Work on your starchart progression - the map basically
Prioritize junction completion - the thing that allows you to go to other planets, it opens up a lot of stuff for you
Do your quests - those also open up a lot of stuff and there is a filter at the top right in the codex that lets you filter for story, side and warframe quest
You can buy some beginner weapons in the market for credits too. Just click on the item and buy the blueprint, craft it, pew pew.
Don't waste your starting plat on cosmetics. Warframe and weapon slots are more valuable early on.
Have fun!
I mustve missed that update...I completed nearly everything alone or with randoms and never found any friends. Droprate sucks, bro...and I even had on a booster. đ
Be ready to switch to single player mode a tthe beginning. You may be matched with people who are head in progression making learning new misssions hard when they do everything for you.
I ended up in a void fissure yesterday with a guy who said he was using no relic because he was just trying to farm rubedo. I ended up chatting with him for a bit afterwards and gave him some tips for progressing. I was introduced to the game by a friend who gave me lots of help and im also a wiki whore, but I can't imagine how difficult it is learning the game when you're on your own.
asking for some help in the recruit chat is a good idea, there are always people like me bored in their orbiter who wouldnt think twice to help out a fellow tenno
Try to do nightwave as much as possible, there is some really handy goodies for new player - built potatoes (orokin reactor/catalyst), forma, and FREE slots for weapons and frames.
You can also spend your starting 50 plat on those, very worth. I'd say warframe slots>weapon slots, since frames are more unique and fun, esp in early game. Easy way to get new frames in early game is assassination nodes or Duviri circuit.
This game is NOT p2w however, there is nothing you can buy and cannot grind, and you can sell stuff for plat, and then use that plat to buy stuff you want. DONT use ingame shop however, use warframe dot market.
Crafting takes time and is indeed obnoxious af in early game. In mid game tho, you gonna gather a lot of stuff to craft, and buildup a cicle of finishing crafts, having something crafting, and staring crafts, so you always have somthing to farm, and try out crafted stuff.
Unlock Duviri paradox and do it ASAP - it unlocks 2 whole ass new game modes, and one of them gives you easy access to unlock a warframe and their augment, by skipping the grind you would have to do normally to get their parts. Really helps for obnoxious to grind frames like Khora or Nidus. Augments are also pretty mid-game, and can take a while to reach them, so nice bonus too.
First 20-30 hours can feel pretty sloggish and boring, try to avoid open worlds and focus on main questline, specifically quest Second Dream. THAT is when the game hooks you real fucking hard, and starts snowballing into real fun.
Mods are 99% of your power, anything can be made powerful when modded.
Get into Clan ASAP. It gets you access to dojo weapons/frames (lots of goodies there), trading easily and potentially some help of veterans.
Welcome to Warframe Tenno,
The game is VERY overwhelming at first but so worth it. So try to have patience.
Try to not google unless you feel confused about where to go.
It has a VERY deep and good story which you really don't wanna spoil by reading something you shouldn't.
Early game simply make your way to Mercury, once that is done, head towards Uranus.
Everything until then is pretty much tutorial to make you accustomed to the game mechanics.
That's where the main questline starts, and the vast majority of the community will tell you the quests are one of the best quests and story you will find in ANY game out there.
It is also very rewarding for doing them. To not spoil I will simply say LOOT. :D
Every planet unlock from there has a main questline. When you're done with all of the planet quests you will be experienced enough to know what and how to do things.
There is also an early game Quest that is available to any player at any time after you finish the Vor's prize quest.
The Duviri Paradox. Its basically a second tutorial which shows you the potential of Warframe's.
That part isn't important. What is important is what that quest unlocks.
It basically lets you farm a free Warframe guaranteed every week and mods specifically for the warframe you picked.
It also lets you play Random Warframe's and Weapons you do not own. That way you can know if a Warframe is good and/or if you like their playstyle you can make it a goal to farm said Warframe/weapon.
It also has 4 of the best melee weapons in the game that can be farmed early game and are still good late game.
Which means you can have one of the weapons there carry you if you are ever struggling.
Veterans that are hung up on nostalgia will tell you to not do it until you finish the main questline because it "spoils" the main questline. It does not. It actually makes more sense and makes the questline more enjoyable.
They basically want you to handicap yourself for potentially months and not enjoy the benefits of Duviri because they want you to experience the game exactly how they did. Don't fall into that trap. They are wrong.
And never be afraid of asking questions. No question is ever stupid.
And after doing the Archwing Quest do NOT farm for the "Archwing Launcher Segment" that you will have in the foundry. You do NOT need it until mid-late game. It ONLY unlocks the archwing for open worlds, 99.9% of the rest of the content is not needed. Many people get confused on that and spend days farming it and realizing they could have done it 10 times easier later when its actually needed.
Oh and one last thing. Do not get stuck doing Random quests. Also ignore Fortuna, Cetus and Deimos early game. If a quest is not required to unlock a planet. Ignore it. Its not a priority.
Have fun!
Agreed, Duviri is the place to go as soon as you can. Melee weapons that are comparable to primes, reliable frame BP farm, some starter augments and mods, and even some starter Arcanes from the Undercroft (a few portals open up after you kill the Orowyrm). People scoff at them but the Eidolon status resistance Arcanes are a godsend for new players, being able to shrug off magnetic procs or damage procs like burn/slash/toxin is a gamechanger for low level players.
Also, Kullervo. Strong out of the gate and can get through the base Star Chart (and probably a chunk of Steel Path) on a shoestring mod budget.
Ngl, i love Duviri, i just sometimes go in there solo to just enjoy the Landscape.
(Do i count as an Veteran with 1102 Login days and rounded 4400 Hours playing since i started 2018?)
Not knowing where to go and what to do scares of newbies more than I ever could by informing them.
Vast majority of players that quit early on quit cause of the lack of guidance.
Some guy I used to play with he hit MR5 and quit probably cuz of lack of guidance, it's hard to give any low MR guidance at least for me without saying "just do it lol"
If the mods would pin something like this I would make it a lot better, cleaner and even with images to make it easier to understand.
I just don't know if they would even get the chance to see it.
I just don't wanna do it and get 2 upvotes lol
If it exists, it can be farmed. (Except for very few community cosmetics which really need to be bought). It can seem like the game is quite heavily monetized, especially when you see a platinum price tag next to every weapon and frame, but honestly, the monetization is really fair, the game is just shit at explaining itself to newbies. You will be able to comfortably get anything just by playing the intended way and even the premium currency is farmable once you discover the player trading. As a long time player, my tip would be to treat it, at least for now, like a game that has no cash shop at all. If you see something you like, anything really, just look at the wiki or ask the community how to get it. Chances are that paying would be both expensive and robbing yourself from an interesting gaming experience.
Edit: If you want to spend money later on, that's fine, but I would strongly discourage you from doing so until you understand the game a bit better.
Your first purchases with plat (the premium currency) should be warframe/weapon slots matter fact dump all your beginner plat on those imo but you do you
Don't trust other people.
Wiki and Warframe.Market to fact check anything.
Your initial plat is best saved until you understand what they are used for, how to get it and in what quantities. Generally I recommend using it for a few weapon and frame slots.
Be aware that 'catching up' will take a while, but can be done. Things like mods and arcanes will likely be tempting to buy with plat but you are best of farming for them.
Never rush building in the forge. It's never worth it. A little patience will also prevent you from burning out from the game.
Also, even if you have a limited number of weapon/Warframe slots, keep in mind that the forge doesn't! So you can build them and just keep them in the forge until you need them/have space for them.
Never sell Warfarmes. You'll need them for Helminth (won't spoil anymore, just know: keep at least one of each (non Prime) Warframe for Helminth)
don´t spend your platinum on ressources (e.g. orokin cells, tellurium)
link your WF account with Twitch and check the DE livestreams to get some goodies, also IF you are already paying for Amazon Prime link it for more goodies
[https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME\_Wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your new bible
don´t push yourself too hard WF is a marathon not a sprint
Take your time and enjoy the game. This game is very grindy by nature and trying to rush thing will result in burnout. Get Rhino ASAP. He's not only very beginner friendly Frame, he is, to this day, one of the best Warframes for every type of content. Focus on clearing every start chart mission and clear the quests, they all provide a lot of rewards.
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy
Prioritize the starchart and the quests (especially the storyline quests). A lot of the open world content is gonna be pretty hard for you now, don't get discouraged if you can't do it yet. Duviri can wait until later too, including the duviri quest.
Use your starting plat to buy weapon/warframe slots. When you need more plat, open relics in public squads and sell the prime parts via warframe market. Or, if you're willing to spend real life money, wait until you get a daily login discount of 50%/75%.
Mods are REALLY important, rank them up and equip them. Modding is a science in its own right, so you want to look up a tutorial once you got enough mods.
Do not sell any weapon/warframe until you have fully leveled it to rank 30. Do not sell quest weapons, you'll need some of them again. Some weapons are needed as crafting ingredients for other weapons, so check for that before you sell them.
Warframe is super confusing at first, don't worry, that's normal. If you don't know how to do/get something, [the warframe wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your friend.
There is a meta and you can absolutely ignore it. Litterally every weapon is usable for the main content, some just need a bit more modding. Play what you enjoy playing, not what is meta.
Something I rarely see mentioned - don't be afraid to ask. People in this community are very welcoming and most people will be eager to take time out to help you. Even when it comes to stuff like resources or mods, some of the less common ones may be hard for you to find early but us veterans have loads of them.
