Archaeology is the main skill included with
The Sims 4 Jungle Adventure Game Pack.
Its focus is on collecting and authenticating
artifacts and creating powerful relics.
As you level the skill, you'll gain new abilities
that help you further these goals.
While you can learn Archaeology in a book,
the best way is to start digging at excavation
sites found in the Jungle of Selvadorada.
You'll find actual use of the skill there.
The only thing you'll find in base game worlds
that can be used with the archaeology table
are fossils.
The Ideal mood for Archaeology is focused.
In this case, it not only helps with skill
gains but also helps you to uncover higher
quality artifacts and will help with other
things in the jungle temple like examining
traps.
Because of this, it is important to find means
of getting your Sim focused on the go.
Genius can be good for the occasional boost
but is unreliable.
It is easier to get focused in the temples,
as you can use study art and artifacts for
historical insights to get a 2 hour moodlet.
With the archaeology table being portable,
you can also uncover artifacts or practice
analysis on a fossil in order to get a longer
moodlet.
Yoga is also great for getting focused on
the go if you have Spa Day Game Pack.
Archaeologists dig up and autheticate artifacts
found around the jungle.
You can purchase a pop up archaeology table
in build mode or from the vendors at the tables
in the marketplace in Selvadorada, near the
bar.
The table can be put into your inventory by
clicking it, and your Sim can place it in
the world anywhere.
You'll find artifacts that are covered in
dirt, which first must be uncovered at the
archaeology table.
Afterward, they can be authenticated like
any other artifact.
The authentication of artifacts is important
because there are several quality levels,
and they can be faked.
While there are a few dig sites that are available
around Selvadorada, the best place to look
for artifacts is in the jungle.
Simply head out to the trail head, then clear
the entryway to begin.
You'll generally only find one or two dig
sites per "room".
You can refer to my jungle exploration video
for info on managing needs and the threats
that are out there.
When you do a dig site, you'll only get one
artifact, relic, or ancient bone dust per
try and need to move on to another.
Thankfully at level 4 you gain the ability
to survey for dig sites that can be used anywhere
in this vacation destination, so long as it
is outdoors.
Survey has a four hour cooldown but will help
you to find them more often.
It works best when focused, like all things
archaeology, but it doesn't always work.
At level 6 things get much better for you.
You can establish an excavation site around
any digging spot, even those you surveyed
to find.
When you do this, you can dig with one or
more Sims and will find even more than normal.
In general you can expect to find 5 or 6 items
in an excavation.
Coupled with surveying you'll be finding artifacts
about 10x more often than you were at low
level.
This makes completing the collection much
easier.
It's even reasonable to attempt to get an
excellent version of every artifact with this
volume of looting.
Artifacts come in five varieties with a common,
uncommon, and rare version of each.
There are two common vases, so 17 in total
to find.
They may be of lower or higher quality, which
can greatly impact their price.
So you can find a golden harvest knife that
is rare but poor quality, or that same knife
in excellent quality with a massively increased
sell value.
Higher level archaeologists will find rares
of excellent quality much more often.
Being focused will also help you find less
fakes thanks to its boosting your effective
Archaeology level.
There is a separate collection involved with
Jungle Adventure.
Omiscan Treasures can be found in the final
chest of the temple and are worth nearly $10,000
Simoleon in some cases.
There are eight different frogs and 5 calendar
plates that can be found.
While this isn't directly tied to archaeology,
it sure feels like it due to archaeology's
huge purpose in exploring temples.
Here's a little advice for temples.
Use the study for historical insights ability
to get focused while you're in there, and
realize that traps are tied to skills unrelated
to archaeology.
Getting to a minimum level 4 in Charisma,
Fitness, Handiness, and Local Culture will
help you with all the types of traps.
Further boosts come at around level 7 in these
skills.
Master them, and traps are likely to trouble
you very little.
The last type of treasure you'll collect are
relics and bases.
This is where the level 7 archaeology crystal
refining ability gets its purpose.
The first name in an assembled relic is the
top, the second is the base.
The relic tops can be combined with bases
to create different magical effects.
For example a totecallama death relic will
summon a skeletal servant.
A Balampalsoh watcher relic will generate
a blessing of money to whoever uses it.
The effects are amplified by the rarity of
crystal you socket into the two when joined.
A common crystal is weak, uncommon's a bit
better, but socket a rare refined crystal
and you get the best relic of that type.
There are three types of tops, and 3 types
of botto ms, so a total 9 different combinations.
27 if you consider the crystals, but they
are not so different - often just stronger.
The Zazatototl death relic can put the poison
curse on any Sim you choose, and it should
actually kill them if it works.
I feel like the uncommon crystal type that
makes them burst into flames at random could
be more reliable and certainly more entertaining.
You really only want to use your tops and
bottoms with at least uncommon crystals, and
those have to be found.
Thankfully, you can get a rare crystal very
frequently when you finish a temple run, so
you can also collect all the omiscan treasures
collection set.
One duplicate treasure can cover a lot of
vacation days if you stay in reasonable lodgings.
I feel that my original video on exploring
the jungle sort of lost its focus as it grew
in length, so I'll be condensing that down
and reuploading it in the near future.
Spa day was so easy to cover it made me a
little overconfident I guess, so Ill work
on improving how I do longer videos and keep
the much more focused, primarily in the footage
category.
I find myself kind of glad I haven't tried
an expansion pack yet.
I'll be moving on from jungle adventure for
a week or two, then I will get to artifacts/relics
and cover all their powers and do a temple-specific
video as well.
There isn't an awful lot to say about Archaeology,
after all it's mainly digging up collectibles
but I did find myself having a lot of fun
using it.
I suppose it's a combination of all of the
above: managing supplies, the active role
you have to take in finding the dig sites,
and choosing wisely on the various things
that pop up.. like the choose your own adventure
things.
I-it feels good to choose correctly and win
one.
Overall, I see why a lot of people seem to
have a love for Jungle Adventure, but if you
don't like to travel it's not your thing.
Archaeology very much relies on you going
to Selvadorada.
My year of 2018 started out pretty dark, but
making this channel and getting such a great
response to everything I've uploaded has really
turned things around for me.
Thanks a lot to all of you for the support
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