Sacred treasure

Holy relics or plot devices? You decide.

Sacred implements (神器 Jingi or Shinki) are artifacts from the murky depths of the past of Cybertron. Many are linked with Primus, the ancient deity of the Transformer race, though a number are of unknown origin. Sacred implements brim with otherworldly energy, and in the presence of one, a new Transformer may be granted life. As a result, in many universes, these artifacts are responsible for much, if not all, life on Cybertron.

Accordingly, many battles and even wars have been fought to obtain them and utilize their wondrous properties.

Known sacred implements

Vector Sigma

The Vector Sigma supercomputer was integrated into the inner workings of Cybertron itself, and thus was a conduit for the power of Primus. It possessed the capability to imbue Cybertronians with true sentience, separating them from mere automatons. As well, it could reformat Cybertronians, and even evidenced the power to mechaform organics and their worlds.

Creation Matrix

Traditionally borne by a Prime in each era of Cybertronian history, the Creation Matrix housed a portion of the lifeforce of Primus, and in some universes was considered the only means of Cybertronian reproduction. In one noteworthy instance, it proved that it was instead the only safe method of reproduction, the alternative having given birth to the Swarm. In this instance, the light of the Matrix had to be sacrificed to the Swarm to prevent the destruction of the Cybertronian race, an event that sparked the Swarm's eventual evolution into the Vok.

AllSpark

Though its origins are unknown, the massive runic cube known as the AllSpark birthed life from the inanimate surface of Cybertron. Lord High Protector Megatron showed an increasing obsession with the energy which emanated from the artifact, eventually dragging the planet into the depths of civil war over it. To safeguard it, Optimus Prime ordered it jettisoned into space. Landing on Earth, it drew the Transformers in pursuit of it, and the conflict eventually began again in this new theater of war. In a tense battle to keep the artifact from Megatron, the AllSpark was destroyed, but not before its energies sparked a new flowering of Transformer life on the distant planet.