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Artifact Research

Artifact research is a utility branch where each node is a unique Artifact that grants one specific buff, from mining rate to PvP defense to faster scrapping. Because the effects are so varied, this is a pick-what-fits tree rather than one you complete in order. This page lists every artifact research with what it does, the Operations level it unlocks at, the number of levels, the cost to max, the research time, and prerequisites.

What Artifact research does

Sort the artifacts by what you actually do. Miners want the Survey-ship yield artifacts for gas, ore, and crystal mining rate, plus anything that speeds refining or scrapping, like the Phoenix Thruster. PvP players want the defensive artifacts, such as the Cephalocasque for Isolytic Defense and Emperor Georgiou’s Crown for Apex Barrier against players. Base builders benefit from construction-speed artifacts like the Kurlan Naiskos, and a few, like the Crash-n-Burn Jukebox, boost loot from specific hostile types. Many artifacts come from events or premium unlocks, so your real choice is which of the ones you own to level first: match them to your main activity and leave the rest until you need them.

Every Artifact research

All 111 research projects, sorted by unlock level (most projects gate on your R&D Department; some use Operations or another building). Cost to max is the full resource total across every level. Research time is the base time before your research-speed bonuses, which cut it heavily in play, so treat it as a relative gauge between projects rather than a real-world clock.

Research What it does Unlocks at (building level) Research levels Base research time Cost to max Prerequisites
Cephalocasque Increases Isolytic Defense for all ships in PvP (200% at level 20) 20 Instant 1.5K Cephalocasque, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Crash-n-Burn Jukebox Increases base Reclaimed Loot dropped from Aggregation hostiles (100% at level 12). 12 Instant 1K Crash-n-Burn Jukebox None
Emperor Georgiou’s Crown Increases Apex Barrier against players (2500 at level 12). (Does not apply when Tal is assigned to bridge or station combat). 12 Instant 783 Emperor Georgiou’s Crown Shard None
Phoenix Thruster Increases base Scrapping Speed (250% at level 12). 12 Instant 1K Phoenix Thruster None
Aamaarazan Breathing Mask Increases the base Mining Rate of Gas for all Survey ships Ops 10 20 Instant 587 Aamaarazan Breathing Mask, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Optolythic Data Rod Increases the base Mining Rate of Ore for all Survey ships Ops 10 20 Instant 587 Optolythic Data Rod, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Uhura’s Vokaya Necklace Increases the base Mining Rate of Crystal for all Survey ships Ops 10 20 Instant 587 Uhura’s Vokaya Necklace, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Kurlan Naiskos Increases base Construction Speed for buildings. Ops 15 20 Instant 587 Kurlan Naiskos, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Mukull Time-piece Increases base Research Speed Ops 15 20 Instant 587 Mukull Time-piece, 655 Artifact Remnant None
U.S.S. Discovery Scale Replica Increases base Damage for all ships during Takeovers Ops 15 20 Instant 587 U.S.S. Discovery Scale Replica, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Shield of Pericles Increases all base Mitigation stats for all ships against Players Ops 20 20 Instant 587 Shield of Pericles, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Stamets’ Original Mycelium Sample Increases base Warp Speed for all Ships Ops 20 20 Instant 587 Stamets’ Original Mycelium Sample, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Worf’s d’k tagh Increases all base Piercing stats for all ships against Players Ops 20 20 Instant 587 Worf’s d’k tagh, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Classic Phaser Increases Apex Barrier (1000 at level 12) while the enemy ship has Hull Breach (does not apply to Armadas or during station defense). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 399 Classic Phaser, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Classic Tricorder Increases base Cost Efficiency of Basic & Sigma Resources and 4* – 6* Materials when upgrading Buildings (150% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 550 Classic Tricorder, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Emperor Georgiou’s Sword Increases Apex Barrier (1000 at level 12) while the enemy ship is Burning (does not apply to Armadas or during station defense). