Artifact General Information
Artifacts are a new rarity of items found in New World. These Items offer unique perks that change the way you play the game. Artifacts can be found in Expeditions, the Open World, PVP Reward Track and more! We’ll speak more on this later in this New World artifact guide.
For Example, let’s take a look at the Artifact Great Axe, The Abyss. The Abyss has a unique perk called “Darken Blade” that converts 99% of damage to Void and allows the user to scale all the Great Axe’s damage from Intelligence.
Some Artifacts, such as weapons, provide a second unique perk. The second perk, “Abyss”, allows the weapon to deal 20% more damage when your mana is below 100%. Each Artifact has 6 perks total and each perk has to be unlocked via Artifact Quest and Upgrades.
Artifact Quests
Once players find an Artifact, they’ll need to unlock all the perks of the Artifact through its Quest. Artifact Quests require the player to complete a subquest for each perk on the Artifact. You can have a total of 10 (coming in season 5) artifact quests active at a time.
If you wish to obtain another quest beyond 10 active you will need to abandon one of your active artifact quests.
Artifact Upgrades
Next, Each Artifact can also be upgraded to have a 5th Perk of your choice! Players will need to take the Artifact plus the following items to a Gypsum Kiln.
- Weapon, Armor, or Jewelry Matrix X 1
- Dark Matter X 500
- Gypsum Orbs X 5
- Chromatic Seal x 1
Artifact Weapons
| Artifact | Weapon | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pestilence | Blunderbuss | — Attacks from both weapons against targets inflict a stack of poison and a decrease to incoming healing by 5% and outgoing by 2.5% per stack for 3s (Max 3 stacks, 1s activation cooldown) — 8% damage against poisoned and diseased targets | PVP Reward Track |
| Boltcaster | Bow | — 99% damage converted to lightning, and lightning damage from basic attacks is increased by 20% for both weapons — Basic attacks build up stacks of static charge lasting 3s. Hitting with bow lightning damage at 3 stacks will consume the charges and trigger a bolt of lightning, dealing 80% damage | Annoyed Aguascia – Elysian Wilds |
| The Abyss | Great Axe | — 99% of damage is converted to void, and if INT is higher, replace base weapon scaling with Intelligence — Deal 15% more damage when mana is below 100% | Closing Corrupted Breaches |
| Tempest Fury | Great Axe | — Successful attacks gain 3% movement speed for 3s. (Works on both weapons and stacks 10 times.) — Whirlwind no longer needs to hit targets to continue spins, and can spin up to 12 times | Winter Rune Forge Spoils ** SEASON 5 |
| Serenity | Great Sword | Offense Stance: +2% empower per attack for 5s (max 10 stacks) Defense Stance: +2% fortify when hit for 5s (max 10 stacks) | PVP Reward Track |
| Freya’s Francisca | Hatchet | Thrown Axe projectiles reduce all axe skill cooldowns by 25% (5s cooldown) | The Blighted Greenskeeper – Garden of Genesis |
| Sin | Hatchet | — Debuffs last 25% longer. (Works on both weapons) — Deals 2% more damage per debuff on a target. (5 stacks max) | Colossus of Memnon (Brimstone Sands) ** SEASON 5 |
| Inferno | Fire Staff | — If your strength attribute is higher, replace your base weapon scaling with strength — +20% damage when you hit a target within 15m | Commander Marius – Empyrean Forge |
| Odo | Flail | — You deal 20% more damage to stunned or knocked down foes (Applies to both weapons) — On Block: Heal for 5% base health (3s cooldown) | Vanash – Elysian Wilds |
| Deep Freeze | Ice Gauntlet | Frozen, rooted or chilled enemies take 15% additional damage (on both weapons) | Snorok Ice Fist – Glacial Tarn Expedition |
| Vengeance | Life Staff | When you successfully heal gain 1% dmg for 10s (Stacks to 20) | PVP Reward Tack |
| The Mechanic | Musket | Traps and Sticky Bomb cooldown reduced by 20% | Toy Maker Phthah – Elysian Wilds |
| Finisher | Rapier | Attacks against Bleeding targets deal 15% more damage, and reduce Flourish’s cooldown by 5% (1s cooldown, works on both weapons) | Montrapala the Unruled – Elysian Wilds |
| Scorpion’s Sting | Spear | Javelin now does 100% weapon damage and pulls targets towards you. But the default cooldown is increased by 33% | Scorpio Supernal – Brimstone Sands |
| Venom | Spear | Heavy melee attacks with either weapon cause poison dealing 20% weapon damage for 5s | Siren Arena ** SEASON 5 |
| The Butcher | Sword | — Bleeds lasts 33% longer (Works on both weapons) — Whirling Blade inflicts bleed, dealing 10% weapon damage for 6s | Zhou Taiying – Mutated Dynasty Shipyard |
