Ayatan Treasures are ancient Orokin artifacts powered by Endo that can be discovered across the system. There are two types available: Sculptures, 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.
Lore[]
Symbols of Orokin Continuity[1], Ayatans were used to channel Aya, a sequencing medium that contained the memories of the Orokin. While Aya was used to archive and contain various information, such as evidence, Prime Warframe blueprints, and actual memories,[2] the Sculptures were used to channel Aya that contained the Orokin's favorite memories, such as whippings, massacres, or executions.
Sculptures[]
A total of ten different Ayatan Sculptures exist.
Acquired by purchase from vendors/rewards:
Acquired from mission drops:
Stars[]
- Main article: Ayatan Star
Ayatan Stars are small treasures that can be inserted into Ayatan Sculptures to greatly increase their Endo value when traded in to Maroo at her Bazaar. Once slotted, a Star cannot be removed. They come in two colors: the more common Cyan, and the rarer Amber. Stars 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 color. Inserting Stars will also cause the Sculpture to visually animate, with more Stars improving the Sculpture's range of movement.
Acquisition[]
Stars[]
- Stars of either type can occasionally be found from Storage Containers and lockers. As with Sculptures, Stars must be manually picked up.
- Kuakas, small rodents found on the Plains of Eidolon, have an affinity for shiny things and can also drop Stars when killed.
Sculptures[]
- Each mission has a 1/7 chance to spawn an Ayatan Treasure that is hidden in the map, with each specific sculpture type having an equal chance to spawn.[3] This chance is not affected by Resource Drop Chance Boosters.
- Unlike with common pickups, the player must manually interact (PC default X ) with the sculpture to loot it.
- Unlike Stars, Sculptures have the same minimap icon as a regular pickup while having no distinct sound effect, meaning they can be easily missed.
- Maroo offers a weekly mission in the Orokin Tower or Orokin Derelict tileset where a Sculpture is guaranteed to appear.
- This mission can be run multiple times in a row, however, only one Sculpture can be rewarded per week.
- Sculptures can be acquired as a reward from Arbitration missions.
- The Ayatan Anasa Sculpture can only be obtained as a Sortie or Archon Hunt reward with a 28.00% drop chance at the end of the third mission.
- The Ayatan Hemakara Sculpture can only be obtained:
- By completing the Operation: Orphix Venom Advanced with 1,000 points.
- By reaching Rank 22 of Nightwave Intermission III.
- By reaching Rank 22 of Nightwave Nora's Mix Vol.3.
- By reaching Rank 22 of Nightwave Nora's Mix Vol.5.
- By reaching Rank 23 of Nightwave Nora's Mix Vol.6.
- The Ayatan Kitha Sculpture can only be bought from Loid for 50,000 after acquiring the rank of Clearance: Odima with the Necraloid.
- The Ayatan Zambuka Sculpture can only be bought from the Arbitration Honors store for 50 Vitus Essence.
Additionally, Sculptures and Stars can be traded between players.
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 5 sockets available for slotting, with each slot requiring a particular type of Ayatan Star depending on the type of Sculpture.
Sculptures can be sold on Mars at Maroo's Bazaar for Endo.
