SPOILER: List of artifacts and how to get them.

[TripleZer0]

In discovery order:

Gloves of archery +20 (open the lockbox dropped by the troll, need lockpicks and devices 30+ [thanks@literally for devices requirement])

Necklace of nature +20 (Beat the kobold in the cave found in the pit where the sheep fall down, need lantern or magic to get to the fight)

Gem of seeing (perception) +20 (loot the somreth ruins, needs to beat guards and a certain perception level + maybe healthy thea) [The gem also allows special actions in some areas (in both books) ]

Family signet ring +3 to all (speak to your foster parent after returning from the ruins, needs high relationship and having refused to summon demons) [thanks to necronlordj1 for the reminder]

Magic shield (helps in last fight and in the 2nd book) (buy from the trader during the 2nd city stop for 700 gold, cannot steal)

Magic dagger (can be buffed for 3+ stealth, 3+dev, 3+ agi in 2nd book) (needs to do the thief questline to obtain[do the job the merchant offers you when he catches you and keep the dagger], can be used to break into Jowal's Cart, go to wizards academy at the end of 1st book to get the buffed version) [Credit to Tanner]

Feather of giblet (charm +20) (put 200 gold on the shrine in the tunnels, needs evil 70) [Credit to Necronlordj1] [Credit to SpectatorBehold]

Cloak of spiders (helps in last fight and in the 2nd book) (Explore the ruins in the tunnels, several ways to find them, fight through the skeletons with magic, holy water, or peter/petra high relationship, last part needs either medium endurance, high devices or high gill/gale relationship, if high religion + high evil the skeletons can be commanded to help you) [thanks@Necronlordj1]
(Monks can destroy the skeletons using unarmed attacks Thanks@El Doctoro)

Belt of speed (various uses in 2nd book) (beat thuja without dropping to 0 hp, many different ways, bring a dagger, attack in amphitheatre if archer/mage, poison food in kitchen if high nature)

I wrote down most of this stuff from memory and some are based upon other player's information. Please make a post if you find any mistakes. Should you have trouble with one of them, feel free to ask.

[necronlordj1]

i know of one possible one and one certain one,
the one im certain off is the feather of giblet, when you reach the shrine on the way to verrnex (before going through the cave that leads to the cloak of spiders) you come across a shrine, fill it with gold till its brimming (200) then you get it
the second (which may not be an artifact) is where you need a high relationship with your foster parent and after speaking to them after returning from the ruins they will give you a ring that imporves all stats by 3

[TripleZer0]

Riiight the ring, completely forgot about it. Its probably counted as an artifact i imagine. Im pretty sure that not summoning demons is a requirement to get it along with the relationship. Correct me if im wrong.

And the feather.... interesting, i tried to get it once by putting lots of gold on the shrine, but if i remember correctly it needed a certain level of evilness to work. Care to tell me what it does so i can add it to the list?

[SpectatorBehold]

Originally posted by TripleZer0:

And the feather.... interesting, i tried to get it once by putting lots of gold on the shrine, but if i remember correctly it needed a certain level of evilness to work. Care to tell me what it does so i can add it to the list?

+20 Charm :) . And yes, you need a certain level of evil to get it....

[necronlordj1]

by the way with the cloak of spiders if you have a high level of relgion and good or evil (not certain about good) then you can command the skeletons to collect the robe for you, it then gets put on a higher pedestal but you can still collect it through different level checks

[TripleZer0]

Originally posted by necronlordj1:

by the way with the cloak of spiders if you have a high level of relgion and good or evil (not certain about good) then you can command the skeletons to collect the robe for you, it then gets put on a higher pedestal but you can still collect it through different level checks

Nice. Definetly sounds like high evil is needed, i had a couple of high religion characters but always good ones and all you can do is destroy them with a prayer then.

[TBot9000]

for the feather you need 70 evil and you cannot steal the shield even if you rob him. Also there is a magic dagger you can obtain if you do the thief line in the second city

[TripleZer0]

Originally posted by Tanner:

for the feather you need 70 evil and you cannot steal the shield even if you rob him. Also there is a magic dagger you can obtain if you do the thief line in the second city

Thanks for the info, will edit. If you could provide details about the dagger and its exact boni that would be great.

[TBot9000]

Originally posted by TripleZer0:

Originally posted by Tanner:

for the feather you need 70 evil and you cannot steal the shield even if you rob him. Also there is a magic dagger you can obtain if you do the thief line in the second city

Thanks for the info, will edit. If you could provide details about the dagger and its exact boni that would be great.

Sure, it doesn't do anything in its present state besides help you rob the trader's cart(dispels a magic barrier), but you can unlock its full potential if you take it to the wizard's academy in the second game. It gives a +3 bonus to stealth, devices, and agility after that but hints it may have another purpose later in the game

[necronlordj1]

theres a similar deal with a strange amulut you can recieve as a preist, if you travel to tornassa in the second story then you track the mysterious amulut down to a cult to an unknown god
as a good religious person you can ether call upon your god to destroy the shrine (for good) or you can convert to this new diety (for 10 evil) once again its implied this will have a higher impact in the third story (given that if you join the cult this new god claims he will soon rise)

[PsyFarrow]

Holy water doesn't work on skeletons when trying to get cloak of spiders. They just step around it.

[TripleZer0]

Originally posted by Reaper Grim:

Holy water doesn't work on skeletons when trying to get cloak of spiders. They just step around it.

Are you sure? Maybe it has a certain skill requirement, I thought i used it on them once successfully.

[PsyFarrow]

It probably does. There's no other use for holy water in the game (that I've found)
Any idea what class you were?

[TBot9000]

Originally posted by Reaper Grim:

It probably does. There's no other use for holy water in the game (that I've found)
Any idea what class you were?

The only use for holy water i've found is one of the choices to defeat the vampire if you choose to go to the wilderness at the end of act one with peter/petra

[Sophia]

Gloves of Archery require 30 devices and lockpick set.

I've gotten the Gem of Perception with wounded Thea once. In this case, the guards were trapped inside the ruins. I speculate the conditions of acquiring it are 1) help Thea ransack the ruins, and 2) make a clean getaway by successfully dealing with the guards somehow.

In addition to the uses already mentioned, the Cloak of Spiders also allows you to avoid 50 damage in the fight with Thuja (without it, you have to check 50 agility or 50 strength to avoid the damage). This gives you new options in the fight. Getting it requires 4 steps (maybe sometimes only 3, depending).

1. First, on the way to Vernex near the end of the game, you need to find the hallway leading to it. I think there are four ways to locate it, though I only remember the exact requirements for two of the checks: religion, perception, history 60, or having the Gem of Perception.

2. Defeat the skeletons in the area. There are many options. According to this thread, at least the following will work: magic, holy water, or high Peter/Petra relationship. I've only ever used magic; unsure what the stat requirements are or if any of the other choices work.

3. Disarm the traps. You can check for traps, ask Gill/Gale to check for you, or simply reach for the cloak. IIRC the last option requires 60 endurance; the other two check devices and Gill/Gale relationship, though I don't know the exact amount.

4. I've always asked Gill/Gale to help me, which results in the cloak raised up out of reach on the pedastal. Karl/Karla can shoot it down for you if your relationship is high enough (not sure of exact number). You can also climb the pedastal, though I have never tried this option; probably checks agility; climbing gear might come into play here. I never carry a bow, but I speculate you can shoot the cloak down yourself with a bow and sufficient archery skill.

[Sophia]

double post, sorry