Relics give you what you can’t get anywhere else. A decoded relic (Ember, hold for 20 seconds) used to offer an ordinary boon. Now it speaks: three out of five Orbit boons, free and without a cargo hold slot. They never appear in Arcade or Track.
| Boon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Tractor Beam | One to four asteroid shards orbit the ship and each catch four projectiles. Broken ones grow back after 6 s. |
| Mining Laser | Shots pierce asteroids, even obsidian, without spending pierce. +25 % ore per rarity point. |
| Gravity Anchor | The Core no longer pulls you in. Costs 3–7.5 % speed, nothing at all at legendary rarity. |
| Solar Sail | Speed and fire rate rise the closer you get to the Core, up to +60 %. Nothing at the edge. Rewards nerve. |
| Ore Resonance | Every piece of ore recharges the shield, even during its recharge delay. |
Rarity works like it does for every other boon; a second copy of the same relic boon stacks. The cards read “RELIC · NO SLOT,” the heading “THE RELIC SPEAKS.”
Measured: the Anchor holds the ship still at 3,000 px from the Core (without it: 48 px of pull per second); the Solar Sail at ×4 raises fire rate at the center from 8.1 to 11.2; the Mining Laser goes straight through obsidian; the shard catches the projectile.