Editing Talk:Artifact

Does anyone have all the text strings the game has for picking up an artifact? You know, "While passing a lake, a beautiful woman emerges holding a treasure chest. Inside is the DRAGON FLAMETONGUE. After taking it, she disappears as quickly as she came." I was curious how many of those there are in the game and whether there are ones specific to particular artifacts or if they're all generic. [[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] ([[User talk:Abelhawk|talk]]) 22:00, 16 May 2018 (CEST)

:Here you go: [[Artifact Events]] ―[[user:imahero|imahero]] 00:01, 17 May 2018 (CEST)

::Ah, ''events''. Perfect. Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/97.75.177.146|97.75.177.146]] 00:15, 17 May 2018 (CEST)

== Distribution of a defeated enemy hero's artifacts with a full backpack and some free slots ==
In this case, everything depends on the map editor's artifact sequence (ARTSLOTS.TXT in H3bitmap.lod):
#Head
#Shoulders
#Neck
#Right Hand
#Left Hand
#Torso
#Right Ring, Left Ring
#Feet
#Misc 1-5
which means when an enemy has a necklace, boots, and a misc artifact equipped and you have only feet, misc or both slots free, you'll get none of these artifacts. With neck and feet free slots you'll get the necklace only. (With two free slots in a backpack you will get necklace and boots).--[[User:ShushMaster|ShushMaster]] ([[User talk:ShushMaster|talk]]) 21:23, 20 July 2018 (CEST)

==In-game artifact descriptions==
{{talk:artifact/descriptions|col=collapsed}}

== Buy artifacts on the adventure map (hota) ==

In the first scenario of [[All In]] campaign, you may ''buy'' [[Necklace of Ocean Guidance]] on the adventure map. Can anyone write in this article about artifact buying (by 'Leprechaun')?--[[User:Dread Knight|Dread Knight]] ([[User talk:Dread Knight|talk]]) 20:11, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

* Actually, it's a new feature which was introduced in HotA 1.7.0 map editor, special artifact pickup conditions. You can customize pickup conditions, for example, combat with monster, requires wisdom/leadership (similar to HoMM2), requires gold and resource. The author just set the condition in map editor, with custom messages. --[[User:Sanust|Sanust]] ([[User talk:Sanust|talk]]) 15:16, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

== "Hommage" to "Homage" ==

Should the "hommage" in "They were introduced in Horn of the Abyss as Diplomat's Cloak, Pendant of Reflection and Ironfist of the Ogre, alongside with Golden Goose as an hommage to Heroes of Might and Magic II." be changed to "homage"? I don't know whether it was intentional, but I think it is a gorgeous pun and I am currently unwilling to change it.
* Haha! Nah, I think that is just a typo :) Fixing... --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 17:50, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
** Alrightie, thanks for the action.