🦴Archaeology

Learn about the Archaeology system.

🏺 Archaeology System

The Archaeology System is a large-scale progression system that integrates seamlessly into core gameplay. By performing normal activities such as digging, woodcutting, hunting, and mining, players can uncover ancient resources, artifacts, and relics that unlock exclusive rewards.

Each archaeology branch follows the same design philosophy:

• Use a specialized tool or infusion
• Perform a natural gameplay action
• Discover rare archaeology drops
• Trade them with a dedicated NPC
• Progress toward pets, cosmetics, heirlooms, and currency

Main Hub: /warp arch

⛏️ Digging Archaeology (Fossils & Relics)

Overview

Digging archaeology focuses on uncovering fossils and ancient relics by excavating sand-based blocks.

Eligible Blocks

Sand, Dirt, Clay, Red Sand, Gravel, Snow Block

Archaeological Drops

• Fossilized Dinosaur Bone (Common)
• Cursed Dinosaur Bone (Rare)
• Lost Relic (Epic)
• Lost Jewels (Legendary)

Required Tools

• Tools enchanted with Fossil Finder
• Dedicated Archaeologist Shovels

Trading & Progression

Fossils and relics can be exchanged infinitely for pets, cosmetics, heirlooms, currency, and artifacts. These exchanges are repeatable and designed for long-term grinding.

🦖 Dinosaur Pets

Digging archaeology unlocks 19 dinosaur combat pets, ranging from massive herbivores to deadly predators. All dinosaur pets assist players during combat.

Available Pets

Long-Neck Quadrupeds: Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Amargasaurus, Argentinosaurus

Short-Neck Quadrupeds: Triceratops, Ankylosaurus

Bipedal Dinosaurs: Gorgosaurus, Stygimoloch, Dilophosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ceratosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Majungasaurus, Carnotaurus, Spinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Velociraptor

Flying: Pterodactyl

🌳 Woodcutting Archaeology

Overview

Woodcutting archaeology allows players to uncover ancient materials hidden within trees by chopping them.

Archaeological Drops

• Duskworn Timber (Common)
• Shadow Wood (Rare)
• Ancient Bark (Legendary)

Required Tools

• Archaeology-themed axes
• Axes upgraded with Temporal Infusement

NPC & Trading

Trade materials with The Treant, located in the Archaeology area at spawn. Rewards include pets, mounts, cosmetics, crafting materials, and future archaeology recipes.

Efficiency Notes

Drop rates are balanced around tree farms, the Chop Chop ability, and bulk harvesting of large trees.

🐘 Hunting Archaeology (Safari Hunting)

Overview

Hunting Archaeology — also known as Safari Hunting — is the wildlife-focused branch of Archaeology. It sends players into Elysium, Olympus, and the Resource World to track down animals in natural biome-appropriate locations.

Safari Hunting is still an exploration-based system. Players need to travel through the right regions, watch the terrain around them, and find animals in places where they can safely and naturally appear.

🥩 Safari Hunting: Bait

Bait is a way to track down the main huntable Safari animals. Using bait creates a temporary scent around you that can attract a specific type of Safari animal nearby.

The scent is strongest when first used, then slowly weakens over time. Early spawn attempts have the best chance of attracting an animal.

Bait does not spawn animals directly on top of you. Instead, it attempts to bring the correct animal into a nearby safe and natural spawn location.

This makes Safari Hunting more targeted and less random, without removing the exploration side of the system. You still need to be in the right world, the right biome, and have enough safe space nearby for the animal to appear.

Bait Types

Bait	Target	Theme
Grizzly Honey Bait	Grizzly Bears	Made with honey, drawing bears toward the sweet scent.
Lion Meat Bait	Lions and Lionesses	Fresh meat used to lure predators.
Antelope Salt Bait	Antelopes	A salt lick for grazing animals.
Warthog Mash Bait	Warthogs	A root mash that attracts foraging animals.
Elephant Fruit Bait	Elephants	A fruit bundle that draws larger herbivores.

🧺 How to Get Bait

Bait can be obtained as a rare drop from the wildlife mobs found in the wilderness.

