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Small hotfix today resolving some Artifacts and skillups.

MMO-Champion has dug up the new values for Common Artifacts (coming in the patch).

This relates to the changes mentioned earlier in PTR patch notes (see below).

As mentioned on MMO, you’ll want to keep some of these items in your inventory for the huge increase in gold (sell) value with the coming patch. For these changes, you’ll have to wait for the patch (4.0.6).

Edit: Prices Update for Patch 4.0.6 Feb 8th

- > Click Here for a full listing of Price Changes

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Word of Empress Zoe	Dwarf	375	10
Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright	Dwarf	20	10
Silver Kris of Korl	Dwarf	20	9
Warmaul of Burningeye	Dwarf	20	9
Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage	Dwarf	20	9
Scepter of Bronzebeard	Dwarf	20	9
Dented Shield of Horuz Killcrow	Dwarf	10	40
Scorched Staff of Shadow Priest Anund	Dwarf	10	40
Scepter of Charlga Razorflank	Dwarf	10	40
Mithril Chain of Angerforge	Dwarf	10	41
Skull Staff of Shadowforge	Dwarf	10	40
Notched Sword of Tunadil the Redeemer	Dwarf	5	20
Bodacious Door Knocker	Dwarf	5	20
Boot Heel with Scrollwork	Dwarf	5	20
Golden Chamber Pot	Dwarf	5	20
Winged Helm of Corehammer	Dwarf	5	20
Ironstar’s Petrified Shield	Dwarf	5	20
Worn Hunting Knife	Dwarf	1	5
Wooden Whistle	Dwarf	1	5
Bone Gaming Dice	Dwarf	1	5
Belt Buckle with Anvilmar Crest	Dwarf	1	5 50
Pewter Drinking Cup	Dwarf	1	10
Ceramic Funeral Urn	Dwarf	1	10
Stone Gryphon	Dwarf	1	10
Silver Neck Torc	Dwarf	1	11
Moltenfist’s Jeweled Goblet	Dwarf	1	11
Dwarven Baby Socks	Dwarf	1	5

Total	565	Average	20 90 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle	Fossil	200	5
Proto-Drake Skeleton	Fossil	20	5
Feathered Raptor Arm	Fossil	10	40
Vicious Ancient Fish	Fossil	10	40
Devilsaur Tooth	Fossil	5	20
Insect in Amber	Fossil	5	20
Ancient Shark Jaws	Fossil	5	20
Black Trilobite	Fossil	1	5
Beautiful Preserved Fern	Fossil	1	5
Twisted Ammonite Shell	Fossil	1	10
Shard of Petrified Wood	Fossil	1	5
Strange Velvet Worm	Fossil	1	10

Total	260	Average	21 66 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Silver Scroll Case	Night Elf	200	90
Chest of Tiny Glass Animals	Night Elf	100	40
Carcanet of the Hundred Magi	Night Elf	20	90
Umbra Crescent	Night Elf	20	90
String of Small Pink Pearls	Night Elf	10	40
Scepter of Xavius	Night Elf	10	40
Kaldorei Amphora	Night Elf	5	20
Hairpin of Silver and Malachite	Night Elf	5	22
Delicate Music Box	Night Elf	5	20
Cracked Crystal Vial	Night Elf	5	40
Cloak Clasp with Antlers	Night Elf	3	10
Coin from Eldre’Thalas	Night Elf	2	10
Shattered Glaive	Night Elf	2	10
Green Dragon Ring	Night Elf	2	10
Scandalous Silk Nightgown	Night Elf	1g	5s
Highborne Pyxis	Night Elf	1	5
Inlaid Ivory Comb	Night Elf	1	5
Necklace with Elune Pendant	Night Elf	1	5

Total	393	Average	21 83 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Tooth with Gold Filling	Troll	50	40
Bracelet of Jade and Coins	Troll	25	22
Drakkari Sacrificial Knife	Troll	10	40
Jade Asp with Ruby Eyes	Troll	5	10
Eerie Smolderthorn Idol	Troll	5	10
Cinnabar Bijou	Troll	5	10
Feathered Gold Earring	Troll	5g	10s
Skull-Shaped Planter	Troll	5	20
Gahz’rilla Figurine	Troll	5	20
Atal’ai Scepter	Troll	5	20
Zandalari Voodoo Doll	Troll	1	5
Lizard Foot Charm	Troll	1	5
Fetish of Hir’eek	Troll	1	5 20
Fine Bloodscalp Dinnerware	Troll	1	5

Total	124	Average	8 85 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Anklet with Golden Bells	Draenei	50	1
Fine Crystal Candelabra	Draenei	50	1 20
Carved Harp of Exotic Wood	Draenei	10	1
Strange Silver Paperweight	Draenei	10	1 10
Scepter of the Nathrezim	Draenei	10	1
Baroque Sword Scabbard	Draenei	10	1
Dignified Portrait	Draenei	10	1
Plated Elekk Goad	Draenei	10	1

