How the shopping phase works in Artifacts, with a list of items available
Our Artifact Item Shop guide contains a list of all items in the game, and explains how the Shopping Phase works in Artifact.
Artifact is due to enter a slightly more open beta phase next week, and ahead of the full launch at the end of November. We’ve been busy providing starter guides for all the key areas of the game, and in our next article we’re taking a look at the Item Shop.
When you create a deck in Artifact, you’re able to include a collection of equippable items along with the rest of your cards. Once both players have worked through all three board “lanes” in the game, they get to spend some of the gold they’ve earned killing creeps and heroes on a random selection of these items – and others.
That’s the system in very simple terms, but as with all things in Artifact the complexity lies in the fine details. In this guide, we’ve broken down everything we currently know about how Artifact’s Item Shop works, so you have a clear grounding in what to expect.
This article is very much a work in progress at this stage. Once Artifact enters beta we’ll be expanding on our guide considerably, with tips on what to prioritise when browsing the Item Shop.
If you’re completely new to the game we strongly recommend looking at our core Artifact guide. It explains key gameplay mechanics and will help you access all of our Artifact content
Item Shop Overview
Here’s a clear, step by step explanation of how the Item Shop functions in Artifact:
- During each Shopping Phase – which takes place after all three boards (or “lanes”) have been processed – you’ll be presented with three panels containing items from the shop.
- The panel to the right will always contain one of a handful of items that the devs always want players to have access to.
- The middle panel will always feature one of the items you’ve included in your deck. You need to include a minimum of 9 such cards when crafting your Artifact deck.
- When you purchase something from this middle panel, it’ll be replaced with a new option immediately. This means buying from the middle panel should be your priority when making multiple purchases.
- The remaining left-hand panel is called the Secret Shop, and can potentially contain any items from across the item list.
- This panel is designed to highlight game-changing items that players were unlikely to build their deck around. In this sense it provides an element of excitement that might just solve an unexpected problem presented by your opponent’s strategy.
Item Shop Equipment List
Here are all of the items that exist in Artifact, and that can potentially be added to your deck if the options arise.
If you find any of the terms contained in this list confusing, take a look at our Artifact Glossary which explains all the keywords, terms and mechanics in the game.
| Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Healing Salve | Heal a unit 6 |
| Leather Armor | Equipped hero has +1 Armor |
| Short Sword | Equipped hero has +2 Attack |
| Town Portal Scroll | Return an allied hero to the Fountain |
| Traveler’s Cloak | Equipped hero has +4 Health |
| Fountain Flask | Fully heal a unit |
| Revtel Signet Ring | Equipped hero has +4 Health and -3 Bounty |
| Ristul Emblem | Equipped hero has +4 Health and -2 Armor. The unit blocking equipped hero has -2 Armor |
| Demagicking Maul | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Active (1): Condemn a random enemy improvement. May only be used if equipped hero is unblocked |
| Potion of Knowledge | Draw a card |
| Stonehall Cloak | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Modify Stonehall Cloak with “Equipped hero has +2 Health” after the combat phase |
| Assassin’s Veil | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Active (2): Choose a combat target for equipped hero |
| Barbed Mail | Equipped hero has +1 Armor and +2 Retaliate |
| Phase Boots | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Active (2): Swap equipped hero with another ally |
| Stonehall Pike | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Modify Stonehall Pike with “Equipped hero has +1 Attack” after the combat phase |
| Stonehall Plate | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. Modify Stonehall Plate with “Equipped hero has +1 Armor” after the combat phase |
| Blade of the Vigil | Equipped hero has +2 Attack and +2 Cleave |
| Blink Dagger | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Active (2): Move equipped hero to another lane |
| Broadsword | Equipped hero has +4 Attack |
| Chainmail | Equipped hero has +2 Armor |
| Fur-lined Mantle | Equipped hero has +8 Health |
| Jasper Daggers | Equipped hero has +2 Attack and Pierce |
| Keenfolk Musket | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Active (2): Deal 2 damage to a unit |
| Bracers of Sacrifice | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Active (1): Deal 6 damage to equipped hero’s enemy neighbors and condemn equipped hero |
| Keenfolk Plate | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. Equipped hero has +1 Armor for each of its attackers |
| Poaching Knife | Equipped hero has +2 Attack. Get 5 gold after an enemy hero dies. Get 1 gold after an enemy creep dies |
| Shield of Basilius | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Equipped hero’s allied neighbors have +1 Armor. |
| Golden Ticket | Get a random item from the Secret Shop |
| Rumusque Vestments | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. Active (2): Heal a unit 4 |
| Shield of Basilius | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Equipped hero’s allied neighbors have +1 Armor. |
| Book of the Dead | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Add a charge to Book of the Dead after an allied Melee Creep dies. Active (2): Summon a Zombie for each charge and remove all charges |
| Claszureme Hourglass | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Whenever opponent draws a card, give that card +1 Lock if equipped hero is in any lane |
| Obliterating Orb | Condemn an improvement |
| Red Mist Maul | Equipped hero has +2 Attack and +5 Siege |
| Shield of Aquila | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Equipped hero’s allied neighbors have +3 Armor |
| Ring of Tarrasque | Equipped hero has +4 Health and +6 Regeneration |
| Cloak of Endless Carnage | Equipped hero has +8 Health. Draw a card after an allied neighbor of equipped hero dies |
| Seraphim Shield | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. All units have -2 Attack |
| Claymore | Equipped hero has +8 Attack |
| Hero’s Cape | Equipped hero has +16 Health |
| Platemail | Equipped hero has +4 Armor |
| Shiva’s Guard | Equipped hero has +2 Armor. Active (2): Modify a unit and its allied neighbors with -2 Attack |
| Helm of the Dominator | Equipped hero has +3 Armor. Active (2): Get control of an enemy creep |
| Vesture of the Tyrant | Equipped hero has +4 Armor and Rapid Deployment. Your tower has +3 Armor |
| Wingfall Hammer | Equipped hero has +4 Attack. Active (1): Give equipped hero and its allied neighbors +x Regeneration this round where X is half its Attack |
| Shop Deed | Each item in your Secret Shop costs X less gold, where X is equal to its base cost |
| Apotheosis Blade | Equipped hero has +8 Attack and +4 Siege. Condemn each unit equipped hero deals battle damage to. Active (1): Condemn enemy improvements. Condemn each item equipped by the unit blocking equipped hero. |
| Horn of the Alpha | Equipped hero has +4 Health. Active (2): Summon a Thunderhide Pack |
| Nyctasha’s Guard | Equipped hero has +1 Armor. Active (1): Move equipped hero’s enemy neighbors to random other lanes. |