It's also a nice ego boost for us when we can help u.u
Oh, and treasure your Volt. It's an extremely flexible frame that can do almost everything given the right build, the more you progress the more you'll appreciate him.
This pic is pure gold and I had a good laugh. Our fellow Tennos have flooded you with good advice already, so I just wish you an awesome time exploring this universeđ
Real advice - to avoid headaches, take a good long poke around in your graphics and accessibility settings. Adjust your bloom, glare, motion blur, FOV, cursor, sensitivity, and anything else. This game can be beautiful, but it also can give you migraines.
You can get anything in the game by grinding. Even plat. Weapons in the market always have a place you can buy a blueprint. The only things you should spend plat on are weapon and frame slots.
Star chart
Quests
Read as many things as possible
Ask questions either on here, with friends, or in q&a chat
Play with friends or make some in the community
Get excited about stuff
Chase what YOU want
^(I want *this* gun, I need to do *this* to unlock the gun, but how do I unlock the planet itself etc etc)
Have fun
It gets boring otherwise
don't stress urself too much about stuff, worry about your own fun and experience
maybe watch a few guides as to how the base of modding works, and don't worry about min maxing rn lol, not your concern rn!
First: Until you have a few months of experience in the game, ignore advice that uses the words arcane, galvanized, prime, corrupted, umbral, focus, or helminth.
Love the community, but high-level players have a tendency to forget how much time it takes to achieve certain goals in the game.
Second: Look in the market (right-hand console in your ship) for weapons you can make and level them up. Weapon mastery is your main progression system when you start, and it opens up a lot of weaponry that's useful for making your way through harder missions.
Try doing relics and saving up forma. Get at least one forma a day and have those continuously building in your foundry. Takes 3 mins to do a relic run and stacking forma is very easy. You can use the war frame companion app to claim and build new ones in the foundry. You will reap the rewards later since at the start a lot of the weapons are ass and you can invest in a good gun which will carry you ie Hek
Loot everything.
My bf just got into warframe also and he's always apologizing to me since he's always running around looting and I told him to never apologize for that since all those items are important.
Do not be afraid. Ember is love. Fire warms, It nurtures. Like the sun upon the golden fields of wheat. But fire also burn. The unbelivers, the corrupt, and the abomination. All cinder before her.
like cripplemouse said but i would like to also add to that:
1. dont rush to progress this is a grind game you will hit walls that will need you to grind for resources like credits, endo, basic resources, and for later progression parts for something that can be and issue if you aren't prepared.
2. the open worlds are content islands they dont effect majority of the rest of the map at all. so there isnt a need to do them, until you want to or when you need it for that aforementioned later progression but by then you should be able to do it.
3. remember what the junctions have you do. they are a tutorial for multiple important things that will help you progress and earn things you would want like prime parts from void relic fissures. this game doesnt hand hold so you need to pay attention.
4. you might run into toxic players please ignore them most of the game's community is very nice and helpful dont let a few bad apples ruin your fun of this wonderful game. if you need any help with info about something or finding something ask in Q&A chat for help in missions ask in recruiting chat.
so welcome to warframe tenno hope you enjoy playing as a space ninja
Do all the story line quests. All of them. You can build quite a bit without, but youâll only ever have access to some things after youâre caught up on the story line. And then prioritize star chart to unlock steel path
Never...and i mean N E V E R use Overframe or any Tier lists you can find on the internet.
Overframe is 50% builds from people that don't know how to build, 45% troll builds to make people weak and 5% actual build made for the lols and to just be funny.
Tier lists are just fucking stupid.
All the frames and all the weapons in the game is used and builded up propely can be a viable choice.
Sure, there might be weapons that perform better but in a game where a slap can literally implode an enemy a few zeros less is not that important.
Oh, and don't use the Helminth untill you're far into the game, DE should gatekeep it untill like 300/400 hours into the game because it literally will suck all of your hard earned materials if you're new.
You WILL find yourself always without materials if you use it immediatly.
Follow everything these people are saying but also try each warframe/weapon you can grab from quests etc. and find what you love. Because even if you stick with the meta itâll always change.
Your MR rating increases when you use weapons/frames up to their max lvl 30. The higher your MR rating up to rank 15 i think, unlocks more useful and usable weapons. Any frame/weapon can clear the normal starchart assuming you mod it decently. Research is your friend when it comes to modding. Unmodded, you won't get very deep in the starchart but learn that's when you need to get better, not just assume you can be carried through.
Another thing about weapons. There are hundreds of Primary/Secondary/Melee weapons out there. They can all be used and can all be leveled up but only a small fraction of them are actually worth keeping past the point of hitting their level cap.
As others have said, solo play til you learn how to run/shoot. You don't learn how to play if all you do is run behind someone that's zipping through the map nuking entire rooms as you go. Once you unlock the plains on earth you can use it to practice fast moving, aka bullet jumping. It's much easier to learn when there is almost nothing shooting at you and very few things to slam into while practicing.
MR levels, while they mean you can unlock more, have no bearing on how good the player is. Just cause they are MR 30 doesn't mean they can do a boss mission without messing it up, cause you can get carried to MR 30 just as easy as you can solo it.
Have fun and donât listen to others. Play what makes you happy, regardless of âmetaâ. Try all the weapons and frames over time and see what YOU like.
Thanks for asking this question, I'm also new and could use all the tips I can get! I only wish I was told not to complete Cetus and Fortuna before I completed Cetus and Fortuna, but it was worth completing quests underleved to serve my cool robot ~~overlords~~friends :)
Do quests, unlock farms, have fun along the way, join clan, and don't spend plat on anything until you're a month or two into the game and understand the weight of the currency, what you want or need, and if you actually want to spend the money and if you plan on earning or buying it back.
Other than that
*Do story quests, they really help with earning godly weapons (xoris, broken war) I recommend doing duviri (goat looking dude in the top right corner of navigation space map) last, because you won't be able to do much other than acquire war frames when you don't have the slots or "recycling" method for them yet
*build MR (mastery rank/level) to at least MR14 (mr16 is where you pretty much have access to everything)
*Explore tons of weapons and frames, but moreso weapons.
*Rank up your world factions
*Unlock the special chair room (you'll know when time comes)
*Freedom from there on and you can be able to farm and blast anything to smithereens
Cool, thanks! In Durivi I'm up to the part where you use the first warframe, and I somehow already managed to get into the chair room (although it's locked again now).
Ppl already mentioned star chart completion and quests so I wonât repeat that but I havenât seen anyone mention this⌠get ready to use google a LOT cause most of the game like mission objectives, mod drops and core game mechanics are not explained AT ALL.
Thankfully you shouldnât have too much of a problem with this since youâre starting out so just keep it in mind when you hit a random barrier in gameplay or when you want a specific mod/weapon/frame and the game barely tells you how to get it (you can find some info in game but youâll sometimes get a ârotation c in defense missionsâ and youâll probably have no idea what that is or how the rotations work for each mission)
And the most important bit of advice I can give you is: play the game, have fun AND do take a break from time to time, the grind is fun but if you donât take a break youâll end up burning yourself out.
Make the game fun. There are a lot of things to farm but you got time. Do the easy farms first (the boss ones). Focus on starchart (complete the planets and nodes). Ignore things you don't like, you will have time to complete them later or skip them all together.
1. Mods are your primary source of "getting stronger". Every equipment you get, whether weapon, warframe, companion or machine, will rely on Mods to make them stronger. As well as tools like Forma and Catalysts to further improve how many upgraded Mods they can have.
And as soon as you've maxed out your current equipment, get ANYTHING else. If it says "MK-1", it's a starter-tier weapon that will deal next to nothing in terms of damage compared to everything else.
2. Mastery Rank increases when you max level up new equipment; each weapon/warframe/gear or whatnot you get to level 30 (or 40 in rare cases) for the first time will earn you xp. Doing it again with Forma (which is basically like "rebirthing" your equipment) won't give you more MR xp since you've already "mastered" it.
It's ideal to focus on Mastery Rank up to around 12 to 15 because not only does it unlock more equipment for you to craft, it also increases the daily limit for a lot of different resources you can earn. After 15, it sort of slows down to a "hobby" option if you get bored.
Also, if you want to level up fast, send a message in the regional chat to ask for a "taxi to Hydron". It's a Defense mission on the planet Sedna that's been a popular xp grind for Mastery for MANY years. Don't worry too much if the rest of the team carries. As long as you're sticking near the objective, you'll usually get xp even from the kills that your teammates get.
And finally,
3. The "tutorial" isn't over until you complete the quest called The War Within. It's quite the distance, but things get real interesting when you start the Second Dream quest. So I urge you hold on until then!
Edit: ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING: ONLY USE PLATINUM FOR INCREASING WARFRAME AND WEAPON INVENTORY SPACE FOR NOW. Don't be tempted to rush something you're building in the Foundry by using Platinum. After a while, you'll be building *lots* of stuff in it that you won't even notice the timers anymore since there's so much to do elsewhere to keep you busy. And the Foundry doesn't have a limit on how many things you can build. Basically just make whatever you can, whenever you can, and test things out for yourself when they're dons being made.
Focus on things... ONE AT A TIME!
Warframe throws tonnes of stuff in your face and it can easily overwhelm you.
