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Remember to Share (300 Toys)!

This one has taken a while. I finally picked up 300 toys (and thus the mount for the achievement) after starting to seriously work on my Archaeology achievements for the first time. I've been doing the fortnightly Legion archaeology quests for a while (and thus had 800 skill) but I completely ignored this profession in earlier expansions as it seemed seriously boring. With some knowledge and a good addon, it's much better however. Some tips if you're just starting to work on archaeology: 1. Download the "Archy" addon. This addon does several things: first, it shows you the location and completion status of all digsites in the current continent. Second, it automatically sets the closes one as a waypoint for TomTom. Third, it indicates when it's possible to solve an artifact with and without a keystone, so you don't have to constantly check your archaeology screen. On top of that, the distance indicator shows when you are in the correct range from your

Goals and the tracking of them

Let's talk about goals. Obviously the overall goal is "get every achievement in the game" but that's so nebulous and far away that it provides little motivation. Roughly speaking, my primary goal before the next expansion is to complete essentially all of the solo content as well as most of the old raids and small group content. As a concrete goal, I want to get the "300 Mounts" achievement, since that one includes a lot of the other achievements of this type. "Part of "300 Mounts" involves collecting 300 toys. I'm getting close to finishing this one up: Just wanted to mention ALL THE THINGS - the best damn addon for collectors I've ever seen. It's fantastic. Here is a quick shot of it with the "Toy Box" section open: As you can see, ATT has information on essentially every item in the game that is collectible in some way. It also pops up zone-specific information, so as I fly from one area to the next, I can hon