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Artifacts Tier List | Ranking of All Artifacts

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Artifacts are items that can be a huge help to on your adventure. Their effects can range from summoning allies, buffing yourself, creating a shield and many more. With all these effects it can be difficult to know which ones are the best. Check out our tier list to help you figure out what Artifacts should you be running in your builds!

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All rankings in this article are the subjective opinion of Game8's writing staff. Click each Artifact's icon to read our full guides, including explanations of each Artifact's ranking!

List of S Tier Artifacts

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Artifacts in the S Tier are the best Artifacts you can have. They usually have amazing buffs or effects that can give you a huge advantage and can be a huge power spike to your build.

Name Effect
Death Cap Mushroom ImageDeath Cap Mushroom Greatly increases attack and movement speed.
Ghost Cloak ImageGhost Cloak Briefly gain Ghost Form, allowing you to move through mobs and absorb some damage.
Golem Kit ImageGolem Kit Summons an Iron Golem to aid you in battle.
Gong of Weakening ImageGong of Weakening Weakens enemies around you, decreasing their damage and defensive capabilities.
Lightning Rod ImageLightning Rod You can spend souls to call down a bolt of lightning onto an area.
Soul Healer ImageSoul Healer Heals the most injured ally nearby, including yourself.
Torment Quiver ImageTorment Quiver Gives slow arrows that knocks back mobs and passes through walls.

List of A Tier Artifacts

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A tier Artifacts are not the best, but are still pretty good. These Artifacts can be pretty good in most situations and can be amazing in specific ones.

Name Effect
Fireworks Arrow ImageFireworks Arrow Puts a fireworks arrow in your quiver. The arrow explodes on hit.
Harvester ImageHarvester When used, the Harvester releases souls in an explosion.
Iron Hide Amulet ImageIron Hide Amulet Provides a major boost to defense for a short time.
Love Medallion ImageLove Medallion Turn up to three hostile mobs into allies for ten seconds before they disappear.
Totem of Shielding ImageTotem of Shielding This totem has mystical powers that shield those around it from projectiles.

List of B Tier Artifacts

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Artifacts in the B Tier are alright. not the best in some situations but can still bring some value to the table.

Name Effect
Corrupted Beacon ImageCorrupted Beacon Fires a high-powered beam that continously damages enemies.
Flaming Quiver ImageFlaming Quiver Gives you burning arrows.
Light Feather ImageLight Feather Lets you tumble through the air, stunning and pushing enemies back as you go.
Shock Powder ImageShock Powder Stuns nearby enemies.
Totem of Regeneration ImageTotem of Regeneration A totem that creates a circular aura, healing you and your allies.
Wind Horn ImageWind Horn Pushes enemies away from you and slows them briefly.

List of C Tier Artifacts

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C Tier Artifacts are not particularly useful. They can be used but for very specific situations and even then there are just better alternatives.

Name Effect
Boots of Swiftness ImageBoots of Swiftness Gives a short boost to movement speed.
Fishing Rod ImageFishing Rod Pulls the closest mob in range to your position, briefly stunning that enemy.
Tasty Bone ImageTasty Bone Summons a wolf ally that aids you in battle.
Wonderful Wheat ImageWonderful Wheat Summons a llama to aid you in battle.

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3 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

Yup. so we can better understand the capabilities of each item in MD.

2 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

It's just a list though. No need to follow it if you don't want.

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