New World Aeternum: Artifacts Guide

The Butcher artifact is a very unique sword that provides a handful of useful perks, including an exclusive perk known as Hemorrhage, which makes Bleeds last 33% longer (for both weapons). It's important to note that this artifact also has two weapon perks on it, including Jagged Whirls and Empowering Whirling Blade. With this in mind, you will want to ensure that your build utilizies the Whirling Blade ability so you can get the most out of this artifact.

The Butcher is heaviliy reliant on inflicting bleeds, making users very dangerous with this when they pair it with other bleed-inflicting weapons, such as the spear, rapier, or bow.

In order to unlock The Butcher, you will need to defeat Zhou Taiying within the mutated version of the Dynasty Shipyard expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Dynasty Shipyard guide.

The Freya's Francisca artifact allows players to create an in-depth throwing hatchet build due to the unique perks it provides. This artifact provides the perk called Thrown Mastery, which allows all thrown axe projectiles to reduce all hatchet skill cooldowns by 25%.

This artifact is heaviliy reliant on the throwing hatchet skills and abilities, so it's best to utilize that side of the hatchet's mastery tree. This artifact is not widely used, but could be fun if used correctly.

In order to unlock Freya's Francisca, you will need to defeat The Blighted Greenskeeper within the mutated version of the Genesis expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Garden of Genesis expedition guide.

The Sin artifact tends to be the most-used hatchet artifact, as it can easily be used within a range of different builds. This artifact has the unique perk known as "Corruption", which allows the player's debuffs to last 25% longer (which works on both weapons). This is an extremely helpful perk, as it can pair well with any debuff-oriented weapons (like Void Gauntlet or Spear), and allows you to focus on maximizing the debuffs on your opponents.

This artifact also has the unique perk known as "Defile", which allows players to deal an additional 2% more damage per debuff on a target (stacking up to 5 times). With this damage buff and the extension of debuffs on your enemies, the Sin artifact is a great choice.

In order to unlock the Sin artifact, you will need to defeat the enemy called "Colossus of Memnon", which is a large open-world boss located in the top right corner of Brimstone Sands (map below as reference). You have a low chance at getting this item after defeating him, so you will likely need to defeat this enemy multiple times before you come across this artifact. The respawn timer for this enemy is round 6 minutes.

The Spark of Mjölnir artifact is a resemblance of Thor's hammer, as it's greatly powered by the Lightning element. The unique perk of this artifact is known as Mjölnir Blessing, which converts 99% of hammer damage to lightning, and also provides the player a buff that deals an additional 20% more lighning damage with both of their weapons. It's important to also call-out that there are two weapon perks that further buff Mighty Gavel, so it's best practice to ensure you utilize this ability when using this artifact.

In order to unlock this artifact, you will need to defeat the "Chardis" boss within the mutated version of the Lazarus Instrumentality expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Lazarus Instrumentality guide.

The Trsna artifact is a unique War Hammer artifact, as it specializes on survivability. Trsna has the unique ability known as "Consume", which grants an additional 25% lifesteal on knocked down foes. This artifact also has additional perks related to gaining health, including Lifestealing and Trenchant Recovery.

Due to the overall nature of this artifact, it's recommended to pair it with other weapons that utilize abilities that can knock down your enemies, such as the Spear of Flail. It's also recommended to utilize specific War Hammer abilities that specialize in knocking down enemies, such as Wrecking Ball and Clear Out.

In order to unlock the Trsna artifact, you will need to defeat the "Typhon" boss within the "Hive of Gorgons" 10-man raid. You have a small chance of gaining this artifact after defeating Typhon, and it's not guranteed, so you will likely need to try multiple times before getting your hands on this one!

Please note: This artifact will be unavailable at the start of Season 6, but will be available later on in the season.

The Abyss is an extremely interesting (and useful) great axe artifact that opens the doors of possibilties when it comes to plausible builds with the great axe. The Abyss has two very unique perks known as Darken Blade and Abyss.

Darken Blade converts 99% of damage with the great axe to void damage, and if your Intelligence attribute is higher, replaces the base weapon scaling from Strength directly with Intelligence. This is a big deal, as it allows players to use magical secondary weapons that will directly scale with the great axe, making it possible to run very powerful great axe builds that are paired with the Fire Staff, Ice Gauntlet, or even Void Gauntlet.

