Orthen Dig Site

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Orthen Dig Site
Release	19 October 2020 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Anachronia
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The Orthen Dig Site is a dig site located on Anachronia, requiring level 90 Archaeology to be interacted with. It was the sixth dig site released for the skill. The Anachronia base camp is the main location of the dig site, with various excavation sites across the island of Anachronia - crypt of Varanus, observation outpost, Moksha ritual site, and Xolo City.

Mr Mordaut is the site manager. Like the other site managers, Mr Mordaut becomes a research consultant when all mysteries related to Orthen are completed and has a power called Treasure Hoarder, giving a x/24 chance of obtaining a tetracompass piece after each expedition, x being the number of hours the team is sent out for.

Reaching level 90 Archaeology causes the Orthen invitation to be placed in the player's backpack, inviting the player to the dig site.

The archaeology teleport, master archaeologist's outfit, and the dig sites map at the guild can teleport the player to the base camp, and, after unlocking the locations, the Orthen teleportation devices may be used to teleport the player between the dig site's locations.

The final reward of the site is an enhancement to the mysterious monolith's power cap, allowing 150 extra power for a total of 650 power. This requires level 120, unlocking of all the locations, and completion of the Mysterious City mystery.

Dig site info

Orthen Dig Site
Manager	Mr. Mordaut
Requirements	90 Archaeology Archaeology guild associate qualification Completion of the Anachronia base camp tutorial
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Quick guide

Main article: /Quick guide

Follow the quick guide to quickly unlock all 4 sections of the dig site and complete the Teleport Node On, Know Thy Measure, and Fragmented Memories mysteries at the same time.

• Unlocking all the teleport locations requires 90 Archaeology[B], 70 Runecrafting, 70 Crafting, and 70 Divination.
• Unlocking the last location for excavation (xolo city) requires 108 Archaeology[B] and 86 Hunter.

Locations

Level	Name	Directions	Image	Excavation site
90	Crypt of Varanus			Orthen - Crypt of Varanus excavation site
101	Observation outpost			Orthen - Observation outpost excavation site
106	Moksha ritual site			Orthen - Moksha ritual site excavation site
113	Xolo city			Orthen - Xolo city excavation site

Travel

Orthen Dig Site locations

The Orthen teleportation devices provide quick teleportation between the four locations and the base camp.

For a short guide to unlocking just the teleports, see the 'Teleport Node On' guide.

For the full guide to unlocking all of the digsite locations, see the Quick guide.

Unlocking all the teleports requires:

• 90 Archaeology[B]
• 70 Runecrafting
• 70 Crafting
• 70 Divination

Excavation

The excavation sites in the dig site collectively contain ten different excavation hotspots containing a total of 22 different artefacts as well as five dig site-specific materials. As with all other dig sites, agnostic materials are present in these hotspots.

The soil for this dig site is volcanic ash.

Facilities

The dig site has an archaeologist's workbench and a material storage container in the Anachronia base camp, and material deposit carts at the excavation sites. If a tier 3 town hall has been built, an archaeology noticeboard will also be set up near Sharrigan.

Excavation hotspots

The dig site contains the following excavation hotspots.

Material caches

The dig site contains the following material caches.

Level	Material cache	XP	Material	Faction	Members
99	Material cache (carbon black)	92.7	Carbon black	Dragonkin
90	Material cache (compass rose)	92.7	Compass rose	Dragonkin
96	Material cache (dragon metal)	92.7	Dragon metal	Dragonkin
90	Material cache (felt)	92.7	Felt	Dragonkin
99	Material cache (orgone)	92.7	Orgone	Dragonkin

Mysteries

Name	Requirements	Rewards
Crypt o' Zoology	90 Archaeology [B]	21,500 experience
Teleport Node On	90 Archaeology [B] 70 Runecrafting [B] 70 Crafting 70 Divination Know Thy Measure	3,000 experience (first teleport device) 3,000 experience (second teleport device) 3,000 experience (third teleport device) 3,000 experience (final teleport device) 35,000 experience (mystery reward)
Death Watch	101 Archaeology [B]	39,500 experience
Know Thy Measure	90 Archaeology Associate Level	39,500 experience Access to the Moksha ritual site
Free Your Mind	106 Archaeology [B]	51,500 experience
Fragmented Memories	108 Archaeology [B] 86 Hunter [B] Know Thy Measure	56,500 experience
I Am Become Death	113 Archaeology [B]	67,000 experience
Mysterious City	120 Archaeology [B] Fragmented Memories	80,000 experience 150 additional power at the mysterious monolith

Achievements

Main article: Dragonkin achievements

There are 12 achievements in this group.