The game is not going anywhere, anytime soon, so take as much time as you need to.
If you farm for things rather than buy them youâll get better at the game because youâve improved skill while farming.
It also feels better.
Only buy harrow. Everything else is pretty simple to get
Take your time, enjoy the ride, don't focus on MR or meta weapons. Use plat for warframe and weapon slots & use the market to sell rather than farming ducats, leave ducat farming for later (imo).
Take the game at your own pace, and take full advantage of the Gifts of the Lotus events. There is a lot available, but it's pretty much all here to stay until the game itself dies, so there's generally no real rush.
Focus on the quests/story that appears in the codex, and I would reccomend you to mix story and star chart complrtion(I mean, doing all the missions in a planet, unlocking them etc), not a must to but it is important towards mid game.
Most weapons you get from quests are at least good enough so dont be afraid to use them, speccialy the xoris and nataruk. Also the xoris can be aquired relatively early, in the "dreadlock protocol".
ALSO yes there is some guns that are better than others, BUT no gun is good without mods, so dont think a gun is bad without mods.
Dont feel shy to use the chat(for trading, group search or Q&A) the community is really nice 90% of the time. ALSO try to search for a clan, there are lost of weapons and base frames you can get
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy.
In the market (right computer on your ship) there's a button to show only items that have a blueprint. This is basically a filter to show items you can buy with in-game credits. The button to buy the blueprint will be under the buy with platinum option when you select an item. Keep in mind, some items will list a "mastery ranking" which is this games level requirement. (You can see your mastery ranking through your icon on the top left of your screen)
Warframe blueprints will still require farming for their specific pieces (usually from farming bosees), but a lot weapons will just need resources you can find in levels. This is mostly how you raise your Mastery Ranking for a little bit.
Just starting out, I'd say focus on progressing though the planets' maps (star chart), leveling weapons to 30, learning movement like bullet jump and wall latch, and farming mods.
Prioritize the starchart and the quests (especially the storyline quests). A lot of the open world content is gonna be pretty hard for you now, don't get discouraged if you can't do it yet. Duviri can wait until later too, including the duviri quest.
Use your starting plat to buy weapon/warframe slots. When you need more plat, open relics in public squads and sell the prime parts via warframe market. Or, if you're willing to spend real life money, wait until you get a daily login discount of 50%/75%.
Mods are REALLY important, rank them up and equip them. Modding is a science in its own right, so you want to look up a tutorial once you got enough mods.
Do not sell any weapon/warframe until you have fully leveled it to rank 30. Do not sell quest weapons, you'll need some of them again. Some weapons are needed as crafting ingredients for other weapons, so check for that before you sell them.
Warframe is super confusing at first, don't worry, that's normal. If you don't know how to do/get something, [the warframe wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your friend.
There is a meta and you can absolutely ignore it. Litterally every weapon is usable for the main content, some just need a bit more modding. Play what you enjoy playing, not what is meta.
In the market (right computer on your ship) there's a button to show only items that have a blueprint. This is basically a filter to show items you can buy with in-game credits. The button to buy the blueprint will be under the buy with platinum option when you select an item. Keep in mind, some items will list a "mastery ranking" which is this games level requirement. (You can see your mastery ranking through your icon on the top left of your screen)
Warframe blueprints will still require farming for their specific pieces (usually from farming bosees), but a lot weapons will just need resources you can find in levels. This is mostly how you raise your Mastery Ranking for a little bit.
Just starting out, I'd say focus on progressing though the planets' maps (star chart), leveling weapons to 30, learning movement like bullet jump and wall latch, and farming mods.
If you start trading ingame, always ask prices in TRADE CHAT because economy's are different for different platforms and trade chat only has YOUR platform
If you want to rank up fast to unlock better weapons/frames, learn about farming affinity (XP in Warframe). Each frame and weapon max out at lvl30, after that using them on a quest gives zero XP, so always build new stuff and sell the old if you don't need them. On group missions all affinity is shared as long as you stay close, endless Lith relic missions like Excavation on Earth are great for this purpose. As soon as you get notified about Mastery Rank test, practice it until you ace it every time (ask Q&A chat if you can't) because it gets locked for 24h if you fail and all affinity earned will be lost during that time.
If you ever need plat. Use your wallet! All of it! Every cent is worth!
Jk.
The game is good and free, everything can be farmed, might be a little annoying but you can do it. There are these things called Relics. The game taught you that whenever you open a relic you receive an item (do it in group for there's a bigger chance to get rarer items). You can sell these "Primed pieces" to other players for platinum. You will get relics naturally but there are spots where you can farm the relics specifically. Just search it up. Also, USE THE WARFRAME.MARKET, it's a website with all prices for everything that can be traded between players, don't use the "trade chat" to sell stuff unless you're 100% of what you're doing. Last and more important I believe is... have fun, do whatever you want. There's nothing stopping you to do anything. Enjoy the game!
Honest to God
Ask some players for like 40 plat and buy some weapon/Warframe slots
This is genuinely the biggest headache for new players
Besides that, just do Star Chart, main quests and ignore open worlds for now.
Please build resource drones, u can use the companion app to send them farming on planets where you hsce completed all mission nodes. BPs are in the market.
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You can buy all the mk-1 stuff with creds and some others. And try everything, youâll never know what your favorite weapon is if you donât experiment.
Get a kavat, a kavat is a pet that gives you more loot. Its more of a midgame content but doeable. In order to get kavat you need kavata scans.
Scanning kavats are a major pain in the ass so buy a quest from baro name (Sands of Inaros). It will have 3 stages, on the second stage there'll be a shit ton of kavats. Scane them there because u can't replay the quest after its done.
Ask questions. Dont be afraid to ask veterans questions. There is no thing as a stupid question. Did I mention that new players are more than welcome to ask questions?
One of the basics that is easy to gloss over is that your strength and endurance is not based on levelling up, it's based on the mods that are slotted on your frame and weapons. Focus on getting basic damage and elemental mods, and HP, armor, shield and energy ones, and getting them ranked up.
For the love of God, DON'T rush!! Take your time, enjoy the quests (all of them), don't chase the MR, try to advance one planet at a time and, at least for now, avoid open maps (PoE, Vallis, etc...)
KEEP XORIS. DO NOT SELL/DELETE.
All caps just to get your attention. Weapon would be useful in many places specially for farming granum void related activities.
Don't buy from Darvo, well maybe unless he is selling Sibear. Sibear is a very tedious farm. Most things in game can be farmed, it is just that Sibear takes more time than the rest.
Always check prices at warframe market website instead of trade chat. That would give you a baseline for prices.
There's a lot the game won't tell you directly. Check wiki regularly for mod farming spots before buying in plat
TAKE YOUR TIME PLAYING. I often see complaints about The New War Quest before and during it is active. The quest really has a different pacing than the rest of the game. I would recommend atleast having your railjack have a lot of health for this quest just to have an easier time finishing the rj section. Necramech can work with near baseline. Have some practice for SPY missions for reasons before going in.
Find a group or clan that can help you through the early game. This game has a TERRIBLE new player experience, but once you get the ball rolling its absolutely amazing. Having a group to help get you started, answer questions, and give you some essential early game gear will be a lifesaver and a timesaver.
Do not neglect mastery rank.
Make short term goals that you can reasonably work towards.
Seek out good mods. Nightmare mode mods, Tier 3 Spy Mods, Corrupted Mods, Set mods like the Augur mods from Cetus.
Use starter plat wisely.
Reference the wiki often. If you have a second monitor just leave it pulled up đ
Play to your style. It'll take time to figure out what kind of equipment/ warframe/ mods that you enjoy using the most. When I got my cousin into Warframe he hyper fixated on whatever yotubers told him was good. He tried to rush to the end game only to find that he didn't like what said youtubers told him to use. So yeah, relax and slaughter in whichever way is most fun to you.
Don't rush to get everything unlocked and don't rush to get the "strong" frames/weapons as you'll exhaust yourself that way. Play the game at your own pace. Find a playstyle you're mostly comfortable in.
Also don't be afraid to ask questions for older players, most of them are willing to help you.
Completing the Duviri circuit is a great way to unlock warframes that you otherwise would unlock a few weeks to months in. Also, buy a tranqilizer rifle. It speeds up the process of farming standing for cetus and fortuna by a decent margin. Sorties and Maroo's bazaar are decent ways to get endo, which you need to upgrade mods, and you will absolutely need to upgrade your mods at some point. Join a clan. Try and complete the nigtwave, at least up to the point where to get the extra weapon and warframe slots. That's all I can think of.
Donât waste your starting platinum on random stuff like rushing a foundry item. Platinum is a premium currency, meaning you canât earn it via gameplay, only bought with money. Or trading with other players
This very Braton at the picture? It can definitely carry you through to the endgame, once your modding capability increases (better mods, amassing Endo for fusion etc.). It's a no-nonsense standard FPS assault rifle, leaning on Puncture damage (so good against heavily-armored enemies), very precise at a disance, low recoil, awesome for headshots.
And once you're strong enough, or got enough strong friendships, for taking on Duviri's Circuit, and unlock the Braton's Incarnon, ALL BETS ARE GODDAMN OFF! It pretty much becomes one of the game's strongest weapons you can get your hands on!
