Wanderburg Artifacts Guide – Effects and Unlock Requirements

Artifacts are an important part of your runs in Wanderburg, as they can improve your damage, give you useful utility effects, increase your economy, or completely change how certain abilities work.

In this post, we will tell you about all the Artifacts currently available in Wanderburg, including what each one does and the unlock requirements for the ones that need to be purchased or completed through specific tasks.

Some Artifacts are focused on melee, arrows, cannonballs, or magic, while others can help you survive longer, earn more Gold, manage cooldowns, and improve your friendly units. Because of this, knowing what an Artifact does can make choosing between them much easier during a run.

Wanderburg Artifacts Guide – Effects and Unlock Requirements

Below, we have listed all the Wanderburg Artifacts along with their effects, additional values where available, and unlock requirements.

Artifact Dice

Artifact Dice gives you the option to reroll when choosing an Artifact.

  • Effect: Reroll an Artifact choice
  • Unlock Price: 5000

This is useful when the available Artifact choices do not fit the build you are currently trying to create.

Bumper

Bumper gives you extra melee damage based on your speed.

  • Max Damage Multiplier: 1

This Artifact works around movement speed, allowing your melee damage to benefit from how fast you are moving.

Catalyst

Catalyst makes boosting consume less Nitro.

  • Effect: Boosting uses 20% less Nitro
  • Unlock Price: 500

If you use boosting frequently during your runs, this Artifact can help you manage your Nitro more efficiently.

Cauldron

Cauldron makes consuming Units speed up your magic ability cooldowns.

  • Cooldown Amount: 0.5

For magic-focused setups, consuming Units can also help you get your abilities ready again faster.

Cluster Core

Cluster Core creates a bullet star explosion when you destroy an enemy vehicle with a cannonball.

  • Number of Bullets: 3

This gives your cannonball attacks an additional explosive effect after destroying enemy vehicles.

Electric Arrow

Electric Arrow gives every 100th arrow chain lightning.

  • Chain Length: 5

The chain lightning can jump through multiple targets, making this Artifact useful when dealing with groups of enemies.

Emergency Boost

Emergency Boost increases your speed when your health becomes critically low.

  • Effect: Become 20% faster when under 20% Health
  • Unlock Price: 500
  • Unlock Task: Play for 1 minute with under 20% Health

This can give you extra movement speed when you are in a dangerous situation and need to escape or reposition.

Fast Quiver

Fast Quiver lowers the cooldown of your arrow abilities whenever you kill an enemy using arrows.

  • Cooldown Amount: 0.1

The more enemies you defeat with arrows, the more opportunities you get to reduce your arrow ability cooldowns.

Gold

Gold simply gives you additional Gold.

  • Gold Amount: 30

This is a straightforward economy Artifact that immediately adds 30 Gold.

Golden Bow

Golden Bow increases your Arrow Damage.

  • Effect: 15% more Arrow Damage
  • Base Probability: 1.424%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

This is one of the stronger direct damage upgrades for arrow-based builds.

Golden Sword

Golden Sword increases your melee Damage.

  • Effect: 15% more melee Damage
  • Base Probability: 1.091%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

If your build relies heavily on melee attacks, this provides a solid damage increase.

Heal

Heal restores a large portion of your Health.

  • Effect: Heal 50%

This is a simple survival-focused Artifact that can help you recover when your Health has dropped significantly.

Iron Bow

Iron Bow increases Arrow Damage.

  • Effect: 10% more Arrow Damage
  • Base Probability: 3.452%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

It provides a smaller boost than Golden Bow but still gives a direct increase to your arrow damage.

Iron Sword

Iron Sword increases melee Damage.

  • Effect: 10% more melee Damage
  • Base Probability: 1.983%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

This is another direct melee upgrade for players focusing on close-range damage.

Iron Bullet

Iron Bullet increases cannonball damage.

  • Effect: 15% more cannonball Damage
  • Entry 1 Base Probability: 3.452%
  • Entry 2 Base Probability: 0.75%
  • Entry 2 Maximum Copies: 1

For cannonball-focused builds, this Artifact gives a noticeable increase to your damage output.

Last Amplifier

Last Amplifier makes your last Artifact twice as strong.

  • Additional Artifact Power: 1

The effect depends on the Artifact affected, making this one more interesting when combined with a strong previous choice.

Lead Core

Lead Core gives your cannonballs Knockback.

  • Knock Back Amount: 0.5

This allows cannonball attacks to push enemies back when they are hit.

Magma Core

Magma Core causes cannonballs to leave a fire crater when they hit the ground.

  • Unlock Price: 2000
  • Duration and Strength of Fire: 2

This adds a fire-based effect to cannonball attacks and can leave dangerous areas behind after impact.

Napalm

Napalm causes enemy vehicles killed by fire to leave fire craters.

  • Magma Duration: 3

This can create additional fire effects after enemies die from burning damage.

Next Amplifier

Next Amplifier makes your next Artifact twice as strong.

  • Additional Artifact Power: 1

Unlike Last Amplifier, this one affects the Artifact you choose next, so the order in which you pick your Artifacts can matter.

Overtime Bonus

Overtime Bonus makes your Crew work faster.

  • Effect: Crew works 10% faster
  • Unlock Price: 500

This is a utility-focused Artifact that improves the speed of your Crew.

Phoenix Feather

Phoenix Feather gives you another chance when you die.

  • Effect: If you die, you instead return with 30% Health
  • Unlock Price: 2000
  • Unlock Task: Collect 50 chicken in one run

This can save an entire run by preventing a normal death and bringing you back with some Health.

Powerful Gem

Powerful Gem increases your magic damage.

  • Effect: 15% more magic Damage
  • Base Probability: 0.75%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

This is the strongest listed direct magic damage Gem among the three damage tiers.

