Archeologist¶
The job location can be viewed in image #1 & #1'. The Archeologist job consists of finding artifacts from various specific locations for artifact localization (see images #2 and #3), respectively following cleaning and conservation procedures specified in each archaeologist's unique procedure (see image #4), after conserving the artifact it must be delivered to the Egyptian Merchant (see image #5).
General Characteristics¶
- The job is legal, located in Las Venturas city in the Lil' Probe Inn area (near the National Guard HQ) and you can work here starting at level 3.
- The job has three main activities:
- actual artifact localization
- following the artifact collection and conservation procedure
- selling it to the Egyptian Merchant
- You can hold a maximum of 10 artifacts at the same time, then you will need to sell them if you want to create more. They can all be sold at once.
- There are four artifact categories, each category having 10 nationalities (Romanian, Moldovan, Egyptian, Russian, Ukrainian, Tunisian, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Chinese).
- The job gives you 1 XP for marathon if it is active and 1 XP for clan for each artifact sold.
- You can work at this job while having wanted level.
- You can view the number of artifacts you have through the commands /inventory, /inventar, /backpack or /inv if you have at least skill 3 at this job or at the Craftsman job.
- The maximum skill for this job is 10.
- If the archaeologist fails to locate the artifact and collect it within 10 minutes, they will fail to collect it.
- At higher skill levels you will have a chance to receive a Skin Fragment:
- Skill 1-7: 0% chance
- Skill 8: 1% chance
- Skill 9: 2% chance
- Skill 10: 3% chance
Artifact localization time¶
The artifact localization time depends on your skill level, the required time is divided as follows:
- Skill 1 - 19 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 2 - 18 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 3 - 17 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 4 - 16 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 5 - 15 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 6 - 14 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 7 - 13 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 8 - 12 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 9 - 11 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
- Skill 10 - 10 seconds are needed to locate an artifact.
Archaeological procedure attempt limit¶
The archaeological procedure attempt limit depends on your skill level, the limit is divided as follows:
- Skill 1 - there is 1 attempt available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 2 - there are 2 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 3 - there are 3 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 4 - there are 4 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 5 - there are 5 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 6 - there are 6 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 7 - there are 7 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 8 - there are 8 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 9 - there are 9 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
- Skill 10 - there are 10 attempts available, otherwise the artifact will be destroyed.
Earnings and particularities by artifact¶
- Romanian Artifact: worth $350, grants 1 point of skill.
- Moldovan Artifact: worth $500, grants 1 point of skill.
- Egyptian Artifact: worth $650, grants 1 point of skill.
- Russian Artifact: worth $800, grants 1 point of skill.
- Ukrainian Artifact: worth $950, grants 2 points of skill.
- Tunisian Artifact: worth $1,100, grants 2 points of skill.
- Greek Artifact: worth $1,250, grants 2 points of skill.
- Italian Artifact: worth $1,400, grants 2 points of skill.
- Spanish Artifact: worth $1,550, grants 3 points of skill.
- Chinese Artifact: worth $1,700, grants 3 points of skill.
Note:
The above amounts represent the base value of the artifact, to this amount an additional 50% of its value is added if you have a Premium Account.
The new value is determined by the formula: (base_value / 2) + base_value
Skill advancement¶
- Skill 1 to Skill 2: you will need 50 points, for a total of 50 points.
- Skill 2 to Skill 3: you will need 100 points, for a total of 150 points.
- Skill 3 to Skill 4: you will need 200 points, for a total of 350 points.
- Skill 4 to Skill 5: you will need 400 points, for a total of 750 points.
- Skill 5 to Skill 6: you will need 750 points, for a total of 1500 points.
- Skill 6 to Skill 7: you will need 1500 points, for a total of 3000 points.
- Skill 7 to Skill 8: you will need 2000 points, for a total of 5000 points.
- Skill 8 to Skill 9: you will need 3000 points, for a total of 8000 points.
- Skill 9 to Skill 10: you will need 3000 points, for a total of 11000 points.
Benefits for archaeologists working in San Fierro¶
- You have a 50% chance that your artifact will be upgraded to the next level. (Ex: Romanian Artifact to Moldovan).