In Minecraft Dungeons your gear can be customized in several ways. You have armor sets, a ranged weapon, a melee weapon, and three spaces for artifacts. These artifacts replace a spell system and have a variety of different uses including healing, damage dealing, and providing buffs. While your choice will depend on the build you are going for, there are some which stand out more than others.

Here we have a selection of the very best artifacts in the game including those which combine well with others in order to create a powerful and formidable hero. Since you can use up to three, finding those that work together well can be essential, so bear that in mind as you take a look at this list of the best Minecraft Dungeons Artifacts.

Updated February 28th, 2021, By Helen Ashcroft: As Minecraft Dungeons continues to offer new challenges through DLC, it has also given us new armor, weapons, and of course, artifacts.

Like any good dungeon crawler, Minecraft Dungeons continues to offer new items to find, upgrade and utilize. When you can use two artifacts at once making the right choice is even more important as finding artifacts that work well together adds incredible power to your setup.

As a result of the changes, we’ve added new artifacts to this list, as well as the locations where you can pick up all these options. Now, it’s up to you.

15 Shock Powder

Shock Powder is a quick and simple stun. You’ll find it incapacitated your enemies for 3.8 seconds with a 15-second cooldown. This makes it a nice easy item that can be useful until you can get your hands on a better stunning artifact, or used as a backup.

You’ll find Shock Powder in Desert Temple, Lower Temple, Obsidian Pinnacle, and Lost Settlement.

14 Ice Wand (Creeping Winter DLC)

The Ice Wand deals damage and also stuns mobs as they get crushed by a giant block of ice. The stun effect is useful and the short cooldown makes this a solid choice for giving yourself space to take out mobs in smaller groups.

However, it is only available in the Creeping Winter DLC  where it can be found in Frosted Fjord, Dingy Jungle, and Lone Fortress. This means there are plenty of other similar artifacts that are easier to get your hands on.

13 Totem Of Shielding

The Totem of Shielding has an effect that will protect those nearby from projectiles. It is particularly useful against skeletons and other mobs that have ranged projectile attacks and can be found in Cacti Canyon, Desert Temple, Underhalls, and Lone Fortress.

While not as strong in the later game as some other options, it is very useful early on when holding your own against large groups of zombies and skeletons is essential. It’s also useful to absorb some damage while you revive a teammate.

12 Death Cap Mushroom

A death cap mushroom may seem an odd choice of artifact but it serves two purposes. It not only increases your attack speed but also boosts your movement speed. This makes it ideal for any player who needs to maneuver quickly.

If you need to get out of a sticky situation this artifact will allow for easier repositioning and a boost to damage as you attack from a new angle, forcing mobs to also have to reposition. It has a 30-second cooldown so it can be used quite frequently, especially in a longer fight.

It’s not as easy to find as some other choices but is still relatively common in Creeper Woods and Highblock Halls.

11 Tasty Bone/Wonderful Wheat/Golem Kit

It’s difficult to pull these apart as each one will give you a summonable ally that will fight by your side until it is killed. The cooldown on them all is 30 seconds, meaning getting your friend back into the fight is pretty quick.

Tasty Bone can be found in Creeper Woods, Creepy Crypt, Redstone Mines, and Dingy Jungle and will summon a wolf. Wonderful Wheat gives you a llama and is found in Cacti Canyon, Arch Haven, Obsidian Pinnacle, and Panda Plateau. For those who want a more intimidating bodyguard, the Golem Kit comes from Pumpkin Pastures and Lost Settlement and will summon an Iron Golen to fight by your side.

10 Light Feather

The Light Feather will allow you to tumble through the air and stuns and pushes enemies as you move. It’s an excellent crowd control artifact and has a very short cooldown. The effect lasts 2.4 seconds and the cooldown is only 3 seconds, making it usable almost as soon as you stop.

You can get your hands on one in Pumpkin Pastures, Highbloack Halls, Arch Haven, and Lost Settlement.

