DomiNations Update 12.20 - Mythical Artifacts

Greetings Leaders,

For DomiNations Update 12.20, we bring massive changes to the Museum with Mythical Artifacts and the Museum Showcase. With a massive influx of benefits from utilizing your entire Legendary Artifact collection, your troops will now become more powerful than ever. We’re also bringing updates to the rewards dropped from League Chests, giving you even more opportunities to claim Legendary Tokens simply for climbing the ranks! There’s still plenty more to cover but lets get right into what's coming in next week's update.

Mythical Artifacts
Mythical Artifacts will be special versions of currently existing Legendary Artifacts with higher starting values in their new Mythical tier. Each Mythical Artifact will have a total of 6 benefits, and even though they start higher than their Legendary counterparts each line can be upgraded to level 10!

• Mythical Artifacts can only be displayed in the 3 Mythical Artifact Displays
  • 3 for War Hall & 3 for Main Hall
  • These displays are unlocked when the Museum is constructed at level 1!
  • A mythical Artifact can’t be assigned to the Hermitage Museum
    
    
    
• Mythical Artifacts will have a special look to them to help differentiate from their Legendary counterparts.
  • Mythicals will have 6 stars
  • Their ‘Mythical’ benefit will be at the top of the benefit list and feature a unique text.
  • Mythicals will have a unique ribbon denoting they are the Mythical version.
    
    
• You can display a Legendary and Mythical Artifact of the same name at the same time.
  • EX. Supermarine Spitfire Engine in a Legendary Artifact display and a Mythical Supermarine Spitfire Engine in a Mythical Artifact Display.Like Legendary Artifacts, you cannot display duplicate Mythical Artifacts.
  • Currently only the following Mythical Artifacts will be available post 12.20 release:
    
    

    Main Hall	Stats
    Napoleon’s Bicorne Hat (Available through Marco starting 7/28/25 - 9/1/25)	Mythical Buff - Airstrip Troop HP +11% Barracks Troop DMG +11% Barracks Troop HP +11% Factory Troop DMG +11% Factory Troop HP +11% Airstrip Troop DMG +11%
    Ruyi Scepter (Available through 8/11/25 - 8/25/25 Step-Up sale)	Mythical Buff - Factory Troop HP +11% Enemy Defender Spawn Time +16% Enemy Anti-Tank Gun DMG +16% Enemy Catapult DMG +16% All Enemy Defensive Towers HP +11% All Enemy Defensive Towers DMG +11%
    Double-Headed Serpent (VIP Level 15 Store Only)	Mythical Buff - Library Tech Resource Cost -11% Oil Looted +16% Oil Looted +16% Heavy Tank DMG +11% Fighter DMG +11% All Resources Looted +11%

    
    
    

    War Hall	Stats
    Supermarine Spitfire Engine (Available through Marco starting 7/28/25 - 9/1/25)	Mythical Buff - Airstrip Troop DMG +8% Bomber DMG +14% Bomber HP +14% Bomber HP +14% Heavy Tank DMG +14% Fighter DMG +14%
    Asdic Type 113x (Available through Marco starting 7/28/25 - 9/1/25)	Mythical Buff - Invading Generals HP -14% Invading Barracks Troop DMG -14% Invading Factory Troop DMG -14% Invading Airstrip Troop DMG -14% Defender Spawn Time -14% Missile Silo DMG +14%
    Da Vinci’s Flying Machine (Available through 7/28/25 - 8/11/25 Step-Up sale)	Mythical Buff - Fighter HP & DMG +7% Fighters DMG +11% Fighters HP +11% Fighters HP +11% Heavy Tank DMG +11% Heavy Tank HP +11%
    Gemini 8 Gloves (Available through 8/25/25 - 9/8/25 Step-Up sale)	Mythical Buff - Defender Movement Speed +9% Defender HP +12% Enemy Defender Spawn Time +12% All Defensive Towers HP +12% All Defensive Towers DMG + 12% Enemy Missile Silo DMG -12%

    
    You may notice that not all Legendary Artifacts have received a Mythical version at launch. We still have more on the way that are being reserved for future releases.

