Artifacts and Lightstones Guide

Introduction

The Artifacts gear slot was first teased at Calpheon Ball 2021 and was added to the game on 2nd March 2022.

Example Artifacts and Lighstones:

How to get Artifacts

Once per Family Quest

Players can obtain two free Artifacts and some starter lightstones, by completing a once per family questline from the Black Spirit. These artifacts can be used to get you started and each quest can only be completed once.

Quest name	Requirements for receiving quest	Quest completion reward
A Gift for Leaping Forward I	Complete one of the following quests▼ A Curious Find, The Silence of Adults, [Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 6	Marsh’s Artifact – Extra Damage to Monsters x1 150 Contribution EXP
A Gift for Leaping Forward II	Complete one of the following quests ▼ A Curious Find, The Silence of Adults, [Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 6	Lightstone of Wind: Alert (Combat) x1 150 Contribution EXP
A Gift for Leaping Forward III	Complete one of the following quests ▼ Three Days of Darkness, Sarma Outpost, Ancient Ruins Excavation Site, [Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 7	Lightstone of Wind: Alert (Skill) x1 150 Contribution EXP
A Gift for Leaping Forward IV	Complete one of the following quests ▼ [Boss] Awakened Black Spirit, [Co-op] Awakened Black Spirit, [Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum – Chapter 8	Lesha’s Artifact – Monster Damage Reduction x1 150 Contribution EXP
A Gift for Leaping Forward V	Complete [Valencia] To Prince Barhan	Lightstone of Fire: Predation x1 200 Contribution EXP
A Gift for Leaping Forward VI	Complete [Valencia] Secret Revealed	Lightstone of Fire: Predation x1 200 Contribution EXP

Artifact Drop Locations

If you would like to get more artifacts, you will need to grind for them.
Each Artifact can be obtained through the following sources:

Kabua’s Artifact (Best in Slot)

Kabua’s Artifact is the best in slot artifact available, with superior item effects compared to other available PVE artifacts.

Unlike other artifacts, Kabua’s Artifact can be registered and purchased on the Central Market, but cannot be equipped by season characters.

Kabua’s Artifact
How to obtain	Item Equip Effect
Can be obtained as a rare drop from the Dark Seeker’s Retreat monster zone in Ulukita	Extra Monster AP +7 Monster Damage Reduction +20 Max HP +100 Max Stamina +75

As well as the Artifact dropping directly from the monsters in Dark Seeker’s Retreat, you can also craft the Artifact using Kabua’s Fragment x100

Kabua’s Fragments also drop from Dark Seeker’s Retreat, with a higher chance of dropping than the Artifact directly. You can also buy and sell them on the central market.

Kabua’s Fragment ※ Central Market maximum price limit: 100 million Silver
How to obtain	How to Use
Can be obtained by defeating monsters in the Dark Seeker’s Retreat monster zone	Craft Kabua’s Artifact using (L) Manufacture Kabua’s Fragments  x100 Magical Lightstone Crystal x100

Unwanted Artifacts

If you do not need certain Artifacts, you can convert it into a “Purified Lightstone” using Simple Alchemy:

• Any Artifact x1 
  • This will give you Purified Lightstone x1 – 2
• Any Artifact x1, Ancient Power – Red Shard x1, Ancient Seal – Black Shard x1
  • This will give you Purified Lightstone x2 – 3

Purified Lighstones can be opened to receive a random Lightstone for its category (more information below)

How to get Lightstones

Where to get Imperfect Lightstones

How to turn an Imperfect Lightstone into a Purified Lightstone

Once you have an Imperfect Lightstone, you can turn it into a Purified Lightstone of the same category using an Alchemy Tool.
This requires Guru Alchemy level 1 or higher but has a chance to proc an additional Purified Lightstone.

The alchemy recipes can be found below:

You can also Purify an Imperfect Lighstone via a repeatable quest. The quest can be obtained from <Wandering Alchemist> Dalisign, who can be found in every town.
You must have already completed the quest “Eureka! A New Discovery” to unlock the repeatable quest.

