Resources are items that are obtained in any mission around the Star Chart and can have multiple uses depending on the type of Resource; most of them however are used solely for the manufacturing of other items in the Foundry with Blueprints.

Resources are usually shown on the map as unique objects that resemble the actual resources themselves. Players can also find resource caches unique to the resource type around the map.

With very few exceptions such as Ayatan Stars, resources are automatically picked by the player while moving over them. Several Mods can help in detecting resources or storage containers, or make the process of harvesting resources faster by increasing the range at which loots are automatically picked (e.g.  Vacuum).

Resource Types[]

Resources are classified by the method of collection, quantity obtained in each pickup, and their primary purposes.

Type	Description	Example(s)
Common	Common resources, like the name implies, are very commonly found. They drop from lockers, breakables, normal enemies, and bosses.	Nano Spores,  Alloy Plate,  Salvage
Uncommon	Uncommon resources, like the name implies, are found uncommonly in quantities usually between 10 and 30. They drop from lockers, breakables, normal enemies, and bosses. Some of the uncommon Resources are found in higher quantities between 50 and 100.	Rubedo,  Plastids,  Circuits
Rare	Rare resources will usually drop one at a time. Some drop in higher quantities, like 2 or 3. They are most often found by defeating bosses or a specific type of enemy, and very rarely from common enemies or storage lockers/containers.	Orokin Cell,  Argon Crystal,  Control Module
Research	Research resources are resources with a distinctive blue color and are dropped uncommonly from common enemies in quantities of 1 to 3. They are crucial materials for Research.	Detonite Ampule,  Fieldron Sample,  Mutagen Sample
Navigators	Navigators are orbs that are required to build a variety of keys. Like Research Resources, they can be classified as uncommon or rare depending on different factors such as drop rate or quantity obtained.  Nav Coordinates are dropped uncommonly in storage containers.	Mutalist Alad V Nav Coordinate,  Cryptographic ALU,  Omega Isotope
Special	These unique resources are usually not dropped by normal enemies, but are obtained as a reward for completing very specific mission types or challenges, or are dropped by specific enemy types (such as Sentient Cores dropped by Sentients). Some of these resources currently have only one use.	Riven Sliver,  Kuva,  Steel Essence
Minerals (ores/gems)	Special ores and rough gems are acquired through mining in Landscapes such as the Plains of Eidolon, the Orb Vallis and the Cambion Drift. They can be refined into alloys or cut gems and are usually used for building equipment purchased in Cetus, Fortuna, and the Necralisk. These include Kitguns, K-Drives, Operator Amps, several weapons and Warframes components, MOA companions, Zaws, and Necramechs.	Auron,  Hesperon,  Thaumica
Fish	Fish are acquired through fishing in the Plains of Eidolon, the Orb Vallis, and the Cambion Drift. Their organs can be extracted and are usually used for building equipment purchased in Cetus, Fortuna, and the Necralisk. They can be used to build the items listed in mining	Glappid,  Tromyzon,  Glutinox
Empyrean	Empyrean resources are mostly unique to the Empyrean game mode and have three different rarity types like normal Star Chart resources. They are dropped from enemy fighters, can be found in storage containers inside of Crewships/points of interest, or dropped by destructible items around the space. Carbides, Cubic Diodes, Ticor Plate, and Titanium are also dropped by Eximus units spawning in specific planets. Mainly used for building Railjack components/turrets, but also required for crafting several Warframe parts or weapons.	Gallos Rods,  Nullstones,  Isos
Quest/Event-exclusive	Exclusive to the quest/event they are tied to, these resources serve no purpose outside of them. Most of event resources were removed with the end of their Operations.	Pyrus Essence,  Zealot Derelict Code,  Corpus Cipher

Resource Deposits[]

Main article: Storage Containers#Resource Deposits

Resource Deposits are special containers that hold only a single type of resource. These deposits have a unique name and appearance matching the resource that they contain, and can only be found in the same areas as their associated resource. The rarity of deposits usually corresponds to the rarity of the contained resource; for example, Alloy Drums will be more common than Neural Arrays. Rare resource deposits can drop between 1 to 3 of the associated rare resource.

The various types of Resource Deposits include:

Each deposit has to be scanned five times to complete codex entry (currently, unscanned deposits will not be shown in Codex).

Farming Tips[]

For best results, it is recommended to farm resources either solo or in a dedicated group. This will reduce any tensions that might otherwise come up between players who are trying to farm resources and those who have other goals and do not wish to look for resources.

