Survive Zombie Arena Artifacts Guide: Best Artifacts Ranked

Q: How do you get Artifacts in Survive Zombie Arena?

Artifacts come from Artifact Crates, which you open in the Lobby. Head toward the Upgrades shop and look for the Artifact area directly behind it. There's a floating Artifact Crate you can interact with to pull up the gacha menu. From there, you can spend Credits or Robux to open 1 or 5 crates at once. There's also a Gift button if you want to send crates to other players. The crates pull from five rarity tiers, each with different drop rates. If you need more Credits for crate pulls, check the Survive Zombie Arena credits farming guide for wave routing and AFK setups that speed up your grind.

Q: How do you equip Artifacts in Survive Zombie Arena?

Open your Loadout menu and click the Artifacts tab. Every Artifact you own appears here. Click one to slot it into your build. You start with one free Artifact slot. The other two cost Credits to unlock. Once all three slots are open, you can run any combination of three Artifacts at the same time.

Q: What is the best Artifact in Survive Zombie Arena?

The Gaming Controller is the strongest Artifact in the game right now. A single item giving you 15% Damage, 10% HP, 10% Movement Speed, and 10% Critical Hit covers almost every stat you care about. The movement speed bonus alone saves runs when zombies start overwhelming your position. That said, the best three-Artifact combo depends entirely on what you're trying to do: For credit farming: Run Bank and Recycler together. Bank stacks a 10% bonus on every credit you earn during a run, while Recycler fires a 20% chance for extra credits on each kill. These two together make a noticeable difference on longer runs, but remember that Bank pays out nothing if you quit early. For raw damage: Stack Red Toolbox, Attack Orb, and Energy Drink. Red Toolbox alone adds 25% Damage and 25% Max Health alongside gear healing, and the other two push your fire rate and base damage further. For solo play: Summon Artifacts like Special Drone, Sword, and Iron Dagger give you passive damage sources that don't require you to aim. The Drone is the strongest of the three at 15 damage per bolt, but even the Sword's 30 damage every 4 seconds adds up across a long wave. For event currency (Bloodmoon Shards): Slot Lucky Coin to double your event currency drops 20% of the time. For deeper context on how Artifacts fit into your overall build, the Survive Zombie Arena class tier list covers which classes get the most out of specific Artifact combinations. Artifacts are one layer of a larger progression system. If you're still working out the fundamentals, the Survive Zombie Arena beginner's guide covers credits, loadouts, and wave survival from the ground up. For everything else in Roblox, browse the full Roblox strategy guides collection.

Survive Zombie Arena added a full Artifacts system with the Bloodmoon Update, and it changes how every run feels. Equip the right three Artifacts and you're pulling in bonus credits, slowing zombie hordes, and stacking damage buffs that carry you through waves you'd normally struggle to survive. Pick the wrong ones and you're wasting slots on passives that barely register. This guide covers every Artifact currently in the game, how to get them, and which ones are worth keeping.

How do you get Artifacts in Survive Zombie Arena?

Artifacts come from Artifact Crates, which you open in the Lobby. Head toward the Upgrades shop and look for the Artifact area directly behind it. There's a floating Artifact Crate you can interact with to pull up the gacha menu.

From there, you can spend Credits or Robux to open 1 or 5 crates at once. There's also a Gift button if you want to send crates to other players. The crates pull from five rarity tiers, each with different drop rates.

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tip

Electric Pillar is listed as Epic rarity but is currently unobtainable. Don't burn credits chasing it.

Artifact Crate gacha screen

If you need more Credits for crate pulls, check the Survive Zombie Arena credits farming guide for wave routing and AFK setups that speed up your grind.

What are all the Artifacts in Survive Zombie Arena?

