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Series

1.	Fragments of the Fjords Out of the Frying Pan One Step Closer Fel Fragments
2.	Bits and Pieces Process of Elimination And Into the Fel Fire Deciphering Demonology The Purple Hills of Eredath
3.	Corrupted Studies The Apocalypse Bringer Dark Secrets Darkheart Thicket: Through the Fog The Gates of Valor
4.	The Relic Renewed

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Legion Archaeology Fragments of the Fjords Process of Elimination The Gates of Valor

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Comment by TheSecretArts

After finishing the digsite by Halls of Valor, I didn't receive a Chipped Titan Disc Fragment nor received a new digsite to keep trying. Assuming this is not intended, so you might need to file a ticket to get unblocked on this quest.

Edit: as noted by lauriegk, this is probably intended. The digsite appears to have some sort of ICD or it was changed already. It is showing up for me again, so it probably isn't intended to drop guaranteed during the digsite.

(Other players are noting that relogging causes the digsite to reappear, though I haven't validated this myself since I've completed the quest already, so take it with a pinch of salt)

Comment by skyburn1

Randomly dug up by Surveying the digsite in front of the Halls of Valor.

Comment by Matt453

Just received the Chipped Titan Disc Fragment. It comes from an archeology find at the gates of valor. This area is surrounded by 1mil + adds. Try not to die. I was a tank so I could run right through them. But it is one of the worst digsites in the game. Most of the digs were in the middle of groups of adds. Just a warning. Took me about 15-20 digs. This is a large digsite as well.

Comment by alpanhell

Absolutely hilarious that it sends you to this area just full of demon mobs! That's after having to dig at 5 other areas that were also full of mobs (I remember when they used to pick sites that actually had ruins, etc. Forget that, now it's sites with tons of mobs and they make sure they put the nodes right under them).

I'm really hating these new arch quests.

I got this far and said forget it. That's 2 out of 3 arch quests I've done where I decided it wasn't worth it and just stopped.

Comment by Cynical1

I haven't complained so far in Legion I've always been the one defending these archeology quests since launch day, but this quest, you've got to be kidding me Blizz. Really?

Comment by MerekekZ

I just love how the devs find new ways to discourage players from archeology...
This is the worst digsite you will ever get as its literally full of 1mln+ hp mobs, right before the gates of valor.

Comment by armrule

This quest was probably created by someone who's just gone through a bad break-up or an ugly divorce or maybe that poor chap simply hasn't been touched throughout his/her entire sad existence and this quest is simply meant to suck out every ounce of joy from everyone else.

Comment by Kolith

This questline worked without bugs for me. Got my fragment on my 6:th dig. Outside the gates with all the mobs I only had to kill three mobs. Repentance or any other cc makes your life easier!
I'm abit disappointed about the reward though, only a 815 trinket, but it has a funny equip:
"Your damage and healing spells have a chance to open a portal to Mardum, sending a stream of imps at your target or your target's opponent."
Your target's opponent... meaning you? :D

Comment by Gencay

Not just that, Legion has the worst quests in WoW history...

Comment by Random0182

HORRIBLE Quest..

Comment by Windsurf

For you completionists out there who, tedium be damned, want to grind this out:

Most grocery stores have a store brand bottle of vodka for around $10. It won't taste good, but it'll be well worth the money to dull the pain of this godforsaken quest. You can run it through a water filter a couple times to get rid of some of the strong aftertaste. Pick up some orange juice or a cirtusy beverage to mix it with if necessary, set the items next to your computer, and begin.

Hey Blizzard, if you're reading this, some possible ideas for improvement:

Put players in a separate phase with a more realistic amount of mobs.
Make the item something you loot from a mob, instead of dig for.
Give us those cool abilities you get during the world quest in this area.
Change nothing, but make the item drop from the first fragment loot.

Comment by Lukias

Worst quest in the entire damn game, hands down. I dug until the digsite was complete, probably around 25-30 digs? In the midst of dealing with all those goddamn mobs? No goddamn fragment. Now the digsite is gone, and I can't survey anymore.

Absolutely godawful design, at no point in this *!@#ty quest did I have fun. Literal trash.

Comment by Ahmbor

The quest is really easy! Just pay attention and avoid the groups. Quest was done under 2 minutes.