Artifact Showcase
While you’re waiting and speculating for future Mythical Artifact releases, you’ll want to take a look at the Museum Showcase! The Museum Showcase will give use to all of your Legendary Artifacts in storage, and even the new Mythical Artifacts you collect that aren’t on display. The showcase allows you to select one benefit from each Legendary & Mythical Artifact in your inventory to add to your overall benefits list.
You will have a separate Showcase each for the Main and War Hall. You’ll first see your mythical artifacts and then your legendary artifacts when scrolling through the showcase.

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• All Showcase displays are available when you build the Museum at Level 1!
• Legendary & Mythical Artifacts on their normal displays cannot be activated as a Showcase artifact.
• Your currently active buffs will be displayed right beneath the Artifact in the showcase.
  • You’ll also be able to view all benefits that are currently active in your showcase.

Tapping the ‘Assign' button on an empty display will show you your currently available Legendary or Mythical Artifacts (including duplicates available for that specific display). After selecting the Artifact you wish to use you’ll be able to choose the benefit you’d like active. By default the first benefit in an Artifact will be active, but you can choose a different benefit by tapping any of the checkboxes on the right side of the benefit window.

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• If an artifact is in an active Display it will be inactive in your Showcase Display, the Artifact will remain in the Showcase display however.
  • The display slot in the showcase will show ‘Assigned to War/Primary Hall’ if you have it currently displayed.
  • Duplicates cannot be displayed. Ex. You can’t have a Da Vinci’s Flying Machine on your War Display and also on your Showcase Display if you have more than one of the Legendary Artifact.
• War Showcases work just like War Hall when it comes to World War. Your Artifacts will be locked when Planning Day ends.
• You will be able to Spy War Showcases
• Showcases cannot be saved to Museum Loadouts.
  • If you switch to a Loadout that has an Artifact currently active in your Showcase, the showcase will deactivate that Artifact in favor of the Loadout.
  • If you switch out of a Loadout that has an Artifact displayed in your Showcase, the showcase will reactivate that Artifact.
• An ‘Assign All’ Button is available to display all currently owned Artifacts that aren’t assigned in your showcase.
• With this release we’re also increasing the maximum Artifact storage to 1,000!
  • Your base Storage is now increased to 50.

Changes to Artifact Crafting
Artifacts can now be crafted with three or more benefit lines of the same type.

• Artifacts will still be unable to roll with more than two identical percentages. (ex. Air Defense DMG +3% and Air Defense DMG +3% is the maximum an artifact can have in two out of five benefits. But it can also have Air Defense DMG +6% alongside it.)

This is a MASSIVE wave of incoming possibilities that we can’t wait to see you take advantage of! We look forward to seeing how you bolster current strategies, or emerge victorious with new ones.



League Chest Update

In Update 12.20, we’re making changes to the League Chest rewards and League Boat rewards. For both League Chests, and Boats you will no longer receive randomly generated rewards. You will ALWAYS be able to select one of the new rewards for each League. Notably, League Boats will now include Legendary Tokens!

League Chest Rewards

League	League Chest Reward
No League	10,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Copper III	20,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Copper II	30,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Copper I	50,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Silver III	200,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Silver II	300,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Silver I	400,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Gold III	1,000,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Gold II	2,000,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Gold I	3,000,000 Food & Gold, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Kingdom III	2x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 10x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Kingdom II	2x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 11x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Kingdom I	2x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 12x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Empire III	3x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 13x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Empire II	3x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 15x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Empire I	3x 30m Generic SpeedUp, 17x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Dynasty III	2x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 20x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Dynasty II	2x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 25x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing
Dynasty I	3x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 30x NTG Shipments, 1x 1h Instant Retrain Blessing

