Warframe Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for the systems Warframe does not explain well: how to unlock them, how they work and how to get the most out of them.
This tutorial is only available in English and German for now.
Beginner
The basics every new Tenno should know.
Getting started: what to do after the tutorial?
You have finished the tutorial and wonder what comes next? Here you find the quest order, the path across the Star Chart, common beginner mistakes and a roadmap for the coming weeks.
Modding basics: capacity, Endo, Forma and more
Mods turn a weak weapon into a strong one. Learn how mod capacity, Endo, polarities, Forma, Reactors and Catalysts work together.
Damage types and status effects explained
Which elements you put on your weapon often matters more than raw damage. Learn about damage types, combined elements, status effects, faction weaknesses and critical hits.
How to raise your Mastery Rank fast
Your Mastery Rank unlocks weapons, trading and new content. Here is how to earn mastery points, pass the rank-up tests and level your gear faster.
Void Relics: farming Prime parts
Prime Warframes and Prime weapons come from Void Relics. Here is how relics, Void Fissures and refinement work, and how to trade leftover parts for Ducats at Baro.
Resource farming: get there faster
Almost everything in the Foundry costs resources. Learn where to find them, which boosters, Warframes and companions bring you more loot, and how Extractors collect for you on the side.
Earning platinum and trading safely
You can get platinum without spending real money: trade Prime parts, mods and Arcanes with other players. Here is how trading works, what sells well, what platinum is worth spending on and how to avoid scams.
Advanced
Systems that open up after your first weeks in the game.
How to unlock and master the Steel Path
The Steel Path is the hard mode of the star chart: enemies are 100 levels higher, but you get double resources, Steel Essence and a second set of mastery points.
Helminth: unlock it, feed it, swap abilities
The Helminth lets you give any Warframe an ability from another one. Learn how to get it, how secretions work and which abilities are worth it first.
Kuva Liches: create, decode and defeat them
A Kuva Lich is your personal Grineer nemesis. It stays immortal until you find the right order of three Requiem mods. The reward is a powerful Kuva weapon.
Sisters of Parvos: Candidate, Hounds and Tenet weapons
The Sisters of Parvos are the Corpus counterpart to the Kuva Liches. Find their Requiem sequence, beat them in Railjack and earn a Tenet weapon plus a Hound.
Technocyte Coda: the Techrot nemesis of Höllvania
The Technocyte Coda are infested clones of the boy band On-lyne and your nemesis in Höllvania. Instead of a Requiem sequence you only need to find one matching Antivirus mod. With the loot you then buy Coda weapons.
Riven Mods: get, unveil and cycle them
Riven Mods are random mods for one specific weapon. Here is how to get them, how to unveil them and how to cycle them with Kuva until the stats fit.
Incarnon: awaken old weapons
Incarnon weapons get a second, much stronger form and permanent upgrades. Here is how to earn Incarnon Genesis adapters in the Circuit, install them and unlock every evolution.
Eidolon hunts: Teralyst, Gantulyst and Hydrolyst
At night, giant Sentient bosses roam the Plains of Eidolon. Here is how to prepare, how the fight works and how to earn Arcanes and lots of Focus.
Endgame
For strong Warframes and the hardest content.
Archon Shards: unlock, farm and socket them
Archon Shards give your Warframes permanent bonuses such as more ability strength or armor. Here is how to unlock them, where to farm them and how to socket them well.
Arbitrations: rules, Vitus Essence and rewards
Arbitrations from the Arbiters of Hexis are hard endless missions without self-revives. In return you earn Vitus Essence for Galvanized mods, Arcanes and more.
Netracells and Archimedea: weekly endgame loot
Netracells, Deep Archimedea and Temporal Archimedea are the hardest weekly missions. They reward Archon Shards, Legendary Arcanes and more. Here is how to unlock them and spend your Search Pulses wisely.