#	Name	Members	Description
3	Crypt o' Zoology	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
5	Death Watch	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
12	Dragonkin Expert	Yes	Restored at least one of each dragonkin artefact.	0
8	Fragmented Memories	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
7	Free Your Mind	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
9	I Am Become Death	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
6	Know Thy Measure	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
1	Mastery - Orthen	Yes	Complete all of the listed achievements.	0
2	Mysteries - Orthen	Yes	Complete all of the listed achievements.	0
10	Mysterious City	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15
11	Research - Orthen	Yes	Complete all of the listed research.	0
4	Teleport Node On	Yes	Solve this mystery.	15

Research

Main article: Research § Dragonkin culture research

Collections

Sharrigan is the Orthen-specific collector. Velucia also has her own dragonkin museum collections.

level to complete	Collections	Location	Total artefacts	Total XP with outfit	One-time reward (Sharrigan)	Recurring reward (Sharrigan)	Recurring reward (Velucia - Museum)
99	Dragonkin I Museum - Dragonkin I	Crypt of Varanus	7	110,534		6 Anachronia resource packs 5,524 chronotes	6,905 chronotes
102	Dragonkin II Museum - Dragonkin II	Observation outpost	4	86,567		75 Rex skeleton fragments 3,444 chronotes	4,305 chronotes
108	Dragonkin III Museum - Dragonkin III	Moksha ritual site	5	141,687	Kaladanda Death Note	4,652 chronotes	5,815 chronotes
120	Dragonkin IV Museum - Dragonkin IV	Xolo city	6	268,533		150 Rex skeleton fragments 6,980 chronotes	8,725 chronotes

Osseous

Main article: Rex skeleton

A partially constructed Rex skeleton that forms part of the Osseous event

The dig site has a community event, akin to the pylon found at the Kharid-et Dig Site, called Osseous. While excavating players can find rex skeleton fragments which can be used to build the skeleton of a dinosaur located at the Anachronia base camp.

When the skeleton is completed, it activates the Roar of Osseous buff which grants every player in Anachronia for 65 minutes:

• 25% more XP from activities on Anachronia:
  • Hunter including BGH
  • Archaeology excavation
  • Anachronia Agility Course
• 10% buff to the drop rates from:
  • Big Game Hunter Rewards
  • Anachronia Slayer Monsters
  • Anachronia Agility Course codices
  • Archaeology materials
  • Archaeology Recipe Fragments

Rewards

Potions

The digsite allows the creation of recipes to separately unlock the following 5 potions:

level to acquire	level to brew	Potion	Recipe	GE price	Spots that provide the recipe fragments
90	78	Archaeology potion (upgraded variant of cup of soil tea)	Archaeology potion recipe	10,031,032	Varanusaur remains and dragonkin reliquary
99	88	Summoning renewal	Summoning renewal recipe	583,062	Dragonkin coffin and autopsy table
102	98	Holy aggroverload	Holy aggroverload recipe	235,811	Experiment workbench and Aughra remains
108	103	Powerburst of opportunity	Powerburst of opportunity recipe	1,759,116	Moksha device and xolo mine
119	116	Spirit attraction potion	Spirit attraction recipe	525,416	Xolo remains and Saurthen debris

Note that the potion recipe fragments can be obtained more than once after assembling the tablet and learning the recipe.

Skilling off-hands

There are two skilling off-hands obtainable through the digsite:

• Orthen furnace core
• Artificer's measure

These off-hands are rare items aimed at high levels.

Relics

The dig site adds 3 new Archaeology relics which may be added to the mysterious monolith at the Archaeology Campus for new relic powers:

• Evil Bob's Catspaw, a talisman that will automatically cook any fish the player catches - Bait and Switch relic power.
• Soma, a dragonkin delicacy that will increase the player's archaeological precision by +20%, at the cost of obtaining no soil from excavations - Flow State relic power.
• Kaladanda, an item that will note all guaranteed bone or ash drops - Death Note relic power.

Monolith power

Players may obtain an increase of 150 in monolith power after the Mysterious City mystery.

Music unlocked

• Vault of Varanus
• Observation Outpost
• Inner Conscious
• Outer Conscious

Dialogue

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Gallery

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  The introductory cutscene to Orthen, showing dragonkin at their prime.

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  The end cutscene to Orthen, featuring the xolo city.

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  An update header image of the crypt.

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  Environment of crypt of Varanus during development phase

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  Environment of crypt of Varanus during development phase

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  Environment of crypt of Varanus during development phase

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  Environment of crypt of Varanus during development phase

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  Environment of crypt of Varanus during development phase

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  Environment of Moksha ritual site during development phase

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  Environment of Moksha ritual site during development phase

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  Environment of Moksha ritual site during development phase

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  Environment of Moksha ritual site during development phase

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  Environment of observation outpost during development phase

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  Environment of observation outpost during development phase

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  Environment of observation outpost during development phase

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  Environment of observation outpost during development phase

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  Environment of observation outpost during development phase

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  Environment of xolo city during development phase

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  Environment of xolo city during development phase

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  Environment of xolo city during development phase

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  Environment of xolo city during development phase

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  Environment of xolo city during development phase

Update history

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!

• ninja 17 January 2022 (Update):
  • Added mini Summoning obelisks to all main Archaeology dig sites, including the Archaeology Campus.

• patch 2 November 2020 (Update):
  • Resolved an issue that was stopping the Heart of Stone puzzles from opening if you had previously interacted with Orthen.

• update 19 October 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The player Bijn was the first player who fully completed this dig site on 19 October 2020 which was shown in-game with the announcement: News: Bijn is the first to master the Orthen Dig Site by fully exploring the site's history!