Comment by Kurasu

The worst part about this quest, for me, is the corpse run. If you die on it, you respawn in a nearby graveyard. Unfortunately, said 'nearby graveyard' is *not* on the path leading to HoV, but instead is down the mountain. This requires a corpse run that can take a couple of minutes just to get back up to the pathway.

With that, a non-scaling trinket that's only level 815 *and* is BoP (so not even good to send to leveling alts), and a non-guaranteed drop makes this quest *easily* the worst of the ones so far. Not only is it tedious, but it's dangerous, annoying, *and* the reward isn't worth anything since you're unable to get these quests until you're max level *anyway*.

Comment by Langstrump

I really don't get these quest, tedious as hell and the reward is something that isn't even remotely useful or fun.
It's not even guarantied to finish the first time you dig the site to completion.

Comment by entiquity

Just like everyone else has said, this one absolutely sucks. A ton of mobs, all the sites are WAY spread out and it takes a ton of fragment locations to complete it.

This just might be the one to make you say forget arch.

Comment by Khetum

A few tips for this quest:

First of all, all tank and protection specs go with a BIG advantage, so if you started "This side up" with a character having a tank spec, lucky you.

1. As you may know, digging cannot be interrupted, so you literally have to survive through most of the digging process long enough to pop out each dig, and try and sneak the picking up between each mob's spells once it's popped.

2. Having a protection combat ally is HIGHLY recommended, if not mandatory. Just run around, let him pick aggro, and dig while he's getting his b*tt kicked.

3. Do NOT try to kill each of the mobs you aggro. Hunter (Feign Death), Rogue (Vanish) Shadow priests (fade) and other classes with hard disappear/un-aggro are again at a big advantage. Most of the time, running from one higher level to another (avoid doing it through the stairs) gives you enough time to dig up one and pick it up before the pack you previously aggro'ed joins you.

4. Try to alternate upper/lower level for reasons mentioned above. Some of the lower level mobs (mostly the ones hitting at target dummies) do not aggro even if close, and several of the nodes are just located next to them.

5. Try not to die, by all means. The spirit run will drive you insane, so if you can just run away instead of getting that one nod, do it. You'll thank me later.

6. I was lucky enough to dig it on my first shot, but reports show that some are not that lucky. If you didn't get it right away, do no panic, simply come back at a later time, the dig will reset and show up again (probably a day after, although some mentioned a few hours was enough)

Happy digging !

Comment by itsthejohnes

As much as I'd love to complain about this quest (and it is just as bad as everyone says it is), I'll say it took me 14 finds until I got the Chipped Titan Disc Fragment.

Comment by Lilbolt

Dumbest arch quest ever, why dont they just remove this profession from the game instead if they dont want players to do it.

Comment by Kyeld

there's a world quest that overlaps with this area... wait for the right WQ to spawn before doing this quest and it's 1000% easier because there should be loads of people around killing mobs.

Comment by Berrenger

I don't mind the large number of mobs, it's the fact that you kill a group of 5 or 6 and before you've actually hit the survey button they've all respawned!

Luckily I only had to survey 15 times before the fragment dropped. I feel really sorry for any lesser-geared character doing this, they're just going to be destroyed. Hugely disheartening.

Comment by drakuma

when i was done with the digsite for this quest i still didnt have the chipped titan disc fragment.

if you get this same problem, relog and the digsite is up again, this worked for me atleast :)

Comment by temanjena

Just completed...took about 16 digs to complete the site -- over 100 adds killed & NO fel disc...and I pocking refuse to go through that again. I'll try to log out & back to see if the disc shows up...but NOT going through that again.
I vote we send WOW a case of Prep H with the hope that whoever came up with this quest idea gets as big a pain in the butt as this quest is causing.... Based on alot of the quests I am absolutely convinced they do not actually play the game.... besides this quest, some of the new NPCs they put into Suramar make the beginning quests an absolute nightmare to complete.

Comment by Althalus20

This is a very special quest created by a very special person. I don't mind a lot of the quest design trolling I've seen in Legion but this is just beyond. My demo lock was "fortunate" enough to have the WQ up and benefit from the dubious utility spells that mostly hit like wet toilet tissue but give you an aoe stun every 30 seconds. I would not do this quest unless you have strong self healing/mobility, vanish or invisibility.
The best strategy is to dig, run, and hope the mobs leash properly on the way to your next dig. It's pointless to kill em b/c they respawn instantly. My lock enslaved a big no-name demon, which proved a lot more effective than my VW and Felguard at entertaining those $#%^ mobs.
I was hoping the trink would spawn imp guardians that would interact with Thal'kiel's Consumption or Demonic Empowerment, but no dice. Just Worthless Imp bullets shot from a portal gun.

