Artifact

Artifacts are wizardly magical items that can be identified, recharged and used to obtain various effects.

See the list of pages about artifacts at Category:Artifact.

Usage

Artifacts can be used to produce a magical effect:

A magic ring is used by wearing it and using twist with magic.items.worn.ring.
A magic staff is used by holding it and using invoke with magic.items.held.staff.
A magic wand is used by holding it and using zap at an appropriate target with magic.items.held.wand.

Artifacts can of course also be used in mundane ways, as weapons.

Arcane properties

Previous research by Mythica Demonwright and Bremen Demonwright provided the initial recharging and damage data. It might have been updated since then.

When an artifact explodes when recharging it deals backfire damage and it also releases thaums that seems to be the same amount as the hp lost.

Item	Identified	Level	Octarine level in the npc shop	Weight	GP	Single Charge (pinch of pmp)	Approximate backfire damage (hp)	Type	Source
blue crystal ring	ring of recall	30	6 intense	&&&&&&+100 1/9	190	&&&&+18000 20	3600	Ring	[1]
pink crystal ring	ring of power	75	10 pure brilliance	&&&&&&+100 1/9	180	&&&&+27000 30	3500	Ring	[2]
pink crystal ring	ring of vigour	50	8 brightly pulses	&&&&&&+100 1/9	180	&&&&+18000 20	3000	Ring	[3]
pink crystal ring	ring of energy	25	6 intense	&&&&&&+100 1/9	180	&&&&&+9000 10	2500	Ring	[4]
silver rat ring	piper's ring	?	1 slight	&&&&&&&+20 10 g	0	?	?	Ring	Rat King
red staff	Frottjor's staff	40	6 intense	&&&&&+3000 3 3/9	210	&&&&&+1800 2	600	Staff	[5]
balsa wand	wand of eternal light	100	6 intense	&&&&&&+100 1/9	240	&&&&+54000 60	4200	Wand	[6]
black fluted wand	wand of cancellation	60	5 steady	&&&&&+1500 1 6/9	220	&&&&&+9000 10	2100	Wand	[7]
charred wand	wand of infestation cleansing	40	4 steady but dull	&&&&&&+300 3/9	200	&&&&&+2700 3	1100	Wand	[8]
copper wand	wand of sparkles	?	2 slight	&&&&&+1000 1 1/9	10?	?	?	Wand
grey wand	wand of anima gauging	30	8 brightly pulses	&&&&&&+300 3/9	180	&&&&&+9000 10	3500	Wand	[9]
long white wand	Skjodor's wand	60	5 steady	&&&&&+1500 1 6/9	220	&&&&&+3600 4	1500	Wand	[10]
oak wand	wand of healing	50	4 steady but dull	&&&&&&+200 2/9	55	&&&&&&+180 1/5	200	Wand	[11]
paint-stained wand	wand of colouring	50	2 slight	&&&&&&+100 1/9	?	?	?	Wand	[12]
pine wand	wand of striking	40	4 steady but dull	&&&&&&+400 4/9	165	&&&&&&+360 2/5	200	Wand	[13]
short wand	wand of magic detection	20	2 slight	&&&&&&+100 1/9	155	&&&&&+1800 2	1100	Wand	[14]
small stick	wand of pickling	5	2 slight	&&&&&&+100 1/9	55	&&&&&&+180 1/5	100	Wand	[15]
thin stick	wand of artifact probing	25	4 steady but dull	&&&&&&+100 1/9	180	&&&&&+7200 8	2700	Wand	[16]
yellow wand	wand of garlic breath	2	2 slight	&&&&&&+100 1/9	25	&&&&&+1080 1 1/5	800	Wand	[17]

Recharging some of those is not worth it, for example you can cast Collatrap's Instant Pickling Stick to get more wands of pickling. Most artifacts are also sold rather cheaply, whereas purple mineral powder can be difficult and expensive to procure.

Mundane properties

Wands and staves are also weapons. For judge information at other strengths, see the weapon type page.

Ranged ~ Fired | Thrown - Info: Weapons wanted example - Protection: < Shields wanted example > < Armours wanted example > < Scabbards >

Weapon	Weight (lb)	Hands	Judge overall 16 str	Judge attack 16 str	Judge parry 16 str	Judge speed	Judge maximum damage	Judge average damage	Commands	Type
red staff	&&&&&+3000 3 3/9	2	&&+8 8 quite good	&+11 11 rather easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&&+6 6 Quick	&&+4 4 Low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	bash invoke Wildswing	Polearm
balsa wand	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
black fluted wand	&&&&&+1500 1 6/9	1	&&+8 8 quite good	&+12 12 very easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+2 2 Very low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
charred wand	&&&&&&+300 3/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	Zap	Mace
copper wand	&&&&&+1000 1 1/9	1	&&+8 8 quite good	&+12 12 very easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 extremely fast	&&+1 1 extremely low	&&+1 1 extremely low	Zap	Mace
grey wand	&&&&&&+300 3/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
long white wand	&&&&&+1500 1 6/9	1	&&+8 8 quite good	&+12 12 very easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
oak wand	&&&&&&+200 2/9	1	&&+8 8 quite good	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	Zap	Mace
paint-stained wand	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	Zap	Mace
pine wand	&&&&&&+500 5/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+14 14 incredibly easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
short wand	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
small stick	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
thin stick	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	Zap	Mace
yellow wand	&&&&&&+100 1/9	1	&&+7 7 reasonable	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+13 13 extremely easy	&+10 10 Extremely fast	&&+1 1 Extremely low	&&+1 1 Extremely low	zap	Mace
Weapon	Weight (lb)	Hands	Judge overall 16 str	Judge attack 16 str	Judge parry 16 str	Judge speed	Judge maximum damage	Judge average damage	Commands	Type