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Artifacts are items introduced in Version 1.20. You can obtain artifacts (along with stones and ingredients) by completing spaceship missions via Mission Control. Artifacts can also be crafted from other artifacts and ingredients in the Hall of Artifacts.

Each Artifact offers its own bonus depending on its type, tier, and rarity. All three affect the Artifact's base statistics, its visual appearance, and how many stone slots it contains. Although legendary Artifacts usually have the most stone slots (3), some may have only 2. One such artifact is the Gilded Book of Basan. This is often referred to as 'T#' for its tier, and either 'C', 'R', 'E', or 'L' for its rarity. For example, a T3R Puzzle Cube, or simply 'T3R cube', is the rare version of the Mystical Puzzle Cube. Another example is 'T4L chalice' for the legendary version of the Eggceptional Chalice. This fan-made tool helps in better understanding Artifacts.

All Artifacts have a legendary version at tier 4. One has a tier 3 version, the Tungsten Ankh.

In a way, Artifacts are similar to Boosts, but they have a permanent effect as long as they remain equipped. By default, players can have up to 2 Artifacts equipped at a time, but with the Pro Permit they can equip up to 4 at a time. Certain Artifacts have sockets into which players may place stones to power them even further. Each Artifact can only be used on one farm at a time. If you have multiple of one Artifact, it can be used on different farms.

Every item that can be returned by spaceships is assigned a quality number, which cannot be directly ascertained, and each spaceship has a quality range assigned, which can be vaguely guessed at from the listed sensor rating. Spaceships only return items with quality in their assigned range. The quality range is displayed graphically in the screen where you select a spaceship to send. The later spaceships will no longer return the lowest quality items, so you may need to use an earlier spaceship if you are in need of basic materials for crafting. There are items that cannot be returned by spaceships; they must be crafted.


Types of Artifacts[]

Rarity values are ordered in Common / Rare / Epic / Legendary. For Artifact tables, the "Sockets" column is the number of Eggfinity Stones which you can attach to the Artifact, the "Craft" column is the cost (not including Golden Eggs) to craft the Artifact, and the "Consumed" column lists what you get when you consume the Artifact.

The images of rare / epic / legendary Artifacts are the same as the usual images but with blue / purple / yellow shimmering light surrounding the item.

Aurelian Brooch[]

Aurelian Brooches increase rewards from Drones.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Plain Aurelian Brooch}} Other XP
Plain Aurelian Brooch +10% 0 Golden Egg}}2 1.9
Aurelian Brooch +25% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}1 1,186-118 5 699 3.9
Jeweled Aurelian Brooch +50% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}2.97 13,827-1,382 7 Pristine Demeters Necklace (T3)}}2 16,424 6.7
+60% 1 Golden Egg}}265
+70% 2
Eggceptional Aurelian Brooch +100% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}2.97 58,753-5,875 10 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}2 114,342 9.8
+125% 1 Golden Egg}}677
+150% 2
+200% 3

Beak of Midas[]

Beaks of Midas increase the chance of a Golden Egg reward from Gifts and Drones.

  • The base Golden Egg}}:Bocks}} ratio for Drones is 3:7, i.e. a 3/10 chance of Golden Eggs; the Beak's effect multiplies 30% by the appropriate number below (e.g. x2 for a +100% Jeweled Beak of Midas) to get the chance of Golden Eggs. If this number goes above 100% (x3.33 or +233%) Golden Egg drones are guaranteed.
    • This means the Common, Rare, and Legendary T4 Beaks all have the same effect on drones. As for the effect on Gifts, the Legendary Beak is bugged and does not guarantee Golden Egg gifts, despite claiming to.
  • The base ratio for Gifts is unknown.
Icon Name Effect Drone Drop Chance Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Dull Beak of Midas}} Other XP
Dull Beak of Midas +20% 36% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}1.98
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.01 		3.5
Beak of Midas +50% 45% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}3.95
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.02 		6,075–607 4 5,586 5.5
Jeweled Beak of Midas +100% 60% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}5.5
}}0.09
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.02 		23,885–2,388 5 Glimmering Tau Ceti Geode }}1 33,987 7.7
+200% 90% 1 Golden Egg}}377
Glistening Beak of Midas 6x 100% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}7.75
}}0.2
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.03 		86,083–8,608 6 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}3 192,350 10.9
11x 100% 1 Golden Egg}}869
Guaranteed Golden Eggs 100% 2

Book of Basan[]

Books of Basan increase the effect of each Egg of Prophecy you have by adding the listed percentage as percentage points rather than an actual percentage (e.g. 10% + 0.25% = 10.25%).

