Season 5: Season of The Guardian has finally arrived. With it comes a few new artifacts players can grind for. Unlike other seasons, these artifacts tend to be a tad bit more grindy and will require group farming!

SIN (Hatchet)

STATS

• 63 Base Damage
• 8.0% Critical Hit Chance
• 1.40 Critical Damage Multiplier
• 30.0 Block Stamina Damage
• 42.0 Stagger Damage
• 21% Block Stability
• 206 Slash Damage

PERKS

+38 Magnify (to highest attribute)

• Corruption: Debuffs last 25% longer. (Works on both weapons)
• Defile: Deals 2% more damage per debuff on a target. (5 stacks max)
• Keenly Jagged: Inflicts Bleed on critical hit, dealing 10% weapon damage per second for 6s (7s cooldown).
• Refreshing Move: Light and Heavy attacks reduce your active weapon cooldowns by 2.5% (0.2s cooldown).
• 100% Random Perk

WHERE IT DROPS: WESTWALL NEBET-HET, BRIMSTONE SANDS (The Wall)

NATURE’S WRATH (Medium Chestwear)

STATS

• 437.3 Armor Rating – Elemental
• 437.3 Armor Rating – Physical

PERKS

WHERE IT DROPS: ZYGORAMET’S GROVE (ARENA), EDENGROVE

IRONHEART (Heavy Legwear)

STATS

• 454.1 Armor Rating – Elemental
• 454.1 Armor Rating – Physical

PERKS

WHERE IT DROPS: PVP TRACK

TEMPEST FURY (Great Axe)

STATS

• 82 Base Damage
• 7.0% Critical Hit Chance
• 1.30 Critical Damage Multiplier
• 60.0 Block Stamina Damage
• 62.0 Stagger Damage
• 27% Block Stability
• 269 Slash Damage

PERKS

WHERE IT DROPS: WINTER RUNE FORGE, EDENGROVE (Seasonal Trial)

VENOM (Spear)

STATS

• 70 Base Damage
• 9.0% Critical Hit Chance
• 1.30 Critical Damage Multiplier
• 46.0 Block Stamina Damage
• 48.0 Stagger Damage
• 25% Block Stability
• 229 Thrust Damage

PERKS

+32 Magnify (to highest attribute)

• Poison Tipped: Heavy melee attacks with either weapon cause poison dealing 20% weapon damage for 5s.
• Empty Socket: Attach a gem to add its effect.
• Trenchant Crits: Heavy melee attacks deal +34% critical damage.
• Trenchant Strikes: Heavy melee attacks deal +23% damage.
• 100% Random Perk

WHERE IT DROPS: SIRENS (ARENA), REEKWATER

CREED BOOTS (Light Footwear)

STATS

• 103.0 Armor Rating – Elemental
• 103.0 Armor Rating – Physical

PERKS

+32 Magnify (to highest attribute)

• Ambush: deal 15% more damage and 25% critical chance as long as you haven’t hit the target within 20s
• Empty Socket: Attach a gem to add its effect.
• Refreshing: Reduce max cooldowns by 4%.
• Freedom: Reduce the base duration of Slow, Stun, and Root by 12%.
• 100% Random Perk

WHERE IT DROPS: S5 – Season of the Guardian Lv. 20, Free Track

PHOENIX (Amulet Jewelry)

PERKS

+32 Magnify (to highest attribute)

• Phoenix Vengeance: When you receive lethal damage, avoid death and regain 100% of your max health. Then become inflicted with Vengeance, reducing healing by 200% and taking damage equal to 20% of your max health every second until you die or get a kill. (180s cooldown).
• Empty Socket: Attach a gem to add its effect.
• Purify: When you are hit while below 50% Health, you lose all debuffs (90s cooldown. Does not trigger off persistent damage, DoT effects, or blocked attacks).
• Stamina Recovery: When you are hit while below 50% Health, gain 105 Stamina (30s cooldown. Does not trigger off persistent damage, DoT effects, or blocked attacks).
• 100% Random Perk

WHERE IT DROPS: S5 – Season of the Guardian Lv. 80, Free Track

Items available in the Season track will usually be put into PVP track after the season ends, so don’t worry if you miss out this season. The season also brought about a complete rework to movement as well as a cooking mastery rework. Season 5 has started off with a rough start, with multiple bugs. However, AGS has been quick to resolve some of these issues with server restarts within the next couple of days. The big PVP content is rumoured to be released this June. Players are yet to receive news on it just yet!