The other unique perk is known as Abyss, which deals 15% more damage when mana is below 100%, making it even more powerful when paired with one of the magical weapons listed above that utilizes mana.

In order to unlock The Abyss, you will need to defeat level 65 Corrupted Breaches. It is recommended to watch the "global" chat in your server, as many times players will say, "x portals", indicating that a group of players are forming together to take down these high-level breaches. By succesfully taking down one of these level 65 corrupted portals, you have a small chance of receiving this artifact. It will likely take you a handful of chances before actually getting your hands on this artifact!

To learn more about how you can utilize The Abyss with the Void Gauntlet, view the video below.

The Tempest Fury great axe artifact allows New World: Aeternum players to experience a true "spin-to-win" build. This artifact has two unique perks that directly buff the Whirlwind ability. The first is called "Momentum", which states that succesful attacks will grant the user a 3% movement speed for 3s (working on both weapons, with max stacks of 10 times). The second perk is "Endless Spin", which calls removes the requirement for the Whirlwind ability to hit targets in order to continue spinning, and also increasing the total number of spinds you can spin to 12 times.

This build can be a lot of fun when playing with a healer, as you will rapidly gain damage and fortfiy buffs through the use of these Whirlwind-specific abilities.

In oder to unlock the Tempest Fury artifact, you will need to complete the Winter Rune Forge activity. You will have a small chance of picking up this artifact in the Winter Rune Forge Spoils crate you get when completing the activity.

To learn more about the specific details on using this artifact within a spin-to-win build, view the video below.

The Serenity greatsword artifact is known for it's massive damage output, and is typically always picked up for greatsword builds. This artifact has the unique perk called Balanced Blade, which provides a +2% empower stack per attack while in the offense stance (max of 10 stacks), and a +2% fortify stack when hit for 5s (max of 10 stacks) when in the defense stance.

Due to the fact that players can quickly stack a great amount of empower, and also that this weapon utilizes Trenchant Strikes and Trenchant Crits, this artifact has insane damage output potential.

In order to unlock Serenity, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Grace greatsword artifact is great for players that love to move fast. This artifact's unique perk is known as "Offensive Speed", which allows players to gain one 20% movement speed buff for 6s when you change your stance to the offensive stance.

This increase in movement speed is very helpful for certain chase builds, allowing you to close the gaps much easier when chasing down low-con healers and/or ranged players.

In order to unlock this artifact, you must reach level 80 in the Season 6 rewards track.

The Boltcaster bow artifact is a highly used weapon throughout the lands of Aeternum, and that's primarily due to the massive amount of elemental damage this weapon can dish off. This artifact has two unique perks, with the first being called Electrified. This perk converts 99% of this weapon's damage to lightning damage, and increases lightning damage from basic attacks by 20% for both weapons. The other perk is known as Bolt, which allows basic attacks to build up stacks of static charge that lasts 3s. Hitting an enemy with your bow once you have 3 stacks will consume the charges, and trigger a bolt of lightning, dealing 80% damage.

Since this artifact pushes so much elemental damage, some users tend to sprinkle in some intelligence within their attribute mixes in order to get the added elements damage boost at 150 Intelligence (+15% elemental damage).

In order to unlock Boltcaster, players must defeat the "Annoyed Aguascia" enemy that spawns in the top right corner of the Elysian Wilds. This is one of the three gorilla mobs that will spawn in this area. Feel free to reference the map below for his exact location.

The Mechanic is a trap-focused musket that allows players to create a true trap-heavy build. This musket artifact has the unique perk known as Extra Levers, which reduces the cooldown of traps and Sticky Bomb by 20%. This artifact does not get a lot of love, simply because there doesn't seem to be a lot of trap-focused musket users in the game today. However, if this is something you might be interested in playing around with, then it's worth picking up this artifact.

In order to unlock The Mechanic, you will need to defeat the "Toy Maker Phthah" enemy, which is located in the lower right side of the Elysian Wilds. Below is a map of where exactly you can find this enemy.

The Gladiator round shield artifact is one of the most interesting shields out there, primarily due to its potential of contributing to overall damage output. The unique perk for this shield is called Jagged Spikes, which allows players to inflict a bleed on their attackers (when you are hit or when you block an attack), dealing 10% of your weapon damage every second for 6s.

