Materials (Archaeology)

"mats" redirects here. For Invention components, see materials.

The material storage container’s interface.

Archaeology materials (colloquially mats) are skilling resources found at various Archaeology dig sites and locations around Gielinor by excavating excavation hotspots and material caches. Materials are tradeable and used for restoring artefacts, which also provide Archaeology experience. The amount and type of different materials required to restore a particular artefact will vary for each artefact. Once collected, these materials can be stored in the player's material storage container, which can be accessed from the archaeologist's workbenches found at each dig site.

Material caches

Material caches yield one single type of material used in Archaeology.

Caches are not instanced and can be interacted with by multiple players - depleting similarly to trees. The higher level the cache, the longer it will take to respawn.

Most materials have at least two distinct cache locations: one within a thematically-related dig site, and one outside of a dig site. Excavating material caches located at dig sites can also yield soils of that dig site. Certain cache locations require quests to access.

Material storage container

Dig sites each feature access to the player's material storage container, which initially can hold up to 25 different kinds of materials. Signs of the porter, including grace of the elves, will send gathered materials straight to this container.

Depending upon player's qualification, storage quantity can be upgraded to 30 slots with Assistant after reaching level 40, 35 slots with Associate after reaching level 70, and 40 slots with Professor after reaching level 90.

Excluding imperial iron and purpleheart wood, there are total 16 types of materials usable at level 40, 24 types of materials usable at level 70, 35 types of materials usable at level 90, and 40 types of materials usable at level 99.

Other ways to store

Where there are no storage containers, it is possible to use signs of the porter or magic notepaper. Both will bank or note materials; however, neither works with artefacts. A sign of the porter first attempts to transfer materials into the material storage container. If this is not possible, it transfers them into the bank.

List of materials

In all, there are ten materials for the Agnostic (general) faction and five materials for each culturally specific faction, plus two tutorial materials. See each individual material page to see the exact locations and required Archaeology levels for each excavation hotspot and material cache.

Material	Level	Faction	Dig site and other locations	Members	Price
Imperial iron	1	Zarosian	Tutorial-only		N/A
Purpleheart wood	1	Zarosian	Tutorial-only		N/A
Third Age iron	5	Agnostic	Varrock Dig Site, Kharid-et, Infernal Source, Everlight, Stormguard Citadel, Warforge		3,119
Zarosian insignia	5	Zarosian	Kharid-et (barracks) Empty Throne Room		6,237
Samite silk	12	Agnostic	Kharid-et (barracks) Kharid-et entrance		2,469
Imperial steel	12	Zarosian	Kharid-et (barracks) Empty Throne Room (east)		2,042
White oak	17	Agnostic	Ice Mountain, Kharid-et, Infernal Source, Everlight, Stormguard Citadel, Warforge		2,141
Goldrune	20	Agnostic	Kharid-et, Camdozaal		2,223
Orthenglass	20	Agnostic	Anachronia (north)		2,170
Vellum	24	Agnostic	First Tower		2,001
Cadmium red	24	Zamorakian	Infernal Source (Star Lodge cellar) Infernal Source (Dagon Overlook south-west) First Tower		7,749
Ancient vis	25	Zarosian	Kharid-et (Culinarum) Slayer Tower		2,020
Tyrian purple	25	Zarosian	Kharid-et (barracks) Empty Throne Room (south)		4,689
Leather scraps	29	Agnostic	Morytania (north) Infernal Source (Dungeon of Disorder)		2,053
Chaotic brimstone	29	Zamorakian	Infernal Source (Vestibule of Futility, south) Daemonheim (south-west)		6,807
Demonhide	29	Zamorakian	Infernal Source (The Harrowing, north & north north west) God Wars Dungeon (Zamorak's Fortress, east)		2,649
Eye of Dagon	36	Zamorakian	Infernal Source (Dungeon of Disorder, south-east) Daemonheim (south-west)		1,922
Hellfire metal	36	Zamorakian	Infernal Source (Dungeon of Disorder) Infernal Source (Vestibule of Futility, north-east) Infernal Source (Dagon Overlook, north) God Wars Dungeon (Zamorak's Fortress. north)		9,026
Keramos	42	Saradominist	Everlight (mass grave) Everlight (Oikoi) God Wars Dungeon (Saradominist, south-east)		4,128
White marble	42	Saradominist	Everlight (Dominion Games stadium) Everlight (Acropolis) First Tower		2,382
Cobalt blue	48	Saradominist	Everlight (Amphitheatre) God Wars Dungeon (Saradominist, south-east)		8,292
Everlight silvthril	51	Saradominist	Everlight (Dominion Games stadium) Barrows mounds		5,921
Star of Saradomin	51	Saradominist	Everlight (Acropolis) Barrows mounds		7,568
Blood of Orcus	58	Zarosian	Kharid-et (Chapel) Slayer Tower		8,884
Soapstone	60	Agnostic	Waiko		2,885
Stormguard steel	70	Armadylean	Stormguard Citadel (Research & Development, south-west) God Wars Dungeon (Armadylean, south-west)		3,676
Wings of War	70	Armadylean	Stormguard Citadel (Dayguard tower) Stormguard Citadel (Nightguard) God Wars Dungeon (Armadylean, south-west)		2,213
Animal furs	76	Agnostic	Feldip		7,941
Armadylean yellow	76	Armadylean	Stormguard Citadel (Keshik memorial) Stormguard Citadel (Relay station) Empyrean Citadel		8,789
Malachite green	76	Bandosian	Warforge (Crucible arena) Warforge (north goblin tunnels) God Wars Dungeon (Bandos's Stronghold)		7,818
Mark of the Kyzaj	76	Bandosian	Warforge (north goblin tunnels) God Wars Dungeon (Bandosian west)		2,122
Vulcanised rubber	76	Bandosian	Warforge (south goblin tunnels) Feldip (shores)		5,908
Warforged bronze	76	Bandosian	Warforge (Crucible arena) Warforge (north goblin tunnels) God Wars Dungeon (Bandosian, north) God Wars Dungeon (Bandos's Stronghold)		6,380
Fossilised bone	81	Agnostic	Ancient Cavern Odd Old Man		2,040
Yu'biusk clay	83	Bandosian	Warforge (animal pens) Feldip (shores)		2,806
Aetherium alloy	85	Armadylean	Stormguard Citadel (Research & Development, north-east) Stormguard Citadel (Research & Development, north-west) Empyrean Citadel		6,266
Compass rose	90	Dragonkin	Orthen (Crypt of Varanus) Ancient cavern		2,472
Felt	90	Dragonkin	Orthen (Crypt of Varanus) Orthen (Observation outpost) Anachronia (west)		2,399
Quintessence	91	Armadylean	Stormguard Citadel (Research & Development, north-east) Stormguard Citadel (Howl's workshop) Empyrean Citadel		4,192
Dragon metal	96	Dragonkin	Orthen (Observation outpost) Orthen (Xolo city) Ancient cavern		5,365
Carbon black	99	Dragonkin	Orthen (Moksha ritual site) Mount Firewake		2,364
Orgone	99	Dragonkin	Orthen (Moksha ritual site) Orthen (Xolo city) Anachronia (west)		7,998