Ultimate Farming Guide ~ ♥ Community ♥

The ultimate guide that will show you how to easily get any item in the game! This is a community project. Feel free to contribute!

Introduction

This is a community project. It's written by the community, for the community.

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*ApM = Amount per minute. How much of the resource you get for every minute of farming. ApM should be measured without any boosters active. When the ApM depends on luck, use a range of possible values instead. (x - y)

**The contents are in alphabetical order.

***When the name of the Steam user that recommended the method is not specified, it's recommended by me, Bip901.

Affinity (XP)

~Fastest ways to farm AFFINITY~

• Helene | Saturn ~ 2 levels per wave on average. Recommended and measured by Steam user C0Bruhh
  
• Akkad | Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user raspy ♫
  
• Hydron | Sedna ~ Recommended by multiple Steam users
  
• Sanctuary Onslaught ~ Recommended by multiple Steam users
  
• Salacia | Neptune ~ 3-8 levels per mission (depending on level) for the Archwing ~ Recommended by Steam user Venrez and measured by AnonymousUserTheOnly
  
• Elite Sanctuary Onslaught ~ for weapons only ~ Recommended by Steam user WhiteTiger

Alloy Plate

~Fastest ways to farm ALLOY PLATES~

• Dark sector | Ceres ~ Recommended by Steam user AnonymousUserTheOnly

Animo Nav Beacons

~Fastest ways to farm AMINO NAV BEACONS~

• Pluto | Outer Terminus ~ Recommended by Steam user DreadwayTF
  
• Any open-air Corpus defence mission ~ Recommended by Steam user Nightstalker

Argon Crystals

~Fastest ways to farm ARGON CRYSTALS~

• Ani | Void ~ Recommended by Steam user Kat
  
• Mot | Void ~ ApM: 0.1 - 0.2 ~ Recommended and measured by Steam user Sptz

Tips:

• Use Argon Crystals quickly! They will be tagged as "decaying" every day at 12:00 AM. If they are already tagged by 12:00, the amount of decaying Argon Crystals you own will halve, rounded down. ~ Steam user Bip901
  
• Equip a Smeeta Kavat while playing a Void mission - you will have a good chance to get Argon Crystals. My ApM was 0.4 when I was playing at Ani | Void with my Smeeta Kavat. ~ Steam user Kat

Cetus Wisps

~Fastest ways to farm CETUS WISPS~

• Cetus Wisps spawn only around lakes and ponds of water, and spawn much more frequently at night. Map out a route between some of the major lakes and run it over and over again. Note that Cetus Wisps spawn when you enter Plains of Eidolon. They will not respawn while you are there, so to make them respawn, leave and re-enter Plains of Eidolon. ~ Recommended by Steam user Kat
  
  
• You can also get Cetus Wisps from bounties, so don't forget to do those! ~ Recommended by Steam user Aetheriel
  
  
• If you get max rank with The Quills, you can buy Cetus Wisps. ~ Recommended by Steam user Nightstalker

Credits

Note by Steam user neofit:
The first mission you do every day yields double credits.

~Fastest ways to farm CREDITS~ (sorted by ApM)

• Medium Index | Neptune ~ Recommended by multiple Steam users. ApM: 13477.5 ~ Measured by Bip901
  
• Sangeru | Sedna ~ Extract after 5 waves. ApM: 7403.8 ~ Measured by Bip901
  
• Hieracon | Pluto ~ Extract after first excavator is done. ApM: 6376.8
  
• Gabii | Ceres ~ ApM: 4600 ~ Recommended and measured by Steam user EmekC
  
• Akkad | Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user AnonymousUserTheOnly
  
• Semini | Ceres ~ Do one round and extract. Recommended by Steam user Kat for people who aren't strong enough for Hieracon.

Cryotic

~Fastest ways to farm CRYOTIC~

• Hieracon | Pluto ~ Recommended by Steam user WhiteTiger

Endo

~Fastest ways to farm ENDO~

• Weekly Ayatan Treasure Hunt | Maroo's Bazaar ~ fill in all the star slots of the Ayatan treasure, then sell it to Maroo. ApM: 566 - 900.
  
• Hieracon | Pluto ~ Complete 2 excavators, then extract. ApM: 56.7 - 170.1
  
• Arena ~ recommended by Steam user Jared Wolfe.
  
• Nakki/Yam/Vodyanoi | Eris ~ recommended by Steam user Enhok.

Ferrite

~Fastest ways to farm FERRITE~

• Apollodorus | Mercury ~ Recommended by Steam user Zipperok

Focus

This section was written by Steam user Astrotastic and formatted by Bip901.

