Archaeology in 4.0.6 - Grey items changes
If you've been going through the 4.0.6 Patch Notes you probably saw the following line.
Originally Posted by Zarhym (Blue Tracker)
  • The sell value of all common artifacts has been doubled, while a small subset of common artifacts have had their sell value increased far beyond that.
That change didn't seem important at first but it's actually more significant than you'd think for people who spend a lot of time hunting for artefacts.

Some of the grey/junk items you get from archaeology had their price considerably increased (up to 1000 gold) and if you have them in your bags it's probably a very good idea to wait for the patch before you sell them ... I'm sure you'd hate to lose 1000 gold (or more!) because of that, right?

As far as I know this change hasn't been hotfixed on live servers and you'll have to wait for the patch.

ItemOld PriceNew Price
Word of Empress Zoe10g1000g
Silver Kris of Korl9g180g
Scepter of NezarAzret5g100g
Fine Crystal Candelabra1g 20s72g
Infested Ruby Ring5g50g
Six-Clawed Cornice5g50g
Bodacious Door Knocker20s20g
Insect in Amber20s20g
Maul of Stone Guard Murog1g20g
Anklet with Golden Bells1g20g
Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright10g20g
Scepter of Bronzebeard9g19g
Warmaul of Burningeye9g18g
Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage9g18g
Gahzrilla Figurine20s12g
Intricate Treasure Chest Key5g10g
Scramseax5g10g
Flint Striker5g10g
Fanged Cloak Pin5g10g
Thorned Necklace5g10g
Proto-Drake Skeleton5g10g
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle5g10g
Spidery Sundial5g10g
Ewer of Jormungar Blood5g10g
Viziers Scrawled Streamer5g10g
Chest of Tiny Glass Animals40s8g
Gruesome Heart Box3g 50s7g
Moltenfists Jeweled Goblet11s6g 30s
Jade Asp with Ruby Eyes10s6g
More ...
Black Trilobite5s3g
Strange Silver Paperweight1g 10s2g 10s
Mummified Organ1g2g
Tiny Bronze Scorpion1g2g
Gray Candle Stub1g2g
Rusted Steak Knife1g2g
Scepter of Nekros Skullcrusher1g2g
Fierce Wolf Figurine1g2g
Fiendish Whip1g2g
Tile of Glazed Clay1g2g
Skull Drinking Cup1g2g
Carved Harp of Exotic Wood1g2g
Scepter of the Nathrezim1g2g
Baroque Sword Scabbard1g2g
Dignified Portrait1g2g
Plated Elekk Goad1g2g
Tiny Oasis Mosaic1g2g
Engraved Scimitar Hilt1g2g
Sketch of a Desert Palace1g2g
Carcanet of the Hundred Magi90s1g 80s
Silver Scroll Case90s1g 80s
Umbra Crescent90s1g 80s
Castle of Sand90s1g 80s
Cat Statue with Emerald Eyes90s1g 80s
Soapstone Scarab Necklace90s1g 80s
Scandalous Silk Nightgown5s1g
Mithril Chain of Angerforge41s81s
Dented Shield of Horuz Killcrow40s80s
Scorched Staff of Shadow Priest Anund40s80s
Scepter of Charlga Razorflank40s80s
Skull Staff of Shadowforge40s80s
Tooth with Gold Filling40s80s
Drakkari Sacrificial Knife40s80s
String of Small Pink Pearls40s80s
Cracked Crystal Vial40s80s
Scepter of Xavius40s80s
Feathered Raptor Arm40s80s
Vicious Ancient Fish40s80s
Winged Helm of Corehammer20s50s
Bracelet of Jade and Coins22s44s
Hairpin of Silver and Malachite22s44s
Notched Sword of Tunadil the Redeemer20s40s
Boot Heel with Scrollwork20s40s
Golden Chamber Pot20s40s
Ironstars Petrified Shield20s40s
Skull-Shaped Planter20s40s
Atalai Scepter20s40s
Devilsaur Tooth20s40s
Kaldorei Amphora20s40s
Ancient Shark Jaws20s40s
Delicate Music Box20s40s
Silver Neck Torc11s21s
Cloak Clasp with Antlers10s20s
Pewter Drinking Cup10s20s
Ceramic Funeral Urn10s20s
Stone Gryphon10s20s
Feathered Gold Earring10s20s
Eerie Smolderthorn Idol10s20s
Cinnabar Bijou10s20s
Coin from EldreThalas10s20s
Shattered Glaive10s20s
Twisted Ammonite Shell10s20s
Green Dragon Ring10s20s
Strange Velvet Worm10s20s
Belt Buckle with Anvilmar Crest5s 50c10s 50c
Fetish of Hireek5s 20c10s 20c
Worn Hunting Knife5s10s
Wooden Whistle5s10s
Bone Gaming Dice5s10s
Zandalari Voodoo Doll5s10s
Lizard Foot Charm5s10s
Beautiful Preserved Fern5s10s
Highborne Pyxis5s10s
Inlaid Ivory Comb5s10s
Dwarven Baby Socks5s10s
Necklace with Elune Pendant5s10s
Shard of Petrified Wood5s10s
Fine Bloodscalp Dinnerware5s10s



