Talk:Artifact/@comment-21233966-20130410133256/@comment-50.136.20.214-20130411133142

They increase the drop rate. I don't know where the other guy who responded to you got the idea that it increases the quanity recieved from pickups. For example, even with a pistol scavenger, the amount picked up is always 20 unless that would put you over your maximum ammo capacity.