Legion Archaeologist

TIP - For all of those avid Archaeologists out there, Legion will bring a new glove enchant, created by Enchanters: Legion Surveying. This increases the speed of surveying while in the Broken Isles, and will save time when gunning for achievements and/or rare projects!

There will be 3 new races of artifacts to unearth in Legion - Demon, Highmountain Tauren, and Highborne.

The achievement for unearthing all of the Common Legion archaeology finds is Handle With Care.

Achievements are also granted for completing Rare projects:

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• Surveying the Land - 1 Rare find
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• This Side Up - 8 Rare finds
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• A Keen Eye - All 13 Rare finds
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Further, achievements are granted for completing 50 dig sites (Getting Your Hands Dirty), 100 dig sites (Sifting Through the Sand) and 250 dig sites (No Stone Unturned). The last of these achievements will grant the title [title=476].

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Obtaining Rare Solves in Legion

Legion Archaeology Rare solves WILL NOT be obtained from surveying, but rather will be part of an ongoing story questline. Every 2 weeks a quest will appear from the Archaeology trainer ([npc=93538]), granting a Rare project at its completion. Note that level 110 will be required for these quests.
Source: Legion Profession Q & A with Paul Kubit - Video

In older Dalaran [npc=93538] was in the Legerdemain Lounge, but she is now located in Things of the Past, a shop on the northeast side of the Magus Commerce Exchange, between the Forge of Fate and the Like Clockwork, the Engineering shop.

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Below is a list of all of the new Rare Archaeology solves:

Solve

Race

Comments

[item=131724]

Demonic

Toy. Turns the appearance of other players and NPCs into Demons. (5 Min Cooldown).

[item=131717]

Highborne

Unique Item. Use: Draw the outline of a Starlight Field. Players inside the Starlight Field can fly.

[item=131733]

Highmountain Tauren

BoA Polearm. BoA Agility polearm, item level 605.

[item=131740]

Highborne

Vendor grey. Vendors for 5000g.

[item=131735]

Demonic

Trinket. Item level 815. Requires Level 110. +1220 Critical Strike. Equip: Your damage and healing spells have a chance open a portal to Mardum, sending a stream of imps at your target or your target's opponent.

[item=131745]

Highborne

Use: Gain access to a secret side room within Black Rook Hold (one of the new 5-man dungeons in Legion). Uncertain whether this is consumed on use (and whether the unlock is permanent).

[item=136922]

Demonic

Battle Pet. Teaches the Humanoid pet [npc=106232], a Treasure Demon with a little pack and books on it's back.

Shard of Sciallax

Highmountain Tauren

Relic. Item level 805. Various types. Binds to Battle.net Account. Can be placed in an Artifact Weapon to increase its item level (by 31) and grants a rank of a Minor Trait.

[item=131736]

Highmountain Tauren

Necklace. Item level 815. Requires Level 110. +789 Stamina. Has 3 Prismatic sockets, with a Leech Socket Bonus.

[item=131743]

Demonic

Putting this in your Obliterum Forge will produce some [item=124125] + [item=136342].

[item=131744]

Highborne

Use: Visit a time-lost version of the Nar'thalas Academy. Use the keys again to return to the present. (5 Sec Cooldown). Nar'thalas Academy is an area in the middle of Legion zone Azsuna. Using this will unlock access to a number of quests and minigames.

[item=131734]

Highmountain Tauren

Mount. A ghostly moose. "The spirit of Huln Highmountain's pet moose."

[item=131732]

Demonic

Consumable item. Use: Read the book to empower your artifact weapon. Grants Artifact Power to your Artifact weapon.