Ye Olde Inn

***SPOILERS!*** (Note: JoD is expected Sept 1, 2024, but some pages are listing earlier dates such as July 20th... and many suspect it will be available in August due to Avalon Hill demoing it at GenCon Aug 1-4... as before some countries or sites might ship some copies earlier, as even the HasbroPulse page admits).

[As it turns out, many got it very early, July 8th, though of course many countries are still waiting]

This was gleaned thanks to the bold reporting of HappyFridays on youtube (thank you!).

Also please note that this pack is a "Choose Your Own Adventure" (Doug Hopkins' words) style expansion, so a party will not play each and every quest in the same campaign, so finding these particular artifacts may not be guaranteed... thus experiences may vary.

SPOILERS (once again)


Wizard's Staff (Quest 1, repeat of GS, repeated again in SQT)
Bracers of the Wild (Quest 1)
Ring of Fortitude (Quest 2, repeat from New Beginnings, PoT final reward)
Fortune's Longsword (Quest 3, repeat from SQT; IF the heroes do not already possess it)
Emberwrought Diadem (Quest 4)
Girdle of Might (Quest 6 & Quest 16, the latter as a reward for completion)
Borin's Armor (Quest 6, repeat from GS; IF the heroes do not already possess it)
Fangwarden Armlet (Quest 7)
Sapphire Skull (Quest 8)
Phantom Blade (Quest 9, repeat from SQT; IF the heroes do not already possess it)




***END spoilers***




Other Artifact Locations:

Game System
Kellar's Keep
Return of the Witch Lord
Elf Quest Pack
Barbarian Quest Pack
Japanese Game System
Mythic Tier quest books
Rise of the Dread Moon
Against the Ogre Horde: this expansion does not feature any artifacts.
First Light
Wizards of Morcar

Did anyone ever post the full sapphire skull card?

It seems to have been a simple oversight. I understand the glee one has gathering all these shots as quickly as possible and just missing a little bit around the edges in one's haste to get it all. It happens... I think someone will post it in HeroQuestFans Discord (and here) as soon as it is found, but we'll see if it happens before Aug 1st!

Hopefully we get the few remaining pieces before GenCon!

In other news, Naidmer82 on Reddit made a map of the branching paths of JOD. His further comments in the replies point out some interesting things he noticed.

He doesn't get into the nitty gritty of each quest but there are still some spoilers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/comm ... rough_the/

I’m curious about what the Girdle of Might does.

The card states that it grants plus 1 attack on all non ranged weapons attacks. And it can't be use by the wizard.

LucaRocks wrote:The card states that it grants plus 1 attack on all non ranged weapons attacks. And it can't be use by the wizard.

That is what I was hoping. That is an amazing artifact!

Sooo, the sapphire skull basically gives the Wizard the Warlock wand (or anyone else, but everyone else can use the crossbow), correct?

Or the Explorer Hero as the Explorer cannot use ranged weapons but the Skull is not considered a weapon. But it serves a much more interesting story purpose than the boon it offers.

Did Fortune's Longsword and Ring of Fortitude come with this version's Game System? I know they're used in Prophecy of Telor and Spirit Queen's Torment, but I bought the Mythic Tier. I know these artifact cards aren't in Jungles of Delthrak...
So I'm guessing they must've been part of the Game System, otherwise one might need PoT and SQT for these.