diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Artifacts/artifacts.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Artifacts/artifacts.xml
index 2d7145c9a..ba1631cc6 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Artifacts/artifacts.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Artifacts/artifacts.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@
     
     <Propulsion force="-40" usablein="both"/>
 
+    <Projectile launchimpulse="80.0">
+      <Attack damage="1000" bleedingdamage="10" structuredamage="500" damagetype="Blunt"/>
+
+      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" Condition="-100.0" stun="10.0" disabledeltatime="true" sound="Content/Items/Artifacts/alienweapon.ogg">
+        <Explosion range="1000.0" structuredamage="5000" damage="1000" stun="10" force="50.0"/>
+      </StatusEffect>
+
+      <StatusEffect type="OnActive" target="This">
+        <ParticleEmitter particle="bubbles" anglemin="0" anglemax="360" particleamount="10" velocitymin="0" velocitymax="50" scalemin="2" scalemax="5"/>
+      </StatusEffect>
+    </Projectile>
+
     <ItemContainer capacity="1" hideitems="false" itempos="9,-15">
       <Containable name="Welding Fuel Tank"/>
       <Containable name="Oxygen Tank"/>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Weapons/railgun.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Weapons/railgun.xml
index 2a6ee0ab8..ec3636731 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Weapons/railgun.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Weapons/railgun.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     <ItemContainer hideitems="false" drawinventory="true" capacity="6" slotsperrow="6" itempos="24,-75" iteminterval="26,0" itemrotation="90" canbeselected = "true">
       <Containable name="Railgun Shell"/>
       <Containable name="Nuclear Shell"/>
+      <Containable name="Ancient Weapon"/>
     </ItemContainer>      
   </Item>