diff --git a/rpcs/src/methods/chain_head.rs b/rpcs/src/methods/chain_head.rs
index 6bebe73803..7fddf702e3 100644
--- a/rpcs/src/methods/chain_head.rs
+++ b/rpcs/src/methods/chain_head.rs
@@ -292,6 +292,128 @@ impl<T: RpcConfig> ChainHeadRpcMethods<T> {
             .await
     }
 
+    /// Fetch the block body (ie the extrinsics in the block) given its hash.
+    ///
+    /// Returns an array of the hexadecimal-encoded scale-encoded extrinsics found in the block,
+    /// or `None` if the block wasn't found.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_body(&self, block_hash: T::Hash) -> Result<Option<Vec<Bytes>>, Error> {
+        self.client
+            .request("archive_v1_body", rpc_params![block_hash])
+            .await
+    }
+
+    /// Call the `archive_v1_call` method and return the response.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_call(
+        &self,
+        block_hash: T::Hash,
+        function: &str,
+        call_parameters: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<ArchiveCallResult, Error> {
+        use serde::de::Error as _;
+
+        // We deserialize to this intermediate shape, since
+        // we can't have a boolean tag to denote variants.
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Response {
+            success: bool,
+            value: Option<Bytes>,
+            error: Option<String>,
+            // This was accidentally used instead of value in Substrate,
+            // so to support those impls we try it here if needed:
+            result: Option<Bytes>,
+        }
+
+        let res: Response = self
+            .client
+            .request(
+                "archive_v1_call",
+                rpc_params![block_hash, function, to_hex(call_parameters)],
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+        let value = res.value.or(res.result);
+        match (res.success, value, res.error) {
+            (true, Some(value), _) => Ok(ArchiveCallResult::Success(value)),
+            (false, _, err) => Ok(ArchiveCallResult::Error(err.unwrap_or(String::new()))),
+            (true, None, _) => {
+                let m = "archive_v1_call: 'success: true' response should have `value: 0x1234` alongside it";
+                Err(Error::Deserialization(serde_json::Error::custom(m)))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return the finalized block height of the chain.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_finalized_height(&self) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+        self.client
+            .request("archive_v1_finalizedHeight", rpc_params![])
+            .await
+    }
+
+    /// Return the genesis hash.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_genesis_hash(&self) -> Result<T::Hash, Error> {
+        self.client
+            .request("archive_v1_genesisHash", rpc_params![])
+            .await
+    }
+
+    /// Given a block height, return the hashes of the zero or more blocks at that height.
+    /// For blocks older than the latest finalized block, only one entry will be returned. For blocks
+    /// newer than the latest finalized block, it's possible to have 0, 1 or multiple blocks at
+    /// that height given that forks could occur.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_hash_by_height(&self, height: usize) -> Result<Vec<T::Hash>, Error> {
+        self.client
+            .request("archive_v1_hashByHeight", rpc_params![height])
+            .await
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch the header for a block with the given hash, or `None` if no block with that hash exists.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_header(&self, block_hash: T::Hash) -> Result<Option<T::Header>, Error> {
+        let maybe_encoded_header: Option<Bytes> = self
+            .client
+            .request("archive_v1_header", rpc_params![block_hash])
+            .await?;
+
+        let Some(encoded_header) = maybe_encoded_header else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+
+        let header =
+            <T::Header as codec::Decode>::decode(&mut &*encoded_header.0).map_err(Error::Decode)?;
+        Ok(Some(header))
+    }
+
+    /// Query the node storage and return a subscription which streams corresponding storage events back.
+    pub async fn archive_v1_storage(
+        &self,
+        block_hash: T::Hash,
+        items: impl IntoIterator<Item = StorageQuery<&[u8]>>,
+        child_key: Option<&[u8]>,
+    ) -> Result<ArchiveStorageSubscription<T::Hash>, Error> {
+        let items: Vec<StorageQuery<String>> = items
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|item| StorageQuery {
+                key: to_hex(item.key),
+                query_type: item.query_type,
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let sub = self
+            .client
+            .subscribe(
+                "archive_v1_storage",
+                rpc_params![block_hash, items, child_key.map(to_hex)],
+                "archive_v1_stopStorage",
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(ArchiveStorageSubscription { sub, done: false })
+    }
+
+    // Dev note: we continue to support the latest "unstable" archive methods because
+    // they will be around for a while before the stable ones make it into a release.
+    // The below are just a copy-paste of the v1 methods, above, but calling the
+    // "unstable" RPCs instead. Eventually we'll remove them.
+
     /// Fetch the block body (ie the extrinsics in the block) given its hash.
     ///
     /// Returns an array of the hexadecimal-encoded scale-encoded extrinsics found in the block,
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/client/archive_rpcs.rs b/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/client/archive_rpcs.rs
index 847424098b..e41a9af7a0 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/client/archive_rpcs.rs
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/client/archive_rpcs.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async fn fetch_finalized_blocks<T: Config>(
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_body() {
+async fn archive_v1_body() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
     let mut blocks = fetch_finalized_blocks(&ctx, 3).await;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_body() {
             .iter()
             .map(|e| e.bytes().to_vec());
         let archive_block_bodies = rpc
-            .archive_unstable_body(block.hash())
+            .archive_v1_body(block.hash())
             .await
             .unwrap()
             .into_iter()
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_body() {
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_call() {
+async fn archive_v1_call() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
     let mut blocks = fetch_finalized_blocks(&ctx, 3).await;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_call() {
             .unwrap()
             .encode();
         let archive_metadata_versions = rpc
-            .archive_unstable_call(block.hash(), "Metadata_metadata_versions", &[])
+            .archive_v1_call(block.hash(), "Metadata_metadata_versions", &[])
             .await
             .unwrap()
             .as_success()
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_call() {
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_finalized_height() {
+async fn archive_v1_finalized_height() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_finalized_height() {
     let mut last_block_height = None;
     loop {
         // Fetch archive block height.
-        let archive_block_height = rpc.archive_unstable_finalized_height().await.unwrap();
+        let archive_block_height = rpc.archive_v1_finalized_height().await.unwrap();
 
