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Ancient Artifacts 2

by theblackswitch · for Minecraft

Unlock over 50+ artifacts with unique abilities and equip, craft, recycle and trade them! A result of over 2 years of work!

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About Ancient Artifacts 2

From Modrinth

Unlock over 50+ artifacts with unique abilities and equip, craft, recycle and trade them! A result of over 2 years of work!

The trailer:

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Checkout belgie's video on my pack!

Begie's video


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Pack Explanation:

Ancient Artifacts is a minecraft datapack centered around, You've guessed it, artifacts! There are over 50+ artifacts each with their own levels and abilities! Those artifacts can be traded, crafted, recycled and even upgraded!

Check out our discord for any questions or chat with the developer! https://discord.gg/CTwEDA8kJb

💍Artifacts

Artifacts are special items which grant you special effects and abilities. Artifacts come with 1 - 5 levels, each carefully chosen with unique abilities. You can equip upto 2 artifacts at the same time. All artifacts also come with a rarity which determines how rare the artifacts is. You have common uncommon rare unique and divine.

Some artifacts and their abilities

| Artifact | Name | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Level V | |----------|------|---------|----------|-----------|----------|---------| ||Allies Amulet|Regen I to all tamed mobs|Add Strength I|Add Speed I|Add Jumpboost I|All effects level II| ||Final Shout Crown|Explode + Instant Health I when your health drops below 3 hearts|Explode, Health and Absorbtion II|Explode, Health, absorbtion II and lightning bolts|

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||Combo Boots|Allows you to perform a parry when using your shield right before taking damage|Parry + Slow down time when using a bow in the air| Parry + Bow slow + Smash downwards with a weapon when in the air|

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||Lifesteal Necklace|5% of the damage dealt regenerates you|Upgrade to 10%|Upgrade to 15%|

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||Detecting borla|Make ores glow within a 5x5 area around the player|Make ores glow within a 7x7 area around the player|

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||Keep armor on death|Keep armor + hotbar on death|Keep armor + hotbar + artifacts on death|Keep everything on death (except xp)|

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Challenges

Each artifact also comes with it's own challenge. These are advancements you can try to achieve to earn some more artifact loot!

A gif showing examples of some challenges

Obtaining

To obtain artifacts you'll have to go and explore the world in the hopes of finding an overgrown structure. Every dimension has it's own set of structures to explore. There are over 40+ overgrown structures!

An overgrown jungle temple: An image showing the overgrown jungle temple

Once you've defeated all the mobs, you'll be able to locate an artifact chest. This special chest can only be opened using an amethyst shard. Once open, your loot will pop right out! If you're lucky you'll recieve an artifact!

A gif showing the chest opening process

Upgrading

When obtained, artifacts always start from level one. They have a varying amount of levels can be upgraded using an artifact upgrade . To upgrade an artifact, put the artifact in your offhand and use the upgrade, just like shown below.

Read the full description on Modrinth →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 11 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.

Loaders

Runs on Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Ancient Artifacts 2 as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Data packFabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.2 and 10 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authortheblackswitch, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0Free

Ancient Artifacts 2, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Ancient Artifacts 2?

Modrinth lists Ancient Artifacts 2 as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. Ancient Artifacts 2 is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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