Barebones Mastery Rank 9 in a nutshell

[Daedalus007]

This is also available as a 'Steam Guide' now.

I've seen many outdated guides and many ones done by (terrible) MR30s using weapons and mods that aren't accessible to someone MR8 actually trying to do the test.

That said, here's a video that doesn't require any specific weapons or mods. Generally follows the same path I used myself to pass MR9 test, though I did mine on an Excalibur with zero mods equipped.

If you have 'Enemy Sense' then it helps, but it isn't required if you know how to look around corners without being spotted.

The written version is simple. Just use a single melee basic attack instead of the 'stealth' attack since they both kill in one hit and do the same thing. Best is to use something like the Skana for a quick strike or the Bo for reach.

Part One
Kill the starter guard, head to the right and duck behind the short mini-pillar. Kill the guard that comes around the bend. Dash over to the left side and come up behind the last remaining guard to finish them off. As long as they don't DIRECTLY spot you, you won't insta-fail so kill them FAST!

Part Two
Go to the pillar straight in front of you and hide, wait for the guard coming towards you to turn left then go up behind them and kill them. Go around to the pillar to your right and wait for the guard in front to go past you and sneak around behind to execute them. Now the fun part. Quickly bullet jump over to the wall on the far side near the two guards and hide. Wait for one of the guards on the top to start walking to the left, then take him out. The other guard won't spot you from across the way, so you can easily take them out.

Part Three
The real meat and bones, many struggle here. My version only requires some patience. The path should be empty without enemies, but even if it isn't you can do this easily. You'll need one bullet jump to the leftmost pillar. As you land you should crouch to slide and take out the enemy in front of you as they round the corner. Another enemy will approach and also walk past you (oblivious) so you can take them out as well. Bullet jump to the top platform on your right and take out the guard there. From here you have only 3 guards left. Look down to your left and you'll see a guard come to an easy spot to take out so CAREFULLY jump down onto the narrow platform behind them and one-shot em. Hop back up to the top platform. The two guards SHOULD be separated and easy to take out so you can do so in any order. I typically wait for one of the guards to come near the raised platform then turn around while the other guard is further away then kill them. The last guard is cake. That's it :)

Bit of a wall of text but I figured I'd post my own method for those who cannot easily access video.

EDIT: Here's another video guide showing off another way to do it, though I personally always got detected when attempting the same so YMMV. For those who cannot access video for whatever reason, I hope my written version is useful to you. Also updated the title to be in line with the Steam Guide version.

[Astasia]

The bit of advice I read before doing it that made it really quick and easy, is slam attacks. There's at least one situation I remember where you can take 3 enemies out with a single slam attack. Bullet jump up, slam down on the enemies, repeat, it's mostly straight forward, with just minimal waiting on top of the pillars for enemies to turn away.

I usually like stealth combat in the game, but it helped me a lot on this trial to not approach it as such. No sneaking around, no hiding behind stuff and cautiously approaching, just jump smash, jump smash, jump smash.

[Draykoss]

i feel like im one of the few people who didnt have any issues since i just used the skiajati which gave invis briefly after mercy kills

[Daedalus007]

Originally posted by Astasia:

The bit of advice I read before doing it that made it really quick and easy, is slam attacks. There's at least one situation I remember where you can take 3 enemies out with a single slam attack. Bullet jump up, slam down on the enemies, repeat, it's mostly straight forward, with just minimal waiting on top of the pillars for enemies to turn away.
I usually like stealth combat in the game, but it helped me a lot on this trial to not approach it as such. No sneaking around, no hiding behind stuff and cautiously approaching, just jump smash, jump smash, jump smash.

According to your achievement for WF, it shows you did Mastery Rank 9 test in August of 2020. I can assure you that as of May 2021, spamming 'slam' attacks creates attention from nearby enemies who will notice you and immediately cause you to fail the test. There may be ways you can pull it off in such a way as to be easier to pull off, but my method does the test the way it was intended.

