work:

Skillchompas
Archaeology skilling outfit (Normal, not Elite. Available through gameplay only).
Archaeology Elite Skilling Outfit (available through gameplay only)
Invention tool perks (not Wise, but the others like Honed/Furnace/New perk)
Boosts that don’t work:

Wisdom Aura and Wise perk
Refer a friend bonus
Clan avatar bonus
Experience lamps
Bonus XP
Incense sticks
Pulse cores and cinder cores
Other XP boosting items
A Note on Account-Sharing

We're aware the race to the top of the HiScores will be intense, and we want to ensure it is as fair as possible. As such, we will be taking action against any players who are account sharing in order to gain an unfair advantage in the rankings.

Thanks for your cooperation, and here's to a fair fight!
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Zodi-Yak Track
In all this excitement, don’t forget that the Zodi-Yak Track is still open for your all your yak-based cravings. It seems that Yaktrick Moore has added a number of new Archaeology tasks to his list, so there’s no need to miss out on that sweet, sweet day one XP.

It’s also a great time to purchase the Premier Pass and get access to all the snazziest rewards from the Premium Track. Remember, you’ll also get any rewards you would have already unlocked, so it’s a great bargain.

Archaeology Merch
A new skilling range is now available in the Official Merch Store, alongside a treasure trove of other goodies!

Perhaps you’d like to take that archaeological ambiance with you on the go? In that case, look no further than the Archaeology Soundtrack, featuring 17 new tracks from RuneScape’s newest skill, alongside 17 tracks from The Land Out of Time. These rockin’ RuneTunes are available on all major streaming services, including Spotify.

Prove your mastery of Archaeology – or another classic skill – with your very own Master Cape phone case! Available for all the most popular models.


Finally, it’s worth pointing out that from now on, spending over £50, €60, or $70 will get you free shipping. It’s a permanent buff, so keep it in mind!

We don’t expect any delays to deliveries due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, but we will keep you updated.

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Player Gallery x Razer Competition


With all of you finally enjoying the new Archaeology skill – and what’s without a doubt the biggest RuneScape content update in years – you betcha we’ll have a ‘Grand Opening’ with one of you favourite community competitions! That’s right, the Player Gallery is back and this time, we’ve got some ultimate Razer loot for you to win! Most of you know the drill by now but let’s roll it once again if you don’t know what a Player Gallery is about.

What is it?
The Player Gallery is one of our favourite ways to celebrate our love for the amazing content created our talented community. The idea is simple: create a piece of art featuring the whole new experiences you get to live in Gielinor, and you can get rewarded for it with amazing prizes!

’Amazing prizes’ indeed because for this competition, we’ve partnered with Razer to give you a chance at upgrading your gaming setup and get the best Archaeology experience you could ever have!

1st & 2nd place – 1 Razer Kraken Ultimate Headset + 6 Month RS Membership each
3rd to 5th place - 3 Bonds
Honorary Mentions – 1 Bond
How to enter?
Simple, just let your inner muse talk and create a piece of art related to Archaeology. Painting, drawing, music recording, 3D printed figurine, 10-feet tall mural... it can be anything as long as it can be called "art"!

Then, you will need to submit your piece of art. To do so, simply send us an email (competitions@jagex.com) including your entry and your RSN.

You can submit your entries starting NOW, and have until Sunday April 26th 2019, 23:59 UK Time. We will then sort the entries, proceed to an internal vote and announce the winners on Monday, May 4th in the game update news post.

Have fun and may the best artists win!

Terms & Conditions

Want some extra loot?
If you'd like to unearth a Razer Kraken Ultimate Headset of your own, or any other Razer goodies, you can use this link and enter the code 'Jagex10' prior to checkout, which will grant you a 10% discount on all Razer products until April 5th!

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Patch Notes
We've uncovered an ancient clay tablet that appears to discuss something called... 'Patch Notes'! Yes, this week the Patch Notes post is back and filled with the changes and fixes you know and love. Here are the highlights:

Added a 'Bank Deposit' map icon to all bank deposit locations.
Added tooltips to items in the Skillguide.
Updated all mouseovers on achievements within a meta-list to state your progress.
To see the full, dusty list of changes, click here.

Don’t forget, if you find something in game that bothers you, you can challenge the Ninja Team to tackle it! Just head on over to the Dojo and submit your request.


Archaeology


Our expert shovelbums have managed to dig up an ancient tome, filled with forgotten wisdom from ages past… oh, hang on, it’s just a regular bunch of changes. Not all of them are directly linked to Archaeology, but they’re all very important for this update to work.

