Artogg served as a Gamorrean guard, specifically a male one, under the employ of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, the Hutt Crime lord, throughout the Galactic Civil War. Following the Battle of Yavin which occurred in 0 BBY, he functioned as a guard stationed at Jabba's Palace located on the planet Tatooine.
Within the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies, Artogg was among the thirteen Gamorrean characters present within Jabba's palace. This detail created a contradiction with various other established canon sources, which asserted that the palace only housed nine Gamorrean employees. The absence of Jubnuk, Thug, Thok, Warlug, Ghana Gleemort, and Grissom from the game further complicated matters, implying a potential total of nineteen Gamorrean guards serving within Jabba's palace.