Surveying the Riverbed

Surveying the Riverbed
Start	Roska Rocktooth [67.38, 47.61]
End	Roska Rocktooth [67.38, 47.61]
Level	70 (Requires 70)
Category	Azerothian Archives
Experience	9,500
Rewards	28 9
Shareable	Yes
Previous	[70] Excavation: Riverbed
Next	[70] The Body on the Banks

Surveying the Riverbed
Level: 70 (Requires 70)
Roska Rocktooth ^{[67.38, 47.61]}
Roska Rocktooth ^{[67.38, 47.61]}
XP: 9,500

Rewards:

28 9

Objectives

Speak with Roska to start the dig, then excavate artifacts from the riverbed.

• Tell Roska to start the dig
• Finds Unearthed (2)
• Major Find Unearthed
•  [Archivist's Water Totem] (provided)

Description

Hope you brought your boots, 'cause this is gonna be a wet one!

This river carries artifacts down from the mountains, and they wash up here in the silt. The centaur have found loads of stuff here over the years.

We're here to take a deeper look and see if there's anything interesting below the surface.

Rewards

You will receive:

• 28 9
• 9,500 XP

Progress

Nothing like silt, eh <name>? Never know what you'll find!

Completion

<Roska lets out a low whistle.>

Now that's something you don't see every day. Let's get her out of there.

Notes

On accept, a Helpful Water elemental appears and Roska has dialogue:

Roska Rocktooth says: My splashy friend here should help you navigate the marsh.

Roska Rocktooth says: Let me know when you're ready to get digging!

Talking to Roska:

 (Quest) I'm ready to start digging!

Roska channels on Roska's Earth Totem to cause an earthquake.

Roska Rocktooth says: Let's give this place a little rumble and see what shakes out, eh?

Roska Rocktooth says: That ought to do it. Don't get stuck in the mud!

Find Disturbed Earths and discovering an Ancient Centaur Find. Repeat the process from the tutorial, now with Sturdy Earth. Roska yells one of the following lines:

• Roska Rocktooth yells: Would you look at that!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's why we're out here!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's a big chunk of history right there!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's one for the thesis!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: This one's gonna be a real treat, I can feel it!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Whoa! That's quite a find!

Upon unearthing the find, you can receive one of the following items:  [Wooden Caravan Spoke],  [Leather Bakar-Sized Shoe],  [Fishbone Needle].

Upon unearthing an Aggravated Silt, Roska yells one of the following lines:

• Roska Rocktooth yells: That's no find!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Whoa! Watch out!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: We dug too deep!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: We've got trouble!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Whoa! Look out!

Upon unearthing a rock, you get  [Just a Rock] and Roska yells one of the following lines:

• Roska Rocktooth yells: Well, that's disappointin'
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Boo! Try again?
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Sometimes life throws rocks at ya!
• Roska Rocktooth yells: Nothing to do but keep digging!

Find 10  [Just a Rock]'s gives you the  [When a Rock is Just a Rock] achievement.

Upon harvesting the second find the ground shakes:

Roska Rocktooth yells: Do you feel that? What could that be?

Unearthing the Major Find uncovers an Ancient Centaur Corpse and leads to  [70] The Body on the Banks.

Once the Ancient Centaur Corpse is discovered, Roska has new gossip:

 What can you tell me about this incredible find?

There's no telling 'til we can excavate it, but I suspect we've got a bog body on our hands!

Sometimes, the bodies of folks who died long ago will be perfectly preserved when all the normal forces that decompose them can't reach 'em. Usually it happens in bogs, but it can happen anywhere.

If that's the case, we'll want to be extremely careful and only excavate when conditions are absolutely perfect.

This lady's been waiting a long time to return to her people. We need to take the job seriously!

Progression

1.  [70] To the Archives!
   • Weekly quest:  [70W] The Big Dig: Traitor's Rest
     •  [70] Curious Find: Dragonhorn Flute
     •  [70] Curious Find: Hole-Punched Bakar Tooth
     •  [70] Curious Find: Waterlogged Ledger
2. Complete all of the following:
• • Excavation:
    1.  [70] Excavation 101
    2.  [70] Your First Find
    3.  [70] Hands-On Experience
    4.  [70] Excavation: Riverbed
    5.  [70] Surveying the Riverbed
    6.  [70] The Body on the Banks
    7.  [70] Do Rites by Her
• • Technoscrying:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying 101
    2.  [70] A Practical Test
    3.  [70] I Can See Through Time!
    4.  [70] Technoscrying: Observatory
    5.  [70] Attune to the Observer
    6.  [70] A Link to the Past
    7.  [70] A Window into the Future
3.  [70] Nirobin and the Office
4.  [70] Living History
5.  [70] Lab Partners with a Squirrel
6.  [70] A Research Thesis Worth Publishing
7.  [70] Back to Headquarters!
8.  [70] Finally, An Archivist!
9. Complete all of the following:
• • Gaze of Neltharion:
    1.  [70] Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion
    2.  [70] Surveying the Tower
    3.  [70] Hidden in the Midden
    4.  [70] Antiquated Antics
• • Igira's Watch:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying: Igira's Watch
    2.  [70] The Tools of the Dragonkillers
    3.  [70] An Unlikely Proposal
    4.  [70] The Scale of it All
• • Winglord's Perch:
    1.  [70] Excavation: Winglord's Perch
    2.  [70] Surveying the Cliffside
    3.  [70] The Cache in the Crag
    4.  [70] A Taste of the Past
• • Dragonskull Island:
    1.  [70] Technoscrying: Dragonskull Island
    2.  [70] The Fate of Scalecommander Abereth
    3.  [70] Without Honor
    4.  [70] The Hidden Hand
10.  [70] Back to Headquarters! Again!
11.  [70] Graduation Day

• Excavation world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Buried in the Riverbed
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Something Big Beneath the Riverbed
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: A Cliffside Full of Caches
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Treasures in the Cliffside
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: Scattered Around the Tower
  •  [70WQ] Excavation: The Trove in the Tower
• Research world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Research: Drakonid of Waking Shores
  •  [70WQ] Research: Centaur of Ohn'ahran Plains
  •  [70WQ] Research: Dracthyr of Forbidden Reach
  •  [70WQ] Research: Drakonid of Forbidden Reach
  •  [70WQ] Research: Djaradin of Zaralek Cavern
  •  [70WQ] Research: Niffen of Zaralek Cavern
• Technoscrying world quests:
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of the Concord Observatory
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of Dragonskull Island
  •  [70WQ] Technoscrying: The Mysteries of Igira's Watch

Patch changes

• Patch 10.2.5 (2024-01-16): Added.
  

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