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 399 Emperor Georgiou’s Sword, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Geordi Visor Increases base construction speed for buildings (200% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 357 Geordi Visor, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Glavin Increases base Isolytic Damage for all your Ships (60% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 550 Glavin, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Janeway’s Coffee Mug Increases base Repair Speed for all Ships Ops 25 20 Instant 587 Janeway’s Coffee Mug, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Mudd’s Andorian Helmet Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Parsteel, Tritanium, and Dilithium, and Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium, and Σ-Dilithium for buildings Ops 25 20 Instant 995 Mudd’s Andorian Helmet, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Saltah’na Clock Increases base Research Cost Efficiency for the following currencies (50% at level 12). – Culver Particles – Subspace Transceivers – Synthetic Ion – Regal Geode – Veridium Isotope – Circuitry Fragments Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 357 Saltah’na Clock, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Sarek’s Vulcan Necklace Increases Apex Barrier (1000 at level 12) while having Morale (does not apply to Armadas or during station defense). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 399 Sarek’s Vulcan Necklace, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Scepter of the Grand Nagus Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Grade 3 Crystal, Gas, and Ore for all ship components Ops 25 20 Instant 1.6K Scepter of the Grand Nagus, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Zalkonian Storage Capsule Increases base max cargo for all your ships (200% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 25 12 Instant 357 Zalkonian Storage Capsule, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Orb of Prosperity Increases base Max Cargo for all Survey Ships Ops 26 20 Instant 587 Orb of Prosperity, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Picard’s Ammonite Fossil Increases base Protected Cargo for all ships Ops 26 20 Instant 587 Picard’s Ammonite Fossil, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Ancient Vulcan Scroll Increases base Isolytic Damage. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 3.7K Ancient Vulcan Scroll None
Blade of Tkon Increases Isolytic Damage while on an Interceptor and the opponent has Hull Breach Ops 30 20 Instant 587 Blade of Tkon, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Borg Queen’s Remains Increases Isolytic Damage for all ships Ops 30 20 Instant 1.6K Borg Queen’s Remains, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Captain Proton’s Blaster Increases Isolytic Damage while on an Explorer with Morale Ops 30 20 Instant 587 Captain Proton’s Blaster, 655 Artifact Remnant None
D’Chok’s Goblet Increases base Warp Speed for all ships. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 726 D’Chok’s Goblet None
Data’s Mask Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Common, Uncommon, Rare and Epic Mirror Dust for research. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 791 Data’s Mask None
Dual Generators Increases Isolytic Defense for all ships Ops 30 20 Instant 1.6K Dual Generators, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Horga’hn Increases the base Repair Cost Efficiency of Tritanium and Dilithium, and Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium for all ships Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Horga’hn, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Hurak’s Crossed TajtIqmey Increases base Cost Efficiency for Kirk, Spock, Locutus, Seven Of Nine, Janeway, Luther and Rare Skill Points. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 726 Hurak’s Crossed TajtIqmey None
Kataan Telescope Increases Isolytic Damage against Interceptors Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Kataan Telescope, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Khan’s Glove Increases base Apex Shred when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). This does not trigger when Tal is assigned to the bridge of your ship. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 791 Khan’s Glove None
Khan’s Necklace Increases base Apex Shred when fighting Augment Exile [WOK] hostiles. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 1K Khan’s Necklace None
King M’Benga’s Crown Increases Isolytic Damage against Explorers Ops 30 20 Instant 995 King M’Benga’s Crown, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
