Glossary

This page contains a list of important terms and abbreviations to know for all Warframe players.

A

 * Affinity - Experience in Warframe. Contributes to levels for weapons, warframes and sentinels.
 * Alert - Missions that pop up randomly and give additional credits or loot as a reward.

C

 * Clan - Warframe's version of a guild.

E

 * Extract - To exit a mission or head to the extraction point.

F

 * Farm - To play repeatedly or for long periods of time to try to get experience or particular loot.

L

 * LFM, LFG - Looking for member, group.

M

 * Mastery - Your overall account level. Made up of the weapons, warframes and sentinels you have leveled up.
 * M Prime - Molecular Prime, Nova's 4th ability. Often used to clear out large groups of enemies.

O

 * OD - Orokin Derelict missions. ODS and ODD are often used to abbreviate Orokin Derelict Survival and Defense  respectively.

P

 * Plat, P - Platinum, the game currency that can only be won or payed for.
 * Potato, Potatoed, Blue/Gold Potato - An Orokin Catalyst or Orokin Reactor, named such for their resemblence to potatoes.
 * PST - Please send tell. Use /w message to whisper to the player.
 * Prime - Either refers to Prime warframes/weapons or the use of Molecular Prime (see M Prime).

T

 * Taxi - A player that has a mission or planet unlocked that will form a group for a player that does not.
 * T1/T2/T3 - Tier 1, 2 or 3 Orokin Void missions.

W

 * WTS, WTB - Want to sell, buy.

X

 * Xini - A very commonly played high-level defense map. Formerly Infested, now Corpus.

Z

 * Zoren Copter - Using the Dual Zoren slide attack to move faster.