Originally posted by Draykoss:

i feel like im one of the few people who didnt have any issues since i just used the skiajati which gave invis briefly after mercy kills

Curious why you and other ignorant people keep mentioning that weapon considering it requires Mastery Rank 11 to use and is therefore completely useless on a test for Master Rank 9.

Your meme is dead. Give it a rest. This isn't Reddit.

[Draykoss]

Originally posted by Daedalus007:

Originally posted by Draykoss:

i feel like im one of the few people who didnt have any issues since i just used the skiajati which gave invis briefly after mercy kills

Curious why you and other ignorant people keep mentioning that weapon considering it requires Mastery Rank 11 to use and is therefore completely useless on a test for Master Rank 9.

Your meme is dead. Give it a rest. This isn't Reddit.

you get it for free in the sacrifice quest, which bypasses any mr requirement same with purchasing a weapon. in other words, i literally was able to use it without any problem for the test. sounds like youre the ignorant one

[Daedalus007]

Originally posted by Draykoss:

you get it for free in the sacrifice quest, which bypasses any mr requirement same with purchasing a weapon. in other words, i literally was able to use it without any problem for the test. sounds like youre the ignorant one

I'm gonna need to see proof of this. You managed to do the quest prior to MR9? Your Steam achievements are all over the place as far as dates and times go. You honestly did every single node on two entire planets in a single day, including Sedna AND the boss fight all by yourself or did you get carried and are just omitting that detail?

Let's go through the chain of prerequisites to get to the Sacrifice Quest as you put it.

The Sacrifice Quest -> Apostasy Prologue -> Chains of Harrow + Personal Quarters Segment -> The War Within + Void (Mot) -> The Second Dream + Sedna Junction + MR5 -> Natah Quest + Neptune Junction + MR3 -> Scan drones on Uranus for the Natah Quest

So yeah, just gonna say that most people doing the MR9 test are not that far along in the star chart and questlines; having to go do more than 50% of the entire star map before doing MR9 is a bit much to ask of most new players who are just taking their time and enjoying things. The weapon is effectively unavailable to most of them and saying to use it as a strategy is useless, as previously stated.

It is not only possible but very feasible to do the entire MR9 test with nothing but a basic starter warframe, no mods at all, a starter melee weapon, and some patience.

[SomoneSuspicious]

Originally posted by Draykoss:

Originally posted by Daedalus007:

Curious why you and other ignorant people keep mentioning that weapon considering it requires Mastery Rank 11 to use and is therefore completely useless on a test for Master Rank 9.

Your meme is dead. Give it a rest. This isn't Reddit.

you get it for free in the sacrifice quest, which bypasses any mr requirement same with purchasing a weapon. in other words, i literally was able to use it without any problem for the test. sounds like youre the ignorant one

Yeah it's the same for Lich weapons, I think you can unlock that whole system at like MR 5 and if you manage to get your MR 15 Kuva Bramma or Nukor from killing them, then you get to use it.
Op should maybe read up on a few things himself before acting high and mighty :P

Also here https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery_Rank under the Notes section, they use the Broken War as their example.

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by Daedalus007:

Originally posted by Draykoss:

i feel like im one of the few people who didnt have any issues since i just used the skiajati which gave invis briefly after mercy kills

Curious why you and other ignorant people keep mentioning that weapon considering it requires Mastery Rank 11 to use and is therefore completely useless on a test for Master Rank 9.

Your meme is dead. Give it a rest. This isn't Reddit.

Straight from the wiki: "Despite its mastery rank of 11, players of lower ranks can acquire and use this weapon." You only have to be MR5 to get through the questline leading up to The Sacrifice. Don't call people ignorant (or any insult, really) in situations like this, it just makes you look arrogant and stupid, which can only hurt your case.

Also, if you intend this to be a guide, there is a guide section on steam, this probably belongs in there rather than as a discussion.