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Comments 133 Comments
  1. greyghost's Avatar
    I've vendored the Zoe ring like 3 times already. Crap-o. :<

    Quote Originally Posted by Livistos View Post
    SERIOUSLY?!?!

    WTF BLizz... WTF?!?

    You give the 1000g artifact to the dwarves?

    Why not Tol'Vir? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!?
    Slap to the face, ect. e_e
  1. LastLifeLoser's Avatar
    Thought I would ask but is there anyway you could make it to where we could sort the new archaeology prices by name "item" would make it awfully easier while doing solves to see if the item we just got is worth saving onto at all. I have bad eyes so sifting through it atm takes me a while. If it's not to hard and not to much to ask it would be greatly appreciated.
  1. atclaeys's Avatar
    Why oh why did I vendor the 3-4 words of empress zoe I had found when grinding arch.... QQ!
  1. Demoncrash's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rainei View Post
    No, you mean world FIRST, the others exploited to get their kill.
    What exactly is this exploit you speak of? and where in their kill video do you see them doing it?
  1. mmoc05ba5a7bbf's Avatar
    ... so sad! its wasnt an exploit
  1. Ducon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Erm... dude... that's what I'm paying them for. oO



    Yep, they owe me entertainment. Ofc. I can choose not to do Archaeology (which in fact is what i have done), but still It's not that's just me who's complaining. Look at the forums. Almost everyone who has spend serious time at endgame Arch, says the same as I do.



    My mistake then, sorry English is not my native tongue.
    Technically,you are paying for the right to use Blizz servers,nothing else. Also,when one starts calculating value for something they do for fun and to pass time,something is wrong imo.
  1. Granyala's Avatar
    Technically,you are paying for the right to use Blizz servers,nothing else. Also,when one starts calculating value for something they do for fun and to pass time,something is wrong imo.
    Two things in your sentence: >do for fun and to pass time< Thats my point. Arch isn't fun. arch is tedious (unless you get lucky with the RNG and get what you wanted in your first 20 solves or so).

    It could be a lot of fun if done properly, but all blizzard slapped in was some weird RNG lottery and everyone thinks it's alright "cuz it haz epixx!!" and now "it haz 1000 goldz!!".

    I'd love to do arch to discover real lore. Not just 2 sentences for what... max 20 artifacts per race but real stories. I'd love to chose which races lore I want to explore and dig specifically. Imo they could do away with any "zomg epixx" and introduce the real reason why someone does archaeological digs: Not to find something valuable to make a profit, graverobbers do that. But to gain valuable insights in cultural and historical events.
  1. KCguy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Two things in your sentence: >do for fun and to pass time< Thats my point. Arch isn't fun. arch is tedious (unless you get lucky with the RNG and get what you wanted in your first 20 solves or so).

    It could be a lot of fun if done properly, but all blizzard slapped in was some weird RNG lottery and everyone thinks it's alright "cuz it haz epixx!!" and now "it haz 1000 goldz!!".

    I'd love to do arch to discover real lore. Not just 2 sentences for what... max 20 artifacts per race but real stories. I'd love to chose which races lore I want to explore and dig specifically. Imo they could do away with any "zomg epixx" and introduce the real reason why someone does archaeological digs: Not to find something valuable to make a profit, graverobbers do that. But to gain valuable insights in cultural and historical events.
    Raising the prices of the grays aren't going to make more people do it. Most people don't need gold. What they need to do is if you have maxed out a faction (IE gotten all the night elf artifacts) it shouldn't show up anymore. They would never do that obviously, but it would make it less painful.
  1. mmoccdcfc5f8d6's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Two things in your sentence: >do for fun and to pass time< Thats my point. Arch isn't fun. arch is tedious (unless you get lucky with the RNG and get what you wanted in your first 20 solves or so).

    It could be a lot of fun if done properly, but all blizzard slapped in was some weird RNG lottery and everyone thinks it's alright "cuz it haz epixx!!" and now "it haz 1000 goldz!!".

