ARK: Survival Evolved

33 Achievements

1,500

539-659h

Artifact Archaeologist

You personally retrieved all the Artifacts!

100

1.0%

How to unlock the Artifact Archaeologist achievement in ARK: Survival Evolved - Definitive Guide

nicklesminer

TrueAchievements

09 Jan 2017 17:03

In single player just use these cheats:

admincheat summon artifactcrate_1_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_2_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_3_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_4_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_5_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_6_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_7_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_8_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_9_c

Codes have since been enabled for 10/11
admincheat summon artifactcrate_10_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_11_c

Thanks to dizturbd for posting 10/11 codes originally.

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09 Jan 2017 17:03

68 Comments

This did not work..

By ResinousHashish on 23 Jan 2017 01:51

nope, didnt get it :(

By Jdobem on 23 Jan 2017 20:01

Is anything at all happening when you put in these cheats?

By nicklesminer on 23 Jan 2017 20:48

I'll see if I can get it to pop tonight on a secondary account. I wonder if the patch that came out on the 17th changed things as it has "2 New Full-Scale Underwater Caves (progression-oriented with Artifacts!)" as part of the patch notes.

Looking at the other solutions it looks like they may have added some additional artifacts and theres an issue with one of them. I'll see if I can see anything else

By nicklesminer on 23 Jan 2017 21:10

thank you, appreciate it!

By Jdobem on 23 Jan 2017 21:14

There are 11 total. You need to add the following:

(Artifact of the Cunning) admincheat summon artifactcrate_10_c
(Artifact of the Brute) admincheat summon artifactcrate_11_c

By Mjr dizturbd on 23 Jan 2017 23:29

Those above commands do not work

admincheat summon artifactcrate_10_c
admincheat summon artifactcrate_11_c

Nothing spawns..

By ResinousHashish on 24 Jan 2017 01:20

yeah, i had tried more numbers after 9 to check and nothing spawned!
So still not unlocked...

By Jdobem on 24 Jan 2017 19:41

I tried up to 23 and gave up.

By ResinousHashish on 24 Jan 2017 22:39

yes, sorry. all artifacts (1-9) appear, but just not the achievement unlocking :(

By Jdobem on 24 Jan 2017 22:47

Try entering the god cheat and then opening the new artifacts manually. You can access them via
cheat setplayerpos -224800 86400 -28500
cheat setplayerpos 267200 -29000 -43000

These should spawn you right next to the artifacts in game. Make sure to use the god cheat first as both of them are underwater.

By nicklesminer on 24 Jan 2017 23:32

cool, that did it! thank you!

By Jdobem on 25 Jan 2017 00:09

I can't seem to get god mode to work, It just "god" and enter correct?

By ResinousHashish on 25 Jan 2017 22:50

Should be. However, you might be able to grab the artifacts quick enough without it. You could also try "infinitestats" I think that one prevents you from suffocating underwater.

By nicklesminer on 25 Jan 2017 22:58

Did all this, have all 11 in my inventory but no achievement :(

By Heir Slytherin on 26 Jan 2017 09:51

did you try grabbing the last few directly like nicklesminer said ?

cheat setplayerpos -224800 86400 -28500
cheat setplayerpos 267200 -29000 -43000

By Jdobem on 26 Jan 2017 12:07

Obtaining the last 2 manually with "infinitestats" and the cheat for player position worked, thanks for the help guys.

By ResinousHashish on 29 Jan 2017 22:58

I have all 11 no achievo

By NATE OWNS YOU on 31 Jan 2017 00:35

Looks like it eventually popped, did you have to do anything else?

By nicklesminer on 31 Jan 2017 03:52

hey guys, just tried to get all artifacts and all worked except the first one of the 2 new ones with coordinates (the 10th one) was not there, the second one was there, any advice? did they move it or something?

By AGGT002 on 01 Mar 2017 23:31

FWIW, these are working now:

(Artifact of the Cunning) admincheat summon artifactcrate_10_c
(Artifact of the Brute) admincheat summon artifactcrate_11_c

By SpeleoFool on 29 Mar 2017 03:31

Awesome! Thanks!

By nicklesminer on 29 Mar 2017 12:58

I still had to go to #s 10 and 11 directly and loot them to get the achievement. The codes didn't do anything when I entered them. The codes for the first 9 worked fine though.

