So you went through all that trouble to get yourself a piece of amazing alien technology, but now, what do you *do* with that Firaxughinian Artifact?


Well, artifacts grant you powers that are always on, so you don't actually have to *do* anything with them. However, you usually won't know what power they are giving you. But there are benefits to identifying them, which means to declare their power; to say "I know what this does!".

First, find the artifact in the artifact menu:



Click on it, and it will take you to this screen:


Identification is a two-step process. First, you have to decide whether this artifact is helping you or hurting you (positive or negative effect).

If you choose wrong, there will be consequences. Artifacts know what you're doing, and if you're not in tune with them, they don't like it. Maybe your shields will go down. Or a wave of negative energy could damage your hull or hurt your crew.

So during the first phase, you can chicken out. Just hit "escape" and there's no pressure.

But if you choose correctly, you go to the next screen, where you must actually choose which power you think the artifact has. You have quite a few options right here, and only one is correct.


But it's not all just guess-work. Sometimes you can tell what strange new powers you have, just by paying attention. And if you get it wrong, and if the artifact isn't destroyed in the process, remember, and don't pick the same thing twice!

Have fun! Building a collection of helpful artifacts is one of the most rewarding challenges of the game.