Artifacts is a Minecraft mod that makes exploring your world feel more rewarding by introducing unique, powerful items you can’t craft. These artifacts can be discovered in chests within vanilla structures, uncovered through archaeology digs, or occasionally found worn by rare entities. Since each artifact only appears in a few specific locations, you’ll want to scour temples, desert pyramids, and other landmarks to complete your collection. This encourages you to venture farther from home and turn every ruin or dig site into a potential treasure hunt.
To support these new relics, Artifacts also adds an underground campsite structure where you can stumble upon Mimics—hostile creatures disguised as chests. When you approach a Mimic, it attacks, but defeating it guarantees a random artifact drop. This extra challenge adds a thrilling risk-and-reward element to your spelunking adventures. By blending new loot with fresh underground encounters, this Minecraft mod keeps exploration exciting and ensures you’re always motivated to delve deeper into caves and ancient sites.