Farming focus is basically farming Affinity, so look at the Affinity section after you:

• Equip lenses on every bit of gear you're using.
  
• Note that if you apply a lens when your gear hits 30, then forma it, you won't be getting focus until you level it back up to 30!
  
• Note that a regular lens channels 1.25% of the Affinity you earn into focus points, a 'greater' lens channels 1.75%, and an Eidolon lens channels 2.25% (Eidolon lenses and the blueprints for them are tradeable).

Focus lenses

Bounties that give Focus lenses are a pretty good investment, especially when it's for a tree you're really looking for or a bounty that has a few different ones to offer. To upgrade a regular lens into a 'greater' lens, you'll need four lenses of the same type, a forma, an argon crystal and an Orokin cell. To upgrade a 'greater' lens into an Eidolon lens, you need to have a 'greater' lens, the blueprint, and some breath, the latter two you'll need to be able to manage quite a lot of high level stuff to get your hands on.

Notes

• Steam user Gregarious: Eidolon Hunting is far better than messing around with lenses, in my humble opinion. I tried focus farming with lenses and it was brutally boring. Plus, you get hundreds of plat selling the arcanes. The meta Eidolon Hunting guide is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eY6ZZUbLoZwFDmf1WgdOMnM_bjG8ooqV_osHCCxu3Yw/edit

Forma

~Fastest ways to farm FORMA~

• Open lith relics that have Forma as a common (copper) drop ~ Recommended by Steam user arachnid14

Gallium

~Fastest ways to farm GALLIUM~

• Titania | Uranus ~ 2-6 per run ~ Recommended by Steam user Waluigi is best girl
  
• Any mission on Mars ~ Recommended by Steam user Bip901

Hexenon

~Fastest ways to farm HEXENON~

• Jupiter | Ganymede (Disruption) ~ drops by Amalgams ~ Recommended by Steam user [UA] Onemix {AUS}
  NOTE by Nightstalker:
  Even the fastest farm for Hexenon isn't really fast. It's advised to get a drop amount booster if you need the material.

Lephantis Nav Coordinates

~Fastest ways to farm LEPHANTIS NAV COORDINATES~

• Orokin Derelict Capture ~ Recommended by Steam user Zipperok

Morphics

~Fastest ways to farm MORPHICS~

• Mars ~ Recommended by Steam user {JSRL} Literally Discord

Mutagen Samples

~Fastest ways to farm MUTAGEN SAMPLES~

• Orokin Derelict Defence with a full party. ~ Recommended by Steam user Kat

Nano Spores

~Fastest ways to farm NANO SPORES~

• Akkad | Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user arachnid14

Neural Sensors

~Fastest ways to farm NEURAL SENSORS~

• Survival | Kuva Fortress ~ ApM: 0.2 - 0.334 ~ Recommended by Steam user Groove Torped
  
• Themiso | Jupiter ~ Recommended and measured by Steam user AvengingWarrior

Neurodes

~Fastest ways to farm NEURODES~

• Any mission on Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user AnonymusUserTheOnly

Nitian Extract

~Fastest ways to farm NITIAN EXTRACT~

• The only way to get Nitian Extract is from alerts. If you want to manage alerts more easily, you can download the Warframe app.
  
  Google Play[play.google.com]
  App Store

Notes:

• The new Nightwaves have made farming for nitain obsolete ~ Steam user ಠnಠ

Orokin Cells

~Fastest ways to farm OROKIN CELLS~

• Gabii | Ceres ~ Recommended by Steam user Aetheriel.
  
• Tethys | Saturn ~ Recommended by Steam user Aetheriel.
  
• Exta | Ceres ~ Bosses Vor & Kril each drop an Orokin cell upon death about half of the time ~ Recommended by Steam user neofit

Oxium

~Fastest ways to farm OXIUM~

• Galatea | Neptune ~ Hunt Oxium Ospreys. ApM: 19.25

Plains of Eidolon

This section was written by Steam user Kat and formatted by Bip901.

• General advice: Picking the hardest bounty will increase the drops in all world containers (excluding Cetus Wisps), regardless of your level or if you even complete the bounties before returning to a world hub!
  Note: Fruit-resources spawn more in the middle-to-southern parts of the map.
  
  
• Cetus Standing: Bounty your way up to get some fishing gear, then farm Murkrays. You can find them in the 'bubbles' of the western shores. Use appropriate bait and always radiate/dye the water. Lanzo spear is preffered for Murkrays. Farm lesser fish if you have fishing gear but no standing, this'll help to get a better understanding of how fishing works and some practice before you get Murkray bait unlocked.
  
