Artificer - An Artifact Overhaul
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 46 Overhauls mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Artificer - An Artifact Overhaul
Artificer is a complete overhaul of Skyrim's artifacts, designed to distribute Thaumaturgy and Mysticism enchantments throughout the game while ensuring that non-crafting characters can find powerful weapons and armor through questing. The mod is balanced around allowing top level artifacts to rival the power of even the best crafted items, allowing players to create competitive, high-level characters without investing in a crafting skill. In addition, Artificer also adds a modest number of artifacts to the game. Some of these new artifacts are items that existed in the Vanilla game (but were not treated as artifacts), while others are entirely new items. In addition, Artificer also adds several new enchantments to the game, which the player can only learn by disenchanting unique items.
Artificer unlevels all artifacts and edits their stats to be more appropriate to their status. It also makes some edits to tempering recipes, and adds missing tempering recipes. These individual changes aren't generally listed due to the large amount of documentation bloat that would create.
Artificer also comes with an addon by Xavbio to provide unique textures to several artifacts, including some of its new and unique artifacts.
Requirements
Artificer requires Thaumaturgy - An Enchanting Overhaul and Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul, because it distributes weapon, armor, and staff enchantments from these mods to various artifacts in the game.
Scrambled Bugs is highly recommended, since it fixes a serious bug with complex weapon enchantments and allows certain shield enchantments to function alongside shield perks.
Daedric Artifacts
Daedric Artifacts are among the strongest artifacts in the game. They offer powerful and unique bonuses to support a variety of builds.
Azura’s Star: If you have Azura’s Star in your inventory, you receive the following passive ability:
- []Azura’s Favor: Spells and enchantments cost 10% less.[/]
Dawnbreaker: Deals 40 Sun damage to the undead. Undead targets below half Health have a chance to explode for 200 Sun damage. Targets on fire take extra damage over time.
Ebony Blade: Deals up to 30 Magic damage to Health, and absorbs up to 30 Health from living targets. Strengthened by the blood of deceit.
Ebony Mail: Your Armor Rating is increased by
Artificer is a complete overhaul of Skyrim's artifacts, distributing Thaumaturgy and Mysticism enchantments throughout the game. It ensures non-crafting characters can find powerful weapons and armor through questing, making it a must-have for players who prefer exploration over crafting.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 5,066 endorsements and 6 million downloads
- Perfect for players who hate grinding crafting skills—quest rewards actually feel rewarding
- Actively maintained, last updated April 2026
⚠️ Cons
- Overhauling artifacts might conflict with other mods that touch the same items—check your load order
- If you're a crafting enthusiast, this mod might make your smithing/enchanting feel less necessary
For Skyrim players who prefer questing over crafting and want to find powerful gear through exploration. Also great for veterans looking to freshen up artifact hunting. Skip if you love the crafting grind and want to keep your smithing/enchanting as the primary source of endgame gear.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage this mod easily.
- Check for compatibility patches if you use other mods that alter artifacts or enchantments.
- Start a new playthrough or load a save before acquiring artifacts to see the changes.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Simon Magus Delta and Oreo
- Version
- 1.0.11
- Downloads
- 6,043,655
- Endorsements
- 5,066
- Category
- Overhauls
- Created
- 9/17/2023
- Updated
- 4/27/2026
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