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UPDATE: For those of you wondering about the age of this guide (it was written during 9.8), I am planning a new update, probably after Update12 or thereabouts, since DE has promised a lot of tweaks and newbie changes, tutorial changes, and other things that would have huge impacts on this guide.

 

Those of you who are new to the game and are going to follow this guide, please keep in mind that the game is on 11.6 now, and this guide was written during 9.8 so some things might not be exact. The general logic and flow behind the guide mostly still stands, however.

 

With that said...

 

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I'm surprised there's no "Getting Started" guides.

There's guides for Void, there's general "Tips and Tricks", but no "How to get started in Warframe".

This guide assumes that you have the general UI control down-pat, and that you know how to play games of this type in general.

This guide is more for goals and directions, as the game itself doesn't really tell you much about what you should be doing once you get out of the tutorial. They start you on Mercury, and.....that's it. "Go do some missions, Tenno!"

So, here's the Getting Started For Newbies Guide.

As a Newbie, your first goals should be to get on your feet to where you can reasonably acquire things on your own should you find yourself in a situation where there are no groups where you wish to go. Ideally, the first main goal you should shoot for, is the ability to solo farm any material so that you can make anything you want to make, be it a Warframe, Weapon, Sentinel, whatever.

This means being able to solo Level 30-ish maps (for Control Modules).

Once you get to the point where you can solo Level 30-ish missions, you can start farming your mods and your materials without too much trouble, and then you can keep branching out from there. This guide is meant to help you do that.

BEFORE YOU START:

Your First 50 Platinum: Unless you intend on paying real money to buy platinum, you might want to use your first 50 platinum wisely. You can obtain everything in the game except for Slots, Color Packs, and Sentinel Decorations. Only Slots have an impact on your game; I highly recommend using your platinum for slots. Warframe slots cost 20 Platinum each, while Weapon Slots cost 12 Platinum for 2. Buying 1 Warframe Slot and 4 Weapon Slots will cost 44 Platinum, leaving you with 6 left.

Modding Advice: "What do I stick in my weapons?" Sadly, since Mod Drop 2.0, your choices are very limited. The main mods you are looking for, are...

1). Vitality: Nearly anything will drop these; you should see them in Mercury.
2). Redirection: You won't see one of these until you get to a Lv20 mission (more on this below).
3). Convulsion: (Electric Damage for Pistol): Nearly any Infested level will drop these.
4). Stormbringer: (Electric Damage for Rifle): I got lucky and found on in Vay Hek's mission, Everest on Earth so I would wager a guess that Lv15+ Grineer can drop this.
5). No Return/Piercing Hit (Armor Pierce Damage for Rifle/Pistol): Mars, Corpus Missions.
6). Cryo Rounds (Cold Damage for Rifle): Mars, Corpus Missions.
7). Ammo Drum (Nearly anything will drop this, also a reward from Raid/Capture)
8). Trick Mag (Raid/Capture reward)

I got a Tower Key, what's this for?: Tower Keys are for Orokin Void missions. These are special missions that take place in the Orokin Void. You can invite people to these, but you must host the game yourself, and you must find people willing to help you. Keys that are labeled "Tower Exterminate" and such are Tier 1 keys; they are Level 15-25. If you die and fail a mission, the Key will not get used up. Orokin Void missions are excellent for credits, and are solo-able once you have Rhino with moderate difficulty.

If you get a Tower III Key from Raid/Capture, don't bother with those unless you know some really good friends. These are very high level missions, and unless they agree to carry you through them, you need much better equipment to even attempt them; they are Level 60-90.

A Note about "Why Rhino?": This guide assumes that you will be building Rhino as your first non-starter Warframe. "Why Rhino?" you might ask. The reasons are simple:

1). Rhino is incredibly durable. Even without his powers (which is a seperate point altogether), he has very high health, armor, and shields. Vitality and Redirection are based upon your Warframe's base Health and Shields; equipping these on Rhino will be much more effective than equipping them on the other starter frames (especially Loki). The extra armor means that your health will last longer when your shields do go down.

