Assassination

Assassination contracts mark high priority targets around the system. Hunt down and eliminate these enemies, then head to extraction.

—In-Game Description

Assassination is a Mission type that tasks the Tenno to seek and eliminate a unique enemy boss and then return to extraction.

Locations

Planet	Name	Level	Rewards	Tile Set
Invasion	Phorid Alert	0 - 0	Nyx	Grineer Asteroid
Venus	Fossa	6 - 8	Rhino	Corpus Ship
Mercury	Tolstoj	8 - 10	Cronus & Seer	Grineer Asteroid
Mars	War	11 - 13	Excalibur	Grineer Settlement
Phobos	Iliad	13 - 15	Mag	Corpus Ship
Ceres	Exta	14 - 16	Frost, Miter, & Twin Gremlins	Grineer Shipyard
Jupiter	Themisto	18 - 20	Valkyr	Corpus Gas City
Deimos	Magnacidium	20 - 25	Nekros	Orokin Derelict
Earth	Oro	20 - 25	Hydroid	Grineer Forest
Europa	Naamah	21 - 23	Nova	Corpus Ice Planet
Saturn	Tethys	24 - 26	Ember	Grineer Galleon
Uranus	Titania	27 - 29	Equinox	Grineer Sealab
Neptune	Psamathe	30 - 32	Loki	Corpus Ship
Deimos	Exequias	30 - 35	Pathocyst	Orokin Derelict
Eris	Mutalist Alad V Assassinate	30 - 35	Mesa	Infested Ship
Eris	Jordas Golem Assassinate	32 - 34	Atlas	Infested Ship
Sedna	Merrow	35 - 40	Saryn & Twin Kohmak	Grineer Asteroid
Pluto	Hades	35 - 45	Trinity	Corpus Outpost
Jupiter	The Ropalolyst	40 - 40	Wisp	Corpus Gas City

Each boss often has a higher chance to drop rare resources. They also guarantee Warframe blueprint parts, and may also yield weapon parts and/or blueprints.
Completing the objective of an Assassination mission has a chance to place a Death Mark on the Tenno, which in turn gives a chance to face certain random bosses.

Though the Lotus will sometimes tell the player not to let the assassination target escape, none of the bosses will attempt to flee.
- It has been noted that occasionally, if Zanuka is killed first, Alad V will attempt to flee the boss room. ^{[citation needed]}

Missions
PvE	Standard	Assassination • Capture • Exterminate (Crossfire) • Hijack • Mobile Defense • Rescue • Sabotage (Deception, Gas City, Hive, Orokin, Reactor, Sealab) • Spy
	Endless	Defection • Disruption • Defense • Excavation • Interception • Survival
	Archwing	Exterminate • Interception • Mobile Defense • Pursuit • Rush
	Empyrean	Skirmish
	Arena	The Index • Rathuum
	Free Roam	Bounty (Isolation Vault) • Heist
	Special	Assault • Granum Void • Infested Salvage • Junction • Recovery • Sanctuary Onslaught
PvP	Ludoplex	Frame Fighter
	Clan	Duel
	Conclave	Cephalon Capture • Annihilation • Team Annihilation • Lunaro
Arbitrations • Dark Sectors • Environmental Hazards • Invasions • Kuva Siphon • Kuva Lich • Nightmare Mode • Nightwave • Sorties • The Steel Path • Void Fissures