Endo values follow this formula:
- Endo = (B + 50C + 100A) × (1 + M × (C + A) ÷ S)
- B = base value
- C = # of Cyan Stars installed
- A = # of Amber Stars installed
- M = multiplier (0.5 for Anasa, 3.0 for Hemakara, Kitha and Zambuka, 2.0 for others)
- S = # of sockets
Treasure | Stars Slotted | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | 1x Cyan | 1x Amber | 2x Cyan | 1x Amber 1x Cyan |
2x Amber | 3x Cyan | 1x Amber 2x Cyan |
2x Amber 1x Cyan |
1x Amber 3x Cyan |
2x Amber 2x Cyan |
1x Amber 4x Cyan | |
Anasa (2 Cyan, 2 Amber) |
2,000 | 2,306 | 2,363 | 2,625 | 2,688 | 2,750 | — | 3,025 | 3,094 | — | 3,450 | — |
Ayr (3 Cyan) |
325 | 625 | — | 992 | — | — | 1,425 | — | — | — | — | — |
Hemakara (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
450 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,650 | 1,800 | — | — | 2,600 | — | — | — | — |
Kitha (4 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
450 | 800 | 880 | 1,210 | 1,320 | — | 1,680 | 1,820 | — | 2,380 | — | 3,000 |
Orta (3 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
650 | 1,050 | 1,125 | 1,500 | 1,600 | — | 2,000 | 2,125 | — | 2,700 | — | — |
Piv (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
375 | 708 | 792 | 1,108 | 1,225 | — | — | 1,725 | — | — | — | — |
Sah (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
300 | 583 | 667 | 933 | 1,050 | — | — | 1,500 | — | — | — | — |
Valana (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
325 | 625 | 708 | 992 | 1,108 | — | — | 1,575 | — | — | — | — |
Vaya (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
400 | 750 | 833 | 1,167 | 1,283 | — | — | 1,800 | — | — | — | — |
Zambuka (2 Cyan, 1 Amber) |
450 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,650 | 1,800 | — | — | 2,600 | — | — | — | — |
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.
Endo Gain from Stars[]
Name | # of Cyan | # of Amber | Base Endo | Full Endo | Gain | Gain per Cyan | Gain per Amber |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anasa | 2 | 2 | 2,000 | 3,450 | 1,450 | 241.6667 | 483.3333 |
Ayr | 3 | 0 | 325 | 1,425 | 1,100 | 366.6667 | – |
Hemakara | 2 | 1 | 450 | 2,600 | 2,150 | 537.5 | 1,075 |
Kitha | 4 | 1 | 450 | 3,000 | 2,550 | 425 | 850 |
Orta | 3 | 1 | 650 | 2,700 | 2,050 | 410 | 820 |
Piv | 2 | 1 | 375 | 1,725 | 1,350 | 337.5 | 675 |
Sah | 2 | 1 | 300 | 1,500 | 1,200 | 300 | 600 |
Valana | 2 | 1 | 325 | 1,575 | 1,250 | 312.5 | 625 |
Vaya | 2 | 1 | 400 | 1,800 | 1,400 | 350 | 700 |
Zambuka | 2 | 1 | 450 | 2,600 | 2,150 | 537.5 | 1,075 |
This table can indicate that the Anasa sculpture will yield the least amount of Endo gain for the number of Amber stars put into it at full value.
Weekly Mission[]
Once per week, resetting every Monday at 00:00 UTC, players can visit Maroo in the Maroo's Bazaar Relay on Mars to accept a mission in the Void or Orokin Derelict. 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, the collection 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.
Notes[]
- Ayatan Sculptures and Stars are unaffected by Vacuum or Fetch, and must be manually picked up by the player.
- Ayatan Sculptures can spawn inside of a Cephalon Fragment.
- Ayatan Sculptures and Stars appear on loot radar such as Loot Detector, Thief's Wit and Animal Instinct. Sculptures have the standard resource/container marker, while Stars have their own unique icon.
- Ayatan Sculptures and Stars can be scanned by either of the two available scanners and will trigger Helios scanning until their Codex entries are complete. Like resource containers, they will only yield 10 affinity when scanned with a synthesis scanner.
- When partially slotted the Sculpture will flicker between the powered and unpowered state, moving in a broken, stuttering fashion.
- If you run out of amber stars first and want to get the most of them, the Endo value per amber star for the sculptures, according to the formula above, is as follows: Zambuka (1075), Orta (700), Vaya (633.33), Piv (616.67), Valana (583.33), Sah (566.67), Anasa (412.5).
- Value per cyan star also follows the same pattern as amber stars, with Ayr (3x cyan) ranking the same as the Piv statue.
- Generally, Orta, Vaya, Piv, and Ayr are best sold fully socketed, while the others can be sold incomplete with excess Cyan stars. Anasa can also be sold fully unsocketed due to its high base value (2000).
