Description

Artifacts give your hero, or your hero's creatures various bonuses and advantages.

Artifact slots

You can only have one artifact in each slot at any one time.

Slot 1: Weapon.
Gives bonus to Attack and sometimes other benefits.
Slot 2: Head.
Gives bonus to Knowledge and sometimes other benefits.
Slot 3: Neck. Varies greatly, but artifacts that give immunity to a certain spell are common in this class.
Slot 4: Torso.
Gives bonus to Spell Power and sometimes other benefits.
Slot 5: Rings and gloves.
Slot 6: Shield
Gives bonus to Defense and sometimes other benefits.
Slot 7: Shoulders
Slot 8: Feet
Slot 9: Misc. items.
Note: In Shadow of Death there are five such slots.

These are the lowest class artifacts, most are weak with some exceptions, and are sometimes found in Treasure Chests.

Treasure and Minor artifacts can also sometimes be bought at the Artifact Merchants.

Only available when the official expansion, Shadow of Death, is installed.

This beautiful list was copied from angelito's posts on Heroes Community