LEGENDARY ARTEFACT
Balefire Torc
“Twisted gold that remembers heat.”
- Rarity: Legendary
- Metal: Gold
- Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
- Set: Midsummer Fire Circle
Where to find the Balefire Torc
The Balefire Torc is one of the legendary artefacts buried in FieldHunters, a free online metal detecting game. Hunters sweep a shared field with a metal detector, follow the signal and dig — and legendary pieces like this one are among the rarest things that come out of the ground. There is no way to buy it: it has to be dug up.
The Midsummer Fire Circle set
Ash rings on the hill. Coins and charms thrown in for luck.
The pieces of this set:
- Balefire Torc · Legendary
- Charred Glass Bead · Common
- Firesteel · Common
- Garland Pin · Common
- Gold Sun Wheel · Epic
- Midsummer Ale Token · Uncommon
- Solstice Ring · Rare
- Sun Disc Pendant · Uncommon
About jewellery and dress fittings
Brooches, fibulae, pendants, torcs and amulets were both fashion and function: they fastened clothes, showed status and, often, were believed to protect the wearer. The torc, a rigid twisted neck ring, was a mark of high rank among Iron Age peoples. Fibulae — ancient safety-pin brooches — changed style so often that archaeologists use them to date the sites they are found on.
More legendary artefacts
- Ceremonial Death Mask
- Championship Medallion
- Chapel Chalice Rim
- Colonel's Gorget
- Comet of 1680 Medal
- Crown of Leaves Fragment
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