How to Make a Lot of Gold with Archaeology in World of Warcraft

Archaeology is a special secondary profession available to every player regardless of specialization. This is a great opportunity to study the history of all of Azeroth, get unique rewards and achievements, and even earn gold. This way you can get artifacts, toys, mounts, and skin changes. If you are an active player or a collector, then you should use archaeology to provide yourself with a large supply of gold or collectibles in World of Warcraft.

What is archeology and how does it work

Archeology is the process of finding ancient fragments that relate to the history of Azeroth in designated areas.

To get started, you need to learn the profession from a trainer in the capital of your faction. Each update has its own zone in the region where you need to look for treasures, artifacts, and other useful items.

Finding such a territory is not difficult – you will see a shovel mark in the desired region and all you need is to get there on a mount, teleport, or fly on a dragon. Additionally, the zones will also be related to the race, which will reveal their features.

When you arrive at the place, use the Survey button to start searching. You will see a device that will change its color depending on how far you are from the object. Red – you are far away, Green – very close. Look for a fragment by beam, there will be 3-6 of them in total.

So, in one go, you can collect a complete set for one artifact. You will see them in the profession interface and will be able to transform them into ready-made items that will bring you cheap WoW gold, or replenishment for the collection.

Just sell everything you do not need at the auction and wait for your buyers. Players – collectors actively buy up all unique items, especially those that change the appearance of the character, give unique mounts, or increase any characteristics of the hero.

How to Strengthen an Archaeologist

You can strengthen your archaeologist abilities with the right game class, tools, add-ons.

Useful classes

• Druid – shapeshifting to speed up movement and the ability to fly.
• Rogue – fast and stealthy movement, the ability to avoid fights.
• Mage – fast teleports using the Blink skill.

Tools

• Surveyor Magnifier – increases the accuracy and speed of searching for artifacts.
• Khorium Scope – reduces the time for Survey animation, which will also speed up the process.

All tools can be crafted, or bought for WoW gold at the auction, or Crafting Orders.

Items and potions

• Invisibility Potion – will help you avoid monsters and only do archeology.
• Speed-boosting food and stamina potions will allow you to move faster and be less distracted by enemies and monsters.
• Save time with Gliders, teleport toys, or hearthstones.

Add-ons

• Archy – will help you find the nearest search zones, factions, progress and supports teleportation.
• GatherMate2 and TomTom – helps you build routes and shows where to look for fragments.
• Routes – will help you form routes in several zones at once for a long game session.

Step-by-step development of Archeology, from zero to The War Within

The entire cycle of archeology development can be divided into 5 main stages that will take you through key updates and help you get additional experience and Warcraft gold.

Classic archeology 1–300

You will start your journey from the Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor. You will look for artifacts of the Dwarf, Night Elf, Troll, Fossil factions.

Valuable finds:

• Tyrande’s Favorite Doll – a collectible accessory that will bring a lot of cheap WoW gold.
• Chalice of the Mountain Kings – an interesting toy.
• Fossilized Raptor – a mount made of fossil fragments.

For quick collection of rare items, it is better to use Keystones, in Kalimdor it is faster and safer to farm.

Cataclysm and Pandaria 300–600

Zones – Uldum, Twilight Highlands, Vale of Eternal Bossoms, Townlong Steppes and factions Tol’vir, Mantid.

What you need to collect:

• Crawling Claw – a pet that can be sold for 20-50 thousand WoW TWW gold at the auction.
• Mantid Sky Reaver – a mount that is actively sold, you can get up to 60 thousand gold coins.
• Umbrella of Chi-Ji – a beautiful toy for roleplaying and selling to collectors.

Tol’vir archeology is considered the most profitable, for this farm in Uldum, when the zone is activated the desired zone for excavations. To save time, you need to use Tereport to Uldum and Hearthstone.

Draenor and Legion 600-800

Zones – Shadowmoon Valley, Gorgrond, Suramar, Highmountain and factions Ogre, Rakkoa, Highborne, Demonic.

You can find:

Headdress of the First Shaman – an item for changing the appearance.

Spirits of hte Lost Ancestors – a toy.

Crystalline Eye of Undravius ​​- a quest item that can be sold for World of Warcraft gold.

In the Draenor garrison, you can do archeology-related quests for passive income, and in Legion there is a higher chance of finding useful items that can be sold to collectors.

BfA and Shadowlands 800–950

Zones – Zandalar, Kul Tiras, Bastion and factions Zandalari, Drust and Kyrian.

You can get:

• Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron – a popular item for roleplaying.
• Ancient Pilgrimage Scrollcase – a unique item for changing the appearance.
• Inert Constuct Core – a reagent, actively used in crafting, can be sold at auction for cheap WoW TWW gold.

Sell RP toys to other players and monitor prices for rare items through the TradeSkillMaster addon.

The War Within 950+ – The Ringing Deeps Zone

The Ringing Deeps is a new underground zone in The War Within update, where you can continue to implement your archeology skill.

Best zones:

• Forgotten Tunnels – Nar’ven cloth, Dream pollen.
• Crumbling Descent – Titan mechanisms and rare elite rewards.
• Echoing Vaults – there is a chance to find an Orb of Faded Echoes, an item of high value.

Best rewards and their prices:

Item	Use	Price (Gold)
Nar’ven Cloth	Alchemy, Transmog	500-800
Dream Pollen	Enchantment, Cosmetics	700-1100
Glowing Stone of Knowledge	Toy	2,000-4,000
Titan Machinery	Engineering	600-1200
Orb of Faded Echoes	Mount/Toy	5,000-15,000+

It is better to farm such zones in the morning or at night, when there is much less competition. If you need to avoid fights, then use invisibility potions. Some zones are defended by elite monsters, they need to be destroyed for additional WoW gold and experience.

Sample Archaeologist Schedule for a Week

Day	Zone	Objective
Monday	Uldum	Crawling Claw, Tol’vir
Tuesday	Pandaria	Mantid mount, toys
Wednesday	Draenor	Work Orders, transmog
Thursday	Legion	RP items, toys
Friday	The Ringing Deeps	Pollen, cloth, elites
Saturday	Echoing Vaults	Orb, mechanisms
Sunday	Auction + cleanup	Selling, weekly routes

How much can you earn

Stage	Income per hour	Comment
Classic	5,000–12,000	Pets, transmog
Pandaria/Draenor	10,000–25,000	Mounts and Rare Toys
The War Within	20,000–35,000	Stable Reagents and Orbs
Rare Drops	50,000–100,000+	Echoless Orb, Claw

Conclusion

Archaeology is not just a game profession, but a whole system that allows players to better explore Azeroth, understand the past and receive various unique rewards for this.

Some of them will strengthen you, or change your appearance, while others will become part of the game collection, or will bring a lot of cheap WoW gold when sold through the auction.

To simplify all progress, you need to use add-ons, ignore enemies and monsters, move quickly and follow the Archaeology system, which will lead you to the update The War Within.

Follow the right routes and buy cheap WoW TWW gold to buy the necessary tools through the auction for a faster and more accurate search for valuable items and artifact fragments.