  
• Cetus Wisps: (Look at the Cetus Wisps section of this guide)
  
  
• Grokdrul: Hit and run Grineer bases for their yellow containers. Use radar mods to find them more easily.
  
  
• Intact Sentient Cores: (Look at the Sentient Cores section of this guide)
  
  
• Iridite: Farm it at night. Iridite glows at night, making it much faster to locate and farm.

Platinum

~Fastest ways to farm PLATINUM~

• Gaia | Earth ~ Farm relics, sell them on warframe.market.
  
  
• Buy Syndicate mods, re-sell them at a higher price ~ Recommended by Steam user Robert
  
  
• Do Sorties and sell the rewards. Veiled Riven Mods tend to go for about 50 plat a piece. ~ Recommended by Steam user Samoclese
  
  
• Naeglar | Eris ~ If you find the 3 caches, you can get shell shock or high voltage, both worth around 60 plat. It takes about 2 minutes once you get comfortable with it and know the spots, and I usually get at least one within 20 minutes ~ Recommended by Steam user cake

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Plastids

~Fastest ways to farm PLASTIDS~

• Pluto | Narcissus (~223 plastids per run) ~ Recommended by Steam user EmekC
  
• Derelict Defense ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J
  
• Endless missions on Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user pvtysux

Polymer Bundle

~Fastest ways to farm POLYMER BUNDLES~

• Ophelia | Uranus ~ Recommended by Steam user MrStuff

Relics

LITH

• Derelict Defense ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J
  
• Lith | Earth ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J
  
• Hieracon | Pluto ~ Recommended by Steam user WhiteTiger

MESO

• Io | Jupiter ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J

NEO

• Xini | Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J
  
• Hydron | Sedna ~ Recommended by Steam user AnonymousUserTheOnly

AXI

• Xini | Eris ~ Recommended by Steam user ★Rohan★ ~ J

Salvage

~Fastest ways to farm SALVAGE~

• Any endless mission | Sedna ~ Recommended by Steam user pvtysux

Sentient Cores

~Fastest ways to farm SENTIENT CORES~

• Intact sentient cores: Go to Plains of Eidolon. Vomvalysts usually spawn near large bodies of water. Shoot them until they enter their second state, then use void damage to finish them off. Alternatively, you can antagonize an Eidolon. The lower the Eidolon's shield, the more frequently the Vomvalysts will spawn. ~ Recommended by Steam user AvengingWarrior

Tellurium

~Fastest ways to farm TELLURIUM~

• Ophelia | Uranus ~ but without a Nekros or Pilferoid it's still going to take a bit. ~ Recommended by Steam user Completely Apathetic

Vestan Moss

~Fastest ways to farm VESTAN MOSS~

• Tolstoj | Mercury ~ Look on top of shaded rocks and you can find about 10 per run. ~ Recommended by Steam user Completely Apathetic

Requests

Still waiting for an answer:

• Steam user Dash Granny asks: Where would be the best circuits farm?

Already answered:

• Steam user PixieSoldier asks: where is the best place to farm Animo Nav Beacons?
  
• Steam user Havoc§R asks: Is [Ophelia|Uranus] still better than Desdemona to farm Polymer Bundle?
  
• Steam user GrandRiser asks: HOW do you farm cetus wisp? Do you kill them? Or how?
  
• (+25 more)

[Bip901]

@Rainbow-Kun
I no longer update this since I quit Warframe. If you wish to become a contributer to this guide, please message me.

[Single Digit IQ]

any updates on this guide?

[Duwang Chang]

what about toroids on orb vallis?

[Donut]

thanks for the guide man its helped a ton

[Nightstalker]

@ShadowMasked sleep works on kavats, and they only alert if they see, iirc. So any Lua mission can spawn some. It helps if you go in a group, and they can kill the ones without a code. If a kavat doesn't give a code to one squad member, it won't give it to anyone else either.

[ShadowMasked]

Well, if this guide is still being updated to this day, one: Nice dedication. Two: I'd love a good way to farm Kavat Genetic Codes. At this point I may just need to buy a hammer from Simaris.

[Bip901]

@Enhok Yeah, occasionally.

[Enhok]

Is this post still being updated?

[Enhok]

Endo: Planet Eris: - Missions - Nakki/Yam/Vodyanoi

[Enhok]

Cryphographic Alu: Planet Neptune - Mission Salacia