BDO Artifacts Guide for Beginners

BDO Artifacts and Lightstones are used together to make powerful combinations that buff character abilities and stats.

Top Artifact Benefits:

• Faster character leveling, giving up to +400% Combat Exp
• Increased combat stats that buff offense and defense
• Faster Life Skill leveling, giving up to +41% Life Exp
• Buffs that increase item drops and money

Artifact Info:

• Artifacts of the same type can have different effects
• Each Artifact has 2 Lightstone sockets
• Each character can equip up to 2 Artifacts and 4 Light Stones.
• Artifacts can NOT be bought on the marketplace, but Lightstones can.
• Artifact Storage is shared with family.
• Artifacts + Lightstones can be copied after Tag Character for no additional cost.
• Obtain Artifacts from quests, grinding spots, Dark Rifts, World Bosses, Boss Summon Scrolls, Guild Raids, and many Life Skill activities.

Artifacts UI

RMB on an Artifact in your Inventory (I) to equip it.

Open the Artifact UI:

Press I key → “Artifact Inventory” button.

Here is where the Artifact magic happens!

• View Artifact Inventory (Artifact tab).
• View Lightstone Inventory (Lightstone tab).
• Add, edit, and equip artifact presets.
• Infusion button to infuse Lightstones into Artifacts and create combination effects.

3 Separate Artifact Buffs

Artifacts create up to 3 different buffs, which are NOT added together for you in the UI.

3 Different Buffs:

• Each Artifact has a separate Item Effect.
• Each Lightstone has a separate Item Effect.
• Combination Effects occur when equipping a specific set of Lightstones.

Artifact Inventory & Storage

All Artifacts and Lightstones can be stored inside the Artifact Inventory, which is separate from your regular inventory.

• The Artifact Inventory is shared with your entire family.
• Click the ‘Artifacts’ button on the bottom of your Inventory (I).
• The same Artifacts stack taking up 1 slot, allowing you to check quantities.
• Small icons for lightstones help you get an idea of the current artifacts you have.
• Filter different Lightstone types inside the Lightstone tab. Filter fire, earth, wind, and special lightstones held in the inventory.
• Click “Infusion” button to infuse 2 Lightstones into an Artifact.

Artifact Inventory Expansion

By default, your Artifact Inventory has 30 slots to store Artifacts.

The same Artifacts will stack inside this inventory. So if you have 30 Monster AP Artifacts, they will only take up one slot, unless they have different Lightstones inside them.

Artifact Inventory can be expanded up to 60 slots with a Pearl Shop purchase.

How to Create an Artifact Preset

Create or edit artifact presets by clicking the “Artifact Inventory” button in your Inventory (I) window.

1. Click “Edit Presets” button
2. LBM on the preset slot you want to save to.
3. RMB on an artifact above the button to add it to the preset.
4. Click on the preset name to change it.
5. Click “Save Presets”
6. Click “Equip” button next to the preset to unequip your current preset and equip the one you selected. (The old set will automatically be moved to your Artifact Inventory.)
7. Click “View Effects” button to see lightstone combination effects.

• You must have at least 2 slots available in your Inventory to equip artifact presets.
• The icon of artifacts that are not currently in your Artifact Inventory will be marked red.
• You can equip and manage up to 10 artifact presets.

Kabua’s Artifact:

Kabua’s Artifact is the first red grade artifact to arrive in BDO.

• Extra AP Against Monsters +7
• Monster Damage Reduction +20
• Max HP +100
• Max Stamina +75

Obtaining Kabua’s Artifact:

• Kabua’s Artifact is a rare drop from mobs in Darkseeker’s Retreat in Ulukita.
• Processing (L) Manufacture → Kabua’s Fragment x100 + Magical Lightstone Crystal x1,000
• Kabua’s Fragment and Artifact can be purchased on the marketplace.

Darkseeker’s Retreat Grinding Spot

Darkseeker’s Retreat is an end game grinding spot with challenging mechanics.

• Recommended AP:  310
• Recommended DP:  420

Artifact Drop Locations

Artifacts giving combat buffs drop at many different locations starting with Valencia, when you reach 100 AP. (Excludes Life Skill Artifacts.)

View my Grinding Spot Tool for an interactive view of which monster zones drop which Artifacts.

The Artifact and Lightstone locations listed have a higher drop chance for those monster zones. (Other types may drop, but at a lower chance.)

Artifact Drop Rate

Artifacts drop at a very low rate in monster zones. If you are lucky, you can obtain 1 every 1 to 2 hours. For many players, RNG has been even more difficult.

Because Artifacts are a rare drop, you can increase your chances to obtain them by increasing your “Item Drop Rate”. There are several items and mechanics to accomplish this. You can go as high as 300% outside Arsha server.

View this item drop rate guide for items to increase your chances to obtain Artifacts.

AP & Accuracy Artifacts

Marsh’s Artifacts increase offensive power by offering AP or Accuracy. Unfortunately, most require a specific attack type.

The Monster AP +6 Artifact is preferable because it can be used by all classes and is not dependent upon class damage type.

List of Offensive Effects:

• +4 Melee AP (Specific Classes Only)
• +4 Ranged AP (Specific Classes Only)
• +4 Magic AP (Specific Classes Only)
• +8 Melee Accuracy (Specific Classes Only)
• +8 Ranged Accuracy (Specific Classes Only)
• +8 Magic Accuracy (Specific Classes Only)
• +6 Monster AP (ALL CLASSES!!!)

