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Update Dec. 14: The Alchemy mount Vial of the Sands is no longer Bind-on-Pickup.

It would seem as though Blizzard did a stealth-buff with Archaeology today. After realms came back up from maintenance/restart, many reports are coming in that players are looting an average 3 to 6 Fragments per survey now (up from only 3)!  I’m hunting down a blue poster to confirm the change but I have seen this in-game myself already. I’m looting anywhere from 3-6 fragments right now in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Will update this post as more news comes in…

We’re now leaving our first week of Cataclysm behind but in doing so we have many good Archaeology finds to share!
Expect much more content pertaining to rare Artifacts as the 2nd week progresses.

Here are some videos from various Artifact pages:

Fossilized Raptor

Kaldorei Wind Chimes

Druid and Priest Statue Set

More to come…

TankSpot uploaded a very nice video guide today talking about Archaeology.

Good note from video: 359 Epics require minimum 450 skill to Discover

Well it’s time to commence the Surveying y’all! Cataclysm is here…

What is in store for us with Archaeology? A lot of grinding, well that’s with anything new in WoW. Right now we have confirmed pets, mounts and equipable items that we know are available and will become a big part of end-game Archaeology skill.

As our webadmins reach further into the profession, expect many updates with all the exciting and neat things that comes along with being an Illustrious Archaeologist! Also the website here will be receiving some design updates soon(tm).

My own personal toon reached level 85 today so next on the agenda is to top off my two main professions while also going out and surveying to max out Archaeology! As a completionist type of person, it will be done!

Preview of high-end

Vial of the Sands: Alchemy recipe, learned via Archaeology
Crawling Claw: Pet
Scepter of Azj’Aqir: Mount
Staff of Ammunae: Weapon
Pendant of the Scarab Storm: It’s a ferocious storm of peaceful scarabs!
Ring of the Boy Emperor: Ring
Scimitar of the Sirocco: Weapon