Question: When playing I notice that within a relatively few amount of turns, 10-15 turns, the computer automatically leaps to the top of the scoreboard. Why is that? I understand they are AI and they are going to have advantages but what specifically does the AI do that players don't? I observed on the scoreboard that the AI grows out there cities abnormally quick i.e. second city gets built fast, population grows faster, land gets acquired faster. Do I have to develop military to beat them?

Answer: 
The easiest way for a low level archaeologist to obtain Fossil fragments is to survey Fossil dig-sites. These dig-sites can be found in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.

If you check your world map, you will see four dig-sites scattered around on each continent. Because there are only four you'll need to know what to look for. You'll only see the dig site if you're looking at a continent or at the correct zone. On the continent level, you should be looking for small shovel icons, like these:

![example digsite icons](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Pjyp.png)

When zoomed out they're significantly less prominent, yet still visible:

![Eastern Kingdoms map with digsites](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FTplk.png)

The name of the dig-site will give a clue as to which fragments they contain.

Kalimdor is mostly made up of Night-Elf, Troll and Fossil, but also has Tol'vir if the site is in Uldum.
Eastern Kingdoms is mostly made up of Dwarf, Troll and Fossil, with a few Nerubian and Night-Elf sites.

Once you deplete a dig-site, a new one will appear. You will have to keep doing this until a Fossil site appears and then you'll get your fragments.

The link **[here](http://www.wowwiki.com/Archaeology_locations)** is a list of all dig-sites with their names and fragment types. Check it out and maybe you already have a fossil site up.
Archeology was first introduced into WoW when Deathwing shattered Azeroth. At this point you could buy something called a Master Flying License, a must for your Archeology Dig sites. To begin you need to know the areas that yield the proper fragments. Un'goro Crater, Tanaris, and even Desolace will have certain areas that are Archeology sites. The mini map will show up as an over lay red color. In order for you to gather these currency items you must use Survey. Survey shows up when you press `K`. This key can hotkey binded for easier use.

However, you will not find always find a currency item on the first try, this is where your telescope with a blinking light comes in. If the light is red it is further than 10m away from where the spyglass points. If this light is amber and slowly blinking, then your target is between 9m-5m away from where the spyglass points. If the light is green, then you are within 4m-2m of this where the spyglass points. Anything within 1-2m~ shows up as a fossilized footprint. You will then loot 4-6 fossils.