Hi all, after all the help I've received from various players and guides, I decided to pay the favour forward and make a quick jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none guide as a compilation of everything I've learnt so far about Warfarm and put it all in one convenient location. This guide will cater towards beginners/intermediate players, however keep in mind that the "beginner tips" will still apply to intermediate players, except stronger players will be able to finish the runs faster.
The first part will cover bullet-point style tips to various aspects of the game and the second part will have an in-depth walk-through for complete beginners / newbies.
General Tips Here's a list of general tips that I think everyone should know:
You can toggle sprint (to save your pinky) in the Options > Controls menu.
You can show teammate HP/Shields in Options > HUD > Show Player List
Warframe registers bullet shots client-side. This means that even if you lag, as long as you hit the enemy from your screen, the hit will register.
If you play from some remote part of the world like I do (New Zealand), your home region (Oceania) may not have many players. If this is the case, you can always change regions by going into Options > Gameplay > Region. This will also change the recruiting and trade chat to that particular region which will most likely be more populated.
Be nice to your fellow players and don't expect to be carried all the time. It's acceptable to be a new player, however you should be doing your best to be useful.
Read the comments in this thread for more tips from other players!
Farming
1. Where do I farm credits? Use a credit booster from the market to speed up credit farming.
Beginners: - T1/T2 Void Missions : capture is fastest - Dark Sector Missions : 5 min runs on Saturn > Piscinas - Random Alerts : You can often find squads doing these in the recruiting channel. - Sell your unneeded mods/blueprints/parts : You can sell your unneeded parts for credits from Equipment > inventory. Keep your unneeded prime parts to sell for ducats (void trader).
Intermediate - T3/T4 Void Missions : again, capture with a fast frame is the fastest way to get credits. - Dark Sector Defense : 5 wave runs on Pluto > Sechura. Use a speed nova + amprex for fastest results. Keep in mind that whichever clan is in control of the area can set taxes. This means that the efficiency of Dark Sector farming can vary from time to time.
2. Where do I farm platinum? You can't really "farm" platinum, but you can obtain plat by farming items and trading with players. I will list some of the more effective ways to make platinum.
Beginners: - New updates/events: Whenever there is a new update or event, the new items that can be farmed will usually go for A LOT on trade chat. For example, at the time of writing this, the Soma Prime and Nova Prime had just been released and were easily going 200p upwards for a single part on the first day of release.
For limited time events, there are often mods or maybe weapons that will only be available during the time of that event. Farm those items and wait for the event to finish before selling off extra event items (price will increase once the event is over).
If an event mission or alert is too difficult for you to solo, go into recruiting chat and either host one yourself (fastest) or look to join a squad. If you play in a less populated server (like me) and recruiting chat is empty, I'd recommend you go to either US East, West or Europe and look for a squad there. Even if you lag, Warframe registers shots client-side, so as long as you hit enemies on your screen, it will be fine.
- Sell useful mods : Some corrupted/rare mods can go for a decent amount. Go to trade chat yourself and see what people are selling/buying. Then google the mod name to find out where/how to get it. - Sell R5 Gold Fusion cores : These go for around 1-2p each. Not the best way to make plat but if you need that little extra, you can do this.
Intermediate - Farm various prime parts : Many of the well-selling prime parts usually come from T4 Void Missions. You will need a decent frame and weapon to be able to do most of these. Make use of the recruiting chat. - Merchanting : Pretty simple, buy low and sell higher. This becomes easier to do once you have a few MR and can trade several times a day. Since Warframe doesn't have an efficient market, there are many arbitrage opportunities any savvy trader can take advantage of (e.g. Time-limited mods. Buy them during the event, and sell them for more when the event is over). Note that prime sets usually sell for more than the individual parts, so this is another way to make some profit.
3. Where do I farm X resource? Here's a list of some of the places I go to farm orokin cells, neural sensors etc. Break open all containers as you run these missions. I have no official source to confirm this, but lockers seem to have a MUCH lower drop rate for rare resources than breakable containers, so I usually don't bother with lockers (it slows your run down).
