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We've reached the point in Warlords of Draenor where many players have hit the level cap and have begun delving into alternative activities such as archaeology. Our time spent in garrison general chat has revealed many players are unaware they don't need to return to Pandaria to trade their Restored Artifacts for Archaeology Fragments. For that, you can visit Ashran. More, the vendors in Ashran allow you to trade your Restored Artifacts for Pandaren, Mogu, and Mantid artifacts, which cannot be done in Pandaria. The Alliance is looking for Grakis in Stormshield. For the Horde, you'll want Srikka in Warspear. Both NPCs are arakkoa near the town's archaeology trainer.

Grakis and Srikka are also the NPCs that sell Draenor's treasure maps. If you're having trouble tracking down the last few treasures you need -- or don't want to bother hunting them down unassisted -- make sure you buy those. Each treasure map will run you 200 gold. Of course, you could do that with addons free of charge, so consider these guys the addon-free version.

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Archaeology on Pandaria starts out much like you'd expect. At around 525 archaeology, you'll start seeing dig sites appear on Pandaria, 4 of them spread out over the continent. You'll head to each one, start surveying, and get some archaeology fragments. Sometimes, you will get a Pandaren Pottery Shard or Mogu Statue Piece, which serve as the keystone for those race's projects and can be used to solve a piece faster.

Things change a little bit when your digging digs up an Ancient Haunt. This is a Sha mob that sometimes spawns when you successfully dig up some fragments. If you kill it, you'll be able to loot more fragments.