Last Update: 2021/02/11 - Nightwave: Intermission III: Update 29.7.0
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This article lists all available quests for Warframe, with tips on how to unlock them and what you will get from these quests.
*Information in this article is based on the PC build for Warframe, and some quests may not be available on the console build.
General Tips:
- Once you unlock quests, it can be started from the Codex > Quest tab and hitting ‘BEGIN’ on the UI.
- Once you have the quest started, it’s best not to change the active quest until it is completed.
- Most quests cannot be replayed once completed. There are few exceptions as displayed below, however replays are for lore purpose only and completing the quest again will not give you the quest reward again.
- Once you complete the quest, Quest Rewards can be re-obtained from Cephalon Simaris at the Relay for Standings.
- Most quests are unlocked via Junction completion.
Vor’s Prize
- First quest when starting Warframe as a new player.
- Completing the quest will unlock most of the player ship’s segments.
- If you have skipped this quest when the quest system was introduced, it will be considered completed and will not affect future quest unlocks
Saya's Vigil
- The quest is unlocked by completing Vor's Prize, reach Mastery Rank 1, complete a Bounty from Cetus located in Plains of Eidolon, and then talk to Konzu about 'A Personal Favor'. Which then you will be instructed to talk to Saya in Cetus (do not go to the Plains of Eidolon), and once you do so you will obtain the Quest.
- If you skipped Vor's Prize back when quest system was first introduced, the quest will be considered 'Completed' on server side, and it will not affect your capability to unlock the quest.
- The quest will award you with the Gara Blueprint. Gara parts blueprints are obtained from Bounties on Plains of Eidolon.
- The quest can only be played in Solo-mode and can not be played on co-op.
- If you sell the Gara Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Gara Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- If a player has purchased the Gara Warframe from the Market with Platinum prior to completing the quest for the first time, they will receive a Veiled Riven Mod upon completion of the quest along with the Gara Blueprint via in-game Inbox.
Vox Solaris
- The quest is automatically started when player visits Fortuna on Venus for the first time.
- To view and access Fortuna, player must have the Unda node that precedes Fortuna completed.
- Completing the quest will reward the player with the K-Drive Launcher gear item at the Quest completion screen, and will receive the Garuda Blueprint separately from Eudico via Inbox Mail after completing the quest.
- The K-Drive Launcher reward is the Gear Item and not the Blueprint. It is not necessary to craft any item to equip the Launcher to your Gear Wheel after completing the quest. It is also important to note that, The K-Drive Launcher is a gear item to summon the K-Drive, and is not the actual K-Drive (you must obtain/craft that outside of the quest). The K-Drive Launcher is still usable without owning any K-Drive, and will summon the basic Bondi K-Drive that cannot be modified.
- Garuda parts blueprints are not part of the quest reward, and are obtained from completing Bounty Missions on Fortuna/Orb Vallis.
- If you sell the Garuda Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Garuda Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- Completing the quest is required to unlock some of the merchants in Fortuna.
The Deadlock Protocol
- The quest can be accessed from your Codex if you are Mastery Rank 4 or higher, and have completed the "Vox Solaris" quests that precedes it.
- Completing the quest will reward the player with the Xoris Glaive weapon, which they will collect and craft the blueprint/parts within the quest. They will also be rewarded the Protea Blueprint and the Granum Void Captura Scene upon completing the quest for the first time.
- Component blueprints for the Protea are not part of the Quest Reward, and are acquired from the Granum Void, a special location only accessible from the Corpus Ship tileset.
- If a player has purchased the Protea Warframe from the Market with Platinum prior to completing the quest for the first time, they will receive a Veiled Rifle Riven Mod upon completion of the quest via in-game Inbox.
- The Deadlock Protocol quest can be replayed once completed from the Codex, but completing the quest again will not give you the quest rewards again.
- If you have sold the Xoris you obtained from the quest, you can obtain additional Xoris Blueprint from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 100,000 Standings, and the Parts for 15,000 Standings each after completing the quest.