By GuruThaGreat on 01 Apr 2017 16:18

Same here. Sunmon 10 and 11 dont work for me

By AGGT002 on 22 Apr 2017 04:58

hi, i try in all mode wit 10 15 sec spawn beacon one from other
try take it normal with walking
try spawn inside the cave
try spawn beacon 1-9 and spawn inside cave 10-11
also try get trophy scorced
but nothing u can help me guy pls? ty

By WinningHail2859 on 09 Jun 2017 14:07

Truspiracy's tip worked for me. Just took my time (1 min) between each pick up.

By THE DEADLY DOG on 11 Jul 2017 19:46

What does the 10/11th artifacts look like? I went to both last night and found nothing using the coordinates that nicklesminer mentioned.

By X3R0 9 on 07 Aug 2017 17:41

Codes for Nr. 10 and 11 works now

By Xx DIKAU xX on 22 Aug 2017 19:08

Awesome! That's good to know, thanks for the update.

By nicklesminer on 24 Aug 2017 19:20

The coordinates for 10 and 11 dont work anymore. Just the instant cheats

By Itzz Sh0wt1m3 on 27 Oct 2017 16:26

Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the solution accordingly.

By nicklesminer on 31 Oct 2017 16:05

if you do not unlock the achievement, set the console to "united kingdom" and the English language

By Pawa7ThEbEsT on 30 Nov 2017 01:32

Just fyi spawn them in one at a time press Y them LB to pick them up achievement popped right after #11

By Darth Maul FTS on 02 Dec 2018 03:21

Thanks Darth Maul! The walkthrough doesn't mention how to grab the artifacts and I couldn't figure it out :D

By Mick Wazowski on 12 Jan 2019 13:24

Yes, thank you Darth Maul. How no one else thought to mention that anywhere is beyond me. The real MVP

By iMaginaryy on 29 Jan 2019 08:15

11 spawned for me but 10 didn’t and I tryed teleporting to locations yea didn’t see anything what map is it even on I tryed the island and the center this is so anoying...

By Chaosfed on 05 Mar 2019 08:41

11 spawned for me but 10 didn’t and I tryed teleporting to locations yea didn’t see anything what map is it even on I tryed the island and the center this is so anoying...

By Chaosfed on 05 Mar 2019 09:13

Thank you Darth Maul FTS for explaining the additional step to getting this achievement.

For those who are too lazy to scroll up to find his note, I'll put it here:

After you spawn in an artifact, press Y, then LB, to grab each collectible. Do this for all 11 artifacts and you get the achievement.

By Link5646 on 10 Mar 2019 01:36

Thanks Darth Maul :)

By RubensX on 22 Apr 2019 15:56

Used the codes for all of them... even checked the locations for the last two but they weren't there. All of them are in my inventory. Hasn't popped :|

By the only IS on 25 Jun 2019 21:07

codes worked for me but i had to close and reload to get the 10th to work. and the 11th i had to hit 20 times

By TheOnlyMatto on 24 Oct 2019 06:29

none of the codes work for me

By Seste on 06 Feb 2020 18:36

NM i had my game on primitive plus official an the codes weren't working but when i switched it to survival evolved the codes worked

By Seste on 06 Feb 2020 19:03

All codes worked, but no achievement. All 11 artifacts are in my inventory. Another glitched achievement I guess.

By EddieM1974 on 27 Feb 2020 12:57

Unlocked first time for me, thanks for the great guide.

By Jamiereloaded23 on 28 Feb 2020 21:16

CAN CONFIRM as of 8:50pm NZT time 29/2/2020 using each code for artifacts 1-11
worked for me

By CobraTodd on 29 Feb 2020 07:51

As of posting, works no problem.

Although it would have been nice to see all the caves etc, this saves a lot of time since I do not play this anymore, nor do my friends. I did get my fun out of it, bought it in preview.

Also, it's huge, takes up wayyyy to much space for a game I do not play.

By Dinocycle on 01 Mar 2020 22:00

After summing the artifacts, I had to go up to each one, press Y, and then press LB. If your inventory is full, as mine was, you can drop items by pressing LT. Once I had picked up the last artifact the achievement unlocked.

By HolyHalfDead on 02 Mar 2020 05:48

I think you need to be on the main maps. The Story Arks.
I tried in on the Costum arks The center and the 10th code did not work.

