Artifacts

> Here you go! Lotion, just for you! This is what we call an Artifact: a magical item passed down from your world to ours. I don’t know or care what people use lotion for where you're from. But, down here, it's a handy little trinket that'll make you look and feel stronger! Go on, equip it and go kill another fifty of us. Things will go a lot "smoother," if you know what I mean. Fall right into place, just like that! Hehehe… You'll feel great.
>
> -*The Demon God, giving the player their first artifact (Just Kill Me 3)*

## INFORMATION

### Type

* Game mechanic (*Just Kill Me.*)
* Purchasable/Summonable Support Items

## MISCELLANEOUS

### Origins/Source

* Artifact Summon

**JUST KILL ME.**

* Once specific conditions are met
* Drops randomly

**JUST KILL ME 3**

* Selected banners
* Given for free by the Demon God (Lotion only)

### Game

* *Just Kill Me.*
* *Just Kill Me 3*

**Artifacts** are obtainable Support Items that can help The Player defeat the Demon Gods in the *Just Kill Me* game series. They come in a variety of forms, including everyday objects, cultural and video game references, easter eggs, and more.

They are introduced at Demon God 13 in the global version and at Demon God 3 in the original Japanese version of the *Just Kill Me.* game, with a total of 58 different ones to collect.

They are introduced at Demon God 100 in *Just Kill Me 3*, with the current amount of artifacts totaling at 204, with most of the artifacts from the previous game also carrying over.

## Description

"Now, an "artifact" comes falling down! An "artifact" is an item with a mysterious power from your world. The more "artifacts" you get, the stronger your offensive power will be!

You can see what "Artifact" you got if you push the bottom on the upper right."

### Post-game *(Just Kill Me.)*

"Huh? There is a sign that Innocent is in the Artifact page. If he is there...Hehehe...in any minute...

...Oh, well. It's nothing. Don't think about what I just said, because it has nothing to do with you."

## Gameplay

In the original game, artifacts fall out of the same tube that Coins and Tama fall from, and are collected by tapping or swiping over them. Players can obtain duplicates of the same artifact, stacking their ATK bonuses. However, dupes do *not* contribute to the total Collect Rate.

One, Two, and Three Star artifacts all drop randomly (and most often than not) according to the chronological order they are listed as in the Artifact menu (i.e. The first copy of Artifact 1 will always drop first before the player will see the first copy of Artifact 2 onwards), but duplicates can drop randomly (i.e. if the player already has one copy of Artifact 1, 2, and 3, duplicates of Artifact 2 onwards may drop before they can see any duplicates of Artifact 1).

However, it is still possible for any non-special artifacts to drop entirely at random, thus, not following the chronological order, albeit quite rarely. While optional, players can also use real-life money to summon artifacts, if they wish to obtain Artifacts #21 to #44 quicker.

**Special Artifacts**, meanwhile, only fall under certain circumstances, with some being time-gated, some having requirements that the players can manually manipulate, or some being impossible to manipulate and are entirely up to chance.

It should also be noted that Special Artifacts is the only category of artifacts in *Just Kill Me.* to have its set of artifacts to not have the amount of additional damage it stacks onto the overall Max Damage listed in increasing order (i.e. Artifact 45 gives off +510 damage, followed by 46 which drops to just +420, and then followed by 47 which drops drastically to just an additional +32 before slightly climbing back to to +77 by Artifact 48).

In *Just Kill Me 3*, players can obtain Artifacts through means of Summoning from certain banners or purchasing them from the Shop using real-life money.

### Special Artifacts

**Special Artifacts** are the fourth classification type of artifacts that can only be obtained via specific conditions the player has to meet. Unlike the One, Two, and Three Star artifacts, Special artifacts do not drop chronologically, and instead, drop at random as long as the player meets the respective prerequisites.

Listed below are the required conditions in order to obtain Special Artifacts, occupying slots #45 to #58.

* **Artifact 45**: Coins ≥ 102
* **Artifact 46**: Tama ≥ 102
* **Artifact 47**: Artifacts ≥ 70%
* **Artifact 48**: When the sum of each digit of your money is 8.
* **Artifact 49**: On Wednesdays
* **Artifact 50**: Between 3pm and 3:59 pm.
* **Artifact 51**: When your fever gage is maxed out.
* **Artifact 52**: When the Demon God's HP is a matching dice.
* **Artifact 53**: Basic Damage ≥ Lvl. 150
* **Artifact 54**: Coin Value ≥ Lvl. 110
* **Artifact 55**: When your Fever Time level is maxed out (Lvl. 99).
* **Artifact 56**: When the biggest damage exceeds ten thousand trillion (10aa).
* **Artifact 57**: During Fever Time in between 9pm to 9:59pm on Saturdays.
* **Artifact 58**: In between 12:45 to 12:59 on weekdays.

