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Artifact guide

Artifacts: effects, placement and combos

Start here when a reward card says Artifact. Learn what it is, what makes its effect active, and how its categories lead into combo ladders and individual records.

stat-ladder categories
19
verified thresholds
74

Artifact, Tablet or another item?

Artifact

An artifact stays in your bag and runs its own level-based effect. Many carry combo categories, and some print a Placement condition. Academy Brigandine is one artifact that carries two categories.

Academy Brigandine

Tablet

A Tablet is not an artifact and has no artifact level of its own. It projects a pattern that changes artifacts in the cells it reaches. Surge can ignore artifact restrictions in its marked pattern.

Surge

Other item

The item list also includes consumables and other objects. Solera's Serendipity can change one combo count, but that does not turn it into an artifact or give it a category.

Solera's Serendipity

What actually makes an artifact work

  1. Category and combo count

    The 19 cards below are the live categories with stat ladders. Thresholds differ by category, and an artifact with two categories contributes to both. Mystic is active too, but has no stat ladder.

  2. Placement condition

    If the card prints a Placement condition, it must be satisfied before the artifact is active. Cold Lock, for example, triggers only when both adjacent slots are empty.

    Cold Lock

  3. Restriction is not the effect trigger

    Ignoring artifact constraints waives the printed Placement condition in covered cells. It does not add levels, undo Disable Artifacts, or make an event written inside the effect happen.

    Read the full restriction guide

The 19 stat-ladder categories

The thresholds come from the current live combo rules. Open a ladder for every payout, a category for the full artifact pool, or the named artifact for one concrete record.

  1. Academy

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactAcademy Brigandine

  2. Alchemy

    Thresholds1 · 2

    Example artifactAlchemist's Flask

  3. Companion

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactAlfonso’s Horn

  4. Curse

    Thresholds2 · 4

    Example artifactDull Bell

  5. Elemental

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6

    Example artifactCaptivating Lure

  6. Ember

    Thresholds4 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactCombustible Oil

  7. Frost Relic

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactFrozen Heart

  8. Glacier

    Thresholds4 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactEcho of the Glacier

  9. Guardian

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactCloth Armor

  10. Lake

    Thresholds3 · 6 · 9

    Example artifactBroken Root

  11. Magitech

    Thresholds4 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactZap Bug

  12. Negotiation

    Thresholds2 · 4

    Example artifactLucky Medal

  13. Planet

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactYellow Planet

  14. Precision

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactBalisong

  15. Shadow

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactBroken Sapphire

  16. Solar Blade

    Thresholds4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactAncient Anvil

  17. Storm Cloud

    Thresholds4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactCloud Bottle

  18. Sturdy

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactAbsolute Ring

  19. Wind Song

    Thresholds2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10

    Example artifactWings

From an idea to a checked layout

  1. Choose a category

    Use the 19 cards to compare thresholds, then open the complete ladder before committing bag space.

  2. Inspect the artifact

    Open the entity record for categories, level values, rarity and any printed Placement condition.

  3. Check the interaction

    Use the combo and restriction guides to separate category count, placement and the trigger inside the effect.