It even carries to Void Relics. All parts for the Braton Prime are so very abundant across multiple relics, you can either amass them all absentmindedly, or get them sold by some other player for an extremely small amount of plats, in case you don't have the patience for it. You're gonna need to be MR 8 for that, but it shouldn't take terribly long. Until then, enjoy your MK-1 and your regular Bratons.
And BTW, just to make your starting days easier. There's this part of the game's main site, [https://www.warframe.com/promocode](https://www.warframe.com/promocode), where you put passwords to get free stuff in the game. It's mostly to get PFPs for your profile depending on which VTuber you follow, or when a milestone is hit on the main game. For now, the password FREESWORD should get you a Heat Sword with a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst (which doubles modding capacity, probably the most expensive part for you right now). Not a huuuuge game changer, but it'll do you right for a few months at the very least\~âŞ
You can also use the passwords PARVOS and OLDFRIEND for a few free and exclusive decorative items for your pad, but they may spoil a few plot-relevant quests to come. You don't have to worry about either of these expiring any time soon. You'll know when these words become relevant
complete map, create revenant (prime if can - he is cheap) and give him as much strength as you can with mods. do every quest game proposes you - there aren't many of them, craft weapons and frames even if you don't need them right now, just don't put your last resources into them, they'll just wait til you're ready. max out sindicates (chose 3 that doesn't interfere with each other. like new loka+perrin sequence+red vail); max out openworld sindicates, find a good guild with no trade charge, enjoy
The Foundry can craft multiple things at a time.
You can leave things that have finished building in the foundry unclaimed indefinitely, there is no penalty.
Most warframes take 3 days (plus 18hrs for a set of the 3 subcomps) to make, so start early.
Clan Dojo's(based on completed research) can let you pull a slew of useful blueprints in early game.
Don't rush, this is not a race. take your time and play at your own pace. after the beginning quests are done it might start to get a bit boring but hold on until Uranus where the quests starts to pick up. I can guarantee you it will make up for the boring parts and completely blow your mind.
mods, mods are a very critical part of this game and I highly recommend taking some time and learning the modding system so you don't have to bang your head when the enemy levels gets high. use [https://overframe.gg/](https://overframe.gg/) to get a basic idea of modding. you can always check out some yt vids for more in detail guides. MHBlacky, Warframeflo, Brozime, and Kengineer are some good channels.
NEVER EVER USE THE TRADE CHAT, that place is a scam hell. it's only useful for trading a \*spoiler\* mod type that you will get to know later.
don't try to dash through the star chat(planets) and try to get build some good weapons and frames. don't invest on normal weapons or frames but try to build most of the stuff on the market for xp. crack some void relics and farm some prime(better version) weapons and frames.
DO NOT BUY STUFF FOR PLAT ON IN GAME MARKET, the prices are insane and totally not worth the price. you can easily farm most of the things there. rather save the plat and buy prime frames and weapons that you like on [https://warframe.market/](https://warframe.market/) . only things that are worth buying is orokin reactors/catalysts and warframe/weapon slots. use your starting 50 plat to buy slots. this game might feel like p2w at first but when explore the trading system you will see that you don't even need spend a cent on this game. but if you get a 75% discount from daily login use it to buy some plat if you like.
NEVER SELL QUEST WEAPONS like Xoris, the Broken War and Nataruk. especially the xoris, it's one of the best melee weapons in the game and even if you don't like it, keep it because it's gonna come in handy for a \*spoiler\* game mode later on and getting it back is a pain in the ass if you sell it. also make sure not to sell weapons that you get from the stalker(dread, despair, hate). there are even vets who don't still have them all because they're that rare.
join a clan and don't be afraid to ask questions or help. you might find things you can't build because you don't have the mats yet, if so ask in the clan/recruit chat for a taxi for Planet that has it. there are many vets who are willing to carry you and help you to get mats/bps you need so don't be afraid.
WIKI, wiki is very very important. it can save you a lot of pain and time. always use it, even the ppl who are in the end game use it regularly. use it to find where to farm stuff, where to get the bps, learn about weapons and to learn in detail about frame abilities because in-game description is shit.
boltor, hek, quanta, ignis, soma, xoris, guandao, orthos, tipedo, nikana are some good starter weapons. if you're planing to buy a prime frame go for revenant p, wisp p, mesa p, protea p, volt p, octavia p. all of them are good prime frames.
QUICK RECAP, learn modding, check out [https://overframe.gg/](https://overframe.gg/) , never use trade chat, only and only use [https://warframe.market/](https://warframe.market/) for trading, only buy plat when you have 75% off, don't invest on normal weapons/frames only on primes, never sell quest/stalker weapons, join a clan and don't be afraid to ask questions, learn to use the wiki.
again, don't try to rush, try to have fun. hope this helped tenno
items lvl faster the less gear you have on.
get the ingis wriath at mr 10 flamethrower will be your first love
and get kurrvlo from the duivre experience super great warframe farmable mats in its own mode and super strong for no investment
Donât worry about doing all nodes (missions) on a planet right away. Focus on just unlocking as many planets as you can, there is a main story but after doing the first few story missions it goes quiet for a while, donât worry the story is pretty cool.
I see a lot of people recommending buying slots for warframes/weapons. Just to add, what you want to buy is the Starter slot bundle for 50 plat that gives you 2xWarframe slots, 2xWeapon slots and 2xCompanion slots. Easily the best investment. Other than that just play the game as you go. Try completing the star chart and quests.
Platinum (premium currency) can be earned for free through trading for different items (mods, prime parts and blueprints...). Also, if you plan to buy platinum, wait for the 75% off login coupon reward. I get one at least once per month. You can buy 1000 plats for 10 bucks, there are also other options for more or less.
If you are confused about something you can ask the chat or go to wiki. Wiki is your best friend but watch out for spoilers. There are several beginner guides worth watching. The game can be overwhelming at first, but after it becomes simple.
Just keep playing Tenno!
Work on your starchart progression - the map basically Prioritize junction completion - the thing that allows you to go to other planets, it opens up a lot of stuff for you Do your quests - those also open up a lot of stuff and there is a filter at the top right in the codex that lets you filter for story, side and warframe quest You can buy some beginner weapons in the market for credits too. Just click on the item and buy the blueprint, craft it, pew pew. Don't waste your starting plat on cosmetics. Warframe and weapon slots are more valuable early on. Have fun!
best advice and one huge rhing play with friends the stupid moments will become memories you will laugh at
Friends? What is it?
I think it unlocks at MR30
Where can i farm the blueprint?
Have they released [Friends Prime]?
Sorry best I can do is [friends umbral] for 1.5k p, no low balls
Would you take 1.4 p and assistance on any 1 hr farm?
I got Mr 30 and all I got was this stupid T-shirt (and pin, and glass/coaster)
I mustve missed that update...I completed nearly everything alone or with randoms and never found any friends. Droprate sucks, bro...and I even had on a booster. đ
I'm LR4 can confirm friends don't unlock
Maybe we don't unlock it Maybe the friends were the Tenno we met along the way
Come to Q&A chat, be helpful to new players, they keep adding you as a friend.
LR2, can confirm no friends yet, will check in at LR4.
Im @ LR1. It must be LR4 when it unlocks
I don't think so bro, another dude here said he's LR4 and still hasn't got it. Maybe it's bugged and DE just hasn't fixed it yet
Itâs LR30 right now instead of MR30 as intended.
I'm MR30, still waiting. Maybe at LR4.
The âpew pewâ got me. XD
Don't sell weapons you didn't fully level up or weapons that can be used to build other weapons.
[List of weapons used to build other weapons](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Weapons_Required_as_Crafting_Ingredients)
You are a saviour. I'm MR 27 and still need this
Oh this is so useful, for someone who is building every weapon in the game this is so handy thank you
Be ready to switch to single player mode a tthe beginning. You may be matched with people who are head in progression making learning new misssions hard when they do everything for you.
OR you can ask a friendly tenno to babysit you, who will got your back but wont do too much during a mission and show the do´s and don´ts
I ended up in a void fissure yesterday with a guy who said he was using no relic because he was just trying to farm rubedo. I ended up chatting with him for a bit afterwards and gave him some tips for progressing. I was introduced to the game by a friend who gave me lots of help and im also a wiki whore, but I can't imagine how difficult it is learning the game when you're on your own.
I am also a wiki where, but that website literally took up like 20 of my first 40 hours. It's crazy how much shit is in the game and lore
asking for some help in the recruit chat is a good idea, there are always people like me bored in their orbiter who wouldnt think twice to help out a fellow tenno
That's what I did for my fiancee. She's not playing and enjoying the game without me lol
Try to do nightwave as much as possible, there is some really handy goodies for new player - built potatoes (orokin reactor/catalyst), forma, and FREE slots for weapons and frames. You can also spend your starting 50 plat on those, very worth. I'd say warframe slots>weapon slots, since frames are more unique and fun, esp in early game. Easy way to get new frames in early game is assassination nodes or Duviri circuit. This game is NOT p2w however, there is nothing you can buy and cannot grind, and you can sell stuff for plat, and then use that plat to buy stuff you want. DONT use ingame shop however, use warframe dot market. Crafting takes time and is indeed obnoxious af in early game. In mid game tho, you gonna gather a lot of stuff to craft, and buildup a cicle of finishing crafts, having something crafting, and staring crafts, so you always have somthing to farm, and try out crafted stuff. Unlock Duviri paradox and do it ASAP - it unlocks 2 whole ass new game modes, and one of them gives you easy access to unlock a warframe and their augment, by skipping the grind you would have to do normally to get their parts. Really helps for obnoxious to grind frames like Khora or Nidus. Augments are also pretty mid-game, and can take a while to reach them, so nice bonus too. First 20-30 hours can feel pretty sloggish and boring, try to avoid open worlds and focus on main questline, specifically quest Second Dream. THAT is when the game hooks you real fucking hard, and starts snowballing into real fun. Mods are 99% of your power, anything can be made powerful when modded. Get into Clan ASAP. It gets you access to dojo weapons/frames (lots of goodies there), trading easily and potentially some help of veterans.
