All Game Items - Warframe

Introduction

Warframe features a vast array of items—Warframes, weapons, consumables, resources, currencies, and collectibles—that form the backbone of its progression and customization. This guide categorizes every major item type, explaining their function, acquisition, and optimal usage.

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Warframes (Armor / Frames)

Warframes are the battle suits piloted by the Tenno. Each has unique abilities, stats, and a passive. They are the closest thing to “armor” in Warframe.

Normal vs. Prime

Normal Warframes: Base versions obtainable from Planet bosses, quests, or Clan Dojo research.

Prime Warframes: Enhanced versions with slightly better stats and unique polarities. Acquired by opening Void Relics. They also grant additional Mastery Rank.

How to Obtain

Blueprint from boss assassination missions (e.g., Jackal drops Rhino parts).

Component blueprints (Neuroptics, Chassis, Systems) are crafted from resources.

Prime parts come from Void Relics (Lith, Meso, Neo, Axi).

Syndicates (e.g., Arbiters of Hexis) sell certain Warframe augment mods.

Quests reward specific Warframes (e.g., Limbo from The Limbo Theorem).

Helminth System: Once you obtain a Warframe, you can subsume it into the Helminth to unlock its first ability for use on other Warframes (requires the Helminth Segment, bought from Son in Deimos).

Notable Warframes and Synergies

Rhino: Tanky, good for new players. Synergy with abilities that boost armor (e.g., Ironclad Charge mod).

Wukong: High survivability with Celestial Twin. Excellent for speed runs.

Saryn: Extreme damage with spore spreading. Works with weapons that cause viral/gas procs.

Octavia: Invisibility and damage buffs via metronome. Hard to obtain (quest and music puzzles).

Trinity: Healer/support. Combos with energy-heavy frames.

Nekros: Desecrate increases loot drops. Essential for farming resources.

Upgrades

Orokin Reactors: Double mod capacity (up to 60 at rank 30). Needed for endgame builds.

Forma: Add or change a polarity slot to reduce cost of matching mods. Required for polarized builds.

Exilus Adapter: Unlocks the Exilus mod slot for utility mods (e.g., Handspring, Cunning Drift).

Helminth Infusion: Subsume abilities to customize your kit.

Weapons

Primary Weapons

Rifles (e.g., Braton, Rubico, Ignis Wraith)

Shotguns (e.g., Hek, Corinth, Tigris Prime)

Bows (e.g., Dread, Paris Prime, Bramma)

Launchers (e.g., Tonkor, Ogris, Zarr)

Assault Rifles / Beam Weapons (e.g., Amprex, Quanta, Opticor)

Secondary Weapons

Pistols (e.g., Lato, Lex Prime)

Machine Pistols (e.g., Akstiletto Prime)

Throwing Weapons (e.g., Spira, Hikou, Kunai)

Beam Secondaries (e.g., Gammacor, Nukor)

Melee Weapons

Swords (e.g., Skana, Broken War)

Dual Swords (e.g., Dual Kamas Prime)

Heavy Blades (e.g., Gram Prime, Galatine)

Polearms (e.g., Orthos Prime, Lesion)

Fist/Spared weapons (e.g., Hirudo, Tekko Prime)

Rapiers (e.g., Destreza)

Staves (e.g., Amphis, Bo)

Blade & Whip (e.g., Lacera)

Scythes (e.g., Hate, Reaper Prime)

Tonfas (e.g., Ohma, Kronen Prime)

Acquisition

Blueprints: Market (Credits/Platinum), Dojo research, quests, enemy drops, alarms.

Prime weapons: Void Relics (like Warframes).

Special variants: Wraith (clan dojo), Vandal (event/alert), Prisma (Baro Ki'Teer), Tenet (Sisters of Parvos), Kuva (Lich system).

Mastery Rank locked: Some weapons require higher MR (e.g., Bramma MR 12).

Weapon Upgrades

Orokin Catalyst: Doubles mod capacity (up to 60). Essential for all endgame builds.

Forma: Add polarities to reduce mod cost.

Exilus Weapon Adapter: Unlocks an Exilus mod slot (e.g., Terminal Velocity, Vigilante Supplies).

