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⚔ Quick Reference ⚔

WARFRAME

Tenno Survival Guide

Movement

WASDMove

ShiftSprint (toggle in Options → Controls)

SpaceJump (tap twice = Double Jump)

CtrlCrouch / Slide (while sprinting)

Ctrl + SpaceBullet Jump — your main movement tool

Shift (midair)Roll / Dodge (75% damage reduction)

VToggle crouch

Combat

LMBFire weapon

RMBAim / Aim Glide (midair — slows descent)

EMelee attack

FSwitch weapon (HOLD = equip melee only)

RReload

MMBAlt-fire / Heavy melee attack

1 2 3 4Warframe abilities (costs Energy)

5Operator / Drifter mode (post-quest)

Navigation & UI

EscPause menu

MMission progress / overlay map

TabFull map (in mission)

GWaypoint marker (ping for squad)

XContext action (revive, hack, interact)

QGear wheel (consumables, scanners)

TOpen chat

YAuto-complete Cipher (during hacking)

F6Screenshot (saved to Warframe/Captures)

Useful Settings

Enable Toggle Sprint — saves your pinky

Show Player List (Options → HUD) — see squad health/shields

Consider binding Roll to a separate key from Sprint for cleaner parkour

Bind alternate crouch to C — makes Bullet Jump easier (thumb: C → Space)

How It Works

There are no traditional levels. Power comes from MODS, not gear rarity. Your Warframe and weapons each level to 30 (grants mod capacity). Your overall Mastery Rank rises by leveling unique gear for the first time. Higher MR unlocks new weapons, trade slots, and daily standing caps. Re-leveling the same item gives NO additional mastery.

Star Chart Order

Earth

Starting planet. Vor's Prize tutorial quest. Farm Rhino parts from Jackal on Venus next door

Venus → Mercury → Mars

Complete Junctions to unlock each planet. Pick up Once Awake quest, farm basic mods

Phobos → Void → Ceres

Void introduces Fissure relics. Ceres unlocks Grineer-heavy content. Start farming elemental mods

Jupiter → Europa → Saturn

The Second Dream quest unlocks here — one of the best quests in gaming. DO NOT spoil it

Uranus → Neptune → Pluto

The War Within continues the story. Broken War sword is excellent — do NOT use it to craft War

Sedna → Eris → Endgame

Steel Path, Arbitrations, Sorties, Archon Hunts, open worlds (Plains, Fortuna, Deimos). The real game begins

Mastery Rank Milestones

MR 2Trading unlocked — you can now earn Platinum from other players

MR 5More weapon options. Access to most star chart content

MR 8Good selection of meta weapons available

MR 16All weapons unlocked. All Rivens usable. Functionally "max"

⚠️ Don't Skip Quests

The main quests (The Second Dream, The War Within, The Sacrifice, The New War, Duviri Paradox, The Hex) are the backbone of Warframe. They unlock critical systems (Focus, Operator, Drifter) and are genuinely excellent storytelling. Avoid spoilers at all costs — the community takes this seriously.

Why It Matters

Warframe's movement system is one of the fastest and most fluid in any game. Mastering parkour is more important than mastering combat — if you're standing still, you're dying. Every Warframe has the same base parkour moves.

Core Moves

Bullet JumpCrouch + Jump — fast directional launch in any direction. This is your bread and butter

Double JumpTap Jump again midair — reposition or gain height

Aim GlideHold RMB midair — slow your fall, aim while floating (3 sec max)

SlideSprint + Crouch — fast ground movement, good for tight spaces

Roll / DodgeTap Sprint midair or while moving — 75% damage reduction during animation

Wall DashHold Jump at a wall — run up or across it. Resets your Double Jump

Wall LatchAim (RMB) at a wall — cling to it. Can cast abilities while latched

Edge GrabAutomatic — your frame grabs ledges and pulls up

Essential Combos

Standard TravelBullet Jump → Double Jump → Roll — fastest general movement

Long DistanceBullet Jump → Aim Glide → Double Jump → Aim Glide — maximizes airtime

Max HeightBullet Jump (aim straight up) → Melee → Double Jump — reaches very high places

Drop CancelTap Roll just before landing from height — prevents hard landing recovery

Tips

Bullet Jumps trigger a small Blast proc — breaks fans, grates, and knocks down nearby enemies

Rolling shakes off parasites (Latchers, Maggots, Leeches) and dispels some debuffs

You can chain Bullet Jump → Double Jump → Roll once per air cycle. Wall dashing resets the chain

Parkour mods (Mobilize, Aviator, Patagium) are useful early but not mandatory

The #1 Rule

Mods are everything. A fully modded starter weapon will outperform an unmodded endgame weapon. If you feel weak, the answer is almost always: check your mods. Not your gear, not your frame — your mods.