M’Benga’s Storybook Increases base Isolytic Defense. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 3.7K M’Benga’s Storybook None
Majalan Oath Coin Increases Isolytic Defense for Battleships Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Majalan Oath Coin, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Malkothian Spirits Increases Isolytic Damage against Armadas Ops 30 20 Instant 1.6K Malkothian Spirits, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Narada Tendril Fragment Increases Isolytic Damage against players Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Narada Tendril Fragment, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Neera’s Legal Tome Increases base Cost Efficiency for DTI Security Access Card, Optical Diode, Quantum Communicators, Replicator Rations, Axionic Servos, Nadion, Holographic Diode, Subspace Relay Upgrade, Emblem of Assessment, Artifact Gallery Schematics, Section 31 Transmitter, Emblem of Honor, Starfleet Honors, Mirror Fragments, Independent Archives Schematics. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 791 Neera’s Legal Tome None
O’Brien’s Dartboard Increases Isolytic Defense against players Ops 30 20 Instant 587 O’Brien’s Dartboard, 655 Artifact Remnant None
Picard’s Ressikin Flute Increases Isolytic Damage for the first 3 rounds against Hostiles Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Picard’s Ressikin Flute, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Pike’s Sextant Increases base Weapon Damage. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 3.7K Pike’s Sextant None
Quark’s Self-Sealing Stem Bolt Increases base Cost Efficiency for Chronometric Particle, Iso-emulsion, Iso-Resin, Cosmic Particles, Rodinium Particle and Outlaw Research Credits. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 791 Quark’s Self-Sealing Stem Bolt None
Riker’s Trombone Increases Isolytic Damage against Battleships Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Riker’s Trombone, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Sisko’s Baseball Increases Isolytic Defense for Explorers Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Sisko’s Baseball, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Spock’s Ritual Gong Increases base Apex Barrier when fighting Player targets (does not apply while defending station). This does not trigger when Tal is assigned to the bridge of your ship. Artifact Gallery 30 12 Instant 3.7K Spock’s Ritual Gong None
Taurean Spear Increases Isolytic Defense for Interceptors Ops 30 20 Instant 995 Taurean Spear, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Vidiian Honatta Organ Harvester Increases Isolytic Damage while on a Battleship and the opponent is Burning Ops 30 20 Instant 587 Vidiian Honatta Organ Harvester, 655 Artifact Remnant None
K’T’inga Scale Replica Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Grade 4 Crystal, Gas, and Ore for all ship components Ops 35 20 Instant 1.6K K’T’inga Scale Replica, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Spock’s Engagement Pendant Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Tritanium and Dilithium, and Σ-Tritanium and Σ-Dilithium for all ship components Ops 35 20 Instant 995 Spock’s Engagement Pendant, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Annorax’s Datapad Increases Apex Barrier when fighting any Non-Armada Hostile (2500 at level 12). (Does not apply when Tal is assigned to bridge). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 1.2K Annorax’s Datapad Shard None
Chroniton Sample Increases the Borg Cube’s Cutting Beam Damage with a flat bonus to base damage against Hostiles. (2,000,000,000 at level 12) Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 Chroniton Sample, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Guardian of Forever Reduces true Critical Damage of target players and Hostiles (15% at level 12). Does not apply to Assaults or station defense. Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 550 Guardian of Forever, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Jaheelah Increases base Damage against Wave Defense hostiles (2,000% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 Jaheelah, 3K Temporal Remnant None