- If you sell the Protea Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Protea Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
Heart of Deimos
- The quest can be accessed from your Codex by having the Mars Junction on Earth Completed, and have access to the Cambion Drift Open World node.
- This quest can only be played in Solo mode.
- Completing the quest will reward the player with the Xaku Blueprint and the Deimos Necralisk Captura Scene upon completing the quest for the first time.
- Xaku's component blueprints are acquired from Cambion Drift Bounty missions.
- If a player has purchased the Xaku Warframe from the Market with Platinum prior to completing the quest for the first time, they will receive a Veiled Shotgun Riven Mod upon completion of the quest via in-game Inbox.
- If you sell the Xaku Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Xaku Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
Howl of the Kubrow
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Venus to Mercury.
- This quest will allow you to create your very first Kubrow!
- After the first mission you will gain access to the Incubator Segment.
You then will have to find a Kubrow Egg by destroying Kubrow Dens found on Earth's Forest tileset. It can also be purchased for Platinum. Once you have acquired an Egg, you must also obtain an Incubator Power Core. It can be acquired as a finished item through the Market or in the form of a Blueprint to craft in your Foundry. - Alternatively, you can obtain an Incubator Power Core upon completing the Mars Junction for the first time.
- When asked to wait until the Kubrow matures, incubating and hatching the egg will not progress the quest. Kubrow can be instantly matured at the Incubator Segment with a click of a button.
- Finally you will receive the Nai-Zhen Collar that will allow you to take your Kubrow to regular missions (once obtained, the Collar will automatically attach to the Kubrow in use).
- Progression of the quest specifically requires Kubrows, and other Pets (Kavats, etc.) won't count towards the quest's progression.
Once Awake
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Venus to Mercury.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Molten Impact MOD (not Quest exclusive), and the Heat Sword Blueprint
- The Heat Sword Blueprint can also be bought from the Nightwave Offerings.
The Archwing
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Earth to Mars.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Odonata Archwing and 2 Archwing weapons (Imperator and Veritux).
- After completing the quest you will be able to use your Archwing in regular Archwing missions, and underwater levels.
- Resources required to craft the Odonata parts are not obtained through quest progression, and must be obtained on your own.
- Completion of this quest early is recommended as many quests, missions, and events require access to Archwing to participate.
- If you sell the Odonata Archwing, Imperator and the Veritux you have crafted, you can obtain additional Blueprints for these equipment from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for the following cost:
- Odonata Blueprint: 100,000 Standings
- Odonata Parts Blueprints: 50,000 Standings each
- Imperator Blueprint: 100,000 Standings
- Veritux Blueprint: 100,000 Standings
A Man of Few Words
- Unlocked by talking with Darvo in any of the Relays.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Exilus Adapter and 1 Clem Clone Blueprint.
- The Clem Clone Blueprint cannot be reused. Additional Blueprints must be obtained to construct more Clem Clones. They can be acquired by completing missions to help Clem, which can be accessed by talking to Darvo at the Relay after completing the quest (only once per 7 days).
Stolen Dreams
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Mars to Phobos.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Ether Dagger Blueprint and an Orokin Catalyst Blueprint.
- You can obtain additional Ether Daggers Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 100,000 Standings each after completing the quest.
The Limbo Theorem
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Jupiter to Europa, which then the quest will be unlocked and available in your codex.
- You will also need the Archwing to play some of the quest missions.
- As of Update 21 The Limbo Theorem Excavation missions will now guarantee one of the Blueprints at the end of 3 extractors as an End of Mission reward.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Limbo component blueprints (Limbo Neuroptic, Systems, and Chassis). You can craft the Limbo after completing the quest by purchasing the Limbo Blueprint from the market.
- If you sell the Limbo Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Limbo Parts Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings each after completing the quest.
The New Strange
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction task from Jupiter to Europa.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Chroma Blueprint.
