Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition

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You call this archaeology?

You call this archaeology?

Applied an elemental artifact

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How to unlock the You call this archaeology? achievement in Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition - Definitive Guide

Instead of the shock cave mission mentioned by Dibbs93, you can also complete the mission "The Legend of Moe and Marley". You can get the mission from the Fyrestone Bounty Board after Sledge: The Mine key is completed. For the next main story mission, you need to go through Arid Hills to get to Sledges Safehouse anyways, which is the location of Moe and Marley.

They are variants of Badass Fire and Shock Skags and can be a bit of a pain to beat. I recommend doing the main quest first and try to kill them on the way back. I was able to kill them at level 15 with a blue Tediore Shotgun and a blue Maliwan SMG. Like with all Skags try to shoot their mouth when open for crit damage and stay away from Marleys shock blasts, or your shield will deplete quickly.

You'll get a fire artifact as reward, just waiting in your inventory to be equipped.
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04 Apr 2019 09:15

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I didn't get this during the main campaign but fast travelled back to Eridian Promontory and killed some enemies there who dropped an elemental artifact. Popped as soon as i applied it from my inventory
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By VOODOO85 on 11 Feb 2023 22:26
If you import a character and fast travel to Skag Gully just to the east of where you spawn in is a ramp going up to a circular area with a skag named Scar. He'll drop an artifact that you can equip and unlock this achievement.
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By Zarda1 on 23 Sep 2021 23:19
You can get elemental artifacts quite early in the game, keep checking the mission board in the first town every so often and you will get a few quests at some point which will give one as a reward, one quest is for getting 50 shock rocks from a cave (I think the recommended level for the quest is 15 but I got this at 13) when you have turned in the quest you will be rewarded with an artifact just go into your inventory and use it and you will get the achievement
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03 Apr 2019 23:41

To unlock the You Call this archaeology trophy in Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, you will need to apply one of the four elemental artefact types to your characters action skill.

The four types are:
- Incendiary
- Shock
- Corrosive
- Explosive

You can obtain elemental artefacts by completing some missions -- check the missions board for them, some bosses will also drop them. I think the earliest mission is Shock Crystal Harvest from the Fyrestone Bounty Board. The recommended level is 15.

Once you have collected one, go to your inventory and equip it.
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08 Apr 2019 09:37

Throughout the game you will find Elemental Artifacts as loot and be given them as mission rewards. When you have one of these, find it in your inventory and equip it. It will then be transferred to your skill screen and the element will be applied to your special attack. You can swap the Elemental Artifacts that you have applied at your leisure, so you don't need to wait for the one you want. They will all be stored on your character skill screen and can be changed from there.

You will be given an Elemental Artifact for completing the side mission 'Shock Crystal Harvest' that is a level 15 mission and will be given to you very early on. This mission is also required for "Made in Fyrestone".

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The earliest you can get an elemental artifact is when you get the Missions "Shock Crystal Harvest" and "The Legend Of Moe and Marley", as completing either of them will earn you one when you hand it in. The game will also notify you with a small tutorial message of what an elemental artifact is. There are two ways to equip an elemental artifact:

  • Highlight the Diamond in the top left-hand corner of the Skills screen and press then again on the artifact you wish to set.
  • Find the artifact in your inventory and press on it.
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