[Draykoss]

Originally posted by Daedalus007:

Originally posted by Draykoss:

you get it for free in the sacrifice quest, which bypasses any mr requirement same with purchasing a weapon. in other words, i literally was able to use it without any problem for the test. sounds like youre the ignorant one

I'm gonna need to see proof of this. You managed to do the quest prior to MR9? Your Steam achievements are all over the place as far as dates and times go. You honestly did every single node on two entire planets in a single day, including Sedna AND the boss fight all by yourself or did you get carried and are just omitting that detail?

Let's go through the chain of prerequisites to get to the Sacrifice Quest as you put it.

The Sacrifice Quest -> Apostasy Prologue -> Chains of Harrow + Personal Quarters Segment -> The War Within + Void (Mot) -> The Second Dream + Sedna Junction + MR5 -> Natah Quest + Neptune Junction + MR3 -> Scan drones on Uranus for the Natah Quest

So yeah, just gonna say that most people doing the MR9 test are not that far along in the star chart and questlines; having to go do more than 50% of the entire star map before doing MR9 is a bit much to ask of most new players who are just taking their time and enjoying things. The weapon is effectively unavailable to most of them and saying to use it as a strategy is useless, as previously stated.

It is not only possible but very feasible to do the entire MR9 test with nothing but a basic starter warframe, no mods at all, a starter melee weapon, and some patience.

yes i burned through the first few planets very quickly because i didnt care to finish every single node, and yes, i had a few friends assist at the beginning but they fell off pretty quickly so 95% of my gameplay was by myself. i didnt say it initially because its completely irrelevant when i say i had the skiajati before i reached MR 9. its also worth noting that i didnt level many weapons early on so i was doing a lot of quests while relatively low MR.

looked at my achievements myself and you can also see that i completed the sacrifice at mr 5, long before i got the rank 9 achievement.

[Draykoss]

Originally posted by SomoneSuspicious:

Originally posted by Draykoss:

you get it for free in the sacrifice quest, which bypasses any mr requirement same with purchasing a weapon. in other words, i literally was able to use it without any problem for the test. sounds like youre the ignorant one

Yeah it's the same for Lich weapons, I think you can unlock that whole system at like MR 5 and if you manage to get your MR 15 Kuva Bramma or Nukor from killing them, then you get to use it.
Op should maybe read up on a few things himself before acting high and mighty :P

Also here https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery_Rank under the Notes section, they use the Broken War as their example.

yep, with the skiajati i also ended up getting a kuva nukor and quartakk super early

[nullpo]

Originally posted by Draykoss:

Originally posted by SomoneSuspicious:

Yeah it's the same for Lich weapons, I think you can unlock that whole system at like MR 5 and if you manage to get your MR 15 Kuva Bramma or Nukor from killing them, then you get to use it.
Op should maybe read up on a few things himself before acting high and mighty :P

Also here https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery_Rank under the Notes section, they use the Broken War as their example.

yep, with the skiajati i also ended up getting a kuva nukor and quartakk super early

Yea, my friend unlock skiajati and lich weaponry at mr 6 because he rush star chart after seeing someone at mr 5 already bringing skiajati. Can't see why op really find it impossible.

[Para The Yipper]

If this is the stealth test. Banshee + redeemer will clear the test stupid easy just shoot them all with the redeemer

[Nightflare75]

I used the banshee cheese method myself which should still work even today as long as you find a spot they can't see you at.

[AngryShark]

I think back in the day i did it with exal abusing his blind.

[Flamboyant]

i legit used my garuda and broken war ( i didnt know about skaijati passive, had no stealth frames at all and did not think of excal blind ability), followed the path that i saw in some video, no cheese and tricks, simply timed the attacks, ran it like 5 times and completed it

[Sparky862]

Stealth is not needed. Rush in and Shoot everything .

EDIT
I mean Stealth is needed, but anything counts, not just melee. Even sitting on the arch using bow and arrow works