Singleplayer: Artifact of the Skylord isn't spawning.

[EmberStar]

I play Singleplayer in offline mode. I've checked the cave that should contain the Artifact of the Skylord dozens of times. I have *never* seen it spawn. Is there any kind of workaround for getting it to spawn in normally? Can I sacrifice a spider by throwing them into one of the bottomless pits or something? :(

If anyone wants to say they have dozens or it always spawns: This is happening in singleplayer mode and offline. As far as I know, the artifact spawns without problem on servers.

[Nevaia]

If you have access to cheats, give yourself the artifact when you complete the cave

[necaradan666]

It's one of the bugs they never fixed in SP. It's not just failing to spawn, the spawn point for it was never placed in the cave, it will never show up. You'll have to use commands to get one.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by EmberStar:

I play Singleplayer in offline mode. I've checked the cave that should contain the Artifact of the Skylord dozens of times. I have *never* seen it spawn. Is there any kind of workaround for getting it to spawn in normally? Can I sacrifice a spider by throwing them into one of the bottomless pits or something? :(

If anyone wants to say they have dozens or it always spawns: This is happening in singleplayer mode and offline. As far as I know, the artifact spawns without problem on servers.

Admin commands can spawn it as others have stated or there are also mods that let you craft any artifact or trophy etc with a little effort if you would rather feel like you are trying to do at least something.

Feel free to comment in the threads that have cropped up recently with inane folks refuting that there are no bugs/issues in single player play too btw. :P

[RedFox]

https://ark.gamepedia.com/Artifacts
https://ark.gamepedia.com/Beacon_IDs

Artifact:
cheat GFI Artifact_06 1 0 0

for achievement, spawn Beacon:
cheat summon ArtifactCrate_6_C

[Peace Saintjohn]

In single player, sometimes artifact crate just doesn't spawn on time:
1. Might some requirement not reached. To save resource, some of the cave only start spawning creatures and crates when player reach a certain position in that cave. That's why most of the caves have their entrance empty. You may wait (AFK) until it spawn in the cave. Make sure you are safe while waiting. You may want to switch "No Resource Radius" (In advanced settings) to a very low value (0.5 should be appropriate). Be patient, it should work.
2. Sometimes there are bugs that's not fixed causes crucial artifact not spawning. If you think you should have it, you may use console command to "fix" bugs by summoning the artifact crate, or add the artifact in your inventory straight the way, as there is no other way to make the artifact obtainable.
Console Commands:
Add Artifact of the Skylord in your inventory:
giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_06.PrimalItemArtifact_06'" 1 0 0

Summon the crate that's containing this artifact:
summon ArifactCrate_6_C

Commands quoted from:
https://ark.gamepedia.com/Console_Commands#GiveItem
https://ark.gamepedia.com/Item_IDs#Category_Artifacts
https://ark.gamepedia.com/Console_Commands#Summon
https://ark.gamepedia.com/Beacon_IDs

I also have this problem. Just add the artifact in your inventory. If you have paid the pain of exploring the small narrow freezing cave and reached the place that should have an artifact be waiting for you, but it is not there, just push all the faults onto the game development team and fulfil your wish that should be fulfilled. Don't feel guilty for using console command if it is a must. It is not cheating.

Enjor your game.

[oldgamermike]

it still not spawning a lot of the time and my ride somehow got inside the ground :( was a LONG run back

[The Overseer]

This particular bug has existed for years and Wildcard refuse to acknowledge it because of pure laziness, and also, they don't have that much of an incentive. They don't care about fixing bugs to "be nice", they fix bugs if the bugs are actually causing them to lose sales. In this case, it's a niche bug which involves singleplayer and an even more niche player base that don't like using console commands. Most players just cheat them in.