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Book of Basan}} Other XP
Book of Basan +0.25% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}8
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}~0.2 		8
Collectors Book of Basan +0.5% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}9 114,405 - 11,440 6 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}4 237,510 10.3
Fortified Book of Basan +0.75% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}10 360,472 - 36,047 10 Eggceptional Chalice (T4)}}3 1,043,048 13.3
+0.8% 1 Golden Egg}}1,373
Gilded Book of Basan +1% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}14 934,701 - 93470 12 Brilliant Light of Eggendel}}1 3,663,626 16.8
+1.1% 1 Golden Egg}}2,315
+1.2% 2

Carved Rainstick[]

Carved Rainsticks are supposed to increase the chance of a Cash reward from Gifts and Drones.

  • The base Bocks}} chance for Drones is 70%, meaning a 30% Golden Egg}} chance. Carved Rainsticks are the opposite of Beaks of Midas, and do not work as advertised - instead, they are genuinely reverse beaks, and divide your chance of golden eggs, rather than modifying bocks chance. The tables below delineate the real effect (assuming you have no beak equipped) in addition to the listed effect. The formula for the new odds of a cash drone is , where beakmult is normally 0 if you have a rainstick equipped. Note that legendary beaks and rainsticks do not follow any formula, they simply set your chance for GEs to 100% and 0% respectively.
    • This means Clarity Stones will not behave intuitively on a Rainstick. For this reason, the table below also includes Clarity effects.
    • If you do combine a legendary beak with a legendary rainstick, the beak will take precedence.
  • This artifact should usually be your last choice for drone farming for bocks because its greatest possible impact on the money you get per drone is a multiplier of 10/7, i.e. about 1.43 - about a 43% increase - but it will often be your best choice for your fourth slot. Here is how you maximize money per drone:
    • Aurelian Brooch to make money drones drop more money. Even a T3C (a common Jeweled) will outshine a Legendary T4 Rainstick, buffing drone money by 50%.
    • Mercury's Lens, because the amount of money a drone drops is your farm's value times a multiplier - meaning for money drones, the Lens works like a second Brooch. Again, a T3C will outshine even a legendary Rainstick with a 50% buff.
    • Neodymium Medallion to make drones more common. Once again, a T3C supplies a 50% buff, outshining a T4L Rainstick.
    • Whichever is better, your Rainstick's effect or your Vial of Martian Dust. To calculate the Vial's effect on drone farming, use this formula: - for example, with a maximum running chicken bonus of 540 and a T4L Vial, you would take the square root of 1+500/540. A T4L Rainstick will beat a T4L Vial (about 43% to 39%), for example.
      • Since all of your rare, epic, and legendary artifacts should have Terra Stones equipped if you're trying to hunt drones for cash, this makes Vials even less enticing than they first appear. Don't forget to account for your Terra Stones when comparing your Vial to your Rainstick. Rainsticks will usually win.
Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Simple Carved Rainstick}} Other XP
Simple Carved Rainstick +20% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}2.21
}}0.39 		4.2
Carved Rainstick +50% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}3.37
}}0.7
}}0.04 		10,082-1,008 5 Plain Gusset}}1 10,830 6.2
Ornate Carved Rainstick +100% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}4.58
}}0.97
}}0.09 		39,572-3,957 7 Jeweled Beak of Midas}}1 66,967 8.8
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick 5x 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}6.16
}}1.36
}}0.17
}}0.03 		168,121-16,812 9 Radiant Tau Ceti Geode }}2 481,723 13.2
10x 1 Golden Egg}}1,350
Guaranteed Cash 2
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick + Clarity Stone +900% at 25% = +225%
Guaranteed Cash at 25%
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick + Eggsquisite Clarity Stone +900% at 50% = +450%
Guaranteed Cash at 50%

The table below shows the difference between the displayed effect against the real effect of the Rainstick. A more detailed explanation can be found in the main section above.

Displayed vs Real effect of Carved Rainstick.
Icon Name Displayed Effect Real Effect
Simple Carved Rainstick +20% +7.14%
Carved Rainstick +50% +14.29%
Ornate Carved Rainstick +100% +21.43%
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick 5x +34.29%
10x +38.57%
Guaranteed Cash Guaranteed Cash (+42.86%) in Drones, Guaranteed Cash (+100%) in Gifts & Videos
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick + Clarity Stone +900% at 25% = +225% +29.67%
Guaranteed Cash at 25% Guaranteed Cash (+42.86%) in Drones, Guaranteed Cash (+100%) in Gifts & Videos
Meggnificent Carved Rainstick + Eggsquisite Clarity Stone +900% at 50% = +450% +35.06%
Guaranteed Cash at 50% Guaranteed Cash (+42.86%) in Drones, Guaranteed Cash (+100%) in Gifts & Videos

The Chalice[]

Chalices improve the Internal Hatchery rate.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Plain Chalice (T1)}} Other XP
Plain Chalice +5% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}1 4.5
Polished Chalice +10% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}2 8,798 - 879 4 Enriched Gold Meteorite (T2)}}1 9,075 6
+15% 2 Golden Egg}}198
Jeweled Chalice +20% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}3 30,365 – 3,036 6 Glimmering Tau Ceti Geode }}4 46,885 8.2
+23% 1 Golden Egg}}440
+25% 2
Eggceptional Chalice +30% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}4.48

