The Ultimate artifact is a set of exceptionally powerful artifacts in Heroes I and Heroes II that can be found if the player has found enough obelisks to unlock the puzzle map. The number of obelisks will change from map to map. Sometimes, there are no obelisks, and therefore no ultimate artifact.
Ultimate artifacts cannot be captured by enemy heroes once they are obtained. If the hero holding the ultimate artifact is defeated in battle, the artifact simply disappears.
In Heroes III and IV, ultimate artifacts are replaced by the grail, and from Heroes V onward, by the Tear of Asha.
List of possible ultimate artifacts:
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Ultimate Sword of Dominion | 
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It is a pocket artifact that gives +12 to attack. |
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Ultimate Cloak of Protection | 
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It is a pocket artifact that gives +12 to defense. |
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Ultimate Wand of Magic | 
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It is a pocket artifact that gives +12 to spellpower. |
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Ultimate Book of Knowledge | 
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It is a pocket artifact that gives +12 to knowledge. |
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Ultimate Shield (Heroes II only) |
It gives +6 to attack and defense. | |
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Ultimate Staff (Heroes II only) |
It gives +6 to spellpower and knowledge. | |
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Ultimate Crown (Heroes II only) |
It is a pocket artifact that gives +4 to all basic stats. | |
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Golden Goose (Heroes II only) |
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The Golden Goose is an ultimate artifact and generates 10 000 gold per day. |
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Sphere of Negation (Heroes II scenario only) |
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Appearing in the Wizard's Isle campaign. It negates all spells from being used in combat, by both heroes. It does not prevent the casting of adventure map spells. |