2). Iron Skin. This is the bread-and-butter of Rhino. It gives 400/600/800/1200 damage absorption. What this means is that when you take damage, your Iron Skin absorbs it first. When Iron Skin wears off, you can cast it again provided you have 50 Energy. After Iron Skin wears off, then your shields take damage, and finally, your Health starts dropping after that. 1200 Damage is a LOT of Damage, especially in Newbie levels. As long as you're not standing in the middle of whole packs of enemies, Iron Skin makes you nearly invincible in early-level maps (but this starts dropping off later game). It also makes you immune to Stagger, Knockdown, Disruption, Toxin, Laser Doors, and other similar things. Equipping Focus increases the strength of Iron Skin even further (to a max of ~1500 or so).

3). Rhino Stomp. This is a very effective AoE attack that places a long stun on anything near you that doesn't die instantly. In newbie areas, just about everything will die outright from this except for Heavy Gunners, Napalms, Commanders, and Ancients.

When you get Rhino, slot Iron Skin first, then Redirection, then Vitality. If you have a Focus, that should be your 4th, and then after that, Rhino Stomp.

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With that said, let's get started:

Goal #1: Get yourself some starting weapons.

You start with a Skana, an MK1-Braton, and a Lato. Of these weapons, only the Lato is worth hanging onto (don't sell the MK1 and the Skana yet; you want to level them to 30 for mastery points eventually). Thankfully, there are two weapons within easy reach: A Braton (you buy it from the Marketplace) and the Cronus (kill Captain Vor to get the Blueprints, the Materials all come from Mercury).

The Braton is a very nice gun, and is one of the best solo-farm guns out there until you get to things like clan tech weapons. It can handle nearly any situation with ease once properly modded, and it excels at everything from Long-range, to mid-range, to close-range spraying. You definitely want to buy this ASAP; it is only 25,000 credits. Best purchase you will ever make in Warframe.

The Cronus is a 'meh' melee weapon that will hold you for now; you probably won't be using it much as a primary damage source. It is more of a box opener than an actual weapon. It is better than the Skana, so you might as well make it.

Goal #2: Get yourself a real melee weapon.

Whenever you get some extra funds, I highly recommend buying the Orthos Blueprint. The Orthos requires Ferrite, Polymer Bundles, and Alloy Plates. The Ferrite and Polymer Bundles you ought to be familiar with; those drop on Mercury. The Alloy Plates, you can find on Venus which will be your next planet.

The Orthos is an excellent melee weapon that is easy to make early in the game. It delivers a lot of damage, has impressive range, and can be chained for quick succession attacks. It is a heavy weapon that rains blows on foes nearly as fast as a one-handed weapon.

Note that the Orthos requires Mastery Rank 2 -- This is easily obtainable by leveling your starting Warframe to 30, your Braton, Lato, and Cronus to Lv15-20.

Goal #3: Trying to get Intermediate Materials and Redirection.

Your next goal involves trying to get materials so that you can build better stuff than you can buy for credits. This means getting to Earth, and then Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn for their materials.

Earth is mostly populated by Grineer, so you will want those No Return and Piercing Hit mods on your Braton and your Pistol. If you want something with a little more Oomph on your sidearm, you could try out the Lex; you buy it for Credits at the Marketplace. The Lex is a high-damage, slow-firing pistol that acts somewhat like a sniper rifle. It is a bit expensive, so you may wish to continue using your Lato or Aklatos instead.

Make your way through Earth; get familiar with the place as this will be your go-to place for Rubedo (which you will need 800 of for Rhino...) and Neurodes (many weapons need them). If you're having trouble with Earth still, don't be afraid to farm Venus some more; one always needs more Alloy Plates.

I highly recommend getting groups for Eurasia, Lua, and Lith -- these missions are very difficult for solo players, especially if you are new to Warframe. Excalibur will shine in these missions if you picked him as your starting frame; Slash Dash is your friend. Otherwise, just hope you get a decent group that can clear the area.

Once you've gotten to where you can handle Earth, now is the time to try Jupiter, Mars and Saturn out.

Of the two, I suggest Jupiter first; Jupiter is entirely Infested and Infested tends to be easier than Corpus or especially Grineer. You will find Salvage, Neural Sensors, and Circuits on Jupiter. If you made the Orthos like I suggested, you should have a fairly easy time on Jupiter as long as you deal with Infested Ancients appropriately. Getting Fury ranked up first is very much recommended; the faster you can swing your spear, the faster you will chop the light infested units up before they can hit you. I suggest Rank 4 before starting to apply Pressure Point.