Gathering Tips[]
- While the challenge rooms are not overly difficult after experiencing them a few times, players can make use of the Titania Warframe (in particular her Razorwing ability) in order to trivialize the experience.
- Limbo's Rift plane bypasses all the trap effects, and a Range-built Cataclysm can blitz the destructible ones to make way for other players.
- As the sculptures have a chance of spawning in every mission, by spamming short maps (e.g. Mariana, Earth) with high-range AoE abilities (such as Limbo's Cataclysm) modded for range and efficiency, and utilizing a Sentinel with Vacuum, your minimap will show only the items that your companion doesn't take, like Ayatan Stars and Sculptures.
- Using AoE weapons like Ignis modded for punch through, in conjunction with Thief's Wit, Loot Detector, and Animal Instinct, can vastly increase the speed at which you gather Ayatan Stars and Sculptures.
- Abilities like Absorb, The Vast Untime, Cataclysm, or Mend & 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 Master Thief or Scavenge 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.
- Requiem Relics have a chance of rewarding Amber Stars upon a successful opening.
- 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´s Cosmic Crush can pull in Ayatan Sculptures as well as Stars. Useful in underwater tiles in Sealab.
- The Helminth 15th Metamorphosis “Golden Instinct” Void Spark can help you locate Ayatan sculptures whenever there's one in range of the ability during the mission.
- Parallax's Air Support ability fulfills a similar function.
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 in Cetus, possesses several Ayatan sculptures in his shop, two of which move on their own without Ayatan stars installed.
- Among those animated sculptures is the then-unnamed Zambuka sculpture, which is prominently displayed on his table. It would take 2 real-time years, from Update 22.0 (2017-10-12) to Update 26.0 (2019-10-31), before players could acquire it for themselves.
- In an interview with Ars Technica, Steve Sinclair explains that Ayatan treasures are said to store memories of the Orokin, which contributes to their high value.
- Zambuka is possibly an alternate spelling of "sambuca", commonly known as a Italian liquer but less well known, also the name of a triangular shaped ancient Greek stringed instrument.
- After reaching the rank of "Family" with the Entrati, the player Tenno is bestowed the name Ayatan as they are honorarily welcomed into the Entrati Family.
Media[]
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.
- Upon duplicating an unfilled Ayatan Sculpture, the new sculpture may appear to have stars in it, but it will not be animated. this can also happen whenever you interact with an unfilled Sculpture after placing it.
Patch History[]
Hotfix 35.0.2 (2023-12-14)
- Added motion blur to Ayatan Sculptures.
Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)
- Fixed Ayatan Stars not sitting properly in the Ayatan Sculpture after using the Auto Install button.
- Fixed UI temporarily freezing if players attempt to manually install Ayatan Stars too quickly.
- Fixed rare case of an Ayatan Sculpture spawning in an inaccessible place on Eris.
Hotfix 32.2.9 (2023-01-11)
- Fixed UI issue where you could duplicate Ayatan Sculptures using the Ayatan socket button.
Update 32.2 (2022-11-30)
- Fixed incorrect button callout to rotate Ayatan Treasures in the Ayatan management screen.
- Fixed auto-installing Ayatan Stars into Treasures causing the came to softlock.
Update 32.0 (2022-09-07)
- Fixed Ayatan Sculptures animating for Clients when they aren’t fully socketed.
Hotfix 31.0.1 (2021-12-15)
- Fixed a crash when attempting to waypoint an Ayatan Sculpture.
Update 30.9 (2021-11-11)
- Fixed inability to duplicate Ayatan Statues in the Dojo if available in the Vault.
Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)
- Fixed Ayatan Sculptures not animating when using Ayatan Star auto-install.
Update 29.8 (2021-02-11)
- Fixed becoming trapped on the Ayatan screen when attempting to ‘Visit Maroo’ via the Ayatan screen.
Hotfix 29.5.7 (2020-12-10)
- Fixed Ayatan Amber Stars dropping far less frequently than before Deimos Arcana.
Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)
- Ayatan Screen Changes:
- Updated the Ayatan screen when you do not own any Ayatan Treasures or Ayatan Stars to show an explanation of the Ayatan system.
- Added a “Visit Maroo” button to travel to Maroo’s Bazaar.
- Made several adjustments to certain Ayatan Sculpture and Star dioramas so that they are easier to see.
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- Ayatan Star in-world markers will start to fade as you approach them within certain distances:
- Ayatan Star: At 5m marker will begin fade
Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
- Introduced Zambuka Ayatan Sculpture to Arbiters Honors store.
Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)
- Fixed Ayatan Treasure UI and animations not updating in real time as Stars are installed in the Ayatan Treasures menu.
Update 24.8 (2019-04-24)
- General Arbitrations Changes
- Reduced Vitus Essence crafting cost for the Amber Star Blueprint from 2 to 1.
Hotfix 23.10.5 (2018-10-18)
- Added an ‘Auto Install’ button to the Ayatan Sculptures screen for Mastery Rank 10+ Tenno! This long requested feature allows you to auto install Stars from your Inventory to your Ayatan Sculpture with one-click.
Update 23.8 (2018-09-12)
- Fixed inability to see how many Stars are in your Ayatan Sculptures when trading them to another player.
- Fixed accessing the Menu within the Ayatan Treasures screen resulting in the Menu being displaying in the background.
Update 22.18 (2018-04-20)
- Fixed minimap markers for Ayatan Stars remaining visible after pickup.
Hotfix 22.17.1 (2018-04-05)
- Fixed the Ayatan Valana Sculpture not being centered properly on the screen.
Hotfix 22.16.5 (2018-03-21)
- Ayatan Sculptures can now be placed and contributed to the Dojo.
Hotfix 22.16.4 (2018-03-20)
- Fixed being unable to access the ESC Menu from the Ayatan Treasures screen.
Hotfix 22.16.3 (2018-03-16)
- Fixed a script error when attempting to access the Market from the ESC menu while installing a Star in a Sculpture.
- Fixed an issue where the cursor position in the Ayatan installation screen wasn't accurate for PC players using a controller.
Update 22.11 (2018-01-31)
- Added 'Ayatan' subcategory to Codex > Universe > Objects.
Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)
- Changed Ayatan Star markers to only display if you're within 100 meters or so range of the drop. Amber Star markers will also appear larger due to their rarity and to avoid confusion.
- The Ayatan Star installing prompt will now only display once per Ayatan installing session rather than on every socket.
Hotfix 21.5.2 (2017-08-18)
- Fixed Clients not seeing the in-world markers for Ayatan Stars.
Hotfix 21.0.7 (2017-07-13)
- Fixed not being able to use the Codex Scanner to scan Ayatan Statues and other pickups.
Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)
- Removed ability to mark Ayatan Stars since they automatically generate a marker.
- Potential fix for a script error when you hover and click next to the Ayatan Treasures window in the Mod segment.
Update 20.6 (2017-05-24)
- The Ayatan Sculpture screen now has a search bar and sorting options.
Update 20.5 (2017-05-17)
- Fixed sell screen for Ayatan Sculptures in Maroo's Bazaar/Relays showing all items.
Hotfix 20.2.3 (2017-04-19)
- Removed the Anasa Ayatan Sculpture from the Codex due to the lack of a way to scan it.
Hotfix 20.0.8 (2017-03-30)
- Fixed Maroo telling you she had an Ayatan Hunt mission for you but survey said that was a lie.
Hotfix 20.0.7 (2017-03-30)
- The Valana Sculpture can now also be found in Maroo's weekly Ayatan hunt mission.
Update 20.0 (2017-03-24)
- Added the Anasa Sculpture to the Codex so that it may be linked in chat.
- The Valana Ayatan Sculpture can now be acquired in-world as an addition to the discoverable Ayatan.
- Fixed Ayatan Stars appearing in the wrong section while Trading.
Hotfix 19.11.5 (2017-02-28)
- Removed Ayatan Stars from lockers and crates in Vor's Prize.
