Risk of Rain (2013)

Risk of Rain (2013)

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ROR: Artifacts
By R̨o̧gu҉e He͠llsi͞n and 1 collaborators
This guide has for purpose to find and describe all artifacts we can find in Risk of Rain. There is 10 hidden in secret places all over the game. For now we have find all places, artifacts and solutions to reach them.There will be a french section very soon for those who speaks la langue de Molière.
   
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Things to know
First of all, artifacts seems to be always at a strange monument : a temple as we love to called.
It seems photon jetpack is very usefull in almost all case to reach an artifact. Maybe the rusty jetpack (x2 at least) will help but prefer the photon.
We noticed, in the selection menu, than the artifacts are put in order which fits to the levels of the game. For example, Honor is the first of the list and can be found at Desolate Forest, one of the first world.
World 1: Dried Lake
All at right of the map. There is a crumbled wall. Behind it there is a temple. You will need the attack 4 of Commando to break the wall but this character can't reach the plateform without the help of a jetpack (Tips : if you already have Command artifact you can choose the jetpack at the begin, just a rusty one will be perfect).

Now you can see 3 buttons. Shoot theme quickly because you have a realy short timer to do it.
"Unlock sound " and say hello to the Kin artifact.










Kin: Only one enemy type spawns per stage.
World 1: Desolate Forest
At all bottom left of the map, you will see an artifact. The way seems to be at the the top of the falls. Use the rope and jump to left and then follow the way. You will need the photon jetpack. Since you have a small chance to have it the first time, this artifact is reachable in previous level mode.

Once you are on the plateform like the previous screenshot, use the photon jetpack to go higher then go left and don't jump in the hole, keep straight forward at left. To cross this gap let you fall a little and use the jetpack boost right after. Now, the "unlocked" song should ring so keep going at left and let you fall at the hole, you will reach the temple and so, the artifact of honor.
Once you are on the plateform like the previous screenshot, use the photon jetpack to go higher then go left and don't jump in the hole, keep straight forward at left. To cross this gap let you fall a little and use the jetpack boost right after. Now, the "unlocked" song should ring so keep going at left and let you fall at the hole, you will reach the temple and so, the artifact of honor.



Honor: ennemies will spawn always as elites. So much fun :D
World 2: Sky Meadow
On the bottom plate-form at left, the floor is crumbled. An hole can be made by the bomb of Engineer or bandit dynamite or an attack of Parents.


Jump through it and follow the way (plateform jump and rope) at the end you will see the temple with the artifact of spites.










Spites: dead ennemies drops bombs which can hurts only you.
World 2: Damp Caverns
At the top right of the map, you will notice a temple. Further at right, there is some plateform, you have to be an enforcer and use your skill 4 to shoot the cube thing on the lowest one. "Ding" --> distortion artifact -->enjoy some chocolate because it's good !










Distortion: a character skill is locked randomly every one minutes.
World 3: Sunken Tomb
At the bottom right of the map, there is a hole at the floor. You need to jump and let you sink and stuck the right. Outside of the screen you will pass beneath the wall and re-jump automatically at the screen. Keep stuck the right until you reach the little corridor at right, you might need a second re-jump. Then follow the way and find the temple with the artifact, Enigma.



Enigma: game don't drop an use item (for now, we find this thing glitchy since we had some use item which can switch with Enigma and can activate them. Maybe it's intentional but against the description then) The use item will be Enigma which have random effects.
World 3: Frozen Tundra
At all left bottom of the map, you will find the temple but with no artifact. This is regular since you need to activate it. For this, climb the left map to this spot:


Then follow the way to the left and you will fall to reach the secret zone. There is 5 buttons here. Shoot them to activate it with a certain time limit. Don't worry it isn't short.


You should hear the "unlocked" sound so let you fall at right to find again the temple but this time with the artifact of glass.



