This forum really should be called something more like "Basic Questions" because I am not a beginner but have a basic question that wouldn't fit anywhere else.

Anyway, is anyone still getting ice melters from the artifact draws? I got a few when cashing in my artifacts points but haven't seen one in awhile and couldn't find one in the list of artifacts you could buy either. Did Dan discontinue them?

It is likely a very rare artifact, something you wont get very often, given the amount of artifact points it needs. Once I can produce that in a day ill be lucky to see one at all.

It's random, just like everything else. However, as Redlaw said, it seems to be very rare. In my case, I have not ever received an Ice Melter, but I have picked up 9 Planet Flux artifacts, so it really just seems to be a matter of luck.

I've not heard of this artifact. What does it do?

its a secret

I have not gotten it either but I think this is what it does
(turns your icy planet into an oceanic and adds one abundance to every resource)

Redlaw PM'd me with the details. He says the same as you Robert, except that it's +2, not +1.

If anyone finds one I have all kinds of things to trade

So basically it is just a terraform device for icy planets?

like what?

Yes, but it adds TWO resource abundance for every resource, so mega rich becomes 2x mega rich. With a regular terrafrmer it would make mega rich into 1x mega rich.

It increases the size of the planet as well. I've gotten 3 of them in random artifact cash-ins.

Increases the size AND adds 2 resources for each? Now that's pretty durn gud.

I just got another one. It increases both size and resources by 2.

please don't mention nice artifacts or dysons in front of me unless you have really bad luck.