Editing Excavation (section)

== How excavation works ==

# '''Get a Dig Site Map.''' Maps drop from that biome's [[Expeditions|patrols]] (uncommon), its [[Expeditions|Guardian]] (several times more often), and its [[Caves|cave]] delves (best rate). Each map is specific to one biome.
# '''Start a dig.''' At the Excavation panel, spend a map to begin a dig in that biome's site. The biome must be unlocked.
# '''Wait it out.''' A dig runs in real time on the game clock and continues while you are away — offline time counts in full. Durations climb up the biome ladder, from 30 minutes at the first site to 90 minutes at the last.
# '''Collect.''' When the dig finishes it auto-delivers straight to your bank: a crate of common fossils, Delving XP scaled to the dig's length, and a chance at a species skull.

'''Dig slots.''' You can run more than one dig at a time — you start with one and unlock more at '''Delving 25, 50 and 75''' (up to four). A fifth slot comes from the '''Echo of the First Warden''' relic (the [[Caves#The Amber Door|Amber Door]]'s unique). A finished dig can also '''auto-restart''': if you have another map of that biome banked, it re-runs on its own, so a stack of maps digs itself.