Ancient gravel

Screened to obtain Zarosian Artefacts and materials that can be excavated at the Kharid-et Dig Site; Used to make Soil tea.

To save inventory space, players can place a limited amount of their ancient gravel into their Archaeological soil box. It starts off capable of holding 50 ancient gravel but can be upgraded to 100, 250, and eventually 500.

Screening ancient gravel will only yield materials and artefacts that are from Kharid-et Dig Site that the player Screening has the level to otherwise obtain. See our Archaeology artefacts guide for a list of the Zarosian Artefacts and their respective levels. The table below breaks down what materials can be obtained by Screening ancient gravel.

Level	Material
5	Third Age iron
5	Zarosian insignia
12	Imperial steel
12	Samite silk
17	White oak
20	Goldrune
24	Vellum
25	Ancient vis
25	Tyrian purple
58	Blood of Orcus

The amount of experience gained by Screening ancient gravel increases with a player's Archaeology level, which is broken down in the following table.

Level	Sifting XP
5	1
38	3
71	5
93	12
111+	20

Players can use the Auto-screener v1.080 to Screen ancient gravel, but it awards no experience, has a reduced chance of obtaining materials, and no chance of obtaining artefacts.

This can be screened at the Archaeology campus.