Argon Crystal

is a rare resource that drops in the Orokin Void. Argon Crystal can also be aquired from storage containers within Isolation Vaults and from certain Assassination targets. 
Argon Crystals have a unique property that makes them decay after a period of time. More information about decay is found under "Decaying Mechanics".
==Farming Locations==
These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the resource until better facts are proven.
==Drop Locations==
==Blueprints Requiring Argon Crystals==
Click to view the Blueprints requiring Argon Crystals
Blueprints 	Type 	Quantity(Research)
Akzani 	Secondary 	2
Amprex 	Primary 	3
Angstrum 	Secondary 	2
Arca Titron 	Melee 	2
Atlas Chassis 	Component 	2
Atlas Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Atomos 	Secondary 	2
Atterax 	Melee 	2
Aura Forma 	Enhancement 	1
Banshee Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Bishamo Cuirass 	Cosmetic 	5
Bubonico 	Primary 	3
Chroma Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Chroma Systems 	Component 	2
Cobra & Crane 	Melee 	2
Corvas 	Arch-Gun 	2
Destreza 	Melee 	2
Diriga 	Sentinel 	2
Dragon Nikana 	Melee 	1
Dual Keres 	Melee 	2
Endura 	Melee 	2
Equinox Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Exergis 	Primary 	2
Exilus Warframe Adapter 	Enhancement 	1
Fluctus 	Arch-Gun 	2
Fulmin 	Primary 	2
Galvacord 	Melee 	2
Gammacor 	Secondary 	2
Garuda Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Gauss Neuroptics 	Component 	1
Gazal Machete 	Melee 	2
Greater Lens 	Enhancement 	1
Grendel Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Halikar 	Melee 	2
Harpak 	Primary 	2
Hildryn Neuroptics 	Component 	1
Hydroid Chassis 	Component 	2
Hydroid Ketos Helmet 	Cosmetic 	1
Hydroid Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Hydroid Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Ignis Wraith 	Primary 	3
Inaros Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Inaros Systems 	Component 	2
Incubator Power Core 	Component 	1
Ivara Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Ivara Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Ivara Systems 	Component 	1
Karyst 	Melee 	1
Kavat Incubator Upgrade Segment 	Orbiter Segment	1
Knell 	Secondary 	2
Kohm 	Primary 	2
Kronen 	Melee 	2
Landing Craft Foundry Segment 	Orbiter Segment	1
Lavos Chassis 	Component 	2
Limbo Chassis 	Component 	1
Limbo Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Loki Enigma Helmet 	Cosmetic 	1
Mantis Engines 	Component 	3
Masseter 	Melee 	2
Mesa Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Mesa Systems 	Component 	1
Mirage 	Warframe 	1
Mirage Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Nami Solo 	Melee 	2
Nekros Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Nezha Chassis 	Component 	1
Nezha Neuroptics 	Component 	1
Nezha Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Nikana 	Melee 	3 (1)
Ninkondi 	Melee 	2
Nova Slipstream Helmet 	Cosmetic 	1
Nutrio Incubator Upgrade Segment	Orbiter Segment	1
Oberon Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Octavia Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Ohma 	Melee 	2
Pandero 	Secondary 	2
Personal Quarters Segment 	Orbiter Segment	1
Phantasma 	Primary 	2
Plinx 	Secondary 	2
Potent Pherliac Pod x50 	Gear 	3
Pulmonars 	Melee 	2
Quatz 	Secondary 	2
Railjack Tail Section 	Component 	1
Redeemer 	Melee 	2
Rubico 	Primary 	2
Scimitar Engines 	Component 	3
Sevagoth Systems 	Component 	2
Styanax Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Simulor 	Primary 	1
Sonicor 	Secondary 	2
Stance Forma 	Enhancement 	1
Stradavar 	Primary 	2
Tatsu 	Melee 	2
Titania Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Tonkor 	Primary 	2
Trinity Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Trumna Receiver 	Component 	1
Twin Rogga 	Secondary 	2
Valkyr Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Vauban Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Volnus 	Melee 	2
Wisp Chassis 	Component 	1
Wukong Prime Chassis 	Component 	2
Wukong Systems 	Component 	2
Xaku Kintsu Helmet 	Cosmetic 	1
Xiphos Engines 	Component 	3
Zephyr Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Nidus Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Gara Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Harrow Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Zhuge 	Primary 	2
Afentis 	Primary 	2
Hildryn Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Citrine Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Baruuk Prime Systems 	Component 	2
Revenant Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Khora Prime Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Gyre Systems 	Component 	2
Yareli Neuroptics 	Component 	2
Parallax Engines 	Component 	2
Total 	222 (+1)								
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==Gathering Tips==
These are based on trial and error and may not be completely true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the materials until better facts are proven.
*Argon Crystal can be found in Argon Pegmatite deposits. They can also drop from containers, lockers, and enemies.
**, , and a Kubrow or Kavat with can help in finding containers that may contain Argon Crystals. Using a Sentinel with can also help with gathering Argon Crystals.
**It should be noted that using is a slow process due to having to wait for your kubrow to start/complete the animation sequence.
*Bringing a Companion with or into Void maps has a chance at giving you one or multiple Argon Crystals when it triggers.
*Bringing a  with  can improve your chances of finding Argon Crystals, particularly with weapons that deal a majority of their damage as slash (Desecrate counts each severed part as a separate entity).
*Bringing a with the augmentation or with the augmentation can improve your chances of finding Argon Crystals.
*Bringing an with can improve your chances of finding Argon Crystals.