Stay in Jupiter until you get to Metis. It is the first and easiest mission that you can find Neural Sensors in, unless you wish to try your hand at Defense. Enemy Levels in Defense climb with each wave, so theoretically any Defense mission will work. If you'd rather Solo, then Metis or Carme is probably the best place to go to try to get a Redirection.

Once you've gotten a Redirection and a good bit of materials (try to get a Neural Sensors or two; you will need one or two later), now its time to try Mars. You will find Morphics, Salvage, and Gallium there. I recommend doing the first couple missions until you've gotten at least 1 Gallium.

Once you do that, now it is time to bite the bullet and try for Saturn. You only need to pass the very first mission there for now. Once you do that, you're ready for your next goal.

Goal #4: Get a real Side-arm!

Now that you are able to handle the first few missions of Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, you have everything you need to get yourself a better side-arm. Lex is good, but these sidearms are better!

You've got a choice here: Kunai or Hikou. The Kunai hurts a lot more, but the Hikou fire faster and has a bigger clip size. Personally I recommend Kunai for Ammo Efficiency. For the Kunai, you will need Morphics (Mercury or Mars), Ferrite (Mercury), Nano Spores (Saturn), Salvage (Jupiter or Mars). It will take quite a bit of materials to make, but it is totally worth it in the end. If you decide to go the Hikou route, the materials are considerably less, but you will need Plastids and Rubedo instead of Nano Spores and Ferrite.

Goal #4a (Optional): Thrown Melee!

I highly recommend that at some point after getting your new sidearm, that you try for either a Kestrel or a Glaive. If you haven't seen Glaive come up in Alerts yet, you'll have to make-do with a Kestrel; both are good. Kestrel does less damage and has less range, but will knock enemies down (which is very newbie helpful!). The beauty of these weapons is that they are ranged, but do not use ammo at all, so that if you run out of ammo, you can hide behind crates and chuck this thing as a last resort. It also does nice damage too.

For both of the above goals, you will need materials from Saturn. In my experiences, the first mission on Saturn is better for Nano Spores, but the second mission is better for Plastids and is much easier, and less difficult.

Goal #5: Your first Built Warframe.

In Venus, there is a mission called Fossa. It is an Assassination for a boss called Jackal. Don't try going this one alone, Tenno. Wait until there are other people on the map (mouse over it and look for the person icon). You will be looking for these to drop off of the boss:

Rhino Chassis
Rhino System
Rhino Helmet

These will look like the red orb you picked up from Captain Vor; they are blueprints.

You will not be able to build Rhino right away; but you can start setting aside materials for him as you go. The worst of the materials will be the Control Module; if you know a friend who can carry you to get one, this will help you.

Rhino requires Rank2 to use, but by this point you should have Rank2 (especially if you made the Orthos as I described above).

If you wish to attempt to solo Jackal, it is best if you use Excalibur. Use the four pillars in the room, and peek around its right edge (the pillar should be on your left) and shoot at Jackal's left leg until he falls down. Once he does, Slash Dash him, turn around, and Slash Dash him again and run as fast as you can for the furthest pillar. Continue doing this until he dies. If you hear a very deep and loud THUD noise, get away from him as fast as you can! If you do it right, you shouldn't get hit much at all, but don't let the Mine Ospreys overwhelm you, either.

You can do it with another frame, but ammo will be very tight unless you've found good mods for your Braton/Kunai.

Be advised that Rhino Systems will very likely be quite difficult to obtain. If you obtain multiple copies of Rhino Helmet or Chassis, you can sell those by going into your Inventory, clicking on the one you want to sell then clicking the Sell Button; they sell for 3,500 credits each. Just don't accidentally sell the last one.

Goal #6: You're Almost There!

Rhino requires a lot of crafting materials, but if you followed my guide, you should very near have everything you need. If you're missing something, you can go to wherever you need to, to collect the rest of the stuff. There is one thing you don't have yet, and that is the dreaded Control Module. To get a Control Module, you will need to go to Europa. Provided you don't have anybody to carry you, you will need to go through Jupiter to get to Europa.

Europa starts at Level 35; the first mission is 35-37 and is a Corpus Capture mission. I'd suggest to keep farming that until you get 2 (two) Control Modules.

Goal #7: Rhino, Shade, And the End

With the Two Control Modules, you can now build Rhino (buy the Rhino Blueprint from the Marketplace once you have the 3 parts built). If you have the credits, go ahead and buy a Shade Blueprint as well, and make yourself a Shade.

