Hunters On-Chain: Essential Guide to Artifacts
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In Hunters On-Chain, artifacts are vital for enhancing your Hunters by adding new, permanent perks. Some artifacts are universal, while others are exclusive to specific hunter classes, making it essential to understand how to use them effectively. In this guide, we’ll break down how artifacts work, their impact on gameplay, and how to maximize your Hunters' potential by equipping the right ones.
What Are Artifacts?#Copy URL to this article section
Artifacts are NFT items designed to give hunters permanent stat boosts or abilities. These items unlock additional perks at key levels: Level 1, Level 5 and Level 10. When an artifact is applied to a Hunter, the item is burned, meaning it is consumed and no longer exists in your inventory. The rarity of an artifact affects the strength of the bonus it provides.
Hunters can unlock up to three artifact slots across different levels, and each artifact can grant different effects, ranging from increasing a hunter’s health, enhancing attack range to boosting specific skill. Some artifacts are universal, while others are exclusive to certain hunters.
Rarity of Artifacts#Copy URL to this article section
Discover powerful artifacts, from Common to Legendary!
Artifacts come in five rarity levels: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. Higher rarity artifacts provide better stats and more impactful upgrades.
For example:
A Rare attack speed artifact can increase a hunter's attack speed by 20%
A Common attack speed artifact will only provide an 8% boost.
This difference makes it clear that higher-rarity artifacts offer a significant advantage in-game. However, not all artifacts are available in five rarities; some may be limited to just two or four.
Types of Artifacts#Copy URL to this article section
Artifacts in Hunters On-Chain are divided into three main types: Universal, Class-Specific, and Hunter-Specific artifacts. Each type serves a different purpose and has varying levels of customization and rarity.
Universal Artifacts (Equippable by Any Hunter)#Copy URL to this article section
Enhance your gameplay with universal artifacts like Attack Speed, Dizzy Chance, and HP & Damage
Universal artifacts provide general stat boosts that can benefit any hunter, making them highly versatile. These artifacts can be equipped by any class of hunter and provide boosts to common stats like attack speed, health, or damage.
Examples of Universal Artifacts:
Attack Speed: Increases the hunter's attack speed.
HP and Damage: Boosts the hunter’s health and damage.
Dizzy Chance: Adds a chance to briefly stun enemies when dealing damage.
Distance: Increases the hunter’s attack range.
More XP: Increases the experience points (XP) earned in-game.
Life Steal: Restores health based on a percentage of the max HP of enemies defeated.
Damage Reflect: Reflects a portion of incoming damage back to the attacker.
These artifacts are available in all five rarities, with higher rarities offering better stat bonuses.
Class-Specific Artifacts (Equippable by Certain Hunters Only) #Copy URL to this article section
Unlock class-specific power with the Multishot and Ricochet artifact
Some artifacts can only be equipped by specific classes of Hunters. These artifacts are designed to enhance specific playstyles and offer unique bonuses that complement the strengths of particular hunter classes. Some artifacts can only be equipped by specific classes of Hunters. These artifacts are designed to enhance specific playstyles and offer unique bonuses that complement the strengths of particular hunter classes.
Examples of Class-Specific Artifacts:
Multishot: Increases the number of projectiles a hunter shoots.
Usable by: Frozen Queen, Axe Master, Spider Queen, Pirate.
Ricochet: Causes projectiles to bounce between enemies, dealing damage to multiple targets.
Usable by: Boom Boom, Vlad, Mad Doctor, Grim Reaper, Elf Archer, Rocky, Efreet.
Class-specific artifacts typically come in Uncommon and Rare rarities and are powerful tools for maximizing the potential of certain hunter classes.
Hunter-Specific Artifacts (Exclusive to One Hunter) #Copy URL to this article section
Boost your hunters' abilities with specific artifacts like More Blood, Monkey Frenzy, and Bigger Circle
Hunter-specific artifacts are the most specialized and powerful, designed to significantly boost the abilities of a particular hunter. These artifacts can unlock the full potential of a hunter by enhancing their core abilities and giving them additional perks.