9 Gong of Weakening

The Gong of Weakening can allow you to survive in a melee fight you may otherwise lose. It weakens your enemies for 6.4 seconds, reducing the damage they do and their defenses. While the 20-second cooldown can feel like a very long time, the effects are powerful enough that it can make a huge difference.

You can get your hands on one in Desert Temple, making it a worthwhile but quite difficult find.

8 Corrupted Seeds (Jungle Awakens DLC)

Corrupted Seeds function on two levels as they attack and stun enemies. They send out vines that will entangle mobs and deal poison damage to them at a reasonable rate. You’ll also notice a nice short 20-second cooldown, making it easier to keep control of a large group of mobs.

These are relatively easy to get your hands on but only if you have the Jungle Awakens DLC since they can only be found in Overgrown Temple and Panda Plateau.

7 Totem Of Regeneration

The regeneration totem will place a large healing circle on the floor at your feet, replenishing the health of any allies that step into it. The effect also works on summoned pets or Golems.

The healing aura splits between users but can be summoned every 25 seconds meaning its user can greatly boost the health of any allies grouped in a pack with frequent use. The regeneration totem is also easy to find in Soggy Swamp, Soggy Cave, Fiery Forge, and Dingy Jungle.

6 Ghost Cloak

If you prefer to stay completely away from mobs the Ghost Cloak is a solid choice and you can find it in Creepy Crypt, Obsidian Pinnacle, and Lower Temple. It not only gives you a speed boost but it also allows you to move through packs of mobs, absorbing some damage as you go.

This makes it the perfect way to reposition yourself if your ranged power is far superior to your melee strength. You’ll avoid being trapped in a corner and manage to avoid some damage at the same time. It also has a very fast cooldown of just 6 seconds.

5 Iron Hide Amulet

For players who like to tank those bosses, the Iron Hide Amulet will give you a major boost to your defense. Survivability is key in a tank-style build and this artifact will help hugely with that.

Its cooldown is 25 seconds but that won’t matter too much in boss fights especially as the effect lasts quite a while and is very powerful. It’s also easy to get dropping in Fiery Forge, Underhalls, Lower Temple, Dingy Jungle, and Overgrown Temple.

4 Soul Healer

Those harvested souls you collect can also be used to heal as well as harm. The soul healer trinket will heal the most injured ally close by. This could be you or a teammate. There’s no need to try and figure out who needs the heal the most so it’s a great artifact when you need health but don’t want to take your eyes off the mobs.

It’s also a common drop in Soggy Swamp, Soggy Cave, Fiery Forge, and Overgrown Temple. Just remember that if you combine it with other soul harvesting items it will be less powerful, so make sure you also have some other buffs to boost your soul collection.

3 Torment Quiver

The Torment Quiver gives you a huge amount of utility as its slowing arrows can phase through walls and knockback enemies. This means you can stay well and truly out of the way and can also damage enemies before you enter their line of sight.

Just be aware that it is a soul harvesting-based item so it has advantages and disadvantages based on your other items and armor. However, it’s easy to get hold of and try out since it can be found in Desert Temple, Lower Temple, Creeper Woods, and Lone Fortress.

2 Love Medallion

If you are a fan of mind control type spells then you’ll love this artifact found in Arch Haven, Highblockhalls, Underhalls, or Panda Plateau. The Love Medallion will turn up to three hostile mobs into temporary allies. They will also gain a boost to their damage as they turn on their friends.

The buff effect lasts for 10 seconds and after that, the affected mobs will vanish, hopefully having taken some others with them. After that, you just need to wait 20 more seconds, and then you can do it all again.

1 Corrupted Beacon

The first thing you’ll notice about this artifact is that its damage output is insane. It captures souls and then activating the beacon ejects them as a beam that resembles Minecraft beacon beams and does huge amounts of damage.

The artifact has no cooldown but its damage and length of activation are linked to the number of souls harvested, so anything that boosts soul collection combines well with this item.

It’s also a common drop in Cacti Canyon, Pumpkin Pastures, and Redstone Mines making it easy to get your hands on.

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