Altars

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Altars

Altars are one of the two only ways to acquire artifacts, the most powerful equipment in the game. they are located randomly in the dungeon maps.

In order to use altars, you need to collect 3 ancient runes and use them at the altar of your choice.

there are 3 types of altars: the items you get depends on the altar you use. For example, if you are playing a warrior, you almost always want to use the warrior altar, as it gives heavy armor, shields, and melee weapon artifacts.
 * 1) warrior (warrior)
 * 2) nimble (hunter/assassin)
 * 3) arcane (mage/druid)

you can also use altars to recycle useless artifacts into runes, which you can then use at another altar. For example, if you are playing a warrior, you cannot use the mage/druid artifact Staff of Qotek. You can exchange the artifact with 1 ancient rune at any altar, which you can use at other altars for other artifacts.

there are limited amount of artifacts in the game and you can only have 1 of each artifact. for example, if you already own a Staff of Qotek, it will never appear as an option from arcane altars.

if you have all the artifacts possible from an altar, DO NOT TRY TO FORGE A NEW ONE AT THAT ALTAR. you will not get any artifact and waste 3 ancient runes. For example, the arcane altar can generate a total of 7 different artifacts: a 5-set armor piece, a book of infinite spell learning, and Staff of Qotek. If you own all 7 items and try to forge at an arcane altar, you will not get a new artifact.