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Senkamati Artifacts are relics of a vanished ancient people whose ruins dot the archipelago. Every piece carries the same recovery note in its item description: "Found in ruins and sold to smugglers." They are one of the few item categories where the expected player behavior is to flip rather than use, since the Smugglers of Port Royal maintain a dedicated buyer for them.

The set is also the strongest lore hook for the archipelago's pre-pirate history, tied to the Clay Tablets collectible and the Senkamati narrative buried in Murals I through III.

The Nine Artifacts

The Guinea coin is the Smugglers' premium currency. The canonical exchange rate at the Smugglers of Port Royal Buyer is 20 Piastre per Guinea, so a Legendary artifact sold for 5 Guinea converts to 100 Piastre at the exchange counter. The practical value of Legendary artifacts comes from keeping the Guineas and spending them on Guinea-priced Smuggler inventory, not from converting them back to Piastre.

Lore: The Senkamati

In the world of Windrose, the Senkamati were an ancient people who lived in the archipelago long before the pirates arrived. Their ruins now sit overgrown across the swamp and inland jungle, and the artifacts above are the everyday and ceremonial objects left behind. The fish-shaped talismans and corn-marked vases point to a fishing and farming culture, while the gold masks, jugs, and chalices point to a temple-centered religious life led by a priesthood.

The clearest in-game window into this history is the Forgotten Relics questline. It opens after John Doe joins the camp as a guest, which happens once you rescue him during the Israel Hands encounter. He sends you to gather four Senkamati tablets from ruins across the swamp islands, then deciphers them; the tablets yield two recipe collections and point toward a hidden site. Three Clay Tablets-style murals must then be examined to reveal a ritual site inside a tainted forest.

At that ritual site you clear the plague-infested guardians around the altar and recover the Enchanted Ritual Dagger. That dagger is later used at a cursed altar to summon the High Priestess, one of the game's major bosses and the regional threat of the cursed swamps. The Senkamati story is therefore tied directly to the Plague theme that runs through the swamp biome. Where the tablets and murals leave gaps, the surviving record is fragmentary by design, so some details of the priestess and the fall of her people remain unconfirmed in the current build.

Where They Come From

• Looted from chests and display shelves inside ancient ruins across the Foothills, Swamp, and inland jungle areas.

• Occasionally dropped by the ruin-dwelling guardians described in Exquemelin's Notes.

• Unlocked by the Ancient Foothills Key and Ancient Swamp Key when sealed chests are opened.

Tips

• Smugglers of Port Royal pay in Guinea for Epic and Legendary artifacts. Bank these on Tortuga and spend Guineas on smuggler-gated gear rather than flipping to Piastre.

• Uncommon artifacts stack to 20, Epic to 5, and Legendary to 1. Plan inventory slots accordingly on long ruin dives.

• The artifacts are not crafting materials. Holding them back for "later crafting" serves no purpose; cash them in.

• The Guinea exchange runs against you in reverse. Selling a Guinea returns 20 Piastre, but buying a Guinea back costs more Piastre than that, so once artifact Guineas are banked it is better to spend them on Guinea-priced stock than to convert them.

• Sealed ruin chests need the matching key. Carry an Ancient Foothills Key or Ancient Swamp Key before a deep dive, or you will reach locked chests you cannot open.

See Also

• Clay Tablets

• Smugglers of Port Royal

• Chest Keys

• Forgotten Relics

• High Priestess

• Enchanted Ritual Dagger

• Ancient Foothills Key

• Ancient Swamp Key