Warframe Aquisition Guide

Guide Overview

This guide aims to provide information to both make it clearer to new (or old!) players when specific warframes can be acquired within Warframe and how to acquire them. Some warframes include notes on how to acquire them or requirements the resources needed to build them may have. If anything seems unlcear (or if I've made some sort of error), please try to contact me either on Bluesky or Reddit.

The Circuit - After the completion of The Duviri Paradox quest (Uranus), players gain access to The Circuit which rewards warframe blueprints. In some cases, this may be more efficient than farming the frame. I'm currently working on how to incorporate this information into the guide, but for now here's a link to the Warframe wiki page on The Circuit.
"Maximum" Standing - Some warframes note the "maximum" standing required to build them. These numbers are calculated assuming you've never touched a Syndicate, but generally this won't be the case. Multiple warframes can share the same blueprint or rank requirements which means the total number of standing across all warframes will be smaller. This number is to just give a general idea on a frame by frame basis.
Primes - Many frames have a "prime" version. The blueprints for these versions can be acquired from relics and will be the easiest way to build a majority of frames. However, due to the system of "vaulting" primes, only a select number of primes are available at any time. More information can be found on the Warframe Wiki.
Bounty Rewards - Some warframes may note that their resource is available from a bounty, but it might not be the most efficient farm. This is based on the way bounty reward rotations work. Every 2.5 hours the rewards rotate on an ABC rotation. As a result, it's hard to guarantee how available any one rotation may be when you have time to play.
Vacuum - This is a term used to refer to a mechanic that pulls pick ups to you from a distance. This isn't available by default, and players must physically walk over drops to pick them up. Players must equip a companion with either Vacuum for "robots" or Fetch for "beasts" to gain vacuum (up to 13.5m at max rank). All players are given a Taxon blueprint from the Venus Junction, and it's recommended to build it as soon as possible to take advantage of Vacuum.
Progression - Progression or Progression Landmark are terms I've made up to describe specific points in the game. For the majority of the guide I've used planets or key locations as these generally open up the most content to a player. However, post-Sedna some of the landmarks are quests or mechanics that serve as clearer checkpoints.
Warframe Wiki - A good portion of the information here has been gathered, and put into a (hopefully) more digestable format, from the Warframe Wiki. It's an invaluable tool for any player. If you're ever confused, I recommend looking there.

Warframe Acquisition Guide

Guide Overview