Artifacts

Artifacts are rare finds you can pick up during exploration runs by defeating a guardian Vora. Most artifacts are ship placeables you place for ship-wide bonuses (smaller footprint than full modules), but the same guardian encounters can also reward other rare items, like a dormant pet egg.

Blue EggEgg Core ReliquaryArtifact Lumen MoteArtifact Midas ChaliceArtifact Prism ShardArtifact Spectral PillarstoneArtifact Vaultstone MatrixArtifact

Finding artifacts

• Only exploration runs on planet zones, not auto runs or the Vora Hive.
• How many spawn opportunities appear in a zone depends on your ship’s region progress. Higher regions can offer more chances, including runs with no artifact encounter.
• A guardian Vora guards each spawn. Defeat it to collect the artifact pickup.
• If an artifact is still waiting in the zone, activating an obelisk during the run sends a brief ground-level hint toward the nearest unpicked artifact encounter (or toward its direction on the map if you have not reached it yet).

On your ship

• Each unique artifact can be placed once on the ship.
• Bonuses apply to the whole ship once placed. Check each artifact’s page in the wiki item catalog for its effect and scaling factor.
• Artifacts add to your ship’s Comfort, which speeds up Stamina recovery for pets on the ship.
• Pickups during a run follow the same loot rules as other run rewards and are granted when you finish the run successfully.

Leveling

• Extra copies of the same artifact in your inventory can be integrated at the Integration Module (see Integration) using recipes such as Artifact Attunement to raise the level of the placed artifact on your ship. Higher level strengthens its bonus.