how do relics work?

[MR.hyde]

hi, i have some relics in my inventory and no clue how i got them :O

where do i get relics?

how do they work? the description says "will be opened by the void" now i found a mission that wants me to equip the relic, will i lose the relic if i do that or is that the way to open it?

[Warmanreaper]

you will lose the relic as, if u do the mission you will collect essences to open the relic and it will give u a reward, bronze lowest tier, gold highest tier, silver in middle.. make sure u collect all fissure essence before u leave mission

[Watermelons]

Relics come from tons of different missions. There's a large list of relics, and they're sorted across the various reward drop tables all over the game. I suggest if you ever want to learn the specifics, you just open up the wiki, because the ingame information is not that thorough.

The Fissure missions that randomly pop up around the system are where you open relics. There are five different Relic "tiers", and so there are five different Fissure mission tiers that are used those appropriate relics. When you get into the mission, you have to kill enemies who become "Corrupted", they'll have a chance to drop Reactant. Collect 10 Reactant to open up your relic. If it's a finite mission like Exterminate or Capture, then when you get to extraction you'll see what you/the team got out of your relics. If you're in a team, then you can all decide which relic reward to choose. You can only choose one reward, but everyone is free to choose the same things.

On endless mission modes, you'll get to see/choose your reward on every extraction chance interval. So every 5 Survival minutes, 5 Defense waves, every Interception round, etc. And then if you vote to stay in the mission, you're able to upgrade and select another relic.
If you do not collect the 10 reactant before these intervals or when you extract, then the relic won't be wasted but of course you won't open any reward. And in a team, if you don't open your relic, you can't choose any rewards from your teammates.
During endless missions, the longer you go, you'll build up XP, resource, and resource drop chance boosts by 25%, and a bonus upgraded relic. This loops every 5 intervals and will continue to build up until you leave.

Every time you open a relic, you'll receive between I think 6 and 36 "Void Traces". You can use these traces to upgrade other relics, to increase the chances of the Uncommon and Rare rewards. This is in the corner to the right of your ship's Arsenal, or you can upgrade in between endless mission intervals.

[HexaGhost]

Also, the relic gets consumed when you finish the mission. So dont worry about losing a relic when your game crashes or your internet dies