Alien Relic

"This strange alien relic now powers a unique upgrader which seems to de-age ore."

Overview
The Alien Relic is a Contraband-tier item sold by the Masked Man. This item (along with the Chemical Refiner) was released on June 2nd. This item was first sold on June 3rd from the Masked Man.

Trivia

 * Using the upgrader followed by a Big Bertha will allow for a safe way to launch ores into the upgrader without fail, similar to the Ore Transistor.
 * When Alien Relic was released, the hitbox made it align to the center instead of to the right so ores couldn't go into to, this was patched in the birthday update.
 * Alien Relic is one of three way-up-high upgraders to be bigger than 2x2 units. The other ones being Ore Transistor and The Beehive. This is how Alien Relic was fixed.
 * Before the Birthday Update, players were unable to send ores through. This has been fixed, along with the Freon Suppressor.
 * This upgrader can send ores a far distance, so you need to place your upgraders farther away from the alien relic.
 * The Alien Relic doesn't count as an upgrader. In fact, it subtracts the number of upgrades by one, allowing for ore to pass through this and another upgrader and still be accepted by any cell furnace.
 * Tesla Resetter doesn't count as an upgrader either, allowing an ore to have negative 2 upgrades.
 * Some say that using a setup like using a furnace the Cell Particalizer can get Octillions with this and an upgraded ore.