Sons of the Forest has officially launched with Update 1.0, coming out of early access. As a result, players can now experience the main story properly and achieve all the endings of the game. Additionally, you can also now get all the secret artifacts in the game and activate them.
If you’ve gotten your hands on 6 artifacts, you might be confused about finding the last one and activating all of them. This is because the final one is actually linked to the ending of the main story of Sons of the Forest. So, before diving in, we should warn you that there are spoilers ahead! Let’s get into it!
How To Activate & Use Artifact
To activate the artifact in Sons of the Forest, you will need to do the following:
- Collect the 6 Artifact Pieces from their respective caves;
- Finish the main story;
- Go and retrieve the final artifact from the source of the glowing lights;
- Combine all the pieces and create the Artifact.
You might want to check out this guide on finding all the Artifact Pieces in Sons of the Forest 1.0.
Locate the Final Artifact Piece (After Finishing Story)
The final artifact piece is essentially linked to the end of the main story. So, you’ll need to finish it and defeat the final boss. Additionally, you will also need to have gotten all the 6 Artifacts that are scattered across the caves.
After you finish the game, look towards the sky and you should notice there will be some strange green lights in the sky. You should be able to see them pretty clearly. We recommend you head towards them and locate the source.
Eventually, you should be able to reach the base of the lights. Looks like it’s coming from the bottom of a hole.
If you’re still having trouble locating the lights, here is a location of the area on the GPS map.
Approach the hole and interact with the rope to descend into the cave. You will be able to tell immediately that there is a lot of action going on around here.
Your goal is to get to the bottom of the cave, which is mostly straightforward. You’ll come across some barricades that you can break down with your weapons.
At the bottom, there will be an artifact piece on top of a mysterious podium, ready for you to collect.
Activating the Artifact (Assembling All Pieces)
Now that you have all the artifact pieces, it is time to actually combine them and activate the Artifact. For this part, you’ll need to first access them in your Inventory. They can be found in the left side of your pack and will have the ‘???’ description on them.
Select each of them and press the Combine button.
Once all the artifact pieces are together, click on the Gear button to combine them.
Doing so will give you the artifact that you can now equip and use! The Artifact has been activated.
Using the Artifact (Multiple Modes)
The Artifact can be used in a variety of ways. Starting off, you will actually need to reload the Artifact. You can do this with pieces of Solafite Ore that can be harvested from caves.
You have likely seen Solafite Ore when traversing the caves looking for artifact pieces. It is a golden and shiny crystal-like substance, often growing on the walls.
Here is an image of a wall covered in Solafite before being harvested by a pickaxe.
Once the Artifact is reloaded, it is ready to be used. In essence, you can use the Artifact in three major ways.
Use #1 – Turning Structures into Solafite (Gold)
The Artifact can be used to turn your structures into Solafite giving it a golden color. To do this, you will need to first Toggle the Artifact’s Mode by using the R key.
After that, simply point it to any structure or component that you want to convert and use it. Using it will slowly turn your wooden and stone structures golden!
This doesn’t just have an aesthetic purpose. Converting your structures into Solafite will double their resilience, making them harder to destroy!
Use #2 – Using it with Mysterious Skull Structure
Update 1.0 for Sons of the Forest has added a bunch of new blueprints that you can construct. Many of these are related to the main story, and actually the Artifact itself too. Check out our guide which shows you how to find all the blueprints in Sons of the Forest 1.0.
If you’re not familiar with the Mysterious Skull Structure, here is what the blueprint for it looks like. It can be found in a secret cave whose location is in the aforementioned guide.
Once you’ve built the structure with the required resources, you’ll need to put 6 pieces of Solafite Ore. After that, point your Artifact at the structure (Toggle the right mode) and activate it.
Activating this Structure is a great way to defend your territory. Once it is activated, it creates lightning all around the area, scaring any cannibals and monsters that are trying to fight you!
Use #3 – Using it with Return Teleporter Platform
You can use the artifact with another structure, whose blueprint was added with Update 1.0. This is the Return Teleporter Platform, and it is meant to be exclusively used with the Artifact.
Starting off, you’ll need to build it with the required resources indicated in the blueprint. Here is what the blueprint for the Return Teleporter Platform looks like.
Once that’s done, point your Artifact at it to Activate it.
Once the Platform is activated, you can use the Artifact to teleport to it. Yes, that’s right, you can teleport to it regardless of where you are on the map. It can really help you out in a pinch.
All you need to do is press the LMB and it’ll get you there in a blink!
That’s everything you need to know about activating the Artifact and using it. As you can see, it has several uses that we highly recommend that you take advantage of! We discussed plenty of blueprints in this guide. So, you might also want to check out the Glider Launcher Blueprint – especially if you’re a fan of gliding!