He can be quite difficult if you don't have a good weapon. Lure him upstairs (to avoid grineer soldiers) and stay short-medium range from him. This will let you kite his flamethrower while avoiding his rockets.
Use a high puncture weapon to bring him down quicker. The first weapon I actually used to farm him was the Aklex which is easily obtained with just credits. Mod it with puncture damage, reload speed and hornet strike
On his second phase, he will do a fire-aoe attack which will knock you down. Either get out of his line-of-sight or "copter" with your melee weapon to avoid being knocked down (to copter, sprint forward, crouch then melee attack. Some weapons cannot copter).
- Neural Sensors : Jupiter > Themisto > Alad V
Not too difficult, even for new players. Take down his shield (but don't kill him), kill Zanuka then kill Alad V.
If you have friends farming this guy with you and you're brand new, meleeing him with 2-3 players is surprisingly effective (permanently stuns him).
- Neurodes : Earth > Cambria (Excavation)
Just do this mission and kill everything you see while excavating (having a squad will speed things up).
This is also a great mission to get T1-T3 void mission keys which are always useful to any new player.
- Morphics/Gallium : Mars > War > Sergeant Nef Anyo
Kill all enemies and break containers. This will usually net you a few morphics every run.
Sergeant Nef Anyo kill will usually drop Gallium (at least for me anyway).
No special strategy here, just kill everything.
Mercury > Appollodorus (Survival)
Nice, easy mission with weak Grineer for enemies.
This is a good way to get both EXP for your warframe/weapons + morphics.
Stay until 20 minutes and repeat. 15 minute mark will get you a void key and 20 minute mark will get you a much needed Serration (if you're lucky).
- Argon Crystals : Tower 1 Void Defence
There's always loads of people in recruiting chat hosting or looking for T1D, so join or host one and ask your squad to mark argon crystals (press "G" to waypoint).
Keep in mind these argon crystals only last 24 hours, so make sure you use and build whatever it is you need them for within this time limit.
Intermediate The general them for intermediate players is, I'd recommend farming for multiple things at once, rather than focusing on specifically farming one resource. For example, you can get neurodes, orokin cells and Nekros parts by farming Lephantis (ODA).
- Orokin Cells :
Saturn > Tethys > General Sargas Ruk I never have to specifically farm these any more (I just get them from doing various Tower or Alert Missions), but if you really need to get a lot of orokin cells quickly, I still think farming Sargas Ruk is the fastest. Get a quick frame with a high damage weapon and repeat. I personally farm this guy with Rhino Prime + Arcane Vanguard Helm + Speed/Duration mods (for Rhino Charge) + fast copter weapon + Boltor Prime.
- Neural Sensors : Jupiter > Themisto > Alad V Pretty much will always be the fastest way to get neural sensors since he can sometimes drop 2 in one run. Same principle applies here as farming Sargas Ruk - use a fast frame with a high damage weapon. I personally do this with Loki Prime + Boltor Prime.
- Neurodes : Orokin Derelict There's so many options for farming Neurodes for an intermediate player. Fastest way is probably farming Lephantis (ODA) since I tend to get at least 2 per run there (but this requires golem navs). I'd recommend doing various Derelict Missions for Golem Navs, Neurodes and Orokin Cells and then make the ODA key then repeat.
- Morphics/Gallium : Morphics > Pluto > Sechura Farm here to get both credits + morphics.
Gallium > Mars > War > Nef Anyo I still think farming Nef Anyo is the fastest way to get Gallium for intermediate players. Same concept as in the beginner's section, except I would skip breaking containers/killing enemies and just go straight for Anyo. If you want morphics, you should farm Pluto so you can get both credits and morphics.
- Argon Crystals : Any tower void mission I honestly don't think anyone who is in the intermediate stages of this game will ever run low on argon crystals.