By The Wet Chef on 03 Mar 2020 17:42

I can confirm with The Wet Chef. 10 does not work o. Custom maps, The Center. It does however, work on The Island.

By Aphelion Rem on 22 Mar 2020 19:32

I entered and retrieved all 11 Artifacts, yet the Achievement hasn't popped for me, even after resetting my Xbox. Most other ARK achievements have successfully activated before this one (aside from all of the Explorer Notes).

By Dnick28z on 20 Jul 2020 01:26

@Dnick28z did you take the item out of the containers? Just spawning them in didn't work for me, I had to actually pull them out.

By PlatinumTaters7 on 13 Aug 2020 23:44

not unlocking here. I also see 11 artifacts in my inventory....

By DreCube on 31 Oct 2020 18:58

yep unable to get this one to work

By Anghellic Karma on 08 Dec 2020 17:19

any update on this?

By Master AO on 17 Dec 2020 17:10

The Artifact of the Cunning (#10) seems to not spawn.

By AlycynWondrland on 24 Dec 2020 02:59

This doesn't work. I have all the artifacts in my inventory and the achievement does not pop (including 10 & 11)

By r1dogz on 23 Jan 2021 23:18

Reposting the comment by Darth Maul FTS from 2 December 2018:
"Just fyi spawn them in one at a time press Y them LB to pick them up achievement popped right after #11"

That worked. The information in the original solution is incomplete, so I am downvoting it until it is updated with the information Darth Maul provided.

By FinderKeeper on 24 Jan 2021 07:23

I couldn’t get #10 to spawn. 1-9 and 11 did no problem tho…but I was on “the center” map

I decided to jump into the original map “the island” and then 10 dropped in for me. Achievement popped after grabbing that last one with LB.

By Karlos2121 on 08 Jun 2021 17:48

Can confirm that it works 6/11/21

By Shadow Quaker on 11 Jun 2021 14:54

Spawned all of them in and did not grt the achievement to pop

By xXBiGxBaNGXx on 30 Dec 2022 03:02

This worked for me only when I added all of the artifacts to my inventory. It didn’t unlock just for spawning them.

By Hudifus on 08 Apr 2023 04:55

I can't get the 10th one to spawn in. Any ideas please?

By WOODY2211 on 26 Apr 2023 14:54

I can't get the 10th one to spawn in. Any ideas please?

By WOODY2211 on 26 Apr 2023 15:13

Amazing

By Maceteur on 12 Sep 2023 21:43

After my first and second attempts failed, I reset my player and world. On the fresh world I followed the solution nickelsminer provided exactly, but this time I allowed 10 to 15 secs before I spawned the next artifact, don't know if the fresh world helped or if it was just waiting in between but I'm glad it popped.

By Truspiracy on 24 May 2017 05:03

Confirmed that codes for 10 & 11 don't work for me either. The others were just fine.

By FullMoonBeaver on 01 May 2017 22:18

This hasn't popped for me either. I don't know jack about this game. I spawned each artifact, had to Press Y, seems like I had to RIGHT CLICK and DROP the item, a box falls to the sand (beach) and I can go collect it with X. I have all 11 in my inventory, but inventory has RED TEXT about only allow 1 artifact carried per organism.

Not really sure what's up

By RobG88 on 05 Oct 2020 04:06

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Ashurimitsu

TrueAchievements

18 Dec 2016 02:42

I found the easiest way to do this by chance. Load up single player and spawn in the artifacts to your inventory using the commands found here: http://www.playjurassicark.com/ark-item-id-list-for-administ... then go to a supply drop put them all inside then hit take all to get them back and the achievement popped.

Help from the community:

Redders 420:

"Just to be clear exactly what i did, after you have all 10 Artifacts you are going to a drop on the map and putting all 10 in and without closing the item transfer screen just immediately pressing take all to transfer them back over to your inventory again. This worked first time for me. Hope it helps you."

18 Dec 2016 02:42

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I was dubious because it says you don't have the achievement, but I can CONFIRM This WORKS. Thanks Ashurimitsu

By Redders 420 on 18 Dec 2016 04:36

Amazing, thank you!

