Ancient Artifact

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

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

Acquisition

The following quests offer Ancient Artifacts as rewards:

As a quest reward:

Quest	NPC	Location
Last of the Breed	Mirza Veldrunner	Turai's Procession
A New Guide	Curator Ruras	Poisoned Outcrops
Destroy the Ungrateful Slaves	Primeval King Jahnus	The Shattered Ravines
Family Soul	Shanrah	Crystal Overlook
Getting Even	Kane	The Shattered Ravines
Pilgrimage	Ganji	The Ruptured Heart
Raising an Army	Infantryman Hareh	The Sulfurous Wastes
Refuse the King	Primeval King Jahnus	The Shattered Ravines
Requiem for a Brain	Infantryman Hareh	The Sulfurous Wastes
Return of the Undead King	Palawa Joko	Bone Palace
She Hungers	Bonesmith Rokel	Bone Palace
Sticks and Stones	Awata	Bone Palace
Strange Bedfellows	Palawa Joko	Bone Palace
The Growing Threat	Jehner	The Ruptured Heart
Under New Management	General Farrund	The Alkali Pan
Vanishing Spirits	Charen	The Ruptured Heart
Wayward Guide	Curator Ruras	The Shattered Ravines

Collectors

Wandering Scribe (1)

Location: Gate of Desolation (outpost)
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

Wandering Scribe (2)

Location: Gate of Desolation (outpost)
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	Double-click to increase the size of a bag from 5 to 10 slots.	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

Wandering Scribe (3)

Location: Gate of Desolation (outpost)
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

Notes

• Like most reward trophies, 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 1600 total or, that is, 320 each. In any case, it's in one's best interest to not sell them to other players for less than 200 each, as doing so wouldn't be acquiring the full value of the item.
• Completing all the above quests, you can obtain a maximum of 16 Ancient Artifacts (there are two mutually exclusive quests).

Trivia

• The icon of this item strongly resembles a miniature version of the Statue of Grenth

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