There are 20 Artifacts total as of the Bloodmoon Update. Each one has a specific roll chance within its rarity tier, separate from the rarity drop rate itself. Here's the full breakdown:

Common Artifacts

Attack Orb (5% roll chance within Common): Increases weapon and gun damage by 8%.
Combat Helmet (5%): Adds 15% Max Health.
Lucky Coin (5%): 20% chance to earn event currency twice per drop.
Recycler (5%): 20% chance to earn extra credits after every kill.
Thorns (5%): Zombies that hit you take 150% of the damage back.
Sword (5%): Summons a floating sword that deals 30 damage to nearby zombies every 4 seconds.

Uncommon Artifacts

Energy Drink (4%): Boosts Movement Speed and Fire Rate by 10%.
Iron Dagger (4%): Throws a dagger at the nearest zombie every 4 seconds for 10 damage.
Red Toolbox (4%): Heals all deployed gear by 25%, plus adds 25% Max Health and 25% Damage.
Blood Vial (4%): Restores 5 HP after every 5 kills.
Cryo Fuel (4%): Guns have a 10% chance to slow zombies by 35%.

Rare Artifacts

Healing Orb (2%): Restores 10 HP to you and nearby allies every 8 seconds.
Midas Touch (2%): 15% chance your kills turn to gold and drop double minerals.
Frost Orb (2%): Releases a frost pulse every 6 seconds that slows nearby zombies by 40%.
Special Drone (2%): A quad-gun drone that shoots nearby zombies for 15 damage per bolt.

Epic Artifacts

Electric Pillar (2%): Currently unobtainable.
Bank (2%): Banks 10% of all credits earned during a run, paid out at game over. Leave early and you forfeit the bonus.
Gravity Core (2%): Hurls a mini singularity that pulls nearby zombies into one spot every 10 seconds.

Legendary Artifacts

Gaming Controller (0.65%): +15% Damage, +10% HP, +10% Movement Speed, +10% Critical Hit.
Chrono Core (0.65%): Traps the nearest zombies in a stasis field for 4 seconds every 12 seconds.

Artifact slots in loadout menu

How do you equip Artifacts in Survive Zombie Arena?

Open your Loadout menu and click the Artifacts tab. Every Artifact you own appears here. Click one to slot it into your build.

You start with one free Artifact slot. The other two cost Credits to unlock. Once all three slots are open, you can run any combination of three Artifacts at the same time.

tip

Unlock all three Artifact slots as early as possible. The compounding effect of three Artifacts active simultaneously is far stronger than running just one or two.

What is the best Artifact in Survive Zombie Arena?

The Gaming Controller is the strongest Artifact in the game right now. A single item giving you 15% Damage, 10% HP, 10% Movement Speed, and 10% Critical Hit covers almost every stat you care about. The movement speed bonus alone saves runs when zombies start overwhelming your position.

That said, the best three-Artifact combo depends entirely on what you're trying to do:

For credit farming: Run Bank and Recycler together. Bank stacks a 10% bonus on every credit you earn during a run, while Recycler fires a 20% chance for extra credits on each kill. These two together make a noticeable difference on longer runs, but remember that Bank pays out nothing if you quit early.

For raw damage: Stack Red Toolbox, Attack Orb, and Energy Drink. Red Toolbox alone adds 25% Damage and 25% Max Health alongside gear healing, and the other two push your fire rate and base damage further.

For solo play: Summon Artifacts like Special Drone, Sword, and Iron Dagger give you passive damage sources that don't require you to aim. The Drone is the strongest of the three at 15 damage per bolt, but even the Sword's 30 damage every 4 seconds adds up across a long wave.

For event currency (Bloodmoon Shards): Slot Lucky Coin to double your event currency drops 20% of the time.

warning

Bank is a trap if you're playing casually. The payout only arrives at game over, so disconnects, crashes, or early quits wipe the entire bonus. Only run it when you plan to stay for the full session.

For deeper context on how Artifacts fit into your overall build, the Survive Zombie Arena class tier list covers which classes get the most out of specific Artifact combinations.

Artifacts are one layer of a larger progression system. If you're still working out the fundamentals, the Survive Zombie Arena beginner's guide covers credits, loadouts, and wave survival from the ground up. For everything else in Roblox, browse the full Roblox strategy guides collection.