Changed the ‘Excavate’ option on several objects not connected to Archaeology in order to reduce confusion. Similar changes have been made to Quest Logs and other instructions.
Added a ‘The Dig Site’ quest icon to all related NPCs, Locations and Objects.
Various changes to the Make-x interface:
Reduced the size of the icons on the right-hand panel
Reduced the size of the text in the 'Values' section
When selecting a different category, it will no longer show information for an object that hasn't been selected or unlocked
The clickable/tappable region on the 'Share' options in the Collection Log interface has been increased to cover the entire button.
Removed the cutscene that plays when entering and exiting the Halls of Camdozaal on Ice Mountain.
Made numerous improvements to the Collection Log interface:
Added a 'Reward' info section to each Log
Increased the click/tap area on the Favourite and Options buttons
Changed the ambiance on the item backgrounds so obtained items are more identifiable
Added seven Bank chests to the overworld in all five dig site camps, the Exam Centre and the Archaeology Guild Campus.
Added 50 new Bank spaces.
Added a 'Bank deposit' map icon to all Bank deposit locations.
Added tooltips to items in the Skill Guide.
Upon levelling up, the Skill Guide will display all the information about each new entry.
Updated the colour of the Adrenaline Bar to better aid those with colour blindness.
Removed the Gatherer's Cape from players and returned all shards, as the cape now has an Archaeology requirement.
Graphically updated Movario.
Renamed ‘ancient components’ to ‘third-age components’.
The Max Guild portal’s attunement is now completely independent and no longer checks against the attunements of the portals in War's Retreat.
Max is now using the 'Jack of Trades' title as he does not own the Archaeology skill pet.
The mouseover text for a locked Invention material now displays in red.
Mousing over Achievements will now show your progress towards any Meta Achievements they are included in.
Added tooltips to the Meta Achievements listed under an Achievement to show what's required. For example, the tooltip for the ‘Who's The Boss? VI’ Achievement, listed as a requirement for the ‘Final Boss’ Achievement, states ‘Kill a total number of bosses. (X/5,000)’.
Changed the text in the Skills interface to say 'View Skill Guide' rather than just 'View'.
Lowered the brightness of the sun over near the Desert Strykewyrms east of Al kharid.

Bugfixes
No one likes to encounter bugs when they play, so each week we do our best to squash as many as we can!

Fixes labelled Hotfix were addressed between weekly releases.

Hotfix: Players can no longer open the Yak Track interface while the First Time User Experience is still active via the Task List or Sir Yaktrick Moore, as doing so caused an issue where blank tasks were displayed on the interface.
Hotfix: Players can now hand in eggs to Benedict regardless of how much of Benedict’s World Tour has been completed.
Fixed an issue where the message played after unlocking the 15th Anniversary skilling speech bubbles pointed to the incorrect tab within Game Settings.
Fixed numerous graphical bugs surrounding the new Dig Site entrances and the Archaeology Guild Campus.
Fixed an issue where the Gizmo interface would not repopulate the potential outcomes when dragging a material out of the grid area.
Fixed an issue where the spacer wasn't showing between some of the requirements in the Make-x interface.
The thumbs of certain Dig Site employees have been returned to their proper size.
Known Issues
With large updates like Archaeology there will always be small things you find after sign off. We compiled a list of these so you know that we're already aware of these issues.
Collection log - Number of items in a collection will have a number break over to the next line if there's more than 5 characters (visible in hard clue scroll collections).
Player uses the wrong side of the ladder at the Temple of Ikov.
The Ancient Gargoyle familiar is missing an animation when using special attack ability.
Re-unlocking comp cape requires the player to log out and back in.
The Ancient Waterfiend familiar is not blocked from entering the Barrows area.
Messaging for hanging painting in the Guild office doesn't clearly specify that only replica paintings from Art Critic Jacques collections can be used.
Material Cache - One of the Armadylean Yellow material caches is not accessible.
Time Sprite will not spawn on the eastern Amphitheatre debris if it's active on the western locations.
Archaeologist workbench make-x slider works incorrectly when the player does not have the materials required to restore an artefact.
All Archaeology camp/bonfires are burn logs/cook functionality.
Seth Minas is missing dialogue pre completion of the Dig Site quest.
Some Archaeology items cannot be keepsaked.
'More Options' text overwrites the name of a mystery if it's the last one in the list when talking to a site manager.
Pop-up on the Centurion's Dress Sword (damaged) is misplaced when opened for the first time on a mobile device.
May occasionally experience the client soft-locking whilst in the Stormguard Citadel on a Xiaomi Black Shark mobile device.
Obtaining candles and chalks from the Infernal Source do not check if you have the item in another inventory.
Unable to add master skillcape to the skillcape stand on Anachronia.
Outer wall debris in Kharid-et has a very large clickbox.
Known Graphical Issues

Various z-fighting issues across all dig sites.
A few tiles missing blocking/collision across all dig sites.
Lava faucet asset does not disappear with the rest of the wall when using remove roofs.
Stadio debris excavation spot soil colour is inconsistent.
Players legs become transparent during an animation when using a portal in the Infernal Source.
Players mattock disappears during an animation when activating a portal in the Stormguard Citadel.
Dis overspill excavation spot debris is missing an animation.
Numerous excavation spots are clipping into the ground, particularly those found in the Infernal Source dig site.
Some textures are missing on the ground in the Stormguard citadel.
Blood of orcus material cache floats mid air when depleted.
Blood of orcus material cache has different colours when depleted.
Eye of Dagon material cache has different colours when depleted.
Materials in the Animal furs material cache float.
Quintessence Material cache has missing backfaces.
Numerous assets clipping through another piece of environment across all dig sites.
One of the islands in the Infernal Source disappears when viewing it from a specific location and angle.
Drop an item while standing on the portals in the Infernal Source will cause the item to float.
Players disappear from some angles when using an some agility shortcuts, on mobile devices.
That’s all from us this week! Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got an appointment at the Archaeology Guild…

Until next time!


