Artifacts

Drones rarely find an artifact on missions. Each grants a permanent bonus; the best piece of each kind counts. Finds are always rarity Common; higher only through fusion in the fusion reactor.

The bonuses are hidden so you can discover them yourself.

Lander Logbook
Sector: Crash Trench
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Log of the landing, dented, the display flickers
+1 % Credits (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Beacon Core
Sector: Crash Trench
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Still sending the distress signal
+1 % Salvage power (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Singing Geode
Sector: Crystal Caves
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Crystal cluster that hums when touched
+1 % Mining Power (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Lumen Eye
Sector: Crystal Caves
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Cut lens of pure lumen
+1 % Loot (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Last Transmission
Sector: Dead Radio Tower
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Data crystal with the outpost's last radio message
+1 % Experience (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Company Seal
Sector: Dead Radio Tower
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Embossing stamp of the old company
+1 % Reputation from orders (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Frost Compass
Sector: Ice Trench
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The needle points down
−1 % Mission duration (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Cryo Capsule
Sector: Ice Trench
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Sample container, still frozen inside
+2 % Refinery speed (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Magma Heart
Sector: Volcano Rim
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Glowing core in a steel cage
+1 % Fuel chamber duration (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Slag Crown
Sector: Volcano Rim
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Solidified slag in the shape of a crown
+0.5 % Artifact chance (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Void Mirror
Sector: Void Maw
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Black disc, reflects nothing
+1 % Damage (Rarity Common, higher × factor)
Show the artifact from the last sector (spoiler)
Heart of the Works
Sector: Sunken Works
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The company's control core, the last piece of the story
+1 % all other artifact bonuses (Rarity Common, higher × factor)

Find chance

Mission duration	Artifact chance
1 h	0.50 %
4 h	2.0 %
8 h	4.0 %
24 h	10 %

Fusion

Two identical artifacts of one rarity fuse in the fusion reactor into one of the next rarity. The reactor needs at least the stage of the target rarity.

Target	Factor	Cost
Improved	× 1.3	2 artifacts + 1B Credits + 100 × Void Core
Rare	× 1.7	2 artifacts + 5B Credits + 300 × Void Core
Epic	× 2.2	2 artifacts + 20B Credits + 1,000 × Void Core + 50 × Fusion Mantle
Legendary	× 2.9	2 artifacts + 80B Credits + 3,000 × Void Core + 150 × Fusion Mantle + 50 × Core Coil
One-Off	× 3.8	2 artifacts + 300B Credits + 10,000 × Void Core + 400 × Fusion Mantle + 200 × Core Coil

Show the Heart of the Works (spoiler)

The Heart of the Works is assembled in the reactor from one each of the 11 other artifacts at rarity Epic. It boosts all other artifact bonuses.

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