Control: Resonant Artifacts Guide: Passive Modifiers & Trade-offs

What Artifacts are, how passive modifiers shape builds, and what official materials say about trade-offs.

Updated Feb 28, 2026 · 6 min read

Quick Answer

Artifacts are equippable passives with modifiers; some include conditions or trade-offs—pair them with actions your loop already performs.

How It Works

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Artifacts are equippable items with passive modifiers; some include conditions or trade-offs.

Recommendation

In The Gap, equip artifacts that proc from melee hits or ability use you already perform every fight.

Not yet verified Specific artifact names, drop locations, and numeric values are omitted until verified.

See New Game Plus for how artifacts persist across runs.

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Last verified: Oct 3, 2026