La’an’s 21st Century Watch Increases base Construction Speed for buildings (180% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 La’an’s 21st Century Watch, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Nero’s Trident Increases all Officer Stats (1,500% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 Nero’s Trident, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Orb of Prophecy and Change Increases Crit Chance 15% at level 12 on Battleships battling Explorers (not applicable to Armadas, Assaults, or station defense). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 357 Orb of Prophecy and Change, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Orb of Time Increases Crit Chance 15% at level 12 on Interceptors battling Battleships (not applicable to Armadas, Assaults, or station defense). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 357 Orb of Time, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Orb of the Emissary Increases Crit Chance 15% at level 12 on Explorers battling Interceptors (not applicable to Armadas, Assaults, or station defense). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 357 Orb of the Emissary, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Stone of Memory Unlocks a new daily Syndicate XP claim in the Ex-Borg faction store (3,400 Syndicate XP at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 Stone of Memory, 3K Temporal Remnant None
Temporal Observatory Increases base Warp Speed for all ships (950% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 399 Temporal Observatory, 3K Temporal Remnant None
The Great Eye of Ara Increases Artifact Fragment cost efficiency for all Artifacts (25% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 38 12 Instant 357 The Great Eye of Ara, 1.8K Temporal Remnant None
Andorian Scanner Increases base Shield Health for Battleships Ops 40 20 Instant 995 Andorian Scanner, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Earth Science Institute Scanner Increases base Hull Health for Explorers Ops 40 20 Instant 995 Earth Science Institute Scanner, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Emperor Ceremonial Uniform Increases base Cost Efficiency of Omega Mirror Dust, Gorn Eviscerator Parts, and Interdimensional Data when used on research nodes. Ops 40 12 Instant 680 Emperor Ceremonial Uniform Piece None
Khan’s Wrist Communicator Increases base Cost Efficiency for G4 and G5 Ship Parts. Artifact Gallery 40 12 Instant 791 Khan’s Wrist Communicator None
Kir’Shara Allows attacks on hostiles to be queued and increases the number of attacks which can be queued (24 at level 12). Artifact Gallery 40 12 Instant 550 Kir’Shara, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
McCoy’s Hypospray Increases base Hull Health for Battleships Ops 40 20 Instant 995 McCoy’s Hypospray, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Quark’s Scanner Increases base Hull Health for Interceptors Ops 40 20 Instant 995 Quark’s Scanner, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Scotty’s Trident Scanner Increases the base Cost Efficiency of ship parts for ship components Ops 40 20 Instant 1.6K Scotty’s Trident Scanner, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
The Star Dispatch Increases base Research Cost Efficiency for G4-G6 Materials. Ops 40 12 Instant 940 The Star Dispatch Page None
DTI Plaque Increases Damage against Invading Entities & Armadas Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 599 DTI Plaque None
DTI Temporal Device Increases Isolytic Defense Per Round when any state is applied to target (60% at level 12) Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 822 DTI Temporal Device None
Janeway’s Pocket Watch On round start decreases opponents ISO Damage vs players (40% at level 12) that are under any state. Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 800 Janeway’s Pocket Watch, 400 Temporal Remnant None
Krenim Time Weapon On round start increases Critical Hit Damage % to Armadas & Invading Entities (400% at level 12) when the enemy is under any state. Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 800 Krenim Time Weapon, 400 Temporal Remnant None
Lirpa Increases Temporal Wreckage Loot rewards from defeating Krenim Invading Entities Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 599 Lirpa None
Strand of Krenim Hair Increases Isolytic Damage while opponent has any state applied Artifact Gallery 42 12 Instant 822 Strand of Krenim Hair None
Bat’leth of House Martok Increases base Damage for all ships against Players Ops 45 20 Instant 1.6K Bat’leth of House Martok, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Book of the Kosst Amojan Increases base Hull Health for all ships (3,000% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 45 12 Instant 550 Book of the Kosst Amojan, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Boreth Time Crystal Increases base Damage vs Hostiles (2,500% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 45 12 Instant 550 Boreth Time Crystal, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Chapel’s Hypospray Increases base Shield Health for Explorers Ops 45 20 Instant 995 Chapel’s Hypospray, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Crusher’s Hypospray Increases base Shield Health for Interceptors Ops 45 20 Instant 995 Crusher’s Hypospray, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
