diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/ores_spawned.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/ores_spawned.dm
index 227e06061ad..a6a9654f823 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/ores_spawned.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/ores_spawned.dm
@@ -9,27 +9,23 @@
  */
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ore_vent_minerals_lavaland, list(
-		/datum/material/iron = 13,
-		/datum/material/glass = 12,
-		/datum/material/plasma = 9,
+		/datum/material/iron = 14,
+		/datum/material/glass = 13,
+		/datum/material/plasma = 10,
+		/datum/material/silver = 7,
 		/datum/material/titanium = 6,
-		/datum/material/silver = 5,
 		/datum/material/gold = 5,
-		/datum/material/diamond = 3,
-		/datum/material/uranium = 3,
-		/datum/material/bluespace = 3,
+		/datum/material/uranium = 4,
 		/datum/material/plastic = 1,
 	))
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ore_vent_minerals_triple_z, list(
-		/datum/material/iron = 24,
-		/datum/material/glass = 23,
-		/datum/material/plasma = 16,
+		/datum/material/iron = 25,
+		/datum/material/glass = 24,
+		/datum/material/plasma = 17,
 		/datum/material/titanium = 10,
-		/datum/material/silver = 8,
-		/datum/material/gold = 7,
-		/datum/material/diamond = 4,
-		/datum/material/uranium = 4,
-		/datum/material/bluespace = 3,
+		/datum/material/silver = 10,
+		/datum/material/gold = 8,
+		/datum/material/uranium = 5,
 		/datum/material/plastic = 1,
 	))
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/lavaland/ore_vent.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/lavaland/ore_vent.dm
index 38e5ac83537..244e88102be 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/lavaland/ore_vent.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/lavaland/ore_vent.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define MAX_ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE 10
+#define ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE 7
 #define MINERAL_TYPE_OPTIONS_RANDOM 4
 #define OVERLAY_OFFSET_START 0
 #define OVERLAY_OFFSET_EACH 5
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	/// What base icon_state do we use for this vent's boulders?
 	var/boulder_icon_state = "boulder"
 	/// Percent chance that this vent will produce an artifact boulder.
-	var/artifact_chance = 0
+	var/artifact_chance = ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE
 	/// We use a cooldown to prevent the wave defense from being started multiple times.
 	COOLDOWN_DECLARE(wave_cooldown)
 	/// We use a cooldown to prevent players from tapping boulders rapidly from vents.
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
 				. += span_notice("This vent produces [span_bold("large")] boulders containing [ore_string]")
 	else
 		. += span_notice("This vent can be scanned with a [span_bold("Mining Scanner")].")
+	if(artifact_chance)
+		. += span_notice("This vent has a low chance to produce an [span_bold("artifact boulder.")] These may contain rare minerals or strange artifacts.")
 
 /obj/structure/ore_vent/add_context(atom/source, list/context, obj/item/held_item, mob/living/user)
 	if(is_type_in_list(held_item, scanning_equipment))
@@ -526,6 +528,11 @@
 		var/atom/movable/flick_visual/visual = flick_overlay_view(mutable_appearance('icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi', selected_mat.name), 4.5 SECONDS)
 		animate(visual, alpha = 0, time = 4.5 SECONDS, easing = CIRCULAR_EASING|EASE_IN)
 
+	if(artifact_chance)
+		var/atom/movable/flick_visual/rare = flick_overlay_view(mutable_appearance('icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi', "rare_ore"), 4.5 SECONDS)
+		animate(rare, alpha = 0, time = 4.5 SECONDS, easing = CIRCULAR_EASING|EASE_IN)
+
+
 /**
  * Here is where we handle producing a new boulder, based on the qualities of this ore vent.
  * Returns the boulder produced.
@@ -541,7 +548,8 @@
 	//produce the boulder
 	var/obj/item/boulder/new_rock
 	if(prob(artifact_chance))
-		new_rock = new /obj/item/boulder/artifact(loc)
+		var/picked_artifact = pick(typesof(/obj/item/boulder/artifact))
+		new_rock = new picked_artifact(loc)
 	else
 		new_rock = new /obj/item/boulder(loc)
 	Shake(duration = 1.5 SECONDS)
@@ -646,6 +654,10 @@
 		/datum/material/glass = 1,
 	)
 
+/obj/structure/ore_vent/starter_resources/Initialize(mapload)
+	. = ..()
+	generate_description()
+
 /obj/structure/ore_vent/random
 	// Todo: determine if we need a boulder_size default thats unique from the override performed in vent_size_setup.
 
