The artifact drop event has started! For the next 24 hours, some mobs that you kill in Imperian will have a random chance to drop temporary artifacts. These artifacts will last for about 2 real-life days after they drop. The artifacts will be loyal to you, but they will -not- reset to your inventory.

If you drop them or they are stolen from you, they are gone. You cannot get them back.

This is the first time that we've run this sort of game, so there may be some growing pains. If you encounter any problems, let me know and I'll try to address them as soon as possible. In future artifact drop days, we will be adding to the list of mobs and artifacts that are dropped.

For this 24 hour period, the focus will be on level 3 weapon artifacts. Here is the list of mobs that drop artifacts and what artifacts they will drop:

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Mobs:

elite swordsmen in the Theroc Encampment
lithe hunters in the Lirhin Clearing
ice wyrm hatchlings in the Redcap Caverns
animal poachers in a poachers camp
stern-looking zealot women in Baneward Keep
Akrabi defenders in the Protectorate Camp

Drops:

a Souledge Sabre
a broadsword of Vahin
a Wolf's Fang glaive
a Mace of Vahin
a Fleshrender battleaxe
Insidian's Bane

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Mobs:

Norrjin archers in the Theroc Encampment
swarthy lumberjacks in the Lirhin Clearing
frost beetles in the Redcap Caverns
forest exterminators in a poachers camp
growling black hounds in Baneward Keep
an apprentice priest in the Protectorate Camp

Drops:

a Whip of Nemesis' Fury
an Axe of Asaka Fury
a Swiftviper javelin
a Bow of Asaka
a black Taekate belt
a set of Silver Claws of the Asakii

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Mobs:

stout musk hogs in the Booming Dunes
sandy boas in the Booming Dunes
blighted giant wetas in the Blighted Hollow
mischievous red daemonites in the Black Pines
diminutive black daemonites in the Black Pines
shadow priestesses in the Black Pines
necromancers in Eor'gahl Encampment
fiendish fell beasts in the Macabre Tunnels
carnivorous fungii in the Macabre Tunnels
intimidating hobo spiders in the Ravana Gorge
sleek siylds in the Ravana Gorge

Drops:

a Collar of Gazali
a Stygian pendant
a steel armband of the Fist
Phantom's Haste
a lunar shield
a wyvernhide armband

Penned by my hand on the 25th of Bellum, in the year 612 AD.