}}0.05

139,253 – 13,925 8 Glistening Beak of Midas}}2 371,742 12.5
+35% 2 Golden Egg}}1,193
+40% 3

Demeters Necklace[]

Demeters Necklaces increase egg value. Note the spelling: this appears to be a necklace made out of multiple Demeters, rather than a necklace belonging to Demeter, due to the lack of a possessive apostrophe.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Simple Demeters Necklace (T1)}} Other XP
Simple Demeters Necklace +10% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}.95
Golden Egg}}0.11 		1.2
Jeweled Demeters Necklace +25% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}2 383-38 3 175 3.2
+35% 1 Golden Egg}}30
Pristine Demeters Necklace +50% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}3.95
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.02 		7628-762 5 Plain Chalice (T1)}}2 7,514 5.8
+60% 1 Golden Egg}}181
+75% 2
Beggspoke Demeters Necklace +100% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}6.29
}}0.13
Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.02 		41,267-4,126 6 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}1 70,868 8.9
+125% 1 Golden Egg}}537
+150% 2
+200% 3

Dilithium Monocle[]

Dilithium Monocles increase Boost effectiveness.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Dilithium Monocle}} Other XP
Dilithium Monocle +5% 0 Dilithium Stone Fragment}}2 5.45
Precise Dilithium Monocle +10% 0 Dilithium Stone Fragment}}3 24,487 – 2,448 5 Inconsistent Titanium Actuator}}1 35,138 7.75
Eggsacting Dilithium Monocle +15% 0 Dilithium Stone Fragment}}4 80,590 – 8,059 8 Solar Titanium Geogon}}2 175,798 10.7
Flawless Dilithium Monocle +20% 0 Dilithium Stone Fragment}}5.79 271,970 – 27,197 10 Meggnificent Mercury's Lens}}2 936,029 15.2
+25% 2 Golden Egg}}1,854
+30% 3

Gusset[]

Gussets increase the capacity of Habitats.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Plain Gusset}} Other XP
Plain Gusset +5% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}0.33
}}0.66
Golden Egg}}0.11 		2.5
Ornate Gusset +10% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}0.66
}}1.34 		5,167 – 516 5 4,528 5.3
+12% 2 Golden Egg}}141
Distegguished Gusset +15% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}1
}}2 		28,986 – 2,898 6 Mercury's Lens}}2 44,048 8.1
+16% 1 Golden Egg}}427
Jeweled Gusset +20% 0 Life Stone Fragment}}1.44
}}3.16
}}0.09
}}0.01 		163,774 – 16,377 8 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}3 464,653 13.1
+22% 2 Golden Egg}}1,327
+25% 3

Interstellar Compass[]

Interstellar Compasses increase your egg shipping rate.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Miscalibrated Interstellar Compass}} Other XP
Miscalibrated Interstellar Compass +5% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}1 4.32
Interstellar Compass +10% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}2 9,425 – 942 6 9,913 6.1
Precise Interstellar Compass +20% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}3 37,923 – 3,792 8 Solar Titanium Bar}}4 63,232 8.7
+22% 1 Golden Egg}}509
Clairvoyant Interstellar Compass +30% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}4.77

}}0.05

226,570 – 22,657 10 Radiant Tau Ceti Geode }}4 604,836 12.5
+35% 1 Golden Egg}}1,193
+40% 2
+50% 2

Light of Eggendil[]

Lights of Eggendil increase the value of the Enlightenment Egg. All other Artifacts are not compatible with the Enlightenment Egg without Clarity Stones. All Eggfinity Stones placed in any Light of Eggendil will function at 100% of their effect on an Enlightenment Farm except for Clarity Stones, which do nothing on a Light of Eggendil. Stones slotted in a Light of Eggendil will not function outside of the Enlightenment Egg.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Dim Light of Eggendel}} Other XP
Dim Light of Eggendil +50% 0 Clarity Stone Fragment}}1.74

Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.26

8.2
Shimmering Light of Eggendil +100% 0 Clarity Stone Fragment}}1.75

Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.25

67,892 – 6,789 5 Radiant Tau Ceti Geode }}1 139,175 10.2
+120% 1 Golden Egg}}744
Glowing Light of Eggendil 10x 0 Clarity Stone Fragment}}2.61

Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.39

168,121 – 16,812 7 Brilliant Phoenix Feather}}4 481,723 13.2
15x 1 Golden Egg}}1,350
Brilliant Light of Eggendil 100x 0 Clarity Stone Fragment}}3.4

Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}0.47}}0.03

330,068 – 33,006 10 Blazing Phoenix Feather}}4 1,224,134 16.1
150x 2 Golden Egg}}2,107
250x 3

Lunar Totem[]

Lunar Totems modify earnings while away from your farm by a specific factor.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Basic Lunar Totem}} Other XP
Basic Lunar Totem +100% 0 Golden Egg}}2 0.7
Lunar Totem +300% 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}1.93

