Artifacts

Artifacts are a collection of elemental-themed items that can be acquired at various points in the game before fighting the Moon Lord and can be combined into the Elemental Arcanum after defeating the Moon Lord. Each artifact has a rare material associated with it, these materials have a 1/1000 chance to drop in their respective biomes.

Artifact Materials

Item	Obtained in	Drop chance
Fiery Ashes	Any Underworld Enemy	0.1%
Gem of the Universe	Any Dawn of the Void Enemy	0.1%
Glowing Slush	Any Snow Biome Enemy	0.1%
Odd Water	Any Ocean Enemy	0.1%
Strange Idol	Any Space Enemy	0.1%
Unstable Amber	Any Desert Enemy	0.1%

Artifacts

Item	Effects	Recipe
Chaos Flame Flask	Inflicts fire damage on attack Grants immunity to fire blocks Jump speed increased by 200% Crit chance increased by 5%	+++
Ethereal Shell	20% increased magic damage Mana increased by 100 Restores mana when damaged Increases pickup range for stars Automatically uses mana potion when needed Emits light when underwater	++++
Frozen Gauntlet	Inflicts chilled and frostburn on attack Stars fall from the sky when injured Increased invincibility time Damage increased by 15%	++
Great Thunder Idol	Movement speed increased by 50% Releases lightning on hit Armor penetration increased by 5	++++
Nanocore	Damage increased by 20% Reduced cooldown for healing potions Life regen increased When under 50% life, damage reduction increased by 15% Turns the holder into a werewolf at night and a merfolk when entering water	+++
Skull of the Old One	30% increased mining speed 4% increased damage Reduces damage taken by 5% Grants immunity to knockback	+100 +
Elemental Arcanum	Damage increased by 35% Critical strike chance increased by 10% Maximum mana increased by 150 Life regen increased 30% increased mining speed Reduces damage taken by 5% Has all the effects from the Elemental Artifacts	++++++10 +50

History

• 1.3.11: Artifacts drop chance decreased from 1/800 to 1/1000