Examples of Hunter-Specific Artifacts:
More Rage: Increases damage from rage stacks.
Usable by: Raging Orc.
Storm Maker: Increases the number of active tornadoes and extends their duration.
Usable by: Gray Wolf.
Monkey Frenzy: Increases the duration of the enlarged state and reduces the time required to trigger it.
Usable by: Ape Lord.
Ghost Attack Speed: Increases the speed of ghost attacks.
Usable by: Phantom.
Ghost Time: Increases the duration that ghosts remain active.
Usable by: Phantom.
Bigger Circle: Increases the size of the dark circle.
Usable by: Voodoo.
Bigger Explosion: Increases the size of explosions.
Usable by: Wizard.
Death Touch: Increases bonus damage gained from the Death Strike ability and boosts the chance to trigger Death Strike.
Usable by: Grim Reaper.
Improved Weakness: Increases damage dealt to weakened enemies and reduces damage from weakened enemies. Extends the duration of the weakness effect.
Usable by: The Ripper.
Fast Stealth: Reduces the time required to enter stealth mode.
Usable by: Crow and Renderman (Crow is melee, Renderman is long-range).
Long Frenzy: Extends the duration of the frenzy effect.
Usable by: Berserker.
Fast Spiders: Increases the speed of spawned spiders and boosts their damage.
Usable by: Spider Queen.
Long Freeze: Extends the duration of freeze/slow effects.
Usable by: Frozen Queen.
Bull Rush: Increases charge speed and boosts movement speed during the charge.
Usable by: Minotaur.
Improved Tentacles: Increases the size, range, duration, and damage of tentacles.
Usable by: Ancient One.
More Fire: Adds an additional burn stack when attacking.
Usable by: Efreet.
High Voltage: Increases voltage charge per hit and boosts stun effectiveness. Slightly increases dizzy chance and damage.
Usable by: Zeus.
More Blood: Extends the duration of the blood frenzy effect and increases damage during blood frenzy.
Usable by: Vlad.
Improved Zone: Increases the size of the zone, enhances freezing effects, and boosts damage dealt within the zone.
Usable by: Protector.
Where to Get Artifacts#Copy URL to this article section
Unlock rewards with Wooden, Silver, or Gold chests
Power up your hunters with Legendary and Epic artifacts
Artifacts can be obtained from chests that provide random drops or purchased directly from the Sphere Marketplace. Chests offer a variety of drop rates depending on the type of chest, and higher-tier chests offer better chances for rare and powerful artifacts.
Chest Types and Drop Rates:
Wooden Chest: 8% chance of an artifact with 1 drop; 100% Common rarity.
Silver Chest: 12% chance of an artifact with 1 drop; 100% Common rarity.
Golden Chest: 10.3% chance of an artifact with 1 drop; 65% Uncommon, 30% Rare, 5% Epic.
Magical Chest: 11% chance with 6 drops; 59.5% Uncommon, 35% Rare, 5.5% Epic, 0.45% Legendary.
Legendary Chest: 15% chance with 15 drops; 46% Uncommon, 32% Rare, 17% Epic, 5% Legendary.
Ultra Supreme Box: 25% chance with 26 drops; 30% Uncommon, 40% Rare, 20% Epic, 10% Legendary.
Sphere Marketplace:
If you’re looking for a specific artifact, you can purchase it directly from the Sphere Marketplace using IMX tokens. This allows you to skip the randomness of chest openings and target specific artifacts that suit your hunter and playstyle.
Conclusion#Copy URL to this article section
Artifacts in Hunters On-Chain are essential tools for enhancing your hunters and customizing their abilities. Understanding the different types and rarities of artifacts allows you to create the strongest possible hunter for your preferred gameplay style. Whether using universal artifacts to boost core stats, class-specific artifacts to enhance unique abilities, or hunter-specific artifacts to unlock a particular hunter’s full potential, artifacts are key to success in the game.