This artifact is commonly paired with the Spear or Rapier due to the potential of a heavy bleed build.

In order to unlock Gladiator, you will need to defeat the "Tribunal Ice Mammoth" enemy, which is located in the Elysian Wilds territory. Luckily, there are a handful of these mammoths that spawn in a group, increasing the overall speed of farming these enemies for the artifact drop. Below is an exact image of where you can find these Tribunal Ice Mammoth mobs.

The Michael kite shield artifact has a handful of unique perks, making it useful for specific tanking builds. These perks include Refreshing Cleanse, which reduces cooldowns by 5%, and removes a debuff after blocks, the Counter Attack perk, which provides a 30% empower to the user after blocking, and the Healing Defense perk, which heals for 3% base health afer blocks (with a 3s cooldown).

This kite shield artifact is a great addition to most tank builds, due to the ability to quickly regain health in times of need, while also having the ability to stack up some empower to help dish off some major damage.

In order to unlock Michael, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Wall is the tower shield artifact that a large number of tanks prefer, primarily due to some of the insane defensive perks that are provided with this weapon. The first unique perk is known as Shield Wall, which provides the user a 5% base damage reduction, in exchange for the ability to dodge. You will not be able to dodge with this artifact equipped, however, you will also be granted an additional 33% stamina, maximizing the amount of times you can block attacks.

Additionally, this artifact has the "Chromatic Ward" perk, which makes users take 25% less damage from all elemental sources (which is extremely common in all PvE and PvP activities).

In order to unlock this artifact, you must defeat the "Heru" boss within the mutated version of the Ennead expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our The Ennead guide.

The Inferno fire staff artifact is quite similar to the approach of The Abyss's int-scaling perk, but in reverse. With Inferno, players will receive the perk known as Inner Power, which replaces the base weapon scaling of the first staff from Intelligence to the Strength attribute (if the player's Strength attribute is higher). This perk also grants an additional 15% damage bonus when you hit an enemy within 15m.

Due to the nature of this unique ability, players will have the opportunity to pair the Fire Staff with Strength-scaling weapons more efficiently, such as the Great Axe, Greatsword, and War Hammer.

In order to unlock Inferno, players must defeat the "Commander Marius" boss within the mutated version of the Empyrean Forge expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Empyrean Forge guide.

The Vengeance life staff artifact changes the script for the typical healer, as it's the most offensive-focused life staff in the game. With it's unique perk, Nature's Vengeance, users will gain a 1% damage buff every time they succesfully heal, stacking up to 20 times.

This will allow players to utilize the Life Staff for more than just healing, but also potentially dishing off some additional damage as they heal. This artifact is not widley used, as most healers will typically utilize the Void Gauntlet for additional damage output and buffs, rather than trying to balance both healing and damage output on a single weapon.

In order to unlock Vengeance, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Scorpion's Sting spear artifact is definitely a fan-favorite, due to the fact that it's unique perk has a major impact on gameplay. Sting transforms Javelin into something completely new, now allowing you to pull targets directly towards you, dealing an additional 100% weapon damage. The one downside to this perk is that the default cooldown is increased to 20s, and it can only be reduced by conditional cooldown reduction methods.

Players tend to utilize this artifact quite a bit in Outpost Rush matches in order to pull healers and ranged players off of their forts' walls, pulling them down to the ground in front of your team.

In order to unlock Scorpion's Sting, players must defeat the "Scorpio Supernal" enemy that's located near the top middle of the Brimestone Sands territory. This one is a bit tricky, as this enemy only spawns once per night, so you will want to make sure you're there right before the day turns to night to ensure you land a hit on this enemy. Below is a map of where exactly you can find this enemy.

The Venom spear artifact is known for its ability to dish off major damage-over-time (DoT) effects to enemies. With the unique perk, Poison Tipped, heavy melee attacks with either weapon will cause poison, dealing 15% weapon damage for 5s.

There has been a large number of tanks that have utilized this artifact in their build to help with ongoing damage output, and ensuring they also utilize additional Spear perks for crowd control (such as the Sweep ability).

In order to unlock Venom, players must defeat the "Siren Queen" within the PvE arena located in Reekwater.

The Finisher rapier artifact is very commonly used within light DPS builds, and can help create one of the most effective DPS burst damage builds in the game. This artifact has the Finisher Harmony perk, which grants attacks against bleeding targets a 15% damage buff, and provides a 5% cooldown reduction to Flourish and Finish.