Hotfix 19.8.1 (2017-01-27)
- Fixed the Anasa Ayatan Sculpture not being moveable after placing it in the Landing Craft.
Update 19.8 (2017-01-25)
- Anasa Ayatan Sculpture added to Sortie common reward tables.
- New spawn locations have been introduced for Ayatan Sculptures in all levels.
Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)
- Ayatan Sculptures now show number of socketed Stars when viewed in your Inventory.
- Replaced outdated Mod tips with new tips about the Ayatan system.
- Fixed canceling the placement of a Sculpture sometimes resulting in the Sculpture being replaced by another decoration.
- Fixed the countdown timer initiating again after grabbing the Ayatan Sculpture in Maroo's daily hunt mission.
Hotfix: The Index Preview 4 (2016-10-25)
- Revised the Ayatan Sculpture icons.
- Fixed being able to unintentionally scan placed Ayatan Sculptures in the Landing Craft.
- Fixed being able to scan the Ayatan Sculpture spot after you've picked them up. Also fixes seeing the name displayed above the same spot.
Hotfix: The Index Preview 3 (2016-10-21)
- Ayatan Sculptures now have a base trade tax of 4000 Credits, plus 2000 Credits for each Star that is attached.
Update: The Index Preview (2016-10-20)
- Added fail mission countdown and action required before countdown is done for Maroo's Ayatan Sculpture hunt mission.
- You can now scan the Ayatan Sculpture you find in Maroo's weekly mission.
- Fixed an unresponsive screen due to Clients returning to their Liset and Hosts returning to Maroo's Bazaar after completing an Ayatan Sculpture hunt mission.
- Fixed sculptures being super zoomed in and Stars being in the ground when viewing them from a Chat link.
- Fixed Stars and Sculptures not being scannable to be unlocked through the Codex.
- Fixed a script error when picking up the Ayatan Sculpture in Maroo's weekly mission.
- Fixed the Ayatan Sculptures button being unselectable after selecting then deselecting a Mod.
Update: The Vacuum Within (2016-10-05)
- Fixed an issue with Ayatan minimap markers not disappearing after pickup.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 4.2 (2016-09-30)
- Fixed trade window allowing you to list more copies of Ayatan Sculptures than you currently own.
- Fixed Ayatan Sculptures and Stars not appearing when viewing in Codex.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 4 (2016-08-25)
- Added a mini-map marker for Ayatan Stars.
- Carrier's Vacuum and Corpus Scavenger Drones will no longer be able to pick up or affect the placement of Ayatan Stars. This was causing Stars to become unreachable or falling through the floor.
- A sound will now play when you find a Star in loot containers.
- Fixed missing Codex entry for Ayatan Sculptures and Stars.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3.3 (2016-09-26)
- Increased the context action size when picking up Ayatan Stars.
Hotfix: The Silver Grove 3.2 (2016-09-22)
- Fixed an issue with Sculptures placed within the Landing Craft turning into duplicate version of other decorations.
- Fixed an issue with Sculptures not being collectable after a host migration.
- Fixed an issue with duplicate Sculptures being present if a previous host reconnected before the treasure was collected.
- Fixed Stars appearing blurry when placed on the ship as Decorations.
- Fixed being able to purchase Warframe slots when selling Sculptures/Stars.
- Fixed not being able to remove the Sah Sculpture and Orta Sculpture once placed.
- Fixed a duplicate Accept/Decline prompt being seen after selecting an Ayatan Mission.
Update: The Silver Grove 3.0 (2016-09-21)
- Ayr, Orta, Piv, Sah and Vaya Ayatan Sculptures introduced.
References[]
- ↑ "The Ayatan Sculptures are perpetually in motion, monuments of Orokin Continuity... immortality." - Teshin
- ↑ "Orokin sequencing medium. Pricks used it to archive everything. Memories, evidence... Warframes. - With Regal Aya, this Foundry can reconstruct you a Prime Warframe yanked straight from my time. -" - Varzia
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/olzoww/i_ran_1000_missions_with_golden_instinct_heres/
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