Preceding Quest	Quest Objectives	Rewards
Eureka! A New Discovery	Hand over the Imperfect Lightstone of Fire to Dalishain Hand over Gold Bar 100G x2 to Dalishain	Purified Lightstone of Fire x1
Purifying the Imperfect Lightstone of Earth	Hand over the Imperfect Lightstone of Earth to Dalishain Hand over Gold Bar 100G x2 to Dalishain	Purified Lightstone of Earth x1
Purifying the Imperfect Lightstone of Wind	Hand over the Imperfect Lightstone of Wind to Dalishain Hand over Gold Bar 100G x2 to Dalishain	Purified Lightstone of Wind x1
Purifying the Imperfect Lightstone of Flora	Hand over Imperfect Lightstone of Flora to Dalishain Hand over Gold Bar 100G x2 to Dalishain	Purified Lightstone of Flora x1

Purified Lightstones and unwanted Lightstones

Purified Lighstones can be right-clicked to open and obtain a Lightstone of the same category.

However, if you have an unwanted Lightstone, it can be reused to turn back into a Purified Lightstone.

Simply go to the NPC <Wandering Alchemist> Dalishain. Dalishain can be found in any town and will give you a repeatable quest. You can then give him 3 unwanted Lightstones and he will exchange them for 1 Purified Lightstone.

There is also a quest line from Ulan in Ale Village (Mountain of Eternal Winter). The questline requires level 56 or higher and can be completed once per family to receive some Purified Lightstones.

Iridescent Lightstones

In addition to the other lightstones, there is also the “Iridescent Lightstone”, which is uncategorized and does not have any item effect. However, it is used in some combo effects with the other lightstones.

Iridescent Lightstones have a small chance of being obtained from opening Purified Lightstones. They can also drop directly from the following:

• Mountain of Eternal Winter:
  
  • Jade Starlight Forest, Winter Tree Fossil, Murrowak’s Labyrinth, Erethea’s Limbo Reward, Erebjor
    
• World Bosses:
  • Quint, Muraka, Kzarka, Nouver, Karanda, Ancient Kutum, Offin, Nightmarish Kzarka, Bloodstorm Nouver, Stormbringer Karanda, Thundercloud Kutum, Garmoth
• Field Bosses:
  • Katzvariak, Black Shadow, Dastard Bheg, Red Nose, Dim Tree Spirit, Giant Mudster
• Guild Raids:
  • Giant Mudster, Ferrid, Puturum, Khan
• Dark Rift:
  • All Dark Rifts
• Boss Summon Scroll (Normal / Awakened / Darkened):
  • Red Nose, Giath, Dastard Bheg, Muskan, Dim Tree Spirit, Ahib Griffon, Urugon
    

How to add and remove Lightstones

Lightstones can be fused to Artifacts by going to the Main Menu (ESC) > Character (F2) > Lightstone Equip Item.
You can also right-click a Lightstone to take you there directly.

This will open the window below and from here you can select the Artifacts and which Lightstones you would like to add to it.

If you would like to remove a Lightstone from an Artifact, you will need an Extraction Tool. This tool is different from the one used to remove crystals from gear and can be bought from any Blacksmith for 10 million silver.

Once you have the extraction tool, you can extract the lightstone at a Blacksmith using the “Extract” option.

You can also remove Lighstones by right-clicking them in the ” Lightstone Equip Item” window, however this will destroy the Lightstone.

Artifacts/Lightstone Inventory and Presets

You can access the Artifacts/Lightstone inventory by clicking the “Artifact Inventory” button at the bottom of your inventory window (I).

Here you can freely store all of your Artifacts and Lightstones, so that they no longer take up space in your bag. You can also filter and fuse lightstones directly from this UI.

You can store up to 30 Artifacts by default in your Artifact Inventory, and can purchase Artifact Inventory +5 Expansion Coupons from the pearl store to expand up to a maximum of 60 slots.

In addition, all players have 10 preset slots to create different Artifacts/Lightstone combinations.

• Click the “Edit Presets” button to start
• Select the preset slot you want to edit
• Right-click the artifacts to add them to the preset
• Change the name of the preset to easily identify them
• Click “Save Preset”
• Directly equip the preset using the “Equip” button next to the preset

Full Lightstone List

Lightstone Combo Effects List

Equipping different combinations of Lighstones in your Artifacts will give you an additional “Combo” bonus (set bonus), as well as the item effects on the Lightstones.

If the combo set effect only requires 3 Lightstones, you can place any Lightstone in the 4th slot, as long as it does not create a different combo.