A black crystalline mineral that manifested as a result of the Catastrophes that ravaged the world of [[Arknights]]. It is useful as a power source, among other things, but overexposure causes "oripathy", which is the source of the [[oripathy lesion (arknights)|]]s seen on some characters. Commonly depicted as black crystals.

In game, originium (also called originite prime) is used as the premium currency for buying skins and pulling characters from the gacha system.

It is based on the tiberium, a (usually) green crystal from [i][[Command and Conquer]][/i] series, of which the originium shared several characteristic with.

h4. External links

* "Arknights Wiki: Originium":[http://en.rhinelab.org/index.php?title=Originium]
源石 オリジニウム 오리지늄