Riven Mods: Randomized mods for specific weapons. Can drastically boost stats. Acquired from Sorties, Teshin, or trade.

Arcane Enhancements: On some weapons (e.g., Primary Arcanes from Orphix missions).

Mods and Damage Types

Base damage: Serration (rifle), Hornet Strike (pistol), Pressure Point (melee).

Elemental mods: Heat, Cold, Toxin, Electricity; combine for blast, corrosive, gas, magnetic, radiation, viral.

Critical and Status: Point Strike, Vital Sense, etc.

Condition Overload: Melee damage per status type on enemy.

Galvanized Mods: Endgame mods from Arbitration that stack on kill (e.g., Galvanized Chamber).

Companion Equipment

Sentinels (robotic companions)

Weapons: Rifle, shotgun, beam (e.g., Deth Machine Rifle, Sweeper Prime).

Pets: Kubrows, Kavats, Vulpaphylas, Predasites.

MOA: Robotic companion built from parts.

Sisters of Parvos hounds: Programmable pets that can hold weapons.

All companions have their own mods (e.g., Animal Instinct, Fetch, Medi-Pet Kit).

Vacuum Charm

Fetch (Kubrow/Kavat) or Vacuum (Sentinel) automatically collects loot in a radius up to 12m (with mod). Essential for efficiency.

Consumables (Gear Wheel)

Health Restores: Small, Medium, Large (use for healing outside of abilities).

Energy Restores: Same tiers; energy pad is crucial for caster frames.

Ammo Restores: Team ammo restores (pistol, rifle, shotgun, sniper). Rarely used.

Ciphers: Instantly hack consoles (Normal or Hard). Good for spy missions.

Specters: Summon AI allies (e.g., Vapor Specter, Clem, Warframe Specters). Useful for solo difficulty.

Scanner: Codex/Synthesis scanner for scanning enemies, plants, and fragments.

Synthesis Trap: Imobilize synthesis target.

Air Support Charges: Summon Liset to hack alarms or restore shields.

Consumable Gear Items: K Drive launcher, Archwing launcher, Fishing spear, Mining laser, Necramech summon.

Resources and Materials

Common Resources

Ferrite: Used in many weapons and Warframes. Farm from Venus/Mercury.

Nano Spores: Common on Deimos/Phobos. Used in large quantities.

Alloy Plate: From Venus/Earth. Used in armor components.

Polymer Bundle: From Uranus/Venus. Used for energy restores and weapons.

Circuits: From Venus/Mars. Used in defense drones and weapons.

Control Module: From Neptune/Void. Used for prime frames and weapons.

Orokin Cell: Rare from Saturn/Ceres; needed for many high-tier items.

Argon Crystal: From Void; decays after daily reset. Used for several prime weapons (e.g., Arca Plasmor).

Morphics: From Mars/Mercury.

Rubedo: From Phobos/Europa.

Plastids: From Saturn/Uranus.

Tellurium: Rare from Archwing missions.

Cryotic: From Excavation missions.

Oxium: From Corpus Oxium Ospreys; needed for some weapons.

Nitain Extract: From Nightwave Acts or Ghoul Purge bounties.

Kuva: From Kuva Siphons/Floods on Saturn/Kuva Fortress; used to reroll Riven mods and for Kuva Lich weapons.

Void Traces: From Void Relic fissure missions; used to refine relics.

Sentient Animus and Anomaly Shards: From Sentient enemies (used in some weapons and Arcanes).

Hexenon: From Jupiter (Corpus Gas City).

Rare Materials

Lightsource / Thermal Sludge / etc. (specific to open worlds)

Acanthus Extract / Xiphos Plastids (baro items)

Use Cases

Crafting weapons, Warframes, Forma, Dojo decorations, consumables, and keys.

Trading: Some resources can be traded (e.g., Kuva, Nightwave Cred).

Currencies

Premium Currency

Platinum: Can be bought with real money or traded between players. Used to buy slots, cosmetics, boosters, blueprints, and to rush builds.

Standard Currencies

Credits: Main in-game currency. Earned from missions, alerts, and trading. Used for blueprint purchase, trading tax, and crafting.

Endo: Used to upgrade mods. Obtained from mod dismantling, rewards, Ayatan sculptures.