As a Recap, you should have...

1). Primary: Braton
2). Secondary: Kunai or Hikou
3). Melee: Orthos along with a Glaive or Kestrel.
4). Warframe: Whatever you started with, and Rhino.
5). Access to Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Europa.
6). A modest collection of mods.
7). The ability to solo farm any material.

There you go, you can now solo farm any material in the game, and farm Lv20-ish stuff for mods.

I hope this helped you!

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I have already reached lvl 20 on my mag without getting new weapons or anything and realized I should check something like this out. Should I still get these recommended weapons? I also want to skip Rhino entirely. It doesn't suit my play style. My goals are to get Vauban and Twin Vipers, but I don't know when I should start going for these weapons or that warframe. Mag has suited me incredibly well even with the starter weapons, so I don't feel a need to get Rhino to make things, "easier".

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I have already reached lvl 20 on my mag without getting new weapons or anything and realized I should check something like this out. Should I still get these recommended weapons? I also want to skip Rhino entirely. It doesn't suit my play style. My goals are to get Vauban and Twin Vipers, but I don't know when I should start going for these weapons or that warframe. Mag has suited me incredibly well even with the starter weapons, so I don't feel a need to get Rhino to make things, "easier".

 

You should, especially since there's no real downsides towards doing so. Skipping Rhino is fine, and Twin Vipers are relatively easy to craft. However, Vauban parts are only available through alerts, and you should rank up the Viper to 30 before crafting Twin Vipers. I really hope you're not spamming Pull on Mag.

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You should, especially since there's no real downsides towards doing so. Skipping Rhino is fine, and Twin Vipers are relatively easy to craft. However, Vauban parts are only available through alerts, and you should rank up the Viper to 30 before crafting Twin Vipers. I really hope you're not spamming Pull on Mag.

I've only been using it when enemies get over like 6 or so in a group. Why? But I'll try and work back to getting those other weapons that were recommended in the OP.

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I've only been using it when enemies get over like 6 or so in a group. Why? But I'll try and work back to getting those other weapons that were recommended in the OP.

 

Pull is currently overpowered, so don't rely too much on its killing potential when the developers take another look at the ability.

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Pull is currently overpowered, so don't rely too much on its killing potential when the developers take another look at the ability.

 

It is what it is. You use what you have. If the devs see fit to change it, then you adapt to its new capability and drive on.

 

Until then, if I'm feeling pressure, I'm going to pull.

 

Regardless of what becomes of pull, crush is a bit underwhelming and needs some adjustment to make it worthwhile. This is supposed to be an ultimate power and it really doesn't feel like one.

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It is what it is. You use what you have. If the devs see fit to change it, then you adapt to its new capability and drive on.

 

Until then, if I'm feeling pressure, I'm going to pull.

 

Regardless of what becomes of pull, crush is a bit underwhelming and needs some adjustment to make it worthwhile. This is supposed to be an ultimate power and it really doesn't feel like one.

 

I'm not saying you shouldn't use Pull; I'm saying that you shouldn't get used to its current power. Same applies to Crush.

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I've played this game for a year now but I'm still in the beginner level,it's a good guide and all but i don't feel like having fun when I have to work and farm a lot for a decent weapon, I want to to enjoy the game and when I'm still enjoying it I want to get a good weapon or a cool warframe.

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Thanks Xylia for the guide!

 

I followed this after joining right before update 11.5 and the basic framework still stands; I tweaked it a little, following this progression to great success:

 

 - spend platinum just for frame/weapon slots (1 frame, 4 slots with the initial 50 plat)

 - get the Braton from the shop as soon as you reach 25k credits (no need to build it! yay!)

 - farm Seer from Vor to build up credits and resources, while boosting the basic mods (Vitality, Redirection, Ammo Drum, etc.)

 - get the Orthos blueprint as soon as possible: you should have materials from farming and opening up the Venus map

 - farm the Venus boss to get Rhino pieces

 - complete the Earth map and work your way with the initial frame to Saturn and Jupiter to get the necessary Rhino components

 - once you hit level 30 with the starter you should be able to join a T1 Void mission (look in the recruitment chat for opportunities) to get the necessary Control Module to finally build Rhino

 - wait 3 days for Rhino to complete

 

The real Warframe starts here. ;-)

 

 

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The guide needs updated, but the fundamental progression is still valid.

 

Unfortunately, it probably will confuse new players who don't know what they don't know.

