Archaeology is a new secondary skill that comes in Cataclysm.
How to become an Archaeologist:
- You can become an Archaeologist when you hit lvl 20.
- You will find an Archeology trainer in any major city.
- When you lear it you will have a new ability to Survey an area.
- The main map will now have areas on it that are highlighted in red, being areas that you can go and survey.
How to find artifacts:
- Finding artifacts is a lot like the game "marco, polo". You hit the survey button and a survey scope and a blinking light will show up for about 3 seconds.
- You need to pay attention to the direction of the scope and the color of the blinking light and how fast it blinks
- The direction of the scope is the direction you need to move to get closer to the item
- When it is red you are far away from the item, yellow means you are far away but getting closer, when you are in the green area keep using the survey button right around this area, when you are between 10-15 feet from the item you will dig it up the next time you use the survey button.
What the artafacts do/what you can get:
- I have not moved too far into this skill yet however I have been told that at high levels there are some pretty sweet items you can get for your gear.
- For those of you that like Lore for WoW, this is also for you as the artifacts have a way for you to "guess" what they are which I guess will also help you get more artifacts from a certain group.