By Keila on 18 Dec 2016 04:47

Cant get this one to unlock

By Zapster2Z on 18 Dec 2016 12:37

I have tried this several times now and still no luck

By Fexioo on 18 Dec 2016 16:49

Try spawning in all 10. I know there are only 8 on the island or whatever but it worked for all of my friends and myself when we used all 10 artifacts.

By Keila on 18 Dec 2016 20:38

Thank you! That saved me soooo much time, it worked on the first try with all 10.

By Dahlia Vibes on 18 Dec 2016 23:56

I tried several times, but not unlocked ..

By DooM Oxyden on 19 Dec 2016 08:08

the correct spawn comand is GiveItemNum (id number) 1 1 0 ;) that works for me ID number 148- 158 are the artifacts ...hope it helps

By EuleApollo07 on 19 Dec 2016 11:22

http://www.survive-ark.com/ark-admin-item-id-list/ this has accurate ID numbers. Just search for artifact and all 10 will pop up.

By Keila on 19 Dec 2016 23:01

@EuleApollo007 yes, i tried that method but still locked

By DooM Oxyden on 20 Dec 2016 11:23

@doom oxyden Just to be clear exactly what i did, after you have all 10 Artifacts you are going to a drop on the map and putting all 10 in and without closing the item transfer screen just immediately pressing take all to transfer them back over to your inventory again. This worked first time for me. Hope it helps you.

By Redders 420 on 20 Dec 2016 19:38

@redders yes, I also run your guide but remains locked, I think it is buggy

By DooM Oxyden on 22 Dec 2016 08:49

Great guide saved some time. Quick heads up make sure you're doing it in a supply drop not a tower as that didn't work for me.

By I Am Judders on 29 Dec 2016 12:59

@doom It is probably because you have the primitive plus mod active. Try going to the main menu and selecting none in the bottom right corner, then do it again and see if it works. It worked for me after turning it off so maybe this will for you too.

By Advena on 01 Jan 2017 22:09

While transfering them into the drop, I accidently used collect all. Achievement unlocked just fine, while some artifacts were still in my inventory. Maybe one or more than 50% is enough.

By Tenreth on 07 Jan 2017 15:44

I've tried what everyone said, but it is still locked for me.

By X0YX on 17 Jan 2017 18:13

Same as X0YX tried all the above but won't unlock for me either, would a fresh character work? Just wondering.

By loadsmorewubwub on 20 Jan 2017 15:33

It seems "GiveItemNum 157 1 1 0" is not giving me the flamepack? From other sites, it's telling me the item is removed from game? How to get this achievement now?

By Sangriaz on 21 Jan 2017 16:48

From my checking, it seems there are 12 total artifacts in the game but 2 are unobtainable. (Devious and Flamekeeper) Devious can still be got by cheat, but Flamekeeper was totally removed from the game. I feel like this is what's messing up this achievement, and currently unable to unlock.

By Sangriaz on 21 Jan 2017 17:01

Sangriaz, Devious worked for me, but Flamekeeper isn't working. Wondering why that was different.

By Sashamorning on 22 Jan 2017 12:03

@Sashamorning: That's exactly what I wrote above. It's not possible to get Flamekeeper from regular gameplay or using cheat command since the latest update. (The one that came out last week) This seems to be causing issues with this achievement.

By Sangriaz on 23 Jan 2017 09:33

Someone said in another solution that a collectible got moved to another location. Wonder if that happened here as well.

By Sashamorning on 23 Jan 2017 13:58

@Sasha: Possible, but I don't think so. PC version update says Flamekeeper was removed. (File was deleted completely, so this can't spawn anywhere in the game)

By Sangriaz on 23 Jan 2017 19:09

Only could spawn 9 artifacts. Can't get the 10th. Anyone if this achievement still obtainable?

By Tigas99 on 14 Mar 2017 23:30

do you have to do this LEGIT ? i can't get the achievement, tried everything

By Bandicoot V3 on 15 Aug 2017 17:31

do you have to do this LEGIT ? i can't get the achievement, tried everything

Nevermind, just got it to pop, i spwaned another artifact of the hunter and it gave me the bunny ears the achievement

By Bandicoot V3 on 15 Aug 2017 17:34

nothing even for me, tried everything.

By Dr4g0n 36 on 28 Oct 2017 01:00

guide is stupid and doesn't work

By on 29 Oct 2017 22:18

It worked at the time achievements were first launched. Quite a few people unlocked the achievement via this method. It is not "stupid", say something constructive.