## List of Artifacts

* Artifacts/Just Kill Me.
* Artifacts/Just Kill Me 3

## Trivia

* The list of Artifacts that are modeled/named after/mention the Demon God in its description/s in *Just Kill Me.* are:
	+ The One Star Artifacts: Lamp of Demon God, Stickers of Demon God, and Doctor Hat.
	+ The Two Star Artifacts: Egg, Trap Card, Happy Blue Bird, and Cat Can.
	+ The Three Star Artifact: Statue of Evil God.
	+ And the Special Artifacts: Mysterious Agony of Death and the Green Balloon.
* The Artifact that is modeled and named after Innocent being Innocent Puppet.
* The list of Artifacts named/modeled after Fundoshi Parade staff are:
	+ The three artifacts modeled after Fundoshi Parade founder, Yuki Yamada: Mr. Yamada's Private Seal (a One Star artifact), Mr. Yamada's Bank Seal (A Two Star artifact), and Mr. Yamada's Register Seal (A Three Star artifact), respectively.
	+ And the Baby Tama artifact is modeled after one of Fundoshi Parade's developers, Pechisuke's avatar he uses in his social media.
* The two artifacts that mention/reference the origins of the *Just Kill Me* franchise in the LINE app are Stickers of Demon God and Green Balloon.
* The list of Artifacts that reference the game mechanics of *Just Kill Me.* are: Fake Coin, Baby Tama, Fever Button, and Mysterious Agony of Death.
* The two artifacts referencing *Puzzles and Dragons* being the Apology Stone and Apology Ball.
	+ With the Apology Stone being a callback to one of the game's gacha system error when purchasing Magic Stones via microtransactions.
	+ However, the Apology Ball is simultaneously a reference to one of the items also purchasable through microtransactions in the mixi game, *Monster Strike*.
* The list of Artifacts that are supposedly mistaken by humans as something mediocre are:
	+ The Elixir, Aegis Shield, Magical Spear Gungnir, Fairy's Necklace, Magical Sword Masamune, God's Sword Excalibur, and Magical Sword Gram.
* The list of Artifacts that involve sea creatures are: Goldfish, Kraken, and Clownfish.
* The list of Artifacts that make reference to either other media or popular tropes in fiction are:
	+ The Saddle having a description that references an indiscriminate terrorist attack in which three students from the University of Tokyo replaced the saddle of a parked bicycle with broccoli, and leaving a message saying how they were the ones responsible for the incident.
		- Additionally, the original story is said to be from a *manzai* by Total Ten Bosch; a bicycle with a broccoli saddle also appears in the anime *Nichijou*.
	+ The Silver Recall Button, Silver Play Button, and Gold Play Button referencing the real-world Play Buttons awarded to YouTubers after reaching certain subscribers milestones.
	+ The Lamp of Demon God being a reference to both the popular genie in the lamp trope in fiction, as well as the alternate transliteration of the Demon God's name in Japanese (*Majin* also means "genie").
	+ The DON!! being a reference to the common verbal tick used in the *One Piece* anime and manga franchise, and is also a reference to a popular special effect/trope most commonly portrayed in romance anime or manga.
	+ The Doctor Hat being a clear reference to Koro sensei from the popular Japanese animated series, *Assassination Classroom*.
	+ A Case for Capsule Toys being a reference to the *gachapon*-style of games both in real-life and as a popular video game genre.
	+ The Like! being a reference to Likes on Facebook.
	+ The Happy Blue Bird being a reference to Twitter.
	+ The Finger being a fourth wall break for the finger/hand cursors that appear in video game tutorials.
	+ And the Close Button also being a fourth wall break of the "x" icon to close pop-up windows.
	+ The Canned B (*B Can* in Japanese) is a reference to the E Can from the *Megaman* franchise.
	+ The Red Ball being a reference to the Poke Ball from the *Pokemon* franchise.
	+ The Rock-Paper-Scissors Panel is a reference to a skit from the anime *Sazae-san*, wherein the titular character plays rock-paper-scissors at the end of the next preview.
* The Magical Sword Masamune being a reference to the real-life figure of the same name, Masamune, who was a swordsmith who was active from the end of the Kamakura period to the Nanbokucho period. The swords he forged were all beautiful and famous, so they were later given the name *Masamune*.

## Gallery

### *Just Kill Me.*

The slot of an unregistered regular artifactThe slot of an unregistered special artifact