There was a discussion started by @KFC_just on our Discord recently about the artwork for artifacts, and I thought it might be cool to list each of the images that we have.
Ahamkara Scale
“And that Warlock thought I couldn’t do it. Hah!”
Ankh of Sai Mota
//…a rattling shriek, the crunch of bones and the fading echoes of a brave woman’s last laugh…//
Asharru’s Hope
“I know not why we left the Reef, nor why we live so long, nor even why we are called Awoken. But I hope one day to have answers.” —Asharru
Azure Lens
“When I feel blue, this lens makes me happy. And when I feel happy, this lens makes me blue.” —Wen Jie
This item is nonreturnable.
Blood-Soaked Charm
To carry this charm is to fight for the lost world that fashioned it.
Bretomart’s Pledge
“I will not let you down. This is what I was reborn to do.” —Lady Bretomart
Broken Crown
Eliksni songs still tell of Chelchis, Kell of Stone, who stood before the Maw.
Butterfly Code
“Sensitive dependence between microfunctions,” reads the inscription. Cryptarchs disagree on whether its origins are from the Vex or Golden Age Mars.
Chronofuse
A piece of spacetime circuitry dislodged from the temporal stream.
Claw of Command
On the might of your hand does your authority depend.
Colovance’s Choice
“I will fight to stop the fighting. If that means I must die, then I choose death.” —Lord Colovance
Continuum Pin
A fragment from a Vex portal that creates an eddy in the timestream.
Coyote’s Luck
A relic of the legendary Six Coyotes, the first Hunters to scout the Cosmodrome.
Cyclopean Enigma
“More eyes, more problems. That’s what I always say.”
Deidris’s Fist
“I heard the Iron Lords’ call. Here I am.” —Lady Deidris
Dredgen Yor’s Rose
“In his strong hand the man held a Rose. And his aura burned bright.”
Echo of Honor
“For he was once of your City, and honored there.” —Fractal Scrolls
Efrideet’s Eye
Every time she pulled the trigger, an enemy of the City died.
Filament Hex
A Hive totem woven and bound from filaments of the universe itself.
Firebreak Eternal
A piece of the Fire Victorious, the ever-burning flame of the Titan Firebreak order.
Fist of Eight Moons
Only in the Ascendant Plane—where a well-defended idea is a reality—do these moons, in this small way, still exist.
Flamel Crest
Anything can be anything else, if only you will it so.
Fortuna Pendant
A necklace made out of the remains of the asteroid destroyed during the Reef Wars.
Golden Age Lens
“Perhaps, in the past, Light had a warmer, redder hue? It’s not impossible.” —Wen Jie
This item is nonreturnable.
Grayscale Lens
“A valuable reminder that nothing in the universe is black-and-white.” —Wen Jie
This item is nonreturnable.
Hezen Totem
Can a machine change its ways? Any more or less than a human can?
Horn of Six Wars
How many have died with the blast of this horn ringing in their ears?
Hourless Glass
The sand in this seemingly ancient timepiece will not move, no matter which way you turn it.
Iglatho-Cyu
Drink, if you dare.
Incubation Shell
Cryptarchs still have no idea where Vex come from, or how they came to be.
Intact Warmind Core
Codename: MARTEL. Parent: !REDACTED!. Status: ILIODOR COMPLETE.
Jasper Carcanet
I WAS MIDHA, CONSORT OF STARS. I WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
Judgment of Mars
Cryptarchs say this orb is our first clue toward the identity of the Cabal commander leading the siege of Mars.
Kabr’s Pocket Watch
The tick-tock of this strange watch sometimes feels like a heartbeat.
Leaf of the Bleeding Tree
Eat not of the fruit of this tree.
Light of Moths
In the Hive’s ontoformic reality, this glow is the manifestation of bound, dying souls.
Memory of Felwinter
“I accept the consequences.” —Lord Felwinter
Memory of Gheleon
“So long as we actually manage to do some good, you can call me Iron anything you want.” —Lord Gheleon
Memory of Jolder
“If I am to die, let it be in battle, with weapons in my hands and laughter in my heart.” —Lady Jolder
Memory of Perun
“We hunt best in a pack.” —Lady Perun
Memory of Radegast
“Our lives are no longer our own. We have sworn them in service to the Traveler, and to humanity.” —Lord Radegast
Memory of Silimar
“Come, is there no one who can stand against the Iron Wall?” —Lord Silimar
Memory of Skorri
“The astral orb, slung low across the sky—Beneath it raised we lords our banner high.” —Lady Skorri
Memory of Timur
“Ask strange questions. Our questions shape the reality that answers them.” —Lord Timur
Neural Bezoar
“Don’t eat that!” “…Too late.”
Numinous Web
A web spun from the flayed and frozen Light of Guardians lost.
Oddly Colored Cube
“Gallida died to bring these cubes back from Venus and I still don’t know why.” —Despoina Kore
Oraclery
A moving mechanical model whose parts blink in and out of existence.
Oversoul’s Gasp
The lingering echo of something that should have died long ago and far away.