4. How do I farm exp quickly?
Using an affinity booster bought from the market (for platinum) will speed up your leveling. If you specifically want to level up a weapon quickly, un-equip everything other than your main weapon that you want to level for faster gains.
Beginners: Mercury > Apollodorus (Survival) Stay for 20 minutes and repeat.
Void > Tower 1 Defence Go into recruiting chat and find a group or host one yourself. If you are planning to get carried (i.e. you're coming in with a Rank 0 weapon/frame, then I'd recommend HOSTING it yourself. Its the decent thing to do). If you unequip everything except your main weapon, it should go from rank 0 -> 26-27 in 25 waves.
Intermediate Void > Tower 2 Defence If memory serves me correctly, a single run to wave 27~ should max out any weapon as long as you have everything else unequipped. The most efficient squad is to run a Trinity + Slow Nova + Disarm Loki + Frost (pretty much guarantees a successful 30 wave run). If you have a good Nova + Loki, then Frost/Trinity isn't really necessary and can be replaced with whatever you like.
5. How do I farm Syndicate Rep / Standing quickly? There are many ways to do this, since all this requires is to get exp, so the above methods still apply. The only thing I would add is to equip the appropriate Syndicate Sigil to get the extra % rep.
Beginners: Void > Tower 1 Defence This is probably the best way for beginners to get standing since there are many enemy spawns at a decent level, easy to find squads in chat and gives a decent 5k~ or so per 20 waves.
Various > Syndicate Missions These are also good for some extra rep since they don't count towards the daily cap.
Intermediate Various Interception Missions Go into recruiting chat and join a rep farming squad. Often these guys want a Trinity or Excal so if you have a properly modded frame, this can be a good way to get your daily rep cap.
Void > Tower 4 Defence My personal favourite, I do this to get rep + the various rewards from the T4D pool. Make sure you bring corrosive projection + a useful frame and weapon.
6. How do I farm Void Keys quickly? In this section I won't be splitting it up into beginner/intermediate section since I think all of these methods are viable to any player.
T1-T3 Keys Earth > Cambria (Excavation) I think this is the fastest and easiest way to get lots of keys ranging from T1-T3. Every 3rd extraction has the possibility of yielding a T3 Void Key
Various Void Missions Not the fastest way to get keys, but any Void Mission can potentially give more void keys as a reward. I don't know the exact drop rates, but its safe to assume higher tier keys will have a better chance of yielding higher tier keys.
T4 Keys Use Syndicate Standing In my opinion, I think doing intercept missions for specific T4 keys is a waste of time. Its much easier to just rank up to the 2nd level in your preferred Syndicate and simply use 5k standing for 5 T4 keys. Just for reference, Steel Meridian gives T4D keys and Arbiters of Hexis give T4S keys.
7. How do I farm Forma, Orokin Reactor/Catalyst quickly?
Formas Any Tier Void Mission Higher Tier (especially T3-T4) give forma blueprints very often. From personal experience, doing T4 mission yields the most formas, but T1-2 captures are also not too bad (since you can run them very quickly).
Orokin Reactor/Catalyst Alerts You can't really farm these anywhere other than from the random alert missions that pop up from time to time. If you really need that Reactor/Catalyst, I'd recommend looking in the "How to farm Plat" section and buying it from the market for 20p.
Currently a Work-in-Progress and will continue to update as I have the time.
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Musicax
Hi all, after all the help I've received from various players and guides, I decided to pay the favour forward and make a quick jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none guide as a compilation of everything I've learnt so far about Warfarm and put it all in one convenient location. This guide will cater towards beginners/intermediate players, however keep in mind that the "beginner tips" will still apply to intermediate players, except stronger players will be able to finish the runs faster.
The first part will cover bullet-point style tips to various aspects of the game and the second part will have an in-depth walk-through for complete beginners / newbies.
General Tips
Here's a list of general tips that I think everyone should know:
Farming
1. Where do I farm credits?
Use a credit booster from the market to speed up credit farming.
