Material caches are locations scattered throughout Gielinor that each yield one single type of material used in Archaeology. Unlike excavation hotspots, material caches do not contain artefacts. Excavating material caches located at dig sites can also yield the soil of that dig site. Materials are used to restore damaged artefacts.
Caches are not instanced and can be interacted with by multiple players. Material caches deplete similarly to trees; when a cache is depleted, it's unavailable to all players for a short time. The higher level the cache, the longer it will take to respawn. The Refined perk has a chance to prevent a cache from depleting.
Most materials have at least two distinct cache locations: one within a thematically-related dig site, and one outside of a dig site. Certain cache locations outside of dig sites require quests to access.
This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!
- patch 8 June 2020 (Update):
- Fixed an issue where some material cache frames could be temporarily hidden.
- patch 26 May 2020 (Update):
- Material caches with quest requirements have had these requirements clarified in the Archaeology skill guide.
- patch 27 April 2020 (Update):
- Material caches will now appear as depleted inside quest instances.
- Corrected a Zarosian insignia material cache in Kharid-et that was floating.
- The Yu'biusk clay and vulcanised rubber material caches near the Warforge! are now considered part of the dig site and will award players earthen clay while excavating at them.
- Fixed a light in Kharid-et that was causing material caches to appear as two separate colours.
- Fixed some material z-fighting issues at Stormguard Citadel
- Fixed a light in Kharid-et that was causing material caches to appear as two separate colours.
- patch 20 April 2020 (Update):
- Archaeology microsites now have a minimum of 3 material caches of each type available at that site.
- Archaeology dig sites will now have a minimum of 2 material caches of each material specific to that site.
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