D’Arsay Archive Scale Replica Increases the base Cost Efficiency of Parsteel, Tritanium and Dilithium, and Σ-Parsteel, Σ-Tritanium, and Σ-Dilithium for research Ops 45 20 Instant 995 D’Arsay Archive Scale Replica, 3.2K Artifact Remnant None
Section 31 Beacon Increases base Shield Health for all ships (3,475% at level 12) Ops 45 12 Instant 940 Section 31 Beacon Shard None
Guinan’s Magus III Weapon Increases base Energy Weapon Damage for all ships Ops 50 20 Instant 1.6K Guinan’s Magus III Weapon, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Iconian Gateway Increases the base Repair Cost Efficiency of Tritanium, Dilithium, Σ-Tritanium, and Σ-Dilithium for FKR ships (1,500% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 50 12 Instant 550 Iconian Gateway, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Kirk’s Phaser Rifle Increases base Kinetic Weapon Damage for all ships Ops 50 20 Instant 1.6K Kirk’s Phaser Rifle, 8.6K Artifact Remnant None
Krulmuth-B Portal Reduces base Damage (1,200% at level 12) of player opponents (does not apply during station defense). Artifact Gallery 50 12 Instant 550 Krulmuth-B Portal, 5.4K Temporal Remnant None
Optical Chip Reader Increases base Service Award, Merit of Honor, and Pioneer’s Crest cost efficiency (25% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 50 12 Instant 1K Optical Chip Reader None
Phoenix Nacelle Increases the base amount of Components received from Solo Outpost and Elite Solo Outpost Retaliation attacks (300% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 50 12 Instant 1K Phoenix Nacelle None
Emerald Chain Command Helm Increases Critical Hit Damage by up to 400% for FKR ships Grade 5 and higher against Armadas, Outposts, and Outpost Retaliation Hostiles. Ops 51 12 Instant 1K Emerald Chain Command Helm None
Friendship One Probe Increases G5 Ship Material Cost Efficiency (160% at level 12) Artifact Gallery 51 12 Instant 599 Friendship One Probe None
Ilia’s V’ger Sensor Increases the amount of Outpost Retaliation Medals and Retaliation Plunder from Solo Outpost Retaliation attacks (180% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 51 12 Instant 1K Ilia’s V’ger Sensor None
Ensign Lynch Combadge Increases all base Piercing stats against Hostiles (2000% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 55 12 Instant 1K Ensign Lynch Combadge None
Exo-suit Helmet Increases Isolytic Defense (500% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 55 12 Instant 1K Exo-suit Helmet None
Interplexion Transducer Increases base Cost Efficiency of Black Market Schematics for research nodes (40% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 55 12 Instant 1K Interplexion Transducer None
Phoenix Cockpit Increases base Damage against players (7500% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 55 12 Instant 1K Phoenix Cockpit None
Amelia Earhart’s Plane Increases G6 Ship Material Cost Efficiency(250% at level 12) Artifact Gallery 61 12 Instant 599 Amelia Earhart’s Plane None
Ezri’s Exographic Targeting Sensor Increases base Cost Efficiency of 7★ Uncommon Gas for Station buildings (200% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 65 12 Instant 1K Ezri’s Exographic Targeting Sensor None
Nog’s Cane Increases base Cost Efficiency of 7★ Uncommon Crystal for Station buildings (200% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 65 12 Instant 1K Nog’s Cane None
Sisko’s Romulan Ale Glass Increases base Cost Efficiency of 7★ Uncommon Ore for Station buildings (200% at level 12). Artifact Gallery 65 12 Instant 1K Sisko’s Romulan Ale Glass None
Borg Neural Processor Increases base Shield Health of G7 ships (10000% at level 12). Ops 71 12 Instant 1K Borg Neural Processor None
Cochrane’s Music Disc Increases base Isolytic Damage against Open Armadas (2000% at level 12). Ops 71 12 Instant 1K Cochrane’s Music Disc None
Cochrane’s Telescope Increases Apex Barrier against Hostiles for G7 Ships (15000 at level 12). Ops 71 12 Instant 1K Cochrane’s Telescope None
Gilded Shackle Increases base Upgrade Cost Efficiency for Grade 7 ships by up to 500%. Ops 71 12 Instant 1K Gilded Shackle None
Little Ship Model Increases base Hull Health of G7 ships (10000% at level 12). Ops 71 12 Instant 1K Little Ship Model None