         // On a dev node we expect blocks to be finalized 1 by 1, so panic
         // if the height we fetch has grown by more than 1.
@@ -126,18 +126,18 @@ async fn archive_unstable_finalized_height() {
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_genesis_hash() {
+async fn archive_v1_genesis_hash() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
 
     let chain_head_genesis_hash = rpc.chainspec_v1_genesis_hash().await.unwrap();
-    let archive_genesis_hash = rpc.archive_unstable_genesis_hash().await.unwrap();
+    let archive_genesis_hash = rpc.archive_v1_genesis_hash().await.unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(chain_head_genesis_hash, archive_genesis_hash);
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_hash_by_height() {
+async fn archive_v1_hash_by_height() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
     let mut blocks = fetch_finalized_blocks(&ctx, 3).await;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_hash_by_height() {
         let subxt_block_hash = block.hash();
 
         let archive_block_hash = rpc
-            .archive_unstable_hash_by_height(subxt_block_height)
+            .archive_v1_hash_by_height(subxt_block_height)
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_hash_by_height() {
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_header() {
+async fn archive_v1_header() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
     let mut blocks = fetch_finalized_blocks(&ctx, 3).await;
@@ -167,18 +167,14 @@ async fn archive_unstable_header() {
         let block_hash = block.hash();
 
         let subxt_block_header = block.header();
-        let archive_block_header = rpc
-            .archive_unstable_header(block_hash)
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .unwrap();
+        let archive_block_header = rpc.archive_v1_header(block_hash).await.unwrap().unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(subxt_block_header, &archive_block_header);
     }
 }
 
 #[subxt_test]
-async fn archive_unstable_storage() {
+async fn archive_v1_storage() {
     let ctx = test_context().await;
     let rpc = ctx.chainhead_rpc_methods().await;
     let api = ctx.client();
@@ -214,7 +210,7 @@ async fn archive_unstable_storage() {
         ];
 
         let mut res = rpc
-            .archive_unstable_storage(block_hash, storage_query, None)
+            .archive_v1_storage(block_hash, storage_query, None)
             .await
             .unwrap();