    I'd love to do arch to discover real lore. Not just 2 sentences for what... max 20 artifacts per race but real stories. I'd love to chose which races lore I want to explore and dig specifically. Imo they could do away with any "zomg epixx" and introduce the real reason why someone does archaeological digs: Not to find something valuable to make a profit, graverobbers do that. But to gain valuable insights in cultural and historical events.
    Dude, the same could be said for any sort of proffession - "omg why dont they have historic meaning to them, this is killing my sooouuuul!!11"

    You're stretching here, complaining for the sake of complaining. WoW is not a game where you explore it's culture and historical meaning. Yes, there are things in the game where you can find a few interesting things connected to lore (that place in Ironforge with all the skulls and whatnot for instance) but Blizzard are not using WoW as the medium for Warcraft lore and history.

    What you want, is not WoW.

    And please stop writing with blue text, it's not going to separate you from anyone else and it's only annoying. The only people who write with a different colored texts are attention whores who eventually turn out to be self-appointed forum celebrities.
  1. mmocd0af8e2b4a's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by atclaeys View Post
    Why oh why did I vendor the 3-4 words of empress zoe I had found when grinding arch.... QQ!
    There is a count of how many times you completed an artifact.
    We should just spam the GMs until they pay us all back.
  1. DrgnDancer's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
    Erm... dude... that's what I'm paying them for. oO
    You're paying them $15 a month. That's like... the price of dinner... at a mediocre restaurant. For the money, WoW is one of the best entertainment values out there. You can play, essentially 24/7 (minus a few hours of maintenance) for a month for $15. Better, for that same $15 they are continuously adding new content and/or tweaking to old content to make it better. By contrast your cable bill on average is probably $50-$75. Books and movies run not much less than $15 for a single show/book. Decent seat to a play or sports event are a good bit more than $15. Unless stuff is on special I can't even buy a round of drinks for my friend's for $15.

    Don't get me wrong, I'll take whatever Blizzard wants to give me for my $15 a month ($14 actually, I pay three months at a time), but acting like you're entitled to everything and a bag of chips because you "pay them" is just a little entitled. You give them a fairly reasonable amount of money, and they give you reasonable customer service and pretty frequent updates.
  1. Lifestyl's Avatar
    that DLC griffon starring expression just made my day DLC bestest
  1. Granyala's Avatar
    Yes, there are things in the game where you can find a few interesting things connected to lore (that place in Ironforge with all the skulls and whatnot for instance) but Blizzard are not using WoW as the medium for Warcraft lore and history.
    Sadly no. I never liked their mentality of "If you want more Lore Buy a book".

    And please stop writing with blue text, it's not going to separate you from anyone else and it's only annoying. The only people who write with a different colored texts are attention whores who eventually turn out to be self-appointed forum celebrities.
    It's none of my concern what you think why I use blue, neither do I care whether you find it annoying or not. Until a Mod tells me otherwise, I use the color I please,because thats why there is an option to format the text.

    but acting like you're entitled to everything and a bag of chips because you "pay them" is just a little entitled.
    That would be true if i QQ'd in this fashion: "Raidz are too hard I pay 15 buckz a month I deserve Epixx NURF PL0X!"
    As long as there are other entertaining things in WoW I just ignore Arch and be done with it.
    On a sadistic note: Whining about it and discussing its flaws with others is way more entertaining than the profession itself. :<

    What I initially wanted to say (without a specific relation to anything in game): If Blizzard wants my money, they have to entertain me. If they don't, they don't get paid, because I pay someone else who does.
    So .. yeah technically it IS their task to think of fun things I can do in my playtime if they want to keep their jobs.
  1. Fatowlkinidiot's Avatar
    Rofl Bonecraft
  1. cogzwell's Avatar
    "Horde Bathroom! Gives new meaning to Blood and Thunder!"
  1. Daermon's Avatar
    It made me pretty happy to see Word of Empress Zoe 44/45 on my archaeology page
  1. b3ndingunit88's Avatar
    Nice...and i solved that 1k gold shizz like 3 times before while farming zin'rokh... Refund?
  1. Tricsun's Avatar
    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

    Word of Empress Zoe now 1k gold? I just sold that the other day. I'm saddened by this.
  1. Nexxia's Avatar
    Glad I read that, just started the make on the 1k g item, have to wait and finish/sell it after tues.
  1. gamerunknown's Avatar
    Sadly no. I never liked their mentality of "If you want more Lore Buy a book".
    If you want fun stop doing archaeology or go complain on the official forums. There's nothing anyone here can do about it.

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