• Infested levels tend to spawn more enemies, which means more chances for resources.
  • In addition to always being controlled by the Infested, all Dark Sector missions have an increased resource drop rate that varies by individual mission.
• The  Vacuum Robotic mod and  Fetch Beast mod picks up materials around you in a good radius, removing the need to focus on manually collecting every last resource drop.
  • At rank 0, Vacuum and Fetch still have respectable ranges at 6.5 meters and 8.5 meters respectively, while costing only two mod capacity. Adding it to every companion streamlines resource pickup and should reduce (though not eliminate) the need for dedicated resource farming.
• Break everything. Look for open containers or crates, and do not be shy to break them open, even if your team decides it's not worth it. Some but not all Area-effect Warframe abilities break containers, which can be combined with Vacuum to vastly speed up the process.
• Several Warframe abilities or Augments affect resource drops.
  •  Nekros'  Desecrate gives a 54% chance for most enemies killed in a wide radius around him to roll their loot tables again, as well as spawning health orbs that help you keep up the fight, especially against the shield-bypassing Toxic damage used by many Infested enemies. Neither Power Strength nor Power Duration affects this ability; mod for range and efficiency. The  Despoil augment is also a good idea, as it makes desecrate entirely self-sustaining and allows you to freely use your energy on other abilities. In addition, it makes it much less likely that Desecrate will deactivate itself, as Nekros generally has a much larger health pool than energy pool. In combination with  Rejuvenation, the ability is essentially free with all the health orbs that drop.
    • The fixed 54% chance makes this the least efficient ability on a per-enemy basis, which is balanced out by its extreme ease of use and lack of augment requirement. This, in combination with Nekros being commonly known as "the farming frame," makes Desecrate a popular choice.
  •  Ivara's  Prowl allows her to passively "pickpocket" nearby enemies, releasing one random item from their drop table per enemy. This is slow, only working on one enemy at a time and taking multiple seconds, but prioritizing specific enemies allows for more focused farming efforts and since it leaves affected enemies completely untouched, it can be easily coordinated with other farming abilities used by teammates.
    • In addition to making the ability itself more efficient, duration mods can reduce pickpocket times significantly. Power Strength mods have no beneficial effect on pickpocket but corrupted mods that reduce Power Strength give the ability a failure chance, requiring the ability to start over and try again.
  •  Atlas'  Ore Gaze augment gives Petrified enemies a base 25% chance to reroll their drop tables. Unlike Desecrate, this is affected by Power Strength (up to a 100% chance at 400% Power Strength) but is harder to use, only working on enemies that are turned to stone at the time of their deaths. It can be used alongside Desecrate.
    • "Thawed" enemies aren't affected by Ore Gaze; increase Power Duration or coordinate with your teammates to ensure that enemies are killed while still petrified.
  •  Hydroid's  Pilfering Swarm doubles the drop chance of all enemies killed while ensnared by  Tentacle Swarm and tentacles formed by Hydroid's passive. Note that the tentacles do not have to kill the enemy for the effect to occur. Drop chance is unaffected by Power Strength but this is still the most powerful single effect, which is counterbalanced by Tentacle Swarm being difficult to use efficiently in the first place. Its ability to synergize with other farming abilities appears to need more testing.
    • All ability-affecting mods have their uses with Pilfering Swarm: Despite not affecting the augment or increasing the number of tentacles, Power Strength scales particularly well with Tentacle Swarm's damage, allowing you to kill enemies and re-target a different horde much more quickly and easily. Likewise, Efficiency allows you to more easily compensate for the difficult targeting and the limited number of tentacles. Power Range can be either increased to give the tentacles more room to target groups of enemies or reduced to limit them to smaller choke points. Duration, of course, gives you and your teammates more time to kill ensnared enemies but may be wasteful if you find yourself targeting new groups of enemies often.
  •  Khora's  Pilfering Strangledome gives a 65% chance for enemies ensnared by  Strangledome to drop additional loot. This chance is not affected by mods, and as with Hydroid's Pilfering Swarm the enemy must be held in the dome to be affected by the additional drop chance but do not need to be killed by it. As the Strangledome only has a set amount of vertices that can hold enemies this limits its effectiveness against hordes, however, this is balanced by the fact that foes are drawn into it from range, take damage over time, take extra damage from attacks and become vulnerable to friendly fire.
    • The same enemy cannot be affected by both Pilfering Swarm and Pilfering Strangledome at the same time. However it does have some synergy with Desecrate as 1/3 of the damage over time effect is Slash based, giving a decent chance for foes to be dismembered.
  • A common squad composition for a dedicated farming mission is a Speed  Nova — that is, a Nova with less than 70% strength using her  Molecular Prime ability, which will speed enemies up instead of slowing them down, a Desecrating Nekros, sometimes with the  Despoil augment for ease of use, a  Pilfering Swarm  Hydroid and an  Energy Vampire  Trinity to allow the other frames to recast their abilities. A common tactic is to find an easy room and "camp" for a while, speeding the enemies to the camping location and massacring them.
• The Spare Parts mod can slightly increase drops, though the increase is largely negligible compared to the effects of Warframe abilities.
• For passive farming, Extractors can be placed on planets with all of its nodes completed. However, this method is effective for getting common and uncommon resources, even with the Distilling Extractor. Rare resources are hard to come by using Extractors.

