The Space Marine 2 Artificer weapon tier takes a while to get to! It requires lots of EXP and completing quite a few missions.
Reaching Articifer in Space Marine 2 isn’t for beginners! Need a quick break from the Warhammer grind? Have a nosey at our Deadlock Tier List to see how the MOBA is faring so far.
Space Marine 2 Artificer
In short, the Artificer is a weapon tier when upgrading your equipment. All of this can be found and customised on the Armouring Hall page in-game! All weapons can reach the Artificer level, which then leads to the final tier, which is called Relic. This is the maximum capability of a weapon, but you don’t need to worry about that until you progress past Artificer.
Unlocking Artificer
To find out how much more EXP you need, and any required materials, to unlock the Artificer tier, you can hover your cursor over the tier progress bar. You must first max out the Standard tier and Master-crafted tier of a weapon before working on the Artificer tier. The key resources to obtain are Purple Armoury Data and EXP!
Increasing the progress bar for the Artificer tier requires you to use the weapon as you usually do. The more you use it in battle, the more you passively obtain EXP. Keep hovering over the bar to keep an eye on how much more EXP you need, all the while farming for Purple Armoury Data.
Armoury Data
This Armoury Data is found when playing in Operations mode at the Substational level. Additionally, finding Servo Skulls rewards you with Armoury Data too! Some missions tell you if Armoury Data is discoverable under the ‘Rewards’ section in the Operations tab.
The Substantial threat mode has a recommended level of 10 and is one step before the Ruthless threat level. In this mode, the amount of equipment dropped is decreased, enemies are much tougher and your Medicae Stimms don’t work as well as they usually do.