Ancient Artifact

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Ancient Artifact
Type	Reward trophy
Value	Can't be sold (see notes)
Stackable	Yes
Campaign	Nightfall
Collector(s)	Wandering Scribes

Ancient artifacts are reward tokens you can get from completing many quests in the Desolation. They can be traded to Wandering Scribes at the Gate of Desolation.

Contents 1 Acquisition 2 Collectors 2.1 General Collectors 2.1.1 Wandering Scribes 2.1.1.1 Wandering Scribe 1 2.1.1.2 Wandering Scribe 2 2.1.1.3 Wandering Scribe 3 3 Notes

[edit] Acquisition

The following quests offer Ancient Artifacts as rewards:

• Kourna
  • Last of the Breed
• The Desolation
  • A New Guide
  • Destroy the Ungrateful Slaves
  • Family Soul
  • Getting Even
  • Pilgrimage
  • Raising an Army
  • Refuse the King
  • Requiem for a Brain
  • Return of the Undead King
  • She Hungers
  • Sticks and Stones
  • Strange Bedfellows
  • The Growing Threat
  • Under New Management
  • Vanishing Spirits
  • Wayward Guide

[edit] Collectors

[edit] General Collectors

[edit] Wandering Scribes

Location: Gate of Desolation

[edit] Wandering Scribe 1

Collecting: 1 Ancient Artifact

Item	Stats	Value
Identification Kit	Uses remaining: 25	50
Salvage Kit	Uses remaining: 25	50
Hunter's Ale	Uses remaining: 1 Double-click to drink. Excessive alcohol consumption will result in intoxication.	5
Scroll of Adventurer's Insight	For 10 minutes your party gains +50% XP from combat.	100
Bag	Holds 5 items	50

[edit] Wandering Scribe 2

Collecting: 3 Ancient Artifacts

Item	Stats	Value
Ancient Elonian Key	Unlocks Ancient Elonian chests.	300
Expert Salvage Kit	Uses remaining: 25	200
Superior Identification Kit	Uses remaining: 100	250
Rune of Holding	Upgrades normal bag (5 items) to large bag (10 items)	250
Scroll of Rampager's Insight	Your party gains double XP from combat. Rampager's Insight ends if your party fails to kill a foe for 30 seconds.	125
Scroll of Hunter's Insight	Your party gains 175% XP from combat. Hunter's Insight ends if your party fails to kill a boss for 5 minutes.	150

[edit] Wandering Scribe 3

Collecting: 5 Ancient Artifacts

Item	Stats	Value
Superior Salvage Kit	Uses remaining: 100	1
Scroll of Hero's Insight	For 10 minutes your party gains double XP from combat.	400
Scroll of Berserker's Insight	Your party gains triple XP from combat. Berserker's Insight ends if your party fails to kill a foe for 30 seconds.	400
Scroll of Slayer's Insight	Your party gains 250% XP from combat. Slayer's Insight ends if your party fails to kill a boss for 5 minutes.	400

[edit] Notes

• Like most reward tokens, Ancient Artifacts can neither be sold to merchants nor be salvaged, but they can be traded.
• The faster rate for converting these directly to gold is purchasing and selling superior salvage kits, which will pay out 200 per Ancient Artifact (1 per kit, 1 kit per 5 Ancient Artifacts). Keeping and using the kits may be even more profitable, since each one saves you 4 expert salvage kits, at a cost of 1.6 total, increasing the potential value of 5 Ancient Artifacts to 1.6; that is, 320 each. In any case, do not sell them to other players for less than 200 each.
• Completing all the above quests, you can obtain a maximum of 16 Ancient Artifacts (there are two mutually exclusive quests).

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Reward trophies
Factions	Equipment Requisition Imperial Commendation Luxon Totem Monastery Credit
Nightfall	Ancient Artifact Battle Commendation Inscribed Secret Kournan Coin Trade Contract