 

The build order and planetary progression are still totally accurate. Anything on mods can be ignored now. They've changed too much. What needs to be pointed out is the order that you obtain mods is the order you will have to use them in. Stuff you get later on from Jupiter on out will replace these early mods--things like puncture, maximum ammo, and fire rate mods will be replaced with elemental damage, multishot, and weapon type damage mods.

 

Otherwise, it's a great guide and will get you started off on the right foot.

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I do plan on updating the guide, however I'm waiting for the tutorial update they promised, as it wouldn't make much sense for me to make a new guide for 11.6 and then Update 12 changes a lot of newbie stuff.

 

I'm glad to hear that others have tested this guide and have found it to work even in 11.6+, though!

 

EDIT: Updated the guide with a disclaimer that the guide was written during 9.8 and some things have changed and that a new version is planned.

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This guide is amazingly helpful!

I just started playing Warframe 5 or 6 days ago, and was fortunate enough to find and read this guide on my third or fourth day.  I failed the first ranking test (Initiate) four times in a row.  After following your advice and getting a Braton, the test was easy. You are correct when you say it is the best buy in the game.

 

I am happy to report that, following this guide, I am now rank 2, have acquired my Braton, my Orthos is in building process, and I already have all 3 Rhino BluePrints (Chassis, Helmet and System).  Farming Jackal with the help of higher level players is an easy way to get those BPs. 

 

So, basically, your guide holds true for the latest update.  Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us newbies.  You've saved me a lot of grief, and made the game so much more enjoyable for me!

Needless to say, +1!

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I really thank you for this fantastic guide....... I started the game from 2 days i looked in the forms and luckily i found this ....

I worked precisely as you said and it really helped.I managed to do so >

1). Primary: Braton
2). Secondary: Kunai
3). Melee: Orthos
4). Warframe: Excalibur, and Rhino.
5). Access to Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Europa.
6). A modest collection of mods.
7). The ability to solo farm any material.

 

so it really helped ....... now i did all of that very fast so i don't know what to do next you know another goal perhaps i don't know .... i still have alot to learn :P so..

what warframe should i look for next or final ?

what are the best mods to get and where can i find them ?

i guess thats all...... for now i think and thanks again you really need more than +1

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I started not less then a week ago i got the braton(very good thank you get Cronus killed Vor twice but got a seer(why can he drop something i cant build?) not trying anymore Vor is too hard. I barly got passed Cytherean(first level on veus) i just run out of rile ammo in the other two i would like some help.Also is this guide ment for soloing?

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I started not less then a week ago i got the braton(very good thank you get Cronus killed Vor twice but got a seer(why can he drop something i cant build?) not trying anymore Vor is too hard. I barly got passed Cytherean(first level on veus) i just run out of rile ammo in the other two i would like some help.Also is this guide ment for soloing?

What mods do you have? If you do not have Serration and are capable of trading (rank 2 I believe), try going into the trading post and asking if anyone would be willing to give you some basic mods to start out with, (unranked Serration, unranked Hornet Strike, unranked elemental mods). The damage you do is far more dependent on what mods you use than the gun you have equipped, so if you do not have a passable set of mods, your ammo efficiency will be terrible.

 

Although, I don't believe you should be running into ammo problems on Venus. Earth, maybe.

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What mods do you have? If you do not have Serration and are capable of trading (rank 2 I believe), try going into the trading post and asking if anyone would be willing to give you some basic mods to start out with, (unranked Serration, unranked Hornet Strike, unranked elemental mods). The damage you do is far more dependent on what mods you use than the gun you have equipped, so if you do not have a passable set of mods, your ammo efficiency will be terrible.

 

Although, I don't believe you should be running into ammo problems on Venus. Earth, maybe.

Now I am rank 1.As for mods:

Warframe: Excalibur Rank 16

1.Radial javalin(Base)

2.Slash dash(base)

3.vitallity(+200%)

4.Redirection(base)

Unused: super jump,Rush,Radial Blind,Diamond skin and fast deflection

Rifle Braton rank 14

1.fast hands(base)

2.point strike(+75%)

Unused:Magizine warp and rupture

Pistol Lato rank 8

1.Heated Charge(base)

Unused:Trick Mag heated charge and pistol gambit

Sword Skana rank 9

1.Pressure point(+60%)

Unused:Pressure point(5 more) smite grineer

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