Ayatan Treasures



"The Ayatan Sculptures are perpetually in motion, monuments of Orokin Continuity... immortality."

- Teshin

Ayatan Sculptures are ancient Orokin treasures powered by Endo that can be discovered across the system. There are two types available: the Sculptures themselvеs, and smaller Stars which can be inserted into the larger Sculptures to increase their value. These can be traded to Maroo at her Bazaar for varying amounts of Endo, or placed within the Orbiter as decorations.

Acquisition

 * Sculptures can be found in plain sight on regular missions, though this has a rare chance of occurring.
 * Stars of either type can occasionally be found from Storage Containers and lockers.
 * Kuakas and Condrocs found in the Plains of Eidolon can also drop Stars when killed.
 * Maroo offers a weekly mission where it is guaranteed that a Sculpture will appear.
 * This mission can be run multiple times in a row, however, only one Sculpture can be rewarded per week.
 * Sculptures and Stars can be traded between players.
 * The Anasa Ayatan sculpture can only be found as a Sortie reward.
 * Sculptures can be acquired as a reward from Arbitration missions.

Stars
Stars are smaller treasures that can be inserted into Sculptures to greatly increase their Endo value once traded in. Once slotted, they cannot be removed. They can also be traded in by themselves for a small Endo payout. Sculptures have 3 to 4 slots to insert Stars in, and each slot only accepts a specific Star. Inserting Stars will also cause the Ayatan Sculpture to visually animate, with more Stars improving the Sculpture's range of movement. At Mastery Rank 10, players gain the ability to auto-install Stars into their Sculptures. Stars are dropped randomly from Storage Containers and lockers (including storage containers in Archwing missions). They have a noticeable glow and a unique marker on the mini-map (though Amber Stars have a slightly larger icon), and a specific sound plays when a Star is dropped. They must be picked up manually via a prompt, similarly to Syndicate Medallions. The  precept for Sentinels and the Scavenger Drone cannot pull Stars towards themselves, to prevent Stars from falling out of the map or otherwise becoming unobtainable.

As of, a reusable Amber Star blueprint can be acquired for 10 Vitus Essence from the Arbiters of Hexis room in any Relay.

Sculptures
A total of seven different Ayatan Sculptures exist:

Managing Sculptures
In the Mods section of the Orbiter, selecting "Ayatan Sculptures" will allow the player to examine Sculptures and attach Stars. Stars can be inserted into a Sculpture by selecting the desired Sculpture, then hovering the cursor over a socket and clicking on it. The Sculpture must be in the player's inventory for it to be selected; if displayed as a decoration, the Sculpture will not appear in the Mods screen. Each Sculpture can have 3 to 4 sockets available for slotting, with each slot requiring a particular type of Ayatan Star depending on the type of Sculpture.

Endo values follow this formula:


 * B = base value
 * C = # of Cyan Stars installed
 * A = # of Amber Stars installed
 * M = multiplier (0.5 for Anasa and 2.0 for others)
 * S = # of sockets

As Fusion Fuel
Average Endo value of three-socket Sculptures is 1605.
 * For a rare mod to reach rank 10 will require:
 * 613.8 Cyan or 306.9 Amber Stars.
 * 19.1 three socket Sculptures, 11.4 Orta, or 8.9 Anasa.
 * For a Primed mod to reach rank 10 will require:
 * 818.4 Cyan or 409.2 Amber Stars.
 * 25.5 three socket Sculptures, 15.2 Orta, or 11.9 Anasa.

Advices:
Considering the abundancy of Cyan stars it's interesting to evaluate the relative endo gain of each amber star, assuming that all sockets are being filled What the table indicates is that despite the high final yeld the least efficient use of Amber stars is on the Anasa Sculptures.

Weekly Mission
Every Monday at 00:00 UTC, players can speak with Maroo in the Maroo's Bazaar Relay on Mars to perform a mission in the Void or Orokin Derelict. The alerts section of the world state window will also indicate when this mission is available. Players are required to find a treasure room, which is a large special room filled with traps and obstacles that are activated upon players stepping on a pressure plate at the room's entrance. Once the traps have been activated, players only have a limited amount of time in which they must reach the final door at the very end of the room. Failing to reach said door before it closes completely will result in mission failure, though players can repeat the mission to try again if they fail.

If players successfully reach the last room before it closes, they will encounter a pedestal with an Ayatan Sculpture, collecting of which will complete the objective. Note that a player who has already acquired a Sculpture from their weekly mission will not receive any additional Sculptures should they join someone else's mission.

Gathering Tips

 * While the challenge rooms are not overly difficult after experiencing them a few times, players can make use of the  Warframe (in particular her  ability) in order to trivialize the experience.
 * 's Rift plane bypasses all the trap effects, and a Range-built can blitz the destructible ones to make way for other players.
 * Using AoE weapons like modded for Punch Through, in conjunction with, , and , can vastly increase the speed at which you gather Ayatan Stars and Sculptures.
 * Abilities like, , or Maim, when modded for high range, can be helpful as well.
 * Ayatan Sculptures spawn in the same locations as Syndicate Medallions, thus making Syndicate missions a good way of searching for them. While this by itself doesn't increase the chances of them spawning, players could already be searching every room for Medallions and destroying containers, hence potentially gathering up Stars and, occasionally, a Sculpture.
 * It is possible for both the Medallion and the Sculpture to spawn in the same spot.
 * Using mods like or  can increase the drop rate of Ayatan stars. Although, it is not recommended to use both – their effects cannot stack.
 * The Infested Salvage mission (Oestrus, Eris) oddly has the same chance to have Sculptures as full-sized maps, despite being the same size as a Defense/Interception map. It has several container-ridden side rooms that may have a Sculpture, whereas Defense/Interception missions only have the beginning loot room.
 * Using Codex Scanner or Synthesis Scanner is a good way of spotting Ayatan sculptures. They will be highlighted in green or orange as other scannable objects such as containers and enemies.
 * Amber and Cyan stars have different waypoint icons. The star on Amber markers is larger than the one for Cyan stars.
 * Infested Tumors (Hive Sabotage) count as storage containers, making it possible for them to drop Ayatan Stars. However, due to their awkward placements in the environment, it's very likely that – if an Ayatan Star is dropped – it will get stuck inside of the walls, making it unobtainable.
 * Itzal Cosmic Crush can pull in Ayatan Sculptures as well as Stars. Useful in underwater tiles in Sealab.

Trivia

 * Ayatana (Derived from the Sanskrit: आयतन) is a Buddhist term referring to the "Six senses" (the five basic senses, along with the mind) and the manas and the qualities perceived by them.
 * Old Man Suumbaat, an Ostron who lives on Cetus, possesses a unique Ayatan sculpture, with moving rings. That same sculpture is also able to move on its own without Ayatan Stars.
 * As stated by Steve Sinclair in his interview with Ars Technica, Ayatan treasures are said to store memories of the Orokin, which attests to their high value.

Bugs

 * After finishing an Ayatan hunt for Maroo and not leaving the Bazaar, players can talk to her and start another Ayatan mission immediately. This can be repeated an unlimited number of times, however, the subsequent runs won't give you a new Ayatan.