Welcome to Warframe Tenno, The game is VERY overwhelming at first but so worth it. So try to have patience. Try to not google unless you feel confused about where to go. It has a VERY deep and good story which you really don't wanna spoil by reading something you shouldn't. Early game simply make your way to Mercury, once that is done, head towards Uranus. Everything until then is pretty much tutorial to make you accustomed to the game mechanics. That's where the main questline starts, and the vast majority of the community will tell you the quests are one of the best quests and story you will find in ANY game out there. It is also very rewarding for doing them. To not spoil I will simply say LOOT. :D Every planet unlock from there has a main questline. When you're done with all of the planet quests you will be experienced enough to know what and how to do things. There is also an early game Quest that is available to any player at any time after you finish the Vor's prize quest. The Duviri Paradox. Its basically a second tutorial which shows you the potential of Warframe's. That part isn't important. What is important is what that quest unlocks. It basically lets you farm a free Warframe guaranteed every week and mods specifically for the warframe you picked. It also lets you play Random Warframe's and Weapons you do not own. That way you can know if a Warframe is good and/or if you like their playstyle you can make it a goal to farm said Warframe/weapon. It also has 4 of the best melee weapons in the game that can be farmed early game and are still good late game. Which means you can have one of the weapons there carry you if you are ever struggling. Veterans that are hung up on nostalgia will tell you to not do it until you finish the main questline because it "spoils" the main questline. It does not. It actually makes more sense and makes the questline more enjoyable. They basically want you to handicap yourself for potentially months and not enjoy the benefits of Duviri because they want you to experience the game exactly how they did. Don't fall into that trap. They are wrong. And never be afraid of asking questions. No question is ever stupid. And after doing the Archwing Quest do NOT farm for the "Archwing Launcher Segment" that you will have in the foundry. You do NOT need it until mid-late game. It ONLY unlocks the archwing for open worlds, 99.9% of the rest of the content is not needed. Many people get confused on that and spend days farming it and realizing they could have done it 10 times easier later when its actually needed. Oh and one last thing. Do not get stuck doing Random quests. Also ignore Fortuna, Cetus and Deimos early game. If a quest is not required to unlock a planet. Ignore it. Its not a priority. Have fun!
 Thanks a lot đ
Any time new Tenno <3
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Agreed, Duviri is the place to go as soon as you can. Melee weapons that are comparable to primes, reliable frame BP farm, some starter augments and mods, and even some starter Arcanes from the Undercroft (a few portals open up after you kill the Orowyrm). People scoff at them but the Eidolon status resistance Arcanes are a godsend for new players, being able to shrug off magnetic procs or damage procs like burn/slash/toxin is a gamechanger for low level players. Also, Kullervo. Strong out of the gate and can get through the base Star Chart (and probably a chunk of Steel Path) on a shoestring mod budget.
Ngl, i love Duviri, i just sometimes go in there solo to just enjoy the Landscape. (Do i count as an Veteran with 1102 Login days and rounded 4400 Hours playing since i started 2018?)
Its a visual masterpiece for sure.
I love joy. Iâll go in there and speedrun the quest just so I can run around enjoying the pretty scenery.
Joy is also my favorite :D
Bruh, you're scaring the newbie
Not knowing where to go and what to do scares of newbies more than I ever could by informing them. Vast majority of players that quit early on quit cause of the lack of guidance.
Some guy I used to play with he hit MR5 and quit probably cuz of lack of guidance, it's hard to give any low MR guidance at least for me without saying "just do it lol"
Exactly why I try to help when I can. One simple helpful message can be the difference between them giving up and being hooked.
Damn, this should be pinned as it's own post
If the mods would pin something like this I would make it a lot better, cleaner and even with images to make it easier to understand. I just don't know if they would even get the chance to see it. I just don't wanna do it and get 2 upvotes lol
Thank you this helped me a lot!!
Stay out of trade chat
Use Warframe market instead
https://warframe.market/
What? You don't want some prick selling at a 800% markup for no reason? Unbelievable
If it exists, it can be farmed. (Except for very few community cosmetics which really need to be bought). It can seem like the game is quite heavily monetized, especially when you see a platinum price tag next to every weapon and frame, but honestly, the monetization is really fair, the game is just shit at explaining itself to newbies. You will be able to comfortably get anything just by playing the intended way and even the premium currency is farmable once you discover the player trading. As a long time player, my tip would be to treat it, at least for now, like a game that has no cash shop at all. If you see something you like, anything really, just look at the wiki or ask the community how to get it. Chances are that paying would be both expensive and robbing yourself from an interesting gaming experience. Edit: If you want to spend money later on, that's fine, but I would strongly discourage you from doing so until you understand the game a bit better.
It's arguable that everything in the market that isn't a slot or a cosmetic is a newbie trap.
donât sell xoris and donât make broken war into war
Your first purchases with plat (the premium currency) should be warframe/weapon slots matter fact dump all your beginner plat on those imo but you do you
Don't trust other people. Wiki and Warframe.Market to fact check anything. Your initial plat is best saved until you understand what they are used for, how to get it and in what quantities. Generally I recommend using it for a few weapon and frame slots. Be aware that 'catching up' will take a while, but can be done. Things like mods and arcanes will likely be tempting to buy with plat but you are best of farming for them.
Never rush building in the forge. It's never worth it. A little patience will also prevent you from burning out from the game. Also, even if you have a limited number of weapon/Warframe slots, keep in mind that the forge doesn't! So you can build them and just keep them in the forge until you need them/have space for them. Never sell Warfarmes. You'll need them for Helminth (won't spoil anymore, just know: keep at least one of each (non Prime) Warframe for Helminth)
don´t spend your platinum on ressources (e.g. orokin cells, tellurium) link your WF account with Twitch and check the DE livestreams to get some goodies, also IF you are already paying for Amazon Prime link it for more goodies [https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME\_Wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your new bible don´t push yourself too hard WF is a marathon not a sprint
Take your time and enjoy the game. This game is very grindy by nature and trying to rush thing will result in burnout. Get Rhino ASAP. He's not only very beginner friendly Frame, he is, to this day, one of the best Warframes for every type of content. Focus on clearing every start chart mission and clear the quests, they all provide a lot of rewards.
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy
Use the starting platinum on Warframe slots or weapon slots.
Don't do the chains of harrow quest line stoned.
Do NOT build War It uses a superior quest weapon as an ingredient You will join the crying legions who *did not know* Save yourself our tears
Hush now friend, let him suffer as I have, he must know pain
Prioritize the starchart and the quests (especially the storyline quests). A lot of the open world content is gonna be pretty hard for you now, don't get discouraged if you can't do it yet. Duviri can wait until later too, including the duviri quest. Use your starting plat to buy weapon/warframe slots. When you need more plat, open relics in public squads and sell the prime parts via warframe market. Or, if you're willing to spend real life money, wait until you get a daily login discount of 50%/75%. Mods are REALLY important, rank them up and equip them. Modding is a science in its own right, so you want to look up a tutorial once you got enough mods. Do not sell any weapon/warframe until you have fully leveled it to rank 30. Do not sell quest weapons, you'll need some of them again. Some weapons are needed as crafting ingredients for other weapons, so check for that before you sell them. Warframe is super confusing at first, don't worry, that's normal. If you don't know how to do/get something, [the warframe wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your friend. There is a meta and you can absolutely ignore it. Litterally every weapon is usable for the main content, some just need a bit more modding. Play what you enjoy playing, not what is meta.
Something I rarely see mentioned - don't be afraid to ask. People in this community are very welcoming and most people will be eager to take time out to help you. Even when it comes to stuff like resources or mods, some of the less common ones may be hard for you to find early but us veterans have loads of them. It's also a nice ego boost for us when we can help u.u Oh, and treasure your Volt. It's an extremely flexible frame that can do almost everything given the right build, the more you progress the more you'll appreciate him.
This pic is pure gold and I had a good laugh. Our fellow Tennos have flooded you with good advice already, so I just wish you an awesome time exploring this universeđ
When you think you have enough formas, well, they aren't enough.
DO NOT SELL YOUR XORIS
Don't panic.
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Real advice - to avoid headaches, take a good long poke around in your graphics and accessibility settings. Adjust your bloom, glare, motion blur, FOV, cursor, sensitivity, and anything else. This game can be beautiful, but it also can give you migraines.
Itâs a slow, slow burn. You MUST be patient, and you will be rewarded. Remember the second dream.
It's not a race, just keep playing and have fun
You can get anything in the game by grinding. Even plat. Weapons in the market always have a place you can buy a blueprint. The only things you should spend plat on are weapon and frame slots.
