Artifact containers similar to those in stalker but not exactly the same. Having containers that could reduce the weight of artifacts would be a nice way to reduce the problem with artifacts being heavy. Also possibly adding aggressive or annoying artifacts that boxes would help to nullify them.
#Artifact containers
mild dust
There would be 2 types of basic containers 1 would have a slot for a singular artifact while the second later game one would have 3 slots.
This containers would be fairly compact not weighing much and would be able to be strapped to the Caribinar hook on the backpack.
Boxes would also be able to dampen noise made by loud artifacts such as the crier
Loud artifacts:
The crier ofc
Hummer: a loud artifact with a low droning tone emitting from it
Volatile artifacts:
Specific higher value artifacts could degrade over time causing their value to decrease, the box would prevent that
Now onto the possibly harder to implement feature
Artifacts that cause damage to you by holding them or by having them around you
These artifacts would probably be the rarest of artifacts due to their dangerous and exciting nature
But they would be much more rare considering they would be quite annoying without a box
Maybe an artifact if you hold it too long it explodes
Making a loud screeching noise the closer it is too exploding
These boxes could possibly be made of lead like stalker but this would not make the most sense considering the radiation of the zone has little to no effect on the changed
So I propose these are boxes possibly lined with ash or something similar
Early game Boxes should not completely reduce the noise of loud artifacts
Just muffle them
Boxes should also degrade
But very slowly faster depending on what artifacts are in them
Damaging artifacts should degrade the box the most and loud artifacts the least
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Artifact containers similar to those in stalker but not exactly the same. Having...
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