- Chroma parts blueprints are rewarded as Junction rewards and are not part of the quest reward:
- Neuroptics Blueprint: Uranus Junction on Saturn
- Chassis Blueprint: Neptune Junction on Uranus
- Systems Blueprint: Pluto Junction on Neptune
- If you sell the Chroma Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Chroma Blueprints and Chroma Parts Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for the following cost:
- Chroma Blueprint: 50,000 Standings
- Chroma Parts Blueprints: 25,000 Standings
- The New Strange quest can be replayed once completed at the Codex, but completing the quest again will not give you the quest reward again.
Natah
- Quest is unlocked by being Mastery Rank 3 and scanning a Sentient Oculyst found throughout the Solar System (reports indicate frequent Oculyst sightings in a laboratory located underwater).
- Completing the quest will award you with the Exilus Adapter, and allow player to buy the Exilus Adapter blueprint from Cephalon Simaris.
The Second Dream
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Uranus to Neptune and completing the Natah quest.
- Quest rewards include:
- Broken-War
- Focus system unlocked
- Access to Orokin Moon nodes
- Scar Sigil
- The Broken War reward is required to craft the War weapon, which the Blueprint is dropped from a special Assassin Boss enemy that appears after completing the quest.
- If you sell the Broken War you have obtained, you can obtain additional Blueprints from the special Assassin Boss enemy that appears after completing the quest.
The War Within
- Unlocked by gaining access to Sedna via Junctions, and have The Second Dream quest completed.
- The final boss fight will have you fighting Kuva Guardians with your Melee only, so it is recommended that before you commit to infiltrating you equip your best Melee, and preferably your best Warframe.
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During the fight against the Kuva Guardians, they are immune to Warframe attacks, and Warframe powers are nullified inside the chamber, along with the player being unable to use their Primary and Secondary weapons, or any Gear. In order to fight the Guardians, the Tenno must utilize their Operator's void powers to destroy them by stepping out of their Warframe using their Transference ability. Each Kuva Guardian can be killed via the following steps:
- The Kuva Guardian must first be stunned with a Void Blast.
- Once the Kuva Guardian is kneeling on the ground with an orange glow around them, players must Void Dash through the Guardian to disarm them of their staves.
- Finally, once the Kuva Guardian starts to use their Twin Rogga pistols, players can now deal damage to them using Void Beam or Warframe.
- If you do go into the fight with weaker equipment, the fight is balanced to scale with your equipment, and is designed to be complete-able with any melee weapon. The key is to use your new powers to defeat the Guardians, and in the other segment of the fight, you must dodge and parry the offender's attack and attack with your melee when they show openings.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Broken Scepter, Orvius Blueprint, Rifle Riven Mod, and the Grineer Queens Glyph.
- Once you complete the quest, the Orvius Blueprint can be obtained again from Cephalon Simaris at the Relay as an offering for paying 100,000 Standing.
- Completing the quest will also reward the player with the Personal Quarters Segment Blueprint.
- If you select an alignment you did not want, Warframe Support cannot alter or edit user's choices and alignment.
- If you sell the Orvius Weapon you have crafted, you can obtain additional Orvius Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 100,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- If you sell the Broken Scepter you have obtained, you can obtain additional Broken Scepter Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 100,000 Standings after completing the quest.
Mask of the Revenant
- Prerequisite: Rank of “Observer” or above with The Quills Syndicate. Important to note that, Ostron Syndicate is not the same as the Quills Syndicate
- Visit Nakak in Cetus and select the “Mask” dialogue option. Purchase the Mask of the Lost One from Nakak and equip it to your Operator
You can do so straight from Cetus by going to Equipment > Operator via the ESC menu while in Operator Mode! - Go out into the Plains of Eidolon during the night with the mask equipped. There will be a marked area with an item for you to find -- listen to Nakak’s dialogue for hints!
- Once you have found the item, you must return to Cetus and talk to Konzu. Using the Bounty Board, select a Bounty with a Revenant Parts Blueprint in its droptable. Complete the Bounty until you receive the Blueprint.
- Build the Blueprint and claim it from your Foundry.
- Repeat steps 2 - 4.
- NOTE: The Revenant part you build needs to be different than the one you completed in Step 4
- Return to the Plains of Eidolon with the Mask of the Lost One equipped and find the item within the marked area. After doing so, yet another marker will appear in your minimap. Search the area, find the item, and follow Nakak’s instructions.