League Boat Rewards

League	League Boat Reward
Copper III	2x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 20,000 Food & Gold
Copper II	3x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 30,000 Food & Gold
Copper I	4x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 50,000 Food & Gold
Silver III	5x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 200,000 Food & Gold
Silver II	6x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 300,000 Food & Gold
Silver I	7x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 400,000 Food & Gold
Gold III	8x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 1,000,000 Food & Gold
Gold II	9x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 2,000,000 Food & Gold
Gold I	10x 5m Generic SpeedUp, 3,000,000 Food & Gold
Kingdom III	1x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 10x Platinum
Kingdom II	1x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 20x Platinum
Kingdom I	1x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 30x Platinum
Empire III	2x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 40x Platinum
Empire II	2x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 50x Platinum
Empire I	2x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 1x Legendary Token, 60x Platinum
Dynasty III	3x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 2x Legendary Token, 60x Platinum
Dynasty II	3x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 2x Legendary Token, 70x Platinum
Dynasty I	4x 1h Generic SpeedUp, 3x Legendary Token, 70x Platinum

New Councilor - Hammurabi (Leader)

Hammurabi is our next Councilor to join DomiNations!

Hammurabi ascended to the throne of Babylon around 1792 BCE, inheriting a modest kingdom hemmed in by more powerful rivals. But through a mix of shrewd diplomacy and calculated warfare, he transformed Babylon into the dominant power of Mesopotamia.

In DomiNations Hammurabi will improve your Redoubt and Tower DMG, and even bolster your Air Defenses when they’re seated in your Council Chambers. Hammurabi will be available starting 8/4!

Main & War Hall

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Redoubt DMG +9%	Redoubt DMG +11%	Redoubt DMG +13%	Redoubt DMG +16%	Redoubt DMG +20%
	Redoubt DMG +11%	Redoubt DMG +13%	Redoubt DMG +16%	Redoubt DMG +20%
		Tower DMG +11%	Tower DMG +13%	Tower DMG +16%
			Tower DMG +13%	Tower DMG +16%
				Air Defense DMG & HP +18%

Additional Updates

• Visual Updates to Detachments during combat
  • We’ve updated how deployed Detachments look in your Troop Tray to assist in making it easier to identify whether they’ve been deployed. A deployed Detachment’s Troop Tray art will now appear slightly transparent when in combat.
    
    
    
• Fixed an issue where an arrow and continue button appeared in the Detachment first time tutorial.
• We’ve removed the arrow in this instance as it wasn’t a clickable space to proceed through the tutorial. We hope this clears some potential confusion as players work through the tutorial.
• Added a visual update to the Demolition War Tactic.
  • With the change to Demolition functionality, you may have sometimes noticed that there was a fuse on the field with nothing at the end. We’ve added Dynamite to the end of this fuse, but like ACME Dynamite it’s purely visual, and it does feel a bit better to have something at the end of the fuse.
• Fixed an issue where you could tap ‘fill’ after already using the Speed Up Autofill
  • When using the auto-fill SpeedUp function players could tap ‘fill’ and then once the SpeedUps are auto-filled to your upgrade you could tap ‘fill’ again and it would show a blank popup. Tapping confirm here would unselect your SpeedUps. In update 12.20 you will no longer be able to tap the ‘fill’ button when SpeedUps have already been auto-filled.

 

@KrispyCrame This is correct. If the old artifact, however, has already been re-rolled, we're not reinstating another opportunity to re-roll artifacts. If you have an artifact in your inventory that hasn't had a line re-rolled (before update 12.20), you can do so and still get a 3rd line as Lust describes here.

Okay thanks that clarifies it!

 

New update out in App Store to fix reroll issue on previously rolled artifacts

 

I like the Museum Showcase, but maybe for a future upgrade we can change the Loadout to reflect in the showcase as well

 

Thank you LuSt and KrispyCrame…@Harlems, I really thought my question was quite clear, but it took the community to drag it out. So, we can reroll existing artifacts and get a potential 3rd similar benefit.