Beginners:
- T1/T2 Void Missions : capture is fastest
- Dark Sector Missions : 5 min runs on Saturn > Piscinas
- Random Alerts : You can often find squads doing these in the recruiting channel.
- Sell your unneeded mods/blueprints/parts : You can sell your unneeded parts for credits from Equipment > inventory. Keep your unneeded prime parts to sell for ducats (void trader).
Intermediate
- T3/T4 Void Missions : again, capture with a fast frame is the fastest way to get credits.
- Dark Sector Defense : 5 wave runs on Pluto > Sechura. Use a speed nova + amprex for fastest results. Keep in mind that whichever clan is in control of the area can set taxes. This means that the efficiency of Dark Sector farming can vary from time to time.
2. Where do I farm platinum?
You can't really "farm" platinum, but you can obtain plat by farming items and trading with players. I will list some of the more effective ways to make platinum.
Beginners:
- New updates/events : Whenever there is a new update or event, the new items that can be farmed will usually go for A LOT on trade chat. For example, at the time of writing this, the Soma Prime and Nova Prime had just been released and were easily going 200p upwards for a single part on the first day of release.
- Sell useful mods : Some corrupted/rare mods can go for a decent amount. Go to trade chat yourself and see what people are selling/buying. Then google the mod name to find out where/how to get it.
- Sell R5 Gold Fusion cores : These go for around 1-2p each. Not the best way to make plat but if you need that little extra, you can do this.
Intermediate
- Farm various prime parts : Many of the well-selling prime parts usually come from T4 Void Missions. You will need a decent frame and weapon to be able to do most of these. Make use of the recruiting chat.
- Merchanting : Pretty simple, buy low and sell higher. This becomes easier to do once you have a few MR and can trade several times a day. Since Warframe doesn't have an efficient market, there are many arbitrage opportunities any savvy trader can take advantage of (e.g. Time-limited mods. Buy them during the event, and sell them for more when the event is over). Note that prime sets usually sell for more than the individual parts, so this is another way to make some profit.
3. Where do I farm X resource?
Here's a list of some of the places I go to farm orokin cells, neural sensors etc. Break open all containers as you run these missions. I have no official source to confirm this, but lockers seem to have a MUCH lower drop rate for rare resources than breakable containers, so I usually don't bother with lockers (it slows your run down).
Beginners:
- Orokin Cells :
Saturn > Tethys > General Sargas Ruk
- Neural Sensors :
Jupiter > Themisto > Alad V
- Neurodes :
Earth > Cambria (Excavation)
- Morphics/Gallium :
Mars > War > Sergeant Nef Anyo
Mercury > Appollodorus (Survival)
- Argon Crystals :
Tower 1 Void Defence
Intermediate
The general them for intermediate players is, I'd recommend farming for multiple things at once, rather than focusing on specifically farming one resource. For example, you can get neurodes, orokin cells and Nekros parts by farming Lephantis (ODA).
- Orokin Cells :
Saturn > Tethys > General Sargas Ruk
I never have to specifically farm these any more (I just get them from doing various Tower or Alert Missions), but if you really need to get a lot of orokin cells quickly, I still think farming Sargas Ruk is the fastest. Get a quick frame with a high damage weapon and repeat.
I personally farm this guy with Rhino Prime + Arcane Vanguard Helm + Speed/Duration mods (for Rhino Charge) + fast copter weapon + Boltor Prime.
- Neural Sensors :
Jupiter > Themisto > Alad V
Pretty much will always be the fastest way to get neural sensors since he can sometimes drop 2 in one run. Same principle applies here as farming Sargas Ruk - use a fast frame with a high damage weapon. I personally do this with Loki Prime + Boltor Prime.
- Neurodes :
Orokin Derelict
There's so many options for farming Neurodes for an intermediate player. Fastest way is probably farming Lephantis (ODA) since I tend to get at least 2 per run there (but this requires golem navs). I'd recommend doing various Derelict Missions for Golem Navs, Neurodes and Orokin Cells and then make the ODA key then repeat.