These wildlife mobs are separate from the main Safari Hunting Archaeology animals, but they connect into Safari progression by occasionally dropping bait.

Bait	Dropped By
Elephant Fruit Bait	Monkeys and Hippos
Lion Meat Bait	Crocodiles, Snakes, Wolves, Penguins, Jellyfish, and Sharks
Warthog Mash Bait	Boars, Alpha Boars, and Crabs
Antelope Salt Bait	Armadillos, Buffalos, and Ducks
Grizzly Honey Bait	Raccoons and Cave Insects

Main Safari Animals

The main Safari Hunting animals are the core Archaeology targets. These are the animals bait is designed to help you track.

Safari Animal	Where to Look
Elephants	Savannas, plains, and sunflower plains.
Lions and Lionesses	Savannas, plains, and sunflower plains.
Antelopes	Savannas, plains, sunflower plains, and meadows.
Warthogs	Savannas, plains, sunflower plains, badlands, and wooded badlands.
Grizzly Bears	Taigas, forests, groves, windswept forests, windswept hills, and snowy taigas.

🌿 Wildlife in the Wilderness

Players can encounter a wider range of animals and creatures while travelling through the world. These mobs are not the main Safari Hunting Archaeology targets, but they add more life to exploration and can still support Safari progression through bait drops, in-game money, and other small rewards.

Wildlife includes:

• Monkeys
• Hippos
• Crocodiles
• Snakes
• Wolves
• Boars and Alpha Boars
• Armadillos
• Crabs
• Penguins
• Buffalos and Alpha Buffalos
• Cave Insects
• Ducks
• Raccoons
• Jellyfish
• Sharks

Some are peaceful. Some will defend themselves. Others are predators that make the wilderness less predictable.

🧭 Biome-based Spawns

Wildlife appears in more natural locations based on where each creature belongs.

Region	Wildlife to Look For
Jungles	Monkeys, Pythons, Crocodiles, and Hippos
Swamps and Rivers	Hippos, Crocodiles, Ducks, Raccoons, and Pythons
Forests and Taigas	Wolves, Boars, Raccoons, and Grizzly Bears
Savannas and Plains	Elephants, Lions, Antelopes, Warthogs, Buffalos, Hippos, Armadillos, and Ducks
Deserts and Badlands	Armadillos, Rattler Snakes, and Warthogs
Beaches and Shores	Crabs, coastal crocodiles, and coastal wildlife
Oceans	Jellyfish and Sharks
Snowy Biomes	Penguins and cold-region wildlife
Caves	Cave Insects

Hunting Deeds

Hunt main Safari animals in the wilderness to collect special mob drops, then turn them in to Hemet Nesingwary at spawn in exchange for Hunting Deeds.

Hemet rewards Hunting Deeds, which can be exchanged for:

• Baby wildlife pets
• Cosmetics
• Furniture
• Currency
• Consumables
• Heirlooms

These exchanges are repeatable and designed for long-term grinding.

⛏️ Mining Archaeology (Geodes & Gemstones)

Overview

Mining Archaeology works similarly to Digging Archaeology. When mining stones with a special pickaxe or the Geode Seeker Infusement, players have a chance to uncover a Raw Geode.

Eligible Blocks

Stone, Deepslate, Tuff, Andesite, Diorite, Granite, Calcite, Blackstone

How It Works

Raw Geodes can be cracked in-hand to reveal a hidden gemstone inside:

• Tungsten (Common)
• Sapphire (Rare)
• Opal (Epic)
• Amber (Legendary)

NPC & Trading

Spend mining archaeology currency at the Mining Merchant.

Available Rewards

• Pets (Stone Golems, Rats, Spiders, and more)
• Furniture
• Cosmetics
• Heirlooms
• Currency and consumables

These exchanges are repeatable and designed for long-term grinding.

🎨 Cosmetics & Customization

Archaeology unlocks a wide range of visual rewards across all branches, including dinosaur-themed hats and tails, wildlife-inspired cosmetics, archaeological relic visuals, and furniture and decorative items.