Artifact Guide

A guide to finding many of the artifacts in the game. Thats what the game is about after all.

Key Item Artifacts

Artifact	Ability	Location
The Authority of Kings	Unlock throne room door and choice of artifacts	In the throne room at the start of the game
Death's Pact	Use Death's Path shortcuts in dungeons	In the lower level of mine west of Greenvale

Field Skill Artifacts

Artifact	Ability	Location
King's Return	0 MP, Return party to Loutenreck	Loutenreck Castle, 2nd floor
Airship Summoner	0 MP, Call the Airship to your location	Cave north of Loutenreck Castle. Locks out Key of Time and Artifacts choices.
Thrill of Victory	0 MP, Initiate enemy encounter	Pot Goblin quest reward for 10 goblins
Poison Barrier	5 MP, Protect party from swamp damage for a time	Village in the swamp north of Wangun
Wind Traveller	5 MP, Allows you to travel faster on the world map	Left side of the Wind Graveyard
Sun and Moon	0 MP, Change between night and day	Pot Goblin quest reward for 5 goblins

Healing skills

Artifact	Ability	Location
Fairy Dust	3 MP, Light healing for one target. Aprox 30 HP	Greenvale, in the well. You must talk to the guard and ask to take the artifact. If you agree to poison the guard's wine, this option is locked out.
Healing Dew	5 MP, Moderate healing for one target. Aprox 70 HP	Forest Tower, right before the boss
Light of Rebirth	13 MP, Full healing and poison cure for one target	Graveyard basement
Healing Mists	9 MP, Light healing for the group. Aprox 30 HP	Forren Warehouse, left door
Blessed Wind	15 MP, Moderate healing for the group. Aprox 70 HP	Desert Tower, right before the boss
Sun's Blessing	40 MP, Heal-all for the group.	Poison Swamp Cave
Gates of Hell	10 MP, Restore the dead to life	Poison Berry Forest, south of the desert tower.
Heavenly Gates	18 MP, Restore the dead to life with full HP	Graveyard, help the lady complete her quest to fix the artifact
Feather of Rebirth	30 MP, Prevent ally from being downed once. (Rebirth effect)	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, western room, bottom right. Requires 3 white shards.
Waves of Life	20 MP, Slowly regenerate one ally's HP.	True Ending dungeon, western room, top right. Costs 3 white shards.
Purifying Light	3 MP, Cure poison for one character	Forren Warehouse, middle door
Waking Bell	5 MP, Cure sleep for one character	Fortress Warehouse, middle door
Needle of Mobility	5 MP, Cure paralysis for one character	Fortress Warehouse, right door
Gift of Magic	1/2 MP, Give half your current MP to an ally	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, top right. Requires 3 black shards.

Offensive Skills

Artifact	Ability	Location
Spirit Ember	2 MP, Light fire damage to one target	Cave north of Loutenreck
Flame Spirit	6 MP, Moderate fire damage to one enemy	Mine south of Forrun. Do not agree to give it to the sword forger if you want to keep it.
Dragon's Breath	12 MP, Large fire damage to one enemy	Volcano, behind the Fire God. Must complete the Drill quest to access the volcano and reject rescuing the maiden to take on the quest to kill the Fire God.
Blue Tear	3 MP, Light ice damage to one enemy	Loutenreck Town, buy for 800 GP.
Frost Spirit	6 MP, Moderate ice damage to a group of enemies	Cave path to mansion near Wangun.
Wild Blizzard	12 MP, Large ice damage to all enemies	Ice Cave
Thunder Mouse	4 MP, Light lightning damage to a group of enemies	Greenvale. Must deliver Traveller's Sword and tell the father his son did not make it.
Thunder Spirit	7 MP, Moderate lightning damage to a group of enemies	Mansion south of Cuomo, 2nd floor
Raijin's Scream	13 MP, Heavy lightning damage to a group of enemies	Agree to leave the dream flower in the Ice Caves in peace and they will give you this artifact.
Light of Redemption*	4 MP, Light damage to an undead group	Mine west of Greenvale, first floor.
Spirit of Redemption	6 MP, Moderate damage to an undead group	Southern fishing village, beyond the locked door to the library.
Thunder of Redemption	10 MP, Heavy damage to an undead group	Frostiven Warehouse, left door
Explosion Mole	5 MP, Light explosion damage to all enemies	Quest in Forren, reject delivering the package after discovering the truth.
Exploding Spirit	9 MP, Moderate explosion damage to all enemies	Wangun warehouse, middle door.
Hand of the Giant	18 MP, Heavy explosion damage to all enemies	Ice Tower, right before the boss
Spear of Light	13 MP, Heavy light damage to one enemy	Frostiven Warehouse, middle door
Sword of Light	25 MP, Massive light damage to all enemies	Temple of light, agree to rescue your ally.

* Dialog when claiming this artifact will refer to it as 'Light of Retribution'.

