Asterite

Asterite
Untradeable
📝 Update Infobox Data
Description
Formed over billions of years, these crystals are most often found embedded in space rock.
General Information
Type	Resource
Rarity	Uncommon
Drop Amount	15-30x
Helminth Secretions	Calx (300)
Sell Price	Cannot Sell
Introduced	Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)
Vendor Sources
Official Drop Tables
https://www.warframe.com/droptables

Formed over billions of years, these crystals are most often found embedded in space rock.

—In-Game Description

Asterite is an uncommon resource that can be found in any Empyrean mission. It is used in upgrading the Railjack.

Drop Locations

Mission Drop Tables

Mission Type	Source	Rotations or Drop Table	Chance	Quantity	Avg. per roll	Star Chart Nodes
Completion Bonuses	Grineer Proxima Completion Bonuses	A	14.29%	5	0.7145	Sover Strait, Earth Proxima Iota Temple, Earth Proxima Ogal Cluster, Earth Proxima Korm's Belt, Earth Proxima Bendar Cluster, Earth Proxima Lupal Pass, Saturn Proxima Nodo Gap, Saturn Proxima Mordo Cluster, Saturn Proxima Vand Cluster, Saturn Proxima Kasio's Rest, Saturn Proxima H-2 Cloud, Veil Proxima R-9 Cloud, Veil Proxima Nsu Grid, Veil Proxima
Completion Bonuses	Corpus Proxima Completion Bonuses	A	14.29%	5	0.7145	Bifrost Echo, Venus Proxima Beacon Shield Ring, Venus Proxima Orvin-Haarc, Venus Proxima Vesper Strait, Venus Proxima Luckless Expanse, Venus Proxima Falling Glory, Venus Proxima Arva Vector, Neptune Proxima Nu-gua Mines, Neptune Proxima Enkidu Ice Drifts, Neptune Proxima Mammon's Prospect, Neptune Proxima Brom Cluster, Neptune Proxima Sovereign Grasp, Neptune Proxima Khufu Envoy, Pluto Proxima Seven Sirens, Pluto Proxima Obol Crossing, Pluto Proxima Fenton's Field, Pluto Proxima Profit Margin, Pluto Proxima Peregrine Axis, Pluto Proxima Calabash, Veil Proxima Numina, Veil Proxima Arc Silver, Veil Proxima Erato, Veil Proxima Lu-yan, Veil Proxima Sabmir Cloud, Veil Proxima

Enemy Drop Tables

Enemy	Drop Table Chance	Item Chance	Chance	Expected Kills	Quantity	Avg. per roll attempt
Gyrix	75%	22.56%	16.92%	6	1	0.1692
Ionyx	75%	22.56%	16.92%	6	1	0.1692

Sourced from the official drop table repository. See Module:DropTables/data to edit on the wiki.

Blueprints Requiring Asterite

Click to view the Blueprints requiring Asterite

Blueprint	Type	Quantity (Research)
Cipher x100	Gear	(100)
Lavan Photor Mk I	Ship Turret	20
Lavan Photor Mk II	Ship Turret	30
Lavan Photor Mk III	Ship Turret	40
Lavan Reactor Mk I	Ship Component	25
Lavan Reactor Mk II	Ship Component	50
Lavan Reactor Mk III	Ship Component	75
Milati	Ship Ordnance	10
Milati Mk I	Ship Ordnance	20
Milati Mk II	Ship Ordnance	30
Milati Mk III	Ship Ordnance	40
Photor	Ship Turret	10
Photor Mk I	Ship Turret	20
Photor Mk II	Ship Turret	30
Photor Mk III	Ship Turret	40
Sigma Reactor Mk I	Ship Component	25
Sigma Reactor Mk II	Ship Component	50
Sigma Reactor Mk III	Ship Component	75
Sevagoth Systems	Component	15
Squad Health Restore (Large) x100	Gear	(100)
Tycho Seeker Mk I	Ship Ordnance	20
Tycho Seeker Mk II	Ship Ordnance	30
Tycho Seeker Mk III	Ship Ordnance	40
Vidar Photor Mk I	Ship Turret	20
Vidar Photor Mk II	Ship Turret	30
Vidar Photor Mk III	Ship Turret	40
Vidar Reactor Mk I	Ship Component	25
Vidar Reactor Mk II	Ship Component	50
Vidar Reactor Mk III	Ship Component	75
Zetki Photor Mk III	Ship Turret	40
Zetki Reactor Mk I	Ship Component	25
Zetki Reactor Mk II	Ship Component	50
Zetki Reactor Mk III	Ship Component	75

Total	1,125 (+200)
Research	x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Last updated: Update 30.0 (2021-04-13)

Gathering Tips

• Destroying Asteroids, Red barrels, Metal scrap around wreckages, and Green rifts in any of the Empyrean missions has a chance to drop Asterite.

Trivia

• The name Asterite is derived from asteroid, an umbrella term for space rocks.

Patch History

Hotfix 27.0.9 (2020-01-09)

• Asterite Resource pickups now reward 2x as much Asterite.
  • Asterite costs for Wreckage were going a bit too slowly, so now you will earn it at twice the rate.

Update 27.0 (2019-12-13)

• Introduced.