As the title says, I have completed 12 rare artifacts, but only 3 show as completed in my archeology log. I have finished everything for Troll, but I’m also still getting a lot of Troll dig sites. I’ve heard the spawn rate for completed races dig sites are lowered by 50%(?). After hours of digging, Troll feels the exact same.
Anyone else experiencing something similar?
I’m at 400 solves across the races. Completed all the rares for Vrykul and Nerubian, still see them frequently in Northrend. I’ve put about 30 hours or so after reaching 450 into farming. Over that time I have acquired almost all of the toys and mounts, have yet to solve a single 359 of any race.
This is unacceptable game design. I’m miserable doing this, but it’s expected in my raid team to put in the effort to acquire your weapon. Arch needs to be addressed with some bad luck protection at the very least. You can get Val’anyr or Shadowmourne for less effort than this, LEGENDARIES.
Putting BiS gear in a non combat grind was a terrible idea, but locking behind layer upon layer of RNG is just plain unacceptable for todays player base. I may not get to raid first lock out because others have the sword even though I’ve farmed for 5x as long.
My post was more about having completed all the rares for a single race and still having the dig sites spawn at the same rate compared to unfinished races.
With Troll for example, I have the sword, toy and pet. But the Troll dig sites are spawning at seemingly the same rate compared to Night Elf, Fossil and Dwarf. All farming done in Eastern Kingdoms.
If you have finished both Vrykul and Nerubian in Northerend, I’d expect them to share the same spawn rate. But it’s hard to tell with Nerubian in Eastern Kingdoms as they only have so few spots.
Anecdotal evidence is tough. I felt the same way until I started doing the math.
Assuming you’ve only completed Troll, this is what happens (I assume)
Total sites by race in Eastern Kingdoms:
19 Troll
17 Dwarf
14 Fossil
2 Nerubian
2 Night Elf
Completing Troll:
9.5 (rounds to 10) Troll
17 Dwarf
14 Fossil
2 Nerubian
2 Night Elf
Odds:
18% Troll
31% Dwarf
27% Fossil
3% Nerubian
3% Night Elf
That’s still a super competitive rate for them to spawn.
Thank you Disappointed! 
I’ll do some more digging tomorrow and tally what I find. Appreciate your input! 
Night Elf and Troll spawn in Northrend which are not completed.
true, same issue here
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I’m having the exact same problem. However, when I use the Minimal Archaeology addon it does show all my completed artifacts.
It’s counting correctly internally c:
And to report on the dig site 50% spawn rate thing when you complete a race, it is working. Worked perfectly in Outlands comparing just the 2 races
Basic question. If you think it is a bug have you reported it on the bug report forum?
Ask you can see I have 3 posts to my name hehe. Basic question, did you consider maybe someone new dosent know how to navigate the forums properly? :>
It was a simple yes or no question. It doesn’t require attitude from YOU dim bulb.
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