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Comment by Briandris

Well so far it seems this will be a low drop rate from dig sites as most of the others have been. I received 3 from my first dig and none since. This is my 4th dig site.

Edit: Just received 4 more from an angry spirit.
Edit: It looks like Angry Highborne Spirit have a 100% drop rate. Three popped up and I received a min of 2 and a max of 4 from them.

Comment by Fjornir

For the quest you must obtain 15 Azsunian Key Mold Pieces. The drop rate on these is very low, however, the angry spirits have a significantly higher drop rate. On average I'm currently getting less than one per dig site. Happy grinding!

Comment by xandra

Working on the quest tonight, for the most part the dig sites are where there are mobs so you spend more time attacking then digging, and had to give up on them with my holy priest. One of the dig sites is where the Elite ghosts and mobs are, up above where The Eternal Mages world quest is (around 56.71), one of my dig sites is way off to the west that when i mouse over it, it says Nor'Danil Wellspring. Since there is a location with that name that has ghost ladies, I went to it (around 36.30), NO dig site found. So it leaves me chasing one dig site around the zone. Four sites cleared and I am currently at 10/15 Azsunian Key Mold Pieces. Will update later when quest is complete.

Comment by Dalylah

Dig at any of the archaeology sites in Azsuna to receive these. I got my first 7 pieces directly from digs. Then one of the angry spirits popped up and I looted 4 off of him. Thought it was worth mentioning that you can not loot off someone elses angry spirit even if you tag it. I had another player keep damaging my spirits but he couldn't loot them.

Side note: The Tidal Marsh dig site is up between Azsuna and Val'Sharah but it doesn't show up on the map. It is right above the Chilliane's Terrace flight path near the daily falcosaur quest.

Comment by bolllocks

It took 8 solves to get the 15 fragments. I was getting 1-2 per dig site and the mob that spawns every so often drops 3-4 of them. Not that bad only an hour or two of digging. The only issue I ran into was the map not showing the dig sites properly. Not sure what was up but I just had to follow the TomTom arrow that Archy displayed to find the dig sites and they showed up on the mini map fine. I did run across one dig site "Temple of a thousand lights" that seemed bugged. It was inside a structure (a temple I guess) and the little telescopes kept showing yellow and were pointing at one another. I gave up on that dig site because I couldn't make any sense of it (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/nTsmg6G.jpg)

Follow up quest is to go to Dalaran and visit the blacksmith and you have to play a little minigame of click the action bar while standing in the right spot. Then when you go back to Azsuna to the quest NPC he gives you Key to Nar'thalas Academy/key-to-narthalas-academy as a reward which leads to the title Headmistress <YourNameHere>. Just go to the academy, go to the room with the dailies (runes/books/etc). Use the item and talk to the Headmistress to duel her. She takes a while to kill but has 3 avoidable attacks and as long as you can heal yourself you should be able to solo it. After defeating her, you are granted the reward Headmistress. This is not an account wide title it is only available for the character you did it on.

Comment by Darthpilsner

This was one of the quickest archeology quests that I have done, It only took me 20 minutes to get all 15.

Comment by Yagi

Angry Highborne Spirit will occasionally spawn while your gathering an archeological fragment. Kill it for the Azunian Keymold Piece x 5-8.

Comment by Panchali

Again with a digsite that is not possible for all classes unless you are well geared and a great player. Temple of a thousand lights (Azsuna) is very unfriendly. Elites that you can't get one of at a time. Don't waste your time here.

Comment by geekygirlish

As if Archeology wasn't boing enough..... This was a slog with a low drop rate. Just a comment regarding the digsite of the Temple of a Thousand Lights. I was confused at first too, you need to go all the way up to the top of it, thru the bottom bit with all the banshees. Don't go in the temple on the lower half even tho the telescope will let you use it there and it appears to be pointing in that direction. If you aren't in the bit with the elites, you are in the wrong section.

Comment by BeerWolf

This quest was designed by a true sadist...

Comment by Tyrtun

So, my first digsite gave me 8 (5 from a mob and 3 from digsite) and I said: "Man! I'm halfway there already!". 30 min later I still have 8 :/

Comment by Softbottom

Can anyone confirm these actually are available in surumar?