Comment by Arenie

I hope that whoever made this disgrace of a quest gets their unmentionables stuck in a zipper. 45 digs, 3 deaths.

Comment by taurolyon

This quest is bestowed by and turned into Brann Bronzebeard. (Located in Stormheim 52,52)

I had a weird bug when it completed, it showed the turn in "?" in every zone in the Broken Isles.

Comment by Leviatharan

Consider this quest a test of your ability to guess where in the digsite your pickups are.
Near edges and walls, mostly. I found the majority of mine either on the north side of the middle tier (covered in imps), or the south side of the top tier (near the base of the stairs into Halls of Valor, behind a giant mo'arg).

Speed is key here. Because this is the area for the Valor Calls World Quest, mobs will respawn VERY QUICKLY. ~~(Because this quest first popped up during Hallow's End, it's an idea to get yourself one of those instant-mount brooms for this!)~~
If you aren't lucky enough to have the WQ itself, get a bodyguard or a pet to distract mobs while you dig, then BOOK IT to an open area (the north edge of the top tier for instance, or nearer the bottom of the central ramp) before engaging mobs so you don't pull more before you finish killing the pack you've got.

Heading to the entrance of the Halls of Valor will reset combat with any mobs once you get behind Odyn.

You do NOT need to complete the digsite to get the fragment. The progress bar is more of a safety net: if RNG doesn't give it to you before the end of 20 tries, it's guaranteed to you.

Comment by ccmccoy

I agree that Archaeology is rather boring and is my least favorite profession. I must admit, though, I did not find this particular quest as frustrating or difficult as most in this forum seem to feel. After completing this quest I still vote "Mounting Made Easy" for the worst quest in WoW.

My suggestions to reduce frustrations with this quest:

Since this is not a mainstream quest series required for character progress wait until you have gear and experience high enough to make it easier. My level 110 iLevel 837 geared Hunter with a combat bodyguard and two active pets were able to handle the majority of aggroed mobs.

As mentioned by others, do not die. My hunter could feign death or run up the stairs to drop ago. Use whatever capability your character has to avoid death.

The area is terraced with multiple barriers and groups of mobs, making it diffcult to follow the indicator to the next test dig in a straight line. Estimate where the next dig might be and take a safe route to get there. And of course the dig site itself should be relatively safe or clearable. Many mobs do not aggro or have a short aggro range, so are safe to approach.

Plan your route with shorter hops between digs. Often a subsequent dig pointer will be in a different direction, and shorter hops resolve these changes more quickly.

The World Quest was not up when I did the quest, but having it active will decrease the number of mobs you have to deal with.

With the right gear and level you might even find this quest merely challenging, and perhaps a little fun! Not as fun as my favorite quest in the game, Gnomebliteration, of course!

Comment by JustBecause

I can't seem to figure out where to turn this in. The question mark is there on the map but there is no one to turn it into. Very frustrating.

Comment by Tontons

We need the button to downvote quests.

Comment by Volleynova

It's quests like this that make me want to unsubscribe. I've just about had it with Blizzard Entertainment lately, and their tactics for making me stay logged in as long as possible. Archaeology was never supposed to be about fighting mobs in order to dig up artifacts. Archaeology was supposed to be about studying the world of Azeroth, Outland, and Draenor, without having to fight mobs in order to obtain artifacts.

It is absolutely ridiculous that I am sent to the Gates of Valor to fight ridiculous respawning mobs while simultaneously trying to work my digsite. Not only is it completely against lore and the practicality of such an endeavour, but it goes against everything an Archaeologist would pursue. This is so stupid.

Comment by razer86

Just came to say, like many others I didn't get the fragment after completing the dig site.

Relogging will make the dig site reappear. Round 2 now.....
Edit: 10 digs into the 2nd dig site

Comment by Viserate

Glad I came here first. I have not been a fan of the new line of arch quests and this one, with a pretty much meaningless reward seals the deal. It's not like arch delivers anything of value anymore, so I don't see the need to run around zones continuously battling for basically another wood box to store. Thanks Blizz for a good job of shelving arch.

Comment by martinb714

FU Blizz. I've been playing almost a decade, but sometimes I want nothing to do with you. This was especially bad for non tanks and/or non aoe casters.