Oversoul’s Pang
It writhes, shivers, and pulses with pain.
Oversoul’s Scream
If you hold it to your ear and listen closely, you’ll go deaf.
Pallas Ring
The Queen of the Reef commissioned these rings for each of the survivors of the Siege of Pallas.
Parasitic Optic
“Listen, I don’t know how it works—I just know that it works, okay? No, I’m not worried.”
Perfected SIVA Capsule
“SIVA destroyed the Iron Lords, but history need not repeat itself. Use it if you must. Even the most destructive tool, in the end, is a tool.” —Tyra Karn
Perfected SIVA Core
“Be cautious with the SIVA you find. This all started because we unleashed what we shouldn’t have.” —Lord Saladin
Perfected SIVA Shard
“It was inevitable Guardians would grab SIVA from off the field. Let’s see what they do with it.” —Shiro-4
Prismatic Heart
“You must learn to tease apart the hues of your own heart.” —Parables of the Allspring
Radegast’s Blade
So long as this sword was whole, the Iron Banner could not be broken.
Rainbow Blade
The beauty of this sacrificial weapon belies the deadliness of its infinitesimally sharp edge.
Ring of Living Stone
“In memory of the Deep Stone Crypt, the tower where we were born.”
Saint-14’s Ring
“Was there ever another Guardian so beloved by the people?” —Paean to Saint-14
Scales of Eao
WE STAND UPON OUR OWN UNENDING DEATHS.
Scroll of Eimin-Tin
You hold in your hands the last record of a long-dead civilization.
Segoth’s Head
“Thought we formed the Banner to fight the Darkness, not ourselves. Just don’t bode well, s’all I’m sayin’.” —Gheleon
Silent Oracle
“Sometimes I swear I could hear it speaking, but I can never remember. I think it spoke of a name.”
Sins of Kharad-Tan
For you are not the first hero—nor even Oryx the first villain—to meet upon this plane.
Sisyphus Project
“Clovis refuses to back down. Meanwhile, the others have taken to calling it ‘the Sisyphus Project’…” — laboratory notes found at a Clovis Bray facility
SIVA Capsule
This bundle of SIVA rests safely in a containment capsule. For now.
SIVA Core
It’s unclear what this SIVA generator powers, but its surface shivers with potential.
SIVA Shard
This small fragment of SIVA tech hums with potential.
Skorri’s Dirge
They say she’s apart from the Iron Banner, yet she sings songs of her lost companions.
Skyburners’ Obol
A coin suspected to be part of a Cabal funerary rite.
Sootpearl
These oddly beautiful orbs can sometimes be found sunk into the rot and filth of the Dreadnaught.
Specimen Twelve
Running hot with the effort of simulating not one group of scientists, but two hundred and twenty-seven.
Spectral Dust
A sample of the mysterious particulate that protects and hides the Reef from invaders.
Stoneborn Relic
A piece of the City’s first Wall, carved into the shape of the sigil of the Titan Stoneborn order.
Sunscorched Lens
“We have mastered the art of shaping and tempering physical Light.”
Techeun Bangle
An approximation of the glittering augments worn by the Queen of the Awoken’s advisors.
Thanatonaut’s Lullaby
Makes the passage just that much easier.
The Damned Lute
“Hey nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny, be not blithe nor bonny…”
The Maraid
The chronicle of Queen Mara Sov of the Awoken, compiled by the Primarchs of the Reef Cryptarchy.
The Pahanin Errata
The collected sayings, quips and observations by the legendary Hunter Pahanin.
The Traitor’s Die
Every roll of this die is already written into the fabric of Oryx’s reality.
Thrallskin Drum
A drum made from the skin of a Hive Thrall. Even when no one is playing it, you can always hear a faint beat.
Thrice-Wrapped Thing
Sure, try and unwrap it. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Tome of Nothing
The few who have claimed to see words on its seemingly blank pages have subsequently gone mad.
Transcendent Eye
“You are not the seer. Not yet. You are the one who is seen.” —Parables of the Allspring
Trinary Star
“We were fools to trust this god-machine, this bringer of death and Darkness.”
Two-Sided Coin
A Hunter doesn’t leave anything to chance.
Unerring Compass
Its needle always points toward the Traveler.
Vell Tarlowe’s Vigil
His Light is gone, but his memory remains.
Warp Fragment
This piece of Golden Age technology is covered in particulate originating from beyond our solar system.
Wax-Sealed Case
Definitely not made of wax. Probably actually a case, though.
Wei Ning’s Cong
This ancient jade artifact has been in the Hive’s possession ever since Wei Ning’s heroic death.
Weregilt
Even among the Hive, all death has its cost.
Whispering Sphere
You can’t be sure, but you think you’ve seen Lord Shaxx speaking into a sphere just like this one.
Wings of Apris-Fol
“To you goes the glory and the honor of battle.” —Fractal Scrolls
Yzoz’s Pendulum
“First test of the mechanism codenamed Yzoz’s Pendulum was…not ideal.” —RECORD 360-CHASM-2334