Star Compass

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Star Compass
Japanese	星の羅針盤
Rōmaji	Hoshi no Rashinban
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Type	Unknown Grade Artifact (estimated to be Fourth Grade Artifact)
Effect(s)	Navigation
Source	1st Layer
Owner(s)	Riko (formerly) Abyss Tribe (formerly) Vueko (formerly)
Sell	200 Orth
Weight	20g
Exp.	10
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1

The Star Compass (星 (ほし) の羅 (ら) 針 (しん) 盤 (ばん) , Hoshi no Rashinban) is an Artifact found in the 1^st Layer by Riko, who also named it.

Description

The Star Compass is a light blue, transparent orb with patterns on its surface. It has a structure inside of it and a metal ring around it. While the ring around it floats and maintains the same position as the globe, the structure inside the compass doesn't tilt or rotate. It maintains the same position even if the exterior body is moved. Riko claims that it points to the bottom of The Abyss. While the grade of this artifact remains unknown, it is estimated by Riko to be a Fourth Grade Artifact.

In the distant past, Vueko inherited the Star Compass from her caretaker and used it to find The Abyss with Ganja. She gave it to the Abyss Tribe in exchange for their aid.

More recently, Riko unearthed the Artifact and illegally took it back to Belchero Orphanage as her own personal item, instead of submitting it for appraisal.

The Star Compass was one of the Artifacts that Riko had taken with her on her journey, but it was quickly lost in the 1^st Layer, slipping out of her hand while she was shaking it. It hasn't been seen since.

Riko's theory that it points to the bottom of The Abyss is corroborated by Vueko, who had observed that it always pointed towards The Abyss; even when she was very far away from it.

Cravagli, who already seems to know what the Star Compass is, points out to Shiggy that it is a "peephole", though he doesn't know how to use it.

Trivia

• The name of the Compass was inspired by the trading card game, Magic: The Gathering.
• The Star Compass, while in Vueko's possession, appears differently than it does in the present, having a less round-shaped part, which goes into a cone shaped ending part for the structure inside it. While in Riko's possession, the structure inside the Compass ends in anchor-shaped ending part.
• The elderly tribesman Vueko gave the compass to points out that it is shaped in the "form of the essential part".
• Even though we see Riko was the one to name it Star Compass, Wazukyan also refers to it as Star Compass in his initial travels.
• The Beyond Glyph meaning "Big Pit" shown by the elderly tribesman depicts a symbol similar in shape to the Star Compass.
• Vueko traded the Star Compass to the elder tribesman which in time was dug up by Riko and then dropped down the waterfall, confirming that Riko and Vueko shared the same Star Compass.