Comment by Pwuebear

"I'll just take a small detour between these World Quests and finish up this archaeology quest" ... yeah, right! Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy!

Comment by fractalshapes

Drop rate didn't seem too bad. Got this done today (1/24/17) in four digsites. Only dig in Azsuna. Got 3, 5, 0, then 7. The majority of them came from Angry Highborne Spirits (I think I had 3 spirits that each gave 2 or 3) that would random spawn after digging sometimes (like most gathering profs). Regular digging would occasionally grant a quest item as well.

Comment by Direlamb

Drop rate in Azsuna has become really frustrating. Got several in first few digs (incl. angry spirit or two) and was encouraged. But since then has tapered off to nearly nothing. Half a dozen digsites now without a single piece (or spirit). Glad the RNG is treating some of you better, but honestly wish they respected the time of the rest of us a bit more.

Comment by Boxofbeer

So, you have to collect fiftheen Azsunian Key Mold Piece, find any dig site in Azsuna, travel to there and start digging. You may dig out pieces with terrible chance or loot 2-5 from Angry Highborne Spirit, that may be spawned as you digg out a find. Chance isn't high too. This quest is depending of your luck.

Tried and True — www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTzRD6IY3c

Comment by Peredhil

4 sites-3 pieces-0 spirits;one of the moments i feel rather stupid playing the game....Elites are a simple annoyance at temple for a reasonably geared paladin tank,but I can see why many classes should simply skip that site(and the priceless feeling of getting 0 pieces after completion).

Comment by loper

Either I have suffered EPIC negative RNG or Blizzard needs to tune this quest. I have completed 10 sites so far with only a single Key Mold. I have not spawned any Angry spirits, but i have spawned several of the friendly types that drop an extra artifact fragment.

I am taking a break from doing this quest to grind out WQ's for the day before returning to see how long it takes to wrap this one up.

Comment by Delirious2913

1st site = 0
2nd site = 0
3rd site = 1
4th site = 1 spirit giving 3
5th site = 2 spirit giving 4
6th site = 0
7th site = 1 plus 1 spirit giving 4
8th site = 1
9th site = 1

Comment by Jaebn

If you attempt to do this quest a second time, you don't get a second reward. You get another key. No AP, no chunk of gold, no nothing. So don't bother.

Comment by kerkvlerk

I tried this quest and every day i went digging for about 2 hours didnt have much luck found only 3/15. The last day of the quest as you can complete it i found 12 within 30 minutes. Maybe its a theorie don't know if it actually works but maybe the droprate increases the last day?

Ps: It is a horrible quest.

Comment by JohnPWest

I am seeing sites with what look like overlapping areas, and the area in the overlap gives me "You can't use that here" when I try to survey.

Starhoof

Comment by Iceveiled

Yet another archaeology quest in a long list of them where I think to my self "why oh why am I doing this to myself?". I had to rely on the rare spawning of angry highborne spirits for my key mold pieces, each of which yielded between 2-4. Only got 2 pieces out of the 15 needed through regular digging.

I completed 11 artifacts while doing this quest if that tells you anything, but lost track of how many dig sites I completed. Avoid the Llothien (north of Narthala's Academy) dig site, it's bugged. In fact quite a few places where you're supposed to be able to dig up something appear to be bugged in Aszuna.

Once you finally get the mold pieces you get the distinct pleasure of going back to Dalaran where you think you're turning in the quest and finally done, only to do a series of menial tasks, before the quest asks you to fly BACK to Aszuna, for the final turn in. Truly an awful quest.

Comment by Amarsomand

Mine is bugged. I can complete most of the digsite, but I get the 'shiny spade' overhead, it says "You can't use that here" I am in the digsite (red on my minimap). So now 2 of the 3 digsites do this and I can't complete it. Tried relogging with no avail.