- There are no Riven MOD rewards associated with this mini-quest regardless of prior Quest Warframe purchase.
- If you sell the Revenant Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Revenant Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
Hidden Messages
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Pluto to Sedna, which then the quest will be unlocked and available in your codex.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Mirage component Blueprints (Mirage Neuroptics, Systems, and Chassis). You can craft the Mirage after completing the quest by purchasing the Mirage Blueprint from the Market.
- Deleting the inbox messages will not interfere with the quest progression. If you have accidentally deleted the riddle from your inbox message, Warframe Support cannot restore the deleted message, however the content of the message can be read on this Help Center article here.
- If you sell the Mirage Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Mirage Parts Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings each after completing the quest.
Chains of Harrow
- The quest is unlocked by completing The War Within quest, and having the Mot node on the Void completed.
- This quest is replayable once completed at the Codex (completing the quest again will not award you with the quest reward again).
- The quest will award you with the Harrow Blueprint. His parts can be found in the Defection mission type, Grineer Fortress Spy missions, and from enemies corrupted by Void Fissures.
- The quest can only be played in Solo-mode and can not be played on co-op.
- If you sell the Harrow Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Harrow Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- If a player has purchased the Harrow Warframe from the Market with Platinum prior to completing the quest for the first time, they will receive a Melee Riven Mod upon completion of the quest along with the Harrow Blueprint via in-game Inbox.
Apostasy Prologue
- The quest is unlocked by completing Chains of Harrow.
- The Personal Quarters Segment must be crafted and installed to your orbiter.
- You need to set your Matchmaking Setting to SOLO in order to access the glowing orb in your Personal Quarters.
The Sacrifice
- The quest is unlocked by completing the Apostasy Prologue. Once unlocked, the quest can be started from the Codex, and the cinematic will begin once you go to your Personal Quarters and interact with 'the helmet'.
- Crafting the Excalibur Umbra initially will not fully unlock the Warframe, and the Umbra will become fully usable once the quest is fully completed.
- The Excalibur Umbra and the Skiajati cannot be sold for credits and cannot be removed from the inventory.
Rising Tide
- The prerequisite to unlock this quest:
- Complete "The Second Dream" quest (The Codex may show this step as incomplete despite having the quest completed, however as long as the other requirements listed below are completed, the quest will unlock).
- Have a constructed Dry Dock in your Clan Dojo.
- Complete the Dojo Research for "Railjack Cephalon".
- Obtain the Railjack Cephalon Blueprint from the Clan Dojo and craft/claim it from your Foundry.
- Guide for constructing the Dry Dock can be found here:
- Each part of the Railjack requires 12 hours of construction time that cannot be rushed, and with 6 parts to build, this quest requires minimum 72 hours to complete and obtain the Railjack.
- The Dry Dock construction and the initial Railjack Cephalon research is a Clan Effort, however the rest of the acquisition quest is a Solo-only content.
- Your Railjack is tied to your Warframe account, so leaving a clan will not remove your Railjack.
- You will need access to a Dojo with a Dry Dock to customize your Railjack.
Chimera Prologue
- The quest can be accessed from the Codex once you complete The Sacrifice quest.
- Completing the quest will reward the player with the Paracesis Blueprint.
Sands of Inaros
- Unlocked by talking to Baro Ki’Teer and purchasing the Sands of Inaros quest key blueprint when he visits the Tenno Relay. Craft the quest key blueprint at the Foundry to begin the quest from the Codex.
- To purchase the quest key blueprint, it requires you to be Mastery Rank 5 and to have access to Phobos on the Navigation Segment.
- Quest key blueprint can also be obtained through trading.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Inaros Blueprint and the Inaros component blueprints. You will also receive the Sacred Vessel decoration to place on your ship.