Inflicting large amounts of bleeds and finishing your combos with Flourish and Finish can lead to a massive amount of damage at a very high speed. This artifact can commonly be found within M3 expedition groups due to this high damage output.

In order to unlock the Finisher rapier artifact, you must defeat the "Montrapala the Unruled" enemy, located in the top right corner of the Elysian Wilds territory. Below is an exact image of where you can find this enemy.

The Deep Freeze ice gauntlet artifact is a great choice for all you mages out there due to the additional damage its unique perk applies. With Chilling End, all frozen, rooted, or chilled enemies take 15% additional damage (on both weapons). Users of this artifact typically pair it with other weapons that can apply root effects to captialize on the additional damage gained from this perk.

In order to unlock Deep Freeze, you must defeat the "Snorok Ice Fist" boss within the mutated version of the Glacial Tarn expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Glacial Tarn guide.

The Lifetaker void gauntlet artifact is great for builds that utilize ranged weapons. The unique perk for this artifact is known as Negative Energy, which provides all ranged attacks with the ability to inflict Disintegrate for 8s. Additionally, if your Dexterity attirbute is higher, the base weapon damage will scale with your Dexterity attribute. Due to this unique perk providing major ranged attack buffs, players tend to pair this directly with the Bow.

In order to unlock Lifetaker, you must defeat the "Pugnacious Purutu" enemy, which is a very large gorilla enemy found in the top right corner of the Elysian Wilds. Below is an exact image of where you can find this enemy.

The Pestilence blunderbuss artifact is an exteremly powerful weapon, and is often used be players that use the blunderbuss as their primary weapon. This artifact has two unique perks. The first is called Blighted Enchantment, which provides attacks from both weapons to inflict a stack of poison on targets, as well as a debuff to incoming healing by 5%, and outgoing by 2.5% per stack. The other perk is called Pest, which provides an 8% damage buff against poisoned and diseased targets, supporting a larger burst of damage-per-second (DPS).

This weapon is typically paired with weapons that have abilities that may inflict disease, as well as weapons that utilize Plagued Crits which stacks further disease, making this artifact even more useful.

In order to unlock Pestilence, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Odo flail artifact is known for having a great balance between damage output and self-healing. This flail has two unique perks, with the first being called Odo's Punishment. This perk allows you to deal 20% more damage to stunned or knocked down foes (which applies to both weapons). The second unique perk is called Odo's Defense, which allows you to heal for 5% base health when you block attacks (3s cooldown). Odo is often paired with weapons that can deal stuns or knock-downs, such as the War Hammer.

In order to unlock Odo, you must defeat an enemy named "Vanash", which is located towards the bottom right side of the Elysian Wilds territory. Below is an exact image of where you can find this enemy.

The Power Stone flail artifact is one of the newest artifacts that's been introduced to the game, and is considered an extremely powerful weapon to consider for PvP content (Wars and Outpost Rush matches). The unique perk the Power Stone flail artifact has is known as "Heavy Burden", which allows your attacks to deal 20% weaken for 5s if your health is above 90% (5s cooldown on each target).

The ability to dish-off a large amount of weaken debuffs to multiple players at such a fast rate is extremely beneficial for large-scale battles, making it a potential perfect fit for tankier builds that play on point.

In order to unlock the Power Stone artifact, players must complete a daily Soul Trial, once unlocked at level 65. Every day, you will have the ability to complete three daily soul trials. After each completion, you will have a small chance of obtaining this artifact. You can access these Soul Trials by reaching level 65, and viewing your "Activities" tab.

The Unyielding heavy helmet artifact is a very interesting one, as it acts almost as a more-defensive medium helmet. The unique perk for Unyielding is known as Hard Head, which is a PvP Only perk that makes players receive 20% less damage from critical hits. This helmet also has a reduced weight by 6%, making it more flexible to be placed on potentially medium and heavy builds.

In order to unlock Unyielding, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Djinn Headwrap medium helmet artifact has the unique perk known as Shrug Off, which reduces the base duration of non-crowd controlling debuffs on you by 20%. Due to the amount of other perks, abilities, and consumables that can do something somewhat similar, this artifact does not get a lot of love.