Which Attack Type Do I Have?

Please view our Attack Type by Class Guide

Artifact Effects are separate from Lightstone and Combo Effects.

View all Combo Effects for Offense.

Defense (DP) Artifacts

Lesha’s Artifacts increase defensive power by increasing 5 different types of Damage Reduction or 4 different types of Evasion.

All DP Effects:

• +3 All Damage Reduction
• +6 All Evasion
• +9 Monster Damage Reduction

DP By Damage Type:

• +6 Melee Damage Reduction
• +12 Melee Evasion
• +6 Ranged Damage Reduction
• +12 Ranged Evasion
• +6 Magic Damage Reduction
• +12 Magic Evasion

Artifacts that specialize in protecting against one type of attack have higher DP than those that protect against all forms of attacks.

These Artifact Effects are separate from Lightstone and Combo Effects.

View all Combo Effects for Defense.

Obtain Artifacts for Stats

Kehelle’s Artifacts increase character stats of HP, Stamina, or Maximum Black Spirit’s Rage.

Stat Artifact Effects:

• +75 HP
• +50 Stamina
• +10% Maximum Black Spirit’s Rage

These Artifact Effects are separate from Lightstone and Combo Effects.

View all Combo Effects for Utility.

Obtain Artifacts for Life Skills

You can obtain Life Skill Artifacts (Sethra’s Artifacts) by doing certain Life Skill activites. Sethra’s Artifacts give Life Skill buffs for EXP, Mastery, and other useful boosts.

Notable Artifact Effects:

• Specific Life Skill Exp: up to 5%
• Specific Life Mastery up to +10
• Gathering item drop rate +2%
• Processing Success Rate +5%
• Mount Exp +3%

You can’t obtain Artifacts by processing, barehanded gathering, water scooping, or shoveling.

Obtain Life Skill Artifacts from Quests

There is a small chance you will instantly obtain an artifact or lightstone quest during the following Life Skill activities:

• Imperial Fishing Delivery
• Imperial Horse Delivery
• Imperial Crafting Delivery (Cooking/Alchemy)

Quest Name: “[Bonus] Dalishain’s New Route for Business”

Quest Objective: Talk to Dalishain and receive a gift

The bonus quests reward a random Sethra’s Artifact or Imperfect Lightstone of Flora.

Exclusions:

• Farming, Barter, Sailing, Processing, and Hunting activities do NOT reward a bonus Lightstone quest.
• Gathering, Hunting, Sailing, Barter, & Farming do NOT reward a bonus Artifact quest.

Quest Reward: RNG chance to obtain 1 of:

Obtain Artifacts from Everfrost Questline

After completing the main Everfrost (Winter Mountain) quest line, you can start a series of quests that rewards an AP or DR Artifact and 11 Lightstones. (There is also a separate Everfrost quest-line that gives Artifacts and Lightstones for Life Skills.)

Artifact Quest Requirements:

• level 56+
• Quest “[Everfrost] Beyond the Doors of Alyaelli.” This is toward the end of the Winter Mountain quest line, requiring over 100 quests.
• limited to one time per family

Obtain Life Artifacts from Everfrost Questline

If you complete the main Everfrost questline, you can also start a series of quests that will reward 2 Artifacts, 24 Lightstones, and 24 Imperfect Lightstones for Life Skills.

Artifact Quest Requirements:

• level 56+
• Quest “[Everfrost] Beyond the Doors of Alyaelli.” This is toward the end of the Winter Mountain quest line, requiring over 100 quests.
• limited to one time per family

Convert Artifacts to Lightstones

Artifacts can’t be sold on the marketplace, but if you get an Artifact you don’t like, you can convert it into 1 or more Purified Lightstones.

Processing (L) → Simple Alchemy on the Artifact.

RMB on a Purified Lightstone to get 1 random Lightstone of any of the 4 types.

 Purified Lightstone Recipe

Simple Alchemy	Reward
Artifact x1	1~2 Purified Lightstone

Fire (Offensive Buffs)

• Ignore Resistances
• AP/Accuracy/Damage
• Movement/Attack Speed
• Critical Hit

Earth (Defensive Buffs)

• Resistances
• Damage Reduction
• Evasion

Deathblow Artifact Combination

Deathblow Artifact Combination is considered best in slot for PVE because of its high Monster AP and Crit Rate. It’s a highly sought after combo by many players. Ultimate Power does come at a steep silver cost though!

Because of the marketplace cost, this Lighstone Combination will take some time to obtain via monster zones, bosses, or alchemy.

[Deathblow]
Monster AP +16
Critical Hit Chance +14%

Cheaper Pve Artifact Combos for AP

[The Wild] artifact combination is a much cheaper Monster AP Lightstone Combo.

The combos below are also options that give extra damage instead of Monster AP.

1 Extra Damage = 85% of 1 AP.

PVP Specific

Artifact Effects:

• Max HP +75
• Max HP +75

Lightstones:

• Earth: Roots
• Earth: Boulder
• Earth: Swamp
• Wind: Mind

Combo + Lighstones Effects:

Combo Name: [Protection]
All DR -50
Siege Weapon Damage Resistance +30%
Knockback/Float Resist +2%
Knockdown/Bound Resist +2%
Stun/Stiff/Freeze Resist +2%
Max MP +50