Artifact

The subject of this article is from the Echoes update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 13 February, 2024.

Artifact is a product.

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[ | ]

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
Ancient Skeleton				Space Encounter
Aquatic Treasure	X			Sealed Sea Chest
Biological Sample	X	X	X
Delicate Flora (FARM)	X	X	X	Farmer (NPC)
Delicate Flora (PLNT)	X	X	X	Farmer (NPC)
Excavated Bones	X			Ancient Bones
Fossil Sample	X	X	X	Space Encounter
Historical Document	X	X	X
Lost Artifact	X	X	X
Salvaged Scrap				Salvage Container
Terrifying Sample	X		X	Submerged Ruins, Space Encounter
Unearthed Treasure	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.

Type	Rarity	Modifier	Modifier with text	Base value	Total value
Ancient Skeleton	Common	250-500	25000-50000 years	50,000 - 110,000	57,500 - 126,500
	Uncommon	600-1100	60000-110000 years	200,000 - 650,000	230,000 - 747,500
	Rare	1400-3000	140000-300000 years	700,000 - 1,700,000	805,000 - 1,955,000
Aquatic Treasure	Common	2-5	200-500 years	100,000 - 200,000	115,000 - 230,000
	Uncommon	6-11	600-1100 years	400,000 - 700,000	460,000 - 805,000
	Rare	14-30	1400-3000 years	800,000 - 1,200,000	920,000 - 1,380,000
Biological Sample Delicate Flora (PLNT) Fossil Sample Historical Document Lost Artifact Unearthed Treasure	Common	200-500	200-500 years	100,000 - 200,000	115,000 - 230,000
	Uncommon	600-1100	600-1100 years	400,000 - 700,000	460,000 - 805,000
	Rare	1400-3000	1400-3000 years	800,000 - 2,000,000	920,000 - 2,300,000
Delicate Flora (FARM)	Common	2-5	2-5 mutated genes	100,000 - 200,000	115,000 - 230,000
	Uncommon	6-11	6-11 mutated genes	400,000 - 700,000	460,000 - 805,000
	Rare	14-30	14-30 mutated genes	800,000 - 1,200,000	920,000 - 1,380,000
Excavated Bones	Common	250-500	250-500 years	50,000 - 110,000	57,500 - 126,500
	Uncommon	600-1100	600-1100 years	200,000 - 650,000	230,000 - 747,500
	Rare	1400-3000	1400-3000 years	700,000 - 1,700,000	805,000 - 1,955,000
Salvaged Scrap	Common	200-500	200-500 years	100,000 - 300,000	115,000 - 345,000
	Uncommon	600-1100	600-1100 years	400,000 - 850,000	460,000 - 977,500
	Rare	1400-3000	1400-3000 years	1,100,000 - 2,400,000	1,265,000 - 2,760,000
Terrifying Sample	Common	2-5	20-50 lifetimes	100,000 - 250,000	115,000 - 287,500
	Uncommon	6-11	60-110 lifetimes	300,000 - 600,000	345,000 - 690,000
	Rare	14-30	140-300 lifetimes	900,000 - 1,200,000	1,035,000 - 1,380,000

Artifact Documentation Statistics[ | ]

So far, 1,221 artifacts have been documented on the wiki.

Category	Total	Common	Uncommon	Rare
Ancient Skeleton	24	16	5	3
Aquatic Treasure	44	22	13	9
Biological Sample	151	40	50	61
Delicate Flora (FARM)	68	36	26	6
Delicate Flora (PLNT)	187	49	74	64
Excavated Bones	167	95	48	24
Fossil Sample	84	21	23	40
Historical Document	92	23	36	33
Lost Artifact	109	27	41	41
Salvaged Scrap	115	46	41	28
Terrifying Sample	51	14	19	18
Unearthed Treasure	128	32	48	48

Top 5 Value Artifacts[ | ]

This table lists the top 5 most valuable artifacts in the wiki database:

Name	ID	Rarity	Modifier	Total Value	Type	Image
Extraordinary Torquer		Rare	1866	2,759,013.3	Salvaged Scrap	Link
High-tech Regulator	88160	Rare	2734	2,756,279.8	Salvaged Scrap	Link
Intricate Gyroscope		Rare	1908	2,754,290.3	Salvaged Scrap	Link
Well-Preserved Gyroscope		Rare	2263	2,754,248.8	Salvaged Scrap	Link
Well-preserved Torquer		Rare	2425	2,753,624.3	Salvaged Scrap	Link

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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.
Living Ship - Added Ancient Skeleton.
Origins - Introduced a way to exchange artifacts.