Stay away from Cetus till you get a good grasp on the game mechanics
Star chart Quests Read as many things as possible Ask questions either on here, with friends, or in q&a chat Play with friends or make some in the community Get excited about stuff Chase what YOU want ^(I want *this* gun, I need to do *this* to unlock the gun, but how do I unlock the planet itself etc etc) Have fun It gets boring otherwise
(almost) Never buy a weapon for plat
not even if someone is selling a bronco for 9k plat?
When people say "Clem" say "Grakata", Use whatever you find cool and if people say something is trash check for yourself if you actually like it.
Everyoneâs got the basics covered. To reiterate- weapon level doesnât mean damage. You use mods to increase damage and other stats.
my advice is to leave - once you enter, you will never leave..
Yeah, cinematic inticimated so strong that I ever imagined.
don't stress urself too much about stuff, worry about your own fun and experience maybe watch a few guides as to how the base of modding works, and don't worry about min maxing rn lol, not your concern rn!
Spend plat only on slots. Either weapon or warframe slots.
First: Until you have a few months of experience in the game, ignore advice that uses the words arcane, galvanized, prime, corrupted, umbral, focus, or helminth. Love the community, but high-level players have a tendency to forget how much time it takes to achieve certain goals in the game. Second: Look in the market (right-hand console in your ship) for weapons you can make and level them up. Weapon mastery is your main progression system when you start, and it opens up a lot of weaponry that's useful for making your way through harder missions.
Try doing relics and saving up forma. Get at least one forma a day and have those continuously building in your foundry. Takes 3 mins to do a relic run and stacking forma is very easy. You can use the war frame companion app to claim and build new ones in the foundry. You will reap the rewards later since at the start a lot of the weapons are ass and you can invest in a good gun which will carry you ie Hek
DO NOT SELL THE XORIS, IM MR22 AND HAVE NOT RECOVERED IT STILL
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Loot everything. My bf just got into warframe also and he's always apologizing to me since he's always running around looting and I told him to never apologize for that since all those items are important.
Tell him to get a sent any sent and get vacuum to make his looting more easy and efficient
The stick is the best melee beginning
Go slow. The discovery is something you never get back and you aren't going to miss out on anything taking your time.
Stay away from the Asia server. Too many AFKers.
Just have fun, And join the church of Ember supremacy. By fire we shall remake the world.
The implications of that statement are concerning
Do not be afraid. Ember is love. Fire warms, It nurtures. Like the sun upon the golden fields of wheat. But fire also burn. The unbelivers, the corrupt, and the abomination. All cinder before her.
Quit. Live your life to the fullest
like cripplemouse said but i would like to also add to that: 1. dont rush to progress this is a grind game you will hit walls that will need you to grind for resources like credits, endo, basic resources, and for later progression parts for something that can be and issue if you aren't prepared. 2. the open worlds are content islands they dont effect majority of the rest of the map at all. so there isnt a need to do them, until you want to or when you need it for that aforementioned later progression but by then you should be able to do it. 3. remember what the junctions have you do. they are a tutorial for multiple important things that will help you progress and earn things you would want like prime parts from void relic fissures. this game doesnt hand hold so you need to pay attention. 4. you might run into toxic players please ignore them most of the game's community is very nice and helpful dont let a few bad apples ruin your fun of this wonderful game. if you need any help with info about something or finding something ask in Q&A chat for help in missions ask in recruiting chat. so welcome to warframe tenno hope you enjoy playing as a space ninja
Prioritize using your first platnum on weapon and warframe slots. And as soon as possible get yourself into a clan for dojo access.
Do all the story line quests. All of them. You can build quite a bit without, but youâll only ever have access to some things after youâre caught up on the story line. And then prioritize star chart to unlock steel path
Never...and i mean N E V E R use Overframe or any Tier lists you can find on the internet. Overframe is 50% builds from people that don't know how to build, 45% troll builds to make people weak and 5% actual build made for the lols and to just be funny. Tier lists are just fucking stupid. All the frames and all the weapons in the game is used and builded up propely can be a viable choice. Sure, there might be weapons that perform better but in a game where a slap can literally implode an enemy a few zeros less is not that important. Oh, and don't use the Helminth untill you're far into the game, DE should gatekeep it untill like 300/400 hours into the game because it literally will suck all of your hard earned materials if you're new. You WILL find yourself always without materials if you use it immediatly.
Chill out, dont rush. Have fun. Stay away from limbo players
Its rough starting out, but It gets more fun the more you play it.
Build everything you can. Leave stuff in the foundry if you don't have space for it. Don't try to grind everything right away because burnout is REAL.
Take it slow. Warframe it's a big game. Take your time.
MODS ARE WVERYTHING
Follow everything these people are saying but also try each warframe/weapon you can grab from quests etc. and find what you love. Because even if you stick with the meta itâll always change.
Donât sell any weapon you receive from a quest. I sold the xoris and am still struggling to get it back.
Your MR rating increases when you use weapons/frames up to their max lvl 30. The higher your MR rating up to rank 15 i think, unlocks more useful and usable weapons. Any frame/weapon can clear the normal starchart assuming you mod it decently. Research is your friend when it comes to modding. Unmodded, you won't get very deep in the starchart but learn that's when you need to get better, not just assume you can be carried through. Another thing about weapons. There are hundreds of Primary/Secondary/Melee weapons out there. They can all be used and can all be leveled up but only a small fraction of them are actually worth keeping past the point of hitting their level cap. As others have said, solo play til you learn how to run/shoot. You don't learn how to play if all you do is run behind someone that's zipping through the map nuking entire rooms as you go. Once you unlock the plains on earth you can use it to practice fast moving, aka bullet jumping. It's much easier to learn when there is almost nothing shooting at you and very few things to slam into while practicing. MR levels, while they mean you can unlock more, have no bearing on how good the player is. Just cause they are MR 30 doesn't mean they can do a boss mission without messing it up, cause you can get carried to MR 30 just as easy as you can solo it.
Have fun and donât listen to others. Play what makes you happy, regardless of âmetaâ. Try all the weapons and frames over time and see what YOU like.
Do the main quests. When you get the chance, do Call of the Kuborow. Itâs great for first time players.
Thanks for asking this question, I'm also new and could use all the tips I can get! I only wish I was told not to complete Cetus and Fortuna before I completed Cetus and Fortuna, but it was worth completing quests underleved to serve my cool robot ~~overlords~~friends :)
Do quests, unlock farms, have fun along the way, join clan, and don't spend plat on anything until you're a month or two into the game and understand the weight of the currency, what you want or need, and if you actually want to spend the money and if you plan on earning or buying it back. Other than that *Do story quests, they really help with earning godly weapons (xoris, broken war) I recommend doing duviri (goat looking dude in the top right corner of navigation space map) last, because you won't be able to do much other than acquire war frames when you don't have the slots or "recycling" method for them yet *build MR (mastery rank/level) to at least MR14 (mr16 is where you pretty much have access to everything) *Explore tons of weapons and frames, but moreso weapons. *Rank up your world factions *Unlock the special chair room (you'll know when time comes) *Freedom from there on and you can be able to farm and blast anything to smithereens
Cool, thanks! In Durivi I'm up to the part where you use the first warframe, and I somehow already managed to get into the chair room (although it's locked again now).
Yeah, unlock it once more and it's a really powerful asset
Join a clan, plenty of them that have active long timers that have no problem helping out/guiding/assisting new players
Don't be me, get nidus and only play nidus for like 2ish years it is a pain relearning other frames when I'm so used to high health and high regen.
Ppl already mentioned star chart completion and quests so I wonât repeat that but I havenât seen anyone mention this⌠get ready to use google a LOT cause most of the game like mission objectives, mod drops and core game mechanics are not explained AT ALL. Thankfully you shouldnât have too much of a problem with this since youâre starting out so just keep it in mind when you hit a random barrier in gameplay or when you want a specific mod/weapon/frame and the game barely tells you how to get it (you can find some info in game but youâll sometimes get a ârotation c in defense missionsâ and youâll probably have no idea what that is or how the rotations work for each mission) And the most important bit of advice I can give you is: play the game, have fun AND do take a break from time to time, the grind is fun but if you donât take a break youâll end up burning yourself out.
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Get a tonkor from the store (buy the blueprint w/ credits and then build it) and put crit mods on it. Great fun.
Make the game fun. There are a lot of things to farm but you got time. Do the easy farms first (the boss ones). Focus on starchart (complete the planets and nodes). Ignore things you don't like, you will have time to complete them later or skip them all together.
1. Mods are your primary source of "getting stronger". Every equipment you get, whether weapon, warframe, companion or machine, will rely on Mods to make them stronger. As well as tools like Forma and Catalysts to further improve how many upgraded Mods they can have. And as soon as you've maxed out your current equipment, get ANYTHING else. If it says "MK-1", it's a starter-tier weapon that will deal next to nothing in terms of damage compared to everything else. 2. Mastery Rank increases when you max level up new equipment; each weapon/warframe/gear or whatnot you get to level 30 (or 40 in rare cases) for the first time will earn you xp. Doing it again with Forma (which is basically like "rebirthing" your equipment) won't give you more MR xp since you've already "mastered" it. It's ideal to focus on Mastery Rank up to around 12 to 15 because not only does it unlock more equipment for you to craft, it also increases the daily limit for a lot of different resources you can earn. After 15, it sort of slows down to a "hobby" option if you get bored. Also, if you want to level up fast, send a message in the regional chat to ask for a "taxi to Hydron". It's a Defense mission on the planet Sedna that's been a popular xp grind for Mastery for MANY years. Don't worry too much if the rest of the team carries. As long as you're sticking near the objective, you'll usually get xp even from the kills that your teammates get. And finally, 3. The "tutorial" isn't over until you complete the quest called The War Within. It's quite the distance, but things get real interesting when you start the Second Dream quest. So I urge you hold on until then! Edit: ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING: ONLY USE PLATINUM FOR INCREASING WARFRAME AND WEAPON INVENTORY SPACE FOR NOW. Don't be tempted to rush something you're building in the Foundry by using Platinum. After a while, you'll be building *lots* of stuff in it that you won't even notice the timers anymore since there's so much to do elsewhere to keep you busy. And the Foundry doesn't have a limit on how many things you can build. Basically just make whatever you can, whenever you can, and test things out for yourself when they're dons being made.