- Morphics/Gallium :
Morphics > Pluto > Sechura
Farm here to get both credits + morphics.
Gallium > Mars > War > Nef Anyo
I still think farming Nef Anyo is the fastest way to get Gallium for intermediate players. Same concept as in the beginner's section, except I would skip breaking containers/killing enemies and just go straight for Anyo. If you want morphics, you should farm Pluto so you can get both credits and morphics.
- Argon Crystals :
Any tower void mission
I honestly don't think anyone who is in the intermediate stages of this game will ever run low on argon crystals.
4. How do I farm exp quickly?
Using an affinity booster bought from the market (for platinum) will speed up your leveling. If you specifically want to level up a weapon quickly, un-equip everything other than your main weapon that you want to level for faster gains.
Beginners:
Mercury > Apollodorus (Survival)
Stay for 20 minutes and repeat.
Void > Tower 1 Defence
Go into recruiting chat and find a group or host one yourself. If you are planning to get carried (i.e. you're coming in with a Rank 0 weapon/frame, then I'd recommend HOSTING it yourself. Its the decent thing to do). If you unequip everything except your main weapon, it should go from rank 0 -> 26-27 in 25 waves.
Intermediate
Void > Tower 2 Defence
If memory serves me correctly, a single run to wave 27~ should max out any weapon as long as you have everything else unequipped. The most efficient squad is to run a Trinity + Slow Nova + Disarm Loki + Frost (pretty much guarantees a successful 30 wave run). If you have a good Nova + Loki, then Frost/Trinity isn't really necessary and can be replaced with whatever you like.
5. How do I farm Syndicate Rep / Standing quickly?
There are many ways to do this, since all this requires is to get exp, so the above methods still apply. The only thing I would add is to equip the appropriate Syndicate Sigil to get the extra % rep.
Beginners:
Void > Tower 1 Defence
This is probably the best way for beginners to get standing since there are many enemy spawns at a decent level, easy to find squads in chat and gives a decent 5k~ or so per 20 waves.
Various > Syndicate Missions
These are also good for some extra rep since they don't count towards the daily cap.
Intermediate
Various Interception Missions
Go into recruiting chat and join a rep farming squad. Often these guys want a Trinity or Excal so if you have a properly modded frame, this can be a good way to get your daily rep cap.
Void > Tower 4 Defence
My personal favourite, I do this to get rep + the various rewards from the T4D pool. Make sure you bring corrosive projection + a useful frame and weapon.
6. How do I farm Void Keys quickly?
In this section I won't be splitting it up into beginner/intermediate section since I think all of these methods are viable to any player.
T1-T3 Keys
Earth > Cambria (Excavation)
I think this is the fastest and easiest way to get lots of keys ranging from T1-T3. Every 3rd extraction has the possibility of yielding a T3 Void Key
Various Void Missions
Not the fastest way to get keys, but any Void Mission can potentially give more void keys as a reward. I don't know the exact drop rates, but its safe to assume higher tier keys will have a better chance of yielding higher tier keys.
T4 Keys
Use Syndicate Standing
In my opinion, I think doing intercept missions for specific T4 keys is a waste of time. Its much easier to just rank up to the 2nd level in your preferred Syndicate and simply use 5k standing for 5 T4 keys. Just for reference, Steel Meridian gives T4D keys and Arbiters of Hexis give T4S keys.
7. How do I farm Forma, Orokin Reactor/Catalyst quickly?
Edited by MusicaxFormas
Any Tier Void Mission
Higher Tier (especially T3-T4) give forma blueprints very often. From personal experience, doing T4 mission yields the most formas, but T1-2 captures are also not too bad (since you can run them very quickly).
Orokin Reactor/Catalyst
Alerts
You can't really farm these anywhere other than from the random alert missions that pop up from time to time. If you really need that Reactor/Catalyst, I'd recommend looking in the "How to farm Plat" section and buying it from the market for 20p.
Currently a Work-in-Progress and will continue to update as I have the time.
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