How Mods Work

Every weapon, frame, and companion has 8 mod slots

Each mod has a drain cost. Total drain can't exceed your mod capacity

Mod capacity = item level (max 30). Orokin Catalyst/Reactor doubles this to 60

Polarity symbols on slots halve matching mod costs — use Forma to add polarities

Mods rank up with Endo + Credits. Higher ranks = exponentially more expensive

⚠️ Early Game Tip

Don't max rank 10 mods yet. Rank 8 gives ~82% of the stats for ~25% of the total Endo cost. Save your resources until you have a steady Endo income.

Must-Have Mods

🛡️ WarframeVitality (HP), Redirection (shields), Intensify (power strength), Continuity (duration), Streamline (efficiency), Flow (energy pool), Stretch (range)

🔫 PrimarySerration (+damage), Split Chamber (multishot), + elemental mods (Hellfire, Stormbringer, Infected Clip, Cryo Rounds)

🔫 SecondaryHornet Strike (+damage), Barrel Diffusion (multishot), + elemental mods

⚔️ MeleePressure Point (+damage), Fury or Berserker (attack speed), + elemental mods

Mod Sources

Enemy drops — most basic mods come from regular combat

Nightmare missions — dual-stat mods (two bonuses in one)

Corrupted Vault runs (Derelict/Deimos) — powerful trade-off mods like Blind Rage, Fleeting Expertise

Nightwave — essential mods cycle through the Nightwave cred store

Trading with players — if you need a specific rare mod, warframe.market is your friend

How Elements Combine

Elemental mods combine based on slot position: top-left to bottom-right. Two primary elements next to each other merge into a combined element. Innate weapon elements combine last. The ORDER of your mods determines what you get — rearrange to change the output.

Primary Elements

🔥 HeatDoT + armor strip. Enemy panics. Strong standalone

❄️ ColdSlows enemy. Decent CC

⚡ ElectricityChains to nearby enemies. Stuns

☠️ ToxinDoT that bypasses shields entirely. Excellent vs Corpus

Combined Elements

ViralCold + Toxin↑ Health damage taken. THE meta element

CorrosiveElec + ToxinStrips armor. Great vs Grineer

RadiationHeat + ElecConfusion. Good vs Alloy Armor

BlastHeat + ColdAoE explosion on stacks. Niche

MagneticCold + ElecShield damage. Crushes Overguard

GasHeat + ToxinAoE Toxin cloud. Stack-limited

What to Use

General / MetaViral + Heat — best all-rounder for most content

vs GrineerCorrosive + Heat — strips heavy armor fast

vs CorpusToxin (solo) or Magnetic — Toxin bypasses shields entirely

vs InfestedHeat + Slash weapons — Infested are weak to Heat, strong vs Toxin

Endgame SlashSlash procs bypass armor and shields — the best physical damage type for scaling

🗺️ Star Chart Missions

Exterminate — kill everything. Good for farming resources

Capture — chase & capture a target. Fastest mission type

Survival — stay alive using Life Support. Endless, scales up

Defense — protect an objective in waves. Endless

Spy — hack 3 data vaults without detection. Great mod rewards

Rescue — free a hostage. Stealth optional but helpful

Mobile Defense — carry datamass to terminals, defend each one

Sabotage — destroy or corrupt a target. Multiple routes

Assassination — boss fights. Source of Warframe component blueprints

Disruption — defend conduits from Demolysts. Great scaling rewards

Excavation — power extractors to dig up rewards. Endless

Interception — capture and hold 4 points. Endless

🏔️ Open Worlds

Plains of Eidolon (Earth) — bounties, fishing, mining, Eidolon hunts at night

Orb Vallis (Venus) — bounties, conservation, K-Drive, Profit-Taker/Exploiter orb fights