Mastery Rank Points: Not a currency but progression system. Increases daily standing cap, loadout capacity, and unlocks weapons.

Special Currencies

Ducats: Trade with Baro Ki'Teer (Void trader) by selling prime parts. Used to buy rare mods and cosmetics.

Standing: For each syndicate (6 main + 3 open world + 2 special). Earned by wearing sigils or doing missions. Used to buy syndicate weapons, mods, and cosmetics.

Nightwave Cred: Earned from Nightwave series ranks. Spend on rotating items in the Cred store (Nitain Extract, alternate helmets, potatoes).

Focus (Lens): Earned from Eidolon hunts or converted from excess affinity. Used to unlock Focus schools (Zenurik, Madurai, etc.).

Kuva: As above; needed for Riven rolling.

Void Traces: As above; needed for relic refinement.

Solar Rails / Corrupted Keys: Rarely used currently.

Collectibles

Mods

Warframe Mods: Vitality, Redirection, Intensify, Continuity, Stretch, Flow.

Weapon Mods: Serration, Split Chamber, Point Strike, Elemental mods.

Stance Mods: For melee weapons, granting stances and capacity bonus.

Aura Mods: Slot into Warframe Aura mod slot; affect team (e.g., Energy Siphon, Corrosive Projection).

Riven Mods: Random rolls; tradeable.

Set Mods: Synergize with others from same set (e.g., Vigilante set for primary crits; Augur set for shields/energy).

Corrupted Mods: Dual-stat with negative effect (e.g., Fleeting Expertise). From Orokin Vault runs.

Nightmare Mods: Two positive stats (e.g., Vigor). From Nightmare missions.

Relics

Lith, Meso, Neo, Axi: Void relics containing prime parts. Refined with Void Traces to increase drop rarity. Opened in Fissure missions.

Requiem Relics: For Kuva Liches; include Requiem mods that are used to kill the Lich.

Ayatan Sculptures

Decorative items that can be slotted with Ayatan Stars (Cyan, Amber). Filled sculptures can be traded for Endo and standing. Found in missions or as rewards.

Syndicate Medallions

Hidden collectibles in syndicate missions that can be exchanged for standing.

Somachord Fragments

Collectible musical tones found on specific tilesets (e.g., Lua). Used to unlock Somachord tones in orbiter.

Cephalon Fragments

Lore fragments scanned to complete Cephalon Simaris’s codex. Reward: standing and lore.

Kuria

Tiny poems hidden across the solar system (10 per planet). Collect all to unlock a decoration.

Frame Fighter Glyphs

From scanning certain Scan target enemies.

Key Equipment and Upgrades

Orbiter Equipment

Helminth Segment: Allows ability subsuming.

Incubator Segment: Breed Kubrows/Kavats.

Personal Quarters: Decorative.

Mandachord: Music composer (Octavia related).

Tools

Codex Scanner: Use to scan enemies/objects. Upgrade to Synthesis Scanner (from Simaris) for additional rewards.

Archwing Launcher: Allows Archwing deployment in open worlds. Must be crafted.

Mining Laser: For mining gems in open worlds (e.g., Sunpoint Plasma Drill).

Fishing Spear: For catching fish.

Bait: Crafted from resources to attract specific fish.

K-Drive: Hoverboard. Built from Ventkids standing.

Necramech Summon: Deploy Necramech in open worlds. Built from Deimos resources.

Boosters (Consumable but temporary)

Affinity Booster: Double experience gain.

Resource Booster: Double resource drops.

Credit Booster: Double credit rewards.

Resource Drop Chance Booster: Increase drop rates.

Buy with Platinum or obtain from Sorties/Events.

Special Keys and Artifacts

Dragon Key: Used in Orokin Derelict Vaults to unlock corrupted mods (there are 4 types). Must be equipped in gear wheel.

Tears of the Void: Used in certain quests.

Distilling Extractor / Titan Extractor: Deploy to automatically gather resources from planets.

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Final Notes

This guide covers the essential items in Warframe. Due to the game’s constant updates, always check the wiki for the latest additions and changes. Master the synergies between Warframes, weapons, and mods to dominate the Origin System.

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Item locations and drop rates are subject to change. Consult the in-game Market and Codex for current details.