Considering the incompatible nature of water and fire, crafting an artifact with these opposing elemental properties was considerably more challenging than combining two harmonious attributes.
It undoubtedly testing the artificer's proficiency.
This is one of the restrictions; another requirement is that it must be an intermediate level artifact, with at least one Level 2 incriptions.
If you unable to refine it, your points would be deducted, but if it was successful, the points would be added.
The requirement for the Incripstions is only one Level 2 or two Level 1 Incripstions.
Therefore, having an additional incripstions could also earn extra points.
The third restriction: the school demands students to refine according to the specified form of the artifact, essentially making a custom-designed artifact.
For this exam, if the difficulty is rated on a scale of ten stars, achieving nine stars is possible.