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Atun Eyes are quest items in Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy. They are used in eye sockets in Heliopolis to unlock Atun Sun Discs. There is a total of 33 Atun Eyes available but a maximum of 30 can be carried at one time. Only 12 are needed to unlock all Atun Sun Disks.

History[]

Sphinx found several Atun Eyes in various places, such as Great Wall Entrance I, Heliopolis Point, and so on. They were used in eye sockets to create Atun Sun Discs, which would allow Sphinx to run at extremely high speeds for short amounts of time. These disks were useful for completing challenges and getting across the desert quickly, so collecting as many Atun Eyes as possible is greatly encouraged.

Locations[]

Heliopolis

  1. Cursed Palace Area: In a pot on the beach below the Eye of Ra Post you destroy using a Slim Burble.
  2. Cursed Palace Area: Facing the Cursed Palace, double jump on the right side of the palace from the water, it is in a pot (requires Wings of Ibis).
  3. Cursed Palace Area: In an underwater pot along the cliff face (requires Underwater Projectiles). Swim into the ocean from beneath the Eye of Ra Post you destroy using a Slim Burble (where you found an Atun Eye in a pot) and go right along the cliffs.
  4. Cursed Palace Area: Cross the first zip line towards the obstacle course and turn left. In a wooden crate near the wall (requires the Zip Line Handle and a Fire Armadillo).
  5. Cursed Palace: In a wooden crate in the left statue room (requires Fire Armadillo). This Atun Eye may be bugged and won't appear if the player has already collected the Atun Eye in a pot from Great Wall Entrance II.
  6. Cursed Palace: In a pot in the left statue room (near the wooden crate containing an Atun Eye).
  7. Riverside Farm: In a pot behind the farmhouse.
  8. Riverside Farm: In the right hand side wooden crate next to the Eye of Ra Post.
  9. South Beach: In a pot inside Ketta's house.
  10. South Beach: In a wooden crate on the shore near the cave connecting South Beach and Heliopolis Point (requires Fire Armadillo).
  11. South Beach: In an underwater pot between the boat and Sun Shrine Island (requires Underwater Projectiles).
  12. Heliopolis Point: From the Great Wall II entrance, follow the cliffs to the right until you find a path heading up towards the wall. The Atun Eye is in the right hand wooden crate (requires Fire Armadillo).
  13. Heliopolis Point: In an underwater pot in the ocean to the right of the boat near Great Wall Entrance III (requires Underwater Projectiles).
  14. Heliopolis Point: Hit an underwater target in the ocean to the right of the boat near Great Wall Entrance III to lower a pillar (requires Underwater Projectiles). Go through the platforming challenge unblocked by the lowered pillar. The Atun Eye is in a wooden crate after taking a zip line blocked by a wooden fence (requires 2 Fire Armadillos).
  15. Heliopolis Point: Two sets of four Atun Eyes can be purchased from Gebel for 50 Onyx Scarabs (eight total). These are the least important items in Gebel's shop so don't bother purchasing them unless you can't be bothered collecting some free ones.
  16. South Desert: In a wooden crate next to the wooden sign pointing towards Bedouin Outpost, near the Heliopolis Point entrance (requires Fire Armadillo).
  17. South Desert: In a wooden crate along the beach between the underwater tunnel and Bedouin Outpost (requires Fire Armadillo).
  18. South Desert: In a wooden crate behind Urbain the Archaeologist's tent in Bedouin Outpost (requires Fire Armadillo).
  19. South Desert: In a wooden crate along the canyon path to the Lost Temple of Heliopolis (requires Fire Armadillo).
  20. South Desert: In a wooden crate next to the Atun Sun Disk at the end of the canyon path to the Lost Temple of Heliopolis (requires Fire Armadillo).
  21. South Desert: In a wooden crate near the tunnel that leads from the Great Obelisk to Heliopolis Point (requires Fire Armadillo).
  22. South Desert: Near the obelisk on the cliff facing Sun Shrine Island there is a cliff jutting out towards three rock spires. The Atun Eye is in a pot on the third rock spire.

Great Wall Entrance II

  1. Defeat the Mummy Chihuahuas and the Green Giant Worm to spawn a statue. Smash the statue to get the Atun Eye.
  2. In a pot after the four rope climb before the Half Brute.
  3. In a pot past the Half Brute. This Atun Eye may be bugged and won't appear if the player has already collected the Atun Eye in a wooden crate from Cursed Palace.
  4. In a wooden crate on the top level of the room, past the Mummy Worm (requires Fire Armadillo).

Abydos

  1. Council Chambers: After saving the Bird Woman from the monsters in the courtyard, speak to her inside the Council Chambers. She will reward your bravery with an Atun Eye.

Trivia[]

  • There are significantly more eyes than there are sockets to place them. All eye sockets can be filled without worrying about missing one.
  • It was likely intended for there to be 34 Atun Eyes throughout the game, but two eyes are linked and one will become unavailable if the other is collected (Cursed Palace wooden crate and Great Wall Entrance II second pot).
  • Atun Eyes also resemble the laser eyes used in one section of the Outskirts of the Castle of Uruk.
  • In the Spanish version they are called Ojos de Atum, probably because Atún means tuna in that language.
  • An Atun Sun disk is the circle often seen above the head of several Egyptian Deities.
    • Briefly, the Atun sun disk itself was worshipped as Egypt's only god by Pharaoh Akhenaten. This was later overturned by his son Tutankhamen, who restored Egypt's traditional gods.
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