*Bringing a  with  modded for maximum range can destroy all containers in a room by quickly activating and deactivating the ability, making it easier to pick up Argon Crystals without specifically looking for them.
**Alternatively, a with modded for maximum range can also break containers easily, even outside of the room the containers might be in.
*The Jordas Golem on Eris is a good place to find Argon as well. Just break the containers in and around the boss area.
*The Weekly Ayatan Sculpture Mission from Maroo's Bazaar is a good place to find Argon Crystals but only if it is a Void map and not a Derelict map.
*Exterminate, Capture, and Sabotage missions are generally the best nodes to explore for Argon Crystal on inside the Void, as the objectives are easy, and allow unrestricted access to the entire tileset upon completion. Additionally, the increased volume of enemies that spawn in these mission types will grant more chances to acquire crystals from killing said enemies.
*Bringing a Warframe such as , , or any other with an AOE damage skill will allow you to break containers behind closed/locked walls and triggered container capsules found in some void tiles. equipped on pets will also collect those resources through walls.
*Bringing a Weapon with large AoE such as a variety of explosive weapons (particularly those capable of equipping either or , or the / fitted with punch through will allow one to rapidly clear rooms of any containers.
*Void Defense missions may average one crystal every 5 rounds, making them a slow but sure way of acquiring them if one doesn't feel like exploring.
*A drop chance booster or blessing can improve the drop rate of Argon Crystal.
*Completing the third phase of an Isolation Vault bounty has a chance of yielding Argon Crystal.
==Decaying Mechanics==
Each Argon Crystal in a Tenno's inventory is either stable or decaying at any given time; beyond this, the age of a single crystal does not matter.
*"A full 24 hours from when you acquire it and then when GMT 00:00 hits, is when it’s considered in its decaying period." April 11th Community Hot Topics
*Having the countdown started on one Argon Crystal, then obtaining another does not reset the countdown for the former.
Each day at GMT 00:00, two things happen:
#The quantity of decaying Argon Crystals (the ones older than today) is cut in half and rounded down (in other words, performing an integer division by two)
#All stable Argon Crystals (the ones you collected on that day) shift to the decaying state
For example:
*11 crystals are collected on day 1. They are all stable.
*GMT 00:00 hits, and all 11 crystals are decaying. Their quantity remains unchanged.
*10 crystals are collected on day 2. The Tenno now has 21 crystals (11 from day 1 + 10 from day 2).
*GMT 00:00 hits. The 11 decaying crystals decay to 5 (11/2 = 5.5 ≈ 5 rounded down). The 10 additional crystals are now in the decaying state. The Tenno currently has 15 crystals (5 + 10).
*GMT 00:00 hits again without the Tenno collecting any other crystals. All 15 crystals decay to a total of 7 (5/2 = 2.5 ≈ 2 + 10/2).
As a table:
Day #	New Crystals Collected	Argon Crystal State 	Inventory Total	Calculation
1 	11 	11 stable 	11 	—
2 	10 	11 decaying, 10 stable	21 	= 11 (from day 1) + 10 (from day 2)
3 	0 	15 decaying 	15 	= 11/2 + 10= (round down) 5.5 + 10= 5 + 10= 15
4 	0 	7 decaying 	7 	= 5/2 + 10/2= (round down) 2.5 + 5= 2 + 5= 7
==Notes==
*Corrupted Vor will always drop either an Orokin Cell or an Argon Crystal. Chances seem to be equal for both.
*Currently, Argon Crystals are not available for purchase in the Market.
*Unlike other resources, Argon Crystals cannot be refunded when an item is canceled in the Foundry.
==Trivia==
*Argon (symbol: Ar) is the 18th element in the periodic table. Its properties in-game are wildly different from those demonstrated in real life. It's likely these unusual properties are caused by the physics-defying nature of the Void.
**It is a noble gas whose most commonly occurring isotope on Earth, 40Ar, is stable and does not undergo radioactive decay as the Argon Crystal does. Argon has a number of unstable isotopes that do decay, though none of their half-lives match up with the Argon Crystal's rate of decay.
**Argon is a gas at room temperature, and does not form crystalline solids until reaching −189.4 °C (−308.9 °F). Solid argon does sublimate in real life, but as a physical property rather than a radioactive one sublimation doesn't resemble the half-life pattern of radioactive decay.
**Argon is the third-most abundant gas on Earth, so presumably, it is also abundant in the Void, or it was introduced into it by the Orokin towers.
*Reflecting a real-world use of argon, argon crystals may not be used directly in the manufacture of items in the foundry, but instead, provide a perfectly unreactive atmosphere for the creation of extremely fine-tuned equipment.
*This is the first, and so far only resource that has the ability to degrade over time.
*Due to a DDoS Attack on Warframe's PC Servers on April 15, 2014, Argon Crystals didn't decay until servers stabilized – although their countdown remained active. This lasted until was launched, as the servers had fully recovered by that time.DERebecca's post explaining the 2014 April 15th DDoS
*Previously, Argon Crystals would drop from Infestation Outbreaks (particularly from Phorid), and was considered a much more efficient way to collect them. This bug was removed (albeit undocumented in the patch notes) in .
*Argon Crystals were used to irradiate Infested Pherliac Pods during The Jordas Precept quest, making them more potent. This alludes to the idea that Argon Crystals have enhancing properties.
*Previously, there was a rare bug that caused argon crystals to multiply in the players inventory instead of decaying. This has since been patched.
*The 's name and description references Argon Crystals.
==Media==
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==Patch History==
==References==
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