Archeology Digsites

[ap0stle2482]

I used MPQeditor & DBCeditor to open ReaserchSite.dbc to take a look at all the digsites but it only had like 26 sites listed , i thought the file should have a full list =x, does anyone know why this is?

[migtron]

You probably forgot to include the patch files ("wow-update-*.mpq"). Most dig sites are added through those updates.

[Robske]

I really doubt the locations of the actual spawns (not the zones) are kept client side.

I add them to a central repository as I discover them, effectivly creating a database of all possible spawns. Unfortunatly I wrote this after my friends (they get to use my hack/bot/tool and contribute to this repository) levelled archaeology (I can't be bothered) so the amount of spawns I gathered is limited (about 1500, mainly kalimdor). You can also grab them from popular gather addons, in map coordinates obviously, the conversion isn't hard.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2754079/ArchaeologyCache.xml
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2754079/ArchaeologyDb.xml

[namreeb]

Wowhead also exposes some of their data in XML on their site. They've also honored requests I have made for database exports. They will want to be convinced you're not making a competitive site or a private server database.