Verified answer
Can Artifacts have conditions or trade-offs?
Quick answer
Yes. Remedy says some Artifacts include conditions or trade-offs instead of acting as purely additive passive bonuses.
What this means
Artifacts can affect survival, combat, exploration, or the resource economy. The final modifier values and strongest combinations cannot be ranked before the retail database is available.
Official source
PlayStation Blog — Artifact modifiers
Continue with the relevant guide
Open the related Control Resonant guide for the current topic summary, connected systems, and any later verified changes.
This answer is reviewed against pre-release official information. It states unknown boundaries explicitly and will be revised when Remedy or a first-party store publishes a newer fact.