The Oxium Osprey is a Corpus Osprey introduced in the Operation: Oxium Espionage event. Although armed with a laser repeater similar to those equipped on Scavenger Drones, its primary means of attack involves charging at players once it takes damage, detonating itself if it gets close enough to them. As their name suggests, they are the only enemies in the game that drop 
Oxium (7-12 units per Osprey) but only if they were destroyed by the player; they do not drop Oxium if they self-destruct.
Tactics[]
- Oxium Ospreys appear similar to a Mine Osprey, but larger and coated with glowing green shielding and bright orange lights.
- It is best to eliminate this target immediately after it takes any damage to its Shield, in order to prevent it from self-destructing.
- The Oxium Osprey won't self-destruct if it has full Shield and low Health, so using Toxin Damage, which bypasses Shields, is a very effective way of dealing with them.
- These Ospreys have the highest health values of all Ospreys, if not the highest of all Corpus units. Use powerful weapons such as shotguns.
- Allies in invasion missions, and allies summoned by Nekros, can also activate the self-destruct.
- Using Vauban's Bastille will not stop Ospreys mid-charge but will prevent them from activating the charge if they are firmly held by the ability.
- It is not advisable to approach this unit for melee, as the osprey will almost certainly self-destruct unless killed in a single strike. Use ranged attacks and kill them in one hit.
- It is, however, possible to keep the Osprey unable to self-destruct if it's kept within melee range as long as it wasn't damaged prior to approaching it, allowing for easy kills with shotguns or melee weapons as the Osprey will only try to back off to initiate self-destruct.
- Oxium Ospreys normally only hover above ground at about chest height. They descend or ascend upon traversing staircases and slopes.
- They only lunge themselves at targets that are approximately at the same height or below. They do not seem to charge you when you are on higher ground. Climbing crates is usually sufficient.
- They cannot descend or ascend during a charge (unless they would collide with an upward slope, in which case, they are pushed up the slope). If they find themselves at a greater than hovering height after charging, they stay at that altitude, even when attempting to dive-bomb again.
- At times, after an Osprey performs its first charge, it will repeat the charge periodically if the player remains close enough, even if undamaged in between charges. Backing off usually causes it to return to firing its ranged weapon.
- Using
Nyx's Chaos/Mind Control abilities on this unit will cause other enemy units to activate its self-destruct. 
Nova's Molecular Prime ability both slows Oxium Ospreys down (making their dive-bomb easier to avoid) and makes them more vulnerable to damage (making them easier to kill before they self-destruct).- Cloak abilities such as
Smoke Screen for 
Ash and 
Invisibility for 
Loki allow you to damage the Oxium Osprey without triggering its kamikaze ability. 
Banshee's 
Sonar will drastically increase the damage taken by an Oxium Osprey. Due to the radial nature of Sonar it is ideal for dealing with groups of Ospreys, especially on Mobile Defense missions.
Rhino's 
Rhino Stomp will provide ample time to destroy an Osprey that is caught in its stasis.
Frost's 
Snow Globe will halt an Osprey as soon as they enter the slowing field, even during a kamikaze attack. Use the time to scan and destroy them.- Frost's
Freeze will also help preventing/slowing the Oxium Osprey from self-destructing, giving you more time to deal damage and destroy it to get the resources. 
Mag's Shield Polarize and 
Crush will do sufficient damage to the Osprey. When casting Crush, stay out of the Osprey's visual range, because they aren't immobilized by Crush like regular infantry. They will still dive-bomb towards you.- If Blinded, an Osprey will not attack or use Kamikaze unless it hears gunfire. Blinding them then attacking with a silent weapon is extremely effective.
Excalibur's 
Radial Blind is optimal when utilizing this strategy as it also causes enemies to take more damage in addition to blinding them. 
Nidus's 
Larva can reel in Oxium Ospreys, allowing for a window of opportunity to take potshots at it while also potentially granting Mutation Stacks, especially if multiple targets are hit and then following through with 
Virulence; avoid melee strikes as much as possible, as Oxium Ospreys can still self-detonate.
Harrow's 
Condemn can be used to hold Oxium Ospreys in place, allowing an opportunity to take potshots at them.
Khora can use 
Strangledome to hold the Oxium Ospreys in place and finish them off, although if the Ospreys start their kamikaze charge before the Strangledome casting animation is complete, they will still explode. As a bonus, with the 
Pilfering Strangledome augment there is a good chance that the Ospreys will drop double the amount of Oxium.
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 |
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Phobos | Gulliver | Defense | 10 - 15 | Corpus Ship |
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Jupiter | Io | Defense | 15 - 20 | Corpus Gas City |
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Pluto | Outer Terminus | Defense | 30 - 40 | Corpus Outpost |
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Lua | Apollo | Disruption | 35 - 40 | Orokin Moon |
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Europa | Paimon | Defense | 18 - 23 | Corpus Ice Planet |
These locations are always available and are additionally useful for gathering resources that drop from enemies. However, in the event that one only needs large amounts of Oxium, and one does not have an active resource booster, it is highly advisable to run the open world bounty missions if Oxium is being offered. Since it only drops in stage 1 and 2, the Oxium farm can be optimized by intentionally failing Stage 3 and restarting the bounty without entering the hub section.
Tips[]
Trivia[]
- Oxium Ospreys are so-named because they are constructed using Oxium, a mysterious lighter-than-air metallic alloy created by the Orokin.
- Oxium Ospreys are the second Corpus robotic unit to utilize Orokin technology, the first being the Fusion MOA.
- The Fusion MOA was also introduced during a weekend event; the Fusion Moa Event.
- Outside of alerts, containers, and hidden caches on Grineer Sealab Sabotages, Oxium Ospreys are the only known source of Oxium in-game. Players can also purchase a bundle of 300 Oxium from the Market for
30.
- It is also possible to obtain Oxium from the Daily Tribute pool, with the amount of Oxium offered following the equation 100 + (Day/2); however, this method is unreliable as players have no control over the items chosen by the Daily Tribute system.
Variants[]
Media[]
An Oxium Osprey in-game
Complete codex entry for the Oxium Osprey
An Oxium Osprey in the Codex.
A folded Oxium Osprey in the Codex.
Juno variant as seen on the Codex
Patch History[]
See Also[]
- Oxium, the material this enemy drops.
- Operation: Oxium Espionage, the event which introduced the Oxium Osprey.
