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The subject of this article is from the Visions update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 13 August, 2019. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 13 August, 2019.

A prize of Calcified Fish Blood!
Artifact is a product.
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Summary[]
Artifacts aka Relics are procedurally generated products that can be received from various activities throughout the gameplay. They have no additional purpose beside selling them at Galactic Trade Terminals or to NPCs.
The Artifact Research project welcomes any discovery to be documented.
The Artifact Exchange Vault can be used at Colossal Archive buildings to exchange blue (uncommon) artifacts for purple or yellow (rare) artifacts of greater value.
List of Artifact types[]
Aquatic Treasure[]
Biological Sample[]
Delicate Flora (FARM)[]
Delicate Flora (PLNT)[]
Excavated Bones[]
Fossil Sample[]
Historical Document[]
Lost Artifact[]
Salvaged Scrap[]
Terrifying Sample[]
Unearthed Treasure[]
Sources[]
The table shows the possible sources for each artifact type.
The three primary sources are Large Artifact Crates, missions from the Mission Board, and Frigate expeditions.
Note: This table is incomplete, please help expanding it.
Type | Large Artifact Crate |
Missions | Expeditions | Other Sources |
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X | Sealed Sea Chest | ||
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X | X | X | |
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X | X | X | Farmer (NPC) |
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X | X | X | Farmer (NPC) |
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X | Ancient Bones | ||
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X | X | X | |
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X | X | X | |
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X | X | X | |
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Salvage Container | |||
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X | |||
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X | X | X |
Modifier and value ranges[]
The table shows the modifier and value ranges for each artifact type. There is no correlation between the modifier and the value, both are randomly chosen within their ranges.
Note: The specified base value ranges of all types are multiplied by 1.15, this total value is indicated on the information panel of each artifact.
Additional information[]
- The modifier and value ranges are extracted from the 1.77 version of PROCEDURALPRODUCTTABLE.MBIN game file.
- Delicate Flora consist of two separate categories (with FARM and PLNT denotations as per the extracted MBIN file). Presumably more categories were planned before the release of NEXT, but scrapped and these were combined into one.
- Delicate Flora (FARM) and Delicate Flora (PLNT) use the same name generation, therefore they have the same naming order.
- Biological Sample, Delicate Flora (PLNT), Fossil Sample, Historical Document, Lost Artifact and Unearthed Treasure with the same identification number have the same age related modifier and the same value.
- Artifacts can be named the same, but their identification numbers, modifiers and descriptions will be different.
Release history[]
- NEXT - Added as a product.
- Abyss - Added Aquatic Treasure and Terrifying Sample. Hidden changes: Names were regenerated by either adding or taking away prefixes, but other data were unchanged. The value range were changed for the rare type of Delicate Flora (FARM), previously it was possible to reach a maximum value of 20,000,000
. Due to this both the modifier and the value were regenerated as well.
- Visions - Added Excavated Bones and Salvaged Scrap. Hidden changes: The specified base value ranges of all types are multiplied by 1.15, this total value is indicated on the information panel of each artifact. The information panels are colour coded by rarity and an additional icon indicates its purpose.
- Beyond - Hidden changes: DropWeight property values changed for Excavated Bones and Salvaged Scrap.
- Origins - Introduced a way to exchange artifacts.
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