Too lazy to read any farther? Then here are the essentials:

1) Always do the first damage. It's an easy 2.5% bonus
2) Do at least 2,000 damage to DF and 800 damage to a mini-boss.
3) Hunt in small groups. Only takes 4 to kill any boss in a reasonable time.
4) Bring the highest LUCK suit you can and give it to player who will probably do the most damage.
5) The key to getting artifacts is to kill ALOT of bosses (both mini and DF) using the above information!

So, basically if you SOLO the DF you improve your chances of getting an artifact by 10%, and if you are wearing a 1,000 LUCK suit for the killing blow on the DF, then you can add another 10% to your chances! So, 1 in 150 is a 0.67% chance for an artifact to drop, and when improved by 20% takes you to a 14% chance of making the artifact spawn. Nevermind the 2 hours it takes to SOLO the DF (dont ask how...most of the methods are exploits and cannot be discussed on these boards). KEEP SCROLLING DOWN! MORE GOODIES BELOW!

ROOM (left to right)	MONSTER	SLAYER	WEAK RESIST	IMMUNE TO	HIT POINTS
1	Darknight Creeper	UNDEAD	PHYSICAL/FIRE	COLD	4,000
2	Flesh Renderer	NONE	FIRE/COLD	POISON	4,500
3	Impaler	DEMON	FIRE/POISON	ENERGY	5,000
4	Shadow Knight	UNDEAD	ENERGY	PHYSICAL (90%)	2,000
5	Abyssmal Horror	DEMON	PHYSICAL	FIRE	6,000
BIG ROOM	Dark Father	DEMON	NONE	NONE	30,000

THE FAQ...

A FACT is something verified by an OSI representative.
A RUMOR is something posted on a board, hinted at by an OSI representative, or empirically described by other players.

The bosses are susceptible to slayer weapons (FACT). See table at end of post for specifics.

The number of mini-bosses and DFs that spawn is related to the number of people in the gauntlet (FACT). The actual relationship is every two melee players that attack a boss increases the spawn by one (RUMOR). IF SOMEONE KNOWS THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP PLEASE POST IT IN THE FORUM!

Everytime a doom guantlet boss is killed an artifact has a chance to spawn (FACT).

All artifacts have the same chance to spawn on either mini-bosses or the DF (FACT). It is random. There are no artifacts that just spawn on the DF or just spawn on the mini-bosses!

You have to kill each mini-boss with looting rights to get an artifact from the DF (RUMOR). This is just FALSE.

You have to kill all mini-bosses to make the DF spawn (FACT).

Killing each mini-boss (with looting rights) gives a bonus to getting an artifact from the DF (RUMOR). Again this is just plain FALSE.

On mini-bosses the chance for an artifact spawning is 1 in 300 (RUMOR).

On DF the chance of an artifact spawning is 1 in 150 (RUMOR).

Spawning requires NO LUCK (FACT)!

LUCK only matters for the killing blow, by the person doing the most damage (FACT). This is true for any camp, not just doom bosses. You can setup UOA to take off your resist/LRC armor right before you kill the monster and put on your luck suit, then kill the monster and the luck will count! Just alittle tidbit for all the whiners saying that LUCK armor has crappy resists :-)

If the person doing the MOST DAMAGE to the boss is wearing any LUCK, then the chance of an artifact spawning is improved (FACT).

How much is it improved? For every 100 points of luck, the chance of an artifact spawning is improved by 1% (RUMOR).

So, who gets the artifact? Luck DOES NOT improve a players chance for the artifact dropping into their pack (FACT).

If a player does the MOST DAMAGE, then they get a bonus added to the chance of the artifact (if spawned) falling into their pack (FACT). The bonus is a 5% chance improvement (RUMOR).

If a player does the FIRST DAMAGE to a boss (amount doesnt matter), then they get a bonus added to the chance of an artifact (if spawned) falling into their pack (FACT). The bonus is 2.5% (RUMOR).

If a player does the KILL DAMAGE to a boss (has to be the damage that causes the boss to die), then they get a bonus added to the chance of an artifact (if spawned) falling into their pack (FACT). The bonus is 2.5% (RUMOR).

Any player with looting rights has a chance for the artifact (if spawned) dropping into their pack (FACT). This is not actually true, and only players who have done 1/16th of the damage done by the highest damage dealing player get a chance at the artifact (if spawned) dropping into their packs (RUMOR). So, if the highest damage dealing player did 16,000 damage, then only players doing 1,000 damage or more would get a chance at the artifact!

Some people have commented that they have gotten an arti without doing ANY damage at all to a boss! These people had characters that were partied with a group that did get looting rights, so it does make sense that a person in the group got an arti. So, if someone is in a party that gets looting rights, then all members of the party have a chance to get the arti...EVEN PEOPLE WHO DID NO DAMAGE! (RUMOR)

Swamp dragon barding stays after death and ressurection (FACT)

Swamp dragon barding should last as long as your armor unless you used POF on your armor. So, you do not usually need to make special trips just to repair the barding. (FACT)