Comment by selkie47

So let me get this straight... I did all that archaeology surveying for an 815 trinket? Where is the arch rewards or at least a bloody toy? Wow, what a waste of time! I KNEW I should have dropped the quest knowing Bran was involved, just knew it...

/abandon

Comment by rowaasr13

As already mentioned, designer of this quest is complete dumb&*!@.

* Tons of mobs.
* Fast respawn because this meant to be quest area where you have special AoE abilities.
* ZERO LOOT - because it supposed to not be farmable because of first two points.
* Largest digging area in Broken isles.
* %^&*ardedly useless reward for 2 week quest.

Comment by Grishie

THE most important thing to remember when you are doing this quest: do not die. The corpserun will make you do other things than playing WoW, like cleaning your toilet. It's way more fun.

Comment by Rys37cotp

Ah $%^&. Maybe I'm just a %^&*ty player but the only way I will survive this as a Marksmanship Hunter is cycling through Camouflage...Dig and if I get mobbed Feign Death...this will take forEVer...

Comment by sunman42

To add a slightly dissenting voice: go ahead and hate me, and vote this down to -1,000,000 if you like. I got this quest as an ilvl 848 Frost DK (nothing beyond heroics and one Mythic dungeon run, plus a one LFR), and had no trouble handling the mobs without the special abilities the original quest in the area or the WQ give you. They're pushovers, even the supposedly elite demons.Remember I said I wear plate. If you're a clothitarian, YMMV.

That said, yeah, it was long and too boring for a trinket with no secondary stat and an ilvl that makes it more or less useless except for D/Eing by the time the quest is easy. Brann, I hope you have something better in store for us after this.

Comment by Kimaell

The most @#$%ing stupid thing in this awful quest is the fact that those ^&*!ing mobs don't even bring loot...
got to 40% and said #$%^ this ^&*!...

Comment by Brubear

Finished this in 15 digs at the cliff. About half of them were inside the area marked for the quest, and the node I cleared that had the item was inside the quest area. So it might only drop off of a site inside the area, meaning it's very RNG based.

Comment by Danzgrl

Finished this annoying as all get out quest in 29 digs, multiple deaths & countless runs across the continent back to my body. NOW I have multiple turn in markers and can't find where to turn it in...

Comment by LIONESS9000

Quest hand-in:

Brann Bronzebeard
Amberfall Mesa
Stormheim

52,52

Comment by Richardbro

Blizzard must have read all these comments on how bad this quest was and took them to heart.

As of 7.2, the Chipped Titan Disc Fragment (6) is now a 100% chance for each dig! So you will only need to do 6 measly digs to complete the quest.

Thank you Blizzard.

Comment by Direlamb

Yes, with Patch 7.2 and its flying mounts, 900 iLevel gear, and 100% drop rate for these Chipped Titan Disc Fragments, completing this quest has become somewhat trivial. Though similarly, reward has become even more trivial. But finished it anyway, mostly for completionism (want to do all Legion archeology questlines at least once). And while testing trinket with target dummy (out of curiosity), was interesting to watch the portals opening behind me (more artsy effect than typical portals) and then see the streams of imps go flying over my head at target. Really high proc rate too (multiple portals could be open at once if I cast continually, and usually always seemed to be at least one up).

Comment by Cimegs5088

Uhh...may i know if this quest still in game? I've done the dark heart thicket part, and after turning in, there isn't any follow up quests.

One of the issues that i could think of is that my arch is only 200, is there a specific level to be able to do this part onward?

Comment by BozskejKaja

Without any major issues in 7.3.5. Mobs are easy to kill & the disc fragments dropped from every single survey for me.

Comment by Currently

This quest was 100% drop rate for me. It only took me six surveys to complete. This was done on a 940 Assassination Rogue.

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The Gates of Valor

Obtain 6 Chipped Titan Disc Fragments by surveying near the Gates of Valor in Stormheim.

	Chipped Titan Disc Fragment (6)

Description

Ye'd not normally know it, but the terraced entrance to the vrykul's Halls o' Valor is a fine place for findin' ancient artifacts. Problem is, the place is just a big mess with demons at the time.

Well, ye've not got much choice. If the disc isn't elsewhere in Stormheim, it most likely lies at the Gates of Valor. Good luck, <name>.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Imp Generator

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41802))

Guides

Legion Archaeology Guide