RuneScape Wiki
With Archaeology finally upon us there's never been a better time to brush up on your Gielinor know-how, and there's no better resource than the official RuneScape Wiki.

The Wiki is a vast encyclopedia of knowledge, ripe for the picking. Whether you fancy deep-diving through the lore of the land or soaking up some tips and tricks, it's an excellent resource for any and all players!

Already an avid peruser of the Wiki and its knowledge? The site is 100% community ran and therefore always welcomes dedicated community members to help out. Contributions are especially appreciated during larger game updates and new skills/content launches.

If you do feel like donating your time and expertise, why not take a look at their One Small Wiki Favour initiative? You might be able to earn a few bonds for your efforts!

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Linux Fix
Last week some of our Linux players experienced issues downloading and accessing the game. We implemented a fix to resolve this, but be sure to let us know if you still encounter any problems!

Livestreams
Tuesday, March 31 – 17:00 BST (16:00 Game Time) – Let’s Play Archaeology
The expedition to Archaeology has launched, which means only one thing: time to play! Our JMods will take the action into Gielinor and start digging into one of the amazing locations introduced with the skill: the Kharid-et Dig Site! Want to join the fun and skill with us? Then join us on Twitch to know on which world we’ll be.

And to make this Let’s Play even more exciting, we will be running a Twitch Live Giveaway! We’ve partnered with Razer to give you a chance at upgrading your gaming setup and get the best Archaeology experience you could ever have. During the stream, we will randomly pick 3 lucky ‘Scapers in the chat and offer them a shiny new Razer Kraken Ultimate Headset!

LootScape will be enabled.

LootScape
Our live streams are always a great opportunity to grab some awesome in-game prizes – and with the arrival of Archaeology come an extra surprise… the LootScape has some new loot! Starting today, each and every RuneScape stream and featured Content Creator stream watched will give you a random drop from one of the following below.

Small (250 Archaeology XP) or Large (500 Archaeology XP) Twitching Tome
A random Archaeology consumable
View counter goes up on Orb
By the way, you won’t be able to use the Twitching Tomes before completing the Archaeology tutorial. We wouldn’t want any of you coming in fresh and having that thing explode in your hands because the Archaeology Guild hasn’t given you the proper training. No no.

And remember, all Premier Club Gold members will also get an extra drop!

Exciting isn’t it?! So don’t wait up - connect your RS account to your Twitch account and find out more here (https://www.runescape.com/lootscape). Once that’s done, have fun and watch our streams during the day for a guaranteed drop.

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Pink Skirts Events
Pink Skirts is a dedicated P-Mod-led community, and it invites you to a range of daily activities such as PvM masses, Q&As, and other thrilling or chillin' events! Check out all the community events organized by the Pink Skirts on the in-game calendar or on their official schedule here.

Official Source:
https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/game-update-the-new-skill-archaeology-is-here#_ga=2.260766605.1239247873.1585530731-1158333041.1582581138

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someone got 99 yet? :P
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Quote (Cfwx @ Mar 30 2020 02:15pm)
someone got 99 yet? :P


53 according to highscores.
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Quote (Keiga @ 30 Mar 2020 20:16)
53 according to highscores.


Thats pretty quick actually haha
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someone got 99 yet? :P


took number 1 4 hours to get 17k xp :)
this skill might be equal slow as divination when it arrived.
so a 99 might take a week or two.
unless jagex messed up
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Mar 30 2020 12:42pm
Wow, great guide. Thanks for that!
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took number 1 4 hours to get 17k xp :)
this skill might be equal slow as divination when it arrived.
so a 99 might take a week or two.
unless jagex messed up


nah id guess Wednesday prob
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nah id guess Wednesday prob


Divi took if i recall 1½ weeks for first 99.
So i would guess this skill is about the same as they said it would be one of the slower ones.

However it would not come as a shock if jagex made a mistake/loophole.
After all 10.000 players are more likely to find loopholes than 10 jagex staff if they even worked that many on the skill :)
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Quote (staking @ Mar 30 2020 02:06pm)
Divi took if i recall 1½ weeks for first 99.
So i would guess this skill is about the same as they said it would be one of the slower ones.

However it would not come as a shock if jagex made a mistake/loophole.
After all 10.000 players are more likely to find loopholes than 10 jagex staff if they even worked that many on the skill :)


high level artifacts give 47k xp ea or something and you could realistically get quite a few/h with good rng.
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