Archaeologist

For the non-player character formerly named "Archaeologist", see Asgarnia Smith.

For other uses, see Archaeologist (disambiguation).

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Archaeologist
Release date	30 March 2020 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Burthorpe, Catherby, Draynor Village, Karamja, Lumbridge, Seers' Village, and Varrock lodestones
Shop	No
Gender	Male
Actions	? (edit)
Examine	A member of the Archaeology Guild.
Advanced data
NPC ID	? (edit)
Links	MRND
Infobox • Talk page

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• Desperate Times

• Desperate Times

• Desperate Times

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SMW Subobject for Desperate Times (1)Examine: Slacking off work to gossip.Release date: 30 March 2020Is members only: trueActions: ExamineIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Sitting (Male)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: An archaeologist of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Desperate Times (3)Examine: Slacking off work to gossip.Release date: 30 March 2020Is members only: trueActions: ExamineIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Lodestone (Male)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: A member of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Sitting (Female)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: An archaeologist of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Lodestone (Female)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: A member of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Excavating (Female)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: It's an archaeologist. Good at digging up the past.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Excavating (Male)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: An archaeologist of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Materials cart (Male)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: An archaeologist of the Archaeology Guild.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Materials cart (Female)Release date: 30 March 2020Examine: An archaeologist. Good at digging up the past.Is members only: falseIs variant of: Archaeologist

SMW Subobject for Desperate Times (2)Examine: Slacking off work to gossip.Release date: 30 March 2020Is members only: trueActions: ExamineIs variant of: Archaeologist

Archaeologists are found near various lodestones promoting the release of the Archaeology skill, as well as at material caches and excavation hotspots, and materials carts.

Locations

Location	Spawns	Map
Ancient cavern excavation site	1	Maplink
First Tower excavation site	2	Maplink
Waiko excavation site	1	Maplink
Warforge Dig Site	7	Maplink
Stormguard Citadel Dig Site	6	Maplink
Feldip shores excavation site	1	Maplink
Kharid-et Dig Site	8	Maplink
Infernal Source Dig Site	8	Maplink
Empty Throne Room	1	Maplink
Temple of Ikov	1	Maplink
Feldip excavation site	1	Maplink
Al Kharid east excavation site	2	Maplink
Varrock Dig Site	3	Maplink
Odd old man - excavation site	1	Maplink
Slayer Tower excavation site	2	Maplink
Daemonheim south-west excavation site	1	Maplink
Barrows mounds excavation site	2	Maplink
Everlight Dig Site	15	Maplink
Anachronia north excavation site	2	Maplink
Xolo city	3

Dialogue

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Archaeologist speaks in:

• Desperate Times

Update history

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• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The line of dialogue "That belongs in a museum!" is a reference to the identical quote from the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, whose title character is an archaeologist.
• The archaeologists were voiced by players who attended Runefest 2019. Known player voiceovers include elder heart, at the destroyed golem excavation hotspot.
• The examine text "Good at digging up the past" is a pun on the idiom, "to dig up the past," meaning to bring up something unpleasant or embarrassing from the past.