Artifacts

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipes.

Artifacts can only be harvested by characters with the Scholar profession. The character must have the proficiency for the previous tier of the artifact, for example in order to harvest Broken Urn the character should be Apprentice Scholar. Scholars are granted the ability to Track Artifacts, study the artifact using Crafting Tools, and process the ore into ingots at a Forge.

Artifact node

Each artifact node yields a small number of texts and trinkets and a small chance of other crafting materials such as rare components and mastery components.

The following Professions can use these texts and materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Scholar
  • Note: The scholar is the only profession that can use these materials for crafting.

Artifact Node Index

Artifact Spawn	Tier	Materials	Mastery Components / Rare Crafting Components	Location
Shattered Pitcher	1 Apprentice	Aged Scrap of Text  Early Third Age Relic	Dim Candle	Bree-land, Ered Luin, the Shire, and the Swanfleet
Broken Urn	2 Journeyman	Worn Tablet Fragment  Ruined Second Age Trinket  Cryptic Text	Rushlight Candle  Sapphire Shard*	Bree-land, Ered Luin, Lone-lands, North Downs, and Cardolan
Antique Vase	3 Expert	Cracked Dwarf-carving  Faded Sindarin Passage  Torn Craftsman's Diary	Beeswax Candle  Ruby Shard*	Lone-lands, North Downs, Evendim, and The Yondershire
Forgotten Text	4 Artisan	Fragment of Dúnedain Script  Scroll of Lothlórien  Historical Document of the Dwarf-lords	Tallow Candle  Adamant Shard*	Lone-lands, Evendim, Trollshaws, Angmar, the Misty Mountains, and The Angle of Mitheithel
Ancient Vase	5 Master	Worn Elf-carving  Undeciphered Moon-letter  Long-lost Second Age Text	Ornate Candle  Beryl Shard*	Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar, The Wildwood, Eregion, and The Angle of Mitheithel
Sage's Locker Sage's Casket Sage's Lockbox	6 Supreme	Rune-carved Tablet  Etching of Moria  Tattered Khuzdul Parchment  Relic of Khazad-dûm	Bright Lamp  Mithril Flake*	Moria (esp. Mekeb-faham and Mekeb-farak crafting instances found in Hadudbâb in Durin's Way), Lothlórien, Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Banded Coffer	7 Westfold	Scrap of Weathered Dunlending Text  Scroll of Insight  Book of Knowledge  Tome of Wisdom	Page of Gondorian Parchment  Inspired Note  Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Nan Curunír and the Great River
Ornate Cache	8 Eastemnet	Scrap of Rohirric Text  Scroll of Poetry  Book of Ballads  Tome of War Stories	Piece of Eastemnet Sealed Wax  Eastemnet Candle  Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Parphád crafting instance found in Hytbold, and Wildermore
Adorned Chest	9 Westemnet	Tattered Rohirric Parchment  Scroll of Tactics  Book of Battle Plans  Tome of War Campaigns	Piece of Westemnet Sealed Wax  Westemnet Candle  Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, Gemyndsted crafting instance found in Derndingle in the Entwood, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Lavish Chest	10 Anórien	Tattered Anórien Parchment	Piece of Anórien Sealed Wax  Anórien Candle  Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien
Lavish Dagorlad Chest	10 Anórien	Relic of the Battle Plain	Rangers' Journal of Dagorlad History*	The Wastes
Gorgoroth Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax  Gorgoroth Candle  Black Adamant Shard*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Dale Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax  Gorgoroth Candle  Black Adamant Shard*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Ironfold Artifact Chest	12 Ironfold	Tattered Ironfold Parchment	Piece of Ironfold Sealed Wax  Ironfold Candle  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Iron Hills, Ered Mithrin and Withered Heath
Vales Artifact Chest	12 Ironfold	Tattered Ironfold Parchment	Piece of Ironfold Sealed Wax  Ironfold Candle  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Vales of Anduin
Ithil Artifact Chest	13 Minas Ithil	Tattered Minas Ithil Parchment	Piece of Minas Ithil Sealed Wax  Minas Ithil Candle  Ithilharn Shard*	Morgul Vale, Mordor Besieged
Runed Coffer	13 Minas Ithil	Tattered Minas Ithil Parchment	Piece of Minas Ithil Sealed Wax  Minas Ithil Candle  Ithilharn Shard*	Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Sage's Coffer	14 Gundabad	Tattered Gundabad Parchment	Piece of Gundabad Sealed Wax  Gundabad Candle  Sunstone Shard*	Gundabad, King's Gondor East, Ettenmoors
Umbar Artifact Chest	15 Umbar	Tattered Shagâni Parchment	Lump of Shagâni Wax  Shagâni Candle  Red Sea-stone*	King's Gondor: Belfalas, Blackroot Vale, Dor-en-Ernil, Lamedon Outer Gondor: Anfalas, Pinnath Gelin Haradwaith: Cape of Umbar, The Shield Isles Ettenmoors Umbar-môkh - Tâkhdar, Kamrabezûr, Ilmabiri, Khabârkhad, Dil-irmíz

* Very rare component