By Ashurimitsu on 14 Feb 2018 13:50

I did some how get 13 artifacts, did a copy and paste on the phone through the x1 app as controller, did get flamekeeper and crag and something else, it won't unlock for me still tried a fresh character after a total delete, going to wait for the nxt patch, don't want to do the other collectable achievement just incase the same happens to.

By loadsmorewubwub on 22 Jan 2017 11:28

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bodaggit

TrueAchievements

18 Dec 2016 17:55

This is just the exact coordinates of each artifact's cave location in case you actually want to visit each cave.

The artifacts look like a glowing white upside down pyramid. There will be a rainbow-like pulsation around it.

Like most of the achievements load up single player (Host \ Local -> Play Single Player) with Admin Cheats on. The admin console is at the top when you hit the START button on your controller.

Heres a list of all the exact commands you need to type in to teleport to each artifact. You will need to use the 'setplayerpos' command along with the x, y and z coordinate of where you want to go.

Clever: setplayerpos -32600 -83500 -6600
Skylord: setplayerpos -252700 -243100 -11500
Hunter: setplayerpos 54300 264600 -23700
Devourer: setplayerpos 275600 -271100 -25100
Pack: setplayerpos 87100 174900 -26200
Massive: setplayerpos 288000 136700 -24500
Immune: setplayerpos -101400 101700 -4300 (cave entrance)
Strong: setplayerpos -144500 -165000 200 (cave entrance)

For 'cave entrance' you will be teleported outside of the cave. If you spawn in the center, you misspelt or mistyped something as the center (0,0) is the default location.

Note: My achievement unlocked once I had collected them all and some were in storage at the time.

18 Dec 2016 17:55

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I had used your coordinates to get all 8 artifacts, but achievement did not unlock. I read that you need to collect all 10 artifacts, but i don't know the coordinates for: artifact of the Devious and artifact of the Flamekeeper. Any idea how to find them? Do you know if the last patch removes this 2 artifacts? If so, how can we get that achievement with only 8 artifacts?

By DonNikos on 19 Jan 2017 20:47

Thanks for the guide. I can't reach Hunter artifact with your coordinate. I used this coordinate : "setplayerpos 48000 268000 -23700"

By Taipei Kindom on 08 Jan 2017 08:22

JechtShotMark3

TrueAchievements

08 Mar 2017 04:58

FreeMumia

TrueAchievements

26 May 2018 09:16

follow the guide below and just put like user said before English language and Uk settings.
you will unlock this one.

26 May 2018 09:16

Dethfuse

PlaystationTrophies

POTENTIALLY GLITCHED

For this trophy you must spawn in all the artifacts crates and then loot their individual artifacts. Simple type in one of the commands below and an alien looking crate will spawn floating in front of you. Then all you need to do is hit

on the crate to open its' inventory and move the artifact into your inventory. After you have moved the artifact, simply back out of the crate and you are ready to spawn the next one in.

Note: I suggest waiting around 10 seconds in between looting an artifact and spawning in the next crate so the game has adequate enough time to register that you did indeed loot the artifact.

The codes for the crates are below:

summon artifactcrate_1_c
summon artifactcrate_2_c
summon artifactcrate_3_c
summon artifactcrate_4_c
summon artifactcrate_5_c

summon artifactcrate_6_c
summon artifactcrate_7_c
summon artifactcrate_8_c
summon artifactcrate_9_c
summon artifactcrate_10_c
summon artifactcrate_11_c

If the trophy does not pop after looting all the artifacts I would suggest deleting your save and trying again on a new save.

SquallTor

stratege.ru

23 Jun 2018 11:24

This guide was translated automatically.

Tested in version v523.0 . At the moment to receive

You need to collect 10 artifacts.

Create an artifact as a team and assemble it.

You can also build it using the setplayerpos command and entering coordinates. Coordinates: Admin positions list (The Island) , we are interested in the Artifact & Caves (The Island) section. Some artifacts disappear when moving to them, so you need to go through the dungeons from the very entrance (Cave Entrance).

23 Jun 2018 11:24

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Select artifacts like this: open your inventory and click

By shaman7207 on 21 Mar 2023 00:07

The__High_Ground

PSNProfiles

04 May 2019 00:00

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