Archaeological expert

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Archaeological expert
Released								9 July 2003 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Location								Exam Centre
Quest								The Dig Site Desert Treasure
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to
Examine								An expert on archaeology.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID								3639

Terrance Balando the Archaeological expert is a non-player character at the Digsite who is interested in the historical value of items which might be found there. Players can use items on him and he will tell them if there is any archaeological significance to the item. Players who bring him 3 gold nuggets will also receive 1 gold ore in return.

He is involved in the Desert Treasure quest, where he translates a set of etchings near the beginning of the quest. If players speak to him while wielding an ancient staff, he will say it is incredible and will comment on the Zarosian symbol.

Dialogue

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Changes

Date	Changes
9 January 2014 (update | poll)	The Archaeological expert at the Digsite will now identify all of your unidentified liquid at once, provided you have completed the Digsite quest.

Trivia

• The Archeological expert's dialogue includes special characters such as U+2013 EN DASH (–), which are not rendered in the game.