In order to unlock the Djinn Headwrap, you will need to loot elite chests and kill named enemies throughout the Elysian Wilds territory. The more elite chests and named enemies you kill, the greater your chance will be at getting this as a drop.

The Grey Wizard's Hat light helmet artifact is also a bit of an interesting one, as it's focused primarily on the utilization of mana. This light helmet provides a decent chunk of Intelligence attributes (45+), and has the unique perk known as Brilliance, which increases the player's max mana by 100% of the base value. Players tend to not have much of an issue with mana management currently, so this artifact is not typically used by many.

In order to unlock the Grey Wizard's Hat, you will need to defeat level 65 Corrupted Breaches. It is recommended to watch the "global" chat in your server, as many times players will say, "x portals", indicating that a group of players are forming together to take down these high-level breaches. By succesfully taking down one of these level 65 corrupted portals, you have a small chance of receiving this artifact. It will likely take you a handful of chances before actually getting your hands on this artifact!

The Cowl of Power light helmet artifact introduces an all-new perk known as "Desperate Energy". This perk grants the player 4s of 25% increased damage if you are hit while your mana is below 50%. With this in mind, this perk will really only be relevant to light/medium builds that utilize mana consistently - primarily mages.

In order to unlock this artifact, you must reach level 20 in the Season 6 rewards track.

The Void Darkplate heavy chest artifact is one of the most commonly used artifacts for heavy builds. This is because of it's unique perk known as Dark Reinforced, which increases your armor by 20% (making heavy builds get the most out of this increase).

In order to unlock the Void Darkplate, you must defeat the "Nereid" boss within the mutated version of the Barnacles and Black Powder expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Barnacles and Black Powder expediiton guide.

The Nimble Coat medium chest artifact is widely adopted across a variety of builds due to its ability to greatly minimize cooldowns. The unique perk on this artifact is called "Highly Refreshing", which reduces max cooldowns by 8%. This artifact ALSO has the Refreshing perk on it, adding up to a total of 12% reduction in max cooldowns on a single piece of equipment.

In order to unlock the Nimble Coat, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Featherweight light chest artifact is also a very popular one, as it's unique perk makes this piece of armor Weightless. This means that light builds can pick up additional medium/heavy armor pieces, and still be classified within the "Light" weight class.

In order to unlock Featherweight, you must defeat an enemy named "Ner' Mur", which is located towards in the mid-western side of the Elysian Wilds territory. Below is an exact image of where you can find this enemy.

The Survivor's Coat heavy chest artifact is one of the newest artifacts added to the game, and it's also one of the most interesting. This artifact has the unique perk of "Survive", which grants you 50 stamina, removes all of your debuffs, and grants you a potionsurge that will recharge your next healing potion instantly if you're hit while your health is below 50%. It's important to note though that this perk has a 120 second cooldown, so although it sounds amazing, it will only be helpful once every two minutes.

In order to unlock the Survivor's Coat artifact, you must gather 6,000 Mystic Dubloons, and exchange them for this item at the Well in Cutlass Keys.

The Nature's Wrath medium chest artifact is also a fan-favorite, due to it's perk Nature's Blessing. This perk grants you an additional flat 20% base damage buff, but auto-expires limited duration empower buffs, and decreases the potency of durationless empoers by 50%.

In order to unlock Nature's Wrath, players must defeat the "Zygoramet" boss within the PvE arena located in Edengrove.

The Magnetic Gauntlets heavy glove artifact is great for those builds that prioritize landing critical hits. This is due to it's unique perk called Magnetic, which increases the player's crit chance by 50%, but decreases the crit damage you deal up to 30%. Not many players are a big fan of this trade-off, however, it works out for certain builds that rely on landing critical hits for certain buffs.

In order to unlock the Magnetic Gauntlets, you must defeat the "Isabella" boss within the mutated version of the Tempest's Heart expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Tempest's Heart expediiton guide.

The Ghoul Gloves medium gloves artifact is a fun artifact, as it allows you to "transfer" certain debuffs to your enemies. With the unique Ghoul's Touch perk, whenever you hit a for that is below half health, you will transfer one of your debuffs (3s cooldown).

In order to unlock the Ghoul Gloves, you must defeat either that "Overgrown Guardian" or the "Adiana's Chosen Beast" enemies. Both of these mobs can be found within the Elysian Wilds territory.

