Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator

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Councilor Vay Hek's node was changed to use a Mastery Rank lock in Update 15.13 (2015-02-05), and the Beacons needed to craft Frequency Triangulators were removed from the Prosecutors' drop tables in Update 18.10 (2016-04-29).

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Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator
Tradeable
Information
Type	Crafted
Trading Tax	2000  Credits 2000
Introduced	Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)

Raid Earth and Assassinate Councilor Vay Hek

—In-Game Description

The Vay Hek Frequency Triangulator is a one-time use Key item which, prior to Update 15.13 (2015-02-05), unlocked the Assassination node for Councilor Vay Hek on Earth. When Vay Hek was moved to Oro, Earth, the access requirement was changed to having a Mastery Rank of 5, and Triangulators lost their function alongside the Beacons used to craft them.

Acquisition

The Triangulator's blueprint was obtained from the Lotus in an inbox message, with duplicate blueprints available in the Market. The resources needed to craft the key were Beacons (not to be confused with the Gear item), which could be obtained from Prosecutors in the Grineer Shipyards on Ceres. Prosecutors would drop 1-2 Beacons of one type each, with Delta Beacons being the rarest. The Prosecutor's element did not affect which Beacon dropped.

As of Update 16.0 (2015-03-19), the Triangulator's blueprint was removed from the player's inventory, but the key itself as well as the Beacons are still intact. Beacons were removed from Prosecutors' drop tables in Update 18.10 (2016-04-29). The Triangulator cannot be sold, but the Beacons can be sold for 750 Credits 750 each.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	2	4	8	12	Time: 1 hrs
					Rush: 10 Platinum 10
Market Price: N/A			Blueprints Price:  10,000

Gathering Tips

• Endless missions such as Defense and Survival were recommended for farming Beacons, as players could encounter more Prosecutors per mission.
• Prosecutors' corpses were affected by  Nekros'  Desecrate, allowing players to increase Beacon drops and even gather more than one variant of Beacon per Prosecutor.

Trivia

• The Triangulator is one of the only tradeable obsolete items that remain in the game, alongside the Corpus Void Key and the Ancient Fusion Core.
• While the patch history hinted at the Triangulator and Beacons having a future use in the game, as of Hotfix 30.5.3 (2021-07-09) they do not.
• Interestingly, when Triangulator blueprints were removed from players' inventories, it seems they were only hidden from view and not completely removed. This is apparent if you owned a Triangulator blueprint before Update 16.0 (2015-03-19), and hover over a Triangulator in your Inventory. The "Blueprint Owned" tag will appear in the information box if this is the case.

Patch History

Update 18.10 (2016-04-29)

• Removed Beacons from the Drop tables of Prosecutors as they no longer have a use.

Update 15.13 (2015-02-05)

• Councillor Vay Hek will no longer require a key to access. He is now a boss on Earth that can only be accessed by Mastery Rank 5 and above Tenno. Vey Hek beacons and Key / Key Blueprints may one day serve a future purpose...

Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)

• Reworked Boss Battle - Councilor Vay Hek! To find him, you must first go through his most deadly force of The Prosecutors.
• Oberon pieces have been moved off Vay Hek to make room for Hydroid, and now have a chance to drop from Grineer Leader enemy types.