- If you sell the Inaros Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Inaros Blueprints and Inaros Parts Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for the following cost:
- Inaros Blueprint: 50,000 Standings
- Inaros Parts Blueprints: 25,000 Standings
- The Sands of Inaros Quest is not replayable, and purchasing the Quest Blueprint from Baro again won't allow players to craft the Quest Key. The Quest Key Blueprint can be traded to other players that hasn't unlocked the quest yet.
- The targets you defeat are only counted if you have the Sands of Inaros quest set as your active quest, you kill the targets yourself, and with the 'Sacred Vessel' equipped to your gears.
The Silver Grove
- Unlocked by reaching Mastery Rank 7, and completing The Second Dream quest. Which then you can talk to New Loka at the Tenno Relay to receive the quest.
- The player does not need to be allied with New Loka to obtain the quest.
- Quest rewards include:
- Nightfall, Twlight, Sunrise Apothic Blueprints.
- Titania Systems, Chassis, Neuroptics Blueprints
- Titania Blueprint
- Apothic Blueprints cannot be sold even after Quest completion.
- If you sell the Titania Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Titania Blueprints and Titania Parts Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for the following cost:
- Titania Blueprint: 50,000 Standings
- Titania Parts Blueprints: 25,000 Standings
The Glast Gambit
- To unlock the quest, completion of The War Within quest is required.
- In the quest mission where you must wager 160,000 credits, players are given a 10-point Victory Margin, which is the difference between points that they must maintain between their team and the opposing team. Unlike in previous matches, players must keep their score within the 10-point Margin, e.g. if Nef Anyo has 5 points, the Tenno's score must not exceed 15 points. Should the player win with a score exceeding the 10-point margin, Nef Anyo will back out, and the mission will fail.
- If at any point you're stuck in the quest where, the Navigation doesn't specify where to go for the next quest mission, go to your In-game inbox and open the last message received from Ergo Glast, play the transmission, and once the transmission is over and you exit out, another transmission from Lotus and Ergo Glast should play, triggering the next quest mission to appear.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Nidus Blueprint. The Nidus parts blueprints are obtained from Rotation C of the Infested Salvage mission on Oestrus, Eris.
- If you select an alignment you did not want, Warframe Support cannot alter or edit user's choices and alignment.
- If you sell the Nidus Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Nidus Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
Octavia's Anthem
- The quest is unlocked by having The Second Dream quest completed, and talking to Cephalon Suda at the Tenno Relay.
- The quest will award you with the Octavia Blueprint. Her parts components are found on location listed below:
- Rotation C of Deimos Survival
- By mastering your Musical abilities: completing the Organ 'note match' puzzle on Lua (not one of the Seven Principles). Completing this puzzle spawns a loot crate that will contain an Octavia Blueprint piece! Please note this puzzle does not spawn on Lua Mobile Defense missions.
- By revisiting Lua and by discovering new Caches on Lua Exterminate missions.
- This quest is replay-able once completed at the Codex (completing the quest again will not award you with the quest reward again.
- If you sell the Octavia Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Octavia Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- If you sell the Mandachord you have crafted, you can obtain additional Mandachord from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 25,000 Standings after completing the quest.
- If a player has purchased the Octavia Warframe from the Market with Platinum prior to completing the quest, they will receive a Riven Mods/Secondaries on completion of the quest along with the Octavia Blueprint via in-game Inbox.
Patient Zero
- Quest is unlocked by completing the Junction from Pluto to Eris, which then the quest will be unlocked and available in your codex.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Mutalist Alad V Assassinate Key Blueprint, which after crafting will unlock a special node to fight Mutalist Alad V. You can gather Mesa component blueprints from playing this node.
- Mesa Blueprint is sold at the market.
The Jordas Precept
- To unlock the quest, you must complete the Eris Junction on Pluto.
- Completing the quest will award you with the Atlas Blueprint and access to the Jordas Golem Assassinate node on Eris (node to collect Atlas parts blueprints).
- By playing with other users, you may gain access to the special node before completing the quest, but to complete the quest you must complete the Naeglar node on Eris as host or solo.
- If you sell the Atlas Warframe you have crafted, you can obtain additional Atlas Blueprints from Cephalon Simaris Offering at the Relay for 50,000 Standings after completing the quest.