Mutagen Sample

Mutagen Sample
Untradeable
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Description
These samples could advance our knowledge of biological research. Locations: Eris and Deimos.
General Information
Type	Research
Rarity	Uncommon
Drop Amount	1-1x
Helminth Secretions	Pheromones (125)
Sell Price	Cannot Sell
Introduced	Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

These samples could advance our knowledge of biological research.

—In-Game Description

Mutagen Sample is a resource that can be obtained from enemies and containers on Deimos and Eris. They are typically used in biological research.

Farming Locations

These are based on opinions and may not be 100% true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the resource until better facts are proven.

Target	Planet	Name	Type	Level	Tile Set
	Deimos	Hyf	Defense	15 - 20	Orokin Derelict
	Deimos	Terrorem	Survival	25 - 35	Orokin Derelict
	Deimos	Cambion Drift	Open World	20 - 35	Cambion Drift
	Eris	Xini	Interception	30 - 40	Corpus Ship

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Sabotage	Orokin Derelict Resource Caches	A	14.29%	3	0.4287	Formido, Deimos
Sabotage	Hive Sabotage Resource Caches	B	15.49%	3	0.4647	Naeglar, Eris

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Blueprints Requiring Mutagen Sample

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Mutagen Samples

Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Acrid	Secondary	(10)
Bubonico	Primary	(35)
Catabolyst	Secondary	(40)
Caustacyst	Melee	(30)
Cerata	Melee	(25)
Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade)	Melee	(20)
Djinn	Sentinel	(60)
Dual Ichor	Melee	(25)
Dual Toxocyst	Secondary	(20)
Embolist	Secondary	(30)
Hema	Primary	(5,000)
Loc-Pin	Gear	(30)
Mios	Melee	(30)
Mutagen Mass	Resource	10 (5)
Mutalist Quanta	Primary	(30)
Nidus Neuroptics	Component	10
Paracyst	Primary	(30)
Phage	Primary	(10)
Pox	Secondary	(20)
Pupacyst	Melee	(30)
Scoliac	Melee	(25)
Squad Health Restore (Large) x100	Gear	(550)
Squad Health Restore (Medium) x1	Gear	(30)
Squad Health Restore (Medium) x10	Gear	(30)
Synapse	Primary	(65)
Torid	Primary	(10)

Total	20 (+6,190)
Research	x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Last updated: Hotfix 29.9.1 (2021-02-24)

Notes

• This resource cannot be bought for Platinum at the Market.

Tips

• Since Mutagen Samples are considered a rare drop on Eris while being uncommon on Deimos, it is advised to visit the latter when attempting to farm the resource efficiently.

Trivia

• Mutagen Samples had several changes to their drop locations.

From Update 8.0 (2013-05-23) to Update 10.0 (2013-09-13), they could drop from Eris and Jupiter, which at the time were controlled by the Infested.

From Update 10 to Update 14.1 (2014-07-30), they were limited to the Orokin Derelict, which became Deimos in Update 29.0 (2020-08-25).

From Update 14.1 (2014-07-30) onwards Eris could drop Mutagen Samples once more.

Patch History

Hotfix 22.3.4 (2017-11-16)

• The Mutagen Sample Sacrifice to Champion has been replaced with 10x Nistlebrush.

Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)

• Market Overhaul:
  • Mutagen Sample replaced with Mutagen Mass - 1 for 10 Platinum.

Update 14.1 (2014-07-30)

• With the return of Infested comes the return of Mutagen as a Rare drop to Eris!

Hotfix 10.3.1.2 (2013-10-09)

• Fix for Mutagen Drops in Derelicts.

Hotfix 10.0.3 (2013-09-14)

• Fix for resources not dropping from The Void or Derelict Regions (this includes Mutagen).

Update 8.0 (2013-05-23)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 25.7.6 (2019-09-18)

See Also

• Research