 

Thank you LuSt and KrispyCrame…@Harlems, I really thought my question was quite clear, but it took the community to drag it out. So, we can reroll existing artifacts and get a potential 3rd similar benefit.

Which is exactly what Harlem said here:
"For anyone else who finds their way here, to further clarify, re-rolling works the same as it always has, but your re-rollable line can now obtain that third duplicate benefit in update 12.20"

 

@Harlems369th
why the active benefits coming from the war hall museum are not combined with the war showcase? Why having 2 active benefits list instead of 1 combined active list benefits? It will be easier for everyone to know what total benefits they have in their museum, instead of having to calculate and add things up!
is there a possibility to consider having one active benefits list combining both war hall museum and war showcase?

 

@Harlems369th
why the active benefits coming from the war hall museum are not combined with the war showcase? Why having 2 active benefits list instead of 1 combined active list benefits? It will be easier for everyone to know what total benefits they have in their museum, instead of having to calculate and add things up!
is there a possibility to consider having one active benefits list combining both war hall museum and war showcase?

I agree, it'd be great to have a full list of benefits across all sources in one space. I hope that happens in a future update at some point.

 

I agree, it'd be great to have a full list of benefits across all sources in one space. I hope that happens in a future update at some point.

That'd be excellent...
Something like a "Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs" button that showed all the military contributions of all the possible contributors (Manufactory, Museum, Showcase, Councilors, Parliament, Library, etc.).

 

 

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Thanks for bringing to our attention. When tapping the artifact itself it still shows the mythical fortunately, and the correct item is still in the chest. We’ll be updating the text very soon!

 

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I got the daVinci mythical on one account, it is the six line version.

 

I agree, it'd be great to have a full list of benefits across all sources in one space. I hope that happens in a future update at some point.

If your going go that far as to add Showcase too it then might as well include counsel ( which would help O players without having to code a spy counsel) That way we get total stats when we spy except for coalitions buffs.

 

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Where did you get this chest from?

 

1000 crowns for mythic? I thought 300 was a lot... gulp

 

Are these mystical and mythical artifacts?
Why are you translating mythical as mystical? That just causes confusion.

 

That'd be excellent...
Something like a "Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs" button that showed all the military contributions of all the possible contributors (Manufactory, Museum, Showcase, Councilors, Parliament, Library, etc.).

Sounds like the perfect occasion for the archives building to get a new category!

It would be awesome if all bonuses were summarized in to one overall percentage.
At this point in the game it’s quite overwhelming.

Also would it be kind of helpful if one could spy on this summary for World War reasons

 

Sounds like the perfect occasion for the archives building to get a new category!

It would be awesome if all bonuses were summarized in to one overall percentage.
At this point in the game it’s quite overwhelming.

Also would it be kind of helpful if one could spy on this summary for World War reasons

Oh my gosh I love this! It absolutely makes sense that you'd go to the archives to see the culmination of your stat bonuses!

 

Oh my gosh I love this! It absolutely makes sense that you'd go to the archives to see the culmination of your stat bonuses!

Oh my gosh?
How long has the community been asking for something like this - and not just with the parliament. Instead of acting surprised you should be pushing for this (with the devs) on our behalf!

 

Oh my gosh?
How long has the community been asking for something like this - and not just with the parliament. Instead of acting surprised you should be pushing for this (with the devs) on our behalf!

i assume he was sarcastic or trolling xWilli nice one Harlems

 

Oh my gosh?
How long has the community been asking for something like this - and not just with the parliament. Instead of acting surprised you should be pushing for this (with the devs) on our behalf!

@I.D Relax, it was genuine. You all ask for a one-pager of benefits, yes, and this is on our extensive list of QoL updates the community has asked for. I don't recall anyone asking for it specifically to be located in the Archive building, so I thought it was cool.