The Quickdraw Gloves light gloves artifact is great for glass cannon builds, as it provides a small form of protection when your foe gets too close. With the Quickdraw perk, players will be immune to damage for 0.5s after they swap their weapon. There is a 12s cooldown for this perk, but it could be effectively used if you're a range player, and your opponent gets too close for comfort (allowing you to switch to your other weapon - then run).

In order to unlock the Quickdraw Gloves, you must defeat the "Ipomoea" enemy, located somewhat centrally within the Elysian Wilds territory. Below is an image of where exactly you can find this enemy.

The Gilli's Gravity Gauntlets heavy gloves artifact allows players to charge up when taking attacks. With the unique perk Charged, whenever the player takes damage, they gain an empower stack that increases overall damage of their next attack by 2% (max of 10 stacks).

In order to unlock Gilli's Gravity Gauntlets, players must defeat the "Avarice" boss within the PvE arena located in the northern portion of Reekwater.

The Ghostly Touch artifact allows players to essentially "steal" empower stacks from your enemies. With the unique perk "Ghostly Embrace", when you hit an empowered foe, you will dispell two of their empowers and give yourself 10s of 10% empower. This has a 4 second cooldown.

In order to unlock Ghostly Touch, you must gather 6,000 Mystic Dubloons, and exchange them for this item at the Well in Cutlass Keys.

The Freedom heavy pants artifact is great for those of you who are a fan of the Freedom perk. With the unique "Unending Freedom" perk, stun, slow, and root effects base duration is reduced by 20%. This item also has an individual Freedom perk, adding up to a total of 32% reduction on slows, stuns, and roots.

In order to unlock Freedom, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Attuned Leather Pants medium pants artifact is one of the most interesting artifacts available due to the amount of attributes it can provide you. With this artifact, players receive +10 attributes to every attribute available (Constitution, Focus, Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence), as well as an additional +40 magnify. This artifact is great for players who use builds that can benefit from picking up additional passives from hitting the 25-point threshold on multiple attributes.

Attuned Leather Pants will likely be one of the first artifacts that most players will receive, as you will automatically receive them by completing the main story quest (specifically by completing the "The End of New Eden" quest).

The Koya's Knee Guards light pants artifact is great for players looking to gain some additional protection against incoming ranged attacks. With the Reinforced Kneecaps perk, incoming ranged attacks deal 13% less damage to the player.

In order to unlock Koya's Knee Guards, players must participate in an Outpost Rush match, and then you get a small chance of obtaining this artifact from an Outpost Rush Cache.

The Ironheart heavy pants artifact is great for players that are trying to maximize their overall health. With the unique Steady Foundation perk, when the player is NOT in a heavy loadout, they will receive a 20% increase in max health (based on base value). Players that utilize medium builds typically utilize this artifact (if they decide to use it).

In order to unlock Ironheart, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Azoth Conductors medium pants artifact is one of the newest artifacts added to the game, which is specifically for medium builds. With the "Magician's Boon" perk, if in a medium equip load, you will deal an additional 15% more elemental damage (which is great for mages and elemental-based damage dealers)!

In order to unlock the Azoth Conductors artifact, you will need to defeat the "Echidna" boss within the "Hive of Gorgons" 10-man raid. You have a small chance of gaining this artifact after defeating Echidna, and it's not guranteed - so you will likely need to try multiple times before getting your hands on this one!

Please note: This artifact will be unavailable at the start of Season 6, but will be available later on in the season.

The The Unmoved heavy shoes artifact is for those that are sick and tired of crowd control abilities. With the unique Unmovable perk, players will not be able to be displaced, preventing you from being knocked down and pushed around.

In order to unlock The Unmoved, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Winged Leather Shoes medium shoes artifact is all about speed. With its Speedy perk, the base duration of hastes on you is increased by 50%, and you deal 10% more base damage while hasted.

In order to unlock the Winged Leather Shoes artifact, you must defeat the "Helianthus" enemy that is located in the lower left corner of the Elysian Wilds territory. It's important to note that the respawn timer for this enemy is quite long (around an hour), so this is a good artifact to multi-task as you wait for it to respawn over time. Below is an image of where exactly you can find this enemy.

The Tumbler Feetwraps light shoes artifact is one of the most commonly used artifacts in the game. This artifact has the Shirking Blessing perk, which provides a 15# empower and 25% empower for 5s after succesfully dodging an attack. Additionally, you will be healed for 200 + 2% of your max health, making it extremely useful for light builds that get up close and personal.