@@ -654,7 +666,6 @@
 	if(!unique_vent && !mapload)
 		generate_mineral_breakdown(map_loading = mapload) //Default to random mineral breakdowns, unless this is a unique vent or we're still setting up default vent distribution.
 		generate_description()
-	artifact_chance = rand(0, MAX_ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE)
 	if(!mapload)
 		vent_size_setup(random = TRUE) // We only do this here specific to random distribution ore vents, and within mapload we handle this manually within SSore_generation.
 
@@ -700,9 +711,9 @@
 		/datum/material/titanium = 1,
 		/datum/material/silver = 1,
 		/datum/material/gold = 1,
-		/datum/material/diamond = 1,
+		/datum/material/diamond = 0.1,
 		/datum/material/uranium = 1,
-		/datum/material/bluespace = 1,
+		/datum/material/bluespace = 0.1,
 		/datum/material/plastic = 1,
 	)
 	defending_mobs = list(
@@ -785,6 +796,7 @@
 	var/value = tgui_input_number(user, "What weight should it have?", "ore pickweight", 1, 100, 1)
 	mineral_breakdown[choice] = value
 	balloon_alert_to_viewers("weighting of [value] added")
+	generate_description()
 
 /obj/structure/ore_vent/debug/attack_hand_secondary(mob/user, list/modifiers)
 	. = ..()
@@ -807,7 +819,7 @@
 	GLOB.mining_center += loc
 	return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
-#undef MAX_ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE
+#undef ARTIFACT_ROLL_CHANCE
 #undef MINERAL_TYPE_OPTIONS_RANDOM
 #undef OVERLAY_OFFSET_START
 #undef OVERLAY_OFFSET_EACH
diff --git a/code/modules/mining/boulder_processing/boulder_types.dm b/code/modules/mining/boulder_processing/boulder_types.dm
index ec67648fe2a..1a6979f3885 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/boulder_processing/boulder_types.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/boulder_processing/boulder_types.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#define BONUS_MATS_MINIMUM 1
+#define BONUS_MATS_MAXIMUM 5
+
 ///Boulders with special artificats that can give higher mining points
 /obj/item/boulder/artifact
 	name = "artifact boulder"
@@ -7,10 +10,14 @@
 	var/artifact_type = /obj/item/relic/lavaland
 	/// References to the relic inside the boulder, if any.
 	var/obj/item/artifact_inside
+	/// Bonus materials to add to this boulder, in addition to existing materials created by the ore vent.
+	var/datum/material/bonus_mat
 
 /obj/item/boulder/artifact/Initialize(mapload)
 	. = ..()
 	artifact_inside = new artifact_type(src) /// This could be poggers for archaeology in the future.
+	if(bonus_mat)
+		add_bonus_mats()
 
 /obj/item/boulder/artifact/Destroy(force)
 	QDEL_NULL(artifact_inside)
@@ -27,7 +34,24 @@
 
 /obj/item/boulder/artifact/update_icon_state()
 	. = ..()
-	icon_state = "boulder_artifact" // Hardset to artifact sprites for consistency
+	icon_state = initial(icon_state) // Hardset to artifact sprites for consistency
+
+/// Adds a random amount of material to an artifact boulder, determined by BONUS_MAT defines and of the type bonus_mat defined on the boulder.
+/obj/item/boulder/artifact/proc/add_bonus_mats()
+	var/list/bonus_mats = list()
+	if(custom_materials)
+		bonus_mats = custom_materials.Copy()
+	bonus_mats[bonus_mat] += rand(BONUS_MATS_MINIMUM, BONUS_MATS_MAXIMUM) * SHEET_MATERIAL_AMOUNT
+	set_custom_materials(bonus_mats)
+
+
+/obj/item/boulder/artifact/bluespace
+	icon_state = "boulder_artifact_BS"
+	bonus_mat = /datum/material/bluespace
+
+/obj/item/boulder/artifact/diamond
+	icon_state = "boulder_artifact_diamond"
+	bonus_mat = /datum/material/diamond
 
 ///Boulders usually spawned in lavaland labour camp area
 /obj/item/boulder/gulag
@@ -77,3 +101,6 @@
 	desc = "A bizarre, twisted boulder. Wait, wait no, it's just a rock."
 	custom_materials = list(/datum/material/iron = SHEET_MATERIAL_AMOUNT * 1.1, /datum/material/glass = SHEET_MATERIAL_AMOUNT * 1.1)
 	durability = 1
+
+#undef BONUS_MATS_MINIMUM
+#undef BONUS_MATS_MAXIMUM
diff --git a/icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi b/icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi
index 375117f4c79..c1e676591e7 100644
Binary files a/icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi and b/icons/effects/vent_overlays.dmi differ
diff --git a/icons/obj/ore.dmi b/icons/obj/ore.dmi
index 5a363aad95b..8cb07a5312d 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/ore.dmi and b/icons/obj/ore.dmi differ