Glass: Deal 500% damage but have 10% health. This artifact doesn't hind the progression of your health. Level up and Infusion are still increasing the maximum health.
World 4: Hive Cluster
At the right top of the map, you will see some pinky glu ropes fading regularly. Don't worry, the ropes are still there when they are fading out. Just follow the way and you'll see a temple with an artifact: Command.











Command: items are no longer random. A little box will spawn instead of the item. Interact with them will open a window where you can choose the item you want. This don't stop the game so mobs can hit you and, for now, this is horrible to select what you want using the gamepad.
World 4: Magma Barrack
You will find the temple at all left of the map, on the middle plate-form. Sometimes, just near you spawn at the beginning of the level.


There is no artifact because you need to activate it. For this, you will search 3 buttons. The first is at the very left top of the map. To reach the second one, you need to way back and fall at the plateform above the lava. Go right and jump at the same level plateform. Go on at right and you will noticed the second button. Go back to the temple without reaching it for the last button. Just before the hanged plateform there is an hole between two blocks of rock. Jump into it and during the fall you will see the third button.


As you see, these buttons are behind a wall so for activate them you need an attack with a large hitbox. I used the huntress attack 4 for example. And yes, the third button is really hard to hit. It will be easier with a photon jetpack to slow down your fall and be more accurate.


The "unlocked" sound should ring go back at the temple to find the artifact of sacrifice.



Sacrifice: there is no more chests. The only items you will find will be dropped by monsters; especially bosses.
World 5: Temple of the Elders
Firstly you have to go to the right of the map.



Now you just need to fall down and, with some luck, you will find a plateform, eventually ^^

So jump, jump, jump and jump some ropes and jump on some boosts and jump again and you will find the artifact of spirit, good job ;)

Tips: prefer have a caracter with a dash and some jetpack ;)

Spirit: character run faster at lower health but monsters too.

Last World : Risk of Rain
For the 10th and last artifact, you will need to find all other artifacts and start à new game. Because from now, when you arrived at the boss room you noticed something like that:



As you can see we have 9 artefacts show on the wall. So it means you need to activate them before to launch a game and beat Providence. Once you arrived at the boss room, the artifacts on the wall should glow. Right after destroyed Providence, the artifact of Origin should appear.


Origin : Imps will spawn all over the map every 10 minutes.
55 Comments
Ami Anidiot 23 Feb, 2020 @ 5:21am 
@素晴らしいポッサム yes
素晴らしいポッサム 7 Feb, 2020 @ 6:50pm 
So Origin is unlocked by beating the boss at least once with each artifact active?
✨Hot Soup✨ 3 Aug, 2017 @ 11:31pm 
you can get the damp cavern artifact with the Commando if you climb the vine to the left of the temple, and do a jump shot off the side (use the temple platform as an aiming guide)
saike 10 Apr, 2016 @ 2:03pm 
For the Distortion artifact, you could stack on moving buffs and or jumping buffs.
Rhadamante 4 Mar, 2016 @ 5:28am 
You don't need to be an Enforcer for the Distortion artifact. Just managed to get it with the Loader and his gauntlet ability. Timed correctly, you can grab to the box and get tracted to it, activating it at the same time.
💜 Jonni 11 Aug, 2015 @ 2:35am 
For the Kin artifact at Dried Lake you don't need any kind of jumping item as long as you time your Commando jump-dodge PERFECTLY.
Hyperinvox 30 Oct, 2014 @ 4:23pm 
and mademon_swan get to the edge of the cliff to the kin area and jump dodge to get to the side bout 1-2 pixels from the pit
Hyperinvox 30 Oct, 2014 @ 4:19pm 
hey speedwagon you can also get it with hopoo feather also for the honor one too
Speedwagon 27 Oct, 2014 @ 10:42pm 
@Rogue It's also possible to get the kin artifact without a jetpack if you play as the miner and use his 4th ability. I just did this and it was actually very easy
maDEMOman 3 Sep, 2014 @ 2:51am 
@Rougue. minijosh is right. i just used the commando dodge at the girder above it. it IS hard to do but its very possible to get it