In order to unlock the Tumbler Feetwraps, players must participate in an Outpost Rush match, and then you get a small chance of obtaining this artifact from an Outpost Rush Cache.

The Creed Boots light shoes artifact can be helpful when trying to deal a decent amount of burst damage from a distance. With the Ambush perk, players will deal 15% more damage and have a 25% higher critical chance as long as they haven't hit the target within 20 seconds. In other words, it helps you ensure your first hit packs a punch.

In order to unlock the Creed Boots artifact, players must defeat mobs within the "Attalus's Foundry" zone, which is located in the top left corner of the Ebonscale Reach territory. Below is an image of where exactly you can find these mobs.

The Lost Stopwatch amulet artifact are commonly used by tanks when playing PvE content. That's because of its unique Stunny Gaze perk, which makes taunts active, generating 300% more threat, and increasing all stuns by 2 second. The negative side of using this artifact though is that it also decreases base damage by 10%.

In order to unlock the Lost Stopwatch, you must defeat the "Commander Thorpe" boss within the mutated version of the Depths expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Depths expedition guide.

The Ankh amulet artifact is likely the most commonly used amulet artifact between them all. This is because of the Center of Attention perk, which makes all consumables, lifesteal, and outgoing heals 25% weaker, but all other healing 25% stronger. What's nice about this amulet is that it also has the Health and Divine perks, which are grat combinations for medium and heavy builds.

In order to unlock Ankh, your PvP rewards track must be at least at level 20. At level 20 and onwards, you will have the small chance of this artifact appearing in the third reward checkpoint area of your PvP rewards track.

The Phoenix arifact has recently been growing in popularity due to its ability to keep you alive in times of trouble. With the Phoenix Vengeance perk, players can avoid death after receiving lethal damage, and regain 100% health. Afterwards, you will be inflicted with Phoenix Vengeance, reducing healing by 200% and taking damage equal to 20% of your max health every second until you die or get killed. This perk has a 180 second cooldown, and is essentially a "let it all out one last time before you die" approach.

In order to unlock the Phoenix, you must defeat the "Palace Maiden Xiao" mob, which is located in the Imperial Palace within the Ebonscale Reach territory.

The Endless Thirst earring artifact is one of the most commonly used artifacts that's chosen when it comes to jewelry. That's because of the multiple useful perks that's included in this item, including the unique The Thirst perk. This perk grants all healing consumables with a 33% buff, but makes healing potion cooldowns 25% longer. On top of this, players can utilize the Empowering Toast and Fortifying Toast perks, granting themselves a boost in empower and fortify after every potion drink (with a 10s cooldown).

In order to unlock Endless Thirst, you must defeat the "Manhantaram" boss within the mutated version of the Savage Divide expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Savage Divide expediiton guide.

The Blooddrinker ring artifact is an amazing add-on for any builds that specialize in lifesteal. With the Ghoul's Harmony perk, players receive a debuff of 25% overall damage, but also receives a 25% increase in lifesteal. Additionally, all healing from lifesteal is increased by 5%, making lifesteal builds extremely difficult to take down.

In order to unlock Blooddrinker, you must defeat the "Greundgul the Regent" boss within the mutated version of the Empyrean Forge expedition. If you're struggling taking this boss down, be sure to check out our Empyrean Forge expediiton guide.

The Elemental Band artifact is one of the newest artifacts added to the game, and also a very unique one. This is due to its unique perk known as "Elemental Affinity". With this perk, whenever you hit a target with an elemental damage attack (not including DoT or Attunements), you gain a 4% empower buff for 6 seconds. There is a 10s cooldown for this per damage type, with a max stack of 1 per type. With that being said, this ring could be interesting to use for builds that utilize multiple elements, such as a Mage that uses the Fire Staff and Ice Gauntlet.

In order to unlock the Elemental Band artifact, you will need to defeat the "Broodmother Medusa" boss within the "Hive of Gorgons" 10-man raid. You have a small chance of gaining this artifact after defeating Broodmother Medusa, and it's not guranteed - so you will likely need to try multiple times before getting your hands on this one!

Please note: This artifact will be unavailable at the start of Season 6, but will be available later on in the season.