}}0.04

553 – 55 3 273 3.4
8x 1 Golden Egg}}11
Powerful Lunar Totem 20x 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}4.63

}}0.1

12,234 – 1,223 6 13,972 6.5
40x 1 Golden Egg}}134
Eggceptional Lunar Totem 50x 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}6.46

}}0.16

}}0.04

91,819 – 9,181 6 Solar Titanium Bar}}1 210,070 11.1
100x 1 Golden Egg}}427
150x 2
200x 3

Mercury's Lens[]

Mercury's Lenses increase farm value, not only making it easier to upgrade your egg, but also increasing Cash rewards from Gifts, Drones, and the Daily Calendar.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Basic Lunar Totem}} Other XP
Misaligned Mercury's Lens +10% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}2 3.3
Mercury's Lens +20% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}4 7,084 – 708 6 6,823 5.7
+22% 1 Golden Egg}}173
Precise Mercury's Lens +50% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}5.58

}}0.08

30,365 – 3,036 8 Glimmering Tau Ceti Geode }}2 46,885 8.2
+55% 1 Golden Egg}}440
Meggnificent Mercury's Lens +100% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}9.62

}}0.27

295,510 – 29,551 10 Solar Titanium Geogon}}6 871,817 13.5
+125% 1 Golden Egg}}1,421
+150% 2
+200% 2

Neodymium Medallion[]

Neodymium Medallions increase the frequency of Drones. The base frequency is 154 per hour (142 normal, 12 elite).

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Basic Lunar Totem}} Other XP
Weak Neodymium Medallion +10% 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}1.73

Quantum Stone Fragment}}0.14

3
Neodymium Medallion +25% 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}3.25

Quantum Stone Fragment}}0.38

3,982 – 398 4 3,236 5
+30% 1 Golden Egg}}120
Precise Neodymium Medallion +50% 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}4.72

Quantum Stone Fragment}}0.59 }}0.02

16,466 – 1,646 5 Glimmering Tau Ceti Geode }}1 20,703 7
+60% 2 Golden Egg}}296
Eggceptional Neodymium Medallion +100% 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}6.82

Quantum Stone Fragment}}0.9 }}0.06

58,753 – 5,875 6 Precise Interstellar Compass}}2 114,342 9.8
+110% 1 Golden Egg}}677
+120% 2
+130% 3

Phoenix Feather[]

Phoenix Feathers increase the Soul Egg collection rate, although not by the amounts displayed ingame. This tool can show the best artifacts to increase Soul Egg collection rate based off your current inventory.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Tattered Phoenix Feather}} Other XP
Tattered Phoenix Feather +25% 0 Soul Stone Fragment (T1)}}2 5
Phoenix Feather +100% 0 Soul Stone Fragment (T1)}}3 16,466 – 1,646 6 Glimmering Tau Ceti Geode }}1 20,703 7
Brilliant Phoenix Feather 5x 0 Soul Stone Fragment (T1)}}4 50,473 – 5,047 10 Book of Basan}}2 93,053 9.4
6x 1 Golden Egg}}613
Blazing Phoenix Feather 10x 0 Soul Stone Fragment (T1)}}5.47

Soul Stone (T2)}}0.11

237,296 – 23,729 12 Fortified Book of Basan}}1 775,063 14.6
12x 1 Golden Egg}}1,695
15x 2

The displayed effect is not an accurate representation of what the artifact actually does. Instead, Phoenix Feathers grant you additional Soul Eggs by simulating additional bock income relative to the listed rate; for example, while a Tattered Phoenix Feather is equipped, you earn Soul Eggs as though you were making 25% more Bocks, which is significantly less than making 25% more Soul Eggs per second. The following table shows an approximation of the real effect of Phoenix feathers on SE Gain. This approximation is derived from the simplified prestige formula of (Virtual Earnings)^0.21.

Icon Name Displayed Effect Real Effect
Tattered Phoenix Feather +25% +4.798%
Phoenix Feather +100% +15.669%
Brilliant Phoenix Feather 5x +40.212%
6x +45.684%
Blazing Phoenix Feather 10x +62.181%
12x +68.511%
15x +76.595%

Puzzle Cube[]