Professional Tools

Professional Tools increases the amount of Health you receive from repairs.

  • Effect: Gain 20% more Health from repairs
  • Unlock Price: 500
  • Unlock Task: Collect 1000 Gold in one run
  • Additional Health: 0.2

This Artifact can make repairs more valuable and help you recover more Health during a run.

Quick Reload

Quick Reload improves cooldown speed while boosting.

  • Effect: Cooldowns get 5% faster when boosting
  • Unlock Price: 500

This combines movement with cooldown management, giving you faster ability recovery while using your boost.

Recycling Bin

Recycling Bin increases the amount of Gold you gain.

  • Effect: Gain 5% extra Gold
  • Unlock Price: 500
  • Unlock Task: Play 1 minute without boosting
  • Additional Gold: 0.05

This is another economy-focused Artifact for players who want to earn more Gold during their runs.

Repair Wrench

Repair Wrench lets you sacrifice an upgrade choice to recover Health.

  • Effect: Get the option to discard an upgrade to Heal 25%
  • Unlock Price: 5000

You have to decide between keeping the upgrade opportunity or using it to restore some of your Health.

Reset Button

Reset Button completely restores your Nitro when you level up.

  • Effect: Max Nitro on level up
  • Entry 1 Base Probability: 3.452%
  • Entry 1 Maximum Copies: 1
  • Entry 2 Base Probability: 3.452%
  • Entry 2 Maximum Copies: 1

This can be especially useful for builds that regularly consume Nitro through boosting.

Reset Lever

Reset Lever resets all module cooldowns whenever you level up.

  • Effect: Reset all module cooldowns on level up
  • Base Probability: 3.35%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

Leveling up becomes even more useful with this Artifact because your modules immediately become available again.

Running Shoes

Running Shoes allows your friendly Units to accelerate whenever you boost.

  • Unit Extra Speed: 1

Instead of only improving your own movement, boosting also helps your friendly Units move faster.

Shepherd’s Staff

Shepherd’s Staff gives you extra Gold for every sheep you consume.

  • Effect: Gain 1 extra Gold per consumed sheep
  • Unlock Price: 500
  • Unlock Task: Collect 30 sheep in one run
  • Progress Per Sheep: 1

If you are regularly consuming sheep, this Artifact turns them into an additional source of Gold.

Slow Torch

Slow Torch makes burning enemies remain on fire longer.

  • Effect: Enemies on fire burn 30% longer
  • Base Probability: 3.452%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

This works well with fire-based effects and can keep burning damage active for a longer period.

Stiletto

Stiletto gives you extra melee damage against enemies with full Health.

  • Effect: Extra melee damage to enemies with full Health
  • Unlock Price: 2000

This makes your first melee hits against untouched enemies more effective.

Strong Gem

Strong Gem increases magic damage.

  • Effect: 10% more magic Damage
  • Base Probability: 5.761%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

It sits between Weak Gem and Powerful Gem in terms of magic damage bonuses.

Stunhammer

Stunhammer gives your melee damage a chance to stun enemies.

  • Stun Chance: 20%

This adds a crowd-control effect to melee attacks and can temporarily stop enemies after they are hit.

Tinderbox

Tinderbox allows burning enemies to ignite each other when they touch.

  • Touch Burn Duration: 3

This can help fire spread between enemies, especially when multiple targets are close together.

Upgrade Dice

Upgrade Dice gives you the option to reroll your module upgrade choices.

  • Effect: Get the option to reroll a module upgrade choice
  • Unlock Price: 5000

This is useful when the available module upgrades do not work well with your current build.

Vampire Tooth

Vampire Tooth restores Health after you consume enough Units.

  • Effect: Heal 1 Health every 10 Units consumed
  • Heal Amount: 1
  • Max Counter: 10

This gives you a small but repeatable healing effect as you continue consuming Units.

Weak Gem

Weak Gem gives a small increase to magic damage.

  • Effect: 5% more magic Damage
  • Base Probability: 6.206%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

It provides the lowest magic damage increase among the Gem Artifacts listed here.

Wooden Bow

Wooden Bow increases Arrow Damage.

  • Effect: 5% more Arrow Damage
  • Base Probability: 6.154%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

This is the smaller Arrow Damage upgrade compared to Iron Bow and Golden Bow.

Wooden Club

Wooden Club increases melee Damage.

  • Effect: 5% more melee Damage
  • Base Probability: 6.948%
  • Maximum Copies: 1

It gives a basic melee damage increase and is the lowest damage tier among the listed melee weapon Artifacts.

Work Contract

Work Contract gives you a friendly sheeprider Unit whenever you consume a farmer.

  • Effect: When consuming a farmer, get 1 friendly sheeprider Unit
  • Unlock Price: 2000
  • Amount: 1

This Artifact turns consumed farmers into a way of adding another friendly Unit to your side.

Stone Bullet

Stone Bullet increases cannonball damage.

  • Effect: 5% more cannonball Damage

This is the basic cannonball damage Artifact and provides a smaller increase compared to Iron Bullet.

That covers all the Artifacts listed for Wanderburg. As you can see, they are not all focused on simply increasing damage. Some improve your economy, others help with cooldowns and Nitro, while several can completely change how your attacks behave.

When choosing Artifacts during a run, I would recommend paying attention to the type of build you are already using. Arrow, melee, magic, cannonball, fire, and utility-focused Artifacts can become much more valuable when they work together instead of being selected randomly.

Some of the unlockable Artifacts also require specific tasks to be completed, so it is worth keeping those requirements in mind while playing. With the right combination of Artifacts, you can build around damage, survival, Gold farming, or different special effects depending on how you want your Wanderburg run to develop.