Risk of Rain Returns

Risk of Rain Returns

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Risk of Rain Returns all Artifact Locations
By JIN


You can acquire artifacts in Risk of Rain Returns, which majorly change how the game works. For example, one makes you a damage powerhouse but cuts your health by 90%, and another causes items to drop from monsters instead of chests. However, finding the locations for all these artifacts takes a lot of work. Fortunately, I get every artifacts, I will show you where to find them and what each does below.
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Risk of Rain Returns Artifacts locations and effects
Cognation
Artifact
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Effect
Cognation
Enemies create a temporary clone on death

To access the Cognation Artifact, locate a hidden spot in one of the six distinct versions of the Desolate Forest (Number 4 in book). Identify this specific area in the east side of the map provided screenshot and go there via the vine close to the ground to reach an underground chamber.



Upon entering the hidden zone, engage both wall switches. It's advisable to initiate with the upper switche, as it proves more challenging to hit.



Upon successfully activating both switches, a golem will spawn, just kill him and collect the Artifact of Cognation.
Command
Artifact
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Effect
Command
Items are no longer random

You can find the Artifact of Command in the Hive Cluster. Head to the map’s east side and look for ropes that cross over a gap.



Use the ropes to bridge the chasm, and you’ll find the artifact.
Distorsion
Artifact
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Effect
Distorsion
Lock a random skill every minutes, But skills have decreased cooldowns

When you reach the Damp Caverns, head to the upper-east side of the map. You’ll find three platforns with strange contraptions on them when you get there.



The catch here is that you have to increased your character’s jumping ability to reach them. When you make it up there, use an ability on the box, and the Artifact of Distortion will appear.
Enigma
Artifact
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Effect
Enigma
Spawn with a random equipment that changes every time it's activated

You’ll need to make it to the Sunken Tomb for this one. Go to the southeastern corner of the map and look for a pit. Jump down it, and it’ll bounce you back up toward an area where you can find this artifact.

Glass
Artifact
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Effect
Glass
Increases damage to 500% but lowers health to 10%

Slide to the Frozen Tundra and climb the mountain’s west or east side. You’ll eventually come upon an entrance that leads to a cave.



Once you get there, you’ll have to find 5 buttons to hit.



Once you activate the last one, the Glass Artifact will spawn.



Honor
Artifact
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Effect
Honor
Enemies will always spawn as elites

Proceed to the Desolate Forest and look in the western part of the map for a narrow tunnel. You can head through this and make your way south, then west, and you’ll find a stairlike formation you can climb to get this artifact. if you have difficulty to get there use the Hopoo’s Feather (x2) to gain two jump.


Kin
Artifact
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Effect
Kin
Only one enemy type will spawn per map

Go to the Dried Lake map on the east side and look for a partially broken piece of wall. You can destroy it by hitting it with your weapon, which will reveal a hidden area.



Hit the three buttons inside, and the Artifact of Kin will spawn.

Sacrifice
Artifact
Picture
Effect
Sacrifice
Chests no longer appear. Instead, monsters will drop items on death

When you reach the Magma Barracks, you’ll need to start looking for three buttons. These aren’t too hard to find.



You need to have attacks that can pierce the wall surrounding them like HAN-D hammer, Huntress Cluster bomb etc... Once you activate all three, you can find the Artifact of Sacrifice at the southern part of the map.

Spirit
Artifact
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Effect
Spirit
Your character runs faster at lower health

Head to the Temple Ruins and head to the east side of the map. Once you’re there, jump off the side and land on the hidden platforms. Once you land, keep heading east and jumping across platforms and you’ll find it.

Spite
Artifact
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Effect
Spite
Enemies will explode when they die

Once you make it to the Sky Meadow map, look for a small hole that’ll lead you all the way to the bottom of the map. Then, just follow the platforms until you reach the artifact.

Tempus
Artifact
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Effect
Tempus
Items are worth multiple stacks. All items are temporary.

To unlock the Tempus Artifact, simply reach the Temple of the Elders and collect the artifact in less than 16 minutes. Be careful, you must collect the artifact before 16:00. otherwise it seems to disappear.

So far, every time I've seen the artifact, it's been in one of the tall vertical sections of the tower, in front of what appears to be a hole in the wall.
Dissonance
Artifact
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Effect
Dissonance
Monsters can appear outside their usual environments

The first shard to unlock the artifact can be found in the bottom left corner of Suken Tombs, just hop over the ledge and hug the wall and slip right in to grab it.



The next shard can be found in the Ancient Valley on the top of the mountain nearby there is a rope that goes down into a hidden area, climb down and grab the shard.


The third shard can be found in Hive Cluster on the top row near center you'll see it inside a rock climb to the top of the rock and then jump into the top right corner to get behind the wall.



The last shard can be found in Magma Barracks (Not in all variant) once against at the top of the stage jump into the pathway and then jump across to claim the shard.


Prestige
Artifact
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Effect
Prestige
At least one Shrine of the Mountain spawns every stage. Shrine of the mountain effect are permanents

Get a gold rank on at least 15 Providence Trials.
Origin
Artifact
Picture
Effect
Origin
Imps invades the map every 10 minutes

You must activate all artifacts from the original game and there is 9 of them:

  • Honor
  • Kin
  • Distortion
  • Spite
  • Glass
  • Enigma
  • Sacrifice
  • Command
  • Spirit

In a playthrough before attempting to find the Artifact of Origin. Once you’ve accomplished that, play through the game until you defeat the final boss.





Guide Changelog
Originally posted by author:
15/11/23 Pictures Added for the Glass Artifact and changed the description for the Origin Artifact
31 Comments
Not Mr Flıbble 12 Jul @ 12:08pm 
For “Honor”, if the lower route's not available, climb up, head west and you should find a tree with visible roots. Climb down there.
Classic Quantum 10 Jun @ 4:29pm 
What are the easiest trials to go gold on? Prestige is the only artifact I don't have. :rorukulele:
awaduniversal 6 Mar @ 10:10am 
cool :steamthumbsup:
BaHnaNerZZ 3 Feb @ 9:36am 
I read on the wiki artifact on Sky Meadow only spawns on Version 1, 2 or 3. Just FYI
broomus 20 Dec, 2023 @ 9:02pm 
@Denisse-G because it is a fun artifact, just like the rest.
Chi's Pizza 17 Dec, 2023 @ 11:13am 
To be honest why would you want origin?
Yonsim 2 Dec, 2023 @ 12:55am 
ok so for some reason the code isnt working for ablity but its working just fine for skin unlocks and im not certian why this is the case if being honest here but i would be glad to use it so i can unlock the laser turret
Boatman 25 Nov, 2023 @ 8:05am 
In the very first part of the guide, for the Cognation artifact screen-shot points at the incorrect vine.
Bornatkfc 22 Nov, 2023 @ 2:31pm 
The Spirit artifact seems to speed up enemies proportionally to their missing health despite saying "characters"
itssirtou 21 Nov, 2023 @ 12:54pm 
For the Sacrifice Artifact, the Cremator salvos can also trigger them.