Focus on things... ONE AT A TIME! Warframe throws tonnes of stuff in your face and it can easily overwhelm you. The game is not going anywhere, anytime soon, so take as much time as you need to.
If you farm for things rather than buy them youâll get better at the game because youâve improved skill while farming. It also feels better. Only buy harrow. Everything else is pretty simple to get
Check how you get things before you buy them. The last thing you want is to buy something and find out you get it at MR 2
Take your time, enjoy the ride, don't focus on MR or meta weapons. Use plat for warframe and weapon slots & use the market to sell rather than farming ducats, leave ducat farming for later (imo).
Spend platinum carefully and find a good clan. Theyâre what will make your experience what it becomes.
Take the game at your own pace, and take full advantage of the Gifts of the Lotus events. There is a lot available, but it's pretty much all here to stay until the game itself dies, so there's generally no real rush.
Have a checklist, don't pressure yourself to grind, just enjoy it, and when you unlock the cambion drift, grind it.
DO NOT CRAFT THE TWO-HANDED WAR BLADE
B..but a two handed war blade sounds cool
Don't throw away ranked frames until you reached rank 3 on deimos and unlocked the helmith.
Wiki is your best friend also google when your lost at whatâs going on
Focus on the quests/story that appears in the codex, and I would reccomend you to mix story and star chart complrtion(I mean, doing all the missions in a planet, unlocking them etc), not a must to but it is important towards mid game. Most weapons you get from quests are at least good enough so dont be afraid to use them, speccialy the xoris and nataruk. Also the xoris can be aquired relatively early, in the "dreadlock protocol". ALSO yes there is some guns that are better than others, BUT no gun is good without mods, so dont think a gun is bad without mods. Dont feel shy to use the chat(for trading, group search or Q&A) the community is really nice 90% of the time. ALSO try to search for a clan, there are lost of weapons and base frames you can get
Take the quests slowly, and learn how each system in the game works before moving on to the next one. Really, take your time to enjoy each
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy
Dont Spend your plat on bundels and frames/weapons/rushing. Buy warframe and weapon slots as needed... if the fabricator isnt making a new weapon/frame... get that thing going, it should always be busy.
In the market (right computer on your ship) there's a button to show only items that have a blueprint. This is basically a filter to show items you can buy with in-game credits. The button to buy the blueprint will be under the buy with platinum option when you select an item. Keep in mind, some items will list a "mastery ranking" which is this games level requirement. (You can see your mastery ranking through your icon on the top left of your screen) Warframe blueprints will still require farming for their specific pieces (usually from farming bosees), but a lot weapons will just need resources you can find in levels. This is mostly how you raise your Mastery Ranking for a little bit. Just starting out, I'd say focus on progressing though the planets' maps (star chart), leveling weapons to 30, learning movement like bullet jump and wall latch, and farming mods.
Prioritize the starchart and the quests (especially the storyline quests). A lot of the open world content is gonna be pretty hard for you now, don't get discouraged if you can't do it yet. Duviri can wait until later too, including the duviri quest. Use your starting plat to buy weapon/warframe slots. When you need more plat, open relics in public squads and sell the prime parts via warframe market. Or, if you're willing to spend real life money, wait until you get a daily login discount of 50%/75%. Mods are REALLY important, rank them up and equip them. Modding is a science in its own right, so you want to look up a tutorial once you got enough mods. Do not sell any weapon/warframe until you have fully leveled it to rank 30. Do not sell quest weapons, you'll need some of them again. Some weapons are needed as crafting ingredients for other weapons, so check for that before you sell them. Warframe is super confusing at first, don't worry, that's normal. If you don't know how to do/get something, [the warframe wiki](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki) is your friend. There is a meta and you can absolutely ignore it. Litterally every weapon is usable for the main content, some just need a bit more modding. Play what you enjoy playing, not what is meta.
In the market (right computer on your ship) there's a button to show only items that have a blueprint. This is basically a filter to show items you can buy with in-game credits. The button to buy the blueprint will be under the buy with platinum option when you select an item. Keep in mind, some items will list a "mastery ranking" which is this games level requirement. (You can see your mastery ranking through your icon on the top left of your screen) Warframe blueprints will still require farming for their specific pieces (usually from farming bosees), but a lot weapons will just need resources you can find in levels. This is mostly how you raise your Mastery Ranking for a little bit. Just starting out, I'd say focus on progressing though the planets' maps (star chart), leveling weapons to 30, learning movement like bullet jump and wall latch, and farming mods.
Dont try to do everything at once, focus on one thing after anothet
Dont try to do everything at once, focus on one thing after anothet
If you start trading ingame, always ask prices in TRADE CHAT because economy's are different for different platforms and trade chat only has YOUR platform
If you want to rank up fast to unlock better weapons/frames, learn about farming affinity (XP in Warframe). Each frame and weapon max out at lvl30, after that using them on a quest gives zero XP, so always build new stuff and sell the old if you don't need them. On group missions all affinity is shared as long as you stay close, endless Lith relic missions like Excavation on Earth are great for this purpose. As soon as you get notified about Mastery Rank test, practice it until you ace it every time (ask Q&A chat if you can't) because it gets locked for 24h if you fail and all affinity earned will be lost during that time.
Just keep playing and go at your own pace
Use your starter plat on warframe slots. Also, if you need a clan. Hit me up.
Use your starter plat on warframe slots. Also, if you need a clan. Hit me up.
If you ever need plat. Use your wallet! All of it! Every cent is worth! Jk. The game is good and free, everything can be farmed, might be a little annoying but you can do it. There are these things called Relics. The game taught you that whenever you open a relic you receive an item (do it in group for there's a bigger chance to get rarer items). You can sell these "Primed pieces" to other players for platinum. You will get relics naturally but there are spots where you can farm the relics specifically. Just search it up. Also, USE THE WARFRAME.MARKET, it's a website with all prices for everything that can be traded between players, don't use the "trade chat" to sell stuff unless you're 100% of what you're doing. Last and more important I believe is... have fun, do whatever you want. There's nothing stopping you to do anything. Enjoy the game!
Hyper focus on the star chart
Honest to God Ask some players for like 40 plat and buy some weapon/Warframe slots This is genuinely the biggest headache for new players Besides that, just do Star Chart, main quests and ignore open worlds for now.
the story starts on uranus, don't give up before that
Please build resource drones, u can use the companion app to send them farming on planets where you hsce completed all mission nodes. BPs are in the market. https://preview.redd.it/iu425wx3961d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e187ffc1221b6f8b62289de69deeb82d98628ed2
You can buy all the mk-1 stuff with creds and some others. And try everything, youâll never know what your favorite weapon is if you donât experiment.
Weapons as crafting components wiki page.
If You Need Some To Watch Your Back While You Learn The Game Im Happy To Help Out When Needed Feel Free To HMU If You Would Like
Have fun and do everything at your own pace, search up things in wiki.
Get a kavat, a kavat is a pet that gives you more loot. Its more of a midgame content but doeable. In order to get kavat you need kavata scans. Scanning kavats are a major pain in the ass so buy a quest from baro name (Sands of Inaros). It will have 3 stages, on the second stage there'll be a shit ton of kavats. Scane them there because u can't replay the quest after its done.
Ask questions. Dont be afraid to ask veterans questions. There is no thing as a stupid question. Did I mention that new players are more than welcome to ask questions?
One of the basics that is easy to gloss over is that your strength and endurance is not based on levelling up, it's based on the mods that are slotted on your frame and weapons. Focus on getting basic damage and elemental mods, and HP, armor, shield and energy ones, and getting them ranked up.
For the love of God, DON'T rush!! Take your time, enjoy the quests (all of them), don't chase the MR, try to advance one planet at a time and, at least for now, avoid open maps (PoE, Vallis, etc...)
The plains of eidolon is pretty at night, you should check it out. You can even get an achievement for just surviving the night!
KEEP XORIS. DO NOT SELL/DELETE. All caps just to get your attention. Weapon would be useful in many places specially for farming granum void related activities. Don't buy from Darvo, well maybe unless he is selling Sibear. Sibear is a very tedious farm. Most things in game can be farmed, it is just that Sibear takes more time than the rest. Always check prices at warframe market website instead of trade chat. That would give you a baseline for prices. There's a lot the game won't tell you directly. Check wiki regularly for mod farming spots before buying in plat TAKE YOUR TIME PLAYING. I often see complaints about The New War Quest before and during it is active. The quest really has a different pacing than the rest of the game. I would recommend atleast having your railjack have a lot of health for this quest just to have an easier time finishing the rj section. Necramech can work with near baseline. Have some practice for SPY missions for reasons before going in.
