Artifact

An Artifact is a powerful item found in Pandora which grants its finder certain bonuses to their active ability.

Usage
A player "activates" the Artifact by selecting it in their inventory. Upon activating, the artifact will be permanently removed from the character's inventory and the bonuses that the item grant are immediately applied to the character.

Artifact bonuses will be in effect until another activated artifact is chosen (ex. Roland's Shock Artifact and Incendiary Artifact cannot both be active; the one most recently activated will provide its effect). You can change the active artifact on the skill page by selecting the icon in the top left.

The currently active Artifact is displayed in the Skill Tree window to the left of the Active Ability.

All Artifacts are class specific and the level of the effect the artifact grants depends on the level of the artifact itself. Currently the highest effect is level 6 for artifact level 44.

List of Known Artifact Rewards
Level 1 Shock : 1st Playthrough Quest Reward for "Shock Crystal Harvest"

Level 1 Fire: 1st Playthrough Quest Reward for "The Legend Of Moe and Marley"

Level 1 Corrosive: 1st Playthrough Quest Reward for "Corrosive Crystal Harvest"

Level 2 Explosive : 1st Playthrough Quest Reward for "Ghost of the Vault"

Level 4 Fire: 2nd Playthrough Quest Reward for "The Legend Of Moe and Marley"

Level 4 Shock : 2nd Playthrough Quest Reward for "Shock Crystal Harvest"

Level 4 Explosive : 2nd Playthrough Quest Reward for "Ghosts of the Vault"

Level 4 Corrosive: 2nd Playthrough Quest reward for "Corrosive Crystal Harvest"

Level 6 All types: 2nd Playthrough Loot-able from Scar in Skag Gully after completion of 2nd Playthrough

Artifacts of a given elemental type have a chance of dropping from enemies of the same elemental type; for example, a poison/acid-type spiderant may drop a corrosive artifact when killed, which will be of a level corresponding to that of the monster. Artifacts of all types have a chance of dropping from the high-level BadMutha/Badass-type Guardians on the Eridian Promontory.