Artificer

[StMichael]

In the Academy faction, if you build the artificer you are able to make your own creature artifacts. I don't realy know how to use this ! Can somebody iluminate me ?

[Grumpy Old Wizard]

You have to have a wizard in a town with the arcane forge built in it.

You can make an artifact with either 1, 2, or 3 different effects depending on the artifice skill level of the wizard.

The power of each effect depends on the knowledge level of the wizard. For example a wizard with a knowledge of 20 can make an artifact have say plus 3 hitpoints rather than plus 1 hitpoint.

You can recover all the resources it took to make the artifact by using the destroy artifact button in town.

The skill is powerful and a fun one to play around with but you need to get your creature dwellings built before you worry about building artifacts for your creatures.

GOW

[5il3nc3r]

You can make an artifact with either 1, 2, or 3 different effects depending on the artifice skill level of the wizard.

Or 4 if you have Ultimate Artificer. (Granted by the Amulet of Mastery)

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[Grumpy Old Wizard]

You can make an artifact with either 1, 2, or 3 different effects depending on the artifice skill level of the wizard.

Or 4 if you have Ultimate Artificer. (Granted by the Amulet of Mastery)

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I believe ultimate artificer lets you make artifacts cheaper instead of adding an additional effect.

GOW

[5il3nc3r]

Well, I wouldn't know since I never actually tried it myself (don't play academy that much) but isn't there a 4th slot for modifications in the arcane forge?

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[cornellian]

It just lowers the cost; not that you would be able to create a worthy artifact before the sixth week, where everything is pretty much decided already.

Artificier skill is more like a stalemate breaker skill for the late game in MP, and you don't even get to use it in the campaigns except for the second map, which is easily winnable without the artifacts anyway. Not the best faction skill out there.

[maltz]

A side note:

Since the effect of the artifact made depends on the hero's knowledge, you can equip as many knowledge enhancing artifacts as possible first, then forge your artifact. You can remove your artifacts afterwards.