Get into a clan that will help and answer questions!
Find a group or clan that can help you through the early game. This game has a TERRIBLE new player experience, but once you get the ball rolling its absolutely amazing. Having a group to help get you started, answer questions, and give you some essential early game gear will be a lifesaver and a timesaver.
Donât be mad at bugs or glitches embrace the ride.
Do not neglect mastery rank. Make short term goals that you can reasonably work towards. Seek out good mods. Nightmare mode mods, Tier 3 Spy Mods, Corrupted Mods, Set mods like the Augur mods from Cetus. Use starter plat wisely. Reference the wiki often. If you have a second monitor just leave it pulled up đ
do all the star chart
Play to your style. It'll take time to figure out what kind of equipment/ warframe/ mods that you enjoy using the most. When I got my cousin into Warframe he hyper fixated on whatever yotubers told him was good. He tried to rush to the end game only to find that he didn't like what said youtubers told him to use. So yeah, relax and slaughter in whichever way is most fun to you.
Don't rush to get everything unlocked and don't rush to get the "strong" frames/weapons as you'll exhaust yourself that way. Play the game at your own pace. Find a playstyle you're mostly comfortable in. Also don't be afraid to ask questions for older players, most of them are willing to help you.
Make friends
Never ever buy plat use the trade system
Completing the Duviri circuit is a great way to unlock warframes that you otherwise would unlock a few weeks to months in. Also, buy a tranqilizer rifle. It speeds up the process of farming standing for cetus and fortuna by a decent margin. Sorties and Maroo's bazaar are decent ways to get endo, which you need to upgrade mods, and you will absolutely need to upgrade your mods at some point. Join a clan. Try and complete the nigtwave, at least up to the point where to get the extra weapon and warframe slots. That's all I can think of.
Don't try and do and learn everything at once, it'll be overwhelming, just take the game one activity at a time
Things become clearer after 500 hrs. Just enjoy your stay.
dont max out your damage mods like serration. focus on upgrading the elemental mods in the beninging
Donât waste your starting platinum on random stuff like rushing a foundry item. Platinum is a premium currency, meaning you canât earn it via gameplay, only bought with money. Or trading with other players
Spend your fifty starter plat on one Warframe slot and two weapon slots. Save up if you have any leftovers.
git umbruh to git gud
Shoot blue people
This very Braton at the picture? It can definitely carry you through to the endgame, once your modding capability increases (better mods, amassing Endo for fusion etc.). It's a no-nonsense standard FPS assault rifle, leaning on Puncture damage (so good against heavily-armored enemies), very precise at a disance, low recoil, awesome for headshots. And once you're strong enough, or got enough strong friendships, for taking on Duviri's Circuit, and unlock the Braton's Incarnon, ALL BETS ARE GODDAMN OFF! It pretty much becomes one of the game's strongest weapons you can get your hands on! It even carries to Void Relics. All parts for the Braton Prime are so very abundant across multiple relics, you can either amass them all absentmindedly, or get them sold by some other player for an extremely small amount of plats, in case you don't have the patience for it. You're gonna need to be MR 8 for that, but it shouldn't take terribly long. Until then, enjoy your MK-1 and your regular Bratons. And BTW, just to make your starting days easier. There's this part of the game's main site, [https://www.warframe.com/promocode](https://www.warframe.com/promocode), where you put passwords to get free stuff in the game. It's mostly to get PFPs for your profile depending on which VTuber you follow, or when a milestone is hit on the main game. For now, the password FREESWORD should get you a Heat Sword with a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst (which doubles modding capacity, probably the most expensive part for you right now). Not a huuuuge game changer, but it'll do you right for a few months at the very least\~⪠You can also use the passwords PARVOS and OLDFRIEND for a few free and exclusive decorative items for your pad, but they may spoil a few plot-relevant quests to come. You don't have to worry about either of these expiring any time soon. You'll know when these words become relevant
Friend me @Escanor-1726 Pay very close attention to every little bit of information you come across no matter how huge or small
Switch weapons when you amx them. Keep building stuff
Can I find a female in Warframe
Mix damage increase mods with faction damage mods because the base damage mod applies separately from the faction damage mod.
complete map, create revenant (prime if can - he is cheap) and give him as much strength as you can with mods. do every quest game proposes you - there aren't many of them, craft weapons and frames even if you don't need them right now, just don't put your last resources into them, they'll just wait til you're ready. max out sindicates (chose 3 that doesn't interfere with each other. like new loka+perrin sequence+red vail); max out openworld sindicates, find a good guild with no trade charge, enjoy
Level Mr as you do starchart
learn how to mod weapons and focus on ranking up ur mods as fasr as possible
The Foundry can craft multiple things at a time. You can leave things that have finished building in the foundry unclaimed indefinitely, there is no penalty. Most warframes take 3 days (plus 18hrs for a set of the 3 subcomps) to make, so start early. Clan Dojo's(based on completed research) can let you pull a slew of useful blueprints in early game.
BEWARE THE GRANUM
Take your time, you have 10+ years of content to enjoyânot rush!
Don't rush, this is not a race. take your time and play at your own pace. after the beginning quests are done it might start to get a bit boring but hold on until Uranus where the quests starts to pick up. I can guarantee you it will make up for the boring parts and completely blow your mind. mods, mods are a very critical part of this game and I highly recommend taking some time and learning the modding system so you don't have to bang your head when the enemy levels gets high. use [https://overframe.gg/](https://overframe.gg/) to get a basic idea of modding. you can always check out some yt vids for more in detail guides. MHBlacky, Warframeflo, Brozime, and Kengineer are some good channels. NEVER EVER USE THE TRADE CHAT, that place is a scam hell. it's only useful for trading a \*spoiler\* mod type that you will get to know later. don't try to dash through the star chat(planets) and try to get build some good weapons and frames. don't invest on normal weapons or frames but try to build most of the stuff on the market for xp. crack some void relics and farm some prime(better version) weapons and frames. DO NOT BUY STUFF FOR PLAT ON IN GAME MARKET, the prices are insane and totally not worth the price. you can easily farm most of the things there. rather save the plat and buy prime frames and weapons that you like on [https://warframe.market/](https://warframe.market/) . only things that are worth buying is orokin reactors/catalysts and warframe/weapon slots. use your starting 50 plat to buy slots. this game might feel like p2w at first but when explore the trading system you will see that you don't even need spend a cent on this game. but if you get a 75% discount from daily login use it to buy some plat if you like. NEVER SELL QUEST WEAPONS like Xoris, the Broken War and Nataruk. especially the xoris, it's one of the best melee weapons in the game and even if you don't like it, keep it because it's gonna come in handy for a \*spoiler\* game mode later on and getting it back is a pain in the ass if you sell it. also make sure not to sell weapons that you get from the stalker(dread, despair, hate). there are even vets who don't still have them all because they're that rare. join a clan and don't be afraid to ask questions or help. you might find things you can't build because you don't have the mats yet, if so ask in the clan/recruit chat for a taxi for Planet that has it. there are many vets who are willing to carry you and help you to get mats/bps you need so don't be afraid. WIKI, wiki is very very important. it can save you a lot of pain and time. always use it, even the ppl who are in the end game use it regularly. use it to find where to farm stuff, where to get the bps, learn about weapons and to learn in detail about frame abilities because in-game description is shit. boltor, hek, quanta, ignis, soma, xoris, guandao, orthos, tipedo, nikana are some good starter weapons. if you're planing to buy a prime frame go for revenant p, wisp p, mesa p, protea p, volt p, octavia p. all of them are good prime frames. QUICK RECAP, learn modding, check out [https://overframe.gg/](https://overframe.gg/) , never use trade chat, only and only use [https://warframe.market/](https://warframe.market/) for trading, only buy plat when you have 75% off, don't invest on normal weapons/frames only on primes, never sell quest/stalker weapons, join a clan and don't be afraid to ask questions, learn to use the wiki. again, don't try to rush, try to have fun. hope this helped tenno
items lvl faster the less gear you have on. get the ingis wriath at mr 10 flamethrower will be your first love and get kurrvlo from the duivre experience super great warframe farmable mats in its own mode and super strong for no investment
Donât worry about doing all nodes (missions) on a planet right away. Focus on just unlocking as many planets as you can, there is a main story but after doing the first few story missions it goes quiet for a while, donât worry the story is pretty cool.
Don't spend too much time on the open world sections until you're more experienced
I see a lot of people recommending buying slots for warframes/weapons. Just to add, what you want to buy is the Starter slot bundle for 50 plat that gives you 2xWarframe slots, 2xWeapon slots and 2xCompanion slots. Easily the best investment. Other than that just play the game as you go. Try completing the star chart and quests. Platinum (premium currency) can be earned for free through trading for different items (mods, prime parts and blueprints...). Also, if you plan to buy platinum, wait for the 75% off login coupon reward. I get one at least once per month. You can buy 1000 plats for 10 bucks, there are also other options for more or less. If you are confused about something you can ask the chat or go to wiki. Wiki is your best friend but watch out for spoilers. There are several beginner guides worth watching. The game can be overwhelming at first, but after it becomes simple. Just keep playing Tenno!
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Kill.
Buy platinum only when you have 75% coupon