Surveying the Land

UPDATE: Rare solves in Legion will be obtained in a different way than previous expansions - see below!

This achievement (Surveying the Land) is granted for completing 1 of the Rare Legion archaeology finds. It is the first in a series of achievements, and is followed by This Side Up for 8 rare finds and A Keen Eye for ALL 13 Legion Rare finds.

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

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

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!

Obtaining Rare Solves in Legion

Based on the latest information, 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 it's completion. Note that level 110 will be required for these quest.
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

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[item=131724]

Toy. Use: Peer through the eye to see a world where the demons won the War of the Ancients. (5 Min Cooldown).

[item=131717]

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

[item=131733]

Heirloom. Heirloom Agility polearm that scales to level 100.

[item=131740]

Vendor grey. Vendors for 5000g.

[item=131735]

Trinket. Requires Level 110. +1161 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]

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]

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

Shard of Sciallax

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

[item=131736]

Necklace. Requires Level 110. +687 Stamina. Has 3 Prismatic sockets, with a +1200 Leech Socket Bonus.

[item=131743]

Item linked to [item=124125], a crafting reagent. Early to say what it will do, but potentially produces one (or more) [item=124125].

[item=131744]

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.

[item=131734]

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

[item=131732]

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

Missed one? Following is the list of criteria, and the quest from Dariness the Learned that starts each.

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• Crystalline Eye of Undravius starts with Bits and Pieces
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• Starlight Beacon starts with The Reliquary Calls.
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• Spear of Rethu starts with History of Highmountain.
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• Crown Jewels of Suramar starts with Worth Its Weight.
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• Imp Generator starts with Fragments of the Fjords.
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• Black Rook Key (Key of Kalyndras) starts with Goblin Archaeology.
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• Wyrmy Tunkins starts with Out of the Frying Pan.
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• Shard of Sciallax starts with Unspeakable Power.
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• Prizerock Neckband starts with A New Lead.
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• Blood of Young Mannoroth starts with One Step Closer.
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• Key to Nar'thalas Academy starts with Academic Exploration.
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• Purple Hills of Mac'Aree starts with Fel Fragments.
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• Spirit of Eche'ro starts with The Right Path.
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Below macro will show the earliest date at which each of the criteria becomes available for you. It shows in green the criteria done, in red the criteria yet to do:

/run t,s,d=time(),time{year=2016,month=8,day=31},1209600 n=floor((t-s)/d) o,a=n%13,s+n*d for i=0,12 do c,_,r=GetAchievementCriteriaInfo(10602,(o+i)%13+1) print("\124cff"..(r and"00FF00"or"FF0000")..date("%Y-%m-%d",a+i*d)..': '..c.."\124r") end