Puzzle Cubes decrease the cost of Common Research. This is directly comparable to simply earning more money and buying the research that way, although you can equip money Artifacts, earn the money, and then switch to a cube before buying. Cubes do not work with Clarity Stones in the advertised fashion once you exceed 100% clarity. The formula for the new discount given enough clarity to exceed 100% is For example, a T4L cube has Discount Percent -60 and a T4 Clarity + a T2 Clarity comes to Clarity Percent 125. Plugging this into the formula gets the new discount percent, -68%.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Socket Golden Egg}} Equivalent Profit Effect Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Ancient Puzzle Cube}} Other XP
Ancient Puzzle Cube -5% 0 Golden Egg}}2 +5.26% 0.5
Puzzle Cube -10% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}1.54
Dilithium Stone Fragment}}0.22 		90-9 3 32 +11.11% 2.6
-15% 2 Golden Egg}}15 20.5015 +17.65%
Mystical Puzzle Cube -20% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}3.35
Dilithium Stone Fragment}}0.73
}}0.04 		14,672-1,467 7 Plain Gusset}}2 17,767 +25% 6.8
-22% 1 Golden Egg}}275 2260.837 +28.21%
Unsolvable Puzzle Cube -50% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}5.65
Dilithium Stone Fragment}}1.3
}}0.15 		110,353–11,035 10 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}2 252,473 +100% 11.1
-53% 1 Golden Egg}}907 21763.9895 +112.77%
-55% 2 26846.231 +122.22%
-60% 3 34205.026 +150%
Cube Discount% Clarity% Net Discount% Net Effective Profit+%
-15 125 -32 +47.06%
150 -43.33 +76.47%
200 -57.5 +135.29%
-55 125 -64 +177.78%
150 -70 +233.33%
200 -77.5 +344.44%
-60 125 -68 +212.5%
150 -73.33 +275%
175 -77.14 +337.5%
200 -80 +400%
225 -82.22 +462.5%
250 -84 +525%
300 -86.67 +650%

Quantum Metronome[]

Quantum Metronomes increase your egg laying rate.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Misaligned Quantum Metronome}} Other XP
Misaligned Quantum Metronome +5% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}2 5.3
Adequate Quantum Metronome +10% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}3 18,400 – 1,840 5 Inconsistent Titanium Actuator}}2 23,997 7.2
+12% 1 Golden Egg}}318
Perfect Quantum Metronome +15% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}4 67,892 – 6,789 7 Precise Mercury's Lens}}4 139,175 10.2
+17% 1 Golden Egg}}744
+20% 2
Reggference Quantum Metronome +25% 0 Quantum Stone Fragment}}5.55

}}0.09

306,621 – 30,662 9 Radiant Tau Ceti Geode }}4 992,590 14.5
+27% 1 Golden Egg}}1,669
+30% 2
+35% 3

Ship in a Bottle[]

Ships in Bottles increase co-op mates' earnings in Contracts.

This only applies to other members, not the user. If multiple members of your co-op have one of these active, their effects will be added together. You can tap on the boost info to view which member has provided which effect. (In some cases, the percentages seem to not quite add up properly, such as 4 Ships in a Bottle which display as 79% instead of 80%.)

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Ship in a Bottle}} Other XP
Ship in a Bottle +20% 0 Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}1 6.2
Detailed Ship in a Bottle +30% 0 Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}2 36,322 – 3,632 6 Beggspoke Demeters Necklace (T4)}}2 59,659 8.6
Complex Ship in a Bottle +50% 0 Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}3 113,895 – 11,389 9 Solar Titanium Geogon}}3 282,119 11.8
+60% 1 Golden Egg}}1,045
Eggquisite Ship in a Bottle +70% 0 Prophecy Stone Fragment (T1)}}4 442,510 – 44,251 12 Fortified Book of Basan}}2 1,522,971 15.2
+80% 1 Golden Egg}}1,854
+90% 2
+100% 2

Tachyon Deflector[]

Tachyon Deflectors increase co-op mates' egg laying rate in Contracts.

This only applies to other members, not the user. If multiple members of your co-op have one of these active, their effects will be added together. You can tap on the boost info to view which member has provided which effect.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Weak Tachyon Deflector}} Other XP
Weak Tachyon Deflector +5% 0 }}3.68

}}0.08

7.25
Tachyon Deflector +8% 0 }}4.39

}}0.15

77,412 – 7,741 6 Detailed Ship in a Bottle}}2 139,767 9.25
Robust Tachyon Deflector +12% 0 }}5.83

}}0.29

259,516 – 25,951 10 Reggference Quantum Metronome}}1 728,996 13
+13% 1 Golden Egg}}1,304
Eggceptional Tachyon Deflector +15% 0 }}7.12

}}0.03 }}0.41

1,220,591 – 122,059 12 Eggquisite [sic] Ship in a Bottle}}4 4,858,320 17
+17% 1 Golden Egg}}1,854
+19% 2
+20% 2

Titanium Actuator[]

Titanium Actuators increase the Hold to Hatch rate.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Inconsistent Titanium Actuator}} Other XP
Inconsistent Titanium Actuator +1 0 }}2.99 5.5
Titanium Actuator +4 0 }}3.7

}}0.08

16,466 – 1,646 4 Solar Titanium Bar}}4 38,768 7.9
Precise Titanium Actuator +6 0 }}5.11

}}0.22

50,473 – 5,047 6 Solar Titanium Geogon}}3 201,060 11
+7 1 Golden Egg}}888
Reggference Titanium Actuator +10 0 }}6.29

}}0.34 }}0.02

237,296 – 23,729 8 Reggference Quantum Metronome}}3 680,184 14.2
+12 1 Golden Egg}}1,592
+15 2

Tungsten Ankh[]