Total	160	Average	20 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Scepter of Nekros Skullcrusher	Orc	80	1
Maul of Stone Guard Mur’og	Orc	50	1
Tiny Bronze Scorpion	Orc	25	1
Fierce Wolf Figurine	Orc	10	1
Fiendish Whip	Orc	10	1
Gray Candle Stub	Orc	5	1
Tile of Glazed Clay	Orc	5	1
Skull Drinking Cup	Orc	5	1
Rusted Steak Knife	Orc	1	1

Total	191	Average	21 22 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Scepter of Nezar’Azret	Nerubian	50	5
Infested Ruby Ring	Nerubian	20	5
Six-Clawed Cornice	Nerubian	20	5
Viziers Scrawled Streamer	Nerubian	10g	5g
Spidery Sundial	Nerubian	10g	5g
Ewer of Jormungar Blood	Nerubian	10g	5g
Gruesome Heart Box	Nerubian	7g	3g 50s

Total	127	Average	18 14 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Intricate Treasure Chest Key	Vrykul	50	5
Fanged Cloak Pin	Vrykul	20	5
Scramseax	Vrykul	10g	5g
Thorned Necklace	Vrykul	10g	5g
Flint Striker	Vrykul	5	5

Total	95	Average	19 / Artifact

Item	Race	Patch 4.0.6	Patch 4.0.3
Cat Statue with Emerald Eyes	Tol’vir	100	90
Tiny Oasis Mosaic	Tol’vir	15g	1g
Castle of Sand	Tol’vir	10	90
Soapstone Scarab Necklace	Tol’vir	10	90
Engraved Scimitar Hilt	Tol’vir	10	1
Sketch of a Desert Palace	Tol’vir	10	1
Mummified Organ (Canopic Jar)	Tol’vir	2g	1g

Total	157	Average	22 43 / Artifact

Public Test Realm Patch 4.0.6 Notes (Updated Jan. 14, 8:40 PM PST)

Looks like new Archaeologists will start solving earlier, at skill 50 you’ll now need to solve to gain skills (used to be 100). Also common artifacts get a boost in sell values (to npcs).

The new changes below go along with the fragment limit and UI changes
and the Survey Cooldown and BoA changes.

More on Archaeology has been updated on the PTR! (Survey 3 Second CD)

The new information relates to older (below lvl 85) BoA gear which now can be used 9 level early then previously allowed. (Such as 51 instead of 60.) We also have a decrease in Survey cooldown to 3 seconds! This change will surely up the appeal of such items for many players.

The changes below go along with the Archaeology fragment limit and UI changes.

With the new patches being tested on the PTR comes new Archaeology news.

It looks like we will have a limit how many Fragments are kept at a given time. Some call this a nerf but something was bound to change due to the thousands of fragments many players are accumulating as they farm away for a certain race. This could potentially allow more items (rares) to be added to current Races without Archaeologists having a massive (unfair) stock pile of fragments to simply find the new items with like the image below. This change can be debated either way but at least Devs acknowledge just how many (crazy amounts of) fragments are being Surveyed.

Along with the fragment change, the User Interface is getting some love with updates to the (default) journal summary page display along with a “Ready” icon for projects. However people using an addon (like Archy!) already have this functionality and convenience.

Full blue quote below:

How many dedicated Archaeologists are out there night after night surveying their hearts out for that one rare project? Many have set there eyes on Zin’Rokh because of it’s nearly BiS placement.

I think that you can compare the rare artifact grind to farming old ZG mounts grind or even MC grind for a legendary (like Thunderfury). A big difference between though is that you are no longer held back by a raid lockout timer. Instead of killing a boss once and then having to wait a week/4days, Archaeology is setup so you can just keep surveying non-stop. So the time spent on surveying can greatly exceed the time it would take you to kill an older, farmable boss. With bosses you’re limited to however many kills in certain time peroid the raid system allows but dig sites are always active.

As Wowhead put it, Archaeology was added as the ultimate “time-waster” of the expansion, offering no substantial monetary gain and no promised immediate reward, such as being able to cook a certain type of food at a certain skill level, or craft a certain item.

Time spent trying to obtain those certain rares does not phase some archaeologist. These players are caught in the grips of the most powerful entity in the World of Warcraft, the RNG boss. Never faced off with this boss you say? Sure you have! Whenever you do a /roll or /random that’s RNG incarnate.

What is RNG technically? Random number generators are algorithms used in computing when an outcome needs to be as random as possible. A computer can’t generate completely random numbers on its own, so it uses a complex algorithm designed to get as close to random as is practical. ¹

Many have argued just how not random this system is, the community site forums are almost always amiss with posts QQing about it. What some do not realize is that getting those rare artifacts/projects is luck of the draw unfortunately. This is why some archaeologists have 2 rares at skill 525 and some have almost 8-10 rares completed by then. (It does help to aim for races with higher amounts of rares, simple logic.)

Just like those 0.01% drops in the game, certain archaeology items can be frustratingly difficult to obtain. It’s understandable that just like any other RNG based grind you need a bit of lady luck on your side. When it comes down to it, there is no fast-path to guarantee your artifact appears but that’s all just part of the game! At the end of the day, it’s still just a secondary profession in the World of Warcraft… or is it?

It’s a new year, what’s your 2011 Resolution? *cough*

Shine up those Survey tools and let’s dive into a fresh year of Archeology.