A few [[artifact weapons ]] [[weapon]]s were proposed by the original developers, but never made it into the actual game.<br>It is notable that these unimplemented artifacts also happen to be of weapon classes without any artifact weapons in the current version of [[IVAN]].<br> Information was taken from "artifact ideas.txt" and "artifact ideas II.txt"files in game documentation. See also [[Proposed items]].  

*'''Banshee sickle''' - occasionally * Occasionally shrieks, [[panicked|terrifying]] nearby enemies.*Added in [[Release 0.50.9]], albeit with slightly different function. [[Banshee sickle]] instead deals additional sound [[damage]], while [[scythe of terror]] can terrify enemies. '''Mammoth battle axe''' - does * Does huge amounts of damage and knocks enemies back, but is immensely heavy and inaccurate. * Could be the inspiration for [[LIVAN]]'s [[Demonhead]]?*'''The incredibly sharp dagger named Mucro''' - bypasses * Bypasses [[armor]]. '''Scythe of undeath'''*Temporarily raises any humanoids slain by it as [[zombie]]s. '''Sword of giant slaying''' - a * A [[Large swords|bastard sword ]] that deals additional damage to enemies greater than 250 [[size]]*'''Scythe of undeath''' - temporarily raises any humanoids slain by it as zombies.