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
IconInfestedB Deimos Hyf Defense 15 - 20 Orokin Derelict
IconInfestedB Deimos Terrorem Survival 25 - 35 Orokin Derelict
EntratiIcon Deimos Cambion Drift Open World 20 - 35 Cambion Drift
IconInfestedB Eris Xini Interception 30 - 40 Corpus Ship

Drop Locations[]

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type Source Rotations
or
Drop Table
Chance[1] Quantity[2] Avg. per roll[3] Star Chart Nodes
Sabotage Orokin Derelict Resource Caches A 14.29% 3 0.4287
Sabotage Hive Sabotage Resource Caches B 15.49% 3 0.4647

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy Drop Table Chance[4] Item Chance[5] Chance[6] Expected Kills[7] Quantity[8] Avg. per roll attempt[9]

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

Notes[]

Tips[]

Trivia[]

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)

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  1. Chance to roll item within drop table
  2. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  3. (Quantity × Chance)
  4. Chance to roll drop table
  5. Chance to roll item within drop table
  6. (Drop Table Chance × Item Chance)
  7. (1 / Chance), see WARFRAME Wiki:Expected & Nearly Guaranteed Numbers for more details
  8. Amount rewarded on successful roll
  9. (Quantity × Chance), average item quantity on a roll attempt (successful or not)