Tungsten Ankhs increase egg value.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Crude Tungsten Ankh}} Other XP
Crude Tungsten Ankh +10% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}1 2
Tungsten Ankh +25% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}4 3,982 – 398 6 3,236 5
+28% 1 Golden Egg}}120
Polished Tungsten Ankh +50% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}5.57

}}0.09

25,099 – 2,509 7 Solar Titanium Bar}}2 36,318 7.8
+75% 1 Golden Egg}}389
+100% 3
Brilliant Tungsten Ankh +100% 0 Shell Stone Fragment}}7.98

}}0.2

110,546 – 11,054 8 Solid Gold Meteorite (T3)}}4 270,812 11.7
+125% 1 Golden Egg}}1,025
+150% 3

Vial of Martian Dust[]

Vials of Martian Dust increase your maximum Running Chicken Bonus.

Icon Name Effect Sockets Consumed
or Demoted 		Craft Quality
Golden Egg}} Tier Below Tiny Vial of Martian Dust}} Other XP
Tiny Vial of Martian Dust +10 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}1 1.75
Vial of Martian Dust +50 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}2.57

}}0.71

3,302 – 330 5 2,546 4.8
+60 1 Golden Egg}}107
Hermetic Vial of Martian Dust +100 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}3.79

}}1.34 }}0.02

26,353 – 2,635 7 Solar Titanium Bar}}2 38,768 7.9
+150 1 Golden Egg}}401
Prime Vial of Martian Dust +200 0 Lunar Stone Fragment}}5.36

}}2.25 }}0.05 }}0.05

139,253 – 13,925 8 Radiant Tau Ceti Geode }}1 371,742 12.5
+300 1 Golden Egg}}1,193
+500 2

Recommended Sets[]

Due to how the varying artifacts and stones interact, the number of possible artifact sets (including stones) quickly collapses into a reasonably small set of useful sets; note that there may be niche-case sets not listed here, so feel free to experiment with your own set if you like.

Artifacts Not In Any Recommended Set[]

You may notice some artifacts are not in any recommended set, or may only be mentioned in passing. There are various reasons for this:

  • Lights of Eggendil are only useful when chasing the Enlightenment Diamond.
  • Puzzle Cubes should almost never be in any set (other than potentially Dilithium) because their use-case implies some other set to earn money, swapping to the cube for research, and then swapping back.
  • No or very little impact on gameplay:
    • Ships in Bottles are too awkward to practically use, because your team-mates can only use them while actively earning money - it's generally much more useful to help them out with a Tachyon Deflector and otherwise focus on buffing your own farm. Ships in Bottles can however be very useful while token farming at the start of a contract.
    • Titanium Actuators are truly, genuinely worthless, with no measurable impact on the game.

Dilithium[]

This is a set of any artifacts except the Light of Eggendil (as boosts do not work on the Enlightenment Egg, which is the only farm the Light works on) holding as many Dilithium Stones as possible of as high a tier as possible. You equip the set, activate your boosts, then switch to some other set to benefit from the extended duration of your boosts. If you have many legendary artifacts to choose from, here are the ones with a third slot:

Drone Golden Eggs[]

The following three artifacts can be combined to increase your golden egg income through drone farming. No stone directly improves this, but Clarity Stones can be used on Enlightenment Farms to exceed 100% artifact functionality.

Drone Money[]

Slot as many Terra Stones as possible (because the square root of your current Running Chicken Bonus is multiplied into the formula for how many bocks a drone drops; remember to run your chickens while drone hunting) into the following artifacts to maximize how many bocks a drone drops:

  • Aurelian Brooch works as advertised.
  • Carved Rainstick - the bonus from a Carved Rainstick does not work as advertised; see the artifact's wiki entry for more information. Remember, a T4L Rainstick will force all of your gifts to be Golden Egg}}6, i.e. worth 0 bocks. The maximum possible benefit from a Rainstick is about +42.86%, rounding down slightly.
  • Gusset - drones drop bocks relative to farm value and farm value is relative to your current, actual chicken population, so you can use a gusset to make drones drop more bocks provided you actually fill your habs. However, because even at best this only applies the percentage you see on the gusset to what the drone drops and gussets do not have very high percentages, you are unlikely to choose this. Remember to never fill your habs completely, as you need to run chickens to maximize your drones.
  • Mercury's Lens works as advertised, due to how drone bocks are calculated.
  • Neodymium Medallion works as advertised.
  • Vial of Martian Dust - due to the diminishing rate of return these have with your Terra Stones, this does not tend to make it into most sets in practice. Like with the Terra Stones, you need to be running chickens for this to be relevant. Remember, you will only benefit from the square root of your RCB when stiging.

Note that in general, it doesn't really matter for choosing your set that you have to give up a slot - T4 Terra Stones make your drones drop more money, but not much more. Even the very first T4 Terra only amounts to increasing your income by about +8.87%, and each additional one provides less of a benefit.