Recommended Farming Locations[]

These recommendations are based on player opinions and may not be optimal. See discussion comments and individual resource pages for more details.

Resource	Location
Alloy Plate	Gabii (Ceres), Draco (Ceres) or Malva (Venus)
Argon Crystal	Any Void Survival/Exterminate
Circuits	Draco (Ceres) or Malva (Venus)
Control Module	Any Void Survival/Defense, Hyena Pack (Psamathe, Neptune) or Raptors (Naamah, Europa)
Cryotic	Any Excavation mission
Ferrite	Any Void Survival/Defense, Tikal (Earth) or Apollodorus (Mercury)
Gallium	Assur (Uranus) or Lieutenant Lech Kril (War, Mars)
Hexenon	Ganymede (Jupiter) or Cameria (Jupiter)
Morphics	Wahiba (Mars), Captain Vor (Tolstoj, Mercury) or Apollodorus (Mercury)
Nano Spores	Hyf (Deimos), Terrorem (Deimos), the Cambion Drift (Deimos), Akkad (Eris) or Piscinas (Saturn)
Neural Sensors	Cameria (Jupiter), Alad V (Themisto, Jupiter) or Raptors (Naamah, Europa)
Neurodes	Tycho (Lua), Hyf or Terrorem (Deimos), Lephantis (Magnacidium, Deimos) or Zealoid Prelate (Exequias, Deimos), Tikal (Earth) or Zabala (Eris)
Orokin Cell	Terrorem (Deimos), Draco (Ceres) or Piscinas (Saturn)
Oxium	Io (Jupiter), Galatea (Neptune), Despina (Neptune), or Apollo (Lua)
Plastids	Zeugma (Phobos), Ophelia (Uranus) or Zabala (Eris)
Polymer Bundle	Assur (Uranus), Ophelia (Uranus) or Apollodorus (Mercury)
Rubedo	Any Void Survival/Defense or Zeugma (Phobos)
Salvage	Cameria (Jupiter) or Wahiba (Mars)
Tellurium	Ophelia (Uranus), Caelus (Uranus) or Salacia (Neptune)

Resources By Planet[]

Main article: Region Resource

Note, some resources are not tied to specific planets: Tellurium can drop as a rare resource in any Archwing mission and Oxium will drop from Oxium Ospreys in most Corpus missions.

Common	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Lua	Mars	Deimos	Phobos	Ceres	Jupiter	Europa	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris	Sedna	Void	Kuva Fortress	Zariman
Alloy Plate		✓					✓	✓	✓					✓		✓			✓
Ferrite	✓		✓	✓									✓				✓		✓
Nano Spores						✓					✓		✓		✓
Salvage					✓				✓							✓		✓

Uncommon	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Lua	Mars	Deimos	Phobos	Ceres	Jupiter	Europa	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris	Sedna	Void	Kuva Fortress	Zariman
Circuits		✓						✓										✓
Cryotic		✓	✓		✓					✓			✓	✓
Hexenon									✓
Plastids							✓				✓	✓		✓	✓
Polymer Bundle	✓	✓										✓
Rubedo			✓	✓			✓			✓				✓		✓	✓
Voidgel Orb																			✓

Rare	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Lua	Mars	Deimos	Phobos	Ceres	Jupiter	Europa	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris	Sedna	Void	Kuva Fortress	Zariman
Argon Crystal																	✓
Control Module										✓			✓				✓
Gallium					✓							✓
Morphics	✓				✓		✓			✓				✓
Neural Sensors									✓									✓
Neurodes			✓	✓		✓									✓
Orokin Cell						✓		✓			✓
Tellurium												✓						✓
Entrati Lanthorn																			✓

Research	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Lua	Mars	Deimos	Phobos	Ceres	Jupiter	Europa	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris	Sedna	Void	Kuva Fortress	Zariman
Detonite Ampule	✓		✓	✓				✓			✓	✓				✓		✓
Fieldron Sample		✓			✓					✓			✓	✓
Mutagen Sample						✓									✓

Raw Data[]

Main article: Module:Resources/data

For a community-contributed list of resources in WARFRAME, see Module:Resources/data.

