The Artifact

The Artifact is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Knightly Orders
Membership	Member
Requirements	Guild rank or character level 7+
Summary	Follow a witch's clue to one of three legendary artifacts, after helping her with a child's fate.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Seek out the witch in the quest dungeon who knows where the artifact lies	No
2	Kidnap the child from the quest palace in the named town and bring her to the witch	No
3	Find the artifact in the quest dungeon	No

Choices

Decision	Choice
A guard of the quest palace orders you to put the child down, or die.	Put the child down
A guard of the quest palace orders you to put the child down, or die.	Keep hold of her and fight your way out

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
You put the child down and she went home. The artifact is lost to you; your honor is not.	75%	Yes
You gave the child to the witch, and the artifact is yours.	Scripted reward	No added gear
The artifact was never found.	No added payment	No

Outcome	Change type	Target	Change
You put the child down and she went home. The artifact is lost to you; your honor is not.	Legal standing	Legal standing	2
You gave the child to the witch, and the artifact is yours.	Faction reputation	The Glenmoril Witches	+3
You gave the child to the witch, and the artifact is yours.	Legal standing	Legal standing	-3

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Knight	2
Battlemage	1
Warrior	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

Artifact loot

Artifact	Acquisition
Auriel's Shield	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Auriel's Bow	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices
Lord's Mail	Quest-specific artifact route; see objectives and choices

These are quest-script items, separate from ordinary enemy or chest drops. When the quest selects an artifact route, the listed artifacts are alternatives rather than a reward bundle.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

Online, a failed outcome does not apply its faction-reputation penalties. Legal-standing changes and choices made during the quest are separate.

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