This guide explains the different things you can get if you’re hunting for Night Elf Archaeology fragments. Whether it’s to get all the vanity items or equipment, it doesn’t matter. What it is is a daunting task all by itself, however, it can have a relaxing effect if you’re doing something in the background.
If you’re feeling too frustrated with getting to every dig site, don’t forget to do some other things while you’re at it! Farming certain mobs, gathering mats for professions, fishing, etc.
Above all else, don’t bore yourself!
What zones have Night Elf Archaeology fragments?
The zones listed below provide links to my “Zone Overview” posts. So if you want to look at what a zone has to offer you fully, go ahead and check out the links. They’ll have maps to a variety of things and provide useful information.
Eastern Kingdoms
Kalimdor
- Ashenvale
- Azshara
- Darkshore
- Desolace
- Felwood
- Feralas
- Mount Hyjal
- Silithus
- Southern Barrens
- Stonetalon Mountains
- Winterspring
Northrend
How do I farm Night Elf Archaeology fragments?
I’ll be stating the same information below in every Archaeology farming post, so if you’d like to read it, click away. Otherwise, continue on!
Archaeology will always be a somewhat boring task, and doing it without any kind of help can also be a tedious, daunting, and even frustrating. But hey, some people do, because the alternative is relying on something else that may work one day, then not the next.
Whichever way you like to do it, we came up with a few decent ones ourselves.
Don’t use any addons
You won’t have to rely on addons staying up to date and find one suddenly becoming out of date and no longer useful.
You’ll have to constantly look at your map to make sure you’re going in the right direction.
Use the addon Minimal Archaeology
Minimalistic setup in keeping up with your Archaeological finds and where the closest ones are.
You’re relying on an addon to stay up to date.
Best used in combination with TomTom
What items can I get from Night Elf Archaeology?
You’re not going to get a variety of items when it comes to the digging itself, though the possibility of finding a Highborne Scroll keystone is there.
These specific keystones are good for only the night elf side of archaeology, however. And yes, you can sell them on the Auction House if there’s profit to be made on them. It’s best to sell them if you’ve got time do a lot of digging already, or if you’ve already managed to net all of the items you can obtain from the artifacts in question.
As with every archaeological dig, you’ll get specific artifacts to completely uncover. Once you’ve uncovered one, you’ll get a new one. Some of them are junk, but others are the good kind.
If an artifact has a keystone slot, you can use them to boost the artifact to completion, just try not to waste them. A single Highborne Scroll is equivalent to 12 Night Elf Archaeological fragments.
Bind on Account
Vanity Items
- Bones of Transformation
- Wisp Amulet
- Kaldorei Wind Chimes
- Highborne Soul Mirror
- Druid and Priest Statue Set
Night Elf Archaeology products
Want to check out some real world Night Elf artifacts? Well, they aren’t technically real, but I created a post with products that sort of mirror some of their artifacts–junk and otherwise. You can check it out here: Night Elf Archaeology Artifacts Worthy of the Nelfs.