Notes[]

• Resource pickups can despawn if not picked up by the player if there are too many individual pickups at once.

Patch History[]

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Star Chart Empyrean Plains of Eidolon Orb Vallis Cambion Drift Duviri Miscellaneous Common  Alloy Plate •  Entrati Obols •  Ferrite •  Nano Spores •  Salvage Uncommon  Carbides •  Circuits •  Cryotic •  Cubic Diodes •  Hexenon •  Necracoil •  Oxium •  Plastids •  Polymer Bundle •  Rubedo •  Stela •  Thrax Plasm •  Voidgel Orb Rare  Argon Crystal •  Control Module •  Gallium •  Morphics •  Neural Sensors •  Neurodes •  Orokin Cell •  Tellurium •  Entrati Lanthorn Research  Antiserum Injector Fragment •  Detonite Ampule ( Detonite Injector) •  Fieldron Sample ( Fieldron) •  Mutagen Sample ( Mutagen Mass) •  Pigment •  Synthula Navigation  Animo Nav Beacon •  Cryptographic ALU •  Judgement Points •  Nav Coordinate •  Omega Isotope •  Granum Crown ( Exemplar Granum Crown,  Zenith Granum Crown) Special  Aya •  Ayatan Amber Star •  Ayatan Cyan Star •  Endo •  Intact Sentient Core •  Javlok Capacitor •  Kavat Genetic Code •  Lua Thrax Plasm •  Nitain Extract •  Orokin Cipher •  Kuva •  Riven Sliver •  Somatic Fibers •  Steel Essence •  Synthetic Eidolon Shard •  Vitus Essence •  Void Traces •  Vosfor •  Spectral Debris Common  Carbides •  Cubic Diodes •  Titanium •  Ticor Plate Uncommon  Asterite •  Gallos Rods •  Isos Rare  Aucrux Capacitors •  Komms •  Nullstones Special  Anomaly Shard •  Corrupted Holokey •  Kuva •  Riven Sliver •  Void Traces Common  Grokdrul •  Iradite •  Maprico •  Nistlepod Uncommon  Condroc Wing •  Kuaka Spinal Claw Rare  Cetus Wisp •  Breath Of The Eidolon Sentient  Eidolon Shard •  Brilliant Eidolon Shard •  Radiant Eidolon Shard •  Exceptional Sentient Core •  Flawless Sentient Core •  Intact Sentient Core Narmer  Narmer Isoplast Event  Hemocyte Cystolith Mining Metals (Red Veins)  Auron ( Auroxium Alloy) •  Coprun ( Coprite Alloy) •  Ferros ( Fersteel Alloy) •  Pyrol ( Pyrotic Alloy) Gems (Blue Veins)  Azurite ( Tear Azurite) •  Crimzian ( Star Crimzian) •  Devar ( Esher Devar) •  Nyth ( Heart Nyth) •  Sentirum ( Radian Sentirum) •  Veridos ( Marquise Veridos) Fishing Spoils  Fish Meat •  Fish Oil •  Fish Scales Parts  Charc Electroplax •  Cuthol Tendrils •  Goopolla Spleen •  Karkina Antenna •  Khut-Khut Venom Sac •  Mawfish Bones •  Mortus Horn •  Murkray Liver •  Norg Brain •  Seram Beetle Shell •  Sharrac Teeth •  Tralok Eyes •  Yogwun Stomach Junk  Boot Common  Gorgaricus Spore •  Mytocardia Spore •  Tepa Nodule •  Thermal Sludge Bonds  Advances Debt-Bond •  Familial Debt-Bond •  Medical Debt-Bond  Shelter Debt-Bond •  Training Debt-Bond Systems  Atmo Systems •  Gyromag Systems •  Repeller Systems Toroid  Calda Toroid •  Sola Toroid •  Vega Toroid •  Crisma Toroid •  Lazulite Toroid Narmer  Narmer Isoplast Event  Diluted Thermia Mining Ores (Red Veins)  Axidite ( Axidrol Alloy) •  Hesperon ( Hespazym Alloy) •  Travoride ( Travocyte Alloy) •  Venerol ( Venerdo Alloy) Gems (Blue Veins)  