DroneStiging[]

Drop your least useful artifact from your Drone Money set and equip your best Phoenix Feather instead (with Terras slotted, if it has slots) to prestige using drones as your primary source of income. Remember, the only relevant boosts will be Boost Beacons and Soul Beacons. This may be particularly useful if you have Ultra and 4x Drones coincides with 2x Prestige.

Fueling[]

Fueling (filling a ship or tank with fuel) is a special case of shipping/internal hatchery rate: you have no contract to worry about and are likely unwilling to spend a boost just on fueling faster. This radically reduces the set of interesting artifacts and stones to:

If you have a pro permit, you just want more slots. Here are the remaining 3-slot legendaries:

Use Tachyon Stones and Life Stones in any combination you like; if you've made a new farm for the sole purpose of fueling, both will have similar results. If you're in a situation where you're waiting to be allowed to fuel (perhaps you are sitting on a fueling farm waiting for a ship to return), you want to use an IHR set while you wait and Tachyon Stones once fueling time arrives.

Internal Hatchery Rate[]

This is a set of any artifacts holding as many Life Stones as possible of as high a tier as possible, combined with a Chalice and typically a Dilithium Monocle, as typically you only truly care about your Internal Hatchery Rate while running boosts; however, if this is to chase the Enlightenment Diamond, the Monocle is useless. The Monocle version is used to reduce how powerful a boost you need to fill your habs up, saving you Golden Eggs and potentially Boost Tokens.

If you have infinite legendary artifacts to choose from, here is the optimal set:

  • Chalice to maximize your IHR.
  • Dilithium Monocle or Light of Eggendil, depending on whether you're on an Enlightenment Farm or not.
  • Gusset, so you can actually fill up the extra space it provides.
  • Quantum Metronome, as one of the most common reasons to use this set is on a Contract, and you might as well ship as many eggs as possible while boosting. Note that in practical terms you are likely to be using very short-duration boosts for your IHR, so this may not have a significant impact over using one of the artifacts below instead.

Here are the remaining legendary artifacts with a third slot for an extra Life Stone:

Prestige Set[]

Use this fanmade tool to easily work out which artifacts with which stones you actually own will constitute the best set for prestiging. The tool assumes your primary source of bocks is from running chickens. As a practical matter, it is highly likely to choose from the following:

Money Set[]

If you just want to earn money from running chickens without prestiging - e.g. for setting up a contract without using drones for income - take your prestige set and drop the feather from it, instead taking your next best moneymaker.

Shipping[]

If you're on a contract and have already filled your habs, you need the right set to then fulfill the contract. This is generally Tachyon Stones and Quantum Stones in some combination (largely based on how many deflectors your team-mates have equipped) slotted into:

  • Tachyon Deflector, because assuming everyone in the contract is contributing, it is usually better to make everyone else ship faster than just yourself. This also maximizes your teamwork bonus.
  • Quantum Metronome and Gusset, to lay as many eggs as possible.
  • Interstellar Compass to cope with other artifacts raising your lay rate above your ship rate.

Demoting and Consuming[]

The "Consume" button is accessible by viewing an item (Artifact, Eggfinity Stone, or Ingredient) and then pressing the recycle symbol. In other words, the game makes sure you really want to consume the artifact by making you press multiple times before consumption happens. The ability to consume artifacts will only become available after a certain inventory score threshold is achieved.

  • If you want to consume multiple items, you can either repeatedly press the consume button, or press and hold the consume button, which accesses a menu that asks if you want to consume 50% or 100% of that stack (expressed as integers rather than percentages).
  • When consuming an item for Golden Eggs, the item generally gives a certain decimal amount (rather than a whole number) of Golden Eggs, which is then totalled and rounded down. This is only noticeable when consuming multiple items at one time, as the first item consumed always gives the same amount. For example, the Tiny Gold Meteorite gives around 5.43 Golden Eggs when consumed. Consuming 1 will give ~5.43, rounded down to 5, consuming 2 will give ~10.86, rounded down to 10, but consuming 3 will give ~16.29, rounded down to 16.
  • More specific instructions about multi-consume: You can consume multiple of an item at a time by pressing the recycle button and then holding down the red button that appears (which you would usually just tap to recycle 1 of the item). This brings up the Multi-Consume menu. From there, the red button will Cancel the multi-consume, the yellow button will consume 50% of the that type of item (the amount CONSUMED is rounded down if it is not an integer), and the green button will consume 100% of that type of item. Multi-Consume does not work with items of which you have less than 10.

Pressing the recycle symbol also enables the minus sign button next to the Artifact's rarity, which allows you to demote a rare / epic / legendary artifact to Common, in exchange for a very tiny reward as described in the formula below.

  • Multi-demote rare / epic / legendary artifacts. It will consume 100% or 50% of the artifacts you have of that exact type, tier, and rarity (excluding any equipped artifacts or artifacts slotted with stones.
  • If you want to demote multiple items, press and hold the demote button, which accesses a menu that asks if you want to demote 50% or 100% of that stack. You must have 4 or more of that same unslotted shiny for this prompt to appear.

