Collector: Praying Mantids

I just recently started doing these "Restore 20 artifacts" achievements in archeology. It feels a bit cheap that blizzard just copy pasted that achievement onto all the different collectibles, but then again, I guess it gives us, the achievement driven players, more to do:)

In my conquest I created two macros to track my progress, inspired by the user "sandyra" on Wowhead, who wrote a lengthy comment inside the [skill=794]'s comment section.

The first macro will count how many Mogu/Mantid/Pandaren artifacts you have discovered in total, and then divide it on the amount of possible artifacts you can obtain within that branch. This gives you an average, giving you some indication on how far along you are on the achievements progress. Closer to 20 is better, but for all the achievements to be obtained, you probably need over 20 average, because of the possible bad luck streaks.

/run for x=10,12 do local c=GetNumArtifactsByRace(x); local a=0; for y=3,c do local t = select(9, GetArtifactInfoByRace(x, y)); a=a+t;end local rn = GetArchaeologyRaceInfo(x); if( c > 1 ) then print(rn .. ": " .. a .. ", average: " .. a/(c-2)); end end

The print out from this macro will look something like this:

Mantid: 29, average: 3.625
Pandaren: 116, average: 11.6
Mogu: 132, average: 13.2

If you just want a clear overview of how many artifacts of each kind you have collected, then you can utilize this macro:
/run for x=10,12 do c=GetNumArtifactsByRace(x);r=GetArchaeologyRaceInfo(x);print(format("\124cff00ff00%s\124r",r));for y=3,c do t=select(9, GetArtifactInfoByRace(x, y)); rn=select(1, GetArtifactInfoByRace(x,y));print(rn .. ": " .. t);end end

The print out from this macro will look something like this:

Mantid
Kypari Sap Container: 2
Banner of the Mantid Empire: 4
The Praying Mantid: 4
Pollen Collector: 4
Mantid Lamp: 3
Remains of a Paragon: 5
Inert Sound Beacon: 3
Ancient Sap Feeder: 4

Pandaren
Gold-Inlaid Porcelain Funerary Figurine: 8
Empty Keg of Brewfather Xin Wo Yin: 11
Pandaren Tea Set: 13
Standard of Niuzao: 15
Pandaren Game Board: 6
Apothecary Tins: 13
Pearl of Yu'lon: 19
Walking Cane of Brewfather Ren Yun: 13
Carved Bronze Mirror: 8
Twin Stein Set of Brewfather Quan Tou Kuo: 10

Mogu
Warlord's Branding Iron: 14
Thunder King Insignia: 16
Petrified Bone Whip: 10
Edicts of the Thunder King: 14
Terracotta Arm: 10
Manacles of Rebellion: 17
Worn Monument Ledger: 8
Cracked Mogu Runestone: 14
Iron Amulet: 17
Mogu Coin: 12

Some times, the macro will not work imminently after logging in. I don't really know why, but what usually works is either start digging, or click a bit around inside the archeology UI, more precisely the "Completed Artifacts" tab. My best guess would be that the server does not automatically send this data until the normal wow UI has requested it.

Best of luck in your journey through these achievements :)