Heroes of the Storm will be adding Artifacts in a future patch to the Technical Alpha, allowing players to further customize and enhance their heroes. According to a recent blog post by Vaeflare, players will unlock their first Artifact slot at level 15 for free, which can then be used with Gems, Relics and Trinkets. Three Artifact slots in total will be available to the player with the other two costing 2,000 gold a piece.
Each Artifact slot can only use a distinct type to fill – either Gem, Relic or Trinket, which means you’ll likely only be able to use one Gem, one Relic and one Trinket at a time. Artifacts and their attributes will also level up to a max level of 10 with the first level costing 100 gold, the second level costing 200 gold, the third at 300 gold and so forth until level 10 will run you 1,000 gold.
Read below to see a list of Gems, Relics and Trinkets heading to the next Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha patch.
Heroes of the Storm Artifact Gem Slot
Bold Amethyst
- Increases maximum health by 1.5% per rank, up to a maximum of 15% at Rank 10.
Brilliant Topaz
- Increases ability damage by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.
Nexus Sapphire
- Grants a shield equal to 1% of the Hero’s maximum health per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10. (Shields recharge after a player hasn’t taken damage for approximately 8 seconds).
Primal Ruby
- Increases basic attack damage by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.
Royal Diamond
- Reduces cooldowns for abilities by 1% per Rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.
Skyfire Emerald
- Increases speed of basic attacks by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.
Heroes of the Storm Artifact Relic Slot
Alexstraza’s Scale
- Increases health regeneration by 0.1% of your maximum health per second per rank, up to a maximum of 1% of your maximum health per second at Rank 10.
Nathrezim Blood Orb
- Basic attack damage dealt restores health by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.
The Coin
- Increases mana regeneration by +.1 mana per second per rank, up to a maximum of +1 mana per second at Rank 10.
Worldstone Shard
- Increases damage vs. minions and structures by 1.5% per rank, up to a maximum of 15% at Rank 10.
Heroes of the Storm Artifact Trinket Slot
Goblin Jumper Cables
- Decreases death timer by 2% per rank, up to a maximum of 20% at Rank 10.
Khaydarin Amulet
- Increases maximum mana by 4% per rank, up to a maximum of 40% at Rank 10.
Riding Crop
- Increases Mount Speed by 2% per rank, up to a maximum of +20% at Rank 10.
Wirt’s Leg
- Increases base movement speed by 0.5% per rank up to a maximum of 5% at Rank 10.
Source: Battle.net