Demotion Value Formula[]

Formula found by discord user @zippyh

Artifacts Intro Message[]

The following message is displayed when a player unlocks Artifacts:

Due to recent discoveries beyond Earth, egg farms have begun to look to the stars.

Evidence is building that we were not the first to unlock the secrets of the egg.

Artifacts from lost civilizations appear to enhance egg farming in ways both technological, and mystical...

Trivia[]

  • If you try to deactivate a Gusset while the extra capacity is being used by a Habitats, the game will give you a "Cannot Be Removed" message. However, you can still deactivate the Gusset as long as the extra capacity is not in use by any Habitats.
    • If you have a Gusset that offers a greater increase in capacity, you can replace the current Gusset with the new one by dragging it from the list to the spot the current Gusset is occupying.
    • If you have a Gusset equipped and craft another Gusset of a higher tier, the higher tier one will automatically replace the current Gusset.
  • If you receive artifacts (or other items) from a Spaceship or from an Artifact Crate reward on a Contract but accidentally tap somewhere else on the screen before pressing the final Collect button on the list of items, don't worry; you still received the items.
  • Lunar Totems are the only type of Artifact to not require any other Artifacts or Ingredients to craft Tier 3.
  • Artifacts that claim to give a 100% chance for Bocks/Golden Eggs will not always give a box with Bocks/Golden Eggs. Since there is a ratio for Golden Egg boxes to Bocks boxes, a 100% chance will only double the ratio number for Bocks/Golden Eggs.
  • You can only have 1 Artifact of each type active at any time on any given farm.
    • For example, you cannot have 2 Puzzle Cubes active at the same time on your main farm, even if they are of different tiers and/or rarities.
  • The "Soul Egg collection rate" mentioned in the Phoenix Feather description can confuse some people. The examples below help explain how it works.
    • A +100% increase to Soul Egg collection rate is saying that any particular number of Soul Eggs that you wish to collect while under this effect can be collected "100% faster". This does NOT mean that you will earn 100% more Soul Eggs in the same amount of time; it means that it will take half the time to earn each individual Soul Egg compared to how long it would normally take. This is effectively equivalent to earning the Soul Eggs you would earn if you were earning Bocks 100% faster, so some people refer to this increase as a phantom Bocks multiplier of 2. Since the formula for Soul Eggs as a function of Bocks is a power function with p=.21, your Soul Egg earnings (assuming the effect is active for your entire prestige or at least the part where you earn the vast majority of your Bocks) will be multiplied by 2.21 = 1.1567, which is only a 15.67% increase.
    • A +400% increase to Soul Egg collection rate is saying that any particular number of Soul Eggs that you wish to collect while under this effect can be collected "400% faster". This doesn't mean a 400% increase in Soul Eggs; it means you'll take 1/(1+4.00) = 20% of the time to earn each individual Soul Egg compared to how long it would normally take. This is effectively equivalent to a phantom Bocks multiplier of 5. Since the formula for Soul Eggs as a function of Bocks is a power function with p=.21, your Soul Egg earnings (assuming the effect is active for your entire prestige or at least the part where you earn the vast majority of your Bocks) will be multiplied by 5.21 = 1.4021, which is only a 40.21% increase.
    • Soul Beacons behave similarly to how Phoenix Feathers behave.
  • The first time you craft an Artifact (as part of the game's tutorial) it is free. You still need to spend the component Artifacts, but you don't need to spend any Golden Eggs.
  • The number of Artifacts of each type you have in the Hall of Artifacts will turn blue (white number in blue circle) when you have enough Ingredients to upgrade it to the next tier. If you tap on the Artifact with the blue circle, then the blue circle will go away regardless whether or not you perform the upgrade. However, the blue circle may return the next time you collect new Ingredients.
  • Note that not all rarities of each tier of each artifact exist. For example, a Tier 2 Gusset can be Epic but cannot be Rare.
  • Smart Crafting was introduced in Version 1.21. If you would be able to craft a new item by first crafting various intermediate items, Smart Crafting will be able to detect that. You will see the missing materials colored in blue (for example, "1/3" under "Reggference Quantum Metronome" would be colored blue if you have 1 of them but could make another 2) rather than green (when you already have the materials) or red (when you can't make the materials). Smart Crafting does not offer the chance of intermediate items being rare/epic/legendary. Smart crafting reduces the Golden Egg cost of crafting future instances of intermediate items just as direct crafting of those intermediate items does.
  • The name of most artifacts have the word "egg" in them. (i.e. Reggference Quantum Metronome). Even the stones have this (Meggnificent Lunar Stone).

Hints at Artifacts (pre-1.20)[]

Before Version 1.20, there were several hints at the Artifacts update.

Contracts mentioning Artifacts[]

Images of Artifacts[]


Artifacts Update Trailer[]

Egg,_Inc._Update_Teaser

Egg, Inc. Update Teaser

Artifact Teaser!

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