Changes: Ancient Structures

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Everspace-Ancients-Temple-Screenshot — A screenshot of an ancient structure.

	“	These must be ruins of the Ancients, a long-lost civilization.	„
		~ HIVE

Ancient Structures, also known as Ancient Depots on the sector map or Ancient Warp Gates are an important and rare location in Everspace, containing a Glyph and Ancient Warp Gate once the Ancient Warden is killed. The zones they are in do not have many other points of interest besides the structure and possibly large asteroids or freighter wrecks, and always have the scanner impairment hazard.

Overview

There is little known about these mysterious structures, but they were most likely constructed by an old race called the Ancients. They are always guarded by a single Ancient Warden, a very powerful enemy. Once the Ancient Warden is defeated, a red glow (See gallery) will surround the player's ship and the monolith in the center of the structure can be opened. Once the monolith is opened, a Glyph will drop and the warp gate at the top of the monolith room will activate.

The first time an Ancient structure is found, the warden does not appear until after the player goes in and leaves the inside of the structure. In all subsequent Ancient Depot zones, the Warden will already be spawned. Once all glyphs are unlocked, the monolith will only yield Dark Matter or Dark Energy, but will still activate the warp gate. One or two Ancient Splitters will often spawn in these zones, but not always.

When used, the warp gate will jump the player forward several zones, skipping at most 7 zones, typically skipping at least 2. Sometimes, if the warp gate is in a penultimate zone of a sector, it can skip the next sector entirely and go to the one after. Using the warp gate does not use fuel, similarly to Jump Gates and wormholes.

Two ancient structures will always generate in each new run, never in the same sector, and possibly never in sector 1 or sector 6.

Tips and Tricks

Once the Ancient Structures glyph is obtained, it is recommended to equip it until all glyphs are obtained, as it makes it much faster and easier to find the structures and glyphs. With it equipped, Ancient Structures will appear in zones marked with .

Gallery

A screenshot of the activated warp gate, directly above the monolith.
A screenshot of the monolith room, with the red glow surrounding the player's ship.
A screenshot of an opening monolith, revealing a Glyph inside.

Trivia

The monolith in the center of the structure was designed by the backer of the $7,000 tier "Space Relic" on the Everspace Kickstarter.

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 [[File:Everspace-Ancients-Temple-Screenshot.jpg|thumb|500px|A screenshot of an ancient structure.]]
+{{Quote|These must be ruins of the Ancients, a long-lost civilization.|[[HIVE]]| |ES2-Characters-HIVE-Icon.png}}
+'''Ancient Structures''', also known as '''Ancient Depots''' on the [[Important locations|sector map]] or '''Ancient Warp Gates''' are an important and rare [[Important locations|location]] in ''[[Everspace]]'', containing a  [[Glyph]] and Ancient Warp Gate once the [[Ancients#Ancient_Wardens|Ancient Warden]] is killed. The zones they are in do not have many other points of interest besides the structure and possibly large asteroids or [[wreck|freighter wrecks]], and always have the scanner impairment [[Natural hazards|hazard]].
+== Overview ==
-'''Ancient Structures''', also known as '''Ancient Depots''' on the [[Important locations|sector map]] or '''Ancient Warp Gates''' are an important and rare location in ''[[Everspace]]''. The zones they are in do not have much else besides the structure and some asteroids, and always have the scanner impairment [[Natural hazards|hazard]].
+There is little known about these mysterious structures, but they were most likely constructed by an old [[Factions|race]] called the [[Ancients]]. They are always guarded by a single [[Ancients#Ancient_Wardens|Ancient Warden]], a very powerful enemy. Once the Ancient Warden is defeated, a red glow ''(See gallery)'' will surround the player's [[Player ships|ship]] and the monolith in the center of the structure can be opened. Once the monolith is opened, a [[Glyphs|Glyph]] will drop and the warp gate at the top of the monolith room will activate.
+The first time an Ancient structure is found, the warden does not appear until after the player goes in and leaves the inside of the structure. In all subsequent Ancient Depot zones, the Warden will already be spawned. Once all glyphs are unlocked, the monolith will only yield [[Resources|Dark Matter]] or [[Resources|Dark Energy]], but will still activate the warp gate. One or two Ancient Splitters will often spawn in these zones, but not always.
-Supposedly constructed by an old race called the [[Ancients]], they are mysterious structures. They are always guarded by a single [[Ancients#Ancient_Wardens|Ancient Warden]], a very powerful enemy. Once the Ancient Warden is defeated, a red glow ''(See gallery)'' will surround your [[:Category:Player ships|ship]] and the monolith in the center of the structure can be opened, activating the ancient warp gate which is in the ceiling of the room with the monolith, and revealing a [[Glyphs|Glyph]].
+When used, the warp gate will jump the player forward several zones, skipping at most 7 zones, typically skipping at least 2. Sometimes, if the warp gate is in a penultimate zone of a sector, it can skip the next sector entirely and go to the one after. Using the warp gate does not use [[Resources|fuel]], similarly to [[Jump Gate]]s and [[wormholes]].
+Two ancient structures will always generate in each new run, never in the same sector, and possibly never in sector 1 or sector 6.
+== [[Tips and Tricks]] ==
+*Once the Ancient Structures glyph is obtained, it is recommended to equip it until all glyphs are obtained, as it makes it much faster and easier to find the structures and glyphs. With it equipped, Ancient Structures will appear in zones marked with [[File:Ancient depot long icon.png|150px]].
 == Gallery ==
+<gallery mode="packed" style=text-align:left>
-<gallery>
 File:Everspace-AncientTemple-Portal.png| A screenshot of the activated warp gate, directly above the monolith.
 File:Everspace-AncientTemple-Obelisk.png| A screenshot of the monolith room, with the red glow surrounding the player's ship.
 File:Everspace-AncientTemple-ObeliskOpening.png| A screenshot of an opening monolith, revealing a [[Glyphs|Glyph]] inside.
 </gallery>
+[[File:Ancient-Monolith-OpeningGif.mp4|The monolith opening.]]
+== Trivia ==
+*The monolith in the center of the structure was designed by the backer of the $7,000 tier "Space Relic" on the [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockfishgames/everspace Everspace Kickstarter].
 == See also ==