Status Skills

Artifact	Ability	Location
Paradox Clocks	5 MP, Disorients (Dizzy) an enemy group.	Forest northeast of Farrun, The bugs must dig a path under the water to it.
Call of the Nocturne	8 MP, Casts sleep on all enemies	Mansion south of Cuomo. Must elect not to destroy the artifact during the quest.
Warped Mirror	8 MP, Confuse one enemy	Complete the quest to find the truth in the nighttime forest lake northwest of the forest tower.
Echoes of Silence	7 MP, Silence an enemy group.	Wangun Warehouse, left door

Buff and Debuff Skills

Artifact	Ability	Location
Beserker's Rage	6 MP, Increase one party member's attack.	Wangun Warehouse, right door
Noble Knight's Shield	3 MP, Increase one party member's defense	Forren Warehouse, right door
Giant Shield	8 MP, Increase all party member's defense	Crab Cave, Kara Crab Area
Wiseman's Archive	4 MP, Incrase one party member's intelligence	San-Sera Cave, forest area
Wind Stairs	10 MP, Increase all party member's speed	Frostiven Warehouse, right door
Nihil Barrier	14 MP, Cut elemental damage to the party by half	Sera Castle. Can not be claimed after you finish the quest revealing the entrance to the castle or not.
Steelbreaker	5 MP, Reduce one enemy's defense	Gem Mines, 2nd floor
Acid Rain	14 MP, Reduce a group of enemy's defense	San-Sera Cave, cavern area
Tangle Vine	8 MP, Reduce a group of enemy's speed	Kidnapper's Prison, basement level

Passive Skills

Artifact	Ability	Location
Swordsmanship	0 MP, Passive Atk +10, Increase critical hit rate	Loutenreck Castle, Left door choice. Locks out Key of Time and Airship
Literature	All MP, Deal damage to all enemies equal to used MP*5. Passive +10 Int	Loutenreck Castle, Left door choice. Locks out Key of Time and Airship
Reflex	0 MP, Passive +10 Spd, Reduce chance of random encounters	Loutenreck Castle, Left door choice. Locks out Key of Time and Airship
Worship	0 MP, Passive +30 Max MP, prevents critical hits.	Loutenreck Castle, Left door choice. Locks out Key of Time and Airship
Spirit of Steel	0 MP. Passive +30 Max HP, After defeat, revive with full HP	Fortress Warehouse, left door.
Guile of the Bandit	0 MP. +5 Spd, increase chance to escape.	Wind's Graveyard.
Ogre's Wrath	0 MP, May grant attack boost at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, top left. Requires 5 black shards.
Unbreakable Guard	0 MP, May grant defense boost at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, middle left. Requires 5 black shards.
Clever Star	0 MP, May grant intelligence boost at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, bottom left. Requires 5 black shards.
Pack Instinct	0 MP, May grant speed boost at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, middle right. Requires 5 black shards.
Fateful Opponent	0 MP, May grant regeneration at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, western room, bottom left. Requires 5 white shards.
Phoenix Feather	0 MP, May grant rebirth at start of battle	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, southern room, bottom right. Requires 5 white shards.
Watchful Spirit	0 MP. May provide a barrier at start of battle.	True Ending Dungeon, 2nd floor, western room, Top left. Requires 5 white shards.

[phadin]

Fair enough, that makes sense as well. Thank you for the confirmation.

[mooncalf477]

I've personally witnessed the difference. It makes an even five and five, I believe was the devs' reasoning.

[phadin]

New stuff, thanks. Guide Updated. One oddity is the notes from the thread say Phoenix Feather requires white shards, which breaks from the pattern of the Western room requiring white shards and Southern room requiring black shards. I'd appriciate confirmation from another source.

[mooncalf477]

Hey, ten new artifacts were discovered in a hidden dungeon, check the True Ending thread in the discussions for their locations, costs, and effects, since they won't all fit in a comment.

[phadin]

Never realized that, but I very rarely suffered any status effects in my game other than poison... and even that was mostly from the poison fields before I had the poison protection ability. I'll put a note in about it.

[Sogetsu_]

I'd like to point out that Light of Rebirth also cures poison (not sure about other statuses).

[Endarire]

My experience has been that Nihil Barrier and Berserker's Rage are the only buffs worth using because they're cheap, effective, and irreplaceable. Both are usable on bosses where it matters most. Otherwise, (de)buffs generally don't last long enough nor have enough impact to matter to me.

[PizzaSHARK]

No real need for a skill that buffs the entire party. Most trash are cleared in one or two rounds and you'd just be better off using an attack skill instead. Boss fights usually have one person healing, one person attacking, one person nuking, and one person buffing/debuffing, so there's only one person that would even benefit from a +Atk buff.

It assumes you're using the standard tank/scrapper/healer/nuker setup, though.

[phadin]

Thanks for the confirmation. I've been so busy with other games I never did get to verify that.

[James with the Games]

There's no buff for upping your entire party's attack? That's kind of disappointing, wish there was one. Anyone know if getting 2/3 towers reduces the swamp kings power as well? Cause for the life of me I can't beat the drought guy. Then again I'm only lv 27