Artifact

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

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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

Aquatic Treasure

• Aquatic Treasure

Biological Sample

• Biological Sample

Delicate Flora (FARM)

• Delicate Flora (FARM)

Delicate Flora (PLNT)

• Delicate Flora (PLNT)

Excavated Bones

• Excavated Bones

Fossil Sample

• Fossil Sample

Historical Document

• Historical Document

Lost Artifact

• Lost Artifact

Salvaged Scrap

• Salvaged Scrap

Terrifying Sample

• Terrifying Sample

Unearthed Treasure

• 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
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
Historical Document	X	X	X
Lost Artifact	X	X	X
Salvaged Scrap				Salvage Container
Terrifying Sample	X
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
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Biological Sample Delicate Flora (PLNT) Fossil Sample Historical Document Lost Artifact Unearthed Treasure	Common	200-500	200-500 years	100,000 - 200,000	115,000 - 230,000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

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.