Amarast ( Star Amarast) •  Goblite ( Goblite Tears) •  Noctrul ( Heart Noctrul) •  Phasmin ( Smooth Phasmin) •  Thyst ( Marquise Thyst) •  Zodian ( Radiant Zodian) Fishing Spoils  Scrap Parts  Echowinder Anoscopic Sensor •  Tink Dissipator Coil •  Synathid Ecosynth Analyzer •  Tromyzon Entroplasma •  Scrubber Exa Brain •  Longwinder Lathe Coagulant •  Brickie Muon Battery •  Recaster Neural Relay •  Mirewinder Parallel Biode •  Eye-Eye Rotoblade •  Charamote Sagan Module •  Kriller Thermal Laser •  Sapcaddy Venedo Case Junk  Crewman's Boot Common  Ganglion •  Lucent Teroglobe •  Pustulite Rare  Scintillant •  Seriglass Shard Residue  Fass Residue •  Vome Residue Tokens  Daughter Token •  Father Token •  Grandmother Token •  Mother Token •  Otak Token •  Son Token Orokin Matrix  Orokin Animus Matrix •  Orokin Ballistics Matrix •  Orokin Orientation Matrix Necramech  Damaged Necramech Casing •  Damaged Necramech Engine •  Damaged Necramech Pod •  Damaged Necramech Weapon Barrel •  Damaged Necramech Weapon Pod •  Damaged Necramech Weapon Receiver •  Damaged Necramech Weapon Stock Mining Minerals (Yellow Lesions)  Adramalium ( Adramal Alloy) •  Bapholite ( Tempered Bapholite) •  Namalon ( Devolved Namalon) •  Thaumica ( Thaumic Distillate) Gems (Blue Lesions)  Dagonic ( Purged Dagonic) •  Embolos ( Cabochon Embolos) •  Heciphron ( Purified Heciphron) •  Necrathene ( Stellated Necrathene) •  Tiametrite ( Faceted Tiametrite) •  Xenorhast ( Trapezium Xenorhast) Fishing Spoils  Benign Infested Tumor •  Ferment Bladder •  Tubercular Gill System Parts  Biotic Filter •  Cranial Foremount •  Dendrite Blastoma •  Ocular Stem-Root •  Parasitic Tethermaw •  Pustulent Cognitive Nodule •  Saturated Muscle Mass •  Spinal Core Section •  Sporulate Sac •  Waxen Sebum Deposit Common  Aggristone •  Kovnik •  Lamentus •  Saggen Pearl •  Silphsela Uncommon  Connla Sprout •  Dracroot •  Rune Marrow •  Ueymag Rare  Eevani •  Tasoma Extract •  Yao Shrub Special  Enigma Gyrum •  Kullervo's Bane •  Pathos Clamp Fishing Spoils  Ariette Scale •  Maw Fang •  Nacreous Pebble Quests Octavia's Anthem  Mandachord ( Mandachord Body •  Mandachord Fret •  Mandachord Bridge) The Archwing  Orokin Archive The Jordas Precept  Pherliac Pods ( Chitinous Husk •  Infected Palpators •  Pulsating Tubercles •  Severed Bile Sac) The Limbo Theorem  Proof Fragment The New Strange  Chroma Mark •  Chroma Signal •  Scorched Beacon Plants Corpus Outpost  Frostleaf Grineer Asteroid  Vestan Moss Grineer Forest (Day)  Sunlight Dragonlily •  Sunlight Jadeleaf •  Sunlight Threshcone Grineer Forest (Night)  Moonlight Dragonlily •  Moonlight Jadeleaf •  Moonlight Threshcone Grineer Settlement  Ruk's Claw Grineer Shipyard  Dusklight Sarracenia Orokin Moon  Lunar Pitcher Events Arid Fear  Corpus Cipher •  Corpus Datamass Sling-Stone  Alpha Corruptor •  Beta Corruptor •  Stable Corruptor Tethra's Doom  Tethra Data Fragments The Pyrus Project  Pyrus Essence •  Trembera Essence Nightwave  Cephalite Resonance •  Zealot Derelict Code Prime Resurgence  Aya •  Regal Aya