Aegis

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Ægis
Weight: 8 Stones
Artifact Rarity 11
Self Repair 5
Reflect Physical Damage 15%
Defense Chance Increase 15%
Lower Mana Cost 8%
Physical Resist 15%
Fire Resist 1%
Strength Requirement 90
Durability: 255 / 255

The Ægis is a Heater Shield that can be acquired in dungeon Doom.

It is one of many Doom Artifacts that can be acquired by defeating creatures of the following types:

The base chance of achieving an artifact is about one in a thousand (or one in a hundred from Dark Fathers). These odds improve as you make more and more kills until such time as you receive an item, at which point the counter resets.

They are not looted, but instead placed directly in your backpack (or Bank Box, should you be overweight) with the following system message:

"For your valor in combating the fallen creature, a special artifact has been bestowed upon you."

Cursed versions were given as loot from: