Best in Slot Artifacts and Lightstones - BDFoundry (2024)

How to obtain Lightstones Recap

Combat/Skill EXP Lightstones

The combat EXP combo is particularly useful for powerleveling alt characters.

Combat EXP Combo
[Dedication] Wind: Alert (Combat) Wind: Alert (Combat) Wind: Alert (Combat) Wind: Alert (Combat)	Total Combo Effects: Combat EXP +400%

Skill EXP Combo
[Way of the Fighter] Wind: Alert (Skill) Wind: Alert (Skill)Wind: Alert (Skill) Wind: Alert (Skill)	Total Combo Effects: Skill EXP +75%

PVE Artifacts

Kabua’s Artifact is the best in-slot artifact available, with superior item effects compared to other available PVE artifacts.

Unlike other artifacts, Kabua’s Artifact can be registered and purchased on the Central Market, but cannot be equipped by season characters.

Kabua’s Artifact
How to obtain	Item Equip Effect
Can be obtained as a rare drop from the Dark Seeker’s Retreat monster zone in Ulukita	Extra Monster AP +7 Monster Damage Reduction +20 Max HP +100 Max Stamina +75

As well as the Artifact dropping directly from the monsters in Dark Seeker’s Retreat, you can also craft the Artifact using Kabua’s Fragment x100

Kabua’s Fragments also drop from Dark Seeker’s Retreat, with a higher chance of dropping than the Artifact directly. You can also buy and sell them on the central market.

Kabua’s Fragment ※ Central Market maximum price limit: 100 million Silver
How to obtain	How to Use
Can be obtained by defeating monsters in the Dark Seeker’s Retreat monster zone	Craft Kabua’s Artifact using (L) Manufacture Kabua’s Fragments x100 Magical Lightstone Crystal x100

Other options for PVE:

• Lesha’s Relic – Monster Damage Reduction +9
• Marsh’s Artifact – Monster Damage +6

Artifact Name	How to obtain
Marsh’s Artifact – Extra AP Against Monsters (Extra Damage to Monsters +6) Lesha’s Artifact – Monster Damage Reduction (Monster Damage Reduction +9)	Ancient Kutum / Thundercloud Kutum Dark Rift Guild Raid (All) Normal, Awakened, Darkened Boss Summon Scroll Offin Muraka	Giant Mudster Katzvariak Murrowak’s Labyrinth Jade Starlight Forest Erebjork Erethea’s Limbo

Both of the top 3 lightstone combos are offensive lightstone combos that are effective at any grind spot and are a more general PVE combo.

Vicious Shadow is a very good starter set for both mid-tier grind spots such as Centaurs, all the way up to end-game spots like Elvia Orcs, Sycraia, Dehkia Lantern spots, and Darkseeker’s Retreat/Yzrahid Highlands.

If you have high DP you can swap from Vicious Shadow to All-Out-Attack. This combo reduces your DP and Evasion, but provides more AP and higher Critical Hit Damage. It is the best-in-slot set for many spots as long as you can take the DP loss.

For some spots such as Elvia Hexe, Oluns, Elvia Quint Hill, etc. The Deathblow combo is sometimes considered best in slot. However, for certain classes, you can reach 100% Critical Hit Rate more easily and don’t need the Critical Hit Rate from Deathblow. For these classes, you are better off sticking with Vicious Shadow or All-Out-Attack. If you are unsure which to pick, ask for advice in your Class Discord Server.

In addition to these combos, you may also want to invest in the Species damage lightstone combos for certain spots. (Eg. [The Wild: Demihuman] combo is great at Elvia Orc Camp!)

Species damage is good to use if you are over the Monster AP Cap at a certain grind spot.

PVP Artifacts

Defensive Options

Artifact Name	How to obtain
Lesha’s Artifact – All Damage Reduction (All Damage Reduction +3) Lesha’s Artifact – All Evasion (All Evasion +6)	Griffon (Boss Summon Scroll) Urugon (Boss Summon Scroll) Muskan (Boss Summon Scroll) Leebur (Boss Summon Scroll)	Cadry Ruins Centaurus Herd Padix Island
Kehelle’s Artifact – Max HP (Max HP +75)	Quint Black Shadow Garmoth Red Nose (Field Boss / Boss Summon Scroll)	Dim Tree Spirit (Field Boss / Boss Summon Scroll) Giath (Boss Summon Scroll) Olun’s Valley Crypt of Resting Thoughts

Offensive Options

For offensive combos, you need to check your class damage type. Damage type is always the same whether you are succession or awakening.

Melee Damage Classes:

• Warrior, Guardian, Lahn, Berserker, Shai, Striker, Musa, Maehewa, Mystic, Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Ninja, Nova, Corsair, Drakania, Scholar

Ranged Damage Classes:

• Ranger, Archer

Magic Damage Classes:

• Hashashin, Sorceress, Tamer, Dark Knight, Wizard, Witch, Sage, Woosa, Maegu

Beginner to BiS Setup

• With this setup, you will use any 3 artifacts to start with and swap between 2 of them for different combo effects depending on what you need
• Always keep Artifact #1 equipped, then swap between Artifact #2 or Artifact #3
• The 6 lightstones for the beginner setup are pretty easy and cheap to get, just preorder them on the central market and wait!
• There are two expensive/rare lightstones = Earth: Disrupt and Fire: Strike, these will take a while to preorder or grind for.
• When you get these 2 extra lightstones, redo your setup. You can extract the lightstones for 10 million silver each.
• Now you will have 4 artifacts total and can swap between the 2 sets.
• The bottom setups are considered the BEST IN SLOT! Everyone should have them to start with, and afterward, you can collect others for specific scenarios.