| Lifetaker | Void Gauntlet | Your ranged attacks inflict Disintegrate for 8s on both weapons (1 cooldown). And if your dexterity attribute is higher, replace your base weapon scaling with dexterity | Pugnacious Purutu – Elysian Wilds |
| Spark of Mjolnir | Warhammer | — 99% of hammer damage is converted to lightning, and you deal 20% more lightning damage with both weapons — Mighty Gavel causes a lightning strike that inflicts a 30% weaken for 7s | Chardis – Lazarus Instrumentality |
Artifact Armor
Head
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unyielding | Heavy | PvP Only: Receive 20% less damage from critical hits. This helm’s weight is reduced by 6% | PVP Reward Track |
| Grey Wizard’s Hat | Light | +100% max mana | Closing Corrupted Breaches |
| Djinn Headwrap | Medium | Reduce the base duration of non-crowd controlling debuffs on you by 20% | Beasts in Elysian Wild |
Chest
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | Light | This Armor is weightless | Ner’Mur – Elysian Wilds |
| Nimble Coat | Medium | Reduces max cooldowns by 8% | PVP Reward Tack |
| Nature’s Wrath | Heavy | Empower expires 200% faster but you deal 20% more damage | Spriggan Arena ** SEASON 5 |
| Void Darkplate | Heavy | Your armor is increased by 20% | Nereid in Barnacles and Black Powder Expedition |
Gloves
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quickdraw Gloves | Light | You’re immune to damage for 0.5s after you weapon swap (12 Second Cooldown) | Ipomoea – Elysian Wilds |
| Ghoul Gloves | Medium | When you hit a foe that is below half health, transfer one debuff (3s cooldown) | Overgrown Guardian or Adiana’s Chosen Beast |
| Magnetic Gauntlets | Heavy | Crit chance increased by 50%, but crit damage reduced by up to 50% | Isabella in Tempest’s Heart Expedition |
| Gilli’s Gravity Gauntlets | Heavy | Whenever you take damage gain an Empower charge that increases the damage of your next attack by 3% (max 10 charges.) | Protector Arena (Eternal Pools) ** SEASON 5 |
Legs
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koya’s Knee Guards | Light | Incoming ranged attacks deal 13% less damage to you | Outpost Rush Cache |
| Attuned Leather Pants | Medium | +10 to all other Attributes | Main Story Quest – The End of New Eden |
| Freedom | Heavy | Stun, Slow, and Root effects base duration is reduced by 20% | PVP Reward Track |
| Ironheart | Heavy | When not in heavy loadout gain 20% more max health | PVP Reward Track ** SEASON 5 |
Boots
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbler Feetwrap | Light | Successfully dodging an attack, gives you 15% empower and 25% fortify for 5s, you are also healed for 200 + 2% of your max hp (1s cooldown) | OPR Cache |
| Creed Boots | Light | Deal 15% more damage and 25% critical chance as long as you haven’t hit the target within 20s | Season 5 Pass ** SEASON 5 |
| Winged Leather Shoes | Medium | Base duration of hastes on you is increased by 50% | Helianthus – Elysian Wilds |
| The Unmoved | Heavy | You cannot be displaced | PVP reward Track |
Shield
| Artifact | Equip Weight | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | Kite | Cooldowns reduced by 5%. On block: Lose one debuff | PVP Reward Track |
| The Wall | Tower | — Gain 5% base damage reduction You cannot dodge, but have 33% more stamina. (While active or sheathed — You take 25% less damage from all elemental sources | Heru |
| Gladiator | Round | When you are hit or block a hit from a melee attack, inflict bleed on your attacker dealing 10% of your weapon damage every second for 6s (2s cooldown) | Tribunal Ice Mammoth – South East Elysian Wilds |
Artifact Jewelry
| Artifact | Type | Key Perk(s) | Obtained From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankh | Necklace | incoming Heals are 50% stronger, consumables and outgoing heals are 50% weaker | PVP Reward Track |
| Lost Stopwatch | Necklace | Taunts are active. Generate 300% more threat. Stuns last 1s longer, but base damage is decreased by 10% | Commander Thorpe – Mutated Depths Expedition |
| Phoenix | Necklace | When you receive lethal damage, avoid death and become invulnerable for 4s, after which you die. (180s cooldown) | Season 5 Pass ** SEASON 5 |
| Blooddrinker | Ring | -25% damage, +25% lifesteal. All healing from lifesteal is increased by 5% | Greundgul the Regent – Mutated Starstone |
| Endless Thrist | Earring | Healing consumables are 33% stronger, but healing potion cooldowns are 25% longer | Mahantaram – Savage Divide |
Conclusion
That concludes our New World Artifact Guide. For more New World Content, check out our Home Page.