Cambion Drift (Deimos) — Infested, Necramechs, Helminth system unlock

Duviri (Zariman) — roguelike mode, Incarnon weapon unlocks

🔥 Endgame Content

Steel Path — hard mode Star Chart. All enemies +100 levels. Unique reward track

Arbitrations — no revives, scaling rewards, unique mods (unlocks after full Star Chart clear)

Sorties — daily 3-mission chain with modifiers. Riven mod rewards

Archon Hunts — weekly boss fights with Tau Shards as rewards

Void Fissures — crack relics to get Prime parts. Core loot loop

Railjack — space combat with your own ship. Multi-crew

🌐 Recurring Systems

Nightwave — seasonal challenge track. Free rewards including essential items (Catalysts, Forma, Nitain)

Invasions — pick a faction side for bonus rewards

Syndicates — reputation factions with unique mods and augments

Baro Ki'Teer — biweekly Void Trader with exclusive mods and cosmetics (costs Ducats + Credits)

Free to Play — Really

Everything gameplay-relevant can be earned without spending real money. Platinum (premium currency) is tradeable between players. You can farm items and sell them for Plat. The ONLY things Plat is truly needed for are inventory slots and cosmetics.

⚠️ Starter Platinum Rules

You start with 50 Platinum. Do NOT spend it on weapons or frames — they can all be farmed. Spend it on: 1 Warframe slot (20p) + 4 weapon slots (2×12p = 24p). That leaves 6p. Save it. If you get a 75% login discount, that's the best time to buy Plat.

Earning Platinum (Free)

Sell Prime junk from relic runs — 2-6p per part, adds up fast

Farm & sell Prime sets — full sets sell for 30-300p+ depending on demand

Sell rare mods — Nightmare, Corrupted, and Augment mods sell well

Sell Syndicate weapons & augments — steady passive income

Sell Riven mods — can be extremely valuable for meta weapons

warframe.market — always price-check before trading

Earning Credits

Index (Neptune) — fastest credit farm, 200k-250k per 5-minute run

Dark Sector missions (e.g., Seimeni, Ceres) — 20k+ per 5-wave defense

Profit-Taker (Orb Vallis) — endgame, 125k+ per kill with booster

Railjack missions — solid credit rewards at higher tiers

Sell duplicate mods — clear out junk from Equipment → Inventory

Earning Endo

Arbitrations — best Endo source in the game (Ayatan Sculptures + raw Endo)

Maroo's Bazaar weekly Ayatan treasure hunt — free sculpture every week

Dissolve duplicate mods — turn trash mods into Endo

Steel Path Incursions — bonus Endo rewards

Your First Choice

You pick one of three starter Warframes. This choice barely matters long-term — you'll build dozens of frames eventually. Pick whichever sounds fun. If truly unsure, Excalibur is the safest pick because he's the hardest to farm later.

Starter Warframes

⚔️ ExcaliburBalanced melee-focused frame. Exalted Blade (4) is a powerful energy sword. Easy to use, effective through endgame. Hardest starter to re-acquire — only drops from one boss

🧲 MagCaster frame — Magnetize creates damage bubbles, Pull groups enemies. Excellent crowd control. Easy to farm later from The Sergeant (Phobos)

⚡ VoltVersatile — speed buffs, electric shields, AoE nuke. Great solo & team utility. Available from clan research dojo later

Best Early Farms

🦏 RhinoFrom Jackal (Venus). Iron Skin makes you nearly unkillable. THE best "training wheels" frame. Farm this ASAP

🔥 EmberFrom General Sargas Ruk (Saturn). AoE fire abilities clear rooms. Simple and effective

❄️ FrostFrom Lech Kril (Ceres). Snow Globe protects objectives in Defense/Mobile Defense

🐒 WukongFrom clan dojo research. Clone fights alongside you, very tanky, great mobility. Join a clan to access

⚠️ Join a Clan Early

Clans unlock access to exclusive weapons and Warframes through the Dojo. Some of the best early gear (Hek shotgun, Wukong, Nezha, Volt if you didn't pick him) requires clan research. Ask in Recruit Chat: "LF clan inv" — you'll get offers immediately.

Focus Schools (Post–Second Dream)

Zenurik ★Energy regeneration — up to 5/sec. Best for beginners by far. Pick this if unsure

NaramonMelee affinity & combo duration. Good for melee-focused builds

MaduraiDamage boosts. Used for Eidolon hunting

VazarinHealing & protective abilities. Support-oriented

UnairuArmor strip & survivability. Endgame Eidolons