You can Loot Certain items such as, Water-Stained Parchment, Torn, Undelivered Letter, Shredded Diary, Ancient Captain's Decree, Aged Supply Report, Personal Letter, Private Letter, Ancient Excavation Report, Aged Excavation Report, Torn Excavation Report, Tearstained Love Letter, Tattered-Gnawed Scroll, Dirt-Stained Personal Letter, Scraps of Paper, Hastily Scrawled Excavation Report, Burnt Excavation Report, Crumpled Excavation Report, Royal Orders, Baylee's Decree, Foreman's Ledger, Mangled Letter or Bloodstained Letter from rare mobs, trash or task bosses in some of the Heroic Adventures, turn in to Archivist Dominic Moore in the base zone (as indicated by on the map). You will receive 310 Platinum, 5 Gold, after say 'necessary tools' to Archivist Dominic Moore to get Archaeologist's Automated Antiquity Analyzer, Right Click to use based on equipment slot, Primary = Sense Traps, Secondary = Disarm Traps, Range = Pick Lock, turn in more of these Decree's and it will become stronger

The #'s on the map(s) show the areas where the first few steps in each task takes place (Same #'s take place in the same area, if no # is present it is an instance, takes place outside of the zone, or can be done throughout the entire zone)

Tasks go in - order, if an | exists it means you can do those in any order, but have to all be done to continue on to the end. If tasks aren't listed in a chain, they can be done at any time.

Expansion Progression Quest Chain: Overcoming the Cataclysm - Not of This World - Answering the Call - The Bixies of War | For the Sake of the Forsaken - The Missing Scroll - Fourth Gate Investigation - Cautious Recruitment
Mission Quest Chain: For the Sake of the Forsaken - Xulous Prime - The Legacy of Bayle
Heroic Adventure Chain: The Hills Are Alive - Artifacts of Great Importance - Death Peace
Heroic Adventure Chain: Into the Hills - Scouting Ahead - Disrupting the Ritual
Heroic Adventure Chain: Clearing a Path - Excavating an Answer - The Descending Tower
Mission Quest Chain: The Doomscale Horde - The Defense of Lendiniara | Xulous Prime - The Legacy of Bayle | Saving Jacyll | Houses of Thex - Hate Rising | The Fall of Lord Bayle | Burn Out - A Guide Beyond the Rift - The Journey Home