Comment by jeststar

Terrible drop rate on this quest. I have done 5+ dig sites (kinda lost track already) and have 2 out of 15 Key Mold Pieces. It may be worth mentioning that my Archaeology skill is only 775. I also haven't seen 1 angry spirit yet. Furthermore the dig site filled with elites did not drop any Key Mold Pieces, I was hoping it would have a higher drop rate.
Edit... my log
Dig 1 - 0
Dig 2 - 0
Dig 3 - 1
Dig 4 - 0 Elite mobs in area
Dig 5 - 1
Dig 6 - 2 (4 total)
Dig 7 - 1 (5)
Dig 8 - 3 from angry spirit (8)
Hit 800 Archaeology
Dig 9 - 2 from angry spirit (10)
Dig 10 - 1 (11)
Dig 11 - 1 (12)
Dig 12 - 1 (13)
Dig 13 - 4 from angry spirit (15)

Comment by purrdy

I did this today. Most of mine came from looting mass graves which spawned angry spirits.

Comment by Tamashi

I think they might have buffed the drop rate. I have gotten all 15 quest items within 2 dig sites. I'm not here to brag, I could also have been extremely lucky. Can you guys confirm the drop rate has been upped since 7.3.5?

Comment by gamerunknown

If you're in a raid, you won't get any of these while killing an angry spirit. Drop raid, rejoin.

Comment by Tayas

Stupid stupid stupid drop rate. I'm at around 18 dig sites (lost count exactly) and am at 9/15.

Comment by cnorthfield2000

I can confirm that the low drop rate is still present as of Patch 8.1. Here is my log:

Dig Site 1 - 0
Dig Site 2 - 0
Dig Site 3 - 2
Dig Site 4 - 2 (+3 from Angry Highborne Spirit)
Dig Site 5 - 0 (+3 from Angry Highborne Spirit)
Dig Site 6 - 0 (+2 from Angry Highborne Spirit)
Dig Site 7 - 1
Dig Site 8 - 0
Dig Site 9 - 1 (+2 from Angry Highborne Spirit)

I know the total is 16, just wanted to include the total amount being dropped by the Spirit. Took me about 40 minutes or so.

Comment by Nekrotik

Now and then a node will spawn an angry highborne spirit. Kill it for a chance to drop 3 or 4 pieces at once (or possibly none, drop rate is NOT 100% as some have claimed). I did this quest in patch 8.3 and averaged just over 1 key piece per digsite even with the angry spirit drops (15 pieces took 14 digsites), so be prepared to spend some time.

Comment by Gromjr

Here's a breakdown for how long it took me to receive my 15 fragments, all of which were from Angry Highborn Spirits:

Digsite 1: 0 pieces
Digsite 2: 0 pieces
Digsite 3: 2 pieces
Digsite 4: 4 pieces
Digsite 5: 0 pieces
Digsite 6: 8 pieces - 4 of which were from a spirit that was not mine, 1 of which was from a book that spawned with the spirit
Digsite 7: 0 pieces
Digsite 8: 0 pieces
Digsite 9: 4 pieces (only need 1 by this point)

So as opposed to comments claiming that you cannot loot someone else's spirit, whether they were incorrect or it was patched, make sure you go out of your way to attack any spirits you see even if they weren't spawned from your digging :) because I'm not entirely convinced that you even can loot those fragments anywhere other than the spirits lmfao

Comment by Licentious

If the quest giver isn't there when you return, try fully restarting the game.

Comment by tmgrogan

Thought I'd update the info here for anyone doing achievement cleanup. Did this today on my level 60 Disc Priest, Archeology level 933. I did 4 complete dig sites. Only received the Azsunian Key Mold Pieces from 2 actual digs. The rest came from 4 angry spirits.

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Tried and True

Find the remaining 15 Azsunian Key Mold Pieces and return them to Tae'thelan.

	Azsunian Key Mold Piece (15)

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I have realized through experience that the old methods are usually the best and for good reason. I'm done with alternate means of digging for now, and wish to focus on the right way to do things.

That being said, I believe I've found a new powerful artifact and I'll do literally anything to have it.

I've uncovered a fragment that appears to be a mold for a key. I now simply need the other pieces.

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See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41184))

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Legion Archaeology Guide